Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 802: Interlude

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   On the weekends, the exam atmosphere at Hogwarts Castle has become stronger. Except for the fifth and seventh grade students, students in other grades have also begun to face final exams.

   Everyone is spending the last two days to review the key points of the exam mentioned in class.

   However, there are always exceptions.

  Fred, George, and Lee Jordan all looked lazy after taking the first few courses, and they didn't even pay much attention to next Monday's Potions exam. It means: Review is impossible to review.

   The three apparently didn't plan to go to Snape's Potions class anymore.

   In fact, it's hard for them to go to Snape's Potions class next term.

  Only in the o.w.ls exam, students who have obtained "excellent" are eligible to attend Snape's potions improvement class. There are only a handful of students in the four colleges who can achieve this level.

   Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were happy to not have to see Snape's stinky face in class, and the three obviously knew they couldn't do well in the o.w.ls exam.

  Albert is not worried about this. He just won the potion award, and his knowledge in potions far exceeds that of other students in the same class. , there is absolutely no need to worry.

   As for the content of the written test, he had read the test papers of previous years in advance, and had also recited the so-called key points. He did not think that the magical medicine written test would cause him trouble.

   Well, the fact is that the o.w.ls exam was too easy, which gave him a lot of confidence.

   "If I were just a couple of you, I would definitely give Snape a big surprise." Albert sat by the window drinking butterbeer and chatting with the three who were playing wizard cards.

   "Forget it, it's basically impossible to get good grades in the potion exam. If you can get good grades, it will surprise us first."

  "Kenneth left us the black market."

  George pours himself a butterbeer, sits across from him, and casually mentions what happened last night after Albert went on a date.

  Black market?

  The black market at Hogwarts is not a black market in the sense of the word, but a list of names of some people in the four academies who frequently conduct black market transactions, as well as several channel locations that are often used for private transactions.

   We actually know some people, but there is no detailed list given by Kenneth.

   "Kenneth didn't ask you for money?" Albert asked suddenly.

   "The guy asked for five Galleons, but we only gave him one." Fred threw away the wizard card in his hand and lay down on the armchair, "To be honest, I have a kind of myself. I feel cheated by him."

  "It's not like you don't know what that guy is."

  Albert doesn't know much about the so-called black market. Usually, if you want to buy something in the black market, you have to go to a certain person to ask the price. Gryffindor is Kenneth.

   "Actually, you can try to write the things you want to trade directly on the bulletin board. Next year, you can also start selling joke props in the school to accumulate fame for leaving the school. After the o.w.ls exam is over, You can put up advertisements." Albert gave the three of them advice, "As for the black market, you can also find a secret channel that Filch doesn't know about, and set up a bulletin board over there, and let everyone on the bulletin board. Leave a message about what you need to trade, and provide everyone with a place to trade."

   "That's a good idea, but it's not easy to find a hidden passage that Filch doesn't know about." Lee Jordan said, looking at Fred and George, if anyone knows more about the school than Filch The secret passage, that is probably the two of them.

  George proposed to take out the secret passage behind the large mirror on the fifth floor as a black market trading location. Anyway, the secret passage leading to the outside has collapsed.

   Then they started discussing the name of the shop again.

  Because of the relationship of the four people, the surname cannot be added to the name of the store.

  Magic Joke Shop?

   This is the currently reserved name.

  Albert is too lazy to take care of this, his level of naming is actually quite average, as can be known from the fat cat next to him named Tom.

  The warm summer breeze blew in from the window, making Albert a little sleepy. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to cover his yawn and looked out of the window, inadvertently caught a glimpse of Hagrid on the edge of the forbidden forest , as if... carrying a suitcase with Buckbeak in his hand.

   "I'm going to find Hagrid, will you go together?" Albert asked, looking at the four who were discussing the name of the store.

   "Go on your own!" George said.

   Well, unexpected answer.

   The relationship between the three of them and Hagrid can only be said to be average.

  Albert turned his eyes out of the window again and found that Hagrid had disappeared.

  After leaving the common room, Albert took out the map from his pocket, and Hagrid was not in his hunting lodge, he probably guessed what Hagrid wanted to do.

  "Is this going to send Buckbeak back to the Hippogriff colony?"

  Albert can understand Hagrid's reluctance to keep Buckbeak locked up, but he still thinks that Hagrid is too risky to do so, and he should at least discuss it with himself first.

  "These guys are all unreliable!"

  Albert nags and complains about walking into the boys' bathroom on the eighth floor.

   An hour ago, when Albert came out of the boys' bathroom and was about to go to Hagrid's hut, he suddenly thought of something and gradually slowed down.

