Chapter 536 Stay Away From Malfoy, a Ordinary Dinner (1/2)

Chapter 536 Stay away from Malfoy, a mediocre dinner

The Hogwarts Express slowly started and moved forward along the rails.

Aaron stayed in the prefect's box after attending the prefect's meeting. All the bad things in the summer vacation were like the scenery outside the window.

When most of the other people in the carriage had left, Hermione asked tentatively, "What's going on between you and Fleur?"

"It's all because of my damn charm that has nowhere to go." Aaron said depressedly, "Thanks to you, I was kicked out of Gaius's house.

I've been living in Diagon Alley for most of this holiday. Fleur works in Ollivander's Wand Shop. She comes to visit whenever she has time. This is tacitly approved by my great uncle. I have to give him face!"

"Speaking of the point." Ron asked with interest, "What is your relationship with her now?"

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Ah...Is it not okay to show some concern?"

"Nonsense, of course not."

"She likes you, right?" Hermione bit her lip.

"It's obvious." Aaron spread his hands helplessly, "I don't know what happened to this holiday. My parents, grandfather, and uncle are all very concerned about my life events as if they had discussed it.

I personally resist this very much. After all, I am under a lot of pressure. Love is a waste of time, so I can only put it aside.

But reality has taught me a good lesson. Some things are really unavoidable."

"Who are you?" Ron envied and hated, "You know how beautiful she is! If I were you..."

Bang!

Before he finished speaking, Ron's left foot was stepped on hard.

It hurt, but he didn't dare to make any sound, because at this moment he almost felt the same aura as his furious mother.

"Tell me! What would you do if it were you?"

"I..." Ron wanted to cry but couldn't. He said insincerely: "I'm still a student. I must put my studies first."

"I thought so at the time." Aaron nodded in agreement, "So I tactfully rejected the confession of a beautiful girl."

"She confessed?"

Hermione was surprised and felt frustrated.

No wonder Fleur acted so confident in front of her. She was speechless when someone else took the lead in doing something she didn't dare to do.

"You, refused?"

Ron's mouth twitched slightly, and he doubted Aaron's sexual orientation.

That was a great beauty. If it were someone else, they would be very happy. At least he would definitely not refuse.

"But she's obviously more patient than I thought. She hasn't given up for more than a month." Aaron laughed self-deprecatingly, "Fortunately, Hogwarts has started. I can't hold on any longer."

Hermione was silent for a moment, took a deep breath and took out the blue crystal bracelet, "She made this with her own hair and asked me to pass it on to you."

Aaron looked at the bracelet, stunned for a long time, and smiled bitterly, "It's really hard for me. This must be Ollivander's idea. If she gave it to me personally, I wouldn't accept it.

But I can't not accept it now. At least I have to keep it until the end of this school year before returning it to her."

"I met true love at the age of sixteen." Ron teased, "Enough for you to brag about for the rest of your life."

"Are you envious?" Aaron responded with a playful look, "I know this is a bit of a blow to you who are single."

Click!

The sound of heartbreak suddenly sounded.

Ron's eyes were dull and his face twitched uncontrollably.

In other words, he can't win, otherwise they would have to fight to the death.

Hermione rolled her eyes speechlessly, and then she suddenly thought of something, "Harry said you stayed at home for half a month, right!"

"That's right." Aaron didn't deny it, "Originally I couldn't go home, but someone came to visit.

For the sake of the guest, my grandfather allowed me to stay at home for another half a month."

"What guest?" Hermione asked.

"This... can't tell you." Aaron said embarrassedly.

One Furong is already enough to make people feel overwhelmed, and if another one says it's a coincidence, no one will believe it. If this gets out, his image will be ruined.

"Forget it." Hermione exhaled slowly, "I have something to tell you. It's best to keep some distance from Draco Malfoy."

"What?" Aaron was slightly stunned, "What's wrong with him?"

