Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 916: Be reasonable
Chapter 917 Reasoning
Albert casually flipped through the notes in his hand, listened to the whistling snowstorm outside, raised his head and looked out the dark window, then glanced at the pocket watch next to him, it was already seven in the morning, and there was still It still feels like four or five o'clock in the morning, and the snowstorm has been blowing all night.
Tom heard the sound of turning the book, opened his eyes and looked at the only light source in the room, poked his head out of the warm cat nest, opened his mouth and yawned, then retracted again.
It's really cold outside.
This is the true portrayal of most of the students, who are buried in the warm quilt and don’t want to wake up. Fred, George and Lee Jordan are ready-made cases.
The heater in the dormitory can't dispel the cold feeling around, and it's the coldest winter in Scotland.
Albert sighed softly as he looked at the notes that had been messed up by himself, which contained his own plans for the future: build a safe house, form a force to resist Voldemort, and take advantage of the trend to gain reputation and tasks Rewards, and even the gradual elimination of Voldemort. And a backup plan if Potter died in the confrontation with Voldemort. There is also a plan to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic and install his own people. Although Albert doesn't like politics, he still needs to have his own help in the Ministry of Magic. In fact, he is already doing it. Fred, George, and Lee Jordan are all part of the plan to build a profitable integrated company. At that time, he will also bring in Sirius and Lupine. As for the follow-up beauty products, they have also been arranged. Then there are marriage arrangements and life planning.
Well, the last one is complete nonsense, Albert hasn't planned his life well at all, or he's actually already doing it.
This notebook was made by Albert from the year he came to Hogwarts to study. It has been several years. There will be some unexpected things, but overall it's pretty smooth.
After supplementing the final backup plan for fleeing to England by sea ship, Albert repacked the notebook into the alchemy box that Nicole Flamel gave him, stretched lazily, and rubbed it with a smile. He rubbed Tom's head, and under the bewildered eyes of the fat cat, he lay back in the bed and continued to sleep back in the cage.
Sure enough, in winter like this, you should sleep with your girlfriend in your arms to be comfortable.
Not long after the warmth hit, Albert closed his eyes and fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes again, he found that Fred, George and Lee Jordan had all woken up.
The three of them are getting together, chattering and chatting about something, and what this group of bad guys are talking about together is definitely not a good thing.
"What are you talking about?" Albert asked, holding his yawn.
"Have you forgotten?" Fred said excitedly, "Today we are going to Hogsmeade."
"I haven't forgotten."
"We hope you can take us..." The three looked at each other, and finally George said, "Use Apparation to take us there."
"Aren't you afraid of accidents? I've never shown my followers before." Albert looked at the three of them speechlessly, and reminded him kindly: "If something happens, we will definitely Will be severely fined a large amount of Galleons by the Ministry of Magic."
"We have confidence in you." Fred reached out and patted Albert's shoulder and said. "Anyway, we have to learn sooner or later. We plan to experience the feeling of Apparition in advance."
"Okay, don't blame me if you run into trouble." Albert covered his yawn and glanced at his skill panel. Apparition was already at level three. He thought about it and put skill points into it , to upgrade Apparation to level four.
Several people went downstairs to have breakfast, and after looking for Filch's autograph in the foyer, they walked slowly towards the castle gate.
"When are we going to take a stroll under the Black Lake?" Fred asked, looking at the still frozen Black Lake.
"Are you crazy? If you go swimming at this time, you're really not afraid of being frozen to death in the lake?" Lee Jordan looked at Fred like a madman.
"No one should freeze to death." George pointed to the black lake and said, "Look over there..."
The three of them looked in the direction of George's finger, and saw Viktor Krum appearing on the deck wearing only a pair of swimming trunks. inside.
"Is he crazy?" Lee Jordan's eyes widened in shock.
"That's not the point, the point is that Krum seems to have uncovered the secret of the golden egg." George frowned and said, "I thought Krum wouldn't be able to figure it out without Karkaroff." The secret of the golden egg."
"I told him, the secret of the golden egg." Albert said calmly, "However, it does take courage to jump directly like him, at least I can't do it."
"What?"
The three of them all looked at Albert in astonishment, and really couldn't understand why Albert would tell Krum the secret of the golden egg.
"If he doesn't say anything, he will probably be in danger or even die in the black lake. Although Krum seems to be very good at swimming, it is impossible to successfully complete the second project without making any preparations."
"He died in the Black Lake, and it doesn't matter what happened to you!" Lee Jordan muttered, "Besides, I don't think he will die. At most, the second project failed."
"I will win anyway, so I should have some grace." Albert really didn't care.
The three of them were speechless. After looking at each other, they put their arms around Albert's neck with a smile and said, "It's really you, probably you are the only one who can say such a thing."
While the three were laughing and playing, Harry, Hermione and Ron walked towards this side.
Harry and Ron looked at Albert with complicated expressions. They had obviously heard what Albert said just now. They really couldn't understand how confident Albert had to do such a stupid thing. On the contrary, Hermione admires Albert very much, and most people really don't have such courage.
"I really don't understand why Albert would do this." Ron whispered to Harry and Hermione after staying away from Albert.
"Maybe, he didn't regard us as opponents from the beginning!" Although Harry hated that feeling, he felt that this was probably the truth.
"Albert is different from you." When Hermione turned her head to look back, she suddenly froze in place.
Harry stopped in his tracks, looked at Hermione who was standing there puzzled, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong, Hermione?"
"They... disappeared."
Hermione looked at the empty snow field in surprise, Albert and his little friends disappeared without warning.
"Maybe, they used magic to hide themselves."
