Chapter 461 ?The So-Called Dress

Chapter 461 The so-called dress

With the slow arrival of autumn, the daylight hours in the country are becoming shorter and shorter. It is just around dinner time and the sun in the sky has slowly sunk into the other side of the mountain.

Magic candles were also lit early in the Hogwarts Castle for lighting.

Mike was walking slowly in the dim corridor, the bright yellow light of the candle shining on him, illuminating his solemn Ravenclaw uniform and his conspicuous blond hair.

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

Today is Saturday, the day I made an appointment with Professor Slughorn to attend the 'Slug Club' banquet.

But what is regrettable is that except for the girl named Emma and another boy who also comes from a large pure-blood family, no one familiar to Mike was invited to Ravenclaw.

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

Mike, who was thinking wildly, also unknowingly came to the corridor outside the Potions classroom, and there were two figures standing here early.

"Harry! You should be wearing a tie, your tie is so ugly!"

Under the dim light, Hermione was looking at Harry with disgust.

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

She once again put on the pale pink dress she had worn at the Goblet of Fire Christmas dinner, and used magic hair softener to rearrange her messy hair to one side. There are some traces of makeup.

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

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

Because a dress is expensive to make, by making up the unspoken rule that a dress can only be used once, they can show off their rich family wealth, and can also effectively screen out those false nobles who sneak into the banquet by pretending to be fake.

If it were an ordinary school banquet, the pure-blood nobles wouldn't say anything. After all, the majority of Hogwarts students are ordinary students from ordinary or poor families. Such a thing would easily arouse public outrage.

But it will be different at the 'Slug Club' dinner where elites gather later. Hermione will most likely be attacked by a group because of this incident.

On the other side, Harry, who was being disliked by Hermione, put on the dress that Sirius had specially prepared for him for this kind of scene. Well, the style was exactly the same as what Sirius was used to, and they were all extremely flashy.

However, this time without Sirius to arrange it for him, this complicated evening dress looked a bit messy on Harry, which was 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 could be seen that the relationship between the two of them was very bad because of the "Half-Blood Prince Textbook" incident.

Hermione snorted coldly and stopped talking to Harry, but she didn't leave directly. Instead, she watched coldly as Harry fiddled with the untidy tie, planning to wait until Harry was helpless. Don't take action until you beg her.

Even though she is a girl, she knows much better 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 over to the two of them and directly took over the task of helping Harry adjust his tie.

Harry was startled by the sudden appearance of Mike, raised his head and exposed his neck, and stammered:

"Thank...thank you!"

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

"Can you teach me?"

Harry said with bright eyes.

Hearing this, Mike raised his eyebrows and said:

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

A look of joy appeared on Harry's face as soon as he said this, and it was obvious that he understood what Mike meant.

After finishing tying Mike's tie, Mike looked at Hermione who was still sulking aside. He pretended to be casual and said:

"Why are you all putting on evening clothes? I remember there was no dress code on the invitation."

Hermione was hesitant to speak, but Harry on the side rushed to say:

"This was Hermione and Ron's idea. They felt that this was the only way to show how much we value this party."

"Really..." Mike's eyes were still scanning Hermione's body, "But we are still students, and I think we only need a clean and neat school uniform to cope with this kind of situation. I believe Slughorn is the same. That’s what I meant, otherwise I wouldn’t have specifically marked the dress code on the invitation.”

Hearing this, Hermione and Harry finally noticed the Ravenclaw uniform that Mike was wearing at this time. Hermione didn't react at all, but Harry looked anxious.

"What should I do! Mike! Do I want to change into my uniform now? But my uniform hasn't been washed yet. Isn't it a good idea to wear dirty clothes to the banquet!"

"Well, in that case, you'd better wear a dress." Mike gave Harry a perfunctory look and then looked at Hermione, "What about you, Hermione, do you want to change into a uniform?"

"No."

Hermione answered coldly, and then walked into the Potions classroom without thinking.

Seeing this, Mike also frowned. It was really not easy for him to open up about this matter. If he opened up about it directly, Hermione would definitely feel very embarrassed with Harry still present, but her hint The other party can’t understand, so what should I do?

