Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 246: Accidental and inevitable (continued)

“You made that bet with Katrina last time, isn’t that what it was for?” Isobel looked at Albert with an increasingly odd expression, completely ignorant of what the guy in front of him wanted to do What?

"Ah, you actually guessed it!" Albert said, pretending to be surprised. Of course, this clumsy performance was naturally hidden from Isobel's eyes.

The latter didn't say anything, just looked at Albert calmly, as if to say to him: You go on, I'm watching from the side.

"Cough, okay. Actually, I'm just chasing Katrina. It's just that your sister is too stubborn, and she probably won't give up easily if you don't let her win once." Albert gave another reason casually. .

Speaking of which, in front of someone else's sister, saying that she is going to chase her sister seems, seems a little... exciting. Well, Albert did want to see how Isobel would react.

Isobel's expression was very complicated, and she didn't have the expected anger or other too intense emotional reaction, she just said faintly: "I don't mind you chasing Katrina. However, it's still too early, right It's too early for Katrina!"

"Why?" Albert couldn't help but blurt out.

Of course, I'm not asking why it's too early, I'm asking Isobel to agree, and seems to agree that she's going after her sister, which is... too strange. At least, in Albert's eyes, it was too strange.

Little kids know **** about love.

If a 12- or 13-year-old kid wanted to pursue his sister, Albert would have to punch him out.

"Because Katrina's mentality is not mature enough." Isobel looked up at Albert and answered the question head-on, "Your mentality is mature enough, but Katrina is not mature enough, this It's not good for you to fall in love now."

"As for, why would I agree?" Isobel looked at Albert, and she sometimes felt that this guy was thinking very differently.

"Why?" Albert was a little curious about the reason.

"After all, you are the best student in Hogwarts school, no one." Isobel's words were a direct acknowledgement of Albert's talent and ability.

Actually, he wasn't wrong, Albert was indeed the best student in the entire academy. After all, no one had a cheating companion like him.

"Cough, I was just joking." The expression on Albert's face was a little stiff, and he smiled awkwardly at the other party.

"I know, I can see it." Isobel nodded, not angry because of this, but found it interesting.

If you know how to say things like that, are you implying that I agree to go after your sister?

Albert suddenly had a strange feeling: It turns out that his three views have not been completely assimilated with this world!

Still retaining the ideas of the previous generation, no wonder it sometimes makes him seem a little out of place.

"However, ten Galleons, you are very generous!" Isobel sighed and said, "Thank you for that, I haven't seen Katrina so happy for a long time."

"Knowledge is always precious, and to a certain extent, I'm not at a loss!" Albert raised his hand and shook the note on the Eagle Ring Riddle, "One day I collected the The riddles of the eagle ring are organized into a book, let alone ten Galleons, you can earn a hundred Galleons, and you will definitely get your money back.”

Isobel felt more and more that Albert's thinking was strange, but his ideas were not wrong. Knowledge is precious, and it is possible to do so. It's just that many people don't think about it.

"You continue, I'll wait for you here, and I'll tell you what I found after entering the secret room later." Isobel brought the topic back again, and pulled a chair to the side, watching quietly. Answer the eagle ring riddle with Albert knocking on the door.

To be honest, the rest of the riddles are not difficult, at least not difficult for Albert. It's like reading the questions. Finished answering the rest of the riddle. After he confirmed on the quest panel that he had completed "The Greedy Predator", his mood suddenly became happier, but Albert did not rush to receive the quest reward, but pushed open the door of the secret room to meet Eze, who had been waiting beside him for a long time. Bell goes in together.

"What secret have you discovered?" Albert walked to the wall, reached out and brushed the ancient rune on the wall, and finally couldn't help but ask.

"What about you? What did you find?" Isobel didn't answer immediately, but asked aloud.

"You speak first, then I speak." Albert made a gesture of please speak.

"Okay, you know Ravenclaw's eagle riddle, right." Isobel walked to Albert's side, stared at the ancient rune on the wall, and said softly, "We need to answer the eagle riddle. to enter."

Albert raised his eyebrows, but remained silent as Isobel continued.

"It's like the first threshold outside," Isobel looked sideways at Albert and continued: "If you answer wrong, you have to wait for someone else to answer correctly, so that you can learn knowledge. It's Ravenclaw."

"Learn knowledge? So, do you think Ravenclaw wants the latecomers who enter the Chamber of Secrets to learn knowledge?" Albert immediately grasped the key, not because of the hint given by Isobel, but because of Albert's Have thought about this.

"Yes, you are really smart, you figured it out all at once. This is my discovery." Isobel nodded and asked, "What about your discovery?"

"Ancient Rune. Perhaps, Ravenclaw hopes that we can master the correct use of ancient Rune." Albert said to himself, running his fingers over the words on the wall, "It is said that if The Nepali script is a magical script, however, this is clearly beyond the scope of our understanding of the rune script."

There was an eerie silence in the secret room.

"Is Professor Smith's purpose in coming to Hogwarts really to find Ravenclaw's secret room?" Albert spoke again to break the silence, and asked Isobel his doubts.