Ron seemed to recall some unpleasant memories, and said through gritted teeth, "Fred and George are both good at using the Disillusionment Charm. I asked them to teach me before, but those two **** thought I was too stupid." Can't learn."
"Maybe, they thought it was troublesome to walk, so they just flew away on broomsticks." Harry said without thinking, "Isn't this very similar to what Anderson would do?"
In a remote snow field near Hogsmeade village, four figures appeared out of nowhere accompanied by crackling sounds.
"Ouch!"
The three of them squatted down neatly and retched, obviously a sequela of using Apparation for the first time.
"Are you all right?" Albert looked at the three unlucky guys with concern, and explained to them: "This feeling needs to get used to slowly, it was like this at the beginning, but overall it is more comfortable than using the Portkey Some."
"Ugh, I hate this feeling, like being squeezed out of a rubber tube." After retching for a while, George took a big breath of cold air, reached out his pocket and took out a handkerchief to wipe away his tears and snot.
Lee Jordan took a long time to calm down, and muttered, "Apparition is terrible."
"It's more comfortable than a portkey." Albert doesn't like traveling with a portkey, that feeling is really terrible.
"You are right, but it still makes people uncomfortable."
"So, I've always felt that wizards are really magical creatures who can adapt to this feeling." Albert looked at the village of Hogsmeade not far away and asked, "Come on, where are you going to go first?" ?”
"Are you not going to go on a date?" All three looked at Albert in surprise.
"Sirius has something to ask me, we will meet at the Three Broomsticks, it's still early." Albert took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and said, "He seems to want to publish a big news in the "Defense Guide" , plan to discuss this matter with me."
"What big news?" Lee Jordan is very interested in gossip news.
"About how Peter Pettigrew escaped from Azkaban prison." Albert actually didn't intend to object to Sirius publishing this matter, but Lupine thought that there were some things that needed to be discussed with him. Proof that they still value Albert's opinion.
"How did you escape?" Lee Jordan asked curiously.
"Fudge took money from Mrs. Peter and let her go to Azkaban to visit Peter Pettigrew, which caused Mrs. Peter to use compound medicine to help her son Peter escape from Azkaban." Albert used an understatement Said the shocking news in a low tone.
"Sirius also believes that the Minister of Magic has connections with the Death Eaters, and even has some private transactions." Albert continued.
"It's really big news." Fred murmured.
"Is the Minister of Magic really connected with the Death Eaters?" Lee Jordan couldn't help asking. He felt that this kind of thing was fake. Lee Jordan knew something about the situation of Death Eaters, even if he didn't know much about it.
"Fudge has a very good relationship with Malfoy, and Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater, you say they have no contact? Do you really think Fudge doesn't know that Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater? No, He knows, but as long as Malfoy is not caught, he can pretend not to know. Besides, Peter was released by Fudge by accident, so it’s hard to say whether it was an accident or not.” George sneered, he didn’t like it very much Fudge, his father, Arthur, has worked in the Ministry of Magic for many years, but it is because of Fudge that he was unable to get promoted and raise his salary. It is because Arthur likes Muggles and is considered to lack the dignity that wizards should have.
"This kind of thing can't be said indiscriminately, at least not reported indiscriminately, otherwise there will definitely be problems." Lee Jordan reminded with a frown.
"No, it's actually true." Albert glanced at Lee Jordan and continued, "So, I actually don't intend to stop Sirius from doing this."
"I don't think this is a good idea. The Defense Guide is likely to be found fault by the Ministry of Magic and shut down." Lee Jordan didn't think that Albert really didn't know these things.
"Let's just seal it, anyway, the "Defense Guide" may not be published smoothly this year." Albert didn't mind this at all.
Well, in fact, Sirius dared to mention this matter so boldly, more because Albert once hinted to Sirius that this year's "Defense Guide" may encounter some troubles, and may not be published smoothly.
Sirius believed this, and was ready to expose this matter.
"Tell me, can we let Sirius report Bagman's incident and discredit Ludo Bagman, the director of the Magical Sports Department." Fred's stomach began to rise badly, hoping Saw another bad luck for Bagman.
"You can write to Rita Skeeter anonymously. That woman is better at reporting this kind of news. I think she will be happy to report this matter." Albert suggested.
"Honestly, we hate that woman."
Fred, George, and Lee Jordan don't want to deal with Rita Skeeter very much, "that woman is very good at twisting the truth, God knows how she will report this after we anonymously reported it .”
"How did you shut up Rita Skeeter." George asked Albert curiously.
"Use this..." Albert raised his wand and said, "Rita Skeeter is a bully after all~IndoMTL.com~ You can't reason with someone like her , but you should talk to her about fists, as long as your fists are hard enough, she will be willing to take the initiative to reason with you, and then as long as you use a little coercion, the other party will not dare to make trouble."
"I like your method. Since it doesn't make sense to reason, just use fists, and the other party will be willing to reason with you." All three of them felt that what Albert said was too reasonable.
"Rita Skeeter has a degree in her heart and knows who can be messed with and who can't. There's nothing I can do about her." Albert sneered, "So as long as she understands that I can't be provoked, and that I might die suddenly one day, Rita Skeeter will not dare to report my news at will. At least, She wouldn't dare to do that before I died, and she would obviously die before me."
"To deal with that kind of person, you really shouldn't use normal methods."
The three of them felt that what Albert said was very reasonable and useful. At least so far, Rita Skeeter did not dare to continue to report the news about Albert indiscriminately.
After some discussions, the four decided to tell Rita Skeeter about Ludo Bagman's debts, and use the other party's hand to discredit Ludo Bagman.
(end of this chapter)