Study Days at Hogwarts

"Look, Dumbledore, what we brought you!"

Professor Slughorn opened the door and walked into the principal's office, speaking directly to Dumbledore who was sitting at his desk.

Albert and Isobel also walked into the principal's office.

"I received the news yesterday, Slughorn." Dumbledore looked at Albert who put the golden cauldron symbolizing the championship on the desk, and said gently, "Well done, Mr. Anderson. .Since I became Headmaster of Hogwarts, the school has not won the Potions Championship again."

"It's all thanks to Mr. Anderson. You don't even know that shameless old guy Bernard..." Professor Slughorn seemed to realize that his words were somewhat inappropriate. He coughed lightly and changed his words: "That guy actually The rules of this Potion Championship have been modified and we plan to directly let his grandson win the championship.”

"He must be furious." Dumbledore said softly, "By the way, Mr. Anderson, the reporter from the Daily Prophet wants to give you an exclusive interview."

"Isn't it Rita Kister who is in charge of the interview?" Albert raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes, I understand if you don't want to be interviewed."

"I don't like Rita Skeeter very much either." Seeing everyone looking at him, Professor Slughorn shrugged and explained: "Although sometimes her reports are interesting, more often than not, you I can’t figure out what’s real and what’s fake.”

"Okay, I'll be interviewed."

Albert nodded in agreement, believing that the woman who was afraid of chaos in the world would give Bernard an unexpected surprise.

The other three people in the principal's office were a little surprised. They probably didn't expect that Albert would actually agree to be interviewed. They all thought that he would refuse directly.

Albert noticed the flash of surprise on Isobel's face and explained with a smile: "If she doesn't accept an interview, Rita Kist will definitely make a bunch of messy reports again."

"I think the Daily Prophet will be very happy. I will let you know the specific time." After Dumbledore finished speaking, he asked the two of them to go back to rest.

"You don't seem very happy?"

After leaving the principal's office and walking some distance further, Isobel finally spoke.

"It's nothing, I thought the principal would give us some rewards after taking away the golden crucible." Albert said in a half-joking tone: "After all, we won a championship for the school, at least give us some points, or prepare some for us. A sumptuous celebration dinner turned out to be nothing.”

"Didn't you already get a huge bonus?" Isobel stared at Albert for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Albert asked.

"I find that you are getting more and more profitable."

"Alas, it's easy for people to live their lives as people they hate." Albert sighed softly.

"You always have a few words of wisdom coming out of your mouth." Isobel looked at Albert with a careful look: "They are right, you are becoming more and more like Dumbledore. You will definitely be able to carry countless Graduate from school with a dazzling halo.”

"I'm not Dumbledore, and I don't want to be as great a person as him, and I don't plan to live without a wife like the principal." Albert remembered a joke from his previous life: Dumbledore only loved Grindelwald.

"My life goal is to be rich, marry a beautiful wife, have two children, and then live the rest of my life freely." Albert thought of his life goal and nodded with satisfaction, "I feel like thirty It can all be realized before now.”

"You don't have two or three girlfriends now."

"This happened a long time ago, don't keep teasing me about it." Albert changed the topic, "Speaking of which, your previous boldness really shocked me."

"It's not just to satisfy your vanity." Isobel was obviously not happy that Albert mentioned this matter.

"You're so kind. That kiss really satisfied me more than the gold-plated crucible." Albert said seriously.

Isobel asked with a smile, "What about your bag of galleons?"

"Of course it's appropriate. Gold always makes people feel happy."

"I found that you are actually quite greedy and lustful."

"Yes, all men are like this." Albert did not deny it. "This time, I made a lot of money, just because I stole your championship. If I had not participated, 80% of the time I would have won the potion championship. is yours."

"You think too highly of me." Isobel shook his head and said: "I am not afraid of normal competition, but in this situation, it is difficult to win the final championship based on strength. I am not as bad as you, and , it is very difficult to brew the perfect Baffy brain-refreshing potion, it is hard to imagine that you would actually be willing to take the risk."

"Risk? No, I didn't take any risk because I was sure I would succeed."

"Did you cheat?"

Isobel seemed to realize something, and shook her head again, "But, how do you ensure that you can brew the perfect Buffy brain-refreshing potion?"

"It's a blessing elixir."

Albert put his head next to Isobel's ear and whispered, "With it, it can help me activate all my talents, and naturally it can minimize the probability of failure, so I dare to gamble."

"Everyone cheats anyway?" Isobel looked weird.

"Yes, I didn't plan to use it originally, but they went too far. Aren't you curious about what Kathleen and I are collaborating on?"

"Bafei Brain Refresher, she provides you with the raw materials for practice, isn't that guy afraid of losing money?"

"It turns out she didn't lose money. She was a shrewd woman."

"What's the point of this kind of competition?"

