The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

into the night.

Harry and Neville were waiting in front of the entrance to the Gryffindor girls' dormitory.

Since the invitation given by Professor Slughorn clearly stated that this party was a formal and serious party, both Harry and Neville put on the most formal clothes.

It's a pity that no matter how formal the dress is, it can't change Harry's irritable personality.

Even the tight dress on his body aggravated Harry's inner restlessness.

He paced at the entrance of the girls' dormitory while pulling on his collar.

"Hermione, aren't you done yet?"

Suddenly, he stopped and shouted impatiently toward the entrance.

Sadly, he received no reply.

Neville shook his head and said calmly:

"Be patient, Harry, ladies will always take longer to dress up than we do."

"I understand, but she took too long! Do you know? We have been standing here waiting for more than an hour!" Harry shook his head and complained, "Of course, this is not Harry It's Min's fault, it's Professor Slughorn's problem. I really don't understand why he waited until the last minute to send the invitation to Hermione? It's like he didn't want to invite Hermione in the first place. , but in the end, Hermione was dragged into the same situation again just because she made up the numbers!"

After talking about it, Harry's expression became a little weird.

Because he really thought that was what Slughorn thought.

After all, Professor Slughorn's utilitarianism is obvious to everyone, and Hermione has a distinguished life experience, so it is difficult to win his attention.

Upon hearing this, Neville's originally gentle smile suddenly changed, he glared and said:

"Shut up, Harry! How could you say that to Hermione? It's so rude!"

"Yes, this is so rude!" Hermione's voice suddenly sounded from behind the two of them, "Harry, you should really learn more manners from Navid!"

The two heard the sound and went out, only to see Hermione slowly walking out of the entrance to the women's dormitory.

Hermione first smiled softly at Neville, and then gave Harry a sharp look.

Harry curled his lips and said:

"That's enough nonsense, we're almost late!"

After saying that, Harry walked quickly towards the exit of the lounge without looking back.

Hermione and Neville behind him shook their heads and followed.

The banquet was held in the Potions classroom they had just visited during the day.

The three of them jogged all the way to their destination, greeted by all kinds of good-natured teasing and envious looks from their classmates.

They gasped and pushed open the classroom door, only to find that the Potions classroom in front of them had changed drastically.

The originally densely arranged alchemy workbench has all disappeared at this moment.

Instead, there was a huge table filled with all kinds of delicacies and a small tower of crystal wine glasses.

The crimson wine liquid was flowing in it, and together with the crystal glasses, it reflected the light emitted by the magic chandelier on the ceiling, making the entire classroom sparkle.

Harry was so nervous that he could hardly speak.

Because even Professor Slughorn had repeatedly stated in the previous invitation letter that this was a formal, real, dinner-level gathering.

However, Harry never expected that Slughorn would actually transform the Potions classroom into a small auditorium in such a short period of time.

Of course, the more important point is that there are already many people standing in the auditorium at this moment.

Blaise Shabini, Cormac McLagan, Ernie MacMillan and the rest of the Slytherins and Ravenclaws were almost all here.

This seems to mean that they are late.

At the same time, everyone in the classroom also noticed their arrival.

Slughorn walked down from the podium. He first greeted Harry and Neville excitedly, and then looked at Hermione with a smile:

"Miss Granger, welcome!"

"Thank you for the invitation, Professor Slughorn. It's a great honor."

Hermione said with a slight twist, making a lady's salute to Slughorn.

"Haha! Don't say that, Miss Granger!" Slughorn laughed heartily, "Your talent has already conquered all of us here, and we are the ones who should be honored! Come on, come in, Enjoy tonight!"

Slughorn led Harry and the three of them into the crowd, continued greetings for a while, and then returned to the podium.

Harry keenly discovered that the location was facing the main entrance of the classroom. The reason why Slughorn was standing seemed to be specifically to greet the guests as soon as they appeared.

This discovery made Harry feel a little relieved. At least Slughorn still valued them and did not look down on Hermione because of her background.

"Hey! Harry, the dress is quite nice."

Ernie squeezed in between him and Neville at some point, winking at Harry.

Upon hearing this, Harry instinctively looked down at his dress.

Judging from the style, this is actually an ordinary classical slim-fitting dress.

But compared to the monotonous color of common dresses, this dress is not only made of bright red silk material, but also densely covered with a large number of daisy patterns.

It's just too fancy.

Harry opened his mouth slightly and was about to say something, but Professor Slughorn, who was waiting on the podium, also heard the movement and echoed:

"Indeed, his outfit reminds me of a certain troublemaker I once taught!"

"Then I guess," Ernie grinned, "that the troublemaker must be named Black?"

