Study Days at Hogwarts

"Stop poking, you're almost going to poke someone else's eyes out."

In a certain dormitory, Lee Jordan was poking around with the gold stick he just bought from Zuo Ke's joke shop.

The golden rod is called the Honesty Detector, a very primitive dark magic detector that can detect hidden spells and magical items.

There are naturally not so many hidden spells and magic items in ordinary dormitories, but with the genius Albert in their dormitory, Lee Jordan really discovered a lot of hidden spells, such as in cabinets, books, and mirrors. reacted.

Anyway, Lee Jordan is now poking around with the honesty detector with a face full of excitement.

"Be careful when Albert comes back and beats you up." Fred, who was playing cards, couldn't help but warn.

"As long as you don't tell him, he will definitely not know." Lee Jordan threw a chicken-flavored multi-flavor bean into his mouth, poked Albert's cabinet with a golden stick and said, "I know that Albert made a lot of Magic items are kept in there.”

"Don't try, it's magic. The Alaho Cave Opening Curse can't open it."

"Where's the lock pick?"

"If you pry it, Albert will definitely beat you back."

"Lee Jordan doesn't know how to pick locks." George was very depressed. He lost again. It seemed that he had never beaten Fred at cards. Albert always said that there was something wrong with his deck, but George didn't want to change his deck. .

"What do you mean, why did Albert buy this silver arrow?" After putting away the wizard cards, Fred took out the silver arrow from under Albert's bed and placed it on the table to observe carefully. Although it is an antique broom, the workmanship is indeed exquisite and not as rough as other antique brooms.

"I don't know, maybe... you want to collect this antique broom?" George said uncertainly.

"Look, there's a hidden spell on the broom too." Lee Jordan said excitedly, holding the golden stick and poking at the broom.

"Don't play with that thing here." Fred glared at Lee Jordan angrily, "I prefer to believe that Albert is going to study the structure of a broom and plan to make a new broom for himself!"

The difficulty of making a broomstick is actually not high. The real difficulty is how to make the broomstick better.

"Help me pick the lock." Lee Jordan poked George with the stick and asked, "The Gryffindor treasure map you found last time is also in there."

"Speaking of which, where are the others?" George pushed away Lee Jordan's stick and asked impatiently.

"I don't know." Fred shook his head.

Just after returning from Hogsmeade, Albert disappeared inexplicably.

"While he's not here..."

"I said, are you bothered? If you have time, go and finish the wizard card competition."

George walked to the counter and took out a pile of cards from a box. Those were the wizard cards that he and Fred were trying to make. However, there was still a gap when compared with Albert's wizard cards.

Lee Jordan took the opportunity to move the golden stick downwards and poke it towards George who was rummaging for materials. Fred was a little stunned when he saw this scene, and seemed to be looking forward to what would happen next.

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At this moment, in the Room of Requirement, Albert was practicing the Traceless Stretching Spell.

So far, he has been practicing for more than ten minutes, but the traceless stretch spell has never taken effect, and the traceless stretch spell does not appear on the skill panel.

"It's truly a profound magic. It feels really difficult." Albert murmured.

"Expansion and increment!"

He concentrated hard and waved his wand again to cast a spell on the box.

However, the traceless stretching spell still had no effect, which made him a little depressed and felt that he had been cheated by the rewards on the mission panel.

Why not take control directly yourself?

"What could be the problem?" Albert tried to recall the process of Professor Smith casting the spell.

His magical power should be sufficient, and his spells and wand gestures should be correct.

Although it cannot be ruled out that Professor Smith deliberately misled himself, this possibility should be unlikely!

"But what exactly is the problem?"

Albert took a deep breath and suppressed the annoyance rising in his heart. He gave up practicing the Traceless Stretching Curse for the time being and flipped through the books he borrowed from the restricted area. There was indeed a record on how to learn the Traceless Stretching Curse.

Insert an app: a perfect replica of the old version of the book-chasing artifact and a replaceable source app - Mimi Reading.

Albert spent a lot of time and carefully read the part about the Seamless Stretching Spell several times. When he closed the book, he realized what was wrong with him, and his face suddenly darkened.

The Seamless Extension Spell is considered to be a difficult and advanced spell to master. There is naturally a reason for this. When using the spell, you need to repeatedly determine how much capacity you want to expand. With Apparition, you need to know the destination accurately. The Patronus Charm requires a happy memory. similar.

However, Professor Smith never reminded Albert of this issue, so it was not surprising that the spell failed.

"This mission reward is really a trap!" Albert muttered.

