HP: I've Become an Orphanage Director—I'm in Danger!
Chapter 53

Professor Slughorn

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The man enjoyed the children's cheers and raised his head directly, speaking proudly.

"Hello everyone, I am Professor Potions of Hogwarts and the dean of Slytherin House - Horace·Slughorn. You can call me Professor Slughorn!"

This self-introduction immediately made everyone remember this name.

Kyle was so excited that his face turned red. He took a step forward and said, "Hello, professor, I am Kyle Jin!"

To him, Slughorn acted a little more friendly, "Now that you already know the existence of magic, we can set off to the magical world. We must first buy you the things you need to enter the first grade, and your key partner-the wand!"

He shook the wand in his hand and said, this action directly made the children's eyes go straight.

"Professor, does having this wand mean that I can use magic?"

Kyle asked eagerly.

"Of course... no! Don't think of magic so simply. Magic is the foundation, but not everything... As for the specifics, you will know after you enroll in school. Call your guardian, and we are about to set off..."

Looking at Slughorn's movements, it seems that he is about to leave, but Mo Fei cannot let him leave directly. After all, if you can understand more about magic now, you can better enlighten Tom in the future.

So, Mo Fei pretended to be attracted by magic and came directly to the man. This move even made the man take a step back in fear.

"Professor Slughorn, I am the dean here. I heard that you are Professor Potions. Is it possible that there are many different disciplines in Hogwarts?"

He was not stingy with this basic knowledge. After all, after Kyle went to school, he was able to know this information.

"Of course, our Hogwarts has Four Founders - that is, the school opened by the four Legendary Wizard, which will open Charms, Potions, and Transfiguration, Herbology, Defence Against Dark Magic, History of Magic and many other subjects. After the third grade, you can also study other subjects such as Divination, Care of Magical Creatures and so on..."

Listening to this rich and colorful subject setting, Kyle couldn't close his eyes with joy.

Mo Fei Seeing his hopeless look, he just laughed in his heart.

Now it sounds very lively, but if it is really my turn, even if it is a magic subject, learning is not that simple. Learning everything requires a very strong perseverance... I just don't know if Kyle will cry without tears.

However, now, Mo Fei continued to follow what Slughorn said, and even praised him, "Potions must be a very important subject here, otherwise, how could such an excellent professor as you be taught?"

When it comes to his areas of expertise, he talks even more.

"Of course, Potions is not a reckless discipline that just waves the wand in your hand, it is an elegant art. The angle of waving the wand, the temperature of the fire, and the processing method of the materials will all cause the difference in the final result... When the crucible starts to exude a charming smell, you will know that Potions has succeeded..."

"After Potions reaches a certain level, it can even do many things that simple magic cannot do, such as making you lucky enough and letting you lift some difficult curses..."

Everything Slughorn revealed was later written down by Mo Fei.

The children were immediately dizzy. The large number of professional terms made them dizzy.

"Then do you have any Potions in your hand that can open the eyes of the children? You also know that children do not like excitement. Let them open their eyes and better publicize the important status of Potions..."

As soon as these words came out, Slughorn stopped talking.

Mo Fei thought he had triggered his taboo.

Fortunately, Slughorn took out a Potions from a pocket of his clothes--"This is Rapid Growth Potion. It was specially made at the request of Ms. Herbert·Herbert Beery. It's just right for demonstration..."

Then, he asked Mo Fei, "Dean, do you have any plant seeds here? I need some plant seeds for demonstration!"

After hearing this question and combining it with the name Potions just now, Mo Fei also guessed the effect of Potions.

So he decisively went to the backyard and found a bag of wheat seeds and two clean flower pots. He filled them with soil and brought them back together.

Seeing that Mo Fei was fully prepared, his expression improved a lot.

After that, I saw that Slughorn casually sprinkled the wheat seeds into the flower pot, and then carefully dropped a drop of Potions on the seeds.

"You have ordinary crops here. The effect of Potions is very good. If you use it too much, trouble will happen."

He didn't need to say anything, the children and Mo Fei knew what he meant.

In just an instant, the seeds in the flowerpot began to germinate, and then grew surprisingly well.

However, because there was insufficient nutrition in the flowerpot, even if the seeds were harvested in the end, the yield was not very high.

But this is amazing enough.

You know, normally, it takes half a year for wheat to grow to maturity. Now, just a drop of Potions shortens the time by half a year.

Magic is still too magical.

The children are also instantly starry-eyed.

They don't understand the strategic value of shortening the wheat harvest by half a year. They are just happy with the rapid growth of the plant, just like in a fairy tale.

However, after satisfying Mo Fei's request once, Slughorn seemed to realize that he had said too much, and then stopped talking.

After realizing this, Mo Fei did not continue to test.

"Professor Slughorn, I am willing to accompany Kyle and you to Wizarding World to buy things. However, we don't have extra money to go to school and buy textbooks. Can we buy second-hand ones..."

Having said such embarrassing words, Mo Fei was fine with it, but Kyle instantly became a little nervous.

Slughorn just looked at the clean but shabby rooms around him and directly said what Mo Fei wanted to hear most.

"There is no need to worry about Kyle going to school. Hogwarts provides financial support to every poor Muggle student who enters school. 20 Galleon per year, a total of 7 years, is enough for him to complete his studies..."

"That's good! Please lead the way, let's set off now!"

Mo Fei followed the professor directly with Kyle who couldn't wait.

However, before leaving, he still arranged for the other people, "Aiwen, you take Boer to sell bread. Lina, you take the others and wait for us to come back at the orphanage. Don't let outsiders in, understand?"

After getting a positive answer, he went out with confidence.

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