Chapter 463 Envy, Jealousy and Hatred

The first gathering of the Slug Club is over.

Apart from the incident that happened to Emma, ​​the party was generally a success. Thanks to Slughorn's accurate vision, everyone who attended the party met a group of companions who were either of noble birth or talented.

This is a rare opportunity, whether for those wealthy nobles or for poor geniuses like Hermione.

The most valuable wealth in the wizarding world today is neither powerful spells nor expensive magic materials, but talents!

Whether it is those ancient pure-blood nobles or mixed-blood upstarts like Mike, their desire for talents is eternal. Geniuses of Muggle or mixed-blood origin like Hermione or Harry's mother are their best investment targets. They usually win over each other by tilting a large amount of resources, and the most common and ultimate means of winning over is marriage.

Blood relationship or family relationship is always the best weapon to force others to stand with themselves, which has been the case since ancient times.

But this is also a good thing for those geniuses who are not well-known and very poor. After all, through this method, they can not only obtain various resources to accelerate their growth, but also obtain a very high social status through marriage.

Therefore, as an upper-class social tool, the role of the Slug Club is unquestionable. It not only allows the nobles to quickly get to know those unknown talented seeds, but also allows them to make more efficient exchanges of interests between them to gain more benefits, mutual benefit, and as the founder of the club, Slughorn will also gain a lot of benefits and prestige.

This is the ultimate goal he wants to achieve with his continuous efforts, and judging from the current situation, Slughorn has done a good job. Through his years of hard work and the teacher-student bond of Hogwarts, Slughorn's Slug Club has extended its tentacles to all walks of life in the entire European wizarding world. If he is given some more time, maybe he can create a super club that does not belong to the Extraordinary Apothecary Association or even the Raven's Claw!

There are many smart people in Hogwarts who can see this, but not everyone is qualified to join the Slug Club.

For example, Draco and Pansy.

I won't mention Pansy. She is very self-aware. With the current decline of the Parkinson family, she believes that Slughorn will never let her join the Slug Club, even though her father was once a member of the club.

So she just complained.

But Draco is different. He really can't understand what the old guy Slughorn is thinking. It's okay that he didn't take the initiative to invite him, and he even took the initiative to ask Slughorn to join and was ruthlessly rejected!

Yes, that's right. The day after the first banquet of the Slug Club, Draco took the initiative to find Slughorn. After an unpleasant negotiation, Draco became a little angry.

Then, Slughorn, the former head of Slytherin, was boycotted by a group of radical Slytherins led by Draco. The direct result of this was that Slughorn's potion class turned into a disaster.

"Ah! My potion! Merlin's beard! Who did this!"

In the potion class, accompanied by a huge explosion, a Hufflepuff's scream resounded throughout the classroom, and everyone, including Mike, looked over at the same time.

The four-person operating table was now in a mess. A broken crucible lay crookedly on the operating table, and the unfinished boiling potion inside was splashed everywhere. The owner of the crucible was directly poured all over his head and face. Now the places where the potion was splashed have become red, which means he was burned.

The three people who were at the same operating table with him were even more unlucky. Although their injuries were not as serious as that person, the aftermath of the crucible explosion also completely scrapped the potion they were halfway through making!

The Hufflepuff area was filled with wailing, while students from other colleges were quite calm.

There was nothing they could do. This was already the tenth cauldron explosion this month, and they were no longer surprised.

There was even a burst of gloating laughter from the Slytherin side, with Draco laughing the most proudly, and occasionally casting provocative glances at Slughorn.

This move immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of everyone present. Everyone knew very well that all the cauldron explosions must have been caused by the Slytherins, and the fact that the Slytherins' cauldrons had never exploded was the best proof!

But unfortunately, they had no evidence to prove that it was the Slytherins who did it, even though Slughorn had consciously been on guard against the Slytherins' trouble.

After staring at Draco and the others angrily for a while, Slughorn reluctantly withdrew his gaze. This time, he still did not catch the other party's handle.

He quickly waved his wand, and a stream of clear water suddenly gushed out and poured on the Hufflepuffs, washing away the remaining liquid on their bodies.

"You, you and you, quickly send these people to the infirmary, their burns are very serious!"

Slughorn quickly gave orders, and the boys who were called immediately stood up and helped the Hufflepuffs to the infirmary.

They were very skilled in this set of actions. After all, Slughorn always called them.

Strictly speaking, this would affect their studies, but they enjoyed it because doing this would give them extra points.

Then Slughorn quickly directed the rest of the people in the classroom to start cleaning the operating table. When everything was done, it was time to end the class, and Slughorn reluctantly announced the end of the class.

The Slytherins left the classroom arrogantly, and this scene made Slughorn very angry.

'Thanks to' the other party's little trick, his original teaching plan has been greatly slowed down. If this continues, the students of this term will not be able to complete this year's studies at all!

Slughorn secretly made up his mind that he must find a way to show these naughty kids some power!

On the other side, Mike, Harry and others also left the classroom early, but they did not return to the lounge as usual, but blocked the door of the classroom, staring at the students who kept passing by.

After a while, the person they were waiting for appeared.

Hermione hurriedly walked out of the classroom with a thick stack of books. Her task today was very heavy. Not only did she have to complete the homework of ancient magic runes, transfiguration and potions, but she also had to preview tomorrow's lessons. She had to return to the lounge as soon as possible to start studying!

However, as soon as she stepped out of the door of the classroom, Mike and Harry drove her to the outside of the castle.

I'm very sorry, my friend's mother was seriously ill and I went to visit her. As a result, my friend and her father forced me to stay at their home to drink and talk about my depression. So... I only have 2,000 today...