HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 89 - Slug Club 01.

[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]

Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Snape had checked his entire inventory, which had expanded its space as he leveled up. Going through everything, he had potions, weapons, and even some magical bombs filling it at the moment.

"Well, I think that's enough," Snape muttered, looking satisfied with his resources. He was prepared to invade the Forbidden Forest once again and ready to face hundreds or even thousands of those giant spiders.

However, he had to forget all that for now, as he had a meeting with his professor—the monthly meeting called the Slug Club. The professor had always invited him ever since he saw his potential in potions in the early years, but Snape had never attended. That is, until this year, when he made a deal with him and agreed to go.

He had attended the last few months, but it wasn't every month that he showed up since he began participating. After all, he particularly didn't like those meetings when he could be training or studying, but he went a few times when the professor requested him to attend, like this last time when he asked Snape to join.

So, he quickly changed his clothes, putting on a kind of formal suit—something required for this meeting—and checked his appearance in a mirror before moving forward. He reappeared in a corridor near the meeting place without anyone noticing and started walking, where he already saw some students entering what seemed to be a hall, some in pairs, others with friends chatting animatedly before disappearing inside. Snape just sighed before taking his first steps toward the venue, placing one hand in his pocket and leaving the other free as he walked calmly.

That's when he saw Lily, who was also heading there with her friend beside her. It was obvious she would be at these Slughorn meetings, where the professor only invited the best of the best—the students who had excelled throughout the year. He did this as a way of connecting everyone through a network for the future, to have contact with other brilliant witches and wizards when they left Hogwarts and entered the wizarding world.

Slughorn did this to help them all in their careers. And Snape could understand that, but he came only because the professor asked him with some appeal, and Professor Slughorn had always been someone who helped him, so he made the effort. Although Snape didn't see himself pursuing a magical career or getting involved in any magical circles of Great Britain, at least that's what he planned.

As he approached, he saw Lily and her friend entering while his former friend quickly glanced at him before looking away and moving ahead. He followed them, and when he entered the place, he saw it was a hall full of tables, with students filling the space in their groups, and there was a main table where the host, in this case, Professor Slughorn, was overseeing the arrangements while people chatted and greeted everyone who approached the main table. Snape made his way to this table as he saw Lily and her Gryffindor friend heading to the other tables, with Lily casting a quick glance toward Snape.

Slughorn smiled broadly when he saw his favorite student coming toward him. "Snape, my young and brilliant potion maker, it's good to see you here!" he greeted enthusiastically.

"Hello, Professor. How have you been?" Snape asked calmly, even though he had already had a class with him today.

"I'm great, even better now that I see you here. Come, sit down. I'm sure many people want to talk to you. Make plenty of friends." Slughorn requested, and then he turned to head toward a table where there was already a specific group of people he knew well, including Lucinda, Pandora, and Clarissa at the table.