Chapter 461 The So-called Dress

With the slow arrival of autumn, the sunshine time in Ying Country has become shorter and shorter. It was just dinner time when the sun in the sky slowly sank behind the mountain.

Magic candles were lit early in Hogwarts Castle for lighting.

Mike walked slowly in the dim corridor, and the bright yellow light of the candles hit him, illuminating his solemn Ravenclaw uniform and his conspicuous golden hair.

It was dinner time, but Mike did not stay in the restaurant like others, but walked towards the basement in a swagger.

Today is Saturday, the day to attend the "Slug Club" banquet with Professor Slughorn.

But it is regrettable that except for the girl named Emma and another boy who also came from a pure-blood family in Ravenclaw, no one Mike knew was invited.

As Mike walked, he couldn't help thinking that if Benjamin was still in Hogwarts, he would definitely be invited, after all, his talent in potions is so outstanding.

Mike, who was daydreaming, unknowingly came to the corridor outside the Potions classroom, where two figures stood early.

"Harry! You should wear a bow tie, your tie is so ugly!"

Under the dim light, Hermione looked at Harry with disgust.

It can be seen that Hermione attaches great importance to this banquet.

She once again changed into the light pink dress she wore at the Christmas dinner of the Goblet of Fire, and used magic hair softener to comb her messy hair. Even her face, which was originally bare, showed some traces of makeup.

But Hermione seemed to have forgotten one thing, that is, in the eyes of some old-fashioned nobles, dresses, especially evening dresses, are consumables. They can only be worn once at a banquet and are thrown away after wearing.

This is a way of showing off that some bored nobles came up with, and it is also a screening mechanism.

Because a set of formal attire is expensive, by making up the unspoken rule that a set of formal attire can only be used once, they can show off their wealth and effectively screen out those fake nobles who sneak into the banquet.

If it is an ordinary school banquet, the pure-blood nobles will not say anything. After all, the majority of Hogwarts students are ordinary students from ordinary or poor families, and doing this will easily arouse public anger.

But it will be different at the "Slug Club" dinner party where elites gather later. Hermione is likely to be attacked by the crowd because of this incident.

On the other side, Harry, who was disliked by Hermione, put on the formal attire that Sirius prepared for him specifically for this kind of scene. Well, the style is exactly the same as Sirius' usual style, and it is the type that is too fancy to be added.

However, this time, Sirius did not personally tidy it up for him, so this complicated evening dress looked a little messy on Harry, which was also the main reason why he was disliked by Hermione.

"Shut up! Hermione! I don't need you to teach me how to dress!"

Harry retorted angrily while twisting his crooked tie. It can be seen that the relationship between the two of them was very bad because of the "Half-Blood Prince textbook".

Hermione snorted and ignored Harry, but she did not leave directly. Instead, she watched coldly as Harry fiddled with the tie that could not be straightened out, intending to wait until Harry was helpless and begged her for help before taking action.

Although she is a girl, she knows much more about ties than Harry. After all, she often helps her father tie ties at home.

Unfortunately, Mike's appearance completely ruined her plan.

"Let me do it, Harry."

Mike walked to the side of the two and took over the job of helping Harry to straighten his tie.

Harry was startled by Mike's sudden appearance. He raised his head and showed his neck, stammering:

"Thank...thank you!"

"You should learn how to tie a tie when you go back." Mike said as he untied Harry's tie and tied it again, "You know, as a gentleman, tying a tie is a required course."

"Can you teach me?"

Harry said with shining eyes.

Mike raised his eyebrows and said:

"I'm afraid not, Harry, you'd better ask Sirius. I guess he will be very happy then."

As soon as these words came out, Harry's face also showed a look of joy, and it was obvious that he had understood what Mike meant.

Mike, who had tied Mike's tie, looked at Hermione who was still sulking on the side. He pretended to be casual and said,

"Why are you all wearing tuxedos? I remember there was no dress code on the invitation."

Hermione seemed to be hesitant to speak, and Harry on the side said,

"This is Hermione and Ron's idea. They think that only in this way can we show our importance to this banquet."

"Really..." Mike's eyes were still scanning Hermione, "But we are still students. I think we only need a clean and tidy school uniform to cope with this kind of occasion. I believe Slughorn meant the same thing, otherwise he would not have failed to specifically mark the dress code on the invitation."

Hearing this, Hermione and Harry finally noticed that Mike was wearing a Ravenclaw uniform. Hermione didn't react much, but Harry looked anxious.

"What should I do! Mike! Should I change into my uniform now? But my uniform hasn't been washed yet. It's not good to wear dirty clothes to the banquet!"

"Well, in that case, you should wear a dress." Mike perfunctorily said to Harry and then looked at Hermione, "How about you, Hermione, do you want to change into a uniform?"

"No need."

Hermione replied coldly, and then walked into the Potions classroom without looking back.

Seeing this, Mike frowned. It was really difficult for him to talk about this matter. If he said it directly, Hermione would definitely feel very embarrassed with Harry still present. But the other party would not understand his hint. What should he do?

Mike couldn't think of any solution for the time being. After struggling for a while, he could only decide to deal with it when the time came.

After all, as a friend, he couldn't let Hermione suffer for no reason.

Harry, who was standing aside, also saw the entanglement on Mike's face. He patted Mike on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry about it. Hermione has been on bad terms with all of us recently because of the 'Half-Blood Prince' incident. I guess she must be under too much pressure from studying. So I'm thinking of taking her to Hogsmeade to go shopping tomorrow. What do you think?"

