Professor, please pay the debt

"He can't send it to me this year. No one can do it. I have been fleeing for a year. I keep changing addresses. I can't stay in one place for more than ten days. I don't dare to contact anyone. My side Not even an owl, and this Christmas, I didn't even get a present..."

"Oh...that's too bad."

"Yes, but now is an extraordinary period, and cautious wizards try to avoid showing their faces."

"So, everyone is just surviving, not living."

——Embedded in someone else's soul as a soul piece, that's just survival, it can only represent a state, and life can only be called after controlling the body.

"Survive, not live?" Slughorn seemed to have grasped something from Harry's words, "Yeah, I just maintained life like a lowly creature, and didn't enjoy all the fun that life should bring me, This is too philosophical, can you tell me who said it?"

Harry acted a little embarrassed, like a student who couldn't answer a question, and finally gave an answer indiscriminately: "Probably, maybe, I said it."

Slughorn laughed heartily, and his short silvery-white beard trembled along with it. Harry remembered that the nickname given to him by his students 50 years ago was Old Walrus, which still seemed very appropriate now.

Dumbledore re-entered the house, and Slughorn was taken aback. He seemed to have forgotten that Dumbledore hadn't left the house.

"Oh, you're back, Albus..." he said, "You've been away a long time, have you had a stomachache?"

"No, I just looked through the Muggle magazines," said Dumbledore. "I like Muggle wool socks very much, and I'm going to recommend them to my students so they can give them the right gifts at Christmas." Yeah, last year I didn't get a pair of socks, and people insisted on sending me books, oh, don't you mind, I want a copy."

"Albus, you are a bit too much, you overheard my conversation with Harry, and then used the content of the conversation to stand here and taunt me, do you think I don't know your plan!

I understood from the moment you brought Harry through the door, but I have to admit that Harry is a good seed, he is very good and smart, and he will do a great job in the future.

But you can't convince me that I will never join the Order of the Phoenix. Although they are all brave and sincere people, the death rate is too high and it is an unavoidable problem. "

"Dear Horace, you've always misunderstood me, and I repeat, I'm only here to hire teachers, with a very single and pure purpose and no other requests."

Harry knew it was his business, and Dumbledore took the baton and would finish the final stretch.It's hard to believe that I still have time to cooperate with Dumbledore.

"After entering your school, don't I have to listen to you? Can I still decide whether to enter the Order of the Phoenix?"

"Most of the teachers at the school are not members of the Order of the Phoenix, and I can assure you that I have absolutely no intention of recruiting you into it..."

"Can you swear?"

"I swear!"

Dumbledore held up his right hand, and Slughorn naturally noticed the jet-black appearance.

"What's going on here?"

"It's just a momentary carelessness. When people get older, their movements are not as flexible as when they were young."

"Maybe you should consider retiring like me. I remember you are 150 years old. It's time to rest. Do you want to work until 200 years old?"

"No, I don't think so, I don't have that kind of ambition, as long as there is a suitable successor..." Dumbledore looked at Harry, and then said to Slughorn: "When someone takes over my job When the time comes, I will retire."

Slughorn glanced at Harry too, more eagerly than before.

"Oh yes, the world is always for the young, so well, I did it, I'll go."

"Welcome, Horace, I think it's time to call you Professor Slughorn..."

"Don't be busy, I still have conditions, not many, only two, I am a kind person, so I only make two small requests..."

Dumbledore stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and Slughorn said, "I only teach Potions, not your Defense Against the Dark Arts class that changes every year!"

"That's no problem, Severus has wanted the position for a long time, he applies to me every year, but the Potions professor is even more difficult to get, I have to reject him every time.

He has been very angry. If I give him the position this year, he may be able to improve the taste of the tooth potion if he is happy. "

"Then the second requirement, regarding my dormitory, I want a spacious, bright and comfortable dormitory. The dark cellar of Slytherin House is not within my consideration."

"It's even more of a problem. Although you are a Slytherin graduate and have been a headmaster, there is no school rule that says you must live in the cellar. I think we can find one in the Ravenclaw tower." A dormitory that satisfies you. So we're done, aren't we?"

"Yes, my headmaster, we have an agreement, and you will see me at the beginning of the term."

"On August 8th, we have a staff meeting for the new school year. I will introduce you to the other teachers at the meeting. I look forward to seeing you. So, we take our leave. Let's go, Harry. Good-bye, Horace."