Hogwarts Reading Days

"George, George, where are you, come and read today's Daily Prophet headlines." Fred's voice rang out from the kitchen.

"Early in the morning, don't yell and scream over there." Mrs. Weasley, who was feeding chickens in the courtyard, glared at her frizzy son with her hands on her hips.

"Mom, look at today's "Daily Prophet" headlines." Fred excitedly handed the newspaper in front of his mother, and said excitedly: "Albert won the excellent spell of Barnabus Finkley The Manipulative Award, do you know what that award is?"

"It would be great if you could be as reassuring as Albert." Mrs. Weasley took the newspaper with a look of resentment.

"You should compare your precious son Percy with Albert." Fred pouted and said, "Me and George are just picked up from the flower garden by you."

"You still dare to talk back, do you want to piss me off!"

Mrs. Weasley looked at Fred, who disappeared in a flash, and her eyes fell on the newspaper in her hand. It was written on it: The youngest Barnabus Finkley gold medal winner for excellent spellcasting in history was born.

Below the headline is a photo of Albert holding the trophy in both hands, with a medal around his neck and a confident smile on his face.

"Mum, did you see today's paper?" Percy's voice came from the kitchen.

"Over here? Fred just took it out." Mrs. Weasley went to the kitchen window and stuffed the newspaper in.

Percy took the newspaper, glared at George who was giggling next to him, and caught a glimpse of Fred who had just turned a corner into the kitchen.

"Hey, you should stop mentioning Albert in front of your mother. She always likes to compare us with him." George reminded his twin brother gloatingly, "Always talk about other people's children."

"I should have studied hard if I knew it earlier." Fred was a little regretful. Since their OWLs results were sent home, their summer vacation has become very bad. .

Albert had warned them that if the OWLs did not do well, the summer holidays might not be easy.

Alas, next time, before that guy opens his mouth, he must be gagged. Every time he says those crap things, what he says, what he hits, it's really bad luck.

"I don't know how much prize money the champion will get this time?"

George walked behind Percy, stared at the newspaper for a long time and said, "Actually, I'm more curious about how much he earned this time."

"It shouldn't be much, at most one or two thousand Galleons." Fred heard Albert talk about bonuses. Most of the international champions can get a good bonus.

"No, you definitely didn't pay attention to it just now. There is a newspaper saying that the Spanish "Daily Bullfight" lost tens of thousands of galleons due to gambling." George carefully read it several times and said: "Do you think Albert's character, will he give up this opportunity? I dare say he will definitely bet on himself to win the championship, God knows how many Galleons he won by betting."

Percy's eyes fell on the front page news again, and he found the record of interviewing the reporter.For example, some people are preparing to file a formal complaint to the International Federation of Wizards, and even falsely claimed that someone used Felicia during the competition, all in an attempt to prevent young wizards in the UK from winning awards.

The thing that caught the attention of British wizards was probably Albert's lace news. Those shameless reporters reprocessed Albert's answer, and even directly distorted the meaning.

Percy put down the newspaper. He felt that the most correct thing Fred and George did in their life was to get to know Albert. Albert, who had always been generous to his friends, extended his hand to them. would be too bad.

In fact, from Fred's statement that it was only one or two thousand Galleons at most, it was not difficult to see their attitude and change towards money, unlike poor Ron, who was still struggling with that little Galleon.

"This is an international award, the kind with a lot of weight. It is said that it is easy to win the championship, but it is very difficult to win the gold medal, and all wizards who win the gold medal eventually become great wizards." Percy recalled, " It is said that Dumbledore once won this award."

"As expected of Albert." George couldn't help but sighed, "I always feel that winning an award is as simple as drinking water for him."

"Isn't he still going to participate in the International Alchemy Conference, maybe he can get another prize back then." Fred was very confident in Albert.

……

"What's the matter Hermione?" Mrs. Granger found her daughter frowning at the newspaper.

"Albert won the award." Hermione spread the newspaper on the table, and Mr. and Mrs. Granger leaned their heads over to read the headlines.

The Grangers still remembered that their daughter once said that the handsome young man in the photo was a senior who took good care of her at school, and also the first meaningful friend Hermione made in school.

"You should be happy for him." Mr. Granger was a little confused, not understanding why his daughter frowned.

"The newspapers are making random reports again," Hermione pointed out Albert's lace news: "I remember the last time he won the International Wizards Chess Championship, those reporters also wrote lace news in the articles."

For some reason, Hermione got annoyed every time the group of reporters reported Albert's gossip in the newspapers.

The whole school knew that Albert had a girlfriend and was very close.

"You have to know, those newspapers dare to write anything in order to sell the newspapers, because many people like to read these gossip news." Mr. Granger looked at his daughter, blinked and said, "That is indeed a Excellent boy."

