Chapter 713: Joining the Slug Club Is Not a Bad Thing

"Hermione, why do you want Fish to accept his invitation?"

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After Slughorn left with his big belly satisfied, Cat immediately asked with a little dissatisfaction.

"Fish doesn't like that guy, meow!"

"I don't like him either."

Hermione first agreed, and then explained: "But no matter what, he is a professor, and it is not good to keep rejecting his invitation."

Of course, this was just to appease the cat. The real reason was because she noticed Harry's struggle and recalled that her mother was also a member of the Slug Club, so Hermione decided to help him...

In the situation just now, if even Fish refused, Harry would definitely be embarrassed to agree to Professor Slughorn's invitation.

She thought for a while and then said: "And Dumbledore didn't say that Professor Slughorn likes to 'collect' talented students. If you refuse this time, there may be another time, so why not take advantage of tonight?" Tell him clearly."

"That's right..." Maomao waved his fist and said, "If he refuses to merge the Slug Club into the Cat Club tonight, Fish will beat him up!"

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"That's not what I meant!" Hermione quickly tried to dissuade her: "And if you do this, aren't you afraid that Minerva will be angry?"

When he heard that Hermione had moved out of Professor McGonagall, Fish immediately withered.

"You didn't mean to tell him tonight, meow..." Maomao muttered, wrinkling his nose.

"I mean, let's decline the invitation to join the Slug Club tonight, so he won't bother you again in the future." Hermione explained in a dumbfounded voice.

Then she glanced at Harry again and said considerately: "Harry, you don't have to consider us. If you want to join, just join..."

After catching a glimpse of Fish suddenly puffing up his cheeks and wanting to accuse Harry, Hermione quickly added: "After all, your mother also joined the Slug Club."

Fish blinked, his anger instantly subsided, and he and Hermione began to persuade him.

"That's right, meow. Albus also said that there are benefits to joining that club, and it will be snatched away by Fish sooner or later. It doesn't matter if you join now, meow!"

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Maomao crossed his arms and nodded his head solemnly.

"Ah...um...thank you."

Harry knew that they meant well, so he smiled and thanked him, and did not bother to explain that the reason why he did not agree to Slughorn's invitation before was mainly because he did not like the other party's attitude...

Another reason is that Draco Malfoy had already agreed to Slughorn's invitation when he was on the train, which also made Harry feel a little resistant to joining the club.

Of course, it was impossible for Fish to go back to do homework with Hermione in the afternoon. He turned into a cat and wandered around the castle. From time to time, he enjoyed other people's caresses and feedings, or found a place that pleased his eyes. Squint for a while.

Cat spent a Saturday afternoon leisurely as always, and after dinner time, he returned to the common room to join Hermione, Ginny and Harry.

The four of them said goodbye to Ron, who was unhappy, and went to Professor Slughorn's office together.

Since Snape did not move his office to the third floor, and Slughorn needed a space large enough to host the club's members, his office was much larger than the average teacher's room.

"Ha! Look who's here?" Almost at the same time as the four people pushed the door open, Slughorn came up to them. He loudly said enthusiastically: "The famous Fish and Harry! And there are results. Miss Granger, who is always at the top, and Miss Weasley, who has amazing magical abilities!”

As soon as he came up, he grabbed the arms of Fish and Harry respectively and pulled them towards the house. At the same time, he did not forget to nod kindly to Hermione and Ginny. This attentive attitude was different from the previous treatment of Neville and Rowe. En Shi is simply a world of difference.

Fish didn't resist because he was already attracted by the aroma of food wafting around the room.

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"Let me introduce to you, this is Gwenog Jones, from the Holyhead Harpies..."

Slughorn pulled the two of them towards a dark-skinned witch who was obviously not a Hogwarts student. Halfway through, he suddenly found that he couldn't walk...

To be precise, the originally cooperative Maomao suddenly stood still, and Slughorn was naturally unable to drag Fish down.

"Feixu is hungry! We need to eat first, meow!"