After saying this, Ernie and Slughorn laughed together.

Slughorn smiled very happily.

Apparently Ernie's cooperation just scratched his itch.

He is really very optimistic about Ernie. Although Ernie's talent in potions and other subjects is definitely not outstanding, Ernie's character and emotional intelligence are really too high.

According to his experience, this alone, coupled with Ernie's status as a pure-blood wizard, is enough for Ernie to achieve quite good development in the future.

Looking at the two people laughing, Harry shook his head in embarrassment.

He couldn't argue with Ernie and Slughorn's good-natured banter.

Because the dress he was wearing at this moment was indeed prepared for him by Sirius Black.

He also has a dozen similar dresses, all in the gaudy Sirius Black style.

In fact, the outfit Harry is wearing right now is already the most low-key among the bunch of dresses.

Fortunately, Slughorn had no intention of embarrassing Harry to the point of not getting off the stage. After laughing for a while, he continued to look at Neville and said:

"Our little Neville's dress is also quite good. If I remember correctly, this should be what your father wore back then, right?"

"Yes, Professor Slughorn, this is the dress my father wore when he married my mother. It has a special meaning to me."

After hearing what Neville said, Harry took a closer look at Neville's dress.

I saw that it was an earth-colored suit.

Although it was not specially customized for Neville, it fit surprisingly well when worn on Neville. It exuded a generous and gentle temperament and made people feel very comfortable.

"This suits you very well!" Slughorn praised, "I seem to see your father's appearance in you, the same bravery, the same kindness and elegance. You will definitely become a hero like your father, I firmly believe this.”

Neville nodded excitedly when he heard this, but Slughorn's eyes turned to Hermione again, as if he wanted to postpone the topic of the dress to Hermione.

Then after looking at it for a long time, he finally said nothing.

Because at this moment, Hermione had her hair smoothed and smoothed, but the clothes she was wearing were just an ordinary conch blue dress.

Some tiny wrinkles can still be seen vaguely on it - this is caused by being left for a long time without receiving transformation-level maintenance.

There's really not much to say about this kind of dress.

What's more, Hermione's identity is not enough to make Slughorn tell lies with his eyes open.

Shaking his head slightly, Slughorn wanted to end the topic directly.

However, not everyone has high emotional intelligence, and not everyone can observe words and emotions.

Shabini is clearly such a character.

He had already been watching the conversation between Slughorn and Harry from the very beginning.

Seeing Slughorn's expression at this moment, he rolled his eyes and said as if he had thought of something:

"Hey! Look what our Miss Know-It-All is wearing? Are you wearing your mother's dress? But your mother doesn't seem to have any commendable achievements, right? After all, aren't you a pure Muggle? "

Hermione's eyes flashed and she said:

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"Oh yes! I remembered it!" Shabini interrupted, "You wore this dress before at the Triwizard Tournament ball! Why does it look so familiar? But you are wearing Isn’t it a bit rude to wear such a cheap old dress to Professor Slughorn’s party?”

As soon as Shabini said this, the other Slytherins behind him all laughed.

Although the other Ravenclaws didn't smile much, they looked at Hermione with the same eyes as the Slytherins, full of ridicule and contempt.

Generally speaking, dresses cannot be worn repeatedly to attend important occasions.

This rule is said to have been passed down from King Louis XIV of France.

Not only did he hold banquets every day, but he also required his nobles to dress up when attending, and the attire must not be old items worn twice.

If someone violates this rule, he will be severely punished, for example, losing his rank!

The reason why Louis XIV did this was actually to drain the money bags of the nobles (the price of the latest evening dress was extremely exaggerated).

In this case, after the great nobles maintain this kind of 'royal dignity' for a long time, they will most likely have no money to rebel.

The little nobles were even worse.

Their financial resources simply wouldn't last long.

So, those who lose their titles will lose their titles, and those who go bankrupt will go bankrupt.

Louis XIV's goal of reducing the vassal status was achieved.

I have to say that although this method seems quite brainless and retarded, it does have good results.

But such a damaging move with a strong political purpose was regarded as a treasure by the nobles of the country who yearned for the luxurious life in Versailles.

By the time the then King of the Kingdom of Yu came to his senses, the nobles under him had already begun to spontaneously implement Louis XIV's dress code.

Even to this day, the old upper class people in the country, as well as some wizarding families who are deeply influenced by the upper class Muggle circles, still abide by this unspoken rule.

Within the limits of this rule, wearing the uniform of his 'hero father' like Neville is allowed, but not like Hermione.

Hermione obviously knew something about this rule, and she looked extremely embarrassed at this moment.

I wanted to refute but couldn't say anything. I could only lower my head.

The expressions of Harry, Neville and others were not very good either.

