Study Days at Hogwarts

"Albert, do you know about Hagrid?"

When Albert and others were getting dressed and preparing to leave the prefect's bathroom, Hermione quickly stepped forward to stop Albert.

"Hagrid's question?"

Albert asked Fred, George and Lee Jordan to go first.

"Rita Skeeter reported on Hagrid's bloodline in the Daily Prophet." Hermione told Albert about Hagrid after the three of them walked away, "We went to visit some time ago. Hagrid, but he didn't open the door for us, I'm a little worried..."

"Oh, Hagrid was talking about his mother being a giant, and Rita Skeeter overheard it?" Albert was not surprised at all, and said to Hermione: "I think Hagrid is probably It was a big blow, and there are probably many wizards who sent letters scolding him to die as soon as possible!"

"I can't help it. This matter has spread. No matter what I do, it will not help. I can only let the incident subside on its own."

Albert blocked what Hermione wanted to say before she could speak.

"A long time ago, I warned Hagrid not to mention his bloodline to others. I warned him more than once and told him the consequences." Albert sighed softly and shook his head helplessly, "But Hagrid obviously didn't take my words seriously, so now he can be considered as 'bringing it to himself'."

"It's your own fault?"

Hermione couldn't believe she heard such words from Albert.

"Otherwise?" Albert asked, "What do you want me to do, go with you to comfort Hagrid, and then be turned away with you?"

Hermione opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Even she didn't know what she wanted Albert to do, and she just wanted to find someone to discuss with him. In Hermione's eyes, Albert was after all much more reliable than Harry and Ron, and he might be able to think of a way to get Hagrid out of his current depression.

However, Albert said that Hagrid's current situation was entirely his own fault.

"It's useless for you to look at me like this." Albert looked at Hermione and said calmly: "I've reminded him so many times, and he doesn't even care. What can I do? Let Hagrid suffer a little now. , it is also a good thing to learn a lesson and have a long memory. As for Hagrid, you don’t need to worry about him. Hagrid is older than the three of you combined and can handle this matter by himself. After a while, Just wait until his mentality adjusts."

"As for Rita Skeeter, this is not the first time that woman has written this kind of article in order to attract everyone's attention. If you want to find a chance to teach her a lesson, I think you will definitely have the chance. Because that guy is probably targeting Harry." Albert motioned to Hermione to listen quietly to what he said, "However, you'd better be quick and accurate, at least don't give her the chance to cause trouble for you, otherwise you will definitely have big problems. Trouble, that guy is good at making ugly remarks about others.”

Hermione looked at Albert, her mouth opened in silence, and after a long time she asked: "Why didn't she report your news?"

"The last time she randomly reported news about me, I came to her door and gave her an impressive lesson, so that she would not dare to report any news about me in the newspaper." Albert's tone was calm, as if it was just a trivial matter. .

Hermione opened her mouth and stared at Albert's leaving back, speechless for a long time.

By the time Hermione returned to the prefects' bathroom, Harry had already taken off his robes, soaked in the bath with the golden egg, and didn't know what he was saying to Ron.

"What are you doing with Albert?" Harry asked doubtfully.

"I told him about Hagrid."

"Oh, what did he say..."

Hermione was silent for a moment and repeated Albert's words.

"How could he say such a thing? It's a good thing to let Hagrid suffer and learn a lesson so that he can remember it for a long time." Harry and Ron were both very angry about this. "Isn't he Hagrid's friend?"

"Albert...probably feels helpless too, right?"

Hermione understood Albert's helplessness. After all, after reminding him so many times and persuading him so many times, what could he do if Hagrid didn't listen?

This kind of thing didn't have to happen at all. Hagrid's current experience was completely paying for his own stupidity.

Moreover, everything has happened, what can Albert do?

At most, he could comfort Hagrid like the three of them.

Hermione actually felt that Albert was right. Hagrid had caused enough troubles. Most of the time, Albert helped him clean up the mess, but this time he couldn't do anything.

She secretly glanced at Harry and Ron again. Sometimes she felt that they were really immature, and so did she.

"Okay Harry, how's your research on the golden egg going?" Hermione casually changed the subject.

Harry demonstrated it directly to Hermione. He soaked the golden egg in water, and soon a vague singing sound came from the water.

"You need to put your head under the water to hear it clearly." Harry explained to Hermione, "The situation is the same as the song Fred and George sang. The warriors need to get back their treasures within an hour. But now, There's a problem...I can't swim."

Harry again brought up the point of the matter, that he couldn't swim.

Yes, Harry wouldn't.

Dudley had had swimming lessons as a child, but Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, doubtless hoping that Harry would drown one day, never let him learn how to swim.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became very solemn. If Harry couldn't swim, it would be difficult for him to complete the second event of the Triwizard Tournament by himself even if he had the Soaking Charm in the water.

"How about starting from now? You still have more than a month." Hermione asked tentatively, "I'm actually not very good at swimming. Ron, how about you?"

"I'm not very good at it either." Ron said hesitantly.

"I think this is a good idea. It's winter now. Do you mean that I can learn to swim here?" Harry thought this was a crazy idea. Before he could learn to swim, he might drown or freeze to death.

"I think it may not just be about swimming and breathing." Hermione said to herself, "Don't forget, the competition starts on February 24th, when the weather is still very cold, the one with the most advantage should It was Krum, and he told me it was cold over there at their school, but I doubt he could have stayed in the lake for an hour."

"He told you?" Ron said in an odd tone.

"Even ordinary people would find it difficult to stay in the water for an hour, let alone in such a low temperature environment. Their physical strength would definitely not be able to hold on."

"You're right Hermione, I think if I went into the water at that time, I would freeze to death within a few minutes." Harry found troubles one after another, which made him very frustrated.

