Hogwarts: Where are the Pokémon?

193 Slughorn

"Charlene Gold!"

In the principal's office, after seeing Xia Lin, a slightly obese man immediately approached him happily, stretched out his greasy hands to shake hands, "It's better to meet you than to be famous, I've heard about your name all the time, I didn't expect you to be so young !"

"This is Horace Slughorn, the old colleague and friend I mentioned to you before." Dumbledore introduced.

In fact, Xia Lin recognized the old walrus at a glance.

Horace Slighorn was once Tom Riddle's teacher, and gave him a lot of inspiration on Tom's way of making Horcruxes.It was he who made Tom think that the possibility of making multiple Horcruxes existed.

It also made it extremely difficult to eliminate Voldemort in the original book.

Of course, with Voldemort's obsession with the number "seven" and his fear of death, Charlene thought that even without Slughorn, Voldemort would still try to make six Horcruxes.

From the side, this is enough to prove that Slughorn's research on black magic is also very profound, enough to answer Tom's doubts.

Xia Lin's attitude towards the old headmaster of Slytherin was much better than that of Lockhart.

At least Slughorn is worthy of the respect of others. Even when Dumbledore died and the wizarding world could not see the dawn, he did not join the Death Eaters, but fought with the students of Hogwarts .You know, at that time he was older than Professor McGonagall.

Of course, pleasure-seeking and vanity are his weaknesses. This time, like Lockhart himself, he came to Hogwarts for Xia Lin's fame.It's a pity that Lockhart has already been swapped——

While shaking hands with him, Xia Lin also noticed some bread crumbs on his walrus-like beard.

"While waiting for you, Horns and I had some dessert. You gave me the big horse last time. The name is really hard to remember, but it tastes really good." Dumbledore was happy explain.

"Especially after dipping it in honey, the taste is even more amazing." Speaking of sweets, Slughorn and Dumbledore have a lot in common.His favorite food is candied pineapple, but the candied pineapple on the market tastes much worse than the honey produced by Three Bees.

"If you like, I can send you some every year. Dumbledore only has one queen bee, and the nectar collected is not from the nectar in the reserve. If it is nectar from tree fruit, the honey brewed will be sweeter."

"That would be wonderful!" Slughorn was clearly delighted, but Dumbledore was not so delighted.

"Wait, there is such a thing? I want a part too!"

"Don't come to join in the fun, don't you get tired of staying at Hogwarts all year round?" Slughorn was afraid that Xia Lin would give Dumbledore a part, and if he got it, he would lose less, so he immediately took Deng Bullido pushed away.

What kind of friendship with old colleagues?

Not worth a penny!
Xia Lin had already made a point, and Slughorn was naturally not colorless, so he immediately took out a small bottle of golden potion.

"This is the Blessing Elixir I specially refined. It is about five doses. It may be helpful to you." Slughorn stuffed the Blessing Elixir into Xia Lin's hand, although he was the one who gave the gift That side, but he looked very happy.It seems that I have made a big deal for myself.

The two parties were polite, and suddenly Slughorn said:
"I am very grateful to you, Charlene Gold! Thank you very much!" He said with a serious face, "Voldemort's death means a lot to me. In the past years when his power was rampant, I have been full. Tortured by the wolf's heart, but very disturbed by fear!"

"Albus told me that you already knew about the Horcruxes and had already destroyed many of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Before that, he had asked me many times about the past memories of the Demon Kingdom, but out of respect for the inside Del's fear, I have never dared to show him the real memory. Now that Voldemort is dead, the fear in my heart has finally dissipated. Of course, I still feel very sorry for the souls who died at the hands of Voldemort Pity!"

He said vigorously that Xia Lin didn't know whether he was sincere or not. As a Slytherin, Slughorn was more qualified in some aspects. He seemed to be greedy for ease, but in fact he was just Because of old age.

He does have ambitions, but his ambition is completely different from the general ambition to rule the world. What Slughorn values ​​is connections and talents!
Raising a gifted student is his hobby.

In the previous era, he had no prejudice against Muggle-born wizards, not because of fairness, but because he only valued talent and ability.

Harry's mother is one of his favorite students.

Snape could have been his favorite student too, but Snape was more obsessed with the Dark Arts back then.He has a very great talent in potions, but the whole person is devoted to black magic.

"It's nothing." Xia Lin didn't feel ashamed. Although killing Voldemort was just a drama he directed and acted, in the final analysis, Voldemort was indeed defeated by him.Voldemort, who was supposed to be resurrected in season four, has now fallen into Dumbledore's hands as a soul-flamingo.

As long as Harry Potter has enough confidence to face death, Voldemort will naturally be destroyed.

The Second Wizarding War will not start without accidents, those who might have died - Dumbledore, Snape, Sirius, Lupine...

All will not die.

It is said that a gentleman doesn't care about his deeds. Although Xia Lin doesn't think he is great, he can barely bear those compliments.

"Then Mr. Slughorn, who are you looking for me this time?"

"Of course it's for Pokémon." Slughorn didn't go around in circles. In fact, he also knew that there must be many potion masters who had the same idea as himself for Pokémon.But so far I haven't heard of anyone other than Snape successfully working with Charlene Gold.

Therefore, Slughorn believes that he still needs to speak out directly and clearly in front of Dumbledore.Negotiate good conditions, so as not to miss the opportunity and make people feel disgusted.

But to Slughorn's surprise, he thought it might be difficult.But Xia Lin agreed to him very easily.

"Of course sir. I think maybe Snape would be willing to cooperate with his teacher. Both of you are masters in the field of potions, and you may be able to invent more powerful potions. I always believe that only the collision of ideas , to generate new ideas!"

