Chapter 279 Secret
The two returned to the castle and quietly entered the Room of Requirement without disturbing the students.
Albert pretended that he knew nothing. Fortunately, with the help of the elixir, his acting skills were very good.
"Successful!" Albert relaxed, turned his head to look at Professor Smith beside him, and smiled excitedly, "We succeeded, Professor, we succeeded."
“Yes, you succeeded!” There was a hint of relief in Professor Smith’s tone. He reached out and patted Albert on the shoulder, praising: “Let’s go in together!”
Speaking, Professor Smith walked in first.
Professor Smith's reaction was different from what Albert expected. He looked around quickly, as if he was looking for something, but was not disappointed because the bronze book placed here was lost, as if he already knew what was going on in the secret room.
"Professor, there is nothing here." Albert looked around, and after reading the words on the wall, he pretended to be frustrated and said, "The books left by Ravenclaw were taken away directly by the greedy guy. It’s really annoying.”
To be honest, I was a bit disappointed not to be able to double the book of bronze.
By the way, Professor Broad said that if I could open the secret door of the Ravenclaw Chamber of Secrets...Albert suddenly thought of a possibility!
That book of bronze, could it be...
"Dumbledore has indeed been here!" Professor Smith ran his fingers across the handwriting left by Dumbledore, squinted his eyes, and murmured, "But why didn't he want to tell me?"
"What's the matter, Professor?" Albert asked quietly, looking at Professor Smith's back.
"nothing."
“That...Professor Smith, can I also leave my name here.” Albert asked cautiously.
Just like so-and-so visiting here, to be honest, it is very unethical to do so.
However, Albert felt that he could leave some research results here for later generations to admire.
"This is your right." Professor Smith smiled at Albert, "Do you need me to help you?"
“No, this doesn’t bother me.” Albert began to find an empty space to carve his name. After finishing engraving, he walked up to Professor Smith, his eyes fell on a certain name, and he asked with pretense of doubt: "Is Will De Smith an ancestor of the Smith family?"
“I have no impression.” Professor Smith shook his head and said, “However, I know there is a surname called Wild Smith!”
"Surname, Wild Smith?" Albert was stunned when he heard this, and asked in disbelief: "Is there such a surname?"
“Haven’t you heard of it?” Professor Smith looked at Albert with a half-smile and said softly, “This surname is very famous.”
When Professor Smith mentioned this name, Albert felt a little uncomfortable. The other person looked at him with eyes...well, Legilimency.
However, Professor Smith did not get any useful information.
"No!" Albert shook his head. He was already very proficient in Occlumency, and with the help of the Felixir, he could disguise himself very smoothly.
In fact, Albert had never heard of this surname.
"Many wizarding families in the magical world have their own secrets. Although some ancient families have disappeared in the long river of history, a large part of them are still passed down, and the Smith family is one of them." Professor Smith told Albert Te explained, "However, some of these families have been very careful to hide themselves so that others do not know their true identity."
"The Wild Smith family?" Albert asked doubtfully, "But isn't he from your family?"
"Well, I think it has something to do with the Smith family." Professor Smith did not deny this. He continued, "However, I am not the first heir to the Smith family now, and I am not very clear about some things. "
"Professor, why are you telling me these things?" Albert asked doubtfully, and he vaguely felt that this was related to the successor's problem. To be honest, Albert really doesn't want to get involved in this property fight, which has always been very cruel.
"Because you are also a candidate for Wild Smith." Smith said this directly, making Albert's eyes widen in disbelief.
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“Alternate.”
“Alternate, what does this mean?” Albert continued to play dumb.
“It’s the candidate for the successor.” Professor Smith explained.
"Me? Heir candidate, are you sure?" Albert raised his finger and pointed at himself and said in astonishment, "But I am just a Muggle wizard. My parents are ordinary people and do not know magic at all. Are you sure Wilder Are Smith’s candidates selecting magical geniuses with outstanding talents instead of their own family members?”
"Magic genius?" Smith looked Albert up and down, nodded and said, "This is indeed a reason."
"Isobel is also a magic genius!" Albert reminded: "Moreover, she is a pure-blood wizard herself, so she is more likely to become your candidate. I heard that pure-blood wizards pay great attention to themselves. Blood, don’t like wizards like me with Muggle blood.”
“Well, how should I put it?” Smith touched the writing on the wall and said softly, “One of your family members must be a wizard, there is no doubt about it!”
"Impossible." Albert looked at Professor Smith and said very seriously, "My parents and ancestors are just ordinary people, and they don't know magic at all. I can be sure of this."
“You are a candidate, I am very sure of this, otherwise Mr. Broad would not easily provide you with convenience.” Professor Smith didn’t care about the facts Albert told. He believed in his own judgment more.
"What does this have to do with Professor Brod?" Albert suddenly understood why Professor Brod didn't like this guy. No one would like a guy who wants to dig up his own secrets.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, you will know it yourself later!" Professor Smith interrupted Albert's question, "Let's continue talking about the topic just now."
“What was the topic just now?”
“For example, the Book of Bronze, and that last name,” Professor Smith said
"Actually, I don't really want to know." Albert coughed lightly and explained, "The more you know, the more trouble you will have."
"But you already know that, don't you?" Professor Smith looked at Albert with a half-smile, "Originally, the Bronze Book placed there was taken away by Will de Smith."
"Is the Book of Bronze at your home now?" Albert's eyes widened, he clasped his hands together and asked, "Can you let me borrow it?"
"No, not in the Smith family. However, I checked relevant records and found similar information." Professor Smith continued to bring the topic back to the surname issue: "Wilde Smith is one of the most mysterious families in the entire magical world. .”