"Moreover, you may need to fight the fish-men to get back the stolen treasure." Ron asked casually, "By the way, Hermione, do you really plan to become Krum's treasure? "

"Albert said it's just possible!" Hermione said gloomily.

"His words are always accurate," Ron sneered.

…

The Christmas vacation is finally over, and on the first day of school, Fred, George and Lee Jordan, who can no longer hide anymore, face the iron fist of sanctions. Apparently, it was the last time they distributed cakes laced with love agents to the students. It annoyed some students.

After all, they caused such a big embarrassment in front of the girls, so it seems normal to take revenge on the three of them together. Especially those three bastards, who also imitated Albert and disappeared, and the students who had been backlogged for the whole Christmas vacation did not calm down as the twins hoped, but became more and more angry.

Hence the attack not long ago.

Unfortunately, a group of people couldn't defeat Fred, George and Lee Jordan.

Different from the three people who had been trained by Albert, the guys who came to trouble the three people were simply rookies and only knew how to throw spells. Although this is a strange statement, that was probably the case.

"I thought they would calm down after the Christmas vacation, but I didn't expect..." Fred and Lee Jordan shrugged at Albert and said, "I didn't expect they still remember that incident. We can't let it happen." Let’s stand and get beaten!”

"So, I said that we should eat together at that time and pretend that we were accidentally poisoned by a love drug, so they would not come to trouble us. After all, we didn't know that the dessert was laced with a love drug, and we were also victims. George said with an expression that said if you had listened to me, you wouldn't have been in this situation.

"Who made you like to seek death?" Albert said speechlessly: "I heard that Bagman asked you to be sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries."

Speaking of this, the four of them couldn't help laughing.

No one here would sympathize with that bastard Bagman.

After returning to the common room, the four found that the school had given them a surprise. A large notice was pinned to the bulletin board in the common room:

Apparition Lesson

If you are already seventeen years old or will turn seventeen by August 31st, you can take a twelve-week Apparition course taught by Apparition instructors at the Ministry of Magic.

If you are willing to participate, please sign below.

Tuition fee: twelve galleons.

"We'd better pass it first time. Charlie took the Apparition test twice." Fred took out the quill and signed it and said to the other partners, "Of course, there must be nothing wrong with Albert."

"Twelve Galleons is a lot of money." George took the quill handed from Fred and signed it, muttering in his mouth, "Albert, you don't mind lending us some Galleons first, wait for us I’ll give it back to you when I have the money.”

George actually knew that the wealthy Albert didn't mind them using research funds to pay for the Apparition class, but he still had to tell Albert about it.

Taking out twenty-four Galleons in one breath would undoubtedly make things worse for the Weasley family, who were already financially poor.

"No problem, remember to pay me thirteen galleons when the time comes." Albert took the quill, signed it and said with a smile: "However, when the joke shop opens, you probably won't be short of money anymore. .”

Angelina smiled and said hello to Albert, then looked at Fred, George and Li Jordan meaningfully, and said with a smile: "You are in trouble, I heard that someone wants to cause trouble for you."

"Already found them," Fred shrugged nonchalantly and said, "However, their strength is very poor and they have been defeated by the three of us."

"real?"

"Of course, we have received training from Albert, so we can deal with a few students without any problem."

"What training?"

"Of course it's Defense Against the Dark Arts training." Fred said matter-of-factly. "The Defense Against the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts is really bad. You can't learn anything useful. Of course you have to teach yourself."

"Then why were you hiding some time ago?" Arya asked sharply. She felt that the Weasley twins were bragging.

"We are just studying things in seclusion." George coughed slightly and explained.

"I'm more curious about where you were hiding some time ago?" Angelina asked curiously

"Of course I'm hiding in the dormitory." Fred and George said in unison.

After Albert signed and handed the quill to Lee Jordan, he walked towards the outside of the crowd.

"I remember that neither the castle nor the hunting ground can apparate." Zannah appeared beside him at some point, frowning and said, "And I heard that apparation is not very comfortable."

"The principal actually has the power to lift certain restrictions in the school." Albert explained with a smile: "As for Apparition, you can only adapt to the discomfort by yourself. Once you get used to it, it will be very convenient. After all, it can happen in the blink of an eye. It’s time to reach your destination.”

"Exactly like something you would say."

"Have you secretly used Apparition?"

Several people remembered that Albert quietly left school during the Christmas vacation, and they became more and more suspicious that Albert had already mastered the Apparition.

After all, it was Albert, so even if he learned it, it didn't seem to be a strange thing.

"You know how to do it, why are you still signing up?" Angelina asked puzzledly. She just saw Albert signing it.

"You need to attend training before you can take the exam. This is a rule of the Ministry of Magic, because most of those who did not attend the training class will not be able to pass the exam." Fred explained, "Remember? Charlie took the exam twice. Just passed."

"Tell us about Apparition!"

The sixth-grade students gathered around Albert, hoping that he could tell everyone about his Apparition experience and the key points on how to quickly master Apparition. They now believe that Albert has mastered Apparition.

However, Albert naturally had a way to deal with them. He pulled out his magic wand and waved lightly, summoning a booklet titled "Common Mistakes in Apparition and How to Avoid It" from his dormitory, and handed it to everyone present. , then he picked up his cat and returned to the dormitory with a smile, leaving behind a group of girls with resentful eyes.

"Albert is always ready, so it's no wonder he always picks up these things faster than others."

Seeing the booklet issued by the Ministry of Magic in her hand, Zannah sighed softly. They all knew that Apparition training was held every year in the school, and naturally they also knew that this thing existed, but the real person really cared. No one went to the senior students who had passed the exam to borrow it to read, but Albert had one, which showed that he had been preparing for the Apparition exam for a long time.