Chapter 21: dark magic

　　 Matthew once thought that the reason why Professor Horace Slughorn let himself wait in the potions classroom was to invite himself to join the slug club he created.
　　 The members of the club include students who are outstanding in Slughorn's opinion, as well as relatives of famous and successful people, which can be regarded as an elite group of Hogwarts.
　　 But it turns out that he thinks too much.
Dean Slytherin, who sent Harry Evans to the school hospital and then returned to the potions classroom, only greeted Matthew in a "concerned" tone; and told Matthew that he had met in school If you have any questions, you can come to his office to find him, and he will definitely help.
　　 did not talk about the "club".
　　 It seems that he has not really reached the standard in the eyes of the dean.
　　 But this is a good start.
　　 Matthew took the supplies from the potions class and returned to the common room.
　　 "Blood is thicker than blood!" He touched the head of the giant snake on the door of the common room and said softly.
　　 The stone gate was opened, and he walked through the lively common room and returned to his bedroom.
　　After staying for a few days, Matthew has become accustomed to living at the bottom of the lake, hearing big or small waves at any time, or seeing fish, octopuses and other creatures swimming outside the window...
　　 The night before, he even witnessed a terrifying monster with a human head and fish body, holding a fork in his hand, looking towards the bedroom, which almost shocked him.
　　 He quickly realized that the opponent should be a mermaid living in the black lake.
　　 In order to prevent being "peeped" by the mermaid, he simply closed the curtains.
　　……
　　 Just when Matthew put back the supplies in the potions class, he was about to go to the auditorium for dinner.
　　 "Wickfield!" Draco Malfoy's voice sounded from behind him.
　　 Matthew turned around slowly and saw Malfoy's gloomy face. Crabbe and Gore stood behind him like hills.
　　 Slytherin’s boys’ dormitory, the "hug" phenomenon is very serious.
Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Gore are friends who grew up together (or the latter two are more suitable followers of the former); and Theodore Knott is also a pure The blood family is born, the family conditions are equally good, and I knew them before entering the school...
　　 Matthew Wickfield seemed to be forced into this small group, and existed very embarrassingly.
　　 Plus Matthew, I don’t have the desire to deliberately please...or try to blend in with them.
　　 So even though he is a roommate in the dormitory, he can only be regarded as a nodding acquaintance at best.
　　 But it was the first time that Malfoy showed such a hostile expression to himself.
　　 "Malfoy, what's the matter?" he asked calmly.
　　 "Slaghorn invited you to join?" Malfoy asked coldly.
　　 "Join?" Matthew frowned.
　　 He quickly realized that Malfoy is already a member of the Slug Club, and this is what he is asking now.
　　 So he shook his head.
A look of arrogance appeared on Malfoy’s face, and he flaunted:
It seems that your deliberately flattering in Potions class didn’t work at all! You see that I didn’t do anything, he’s already On the first day of school, I took the initiative to invite me!"
　　 "Perhaps." Matthew shrugged, and said nonchalantly, "I'm going to the auditorium for dinner, together?"
　　 Malfoy seemed to hit the sponge with a heavy blow, and now he had a strange expression on his face.
　　 "Then I will go first." Matthew said lightly.
　　 Then he turned and left the Slytherin common room.
　　……
　　 Hogwarts' life continues.
　　 For first-year freshmen, the most anticipated course is undoubtedly the Defense Against the Dark Arts course.
　　 The first-year freshmen of Slytherin and Ravenclaw did not usher in this course for the first time until Friday afternoon.
　　 More than twenty immature faces came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom on the fourth floor full of expectation, quietly waiting for the start of the course.
　　Professor Rozier was just like Matthew had imagined. He knew the professor must be difficult to deal with at first sight.
　　 As the bell rang, she entered the classroom very punctually, still wearing her neat black trench coat.
　　 "The Defense Against the Dark Arts class is your most important course at Hogwarts~EbookFREE.me~ and will accompany you throughout your life." She said:
　　 "If anyone dares to make trouble in my class, then I will ask him out and never allow him to set foot here again. I warned you now!"
　　 This majestic opening remark completely shocked the entire class.
　　 Neither the Slytherin nor the Ravenclaw students dared to laugh so much with the potions class and the spell class. The whole classroom was so quiet that a needle fell on the floor and you could hear it.
　　 Glancing at the quiet crowd, Professor Rozier continued:
　　 "Very good, at the beginning of this first lesson, I want to ask you a question, what is black magic?"
　　 As soon as her voice fell, one arm was already raised high.
　　 is Hermione Granger of Ravenclaw.
　　 "Miss Granger." Professor Rozier nodded her name.
"Black magic is an evil witchcraft created and used by black wizards. They can usually bring great pain and torture to the caster, and the caster can recognize the effects of this magic and be happy. Opinions harm the will of the outcome."
　　 Hermione spoke very quickly and replied smoothly.
　　 This answer was copied from "Black Magic: A Guide to Self-Defense" intact...or memorized.
　　 Matthew has also read this paragraph, but obviously he can't recite as well as Hermione.
　　 Professor Rozier's face did not fluctuate, she just gestured to hermione to sit down.
　　 "Miss Granger's answer is completely wrong!" Then she said mercilessly:
　　"First of all, magic itself has no distinction between good and evil; their good and evil depend on the wizard who uses them!