He wasn't sure why Professor Smith only taught him spells and gestures, but didn't teach him the key points of casting spells. He didn't want him to learn it, so he said... forget it, he'll find out next time when he goes to see Professor Smith.

"Expansion and increment!"

Albert picked up the wand and tried again. This time the spell finally took effect. He reached into the box and found that the space inside did increase a little.

He flipped through the skills panel again, and sure enough, he successfully found the skill of the Traceless Stretch Spell.

The difficulty of the Seamless Stretch Spell is related to the area of ​​expansion.

Albert did not rush to upgrade, but began to think about how to use the fur of the swamp digger to make himself a pair of protective gloves. The fur of the swamp digger that Mundungus bought for him is not small, and can be used to make gloves first, and then make a container of mandrake.

There is no tailor in his skill panel, and a first-level tailor probably can't make any good gloves. It's best to find someone to help. Albert remembers that there is a tailor shop in Diagon Alley where he can write a letter to the fat witch. Xin, if the other party is willing to help, that would be the best.

If the other party is unwilling, you can only find a way yourself.

Level 1 tailoring skills always feel a bit unreliable.

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At lunch time, Albert appeared in the hall on time. His three roommates had already arrived and were waving to him.

"What's wrong with your eyes?"

When Albert walked over, he found that Lee Jordan's eye sockets were a little swollen, as if he had been punched, and Fred next to him was secretly laughing.

"He poked around with the honesty detector, and the result was..." George shrugged helplessly.

"I was just joking, you were too cruel." Lee Jordan couldn't help but accuse.

"I didn't mean it, it was an instinctive reaction, a gut reaction."

"Why don't you ask Madam Pomfrey for help." Albert sat next to him and took the pieces of bread to prepare a sandwich for himself.

However, Lee Jordan's face was a bit dark, and the black circles under his eyes from being beaten could not be seen at all.

"Gone." Fred said, "Where did you go just now?"

"I'm practicing magic spells on the eighth floor!" Albert said casually.

"You shouldn't have...learned it already!" George looked at Albert in horror.

"How is it possible? It's just a bit of a clue. It still takes a lot of time to practice." Albert took a bite of the ham sandwich, reached out to pick up Lee Jordan's golden rod and touched it to the protective bracelet on his wrist. He found that this thing was still there. There was really a reaction.

"This thing is called an honesty detector." Lee Jordan introduced. "Able to detect hidden spells and hidden magic items."

"The effect is very poor, this is probably a poor quality product." Albert took the gold rod away from the bracelet and found that the reaction on the gold rod disappeared immediately.

To be honest, the magic items in the magic world feel very unreliable to Albert. Most wizards still need to rely on their own wands.

"After all, you can't expect anything from two galleons." Lee Jordan muttered. He took the golden stick and poked Albert's body, and then... he found a fist enlarged in front of him.

"That's enough for you!" Albert glanced at Li Jordan.

"Then you don't have to beat me up!" Li Jordan covered his eyes and couldn't help but protest.

"Who told you to be mean!"

Fred and George tried not to laugh. If Li Jordan hadn't been dark enough, the two dark circles under his eyes would have been great.

"By the way, I'm going to make a joke prop that can give others black eyes in the future. Write it down. Write it down." George took out the parchment and quickly wrote down this good idea.

"Wow, when will you bring this thing with you?" Lee Jordan looked at George in disbelief, as if he had seen something incredible.

"Humph, I learned this from Albert." George waved the parchment proudly and explained casually, "There are some interesting ideas recorded in it. We will implement these good ideas one by one in the future."

"With your ability, it is very difficult to succeed. If it is Albert, it should be easier." Lee Jordan couldn't help but make a dig at George to express his dissatisfaction.

"We are still storing useful knowledge. In two years, we will definitely be able to start trying to make these things." Fred and George didn't care too much about Lee Jordan's sarcasm. They really don't have that ability yet, but In a few years, it will definitely be completed. Now record it to save some inspiration for the future. Even if it is really not used, there is no loss.

"You can't make much money selling those things." Albert suddenly interjected after eating the sandwich.

"Then what's the value?" Fred asked.

"This thing."

Albert shook his wooden bracelet and explained softly: "Professor Smith once complained to me that most wizards today are very poor in defense against black magic, and they can't even use the Iron Armor Curse well."

"You mean protective equipment?" George guessed it immediately,

"Except for wizards who perform dangerous jobs, few people will buy it, right?" Fred frowned.

"Recently, I got a very useful piece of news. In a few years, this thing will definitely be a big seller!" Albert said with a grin, "The field of dark magic defense is the real cash cow."

"what news."

"The news is very shocking." Albert said mysteriously, "You definitely don't want to know, and you don't want to believe it."