Chapter 165: Flying in to cause trouble
Hertok Dagworth is a little depressed now because he found that his gold membership card was lost. That is a certificate of senior membership of the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists, and it is also a representative medal that proves Hutok's outstanding contributions to pharmacy.
The Society of Extraordinary Pharmacists is well-known in the UK and throughout Europe. The association provides three types of membership cards, gold card, silver card and bronze card. Each membership card represents the member's contribution in the field of pharmacy. It is also the symbol of the Pharmacists Association recognized by the European magic community. .
This kind of membership card is unique. It gives the holder glory and certain convenient rights. For example, if it is not used for trading, it can purchase a small amount of prohibited trade items used to make potions. It can be regarded as a convenient and fast pass. .
Hertok Dagworth actually came to France just to pass by. He came to meet acquaintances and brought them some medicinal materials.
The other party happened to be planning to go to the opera, so he extended an invitation to Huttok. The latter thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.
To be honest, Huttok doesn't like Muggle entertainment very much. Opera is really boring to him.
When Hutok left the Opera House early and went to the Magic Garden, he suddenly discovered that his gold card was lost, which caused him to be rejected by the herbalists of the Magic Garden. This made Huttok very depressed, but he was even more depressed. Unfortunately, Hutok originally thought that the gold card had been dropped at the Opera House. When he went back to look for it, he could not find the gold card at all. In desperation, Hutok could only use the flying spell to try to recall the lost gold card. But it also failed to succeed, and the gold card showed no signs of automatically flying back.
In desperation, Huttok Dagworth had to ask his old friend for help, hoping to use the other party's prophecy to help find the gold card.
“We all thought you had left France.” Perenal poured a cup of French black tea for Huttok.
"Yes, I have left. I just came from the Magic Garden." Hertok Dagworth told the Flamel couple about his misfortune.
"You want me to help you find the gold card?" Nico didn't mind helping Hutok. After all, the other party also brought them a lot of convenience.
"Yes, please." Hetok drank the black tea. He had to find his gold card. Losing it was absolutely not allowed. Without the gold card, many things would become very inconvenient.
"Don't worry, I believe you will find the lost gold card." Nico comforted him. After he drank the black tea in the cup, he stood up and walked to his desk.
Hittok immediately stood up and followed him. There was a crystal ball on the desk.
“Let me take a look.” Nico muttered. He raised his hand and passed it over the crystal ball. Some subtle changes occurred in the crystal ball, which was originally a mist.
The fog gradually dissipated, and the scene inside became clear. Hutok's golden card was reflected in the crystal ball, and it was grasped in a brown palm.
The next second, the crystal ball reflected the owner of that hand, which was Albert's face.
"I know this kid, he was sitting next to us." Nico said, "He should be a wizard."
“Wizard?” Hutok was also stunned and had not yet recovered from his shock.
“Did you notice his wrist just now? It was an alchemical item, and I saw engraved runes on it.” Nico noticed the confusion on Hutok’s face and explained.
"But when did he...take away my gold card?" Hutok frowned slightly, but in the end it was useless to "steal" it.
“Take it away?” Nico frowned slightly and corrected, “I’d rather pick it up.”
“Perhaps I was negligent.”
Hittok nodded in agreement with Nico's statement. He also didn't think that an underage wizard could take an item from him.
“If you want to get the gold card back, you’d better hurry up.” Nico pointed to the picture on the crystal ball and reminded him kindly.
It was a plane, the plane the Anderson family was about to board.
"What is this?" Huttok stared at the plane and frowned slightly. Like most pure-blood wizards, he knew nothing about the Muggle world.
"It seems to be a Muggle vehicle." Nico couldn't remember the name of this thing for a moment.
"I think I should go, thank you for your help." Hutok left in a hurry.
“I hope everything goes well for him.” Perenal put down the tea cup and said as he looked at Hutok’s leaving figure.
“He will find it.” Nico was not worried about this problem.