"Give yourself a good reputation, and also give yourself the title of genius pharmacist. Do you want me to endorse Bafei's brain-reviving potion in the future, and one copy can be sold for a thousand Galleons? Isn't this just a blood profit?"

"You see it more clearly than anyone else."

"Okay, don't think about this." Albert stretched out his hand to hold Isobel's hand and suggested with a smile, "Let's go celebrate, let Bit prepare a celebration dinner for us, and then look at this How the money should be spent.”

Since the Hogwarts celebration party can't be counted on, it would be better to have one yourself. There are house elves anyway, and it would be more romantic for the two of them to eat and date together.

As soon as he entered the Room of Requirement, Albert saw a dark shadow running toward the two of them. When he looked carefully, he found that the fat cat Tom was excitedly lining his ankles with his body.

"Master, Bit has been following your instructions to help Tom Cat lose weight." When the house elf saw Albert returning, he bowed slightly to the two of them.

"Thank you for your hard work, Bit."

"This is what Bit should do, this is Bit's honor." Bit said excitedly.

"Help us prepare a candlelight dinner. I plan to celebrate winning this potion championship with Isobel here." Albert thought for a moment and then added: "If you can't help, you can ask the school Other house elves help."

"It's my honor." The house elf bowed slightly, and then left quickly, obviously planning to share the good news with other friends.

As soon as he sat down on the sofa, Tom started to nudge Albert with his head and stuck out his tongue to lick his face.

"It seems to stick to you."

Isobel sat next to Albert and stretched out her hand to scratch Tom's chin.

"It should be Bit that has toiled it so much." Albert tipped Tom's weight, "Being too fat is not a good thing after all, and it can easily affect your health."

"Valeria is also afraid of getting fat. She always says that after a woman reaches her thirties, she will quickly age into an old woman." Isobel looked at Albert's side face, "Aren't you curious that the three of us are here? Talk about something?”

"Even if you are curious, you probably won't tell me." Albert stopped smoothing Tom's hair, looked sideways at the girl beside him and said, "After all, it is a secret belonging to you girls."

"It's not a secret. We were talking about what to do after graduation, and Kathleen gave us some advice. She thought we should find something meaningful for ourselves to avoid becoming an old and worried housewife." Isobel She said with emotion: "I think what she said makes sense. Mom looks very young, and so does your mother. Neither of them are housewives."

"That's because their actual age is still very young." Albert told the truth straight away, "Most people are running for life after graduation. Only a few people with decent jobs can live like Kathleen said. Like that, you can’t help yourself, that’s the normal state of life.”

"Furthermore, I think that people become old and ugly at the age of thirty, entirely because they don't know how to take care of their bodies." Albert reminded seriously: "Like Tom, who often overeats and becomes This little pig cat. As long as you have a young mentality, live a disciplined life, exercise regularly, eat well, and take care of your skin with magic medicine, you will definitely be able to live younger than others."

"Your way of comforting people is still so lame."

"I'm just telling the truth." Albert shook his head and said, "If it were someone else, I would probably say that I would help her invent a potion that can keep her young forever, but to say that to you is to treat you like a fool."

"Perhaps, we should control our diet from now on." Isobel wanted to hear the previous sentence, although she also knew that it was to coax girls.

"I think we still need to celebrate this hard-won victory."

"You know? Both Catherine and Valeria want to keep their looks." Isobel rested her head on Albert's shoulder, "Valeria always said that when she is sixteen, Twenty-three years old is the most beautiful age for girls. I say that I envy me for being able to find someone I like and marry me while I am at my most beautiful."

"It seems that their family is not rich."

Isobel tilted her head and asked, "Why do you think so?"

"Youth is a girl's greatest wealth."

"how about you?"

"I, I have money." Albert said without thinking, "If I didn't have money, I probably wouldn't get married so early."

"If you don't have money, you won't marry me?"

"So, I have been working hard to make money." Albert said seriously. "Fortunately, I also have such abilities. Most Muggle wizards do not have a good life in the wizarding world."

"You know what? I told Valeria that she could support herself with her talent in potions, and she said, 'Youth is my greatest wealth.'"

"A very realistic girl, she must not be having a good life." Albert commented.

"Actually, I can see that both Kathleen and Valeria are a little interested in you." Isobel said suddenly.

"But I can count the time I've known them on my fingers." Albert didn't dare to let this blame fall on him, and quickly expressed that he had no other thoughts.

"I know, but it's too easy for you to provoke those girls." Isobel couldn't help but sigh, "Valeria even mentioned coming to the UK to develop. If I were a man and fit Valeria's words, She will probably pester me directly!"

"You'll probably marry her too, after all, it's obviously easier to pursue a beautiful girl." Albert said jokingly.

"Unfortunately, I am not a boy. If you were single, Valeria would definitely be willing to have a vigorous love affair with you."

"I already have a girlfriend."