"That's a good idea. She really needs to relax."

"Ha! Do you think so too? That's great!" Harry said with a beaming face, "It's a good thing you came, Mike. Hermione is ignoring me now, and Ron was not invited. If you don't show up, I will have to face Slughorn and those people alone. That's simply a nightmare!"

...

After chatting with Harry for a while, Mike opened the door of the Potions classroom with Harry. As soon

as the door was opened, the aroma of various foods came to their faces. Mike and Harry, who had been hungry for an afternoon, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It seems that we won't need to bring our own food this time."

Mike teased with a smile, and Harry on the side was also amused by Mike's words.

At this time, the Potions classroom had been completely renovated. All the crucibles, cabinets, and even tables and chairs were gone. Instead, there was a huge long table filled with various delicacies and a champagne tower next to it in the open space in the middle of the classroom.

The soft warm-toned beams of the magic lamp shone on the tall champagne tower, making it shine.

The ceiling of the classroom was also engraved with various beautiful murals. The murals seemed to depict a banquet. This should have an allusion, but Mike was very lacking in knowledge in this area and could not appreciate this kind of art. He could only think that the maid pouring wine in the mural was good-looking.

"Oh! Look who's here! Two good guys! Harry and Mike!"

Just as Mike and Harry were looking at the decorations in the classroom, a familiar voice came from the side.

Mike and Harry turned around and saw Slughorn walking towards them quickly with a big belly and a happy face.

His voice was very loud, and the people in the classroom who were originally talking to each other suddenly cast their eyes over.

Since it was the first time for Harry and Hermione to attend the formal banquet of the Slug Club, many people were wearing formal evening gowns like Harry and Hermione. Of course, there were also many people wearing school uniforms like Mike, but they all made some changes to their uniforms.

For example, the Hufflepuff boy not far from Mike had a unique badger-shaped brooch on his chest. Judging from its simple appearance and the magical aura it exuded, this brooch should be a priceless antique!

Harry was obviously a little uneasy about attending such a "high-class" (paying tribute to Duke Zoom) banquet for the first time. He hid behind Mike timidly, trying to avoid the hot eyes of the people around him.

Reflective Mike was much more natural. He smiled and walked towards Slughorn, and stretched out his hand to shake with him.

"Glad you can come, Mike."

"It's my pleasure, Professor."

Suddenly, Slughorn's eyes fell on Mike's Ravenclaw uniform. His eyes lit up and he said excitedly:

"Wow, what a nice dress!"

In the face of Slughorn's praise, Mike did not say anything but smiled at Slughorn and let go of his hand tacitly.

Mike had to admit that Slughorn did have some vision. Although the Ravenclaw uniform he was wearing looked no different from an ordinary uniform, it was actually made entirely of 'Los Santos Magic Cloth' and 'Anti-Magic Fur'. In terms of anti-magic ability, this uniform is definitely not much worse than the combat uniform of the Los Santos Wizarding Corps, but its cost is ten times that of that combat uniform!

On the other side, after a brief greeting with Mike, Slughorn came to Harry again.

He looked at Harry's fancy but obviously expensive dress with a strange expression.

"Well, this is really a fine dress." Slughorn said hesitantly, "But I don't know why, it always gives me a very familiar feeling. I seem to have seen other people who also particularly like to wear this kind of dress before."

Harry's expression was also a little embarrassed. He didn't know how to reply to Slughorn.

Fortunately, Mike came to the rescue in time and said,

"I guess that person must be called Sirius Black, right? There is probably no one else in the world who likes such... uh, such a fancy dress."

"Snap! You are absolutely right!" Slughorn snapped his fingers excitedly, "I remember, it was Sirius, that handsome guy liked this kind of dress very much when he was a student, and he led the trend in Hogwarts for a while at the time, until Dumbledore stopped everyone."

After that, he looked at Mike happily and said,

"I have to say that your description is really good. I really can't find a better word than fancy to describe this style of dress, but I don't like it very much." He turned his head and said to Harry, "Oh! I'm not saying that what you are wearing now is not good, it's just... uh, you know. I'm too old, and I really can't understand this trend of young people."

Harry nodded awkwardly. Seeing this, Slughorn raised his eyebrows and asked hurriedly:

"By the way, Harry! How did you think of dressing like this? What's your relationship with Sirius?"

"Sirius... He's my godfather."

Slughorn's smile froze. He stared at Harry blankly, his eyes full of disbelief.

Seeing this, Mike smiled softly and decided to add fuel to the fire for Harry, so he said jokingly:

"Black is simply raising Harry as his own son. I believe you can see that. Harry's dress is a complete replica of Black's. It's simply a parent-child outfit. Sometimes when we get together, I will tease him and tell him that he should find a woman to start a family, but guess what Black said? He actually said that having Harry is enough for him. This kind of feeling is really touching!" Harry was

a little embarrassed by what Mike said. He scratched his head and lowered his head with a red face.

But Slughorn was different. He keenly learned such a news from Mike's words-Sirius Black wanted Harry to inherit the Black family!

This was simply a news that could shock the wizarding world!

The wealth and power accumulated by the Potter and Black families for thousands of years will be concentrated in Harry alone in this generation. This will allow Harry to surpass the Malfoy family and become the richest and most honorable wizard in the entire British and even European wizarding society!

At this moment, Slughorn's eyes were almost wet when he looked at Harry!