"There is a problem, and it's a big problem." Ron said seriously, "When we were buying textbooks in Diagon Alley, we saw him sneaking into Knockturn Alley and staying in Borgin and Burke's for a long time. That store specializes in selling all kinds of dangerous and unknown things."

"Is that so?" Aaron pondered for a moment, "I know what's going on."

"This is really not a joke." Hermione said anxiously, "After all, his father is a Death Eater, and we also heard him severely warn Borgin and Burke."

"That's not a warning, that's a threat." Ron corrected, "He threatened Borgin and Burke not to let anyone else know about this, otherwise Fenrir Greyback would come after him.

That's the most ferocious werewolf in the wizarding world, a real tough guy."

Hearing this, Aaron couldn't help but feel a headache.

Draco played a little too much, buying dangerous dark magic items, and not ruling out cooperating with Death Eaters.

"I know, but he definitely won't do anything to me."

Ron and Hermione wanted to persuade them again, but the door of the box suddenly opened.

A junior Slytherin wizard walked in, and he handed Aaron a roll of parchment tied with a purple ribbon, "Senior, this is what the new professor asked me to give you."

"Professor Horace Slughorn?"

"Yes, that's him." The junior wizard nodded, then left the box.

"What is it?" Hermione asked curiously.

"An invitation." Aaron opened the parchment and said.

Aaron Gaius

I would be very happy if you could have lunch with me in Box C

Yours faithfully

Professor Horace Slughorn

"Why would he invite you?" Ron asked puzzled.

"How should I know?" Aaron frowned, "I have no connection with this professor, and I only know his name the night Harry came to my house.

But I still have to give the professor face, and I'm a little hungry."

Aaron picked up Abe and walked through the busy corridor to the door of Box C. After arriving, he found that Slughorn invited more than just him.

There were Slytherin Brace Zabini, Gryffindor Cormac McLaggen, Ravenclaw's Marcos Belby, and in addition to these three, there were three of his acquaintances, Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, and Ginny Weasley.

After seeing these people from different colleges who had little interaction with each other except Harry and the other two, Aaron immediately regretted it.

He thought Horace wanted to talk to him about something, after all, he was the Potions Professor personally invited by the old fox Dumbledore, but now it seems that this is just a dinner party.

He didn't know what the purpose was, but it was definitely not meaningful, it would be better to sleep in the box!

But before he could retreat, Slughorn enthusiastically pulled him in, "The last person is finally here, Aaron Gaius, I have always wanted to meet you."

"Good afternoon, everyone." Aaron simply greeted, and then was arranged by Slughorn to sit down.

The eight people sat around the dining table. The food on the table was carefully prepared, much more exquisite than the one on the train. This was the only place that made Aaron feel that it was not in vain.

"Before lunch begins, let me introduce you to each other." Slughorn first looked at the tall black boy, "Blaise Zabini, in the same grade as you, you must know each other."

Zabini nodded slightly to Aaron, and he ignored the others.

"This is Cormac McLaggen, maybe you have seen him."

The big guy with coarse hair raised his hand, and Harry and Neville, who were also Gryffindors, responded with a polite smile, although they were not very familiar with each other.

"This is Marcos Belby."

The thin Ravenclaw looked nervous and squeezed out an unnatural smile.

"This young and charming lady, Ginny Weasley.

When I saw her just now, she cast a very wonderful bat spirit spell, and her technique was impeccable."

Ginny smiled embarrassedly. Others came with invitations, and only she was invited here in a daze.

"Harry Potter, the famous savior, Neville Longbottom, his parents are both famous Aurors, and Aaron Gaius, I really didn't expect him to come to Hogwarts to study, his family is more pure blood..."

"Ahem!" Aaron interrupted Slughorn hurriedly, "Professor, you don't need to introduce this, I think they all know me."

"Okay, okay." Slughorn also knew that he couldn't be too much, and then changed the subject, "Everyone take a napkin, we can eat.

