Hogwarts Reading Days

"You finally showed up."

"Why do you always like to play missing?"

As soon as he returned to the common room, Albert saw Fred, George, and Lee Jordan turning their heads and casting resentful glances at him. The Weasley brothers surrounded him and put their hands on Albert's shoulders. Jordan nudged Albert from behind and eventually pushed him into the armchair.

"What made you so excited?" Albert asked with a smile. He felt that something probably happened.

"Bill sent a letter, saying that he helped us browse Diagon Alley and found some merchants who are willing to rent or sell." Fred took out the envelope from his pocket and handed it to Albert. Inside, Bill spent extra time Collected data.

Albert took out the parchment inside the envelope, and found that there was actually a simple map of Diagon Alley stuffed inside the bulging envelope, which simply marked the location of the shop he was willing to sell, the size of the shop, the selling price, the name and contact address of the shop owner .

It seemed that it was the right choice to give Bill some Galleons and ask the other party to help.

Of course Albert could ask Dobby the house elf to help collect information, but the information he got would definitely not be so detailed, and Dobby might expose his relationship with him.

Of course, there are other reasons.

Recently, Dobby has been quite busy. If he leaves school to help Albert, a terrible disaster will happen to Gryffindor Tower.

It's actually about Hermione.

Since Hermione still didn't intend to give up the idea of ​​liberating the house-elves, and put it into action, the house-elves hated Gryffindor Tower and were unwilling to come here to help clean up, so Gryffindor Tower It all depends on Dobby for his hygiene.

“It’s a bit expensive for what they’re asking for!”

After reading it carefully, Albert put the parchment back into the envelope and returned it to Fred: "Well, now you can talk to each other first and show that you are willing to buy, but you have to be hesitant, after all we have There are many choices, and after the summer vacation, the price of buying stores will be cheaper, so we don’t have to rush to buy stores.”

Fred and George looked at each other with such expressions.

They took out another notebook, which was full of new store design drawings. This was the shop decoration formed after they inspected Zuko's Joke Store and other stores. It looked very trendy and incredible.

"Doesn't it look great?" Lee Jordan asked with a smile.

"It's really great!" Albert looked at the design drawings in his notebook, nodded and said, "I'm sure our joke shop will be popular with everyone, so it's best to buy a bigger store."

During the following period of time, Fred and George continued to be busy researching publicity and sales. The joke props they made were very popular at Hogwarts, especially the skipping candy, which was almost out of stock, which greatly enhanced boosted the confidence of both of them.

In the next period of time, a rather surprising thing happened.

The Quidditch match was called off.

Although Umbridge was temporarily unable to interfere in the next game, after discussion among the three Quidditch captains, they decided to cancel the next Quidditch game.

Both the House Cup and the Quidditch Trophy this year were ruined by Umbridge, and it is no longer worth spending a lot of effort to fight for. It is better to cancel this year's competition because it is cheaper than the Slytherin team in the end. The Quidditch game, let the Slytherin team play by themselves, so that more time can be used for DA training.

The process of getting stronger is always fascinating, sometimes even more exciting than sleeping with a girl.

Especially for those students who have made rapid progress in the DA party, the party can always make them feel that they are changing and growing.

With the popularity of the DA party, many Hogwarts students were very interested in Albert's "Guide to Self-Defense", and some even ran to Albert to protest, complaining that he planned to wait until after graduation to publish this book .

As for whether DA gatherings are illegal?

This topic is actually not important anymore.

Before Umbridge recovers and returns to Hogwarts, DA gatherings are not considered illegal, even Filch, everyone is not afraid, and the only one who regrets this is probably Peeves.

After losing Umbridge, a fun toy, Peeves focused most of his attention on his old opponent, Filch, and fought wits with him every day, making Filch very embarrassed.

The administrator no longer has the mind and energy to look around for students' troubles with a whip.

Before Umbridge came back to suffer, Filch, the scapegoat, needed to spend a lot of time and energy dealing with Peeves.

After entering late March, the atmosphere in the school suddenly became tense.

The looming Easter break has finally created a sense of urgency for fifth and seventh graders, as they all face the most important exams of their lives.

The library was full every day, so Albert didn't even bother to go to the library to compete with others for seats.

As for the original Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor McGonagall originally asked Albert to help substitute the class, but this proposal was directly rejected by Albert.He really doesn't want to touch this unlucky position, especially since he plans to marry Isobel this year, God knows if the curse will be contagious.

Of course Albert knew that the curse would not happen without a reason, but he was not interested in substituting for the class, he was just full of food.In the end, this good thing happened to Snape, and the Potions professor was willing to take a temporary substitute to teach everyone Defense Against the Dark Arts. As we all know, Snape has been spying on the position of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Students don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

But for Harry, it was by no means a good thing, he just had a falling out with Snape recently.

"You're right, I really don't have the talent to learn Occlumency." Harry said to Albert with a distressed face.He had been studying with Snape for months, and Occlumency was still a mess.

"You annoyed Snape?" Albert asked curiously.

"Some unpleasant things happened." Harry said gloomily, "I was surprised... Forget it, anyway, Snape made a mess of my mind, and those dreams not only didn't disappear, but became more and more obvious to me. Frequently, I have been using potions recently."

"Even if you say that, I can't teach you. Sometimes it depends on talent, or you work hard. Maybe you can succeed if you persist for a year or two, but time is not enough."

Albert felt that Harry definitely didn't come to complain to him, and probably hoped that he could continue to teach him Occlumency, but Albert didn't intend to agree. It would be a troublesome thing, and there was no gain in sight.

