"Slughorn invited me to join the Slug Club earlier. I don't really have a problem with the idea. Meeting a few more people and having gatherings in my free time sounds fine, but I don't actually know what the Slug Club is like, so I came to ask you," Kasenhis said.
Snape frowned. "He invited you to join the Slug Club?"
Kasenhis nodded. "Right after breakfast."
"Just refuse him. You won't like the Slug Club," Snape said simply.
"Oh... why?" Kasenhis asked.
"For students, the Slug Club is just an ordinary club where they can study and have fun. But for adults, it isn't nearly as pleasant. You can think of the club as..." Snape paused there, clearly considering how to phrase it.
Seeing that, Kasenhis sat back down on the steps. His legs were still numb anyway.
Snape finally found the right words and continued slowly.
"Perhaps the Slug Club suits someone like me, but... you're different. There are certain ideas and rules within it that you would strongly reject."
"Emmm... such as?" Kasenhis asked.
"For example, the hierarchy inside the Slug Club is extremely rigid, and the distribution of resources is completely blatant. If your family background is better than someone else's and your talent is greater, then naturally you receive better resources. Those who fall short can only serve as lower-ranking foils for everyone above them."
"If you joined the Slug Club, for instance, you would see plenty of members being openly mocked at gatherings, ordered around like servants, or even subjected to so-called tests of obedience and humiliating treatment. You might want to stand up for them, but they have long since grown accustomed to it. Their abilities and family backgrounds are inferior to others, yet they still want access to the benefits of the Slug Club. So they can only sell their dignity and provide that twisted kind of emotional gratification to others in exchange for practical benefits."
"It is an exchange that is equal and unequal at the same time. You would not like it," Snape explained.
"Then I know how to turn Slughorn down. Don't worry, I won't sell you out. I'll just say I asked Dumbledore," Kasenhis said with a smile.
"Mm-hm... I have another class shortly," Snape said with a nod.
"Then I'll be going."
With that, Kasenhis immediately Ender Blinked back to his office.
Back in his office, Kasenhis leisurely flipped through the timetable and began calculating how many days of holiday he still had left...
Hmm.
One day.
Just then, several figures approached from the distance.
Great...
Now he had no days left.
Kasenhis raised an eyebrow and looked at the two people coming closer.
Harry and Neville.
"Go on, then. What is it this time?"
He poured each of them a cup of tea.
"It's about Ron and Hermione. The two of us have come up with a preliminary plan," Harry said proudly.
"What plan? Want to tell me about it?" Kasenhis raised an eyebrow.
"Of course it's..." Neville was just about to say it when Harry hurriedly covered his mouth.
"Professor, we're not going to tell you the specific details of the plan. It's supposed to be a secret."
Kasenhis gave the two of them a strange look, feeling like something was off.
He quickly realised what it was.
"If you don't even dare tell me the plan, that means you didn't come here just to exchange information. So what are you here for? Free food?"
Harry hurriedly shook his head. "Of course not, of course not. We know you're close with Snape, so we were wondering if you could pretend we don't exist, ask Snape for some Polyjuice Potion, then one dark and stormy night leave the Polyjuice Potion on this desk. The next morning, you wake up and discover that the potion has mysteriously vanished!"
"What do you think of that plan?" Neville added excitedly.
Kasenhis smiled and nodded, but the smile definitely wasn't because he was pleased.
It was pure speechlessness.
"How did two little geniuses like you ever manage to come up with such a flawless plan?" he said while clapping.
"So you think it's great too, Professor!" Harry said with a grin.
Kasenhis's expression changed instantly.
"You actually thought I was praising you?"
Harry stopped grinning at once.
"Uh... maybe the plan is a little rough, but Hermione always made the plans before. This is our first time," Neville said awkwardly.
Kasenhis pinched the bridge of his nose. His entire forehead was starting to ache.
At fifteen or sixteen, some people were busy working hard to improve themselves.
Some were busy fighting Voldemort.
Some were busy lying flat and flirting.
And somehow there were also two separate groups busy trying to make each other jealous and using Polyjuice Potion to break up with someone on behalf of their best mate?
They were all around the same age, so why was the overlap in ridiculous behaviour so high while the gap between them was so huge?
As an excellent professor, Kasenhis naturally needed to guide them in the right direction.
Thinking back to what Snape had told him about everyone's position within the Slug Club...
The Longbottom family...
And the first person to defeat Voldemort...
These two would definitely count as heavyweights in the Slug Club.
"So?" Harry and Neville asked, puzzled as they watched Kasenhis suddenly fall into thought.
"So... go find Slughorn. If it's knowledge related to Potions, how can you not ask the Potions professor?" Kasenhis pointed them in the right direction.
Unlike Love Potions, Polyjuice Potion was extremely easy to detect. Soul detection, wand verification, or simply using an antidote were all straightforward methods.
Because of that, Polyjuice Potion was considered a legal potion under wizarding law.
That was also why Kasenhis was perfectly willing to let Harry and Ron learn how to use it.
Besides, just as he had expected, this was probably nothing more than helping Ron break up with someone...
Come to think of it, Ron having two best mates like these really was the result of eight lifetimes of terrible luck.
No...
More like he must have saved the galaxy in his previous life.
That sounded much more normal.
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