Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

Slughorn quickly covered his mouth, but forgot that he was stuffed in a narrow box. Just as he was about to turn around to observe his captor, he raised his head and hit the inner wall of the box with a muffled sound.

The muffled sound sounded, startling the two of them. Unconsciously, they seemed to have turned into sculptures, maintaining their original postures and not daring to move.

Alexis strained her ears to listen carefully, then breathed a sigh of relief after a moment.

The people outside didn't know whether it was because of their confidence or something, but they only paused for a moment when Slughorn hit the box and made a noise, without coming over to check, and then continued talking.

Maybe they thought Slughorn woke up and hit him.

"How did you get arrested?"

Seeing Alexis relax, Slughorn asked anxiously in a low voice, knowing that the muffled sound had not attracted attention.

If Alexis is caught, it will be equivalent to Dumbledore and Grindelwald being caught. One of them is the famous headmaster and the chief of Wizengamot, and the other is the controversial Dark Lord. an army.

With Alexis in hand, they will definitely use Alexis to blackmail Dumbledore and Grindelwald, then control them and ask them to do things...

Thinking of this, Slughorn couldn't help but shudder, and the walrus trunk trembled.

"Alexis." Slughorn pulled Alexis over and whispered, "Listen to me, we are on the plane back to London now. This matter is very important."

"When the plane lands, I will help you create opportunities. You have to run out quickly."

"Remember, Alexis, keep running, don't look back, don't get entangled with them, don't stop for a moment, keep running, run back to Hogwarts, find Dumbledore."

"This is important, kid. Don't let them catch you."

Alexis didn't laugh at Slughorn when he saw the solemn warning on his face, and then the muscles in his cheeks trembling as he prepared to make a heroic sacrifice.

This Slughorn is completely different from the Slughorn in his memory.

In my memory, Slughorn was a snobbish, utilitarian, and arrogant old man, a typical guy who wanted to get into some upper-class places by making friends with noble people.

Alexis was not impressed at all with Slughorn.

Finding Slughorn was the task assigned to him by Dumbledore. After arriving in Egypt, especially after the attack in the bar, Alexis realized that Slughorn's disappearance was not a coincidence, and perhaps he had been preparing for it. related.Maybe Slughorn knew some secret that he didn't.

Therefore, Alexis began to hang out in front of the camera during the day, frequently appearing on television.The purpose of this is to attract people to come to you.

If Slughorn hadn't been caught, he would have known after seeing himself that he had come to Egypt to find him, and if he had been, associates of the men who attacked him in the bar would have come looking for him.

Originally, Alexis planned to capture a few and then use the Imperius Curse to control them and find the gathering place of this group of people, but after being broken into, Alexis temporarily changed his attention.

Alexis had never done this before using the Imperius Curse to control others. Although he knew how to use the Imperius Curse, he had never used it before, so he didn't know what would go wrong in the process.Instead of wasting time and taking risks, just pretend to be caught.

Just like now, isn't Slughorn, their gathering place, all there?

……

Alexis stared at Slughorn with strange eyes for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask.

“There are no newspapers here in Egypt, right?”

Slughorn didn't know what Alexis meant.

Alexis looked at Slughorn with even more pity. This old man was so old that he still had to hide in this remote place. Tsk tsk~

But how could he remember that when he came to Egypt a few years ago, there were newspapers here?Could it be that the wizard tribe here has any new regulations?

Thinking this, Alexis said

"There are not many people outside, I can do that. Dumbledore asked me to rescue you, not sell you."

"Besides, even if there are no newspapers in Egypt, you should have at least heard the news, right?"

As he spoke, Alexis also raised the wand in his hand in cooperation.

Slughorn then remembered that the man in front of him was no longer the naughty kid who complained to Dumbledore and wanted to expel him from school, but the man who had dealt with Voldemort head-on.

Slughorn nodded, his eyes brightening.

Alexis was very satisfied with Slughorn's performance. She gave Slughorn a polite smile and was about to take action, but was stopped by Slughorn again.

"We are in the sky now." Slughorn covered his mouth and whispered, "Can you fly a Muggle plane?"

Alexis shook his head, flying a plane?Do not make jokes.

"Then we can't move for the time being." Slughorn continued. "Without them, none of us will be able to fly the plane."

"Wait until landing." Slughorn paused and added, "Just let them fall asleep."

Alexis had no reaction to Slughorn's last words and asked, "Do you know where we're going?"

"Also, why are they arresting you? Do you know?"

Slughorn stared at Alexis for a moment in silence and shook his head, "It should be London." As for the latter question, Slughorn pretended not to hear it.

Alexis put away her wand and the box fell into darkness. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "They just imprison wizards like this? Don't they know the portkey?"

"No, I don't know." Slughorn answered subconsciously, and then realized that Alexis looked at him at that moment. The two of them looked at each other in the dim light through the gap, and the box fell into silence again. .

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

He sure knows!

Alexis thought to herself.

Slughorn knew that Muggles were studying wizards and might even be preparing to launch a war against wizards, but he just didn't want to tell himself!

Why is that?

Alexis quickly thought of the answer.

Slughorn wanted to say to Dumbledore!

Considering his previous behavior of sending letters to Dumbledore, he should trust Dumbledore.

So, he doesn't trust himself?

So what is the use of my trip to Egypt?

After traveling all the way to Egypt, Gilderoy Lockhart was not found. Slughorn refused to say anything to himself, and could not get any useful information. Apart from a fight, he could not even relax. None of the goals were achieved.

If he had known this, he might as well have gone back to Nurmengard to spend Christmas with Grindelwald as planned!

Thinking of this, Alexis looked at Slughorn unwillingly, stroking the subtle texture of the wand with her fingers, feeling the urge to cast a "Imperius Curse" on him.

If I had known earlier, I would have learned Legilimency from Dumbledore!

If he could master Legilimency, he could now read Slughorn's thoughts with a glance...