Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1616 A war without a winner (sixty-six)

"Ah sneeze!"

Albert turned his head to cover a sneeze, reached into his pocket, took out a handkerchief, and rubbed his nose vigorously.

"are you OK?"

Hermione looked away from the parchment in front of her and looked at Albert in surprise, who sneezed several times.

"Maybe someone is saying bad things about me behind my back!"

Albert revealed this casually, intending to continue talking to Hermione about the latest plan to power Avalon.

However, Hermione had lost interest in the parchment in her hand. After raising her head and looking around carefully to make sure there was no one around, she deliberately lowered her voice and teased Albert: "I'm sure those are yours." A lover is talking about you."

Although too much intimacy risked exposure, Hermione loved it.

"Do you also want to attend the welcome banquet tonight?"

Albert directly pointed out Hermione's thoughts and was confused as to why the other party was interested in such things.

"Think about it! After all, everyone has gone, so it doesn't seem good if I don't go. Besides, it's so crowded!"

Hermione looked at Albert expectantly, hoping that the other party could think of a good way so that she could take time to attend tonight's welcome banquet.

"The time turner can only go back five hours, which is a bit short." Albert thought for a moment, but shook his head and said, "I may not have the extra energy to cover it up for you by then."

Hermione knew her situation very well, but she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she heard what Albert said, "It seems I have to give up. It's really irrational to take risks on such things."

This path was ultimately Hermione's choice. No matter what the outcome was, she couldn't blame others and could only grit her teeth and continue walking with tears in her eyes.

This was undoubtedly not a pleasant topic, so Albert took the initiative to change the subject and talk about another thing.

"The house has been chosen. It's in a newly built Muggle apartment in the suburbs of London."

"The house is not...oh, you mean our love nest!"

Hermione was stunned for a moment, but soon came to her senses and realized that the house Albert mentioned was their real home.

"I have already used the Fidelity Charm there, and I will take you there in a while." Albert took the plan from Hermione's hand, stuffed the third plan into the folder, and then led Hermione Head up the hillside.

"However, there is no furniture in the apartment. I will accompany you to buy it when the time comes. I'm afraid you will have to clean the house by yourself."

Albert told Hermione about this while no one was around, hoping to make her feel better.

"It feels like the apartment you prepared will only be used a few times." Hermione looked at Albert's back and said resentfully.

"After some time, I'll see if I can get a vanishing cabinet or a single-line floo network. Then it will be easier to come and go from the apartment."

Albert didn't think the apartment was useless. It was important to them to have a place where no one would disturb them.

"I originally thought you would prepare a suitcase for me." Hermione actually liked Albert's suitcase. It was large enough, convenient and secretive enough, and it didn't pick the place. It's perfect for those who need to race against time for a date. A great place for two.

"So you're eyeing my box, but it's a pity that it takes a lot of effort to make it." Albert was stunned for a moment, shook his head and refused, "Besides, you have to spend a lot of time maintaining it, without a house elf to help take care of it. It would be a catastrophe. The most important thing is that I don’t feel like I’m home when I’m in the box.”

It wasn't that Hermione liked being in the box, but she had a soft spot for the place where they first made out.

"I remember that apartments in London should be very expensive, wouldn't you..." Hermione abruptly changed the subject.

"Without added value, a house is worthless. Just look at the cost of building a villa."

Albert stopped, put the folder in Hermione's hand, and said with a smile, "I never deny that I used some tricks to get the house at the cost price."

"You should consider this a robbery."

Of course Hermione could hear Albert's quibbles, but she had to admit that Albert's words made sense.

Because they spent far less pounds on building the Avalon than expected.

After approaching the house being built on the hillside, Albert and Hermione tacitly ended their previous ambiguous topic and brought the topic back to the arrangement of the electrical project.

The original whimsical idea ended up being used as a backup solution for night and cloudy days.

The only problem is the battery.

This problem had not yet been solved well in his time. They mostly used water storage and electricity storage to solve the problem of nighttime electricity consumption.

"The Muggle world has lost a great scientist." Hermione sighed softly.

In order to introduce electricity to Avalon, Hermione had investigated the British power generation model. It was clear that Albert's water storage and electricity storage was a separate idea. You must know that Albert spent most of his time on magic that was incompatible with the Muggle world. world, but he was still able to come up with so many solutions in a short period of time!

"Scientists are indeed great, but they are not as comfortable as capitalists." Albert prefers to enjoy a wonderful life.

"Why?"

"Because today's Muggle world is dominated by capitalist social ideology, it is natural to live comfortably as a capitalist." Albert said in a self-deprecating tone, "Of course, you can have them all, and great scientists can also be Capitalists are like America’s Edison.”

Hermione was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding what Albert said, so she changed the topic and asked, "So, are you going to adopt plan three?"

"If Plan No. 1 can solve Avalon's power supply problem, then use Plan No. 1. After all, we are still not sure whether it is reliable to use electricity in the magical world." Albert knew what he was doing.

"As for the future expansion of the village and the problem of insufficient power supply, let the residents here decide whether to adopt Plan 3!"

"The main reason is that the No. 3 plan is a huge project. You can't expect others to understand you until then. Besides, maybe Muggles will already have more convenient power generation equipment by then!"

"I always feel that you are more radical than others." Hermione frowned slightly, as if she had thought of something, and reminded her, "You should be very aware of the magical world's attitude towards Muggles."

"In the last few days of Grindelwald's life, I went to Nurmengard to see him off, and I also chatted with Grindelwald for a while." Albert sighed softly, "He thought that the Ministry of Magic drafted Many laws protect not Muggles, but wizards themselves.”

"You probably don't have any feelings about this matter, but I have been to North America, and the attitude of wizards there towards Muggles is the most realistic portrayal of the protection law."

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