Study Days at Hogwarts

When I woke up the next day, it was drizzling outside the castle.

In Albert's limited memory of coming to Hogwarts, it always rained in the new semester.

He quickly got dressed and prepared breakfast for Tom, then reached out and rubbed Tom's head, deciding to let the house elf send the cat to Isobel later so that it could fulfill its true purpose as a cat.

"Where are Fred and George?" Albert asked Lee Jordan, who was putting on his shoes. He had just noticed that they were the only two people left in the dormitory.

"Going to put up flyers in the common room." Lee Jordan said with a smile, "Those two guys are really full of energy."

After the two washed up and went downstairs, they found several students standing by the bulletin board in the common room. They were all discussing something in low voices. Fred and George were smiling and handing out advertising flyers to everyone, which contained the latest products they were selling. Joke product.

Surprisingly, the most popular ones are the intelligence-enhancing candies from the magical candies made by Albert, which are used to improve everyone's energy, intelligence and thinking ability.

However, you need to register in advance and pay a deposit for reservation.

"I must remind you that intelligence-enhancing sugar cannot be used in exams, especially O.W.L. and N.E.W.T.. You will definitely be caught by the invigilator. Don't take any chances, but intelligence-enhancing sugar can make you review more effectively. Is it right? It's worth the price, you can judge for yourself, don't tell me..." Fred and George were promoting the effects of this candy to everyone and pouring cold water on them, but they still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm.

O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. cannot be cheated. It does not say that it cannot be used at other times. Ordinary final tests are not that strict. Even if you really can't, you can still use them when doing homework.

Hermione looked at the Weasley twins who were distributing the wisdom fruit to everyone with a complicated expression, then turned to look at Albert who was standing aside and watching quietly, and asked: "Aren't you going to stop them?"

"Why stop it?" Albert asked doubtfully.

Hermione suddenly didn't know what to say.

"For those who are preparing to start a business, the N.E.W.T. transcript is just a piece of waste paper. Instead of wasting time on it, they might as well use the remaining time at Hogwarts to pave the way for their future." Albert said calmly It tells the story of Fred and George's purpose.

"In fact, they're doing it now."

"It's just a money grab!"

Ron walked towards this side and said with envy on his face: "I saw many people paying Galleons directly to order from Fred and George after using the intelligence-enhancing candy."

"Because they're trying to cheat with that thing!"

Lee Jordan could easily see through those people's thoughts, "Perhaps O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. are easy to detect, but ordinary final exams are not a big problem."

"You guessed that they would do that, and you actually sold them!" Hermione said angrily. He felt that Fred and George were allowing everyone to cheat at the end of the semester, which was very unfair to those students who were reviewing seriously.

"You can't stop people from using kitchen knives to cut vegetables just because they can kill people!" Albert asked back: "Haven't you ever used it yourself? Would you use it to cheat? This kind of thing is purely a personal matter. , not to mention, don’t treat professors as fools.”

Hermione was immediately speechless, because Albert was right, she was one of the first users of intelligence enhancers, but she never wanted to cheat by using that thing.

When Hermione raised her head, Albert's figure had disappeared.

"What's wrong Hermione?" Ron asked confused.

"nothing!"

Hermione felt a little lonely and felt very immature.

Just like Albert told her before, the world is not black and white.

Of course, she understands this.

only……

At this moment, the students in the hall were all discussing the scream last night, and those students who went to bed late also heard Umbridge's shrill scream.

"Umbridge had a nightmare last night." Lee Jordan handed Albert the new semester homework sheet he got from Professor McGonagall. "There is a Defense Against the Dark Arts course only on Wednesday morning."

"The curse of the mysterious man is indeed terrible, and it has actually started to take effect now!" Albert put away his homework and said to Lee Jordan: "I have classes later, you go tell the people in other colleges first and ask them to help. Post a notice, I have prepared more generous prizes this year."

"What curse?"

"I heard that Umbridge woke up from a nightmare last night. I guess the curse started to take effect." Albert said casually, as if Umbridge really had a nightmare.

"I really don't understand, why Umbridge can't think of it, and actually came to Hogwarts to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Isn't staying at the Ministry of Magic as the Deputy Minister more comfortable than coming to the school to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" Shanna followed the instructions. Bert's meaning went on.

"Who knows, maybe Fudge assigned her a task!" Lee Jordan speculated.

"Task?"

"For example, tasks such as controlling Hogwarts, driving away Professor Dumbledore, and expelling Harry Potter."

"Really?" Shanna looked at Albert.

"She probably wants to do that. The Ministry of Magic has always wanted to interfere with Hogwarts. Now they finally found an opportunity." After finishing the food on the plate, Albert took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth. "Unfortunately, if a layman leads an expert, there will always be a chance." Make a mess.”

"Professor Dumbledore didn't stop him?"

"A lot of people thought he was crazy," Lee Jordan reminded.

"No, I think they are really crazy. They would believe what is in the newspaper instead of believing what Professor Dumbledore has done for the wizarding world in the past." Zannah felt that the entire wizarding world had become very funny. I can't understand how people could believe what's in the newspaper.

