So, the reason why Horace Slughorn is so enthusiastic is that he must invite himself to tonight's party-

Just because several of his former students are coming here too?

Matthew was immediately very confused.

Because he couldn't believe this somewhat unrealistic answer.

No matter what angle he thought about this banquet, he felt something was wrong.

...

But even if he thought so, he could only sit down with his teeth.

With the addition of these successful wizards, the atmosphere of the Slug Club banquet has become more enthusiastic than before.

Everyone no longer stayed on their table like before, but surrounded the new guests.

Hermione Granger ran to find Mr. Wendy Slinka. She seemed to have too many questions and wanted to ask the author of the book "Theory of Magical Defense"...

Neville Longbottom, along with several boys who love Quidditch, came to Gwenog Jones and looked at the captain of the Holyhead Harby team with a very admiring look...

There was also the handsome young man named Regulus Black, a group of girls standing beside him chattering, curious and excited...

Judging from the current situation, Regulus Black in this world does not seem to have become a follower of Voldemort? However, Matthew was somewhat doubtful whether his visit to Hogwarts this time was related to his brother Sirius Black in Hogwarts?

Just as Matthew was thinking about what to do, the easy-going young man suddenly came to him and sat down.

It was Mr. Dirk Clesway, the young and promising official of the Ministry of Magic... Matthew remembers some impression of this name. He seemed to have experienced a life of escape after Voldemort took power in the original work... So, he is probably a Muggle-born wizard...

The same origin made him feel a little bit.

"Hello, Mr. Chrysway!" he greeted him.

"I remember your name, it's Wick..." Dirk Clesway looked at Matthew and said.

"Wickfield, sir!" Matthew replied quickly.

"Yes, Wakefield, yes..." Mr. Chrysway nodded, "I heard Professor Slughorn speak this name... He seems to value you very much..."

Yes, I do value me very much, but it may not be the same thing as the other person's value... Matthew thought secretly.

"Are you working at the fairy contact office? Then don't you contact those fairy every day?" But on his face, Matthew looked very curious.

"Yes," Mr. Chrysway nodded and replied, "But the goblins in the Gringott are not easy to deal with. They still control the use of magic as if they don't have magic wands in their hands... They have always believed that they are equal to wizards, although we don't think so... It's still after so many goblins rebellions..."

Mr. Chrysway continued: "...the fairies, they are greedy, cunning, and arrogant... and they may be deceived if they are not careful... To be honest, this is not a comfortable errand..."

"So that's it..." Matthew had a sudden realization.

They chatted casually again.

A few minutes later, Matthew asked inadvertently: "By the way, Mr. Chrysway, are you familiar with our deformation teacher Professor Severus Snape..."

If Matthew's judgment is correct: from the perspective of age, this Mr. Dirk Clesway should be not much different from the real Snape...

"You mean Severus, of course, I am one year lower than him..." Mr. Chrysway replied with ease, "Of course, he is from Gryffindor College, and I am from Hufflepuff..."

It was indeed Gryffindor College... Matthew couldn't help but frown.

"...I have hardly seen him since I graduated from Hogwarts...what, you just said that he was a teacher at Hogwarts or a teacher in Transformation...unbelievable, I didn't know about this..." Mr. Chrysway looked a little surprised.

The two chatted like this for a few minutes again.

Just then, Matthew suddenly saw Elaine Shafik coming.

Since he began to deliberately keep his distance from Horace Slughorn, he has also deliberately begun to alienate Miss Shafik.

There are many mysteries in Slughorn, and Shafik, a seemingly innocent little girl, seems to be not bad... And since "Tom Gunter" was exposed, she doesn't seem to have more information from Miss Shafik.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Chrysway, Matthew quickly left there.

...

"Nevil!" He came to Neville Longbottom.

Miss Gwenog Jones, the captain of the Holyhead Harby team, is a tall and dark-skinned witch.

She passionately told the story of her representing Wales as a batsman in the Quidditch World Cup two years ago... which caused cheers from the boys around her.

"Nevil...Nevil..." Matthew finally diverted Neville's attention.

"What's wrong, Matthew?" Neville asked anxiously.

"My stomach hurts suddenly. If Professor Slughorn asks me where I'm going, I'll go to the bathroom..." Matthew said calmly.

"Okay, I get it." Neville replied hurriedly, then shifting his eyes to Miss Gwenog Jones.

Obviously, Matthew already felt that it was unrealistic to try to get Neville and Hermione to leave the dinner early.

But he himself was ready to leave in advance...

He pretended to pour honey wine and came to the door of the Potions Office.

When you see Slughorn and other familiar faces, you are not in your sight—

Without hesitation, Matthew opened the office door and quickly walked out.

The air in the corridor was also cool, and it made people breathe a sigh of relief.

He made up his mind that if someone asked him, he would say he was going to the bathroom.

...

The plan to "leave early" went very smoothly.

No one seemed to notice, and no one chased after him...

The teachers and students of Slughorn's office seemed to have not noticed that there were few individuals among them.

Matthew walked alone in the corridor of Hogwarts, and now he felt much more comfortable.

Suddenly, in the corridor ahead, there seemed to be footsteps of high heels stepping on the floor-

The familiar footsteps also changed Matthew's face slightly.
Chapter completed!