[HP] Aunt of the Savior

Doris didn't refuse Jody's invitation, but she didn't expect Snape to go with them.

As a result, the herbal class this morning ended in a very strange atmosphere.Doris sat on Jody's left, and Snape sat on Jody's right.Neither Jody nor Snape were the type to talk loudly, but Doris, who usually loves to chatter the most, was also unusually silent today, which seemed a bit weird.

After finally waiting for get out of class to end, Doris hurriedly left the greenhouse alone, and ran away without looking back.Jody looked at her back and raised his eyebrows.

Snape felt uncomfortable.He knew that Doris Knott's anomaly definitely had something to do with him.In the past few days, he has been carefully adapting to life in Slytherin.His experience of being unwelcome since he was a child and his identity as a mixed race made him mentally prepared to be neglected, squeezed out and even bullied by his classmates. It was expected that Doris would be as indifferent to him as others, but he did not. Hope to implicate others for my own sake, especially those who are friendly to me.

"You...you don't really need to do this." Snape hesitated, and said to Jody. "I... it's fine."

"It's nothing, I just did what I wanted to do." Jody took the topic lightly.Just like what she thought when she chose another compartment on the train because of Lily and Snape, she didn't intend to make Snape feel indebted to her for this.Doris's attitude towards mixed-race and hemp-blooded wizards made her have to express her position to Doris early.Anyway, she would never change her ideas and practices, so the choice was left to Doris.

"...Do you want to go to the library in the afternoon? Lily will be there too, we can do homework together." Snape unexpectedly and reasonably did not pester Doris any more, but his tone seemed very gentle.

After Jody agreed, it occurred to her that, not counting the last conversation in the empty classroom, this seemed to be the first time since she knew Snape that he had invited herself.

Lily was very happy to see that Jody had also joined him and Snape's self-study army, and unceremoniously and quietly betrayed her friend to Jody. The last time she was still struggling with the question of whether he and Jody could be regarded as friends.

"Severus is always like this, don't blame him." Although she was a bad friend who betrayed her friend's embarrassment before, the red-haired girl showed a bright and gentle smile in the next moment: "He is shy and not very talkative. , and has a bad temper, but I promise, he is really a very good friend."

Snape's head was almost buried in the book, and the ears under the hair turned pink.

"I know." Jody tried not to look at the shy look of the black-haired boy, looked at Lily as much as possible, and said with a smile, unconsciously envious. "Lily, you are also a very good friend."

The red-haired girl who was evaluated by Jody took out her textbook shyly. "Let's start doing homework!"

While doing homework together, Jody discovered that Lily is really a talented and hard-working girl. Her talent in magic makes it hard to believe that she was actually born in a Muggle family.At Hogwarts, she was like a sponge, trying to absorb knowledge to enrich herself.Although both Jody and Snape had better foundations than her, they didn't dare to relax when they saw Lily's seriousness.With the strong personalities of these two people, they absolutely refused to let themselves have the possibility of falling behind. As a result, the last three people left the library with a large stack of books.

When going through the borrowing procedures, Mrs. Pince gave them a rare look of appreciation for the studious spirit of the three freshmen—it's a pity that none of the three whose heads were covered by books saw it.

After leaving the library, Lily bid farewell to Jody and Snape and returned to the Gryffindor Tower, while Jody and Snape decided to put the books back in the dormitory first, then meet in the common room and go to Slug together Professor Horn's office attends a party at the Slug Club.

When Jody returned to the dormitory, she found Doris in the room.Seeing Jody coming in, Doris immediately looked away, which made both girls a little embarrassed.Although she had a premonition, Jody was still a little sad in her heart. She quietly put the book in her arms on the bedside table, and went out again without saying a word.

"That slug club is probably mainly for researching potions!" Now Snape could chat with Jody normally.When Jody came out of the dormitory just now, his face was not very good-looking. Although it was only for a moment, Snape saw it, but he didn't ask what happened, but talked about the snot that they were all very curious about. Bug Club. "Professor Slughorn is the potions professor, and the slug is the potion ingredient."

Jody disapproved and said, "I don't think so, because I'm not as good at brewing potions as you are! And I wasn't invited because I was outstanding at brewing potions."

"Is that to create an opportunity for outstanding students to exchange magic learning? Like a study group or a seminar?" Snape began to wonder if there would be some topics for them to discuss at the party tonight. discuss.

Jody pouted noncommittally.She intuitively felt that the Slug Club might not exist for such a serious reason.And what happened later proved that her intuition still made sense.

Professor Slughorn's office is on the first floor, on the south side of the castle, not far from the auditorium, and there are no changing passages, so it's very easy to find.

"Oh, that's a freshman, right?"

"Surprised there are first graders in the Slug Club!"