"Did their collective brains get caught in the door?"

"Maybe!" Albert shrugged.

He still takes the ancient magic text class. Although based on his understanding of ancient magic text, he actually doesn't need to take this class, but Albert can still get some inspiration from Professor Bathsheda's lectures, especially But if he wants to weave teaching materials, he must clarify his ideas. Sometimes understanding it yourself is completely different from knowing how to teach others.

During lunch, Fred and George happily announced to Albert that they had received 22 paid orders for intelligence-enhancing candies and had successfully sold a small number of joke props. This was undoubtedly a great start.

"We plan to launch a night tour package soon." Fred asked tentatively, "What do you think?"

"Don't worry, this is not a one-time transaction, the steady flow is more important." Albert comforted the two people who were extremely excited about making a large sum of galleons, "Besides, it will be difficult for you to make as large a sum as you did today. Galleons.”

"Because we have limited Galleons in our pockets?" George guessed the reason.

"You can sell beauty products to girls, interesting toys to students who like to be naughty and mischievous, and students who want to get good grades..." Albert said looking at the Weasley twins who were listening to him carefully. : "The most important thing for you now is to collect students' preferences and summarize their preferences. You can even make a list for them to fill in, and give some prizes or discount coupons to students who are willing to fill in the list. This information is very important, so that In the future, you can better make them take out the galleons in their pockets to buy our products. You do this first, and I will teach you more."

"I will make the order, and you can help me take a look at it then." George also thinks that Albert's idea is fine. First, understand what everyone wants and how much purchasing power they have to better earn extra money from their pockets. Long.

As for whether corresponding products can be developed, that is another matter.

"Everyone is very confused as to why this year's Wizarding Card Competition started so early."

Seeing that Fred and George had finished talking, Lee Jordan took over and told Albert about the wizard card competition.

"Also, we will graduate this semester. What will happen to the successor issue then?"

"After Luna graduates from school, let the students choose their next position. As long as this position has enough benefits, there will be a bunch of students competing for this position." Albert has already thought about what to do. Done, "It doesn't matter even if we encounter problems. After all, we can't solve everything. I will discuss this matter with Professor McGonagall later."

In fact, Professor McGonagall really didn't object.

The reason is simple, she is also printed on the wizard card.

Unlike Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall was not included in the chocolate frog card, but if it could appear on the wizard card, it would be a good choice.

By the way, Albert has been included in the chocolate frog card. The photo shows Albert wearing a fire dragon suit. He looks very handsome. It is said that it is currently the most popular chocolate frog card among girls.

While discussing the follow-up issues of the Wizarding Card Club with Professor McGonagall, there was a sudden knock on the door of the Transfiguration Office.

"Come in!"

Professor McGonagall looked away from the parchment and looked at Harry Potter who opened the door and could not help but frown and asked: "Potter, why don't you go to class?"

"It seems that you offended Umbridge on the first day of school." Albert guessed the reason after seeing Potter: "I remember asking Hermione and Weasley to remind you of this."

"I have endured it, but Umbridge still deliberately targets me." Harry said helplessly, "There is nothing I can do."

With that said, Harry handed a piece of parchment to Professor McGonagall. After reading it, Professor McGonagall's eyes suddenly became stern.

"So, you yelled at Professor Umbridge?"

"No professor," Harry said calmly, "I've taken tranquilizers, how could I possibly yell at her."

"Tranquilizer?" Professor McGonagall was a little confused, obviously not understanding what Harry Potter meant.

"Yes, a special sedative!" Harry took out a bottle from his robe pocket, "Taking one pill can make you calm down completely. I think you need to deal with it calmly when facing Umbridge."

"You said she was a liar?"

"I just discussed the truth with her a little bit, but Umbridge couldn't convince me, so she became a little angry." Harry shrugged innocently.

"I remember reminding you not to argue with her." Albert said suddenly.

"I know, but there are some things I cannot deny, otherwise the Ministry of Magic will start to publicize that I am a liar, and use this to attack and attack Dumbledore, and turn me into a joke."

"You are already a joke." Albert reminded.

"I know, but... they will be the ones who become the laughing stock soon." Harry said nonchalantly, "I never thought that Voldemort would keep to himself. Then it will be my turn to watch their jokes."

Hearing Harry call Voldemort by his first name, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but feel nervous. She continued to ask, "So, you told her that the devil who must not even be named is back?"

"They just want me to deny it, but I can't back down on this."

"Potter, you need to be careful." Professor McGonagall put down Professor Umbridge's note, looked at Harry very seriously, and reminded: "If you have a conflict with Umbridge, the price you will pay will be higher than that of the academy." Point deductions and confinement are far more serious.”

"I know." Harry looked at Albert and said something that shocked Professor McGonagall: "So, I'm thinking we should just kick her out of school. I heard that she has begun to be cursed by the Defense Against the Dark Arts. influence."

Professor McGonagall stared at Harry Potter with wide eyes, never expecting such words to come out of his mouth.