   "Isn't it because I changed Hagrid's mind that he was going to send Buckbeak back to the hippogriff colony?" Albert stopped, hesitated for a moment, and finally Decided to sneak up later to see what Hagrid wanted to do.

  "What should I do now?"

  Albert suddenly felt a little depressed, and finally decided to go to the Room of Requirement to read a book, just like reviewing the potion exam.

  Where did he meet Katrina, who was also studying for the Potions Exam, and the two casually chatted about the key points of the Potions Exam.

   The time for chatting passed quickly. Albert took out his pocket watch to see that the time was almost up, so he used the Disillusionment Charm to hide himself and went to the outside of the Forbidden Forest to wait for Hagrid to appear.

   After a while, Albert came out from behind the trunk after seeing Hagrid carrying a suitcase into the forest.

   "Why are you here." Hagrid was very surprised.

  "You should consult with me first." Albert's tone was a little reproachful, "At least I can give you some advice."

   "Sorry, I don't want to disturb you, I know the o.w.ls exam is very important to you." Hagrid looked at Albert and glanced at the suitcase, "but it's been in it for too long. , looks very depressed."

  Hagrid obviously felt sorry for Buckbeak, and life in the box was not very good, so he planned to secretly send Buckbeak away without telling Albert.

   "Can you find a group of hippogriffs?" Albert asked.

   "Of course." Hagrid said, taking a picture of his chest. "I know every nest in the Forbidden Forest."

   "Aren't you afraid that someone will follow you?" said Albert angrily, taking a badge from his pocket and throwing it to Hagrid.

   The finishing work had to be done neatly, and he didn't want to be fooled for no reason.

   "What is this?" Hagrid asked suspiciously, glancing at the badge on his palm.

  "Blocker. With this thing, people can't lock you with spells, and of course, owls can't find you."

  "Thank you."

  Hagrid shoved the badge into his pocket with a smile, and greeted Albert, "I think you must be planning to go here too."

   "Is it far from here?" Albert asked.

   "About half an hour." Hagrid briefly estimated the time.

   "It probably didn't cross the hunting range of the group of eight-eyed giant spiders." Albert asked again.

   "Don't worry, I think the group of eight-eyed giant spiders should have forgotten about you." Hagrid knew why Albert was wary of eight-eyed giant spiders.

  "Who knows." Albert took out his broom from his pocket and sat on it, flying and said, "I don't make fun of my own life."

   said, Albert took out another thing from his pocket.

  "Always watch you pull out some weird stuff."

  Hagrid looked at what looked like a pocket watch in Albert's hand and asked curiously, "What is this?"

   "Wizard radar can detect whether there are other wizards within a radius of one kilometer." Albert said casually, "The principle is a bit similar to a looking glass, and it also uses the Tracing Charm. Well, you are 80% likely to tell you this. I don't understand."

   Of course, this thing is still a semi-finished product, and the things Albert takes out are more or less half-finished.

   "So, are you going to use this thing to see if anyone is watching around us?" Hagrid guessed the usage of this thing.

   "Yes." Albert raised his wand and tapped it on the suitcase, directly using the Disillusionment Charm to hide it, lest Hagrid attract attention with a suitcase, even if he bumped into someone. It's very unlikely, but it's always a precaution.

   At this moment, the wizard radar responded, and Albert saw several red dots rapidly approaching here.

   "Hagrid, someone is coming." Albert wanted to take out an invisible cloth from the deformed lizard skin bag to cover the two of them, but the speed of the red dots on the radar was too fast.

   "What's the matter?" Hagrid asked.

   "I don't know." Albert frowned slightly, feeling that he should stop Hagrid from coming to take the risk.

   Above their heads, several wizards on broomsticks passed.

   "What's wrong, Hagrid." After confirming that the group of people had gone away, Albert looked at Hagrid, who was frowning beside him.

   "It should be a poacher." Hagrid said with a gloomy face, very few poachers would rush into the forbidden forest, which is more dangerous than expected.

  "Today is not a good day to go out." Albert muttered, "Are you still going to put Buckbeak back into its colony?"

  Hagrid hesitated for a moment, then nodded, even if he couldn't do anything he wanted to, they couldn't fly.

   "By the way, shouldn't you have also released the hippogriff in the Forbidden Forest?" Albert deliberately changed the topic.

   "No, hippogriffs are very common in Europe, and I met them when I stayed at Hogwarts as a gamekeeper." Hagrid was really distracted by Albert, "It is said, The appearance of the hippogriff is associated with wizards, and it was originally a cross between a griffin and a horse."

   In fact, the strange creatures in the magical world are all created by wizards. For example, the fried tail snail that will appear next semester is one of them, which is obtained by crossing the human-headed manticore and the fire crab.