Sometimes people are more stubborn, and Harry himself has a bad relationship with Snape. It is very normal to suspect that the other party is secretly playing tricks.

Maybe someone else will teach it, and he will learn it quickly?

"I can't help you." Albert shook his head, then changed the subject and asked, "Potter, have you ever wondered why you have repeated dreams?"

"What do you know?" Harry asked in a low voice, looking around.

"What did they say?" Albert didn't answer, but asked instead.

"what?"

Harry was confused, not only him, but Hermione and Ron were also confused.

"You have to understand that there are not so many accidents in the world. It must not be accidental that you will have those dreams." Albert guided, "Why do you think you have the same dream frequently."

"Snape, no, sometimes I suspect that I am Voldemort." Harry's face turned pale, "Maybe, I was possessed, so..."

Not only Harry, but also Hermione and Ron looked very bad.

"I don't think you were possessed. It should just be an influence on your thinking. The connection between you and the mysterious person is very deep, and he is very good at this, so he left some traces." Albert glanced at Harry , continued, "If you want to know the truth, go to Headmaster Dumbledore, he should know better what's going on."

Harry's lips quivered slightly, but he said nothing.

To be honest, he doubted that Dumbledore would be willing to tell himself.

"You mean the mysterious man made Harry have recurring dreams?" Hermione had already realized what Albert wanted to say.

"I think so." Albert nodded to guide the topic, "What do you think the mysterious man's intention or purpose is in doing this?"

"The purpose of the mysterious man?"

The three looked at each other, and after exchanging glances, Harry said, "It made me curious about that corridor. In fact, I'm really curious about what's at the end of that corridor."

"You mean that the mysterious man intends to lure Harry to find that corridor?" After Hermione finished speaking, she felt that her words were wrong.

"Your thinking is wrong." Albert said softly.

"what?"

"No matter what the purpose is, what purpose it has, it's a trap, a trap prepared for you." Albert said calmly, "otherwise the mysterious man won't waste extra time and energy on you."

"What about you?" Albert didn't say whether he was right or not, but looked at the others.

"If this is really a trap, how can the mysterious man... let Harry take the bait?" Ron, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly asked.

"Everyone has their own weaknesses." Albert looked at Harry and asked directly, "Potter, what is your weakness?"

"This……"

Harry was a little embarrassed. To be honest, he didn't really know what his weakness was.

"Tell me." Albert looked at Hermione and Ron, "Think about it if you don't know, those weaknesses may be exploited."

"Does it have to do with weakness?" Ron asked puzzled.

"Related, just think about the traits that most Gryffindors have." Albert glanced at Ron and continued, "Now that you know this is a trap, what should you do?"

"Avoid?" Harry was even more confused, he felt that his brain was not enough, and he couldn't understand the meaning of Albert's words at all.After he took out the wisdom-enhancing candy from his pocket and swallowed it, he shook his head and said, "Obviously the mysterious man will not give up easily."

"But, you are not fighting alone." Albert reminded.

"You mean asking Sirius for help?" Harry shook his head again in denial, "He didn't think even Sirius could help him.

"Why don't you tell Harry directly." Ron looked at Harry who was thinking hard, and frowned at Albert.

"If you can't think on your own, then you can't grow up." Albert explained, "You can also help to think together. Flexible thinking can solve a lot of troubles."

"If it were me, if I knew there was a trap ahead and I couldn't avoid it, I should have prepared in advance to avoid getting hurt by the trap." Hermione said after careful consideration.

"I see," said Harry suddenly.

"Know what?" Hermione and Ron looked at Harry together.

"Since it's a trap, why don't we use it?" Harry said excitedly, "If we know the trap, we can also use it to deal with those people."

Ron opened his mouth, suddenly not knowing what to say, but Harry continued.

"I know what to do. As long as I step on the trap, someone from the other party will definitely jump out, and then we can figure out what the other party's purpose is, so why don't we find someone to come to them?" Harry felt himself It is very necessary to talk to Sirius, it is best to drag the entire Order of the Phoenix into the water.

The most important thing is to reveal the fact that Voldemort is still alive and reverse the current bad situation.

Both Ron and Hermione were a little confused.

When the three were about to leave, Albert suddenly said, "By the way, Hermione, those things you hid caused trouble for the house elves."

"What?" Hermione was even more confused.

"Dobby told me that you hid woolen hats and woolen socks everywhere, causing the house elves in Hogwarts to feel insulted and refused to come to clean the Gryffindor tower." Albert looked To Hermione, reminded, "You will cause a lot of trouble for everyone by doing this."

Hermione was silent for a short while before she said, "So, those woolen hats and socks of mine..."

"...Dobby took it all away," Albert originally thought that Hermione would change, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this in the end.

For a stubborn person like her, she would probably wake up with a bloody head.

Albert didn't intend to continue persuading him, but just reminded the other party. After all, Dobby the house elf would also leave school together after he graduated. If the house elf no longer wanted to set foot in Gryffindor, Then the students here are probably out of luck.

Hermione opened her mouth, suddenly not knowing what to say.

"Dobby will leave Hogwarts with me after this summer. If you can't change your behavior, maybe there will be no one in Gryffindor College to help pack your clothes." Albert suggested, " Take the time to apologize to the house-elves, they will forgive you."

Hermione paled slightly and looked devastated.

"Are you all right?" Harry exchanged glances with Ron, looking at Hermione uneasily.

"It's okay!" Hermione looked disappointed, Albert's words obviously hit her hard, and once she apologized, it meant denying all her previous efforts.

Are you really wrong?