When Jody and Snape entered Slughorn's office, a considerable number of students were already there.They discussed in whispers, very curious about Jody and Snape.You can tell by looking at the uniforms that in addition to the students of Slytherin, there are also Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.Except for Jody and Snape, there were no first-years here, though.

Slughorn's office is much larger than Professor McGonagall's. I don't know if he has been cast with an expansion spell.It was furnished more like a small living room than a teacher's office, with soft, high-quality carpets and ornate sofa sets around it.The afterglow of the setting sun passed through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, covering the room with a layer of orange tulle. Professor Slughorn sat on a large and beautiful sofa chair by the window.Seeing Jody and Snape, Slughorn got up from his chair and went to meet them.

"Professor Slughorn." Jody looked around the unexpected office and came to the founder of the Slug Club and the host of the party.

"Ah, Miss Potter, Mr. Snape, you are here!" Professor Slughorn acted like a hospitable host. "Oh, let me introduce you, first year Slytherin, Jody Potter and Severus Snape!"

Professor Slughorn's introduction caused the other students present to clap their hands in cooperation, even though their eyes were full of inquiry.Slughorn himself didn't take the behavior of the students around him seriously, he just patted Jody and Snape on the shoulders very kindly, and waved his wand to call for food and drinks: "Come, eat some delicious food to your heart's content, you see This is the fine foie gras and cheese that my students brought back from France for me, and some red wine... Ah, no, you are too young to drink, but can you try some juice? Today's juice I had the house elves make a special concoction of cranberries, black currants and raspberries, and it was delicious!"

"Well, thank you Professor." Snape sullenly, took a glass of mixed fruit juice that Slughorn summoned to force himself.

"These foods look really good." Jody politely took a small snack from the plate floating in front of her and put it into her mouth. "It was delicious."

"Of course," Slughorn twitched his walrus beard and winked at Jody. "The Slug Club won't pick anything low-quality, both for the people who attend and what they enjoy."

After greeting Jody and Snape, Slughorn returned to his original position, sinking his chubby body into the soft cushion, most of the students gathered around him, laughing and laughing I don't know what to say.Each of them had a relaxed and happy smile on their faces, and Professor Slughorn, with his bulging belly, greeted the students sitting in the sofa chair, looking even more handsome than when he was standing on the podium. Come right.

On the long table against the wall are main courses such as barbecue and salad, as well as the mixed juice and red wine highly recommended by Slughorn, while the plates containing various sandwiches, small desserts and small biscuits seem to surround Like a planet orbiting a star, it revolves around the crowd in a predetermined orbit, allowing people to eat.I don't know when it started, but elegant music was played in the office, and the students gathered in groups of three or four to chat and enjoy delicious food, which was very pleasant.

"It seems that there is no academic exchange as you imagined, this is a simple and pure gathering. I guess the theme of the Slug Club may be... um, enjoy the food?" Jody looked around and found that there were no other people besides himself and Snape. Standing in the corner, other people have naturally integrated into this relaxed and happy party.

Snape frowned and said nothing.

If you simply say from the party, Slughorn is a good host, at least the food and drinks he prepared are very rich and exquisite, and the environment of this party is also quite relaxed-although many people expressed their dissatisfaction with the new members. There was a certain amount of curiosity, but no one made any belittling, belittling or inappropriate remarks about Jody and Snape appearing together.However, Snape was extremely disappointed that the expected academic exchange seminar before the dinner did not appear at all, but was replaced by a complete dinner.He thought this party could be more serious, at least it could show his talents and help him find like-minded companions, but now it seems that this is just a boring social occasion that he hates the most.Rather than staying here in a daze, he would rather go back to the dormitory to read now.

Snape looked at Jody beside him, hesitating whether to propose to leave.

But after Jody looked around and pondered for a moment, he finally chose to walk to Professor Slughorn and listened quietly to his conversation with the students.

Professor Slughorn raised his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Well, I know, I know, Mr. Burst, I believe your father is capable of getting the Ministry of Magic to pass this decree. Of course, in order to pass this decree , Anthony Fry has worked very hard. We all hope to buy some products that everyone likes, not because of Muggles..."

Being evaluated by Professor Slughorn in this way, the Slytherin student named Burst blushed with pride.However, the focus of Professor Slughorn's attention has already shifted to Miss Varnet from Hufflepuff. The topic he discussed with her is whether butter beer can be provided to the Varnet Restaurant in Diagon Alley. Limited sale.If possible, the restaurant run by Miss Varnet's family would offer Professor Slughorn a premium membership with ready reservations, perhaps free of charge.The origin of butterbeer will be handed over to a Gryffindor student, who is said to have something to do with the three broomsticks.

From legal information to sales channels of butter beer, such irrelevant topics made Jody, who was listening, suddenly feel like an eye-opener.This is the famous slug club that Doris said?