Chapter 698 Collection

"Ahem... Actually, the salary I just gave is not low." Dumbledore quickly added: "Even in the Ministry of Magic, except for the directors and directors, the salary of the Aurors is Taller than Horace... Aurors have the most tiring job in the Ministry of Magic. They have to hunt down prisoners, protect important people, collect dangerous objects... basically everything!"

Harry, who aspired to become an Auror, touched his nose.

"Aurors? They're the ones who got drunk and beat them up with their friends, right?"

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Fish nodded thoughtfully, "It seems... I feel like they are everywhere... So, they are the ones responsible for running errands in the Ministry of Magic?"

"Yes! That's right!" Dumbledore affirmed firmly.

Harry reached out and touched his earlobe again.

"The work is so hard, no wonder I can get more money."

The innocent cat was easily convinced by Dumbledore, but...

"Fix still doesn't want to work, meow..."

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"Ahem... you should discuss this issue with Minerva later." Dumbledore would not be stupid enough to get involved in this matter. He just wanted to make sure that Fish would choose to work when he wanted to. It would be great to be a teacher at Hogwarts.

So he decisively changed the subject and said, "You did a good job today, otherwise I would have had to work hard to convince Horace."

"But we didn't do anything?" Harry said in surprise.

Dumbledore smiled mysteriously and did not answer the question. Instead, he asked: "What do you think of Horace?"

Because the contact time was too short and there was not much communication, Harry needed to think carefully.

But Feishu didn't think about it that much. He said bluntly: "Fish doesn't like him very much, meow!"

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"Oh? Why?" Dumbledore, instead of blaming him, asked with great interest.

"Fei Xu can't tell... I just think the way he looked at Fei Xu was weird, which made Fei Xu very uncomfortable..."

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Maomao scratched his head and replied in confusion.

"So what do you think of him, Harry?" Dumbledore turned his eyes to Harry.

"Hmm..." Harry said after thinking about it for a while, "I think he is quite kind. He should be a good professor?"

He was not affected by Fei Xu, but answered based on his inner feelings.

Dumbledore nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that Fish is indeed more perceptive..."

Seeing the surprised look on Harry's face, he quickly explained: "Horace is not a bad person, he just likes material enjoyment and likes to make friends with famous, successful, and powerful people. He Likes the feeling that others are at his mercy.”

He pointed at Fish and Harry, "And it just so happens that you two are the most famous students in the wizarding world in recent years. This is like a rare treasure to Horace, so he will I immediately agreed to my invitation after seeing you.”

Harry thought about Slughorn's previous performance and sighed softly as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Then why doesn't he join the Ministry of Magic?" Harry asked again: "According to you, he should have the ability and connections to do well in the Ministry of Magic, right?"

"Indeed," Dumbledore nodded approvingly, "but Horace never wanted to be in charge. He preferred to take a secondary position - that way the world would be wider and he would be more at ease. He has a very unusual ability to always He can select people who will excel in all walks of life in the future, and Hogwarts is the best place for him to use this skill."

"Horace started a club with himself as the core a long time ago, and then selected his favorite students from the school to join the club. He allowed them to get to know each other, establish useful connections, and in the end he always gained Some kind of benefit, maybe getting a box of his favorite pineapple preserves for free, or having the opportunity to recommend a clerk to the Goblin Liaison Office, or getting a bottle of good wine that is hard to find on the market.”

A big, fat spider immediately appeared in Harry's mind. It spun a thread here and there, forming a web around its body and attracting big, juicy flies to him. .

Fei Xu blinked his eyes, waved his arms excitedly and said, "Just like Fei Xu's Cat Club?"

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"Cat Society?" Dumbledore was startled for a moment, and then said in a dumbfounded voice, "Is this the name of the small group you have formed in private?"

Although he intentionally guided Hermione to form the Cat Club, Dumbledore did not pay special attention to the specific progress. He still believed in Hermione's ability, because in this little girl, Dumbledore Blido saw the shadow of Professor McGonagall.

"Yes, meow! You already have the Order of the Phoenix, so it's not normal for Feixi to form a cat society, meow!"

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Maomao shook his head proudly.

"Hmm... quite a good name..." Dumbledore complimented against his will, and then said: "But the nature of Horace's club is different from that of the Order of the Phoenix and your... um... Cat Club. . It was a more loose organization whose main function was to allow members to communicate and help each other, and Horace’s role was that of a connector rather than a leader.”

Fisch was still a little confused, but Harry understood what Dumbledore meant, and he also understood why Fisch said that Slughorn's eyes made him feel uncomfortable.

Harry frowned in disgust when he thought that he was actually regarded as some kind of "collection".

"I tell you this, not to make you feel disgusted with Horace... we must now call him Professor Slughorn..." Dumbledore saw Harry's expression and further explained: "There is nothing wrong with joining his club. On the contrary, there will be considerable benefits, but I hope you can stay vigilant. Born Animagus, the boy who survived... you will become the treasure in his collection, so he will definitely come to win you over."

Harry relaxed his brows, but he still had some resistance to Slughorn and his club.

But Mao Mao's idea was a little different. He tilted his head and thought for a while...

"Fei Xu doesn't want to be someone else's collection meow! Although that fat old man has a bald head and no hair, Fei Xu still wants him to join the Cat Club and become Fei Xu's collection meow!"

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Recommendation ticket monthly ticket

Continue to be punished by heaven...

I made an appointment with the pet hospital today and took Zhong Yuan to the follow-up. Because of the distance, I usually choose to ride a bicycle, so I specially checked today's weather forecast.

The probability of rain in the morning is 60~70%, and the highest probability of rain in the afternoon is only more than 30%.

It was gloomy in the morning and it didn't rain. In the afternoon, I chose the time with the lowest probability and went out in the scorching sun...

Then halfway through the ride, the rain with a probability of only 23% hit my face without any warning...

The only thing to be thankful for is that the rain is not heavy, which is still within the acceptable range...

What a miserable unlucky person I am!

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Thanks to Ye Lingyin for the reward.