"Why do you have such an idea?" Isobel was a little surprised and looked up and down Albert.

"I don't know, it's an intuition. Although Professor Smith has shown enough curiosity about Ravenclaw's secret room,..." Albert frowned and said, "I don't think Professor Smith is for this matter. There should be other reasons to take the risk of teaching at Hogwarts."

"You think I know something inside?"

"Yes, I think you should know quite a few things."

"You want to know?" Isobel didn't deny, but instead asked, she really knew something.

"Hmm." Albert nodded.

"Well, it's okay to tell you, it's all about you anyway."

"It's about me?"

"It should be said that it has something to do with an inheritance of the Smith family, or it is not necessarily the Smith family, it is an inheritance issue anyway." Isobel didn't seem very happy to talk about this matter.

"I think you may have misunderstood, I'm a Muggle wizard and come from a Muggle family," Albert reminded kindly.

"Muggle wizard? No, I don't think you're just a pure Muggle wizard," Isobel shook his head in denial, and was quite sure of his own judgment, "Professor Broad and Mog Mack Uncle Doug doesn't help you just because you're a genius."

"Why do you say that..." Albert was surprised, although he actually thought it was a bit strange, Professor Broad obviously had the idea of ​​​​cultivating himself.

"Because of your situation, I have also experienced it. To a certain extent, you are a copy of me. Don't get me wrong, I mean something." Isobel's face became more gloomy, Talked to Albert about some childhood memories, "Since my father died, Professor Broad and Uncle Mog, and some of my father's friends have taken good care of me and my family, and thanks to their Help, I had a pretty good childhood with Katrina."

"I was considered a genius from a very young age." The girl continued with a slightly ironic tone, "Before I was considered a genius, they were not so enthusiastic."

"You hate them?"

"No, it's not annoying. I'm actually very grateful to them. Thanks to their help, my childhood was quite pleasant." Isobel shook his head and said, "Afterwards, my situation was similar to yours now. They seem to be doing all they can to cultivate me, as if they were nurturing a..."

"Heirs?"

"Yes, heir." Isobel didn't deny it, but nodded and continued, "At first, I didn't pay much attention to these things, I just thought it was a little strange. Later, I read my father's diary... …”

"As far as I know, my father and Professor Rowena Smith had a similar experience." Isobel turned his head to prevent Albert from meeting his eyes, "Now you meet again. Here, why do you think this is?"

"My situation is similar to yours?" Albert said without hesitation: "Because I'm also a genius?"

"Not only that, although you are also a genius, it is definitely not for this reason." Isobel shook his head and said, "They are still trying to help you achieve further achievements."

"So, you must have a blood connection with the Smith family?"

"I'm a Muggle wizard," Albert reminded with a half-smile.

"I know, but it doesn't mean that your family is necessarily Muggle, they may also be Squibs, or wizards living in the Muggle world, they must be traced back to a certain generation, and may be related to that family, otherwise you don't will be selected."

Come on, I guessed it right!

Albert could feel his heart beat faster.

This guy really isn't easy!

"Oh!" Albert pretended to know nothing, answered noncommittally, shook his head and said, "What else?"

“There is no love for nothing in the world,” reminds Isobel.

"That's true. By the way, you seem to know a lot of things?" Albert looked back at Isobel and frowned deeply, "But I don't think they'll tell you these things. , that is to say, the things you said are all conjectured by you, or derived from some places, but I think the former is more likely, how exactly you did it, I will not think about it first, But why did you tell me? As you said, there is no love for no reason in the world, are you going to use me? Or do you want me to help you?"

Isobel fell into a brief silence after hearing the words, and seemed to hesitate to let Albert know more.

Albert took advantage of this spare time to glance at the new mission. Although he had already guessed some things, what happened to the heir.

An ancient secret.

You seem to be involved in something involving an ancient family, and you, who have inexplicably become a candidate for the heir, need to find out what's going on.

Reward: 2000 experience, Isobel McDoug's opinion +10.

Albert stared at the task panel, feeling a little surprised. He didn't expect that his favorability would increase?

"Tell me what you know, if you need me to do anything." Albert made a gesture of invitation to the girl.

"Actually, I don't know too much. I only know that it is for the position of a certain heir. More precisely, it should be competing for a certain surname. Few people know about these things."

"Heir, surname?" Albert raised his eyebrows a little, he naturally knew that he was related to the Smith family, but he didn't expect this matter to fall on his head.

"Every Smith has that opportunity? Or, every person of that pedigree has that opportunity?"

"Probably not. I feel that the places should be selected. As far as I know, my sister Katrina was not selected." Isobel shook his head and said.

"Is she really pitiful?" Albert curled his lips and asked curiously, "How can you be sure?"

"She didn't have much contact with Professor Brod and Uncle Mog, much less was introduced to other famous wizards." Isobel continued: "Our situation is similar. Of course, it is undeniable that you are in some more talented than me."

"Are you concerned about this?" Albert asked rhetorically.