However, even with Nico's help, Huttok still failed to find Albert because he knew nothing about Muggles and had no idea where the airport was.
He didn’t even know the name of the plane, let alone find someone to ask.
Hittok regrets very much, why didn’t he add the positioning function to the gold card?
Next time I return to the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association, I must suggest this to them.
Huttok, who found nothing, had no choice but to ask the French Ministry of Magic for help, asking them to send wizards who knew the Muggle world to help. When Huttok and the personnel of the French Ministry of Magic hurried to the Muggle airport, it was already a long time later. .
The plane the Andersons were on had already taken off and returned to the UK.
Hittok became even more depressed when he was sure that the person he was looking for had left France. He felt that this trip to France was simply terrible.
However, Huttok was not the only one who was in a bad mood, there was also an unlucky owl who passed by Albert.
Just as Albert guessed, because Hertok used the flying spell near the Bastille Opera House, the blame fell directly on Albert's head.
The British Office for the Abuse of Magic immediately sent Albert a warning letter.
However, when the owl flew across the English Channel, the Anderson family happened to board a plane returning to the UK. When it flew over France, Albert was already on the plane returning to the UK.
The owl that delivered the message suddenly became distressed because it found that the target of the message was moving to other places.
This miserable owl had to find a place to take a breath, eat something to replenish its exhausted energy, and prepare to fly across the English Channel again. As an owl with professional ethics, the moment it receives the envelope, it will deliver the letter to the recipient no matter what.
Albert didn't know about these things. He was studying the gold card in his hand.
As for what kind of association the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association is, he has never heard of it and is not very clear about it.
However, since it is an association that can use gold to make gold cards, it must be quite large. It may be a famous pharmacist organization.
Albert felt that this gold card might be as unique and non-replicable as the wizard's coins. By the way, the owner of the gold card was named Huttok Dagworth.
As for, how did Albert know?
Of course it is a panel task introduction.
It is not ignorant to pick up gold.
You accidentally picked up the gold membership card belonging to Huttok Dagworth. You should return the gold membership card to him.
Reward: 100 experience, Hutok Dagworth's favorability +10.
It's really a waste of money.
Albert ignored the task for the time being and continued to study the runes on the gold card. It always felt that as long as it could decipher the secrets of the runes on the gold card, it could make further progress in the runes.
The plane suddenly shook violently, probably because it encountered a high-altitude turbulence. Everyone's face looked a little pale.
"It's okay, don't worry." Herb's voice came from the side. His face was also a little pale, and he didn't look like he was okay at all.
There is no other way. Although plane crashes are uncommon, if they happen to happen to me, it will really mean that the whole family has moved on.
The voice of the flight attendant sounded in the cabin, trying to calm the emotions of all passengers.
"Don't worry, it will be okay." Albert calmly reassured, "It will be okay."
Even if the plane really crashes, Albert can use Apparition to take his family away before the plane crashes.
So, he is not worried about the safety of himself and his family at all.
That calm voice quickly dispelled the anxiety in the hearts of the Anderson family and quickly restored their calm.
As Albert said, this was just a false alarm.
Planes will encounter high-altitude air currents, and turbulence is inevitable.
"Aren't you scared at all?" A pale woman opposite looked at Albert in surprise. It was hard to believe that someone could remain calm in such a situation?
Didn’t you see that the stewardess over there also looked pale?
"Is it useful to be afraid?" Albert asked the other party, and she immediately didn't know what to say.
Yes, if something happens to the plane, I will still be scared to death.
I am not afraid, naturally because I know that I will not die.
This is just a small episode on the way home.
After getting their feet on the ground, the passengers on the entire plane breathed a sigh of relief.
“Were you really not scared at that time?” Nia still asked her inner doubts.
“Not afraid.” Albert reached out and touched the girl’s head and said with a smile, “Because I know we won’t die there, even if there is an accident on the plane.”
“Use magic?” Nia quickly thought of the reason.
