Chapter 404：

John shook his head slightly, Slughorn also had a day when his vision was wrong.

Daphne was so sharp that people ignored the other girl in the Greengrass family.

He whispered to the lost Astoria: "Astoria, there is one thing that I have been thinking about for a long time."

Astoria looked up, confused.

John raised his hand, and starlight gathered on his fingertips, finally condensing into a small box tied with a sky-blue ribbon.

He handed the thing to Astoria and said softly: "Open it so that you can prove that I haven't tampered with it."

Astoria looked at her sister, and Daphne nodded at her.

Gently pulling apart the ribbon, she carefully opened the box.

There is a star badge lying inside, and the stars on it are constantly changing.

Astoria covered her mouth in surprise, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

There is a small card on the badge with Astoria's name written on it.

John chuckled and said: "I have always been thinking about whether to recruit you into the Star Club. You were too young before. Are you willing to join the Star Club now?"

Astoria bit her lip and turned her head away, trying not to let her tears fall.

She saw her sister Daphne's encouraging eyes and Malfoy's encouraging gesture.

She has been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Finally, she waited.

Seeing her excitement, John simply stood up and said casually: "It's time for us to go out."

Knowing that this was the best place for Astoria to vent her emotions, Malfoy and Daphne agreed and left the box.

After the people left, Astoria's cry sounded.

She touched her tears randomly with her hands.

She had wanted to join the Star Club long ago, when she walked through the hall surrounded by stars.

But being surrounded by excellent people made her so inconspicuous.

I am not worthy of the Star Club.

This is the conclusion she made for herself very early. With this idea in mind, she worked hard to become better and wanted to stand with her sister.

But after the stars appeared, people could no longer see the other people beside the stars.

Although she didn't say anything about what happened today, she was still very hurt inside. She wasn't good enough and she didn't even get an invitation.

But now, nothing matters.

What's Slughorn's invitation?

The Star Club proved to her that Astoria Greengrass was no less than anyone.

John's words clearly told her that this was not the comfort given by sadness, but that the plan had been decided before.

There is no backdoor, and there is no sympathy.

Like her sister, she is the best person.

She is the bright star standing side by side with the stars.

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Chapter 428 The party on the train

In box C.

In addition to John and the others, there are other students as well.

John had long known what kind of interests Professor Slughorn had.

Those students who were invited either had a good reputation or had a good life experience.

Malfoy locked eyes with Harry, who looked a little confused.

What people didn't expect was that Ginny was also there.

In addition to them, there are some people, such as Blaise Zabini, who is a Slytherin student in the same grade as John.

There is also Cormac McLagan, whose uncle is a senior official in the Ministry of Magic, similar to Pierce.

Seeing John's arrival, Slughorn turned around in this space with difficulty.

The other people in the box took the first step.

"John, Daphne, Draco." Neville greeted John and the others.

Blaise tried to get up hastily, but his knees hit the table.

Cormac also hesitated for a while, then stood up and nodded to John.

"John, it's great to see you, I'm so happy to see you!" Slughorn quickly invited, "I think these two are Miss Greengrass and Mr. Malfoy. I'll save it for you." Great location.”

Slughorn made a gesture, and John was about to sit down when he saw the seat next to the door.

"No, no, no, come here John." Slughorn was too enthusiastic and pulled John to sit down next to him.

John still gave him this face.

"Okay, you all know these people, right?" Slughorn asked.

"John is the best at Hogwarts," John's fanboy Blaise said before anyone else could say anything, "You don't know how good he is."

Seeing this, Slughorn smiled even more happily, nodded and joked: "I know better than you think. Alex Belby, the Damo who I had the honor to teach, is the inventor of Wolfsbane potion. Very good friends with John.”

"Dharma Alex Belby told me that John Wick is definitely the most gifted student in the past hundred years."

Slughorn was not stingy with his praise and kept talking about how great John was.

"Well, that's pleasant," said Slughorn with satisfaction, as if he were satisfied simply by complimenting John. "I brought my own lunch, and I remember the smell of the hay wand from the food truck. It’s always too heavy.”

"A poor old man's digestive system can't stand these things."

He murmured and said to Malfoy: "Some quail, Malfoy?"

Malfoy accepted what looked like half a frozen quail.