Slughorn frowned deeply.

At this moment, the door to the classroom was opened again.

"Oh, I hope we're not too late, Professor Slughorn."

Link and Emily said as they slowly entered the classroom arm in arm.

"Link? And Emily?"

Slughorn's eyes lit up and he hurriedly rushed forward, holding Link's hand in both hands and said, "Of course it's not too late, it's better to say it's just the right time!"

"That's fine, that's fine."

Link said with a smile.

The arrival of him and Emily attracted the attention of everyone in the classroom. At this moment, everyone had gathered around him. Shabini even crazily squeezed to the front of the crowd and said:

"Oh! Merlin! Mr. Foley and Miss Victoria's clothes are really great! These two dresses are perfect for you two. I am almost moved to tears! "

As he spoke, Shabini pretended to wipe the corners of his eyes.

As soon as these words came out, Emily couldn't help but chuckle, not only feeling relieved but also angry.

The other students around him were also speechless.

Shameless people like Shabini are too rare.

This is probably directly related to Shabini's black widow mother. Shabini can be said to have the essence of his mother.

Although they complained in their hearts, they still responded without hesitation and agreed with Shabini when he praised Link and Emily.

For a time, there was a continuous flow of all kinds of complimentary words, and the arrival of Link and Emily directly raised the atmosphere of the party to a new level.

Faced with this kind of scene, both Link and Emily behaved very naturally. They dealt with all kinds of compliments smoothly and freely, always with formulaic soft smiles on their faces.

It wasn't until the atmosphere came to an end that he looked at Harry and Neville again and said:

"I saw you all gathered together when I first came in. What were you talking about?"

Harry and Ernie had long wanted to complain, but the previous group of flatterers were too enthusiastic, and they had no chance to speak.

But hearing what Link said now, Ernie stepped forward without hesitation and said:

"What else could it be? Our Mr. Chabini seems to be very dissatisfied with Hermione's clothes. He feels that her wearing an old dress to the party is a disdain for everyone present, and it also brings down Professor Slughorn's whole party. Party style!”

Link looked at Hermione's clothes with surprise and concern in his eyes.

Hermione didn't think it was anything at first.

After all, after living in Hogwarts for so many years, she had long been used to all kinds of attacks on her Muggle heritage.

But now that Link was looking at him like this, a strong feeling of grievance suddenly burst out from the bottom of his heart.

She only felt a sore nose, and the vision in front of her eyes instantly became extremely hazy due to the surge of tears.

Hermione quickly lowered her head and covered her face, but it was too late.

Emotions poured out like a reservoir that had opened its gates, and soon turned into tears, soaking her dress.

Seeing this, Link raised his brows, and instead of looking at Shabini, he immediately looked at Slughorn.

As the organizer of the party, Slughorn was naturally to blame for such a thing.

Slughorn was also very straightforward. He spread his hands and said:

"I was just about to deal with it when you came."

Link nodded to express his understanding, and then looked at Shabini.

Facing Link's indifferent gaze, Shabini felt great pressure, and he also felt that something was not going well.

I heard that Hermione and Link's relationship seems to be going well?

But even so, Shabini still felt lucky.

You know, his relationship with Link is not bad either!

Link even personally praised his name when he was on the Hogwarts Express!

With this relationship, he may not lose!

Thinking like this, he forced out a flattering smile and said:

"Dear Mr. Foley, what I said is all true! It is really rude to wear an old dress to a party or something. I think everyone here should think so too."

As soon as this statement came out, the surrounding Slytherins and Ravenclaws all glared at Shabini.

Anyone with normal intelligence can see that Link is very angry now, but at this moment Shabini wants to drag them into the water together.

"Oh, really?"

Link said expressionlessly, "Then the dresses Emily and I are wearing today are also old items worn at last year's year-end dinner. Didn't you praise them very happily just now?"

"what?"

Shabini shouted in disbelief.

He really didn't expect that Link would come here wearing old clothes.

Logically speaking, according to the current prosperity of the Foley family, Link and Emily will not be able to do so!

At the same time, Harry, Neville and others looked at Shabini with a hint of deep contempt in their eyes.

If the same thing happened to Hermione, he would criticize her as much as possible, but when facing Link, he would praise her without any bottom line.

This is already unfair to people.

Shameless!

Feeling the attention of everyone, Shabini's dark face almost turned white.

Link shook his head and gave Slughorn a look.

This is your party, and the decision should be made by you, the host.

Slughorn clearly sensed the meaning in Link's eyes.

He glanced at Shabini with a dark face and said coldly:

"My party does not welcome you, a shameless person who looks down on your classmates. Get out of here, I don't want to see you again!"