"Umbridge just wants to discredit me, drive away Dumbledore, and seize the position of principal." Harry calmly told the truth, "But unfortunately she became the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Everyone knows the position. Professors are usually the unlucky ones.”

"Because of the curse of the mysterious man." Albert added, "As long as the mysterious man is still alive, the curse on that position will not disappear."

"how do you know?"

"I have studied curse magic, and I can probably guess how it works." Albert said.

"You should really become a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Harry sighed.

"Am I to take it that you are cursing me to a quick death?"

"If it were you, we would definitely learn a lot of useful knowledge." Harry made no secret of his disgust for Umbridge, "That guy is simply rubbish. He can compete with Lockhart. During the lecture, I feel like I’m taking a History of Magic class.”

"That's really bad." Albert nodded, "You are a layman after all, so you can't expect Umbridge to be a good teacher."

The expression on Professor McGonagall's face was a little stiff when two students commented so unscrupulously on a new professor in front of him.

Are you going too far?

"Do you have any ideas?" Harry asked.

"You can secretly reveal to Umbridge that Dumbledore has a secret base in the Forbidden Forest, which is suspected to be the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix." Albert made up a story casually, "Then, guide her to the Acromids In the spider's lair, let these two scourges harm each other."

"Mr. Anderson, this is not interesting at all." Professor McGonagall glared at Albert who was making noisy remarks.

"I think this plan is feasible. Maybe she can go there alone and let those big spiders eat her." Harry nodded seriously and said, "It doesn't matter even if it fails. It's better to let the Ministry of Magic play with those acrospiders." Keep an eye on us."

"You can also tell Umbridge that Dumbledore has a way to make those Acromantulas obey his orders." Albert continued to add: "Those Acromantulas were created by Hagrid, Dumbledore If you can give orders to Hagrid, you can indirectly order those Acromantulas to be fine."

"That's enough, you two!" Professor McGonagall said weakly. She never expected that two students were planning to frame a Hogwarts professor in front of her?

"The group of Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest will become a disaster if they are late, and Hagrid cares too much about those things. It would be a good idea to clean them up with the help of the Ministry of Magic, so that they can make some contribution to Hogwarts. It's also a good thing." Albert thought for a while and said to Harry: "However, Hagrid will definitely be very angry if he knows about it, and you have to take the blame yourself!"

The muscles in Harry Potter's cheeks twitched slightly, and finally he nodded seriously in agreement.

Then, he asked: "How do we leak the news to Umbridge?"

"Umbridge will definitely give you Veritaserum one day."

"It is illegal to use Veritaserum on people," Professor McGonagall reminded weakly.

"Professor, you underestimate the integrity of politicians. If necessary, Umbridge can even use the Cruciatus Curse on students. Veritaserum is nothing." Albert reminded, "Well, what day will she I’ll buy you a drink, that’s about it.”

"Then what should I do?" Harry asked.

"When the time comes, just take the antidote to the Veritaserum, pretend that you have been hit by the Veritaserum, and leak the news to her." As he spoke, Albert waved his wand and directly created a small vial and handed it to Ha. Lee said: "There are three pills in it. Take one pill at a time to relieve the effects of the Veritaserum."

"Confinement!" Professor McGonagall could only use a killer weapon.

There was no other way, Albert even took out the antidote to Veritaserum.

"Professor, we were just joking." Harry said as he put away the antidote.

"You are not joking." Professor McGonagall glared at Harry fiercely and said, "And Umbridge asked you to go to solitary confinement."

"I know." Harry turned to ask Albert, "What would you do if it were you?"

"You can try to cast a forgetting spell on her to make her forget about your confinement." Albert said gently: "If you don't understand, I suggest you go to Granger. I think she should know how to use forgetfulness." curse."

"I really shouldn't argue with her about those silly issues, but should just tell her to get out of Hogwarts." Harry muttered.

"For God's sake!" Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses angrily, "Hogwarts is bad enough now."

"Professor, you should get used to it. The situation will get worse. The Ministry of Magic will definitely use other means to interfere with the school. Sooner or later, Umbridge will drive away Principal Dumbledore and become the new principal. This is the reason why she came to Hogwarts. One." Albert reminded.

"What about my confinement?"

Harry is considering the feasibility of Albert's suggestion, but he is not Albert, and he certainly cannot do it as perfectly as Albert. If flaws are exposed, he will be unlucky.

"You can go to Umbridge to try the hard way first, and consider whether to implement those plans." Albert stood up and prepared to leave, "Don't pay attention to these professors, this is destined to be a ridiculous semester, and you will soon find out At this point, it’s better to put your mind at ease and watch Umbridge have fun.”

"Okay, confinement, damn it. I'm leaving first, Professor. I think Anderson is right. With a guy like that, there's really no need to be too polite!" Harry also stood up, preparing to join Albert. When leaving, he noticed the dark face of Professor McGonagall, so he took out the medicine bottle from his pocket and poured Professor McGonagall a tranquilizer.

"Professor, take one. You will figure it out soon." Harry turned and left, leaving Professor McGonagall staring at the pill in a daze.