“Yes, using magic.” Albert admitted.
“But you didn’t bring that stick.” Nia reminded.
“That’s called a wand, and not all magic requires a wand.” Albert explained.
“As expected of his son, he is as reliable as ever.” Daisy wasn’t sure whether Albert was trying to appease them, but she was still happy to hear what Albert said.
“What if the plane falls?” Herb asked curiously.
"You should focus on driving." Albert reminded, he thought for a while and then said, "I want to go to Grandpa Luke's house first and pick up Tom and Sheila."
“Just in time, I’ll send the gifts I bought in France together.” Herb agreed, and the first thing the Andersons did when they returned to England was to give gifts and pick up their pets.
“How is France?” Luke smiled, picked up Nia, looked at Albert and asked.
“It’s okay, I feel pretty good.” Albert replied with a smile, “I also learned to surf on the Basque beach.”
“As expected of my grandson, surfing is not easy.”
“It took Albert a while to learn it,” Nia muttered, doubting Grandpa Luke’s statement that it wasn’t easy.
“Come in, Sansa is making your favorite chocolate cake.” Luke smiled and held their hands and entered the house.
As soon as Albert entered the living room, he saw Tom lying lazily on the sofa. He walked over quickly, picked up Tom and bumped him twice, and couldn't help but sigh: "He has become fat again!"
“Meow!” Tom yelled, as if to protest against Albert’s words, as if to say that he had not gained weight.
“Tom is much better raised than before.” Sansa put a piece of chocolate cake on the dining table in front of Albert and said with a smile, “It would be nice to be a little fatter.”
Albert was speechless for a while.
“Is this the so-called ten orange cats and nine fat ones?” Albert stretched out his hand and scratched Tom’s chin and muttered in a low voice, “By the way, Tom is not an orange cat.”
"Sure enough, you should still exercise and lose weight." Albert said to himself, and Tom seemed to understand what he said, jumping off Albert's lap and running to Sansa's side.
Albert: “…”
Sure enough, you still need to lose weight properly.
At this time, an owl flew in from the window and dropped a letter on the cake in front of Albert.
“How about making it stew.” Albert stared at the owl with malicious eyes. He hadn’t even eaten his share of the cake yet, so it was ruined by it?
"It looks very tired." The owl just finished flying and landed on the table. Nia raised her hand and poked it and asked, "Would you like to prepare some water and food for it?"
"Don't worry about it." Albert looked at the letter from the Ministry of Magic depressedly. He knew that his premonition had come true, and he knew what was written in it even without reading it.
Last year I tricked Truman, and this year I was tricked by someone else?
Could it be that this is not a matter of not not repaying, but that the time has not yet come?
“Whose letter?” asked Luke, who was unpacking the package.
"Nothing, I'm going to write a reply." Albert said with a smile: "Just let Snowy fly around to prevent it from getting too fat."
Albert wrote two letters, one to the Ministry of Magic, explaining the Flying Curse.
Since he didn't do it, Albert didn't feel guilty at all. Besides, he didn't bring a wand, so he couldn't put the blame on himself.
Another letter was written to Professor Broad, telling him about his trip to France, asking about the Society of Extraordinary Apothecaries, complaining about the extremely unreliable traces of the Ministry of Magic, and seeking his opinion. .
In Albert's opinion, the Ministry of Magic will probably ignore it after seeing his reply.
After all, the Ministry of Magic was just like that. He didn't have high expectations, let alone what the Ministry of Magic could do.
However, Albert planned to use this matter to do something to prove that the Ministry of Magic's traces were extremely unreliable and made mistakes all the time.
In the future, if it is really violated one day.
You can use this as an excuse to prevent the people from the Ministry of Magic from causing trouble for you.
“What, you said I used magic?”
“But I didn’t bring my wand, and it’s not just once or twice that your Ministry of Magic’s tracking errors have happened. Are you sure it’s not the Ministry of Magic’s fault this time?”
(End of this chapter)