"I don't know, I haven't heard of Wild Smith." Albert hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Is it really not possible?"
Albert really doesn’t know.
"This... Floo powder, I know a little bit about it. It is said that no one knows how to make Floo powder!" Albert felt that Professor Smith had revealed the tip of the iceberg of inheritance for him.
“The inventor of Floo powder is named Ignatia Wild Smith.” Professor Smith revealed the mystery surrounding this surname.
"The production of Floo powder is strictly controlled. In the UK, there is only one licensed production company, the Floo Powder Company. This company is headquartered in Diagon Alley, but it is just an empty shell." Professor Smith began to give Albert a popular science guide about flying powder. Things about road fans.
“There has never been a shortage of Floo powder, and there has never been a situation where someone else could make it. Its price has not changed in a hundred years, and it has always been 2 Sickles a scoop.”
"So, you are saying that I might inherit the Floo fans and the Wild Smith family's massive wealth?" Albert felt that he might have guessed part of the answer.
To be honest, the Floo powder patent is good, but it will definitely come with a lot of troubles. Moreover, compared to the trouble caused by Floo powder, Albert doesn't care much about the wealth of the Wildsmith family.
After all, as long as you master the method of making money, you can make money at your leisure.
“Actually, I don’t know much about this.” Professor Smith also had little knowledge of the actual situation, and he had collected a lot of information through hard work.
“However, Isobel is also one of the candidates.”
"So... Wild Smith's heir is based on talent, not blood?" Albert's eyes widened, and he changed the topic.
“There must be a blood relationship, but it’s hard to say how close they are.”
“Isobel is actually my cousin?”
"I thought you would care more about Floo fans." Professor Smith felt a little tired of talking to Albert. He could see that Albert was not interested in these things and didn't really want to know.
“Okay, one thing I’m curious about is that it must have been hundreds of years since Floo powder was invented. Why has no one really cracked it?”
"This? It is said that someone once made Floo powder. However, the people of the Wildsmith family have probably silenced him! After all, if it were you, you would definitely not let the recipe of Floo powder leak out!"
"What are you going to do to kill him? He must be a talented person who can create Floo fans. I will definitely use coercion and inducement to trick him into working for me." Albert said nonsense seriously.
Professor Smith was speechless, silent for a moment, and continued: "Later, some people tried to use the spread method to make floo powder, and the "pseudo floo" was born. This powder contained runic snake fang powder. ingredients.”
“Did it succeed?” Albert asked curiously.
"Failure, this powder is dangerous. It can burn people or even blow them out of chimneys. Therapists at St. Mungo's treat at least one patient a year who has suffered a pseudo-floo injury." Professor Smith shook his head.
“Those people are really stupid. This recipe may have been deliberately made by the Wild Smith family to fool other people.” Albert speculated maliciously.
Professor Smith: “…”
“Professor, I have a question!” Albert suddenly said.
“Why do I know so clearly?” Professor Smith asked.
"right!"
“Because, I was once one of the candidates!” Professor Smith had no intention of hiding this, “You should have guessed it.”
“You gave up?” Albert asked.
“No, I should have been ineligible and given up.”
"Why doesn't it match? I think you are very good, Professor!" Albert said this sincerely. Smith is not very old and has achieved good results in many fields.
"I don't know." Professor Smith shook his head. "Anyway, it doesn't match. I got this information through some special means. Maybe, only if it matches and becomes the heir, will I be informed of all the secrets!"
“Well… I always think this matter is quite troublesome. Can’t they just let Isobel inherit it?” Albert simply said that he didn’t want it.
“Well, don’t you want it?” Professor Smith was very surprised.
"I don't want it. I have this. It's actually very easy to make money." Albert raised his hand and knocked on his head and said, "Besides, I am so good myself, why should I follow the path that others have arranged for me? "
Professor Smith was suddenly speechless. He didn't expect that Albert would look down on those wealth. Well, one thing he had to admit was that Albert was indeed very powerful, more powerful than most people.
Perhaps this is the pride of genius!
Professor Smith suddenly became a little jealous of Albert, and reminded him resentfully, "That's a lot of money! After hundreds of years of accumulation, this amount of wealth is unimaginable!"
"I don't want it!" Albert shook his head and said, "Whoever wants to inherit can go ahead. Anyway, I'm not greedy for other people's money. Taking things that don't belong to me will always cause unnecessary trouble. Although I I like galleons, but I’ve never been a greedy person.”
“Well, I think I know why Professor Brod thinks so highly of you.” Professor Smith couldn’t help but sigh, “If you want me, I’ll think highly of you too.”
"I will be embarrassed if you praise me like this." Albert continued, "I heard that the professor is very familiar with the Isobel family. Can you tell them that I give up my candidate status? Let his family borrow ancient books to read."
“You should go to Ravenclaw.” Professor Smith said softly.
"I think Gryffindor is pretty good too. People shouldn't discriminate against others because of the academy." Albert said seriously.
Professor Smith was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't think the chance is great. Think again and don't make a decision in a hurry!"
"No, no, I think it's better to give up!" Albert was very determined, he really didn't want to get involved in this matter.
Professor Smith in front of me still seems to want to be the so-called heir. Wait, he doesn't want to kill himself and Isobel, right?
It shouldn’t be the case!
There is no enmity between the two sides.
Or is it that you can’t get what you ask for, so... Professor Smith is resentful?
Albert felt that he might be getting closer to the truth.
After finishing the outline, I feel that I have filled the hole I dug. I estimate that this volume can still contain hundreds of thousands more words.
Well, you can take a guess at what you will inherit.
The answer is actually easy to guess, and hints have been given.
(End of this chapter)