"No." Isobel didn't lie, she didn't really care about being the so-called heir.

"Your father was also one of the candidates for the heir?" Albert thought of Professor Smith's Boggart, and had some bad premonitions.

"Well, I think so," Isobel whispered.

"Do you think I'm one of them, and you're looking for an ally?" Albert thought he had guessed the answer, which is very likely. "And then, what good can I gain?"

"Should be able to inherit a large sum of Galleons," Isobel said without hesitation. "Old families are usually rich."

"Do you think I'm someone who will be short of Galleons? Even if I'm short of Galleons, don't you think I can't earn Galleons? Why fight for that ridiculous inheritance?" Interrupted patiently, "To be honest, I'm quite disgusted to be involved in any family dispute, what's more, I have nothing to do with the Smith family, and, even if it is related, are you prepared to cede the inheritance to me?"

Isobel fell into a brief silence, then nodded towards Albert.

"To be honest, I'm also quite disgusted by this." Isobel didn't hide her disgust, and continued: "My sister and mother are more important than these **** inheritances."

"Why don't you just give up?" Albert asked rhetorically.

"Don't you think that's funny?" Isobel's expression became even more bizarre, "Do you expect me to tell Uncle Mogg directly about this? What do you think he would think? What are you pretending to be? Don't know, that's the wisest choice."

"Okay, you're right." Albert nodded in acknowledgement.

"However, the inheritance you're talking about has something to do with Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets?"

"I don't know." Isobel shook his head and said, "I'm still looking for a way to solve it, but I'm still blocked here. Tell me about your discovery!"

"Well, you think I was lying?" Albert asked rhetorically.

"At least not completely telling the truth," Isobel said.

"Well, according to what you said earlier, Ravenclaw prefers people to take the initiative to learn, just like the eagle ring riddle, although some people can get the answer with their own wisdom, but that is only a few, most people Still have to learn." Albert's fingers crossed the line on the wall "Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest wealth of mankind".

"Those who want to get through here and get treasure from Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets need to master what Ravenclaw wants us to master in this Chamber of Secrets... Ancient Rune!"

"So, you're not lying, you're just hiding some secrets."

"No, it's just that you didn't notice it yourself, or you noticed it but didn't want to admit it. You should have discovered it in your study of ancient runes. Ancient runes are just an ancient script." Albert stretched out his hand Flicking the text above, "If you want to know how to really use them, you can pass this level set by Ravenclaw and enter the next level. However, when we find that we really master it, it means, We got Ravenclaw treasure, and it's Ravenclaw, isn't it?"

"Knowledge is sometimes a kind of wealth." Isobel suddenly smiled, smiling happily.

"Yes, this is very Ravenclaw, and it echoes the saying that extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest wealth of mankind." She whispered, "Are you going to tell Professor Smith about this?"

"Why not? But I don't think he can open the hidden room either, maybe he can go to Headmaster Dumbledore for help, but what's the use of that, if he opens it, he just enters the next room, He'll still get nothing." Albert curled his lips, "Of course, maybe in the Chamber of Secrets, we can find some of Ravenclaw's legacy, such as the lost crown."

"Ravenclaw's crown? I don't think you'd put your wisdom on that thing!"

"I'm just talking about it! In other words, Professor Smith is a bit pitiful. The treasure in the secret room that he was looking forward to is actually like this."

Albert shrugged his shoulders and didn't pay much attention to this matter. Is Professor Smith pitiful?

Who knows!

"You may be the next person to open the secret room." Isobel leaned against the wall and couldn't help sighing. After all, ~IndoMTL.com~ Albert's level of ancient runes far surpasses them, and although she has learned well, she is only just getting started.

The two chatted about trivial matters for a while, and Isobel suddenly said, "It's ten o'clock, and Professor Smith should be coming soon."

"Is he coming here?" Albert asked with a wrinkle.

"Yeah, I made an appointment yesterday, you should stay too, just study the ancient rune at that time." Isobel seems to be in a good mood: "When he comes, you will tell the previous guess. him!"

"Well, okay!"

About ten minutes later, there were other sounds outside the secret room, the door was opened from the outside, and Professor Smith walked in, his eyes fell on Albert, and he seemed a little surprised that the other party was here .

"You're here too, that's just right..." Professor Smith greeted Albert with a smile.

"Professor Smith, Isabel and I discussed it just now..." Albert hurriedly interrupted, and immediately told Professor Smith what he and Isobel had guessed.

After a long silence, Professor Smith sighed deeply and said bitterly: "It's quite possible what you said, so that explains why this is the case here."

Maybe, I shouldn't tell him, most of the time the truth is more cruel than the lie.

Professor Smith took a few deep breaths, suppressed his emotions, reached out and patted Albert on the shoulder: "You are the only one of us who can open the secret room, I hope you can help Jin, when you officially turn it on, remember to let me know. I have paid so much, I don't want myself to still be unclear in the end, it is too cruel."

After speaking, Professor Smith turned around and left, his back was bleak, looking like he had aged several years at once.