This is what I brought myself, the food on the train always tastes too strong with licorice wands, a poor old man, his digestive system can't stand these things."

Slughorn ate while talking to the students in a familiar way, "Tell me! Cormac, have you seen your uncle Bellus recently!"

"Yes, professor, in fact, I should go hunting with him and the Minister of Magic this holiday."

"Don't forget to say hello to them both for me." Slughorn smiled.

"What about your uncle, Balbi?

In case someone hasn't heard of it, Marcos' uncle invented the wolfsbane potion.

What new inventions has he made recently?"

"I don't know." Balbi ate his meal by himself. "He and my dad don't have a good relationship, probably because my dad said that magic potions are rubbish.

He said the only useful potion was a few sips of strong liquor when he got home. "

A flash of embarrassment flashed across Slughorn's face, and then he set his sights on other people.

He seemed to have done some research beforehand. Except for Ginny, who was invited temporarily and he didn't know much about her, he knew the family backgrounds of other people very well. He even knew the secrets of Zabini's mother, who had been married seven times, and each husband died mysteriously and left her a huge inheritance. Neville's parents were tortured to insanity by Death Eaters and were treated at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic.

Harry Potter naturally had the most topics. Slughorn first recalled his parents, and used their and Voldemort's deaths to confirm his identity as the savior. He then mentioned the rumors this summer, including the prophecy ball and the battle in the Department of Mysteries published in the Daily Prophet.

A series of bombardments made Harry at a loss. He didn't know how to answer at all, and could only nod silently.

"This is the price of being famous! "Aaron complained silently in his heart.

No one knows Harry Potter's strengths better than him. He is indeed a genius among his peers, but he is far from the direct battle with Voldemort as described in the newspapers.

Slughorn seemed to have endless topics to talk about, and could casually tell all kinds of interesting anecdotes about outstanding wizards. He stopped only when the train entered the dusk in the afternoon.

"I didn't even notice that it was dark." Slughorn turned on the lights in the carriage, "You'd better go back and change into your school robes.

Cormac, you can come to me to borrow the book about the giant tail beast when you are free. Blaise, Harry, Ginny, you can come to me when you are free. You are welcome to come anytime.

Gaius, your pet seems to be very special. If you need it, I can introduce you to a magical zoologist. "

Aaron, who was the last to walk out of the box, paused and looked at Slughorn in confusion, "Professor, I don't understand what you are talking about. Abe is just an ordinary cat. "

"You can't hide this from me." Slughorn said proudly, "I know a lot of magical zoologists. From the first time I saw it, I knew it was not a cat.

And when I was cleaning the dishes just now, I accidentally discovered that it had eaten five of my lunches."

Aaron's mouth twitched slightly, and he stared at Abe speechlessly.

Recently, he has been a little relaxed, and his vigilance has dropped a lot. He was accidentally discovered by someone.

He could still explain away eating one or two, but how could he explain away four or five?

"Can you tell me what it is?" Slughorn asked with great interest, "I promise I won't tell anyone."

Aaron hesitated for a few seconds and winked at Abe.

After all, the other party had said it so bluntly, it would be unreasonable for him not to reveal something, as long as it was not too shocking.

Abe immediately understood and spread the white wings under his clothes.

"Oh my God! "Slughorn swallowed his saliva, his eyes flashing with excitement, "No wonder you want to put a piece of clothing on it. This is really a unique creature in the magic world. Even the unicorn may not be as precious as it.

If you report its situation to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, I can guarantee that I can apply for a Merlin Medal of no less than Class II for you."

"I won't do that, Professor. I have been guarding it since it was an egg. It has been with me for five years since I went to school. It means a lot to me and our family."

"Uh... okay." Slughorn said reluctantly, "But I still suggest that you consider it. This is a huge honor!"

"Professor, do you think the Gaius family has that little honor?"

Slughorn:......

"Just ignore me."