"Your father used to be my student, and I visited his museum. It's a great thing, isn't it?" Slughorn was the dean of Slytherin, and Lucius was also his student.

"Of course, my father likes to contribute some insignificant force in the magical world." Hearing this, Malfoy raised his head with pride on his face.

If you ask Malfoy to talk about family matters, you can talk for three days and three nights.

But Slughorn will not neglect other students, these are his future collections.

He and Neville talked for a while about the Longbottoms, which surprised Slughorn.

"I don't mean to offend. What happened about the Longbottoms is very shocking. I even think it can be regarded as a miracle. My old friend who works in St. Mungo's once said that it was impossible to cure."

As a Potions Master, Slughorn was curious about the Longbottoms' recovery.

Then he talked to Daphne about Mr. Greengrass's recent dealings with politics. Greengrass's property has increased a lot in the past year.

In the end, he focused on Harry.

Asked about the war at the Ministry of Magic.

Harry felt very uncomfortable when he spoke.

Because there were at least six people present at the scene of the battle at the Ministry of Magic.

Four of them were his enemies at the time.

He also mastered some secrets that John didn't know, which made Harry feel less guilty when talking about them.

Just mentioning the prophecy ball, Harry subconsciously looked at Malfoy.

Malfoy smiled provocatively upon seeing this.

This made Harry very angry, and Malfoy smashed the prophecy ball at that time.

Harry's retelling of the incident was a torture, because he had to recall things that he had no power to suppress.

Fortunately, Ginny was also there, and her mind worked faster.

The party ended with Slughorn constantly bringing up anecdotes about the outstanding wizards he taught back then, who all joined his Slug Club.

It wasn't until the red sunset appeared that Slughorn realized what he was doing.

As the principal, he couldn't let these students get off the bus without their school uniforms and robes.

Everyone left one after another, and Slughorn said goodbye with a smile.

Just after turning around, he found that John was still where he was.

"John?" Slughorn was happy to be alone with John and asked with a smile, "Anything else?"

"Professor Slughorn, I have something to ask you."

When he said this, Slughorn remembered a certain letter that scared him so much that he didn't dare to reply, and his smile became a little stiff.

He said: "If it's about taboos..."

"It's somewhat related," John noticed his discomfort and said calmly, "But it's not the same thing."

This made Slughorn relieved, and he asked John's question.

"You should know the reason why I received the Order of Merlin."

John put his fist on his chin and said calmly: "I have research on the blood curse."

As long as it's not about Horcruxes, Slughorn is willing to give guidance to students.

What's more, this student is the youngest holder of the Order of Merlin.

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Slughorn is a strange person. You can say he is snobbish, because he is always willing to give some preferential treatment to smart students.

To those students who are not so outstanding, his attitude will not be harsh, nor will he be very considerate.

John doesn't think this is a bad problem.

After all, privilege is the biggest motivation for people to work hard. If everyone is equal, the meaning of hard work will become unclear.

Coming out of Box C, John saw Malfoy.

"Why are you waiting here?" John asked.

Malfoy curled his lips, "Daphne thinks she should go talk to Astoria first."

"Why didn't you say Atto?" John walked over, and Malfoy followed naturally.

"Ahem," he coughed twice. Malfoy felt guilty and said, "That's just an abbreviation. Our relationship is just that of better friends."

John didn't say anything and walked to the car.

He saw Blaise Zabini gossiping about something.

Seeing John, Brace said excitedly: "John, you must not know what that girl did just now."

"She used a beautiful bat spirit spell to knock Zachary Smith away!" Brace said very excitedly, "I love that girl to death, I want to chase her!"

Malfoy said ghostly: "Hell, you like her? A Gryffindor?"

Perhaps because of John, Blaise, who was originally a pure-blooded person, now changed his mind and liked strong girls.

And Ginny Weasley meets this condition very well, plus she has a very beautiful face.

And other people who meet the conditions are not within Blaise's reach.

Blaise might have blushed, but he couldn't tell because of his dark skin. He hesitated and asked, "John, do you think I can do it?"

"There is no shame in pursuing the person you like," John chuckled, "Keep your grace, Blaise."

After receiving the affirmation, Brace made up his mind.

Malfoy leaned close to John and whispered: "I swear Percy will kill him. We all know how much Percy dotes on this sister."

Percy never forgot to send gifts to his mother and sister during Christmas and during the Cold War at home.