"Excellent, no, I think genius is more suitable." Hermione corrected.

"I remember that Mr. Anderson often gave you gifts." Mrs. Granger smiled.She thought Hermione might like the handsome boy.

Genius, handsome, rich, and gentle, who doesn't like such a boyfriend?

Hermione suddenly noticed that her family members were looking at her, and asked suspiciously, "What are you staring at me for?"

"I remember that you seem to be buying dresses this semester. It should be a dance. He might invite you to dance." Mrs. Granger reminded with a smile, "Seize the opportunity."

"What are you thinking? Albert already has a girlfriend." Hermione looked at the handsome boy in the newspaper, but she didn't know what she was thinking.

……

"Look what I do?"

Isobel found that his sister was staring at him with a strange look.

"You actually dress up carefully?" Katrina looked at the beautiful and moving Isobel, a little incomprehensible about her careful dressing up, "Could it be that you want to go on a date with Albert?"

"No, I didn't sleep last night, so I dressed up a little bit." Isobel asked, "Do you want to pick up Albert with me?"

"What do you pick him up for?" Katrina asked suspiciously.

"Didn't you read today's newspaper? He just came back from Spain." Isobel said.

Katrina picked up the "Daily Prophet" on the table, and saw the guy holding the championship trophy at a glance, then quickly glanced at the content of the headlines, looked up and asked, "Aren't you angry? That guy obviously has You, you are still hooking up with other women outside."

"That's just something the reporter deliberately fabricated for the sake of newspaper sales." Isobel said indifferently, "I was chatting with him last night."

"I won't go." Katrina had no interest in making fun of herself. .

"I'm leaving."

Katrina looked at Isobel's leaving back, picked up the newspaper on the table and began to study, "Intentional? Not necessarily, if there was nothing wrong, those reporters would definitely not write like this."

Albert had no idea that he was being programmed by the reporter again.

Just coming out of the international floo fireplace, he only felt the food in his stomach churning, and he didn't sleep all night, which made Albert feel very uncomfortable, like motion sickness.

"are you OK?"

Bud noticed that Albert's face was slightly pale, and asked worriedly.

"It's nothing, I stayed up late last night, and now I feel a little uncomfortable using this thing." Albert waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and he said to Bud, "I have to go to the Leaky Cauldron first, Isobel is over there wait for me."

"You can use the fireplace here to go directly to the Leaky Cauldron!" Bud said to Albert with a smile, "There's no need to waste time walking there."

"Then I'll go back first, see you another day, Mr. Bard, and this time I really thank you." After Albert thanked Bard again, he took out Floo powder from the jar and sprinkled it into the fireplace, and directly Go to the Leaky Cauldron.

When Albert came out of the revolving fireplace again, the dizziness of the revolving almost made him fall.

In a daze, it seemed that someone reached out to support Albert, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the person was Isobel.

"I didn't keep you waiting!" Albert asked.

"No, I've only been here for 5 minutes." Isobel reached out to hug him, "Welcome back."

"You put on makeup?" Albert asked in surprise.

"Does it look good?" Isobel asked.

"Better than before." Albert said honestly.

"Going to Hogsmeade now?" Isobel asked, holding Albert's hand.

"Well, it's faster to go back from there. The aftereffects of using the international Floo network are a bit big. I have to lie down and rest for a while."

……

"Don't make noise, let me sleep a little longer?"

Albert opened his eyes tiredly, and found that Nia was sitting on the edge of his bed with Tom in his arms, sweeping his face with the cat's tail from time to time.

"It's time to eat." Nia asked suspiciously, "Did you not sleep last night?"

"Uh, I chatted with Isobel all night." Albert covered his yawn again, lazily got up from the bed, glanced at the trophies and medals on the table, and said to his sister, "I'll bring you I got a gift, did you see it?"

"Are you talking about records?" Nia asked back.

"Well, it is said that she is a very famous singer in the European magic circle." Albert pointed to the door and signaled Nia to go out. He was going to change clothes.

"The singer is okay, and the voice is nice, but the song isn't good." After Nia left the bedroom, she leaned her back against the wall next to the door, talking to Albert, "I feel that the aesthetics of the magic world are relatively average."

She didn't forget the last time Albert gave her a record. It is said to be a very famous song in the magic world. It seems to be called "You stole my pot, but you can't get my heart". Since then, Nia has Didn't expect much from the Ministry of Magic song.

"This is the shortcoming of the small number of people. With a large base of people, there will always be excellent works." Albert said with a smile: "If there are no songs I like, I will give them to others."

"Well, I'll keep one, and you can give the rest to others!" When Nia followed Albert to the restaurant, she suddenly asked, "What is your relationship with that Miss Yanila? Why did the newspaper say... "

Nia was interrupted by Albert before she finished speaking.