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Facing Slughorn's puzzled gaze, Maomao said matter-of-factly, then shook his arm away from him and ran towards the dining table filled with food.

Slughorn touched his smooth forehead awkwardly, and then laughed twice.

"Yes, yes! I'm in a hurry. Let's eat something to fill our stomachs first!" He waved his hand and said to other people in the room: "After we eat, we have plenty of time to communicate."

The other people in Hogwarts have long been accustomed to Fish's appearance, and naturally they will not be surprised or offended. They came to Fish's side with a chuckle, and tasted the food on the table with the cat.

I have to say that the food prepared by Slughorn is indeed very delicious. After all, he relied on his own connections to get a lot of things here. The ordinary ingredients in Hogwarts are still incomparable. .

so……

"Hermione... Fish suddenly feels that... joining this club is not a bad thing."

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While chewing food, the cat whispered to Hermione beside him.

Hermione rolled her eyes at the little greedy cat with amusement, and agreed: "Yes, yes, didn't you say it? Professor Dumbledore also said that joining the Slug Club has benefits."

Fish looked at the food in front of him and nodded vigorously, "Yeah! The benefits are too great meow!"

Then the cat frowned again, and continued to stuff food into his mouth, saying: "But Fish still doesn't want to be a 'collection'..."

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"That depends on your own ideas." Hermione shrugged, she didn't care, anyway, no matter what Fish chose, she would follow.

"Hello." Just as Fish was wolfing down his food and struggling, the dark-skinned witch came to Fish's side. She smiled proudly and introduced herself: "My name is Gwenog Jones, and I am the batsman and captain of the Holyhead Harpies."

"Battler? Quidditch meow?"

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Maomao tilted her head and looked at her, and said frankly: "Fish doesn't like Quidditch, so I didn't know you had the team you mentioned meow."

"...Ah?" Jones' smile froze.

The Holyhead Harpies is an all-female Quidditch team in Wales. Not to mention the global scope, at least in the wizarding world in England, it can be said that everyone knows it, especially among the witch community, and it has a particularly high popularity.

This can also be seen from the excited expressions of Ginny and other little witches next to them.

Since Jones became famous in the Harpy team, she has been well-known in the English wizarding world, even better than Harry Potter, the "boy who survived a catastrophe", so before she came here, she never expected to get such an answer from Fish.

"Well, Fish doesn't like the complicated rules of Quidditch, so he has no interest in the game, and naturally doesn't know how good you are." Ginny hurriedly explained for Maomao.

"Ah... It doesn't matter. Although it's rare, there are people who don't like Quidditch." Jones naturally couldn't be angry with Maomao, she waved her hand generously.

Of course, this is only Fish. If someone else said in front of her that they didn't like Quidditch, Jones would definitely have a good argument with the other person.

However, under the premise that Fish was not interested in Quidditch, Gwenog Jones didn't know how to open the topic when he wanted to communicate with Maomao.

"Hey, kids, what are you talking about? Do you mind adding me?"

Fortunately, at this time, Slughorn came over with a glass of red wine.

"Of course I don't mind, Professor." Jones smiled bitterly and asked for help: "I'm thinking about getting to know Fish, but unfortunately he doesn't seem to like Quidditch..."

"Oh, I can't help you with this, dear." Slughorn spread his hands, "Fish doesn't really like me either... Although I don't know why yet."

With his communication skills, how could he not see that Fish was tired of him, but he was confident that he could change the cat's opinion, but before that he had to figure out the reason first, so he immediately followed Jones' words and threw out his doubts.

"Can you tell me the reason, Fish?" Even though he knew he was hated, Slughorn still maintained his gentle attitude and asked the cat.

"Fish doesn't want to be anyone's 'collection' meow!"

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The cat put down the knife and fork in his hand, swallowed the food in his mouth, and answered seriously.

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Gwenog Jones should have been invited to the party later. In the original book, after mid-October, when Harry asked Hermione about the latest party, she mentioned it.

I just brought her to the front to save trouble.