Mike couldn't think of any solution for the time being. After struggling for a moment, he could only decide to take action when the time came.

Always, as a friend, I couldn't let Hermione suffer for no reason.

Harry on the side also saw the confusion on Mike's face. He patted Mike on the shoulder and said:

"Don't take it to heart, Hermione. She has not had a good relationship 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 am considering taking her to Hogmore tomorrow. Decun is going shopping, what do you think?"

"Very nice doctrine. She really needs to relax."

"Ha! Do you think so too? This is really great!" Harry said with joy, "Fortunately you are here, Mike. Hermione is ignoring me now, and Ron was not invited. , if you don’t show up again, I will have to face Slughorn and those people alone, which would be a nightmare!”

…

After chatting with Harry for a while, Mike and Harry opened the door to the Potions classroom together.

As soon as the door opened, the aroma of all kinds of food hit their faces. Mike and Harry, who had been hungry all afternoon, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

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

Mike joked with a smile, and Harry on the side also laughed out loud at Mike's words.

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

The soft warm-toned beam of the magic lamp shines on the tall champagne tower, making it sparkle.

The ceiling in the classroom is also engraved with various beautiful murals. The murals seem to depict a banquet. This should have an allusion, but unfortunately Mike lacks knowledge in this area and does not appreciate it. If you don't like this kind of art, you can only think that the maid pouring wine on the mural looks good.

"Oh! Look who's here! Two great 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 quickly towards this side with a big belly and a look of joy on his face.

His voice was so loud that everyone in the classroom who was still talking to each other suddenly turned their attention to him.

Since this was the first time to attend a formal banquet of the Slug Club, many people here were wearing formal evening clothes like Harry and Hermione. Of course, there were also many people wearing college uniforms like Mike, but But they all also came up with some tricks on their uniforms.

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

It was the first time for Harry to attend such an 'elegant' banquet (a tribute to the Duke of Zoom). Harry was obviously a little uneasy. He timidly hid behind Mike, trying to avoid the hot looks from those around him.

Reflective Mike was much more natural. He smiled and greeted Slughorn, and stretched out his hand to shake it.

"Glad you could come, Mike."

"It would be 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!"

When faced with Slughorn's praise, Mike didn't say anything but smiled at each other and let go of his hand in tacit understanding.

Mike had to admit that Slughorn did have some discernment. Although the Ravenclaw uniform he was wearing at the moment looked the same as an ordinary uniform, it was actually completely made of the "Los Santos Demon". Made of cloth and 'anti-magic fur', in terms of anti-magic ability, this uniform is definitely no worse than the combat uniform of the Los Santos Wizards, but its cost is ten times that of that combat uniform. !

On the other side, after chatting with Mike for a while, 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 in it before. Love wearing this dress.”

Harry also looked 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's probably no one else in the world who would like such a... well, such a fancy dress."

"Pah! What you said is absolutely right!" Slughorn snapped his fingers excitedly, "I remembered it, it was Sirius, that handsome boy who liked this kind of outfit very much when he was a student. It was a trend in Hogwarts for a while, but it didn't stop until Dumbledore stopped it."

After saying 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 to describe this style of clothing than fancy. It's just that I don't like it very much." He turned his head to Harry again. Said, "Oh! I'm not saying that what you're wearing now is not good, but... well, you know. I'm too old and I really can't understand this trend among young people."

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

"By the way, Harry! Why did you think of dressing like this? Do you have anything to do with Sirius?"

"Sirius...he is my godfather."

The smile on Slughorn's face suddenly froze, and he stared at Harry blankly, his eyes full of disbelief.

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

"Blake is raising Harry as his own son. I believe you can see this. Harry's dress is a complete replica of Blake's. It is simply a parent-child outfit. Sometimes when we get together, I still They would tease him and tell him that he should find a woman to start a family, but what do you think Black said? He actually said that Harry is enough for him. This kind of emotion 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 the news from Mike's words-Sirius Black wanted Harry to inherit the Black family!

This is simply news that can shock the magic world!

The wealth and power accumulated by the Potter family and the Black family 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 wizarding society in the entire country and even Europe. , the most noble wizard!

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