"Newspapers need to sell themselves, so those reporters always like to fabricate all kinds of news to attract others' attention." Albert looked at his sister and said, "I remember telling you about this before, read the newspaper Be smart, or you can easily become a fool."

"I remember you once said that if a lie can deceive others, there must be some truth in it." Nia stared at Albert and asked, "I'm more curious, what is the truth in this newspaper? And , aren't you afraid that Isobel will be angry and jealous?"

"Isobel is a smart girl, and smart girls are usually very good at their own judgments, and will not easily believe these rumors." Albert greeted Luke and Sansa, and began to sit down to eat, "Then Miss Yanila is actually the daughter of the owner of the bar where the match was played."

"Why is the game held in a bar?" Nia was puzzled, apparently unable to understand what this operation was.

"It's more like a hotel than a bar." Albert said again: "The owner of that bar, Ms. Diana, donated money to the competition, and they sponsored the gold medal, and the bar owner's daughter happens to be a She is a very famous singer, so I will reward the champion as a special guest."

"Advertisement?" Nia understood, "But what does this have to do with you marrying him?"

"This is related to some rumors about the bar. Well, it is said that it is a bar run by vampires."

"Wait, you mean that Miss Yanila is a vampire?" Nia was surprised.

"There should be vampire blood, but it should be very weak." Albert continued while eating: "It is rumored that the descendants of that bar are basically women, and they like to find gold medal winners as partners, so they just There's that news in the newspaper."

"Really?" Nia asked curiously.

"Really." Albert nodded, "However, I refused. After all, I already have a fiancee."

"Does Isobel know about this?" Nia felt that these vampire ladies are really special. Most of the wizards who can win the award should be very old, and those like Albert are definitely endangered species.

"She knows." Albert said quietly.

After dinner, everyone sat in the living room, stroking the cat, watching TV, and chatting about what happened in Spain. It was not until late at night that everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Albert asked Shela to send Fred and George a gift after going out for food. He actually bought a set of songs, and he gave Isobel the signed record set given by the champion.

Others gave away a record each.

After watching the owl fly away, Albert walked into the disappearing cabinet to the house in Hogsmeade, and then took out the time converter to go back to a few hours ago.

When he came to the lobby, he found Isobel in a nightgown listening to music while flipping through the latest issue of "Daily Prophet" waiting for him to come.

"You still look sleepy."

"Isn't it because I chatted with you all night last night and went to pick you up again today. I lay down for a while in the afternoon and basically didn't sleep much." Isobel covered a yawn and rested his head on Albert's lap on the shoulders.

"Then go to bed early!" Albert felt that he was also infected by Isobel's sleepiness, and couldn't help yawning.

"That Miss Yanila is really a very beautiful girl." Isobel said in a low voice.

"She has part of Veela blood, so it's normal to be beautiful." Albert picked up Princess Isobel.

"However, Miss Yanila's charm is not as great as imagined." Isobel said softly, "Or, she herself is quite resistant to doing that, after all, she is a stranger whom she has only known for a few days."

"why would you say so."

"Because if she didn't hesitate, she would definitely act first!" Isobel put his arms around Albert's neck and put his mouth into his ear, "I will never give you any chance to refuse, first give you Let's talk about it. After all, that's what her family did, so how could there be no way to deal with you in your own place?"

"You're right." Albert suddenly felt that what Isobel said made sense.

"In fact, she would rather you take the initiative. After all, there are fewer bold girls. If you take the initiative, you will agree with it." Isobel said, "However, I am actually more curious about your reason for rejecting her."

"Why do you want to know this?" Albert asked.

"Pure curiosity. After all, it's all delivered to your door. It should be difficult for ordinary men to resist." Isobel was really curious. When Albert told her about it, she was really surprised.

"You're not angry."

"Actually quite angry." Isobel still wrapped his arms around Albert's neck and asked, "Why?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Albert asked after putting Isobel down.

"False." Isobel said.

"Because I miss you and don't want to make you sad."

"I like this answer." Isobel kissed his cheek and giggled, "What is the truth?"

"The truth is that I don't think it's worth it." Albert said after a moment of silence: "If something happens to him, maybe the fiancée will be gone, and you may meet a satisfied one in your life."

"Besides, you are so smart, I think even if you can hide it for a while, it is impossible to hide it from you forever. We will live together in the future, so there is no need to make a mess because of this. Besides, you are also very beautiful. I think I There's really no need to take the risk, although Yanila is indeed beautiful and makes me a little bit tempted."

"It's really like what you would say, rational, and also likes to measure gains and losses." Isobel curled up in Albert's arms like a kitten and fell asleep