   What's worse, they are not like donkeys, they can reproduce, so another brand new creature has appeared in the magical world.

  "They usually start spawning in mid-July."

  "egg?"

   "Yes, a large, brittle egg usually hatches within twenty-four hours," says Hagerkop. "During spawning, the Hippogriff's den will become very Dangerous and will attack any creature that tries to approach the lair."

  Albert suddenly didn't know what to say. That thing was actually born from eggs?

   "Hippogriffs usually start test flights in seven days, and after a few months they can fly long distances. They usually fly to the south with their parents to feed in winter," Hagrid said.

   "Honestly, you should tell your students this, they need to know more about it," Albert suggested.

   "That's a good idea. I'll make a similar class next semester." Hagrid said earnestly, "I already have a good idea, and I'll try it out during the summer vacation."

  Albert couldn't help but mourned the others.

   As he followed Hagrid forward, he instinctively glanced at the wizard radar on his hand, and couldn't help squinting.

  When?

   He handed the wizard radar to Hagrid and made a false gesture. Hagrid was stunned after reading it. He wanted to turn back but was stopped by Albert.

  "I went ahead to explore the way, you may be lost." After Albert finished speaking, he let the broom fly forward.

   After a while, he hung up and came back, and soon found the four wizards who were following them.

   These four guys actually floated in the air about a hundred feet away from them, silently following Hagrid without speaking.

  Albert took out his wand and used a wide-area stun spell in the approximate direction of the four. When the red light exploded into the void, the four poachers reacted and drove their brooms to fly out of the stun spell. The area, but it was too late. The four people who were affected by the stun spell began to become blurred. They didn't have time to react, and they were knocked down from the air by the stun spell.

   Of course, due to the spell, none of the four fell to their death, but they all fell asleep.

  Hagrid stared dumbfounded at the four being thrown together and asked, "How did you do it."

   "Of course it was a sneak attack, they just caught me off guard." Albert said of course.

   "What are you going to do?" Hagrid asked.

   "Look what purpose they have, and then deal with it." After Albert tied them with a rope, he woke up one of the wizards and used Legilimency directly on him.

   The wizard's memory flashed in front of Albert's eyes. He saw four young people meet in the pig's head bar. He heard that there was a breeding base for eight-eyed giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest, so he wanted to try his luck. , but did not find the eight-eyed giant spider, but met them on the way, and recognized Hagrid, so he wanted to secretly follow Hagrid to try his luck, and maybe find something valuable.

   is also a group of poor ghosts who go to the Forbidden Forest to try their luck and try to make a fortune.

   "What are you going to do?" Hagrid frowned and asked Albert, this kind of guy who goes to the Forbidden Forest to try his luck happens every year, but very few can really make a fortune.

   "confiscate their tools, erase their memories, and leave on their own when they wake up."

   Actually, if they didn't follow him and Hagrid, Albert wouldn't bother to care about them.

   "Well, just do it." Hagrid agreed.

   After several people woke up, they found themselves lying on the ground inexplicably, and the wand on their body was still missing, so they hurriedly flew away, and this scene was watched by Albert and Hagrid.

   "You said they would come again." Hagrid lowered his head and asked Albert.

  "I don't know." Albert said, handing the wand to Hagrid, "Would you like to try it?"

   "When I was expelled, I was disqualified as a wizard by the Ministry of Magic, and it was forbidden to carry a wand." Hagrid smiled wryly.

   "I can make a retractable cane or a retractable umbrella for you, and you can take it with you." Albert smiled and comforted, "You don't have to worry about these problems, as long as no one finds out, it's not illegal."

   "Can you do that?" Hagrid asked in surprise ~IndoMTL.com~ There are always loopholes in the law. "Albert said contemptuously, "Moreover, most of the laws are actually used to restrain ordinary people, and you must have experienced that. "

  Hagrid was surprised by what Albert said, but he had to admit that it was right, and that the laws of the Ministry of Magic were so absurd in the face of Lucius Malfoy.

   In the end, Hagrid still didn't ask Albert to help with that kind of thing, and the two didn't go to the hippogriff's lair, but released Buckbeak near the lair.

   "Go back and live with your mates." Hagrid patted Buckbeak's head sadly, untied its chains and said to Albert, "I shouldn't have let them appear in class in the first place. ."

   "It's not your fault." Albert comforted softly, "Let's go back."

   "Come on, I'll come to see you later." Hagrid waved goodbye to Buckbeak, who turned back as he walked, "I really don't want him to leave."

  "It won't do you any good to stay, Buckbeak belongs to nature." Albert said, looking at Buckbeak flying away, "At least, you can come back to visit it occasionally."

  (end of this chapter)