Fifteen minutes later, Matthew Wakefield appeared at the door of the Potions Teacher's Office as scheduled.

After all, the other party is the dean of his college. He has invited him repeatedly and so enthusiastically... If he doesn't obey his orders, he will really disrespect others...

So after thinking about it, he finally came.

"Oh, Matthew, my child!" As soon as he pushed the door in, Slughorn shouted, "I finally waited for you, come on, come on, come on!"

He grabbed Matthew's hand enthusiastically and pulled Matthew into the office. His hand was tightly pulled, as if he was afraid that Matthew would escape.

"Sorry, professor..." Matthew hurriedly "explained", "Some time ago, it was indeed because of some special reasons... I was a little uncomfortable at that time... so..."

"Of course, I know very well, kid..." Slughorn stopped Matthew and continued, and he nodded with a smile, "Come on, come in quickly... a lot of people are waiting for you!"

Many people are waiting for me?

Matthew didn't understand it very much for a moment...

But soon, when he glanced around the office, he began to understand gradually

In addition to the usual members, there are a few new faces in the office.

They are all adult wizards, in their thirties and forties... probably all members of the Slug Club many years ago.

...

"Matthew, I want you to meet Dirk Cleesway, who is now working in the Goblin Liaison Office of the Magical Biology Management Control Department...I suggest you have a good relationship with him because he can reveal you valuable internal information in the Gringott..."

Dirk Clesway is a young man in his early thirties who looks easygoing.

He smiled at Matthew politely, and Matthew hurriedly said hello to him.

"Of course, there is Mr. Ambrose Froome of the Honey Duke. I think you should be familiar with him!" Slughorn continued, "Even if you are not familiar with him, you should be familiar with his candy."

Mr. Ambrose Froome seems to be older than Dirk Clesway. He is a wide, bald man...Matthew once met him when he used the secret passage in the Honey Duke's basement...

And Wendy Slinka, the author of the book "Theory of Magical Defense"...

And Regulus Black, a pretty handsome young man...

Gvinog Jones, captain of the Holyhead Habiquidditch team...

There is no doubt that they are all former students of Professor Horace Slughorn.

Slughorn also introduced Matthew to them one by one, but other than Mr. Chrysway, no one seemed to be interested in Matthew.

Soon, the knock on the door sounded again.

Slughorn went to greet the new guests, and Matthew was able to escape.

He saw a long brown hair in the crowd and hurried over.

"Borrow light and give it!" he said while squeezing.

...

"Hermione!" he said softly.

"Oh, Matthew...good evening..." Hermione looked a little excited, "Did you see Wendy Slinka? He is the author of the book "Theory of Magical Defense"... It's hard to believe that I was lucky enough to know him..."

"Calm down!" Matthew quickly reminded.

Then he pulled Hermione into a remote corner.

"Hermione, haven't I reminded you that it's better not to attend Slughorn's party again!" Matthew said with a serious face, "This may bring danger!"

Agnes Lesterlanch reminded at the time that Matthew thought it was reasonable...Horas Slughorn's performance has always been a bit weird...so he is very likely to be a dangerous person, especially for wizards from Muggle origin.

Therefore, while he kept a certain distance from Slughorn in time, he also warned Hermione.

After all, Hermione, like him, is also a Muggle-born wizard.

But from now on, she didn't seem to listen much.

"But..." Hermione retorted softly, "It's hard for us to encounter such an opportunity again. We have had such close contact with experts like Wendy Slinka... I think I have many questions to ask him..."

"...and, aren't you here too..." she added.

Matthew felt he could not argue.

In fact, he could not explain why Horace Slughorn suddenly became so important and enthusiastic about himself.

"I still recommend that you be careful and be cautious..." He had no choice but to say.

"Okay, I get it!" Miss Hermione Granger nodded, "Thank you, Matthew!"

"Matthew...Nevil..." Neville Longbottom trotted over at this time.

He arrived a little later.

"Great, I can attend Slughorn's dinner with you again!" Neville looked very happy, "By the way, why didn't you attend the dinner several times before... I was alone at that time, and I was a little lonely."

"Sorry, I was busy at that time..." Matthew made a simple excuse.

The three of them found a corner and sat down.

...

Slughorn's dinner began soon.

Although this time there were a few more guests, there were also a few more chairs beside the round table.

Several adult wizards, former members of the Slug Club, are all successful people in the magic world, so they are also very popular here.

Almost a few chattering students were surrounded by each of them.

The dinner was still very sumptuous and exquisite.

"Okay, welcome everyone! Let's welcome the guests!" At the beginning of the banquet, Horas Slughorn suddenly stood up and held up a glass of honey wine, "Cheers!"

"cheers!"

The students raised their wine glasses one after another, and Matthew was no exception.

What they drink today seems to be the newly imported foreign honey wine from the two broom bars...the taste is much better than the honey wine in the past.

"Of course, please don't spread the things here all over the place after leaving my office later..." Slughorn added, "because Principal Rozier doesn't like me in the castle, and invites guests who do not belong to Hogwarts..."

“…so, I hope everyone can keep it a secret for me!”

"In addition, I have always believed that communicating more with some successful wizards will also help children succeed in the future... So, everyone does not have to worry about it or be restrained here..."

Slughorn ended his "speak".

The entire office suddenly heard eager applause.
Chapter completed!