Chapter 59: Banquet Hall and Headmaster's Office (3)

Chapter 59: Banquet Hall and Headmaster's Office (3)

The banquet was nearing its end.

And every wizard here knew very well that the great gentleman still has one more important thing to announce.

On the high platform, the student and professor who hadn't seen each other for a long time seemed to be chatting happily, and no one dared to urge them about the fact that it was already very late and everyone should go back to bed; because as long as the gentleman didn't mention it, the banquet would never end.

Finally, the wizards who are right next to the high platform heard the gentleman's casual remark.

"If you join me, you can be a minister of magic for a while, professor. It just so happens that Cornelius talked to me just now, saying that he feels overwhelmed with the management of the Ministry of Magic."

The wizards who heard these words all looked slightly puzzled, but soon they all reacted quickly to the situation, chatting and laughing, except for Cornelius Fudge, who was beside the gentleman with an insincere smile, his face somewhat stiffened and looked like a pug.

But such stiffness only lasted for just under two seconds, and his round face once again blossomed into a daisy smile.

"Ah, it would be great if Professor Slughorn could take over my position, his ability is obvious to all, and I believe the Ministry of Magic will definitely become much better under his leadership."

The smile on Slughorn's face had not changed from the beginning to the end, and he politely refused.

"I'm getting older, and it's not easy to manage the Ministry of Magic for you, you should help me find an easy job to enjoy my life, but of course, the pay should not be less, I heard that the crystallised pineapples in Diagon Alley are not cheap."

The great gentleman smiled, his request for Slughorn to become the Minister of Magic didn't look that firm, those words at the beginning seemed like truly a casual remark.

"What professor said does seem reasonable, and it is time for you to enjoy your life, but it is also true that crystallised pineapples are not all that cheap, and the salary of a normal job will not be enough for you to eat them every day."

As if he thought of something, he turned his head to look at Fudge.

"I remember you mentioning that the one who manages the Department of International Magical Co-operation doesn't want to work there?"

Fudge said with a smile, "He has been complaining that those Frenchmen simply don't want to communicate at all, and the first few times they met, they even got to the point of raising their wands, and he talked to you about it before, saying that he actually wanted to go back to the Death Eaters more than anything else."

"Then let him return, after this night the guards are estimated to have a few spots vacant, give him a place."

He said indifferently, his voice still sounding as casual as usual, only this time it carried a non-refusable tone.

"Professor, you should be the head of the Department of International Magic Cooperation, it's much more reassuring for me to leave it to you than to those baboons who can only wave their wands. The position of deputy Minister of Magic will also be added to you, you are my professor, after all, even if you become head of the department, you can't just be the head of the department."

Slughorn did not refuse this time, he smiled and nodded, only the corner of his eyes glanced at Fudge who obviously seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief.

Dumbledore said with a serious face.

"The power that makes him immensely powerful came from an unknown source, but this power must be unstable, otherwise he wouldn't have tried to keep dragging things out with me like this and let time wear down my magic. Since he has something to be wary of, this means he is far from invincible."

Jon fell silent.

He finally got the answer he had always wanted to know from Dumbledore, Voldemort not only killed Harry Potter that night, but he had also become stronger and saner than before.

As for the reason why he became like this, even Dumbledore is not aware of it.

Or maybe he had in fact already found out something, but his trust in Jon still was far from the point where he could reveal everything he knew.

Even the things he was saying to Jon now, Jon found it, a bit too much.

Before tonight, the number of times the two of them had exchanged words with each other could be counted on one hand, so why say so much to him now?

Just because Jon found out the secret of Slughorn going undercover?

Jon felt that the reason why Dumbledore, and he had this conversation tonight would not be that simple, there must be a deeper objective to it in the end.

Just when he was thinking about this, Dumbledore looked at him and suddenly opened his mouth and asked.

"I heard from Horace that you are very talented in Occlumency?"

Jon froze for a moment, then nodded lightly.

"My teacher did mention that I learned this magic quite well."

Dumbledore's gaze became serious as he asked sincerely.

"So Jon, I wonder if you would be willing to help me with something?"

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