"That would be great!" Slughorn jumped up happily!The fat belly kept rising and falling, and he couldn't wait to say: "How is it now?"

So Xia Lin took him to the reserve first.

Hundreds of different Pokémon appeared in front of Slughorn, making him stunned for a moment, and even his breathing became much heavier.

If there are so many Pokémon...

"If you can study them well, you may be able to invent a lot of new potions!"

"Actually, Snape has invented many kinds. The sample he brought to the Apothecary Association last time is just one of them. The rest, like the new hair growth potion, which he thinks is not so qualified, or the flame Potions such as potions and lightning potions have not been brought over."

"In addition to the immune potion last time, there is also a potion similar to sword dance - after drinking it, you can't help but dance, but your strength will become very strong, and there is also a potion for immobilization, after drinking it, you can't help dancing. I can't use the magic spell that I had just now..."

"The former one Snape thinks that dancing is a side effect, and it's not very useful if the wizard's strength is strengthened. The latter one is just Western medicine for the enemy to drink. He also thinks it's not very practical."

"There are also those that will become paralyzed after drinking, increase the speed, or improve one's abilities in many ways, and temporarily increase the magic power..."

Slighorn's eyes became brighter the more he heard it, and finally his tone trembled with excitement: "You have changed the entire potion world, no! If you use it reasonably, you may be able to change the entire wizard world! Pokémon, That's great!"

Hearing what he said, Xia Lin also felt happy.

The so-called bridal sedan chairs are carried by everyone, and Slughorn can talk a lot as soon as he comes out, which has already made him feel very good about him subjectively.

Moreover, Xia Lin, who has read the original book, also knows his character very well. He has a little problem, but he is not a bad person in essence.Giving him the Pokémon Xia Lin is also enough to rest assured.And because of the other party's personality, it is conceivable that with Pokémon in his hands, life will be more comfortable than others!
"Mr. Slughorn, if you need any materials, please let me know, and I will send them to you. If you have a favorite Pokémon, you can also try to capture it. Of course, as for whether the Pokémon is willing to follow You, it depends on yourself." Xia Lin said.

Like the student, he also gave Slughorn six Poké Balls.But for old comrades who are almost 100 years old, it is natural to use a magic wand.Otherwise, a bump from Pikachu would be enough to knock this old bone apart.

At first, Xia Lin thought that potion masters like Slughorn might be more interested in Poison-type Pokémon.But apparently that wasn't the case for Slughorn.

"If you think so, then I can only say that you have a little prejudice against pharmacists." He said with a smile, "It is undeniable that most pharmacists look a little rough, and they always make some horrible things." Poison, but in fact, they may not be willing to refine poison. It's just that something went wrong during the refining process.

"It's not that easy to shape a crucible of potion. What's more, failure is much easier than success."

I have to say, what he said was very reasonable.

And a pharmacist who always fails, the more he refines, the poorer he is, and he looks almost like a beggar.

After all, this is an industry with a very large gap between the rich and the poor.

The rich are often the masters in the industry, while others can only refine some simple potions that the masters don't like, just to make a living.

The two wandered around in the protected area, and Xia Lin found that Slughorn seemed to be more interested in the huge Pokémon. If he didn't know his true identity, Xia Lin might think that he was transformed by Hagrid!

When the two walked to the lake, Slughorn was attracted by several strong-looking tyrannosaurs.

However, Xia Lin thought that those few seal balls rolling on the shore were more in line with his image.

In the end, Slighorn managed to tame a wild Bibi, a ghost, an Absolu, and a burning worm.

He unlocked the burning worm group a long time ago, and there was no Alola at that time.Later, Xia Lin took most of the burning worms to Alola, but unexpectedly there was only one left here.

From this point of view, perhaps there are still a certain number of other rare Pokémon in the reserve.

In fact, it is the same in the Pokémon world.

If there is no human intervention, the number of powerful Pokémon in nature will only increase. It is impossible for Pokémon like Quasi-God to be both powerful and able to adapt to most environments.

It's just that in the Pokémon world, most of those rare and powerful Pokémon are controlled by powerful families.

For example, the fast dragon of the Yulong family, the giant golden monster of the Zvqi family...

As a result, the number in nature naturally becomes scarce.Whether you can meet them depends on the luck of the little wizards.

Slughorn's luck is very good, but it is not an easy task for the burning worm to evolve into a Vulcan moth.

Looking at the little burning worm, Xia Lin couldn't help thinking.

"That's great, did you see? They like me!" Slughorn let the Burning Worm slowly crawl on his body. Obviously, although this Pokémon didn't show affection for its trainer, it still He didn't resist either.

On the other hand, Absol, as if he felt something, straightened his chest, looking very noble.

"I like these animals——" Slughorn smiled all over his face, then looked at Xia Lin, and said with an envious tone in an exclamation: "Xia Lin, I guess you must be Dumbledore's favorite students."

Xia Lin:? ? ?
Why does this sound so awkward?

He looked at Slughorn hard, for fear that the giant elephant would suddenly take out a huge gas stove.

But Slughorn didn't notice his weird behavior, but said to himself: "It's really a pity, I have already resigned when you were in school. Otherwise, a genius like you can become my student." gone."

Still in the usual style, Slughorn seems to have a collection of good students, and he wants to teach every student he thinks is gifted.Harry Potter is like this, and Charlene Gold makes him want to stop!

But it's a pity that Xia Lin is now a professor just like him.

"By the way, on the first weekend of next month, there is a party hosted by some of my old friends. Do you want to come together? Believe me, let those people treat you later-oh, look at my brain, they It would be their honor to know you!" Slughorn laughed.

Xia Lin also smiled.

(End of this chapter)