Chapter 386: Date or not?
Albert put down the book in his hand, stretched out his hand to cover a yawn, turned his head and looked at the corner of the lounge, where a group of students were gathering together and whispering about something.
"What happened?"
He turned his head and asked Lee Jordan. This guy had just walked to the bulletin board and should know what news had just been announced.
“First Hogsmeade weekend.” Lee Jordan pointed to a notice on the bulletin board and said, “Mid-October.”
"Great." Fred said with a wink, "We are almost out of stink bombs, so we just went to Zuko's to replenish them."
"Why do you always like to cause trouble for Filch?" Shanna, who was thinking about the translation of ancient magic texts, raised her eyebrows and asked, "I know Filch is not lovable, but there is no need..."
“No, no, it was Filch who caused trouble for us first!” George interrupted.
Fred didn't intend to dwell on the matter, so he changed the subject and said, "Last time, we wanted to try to sell the garlic cross to Professor Quirrell, but unfortunately he seemed to think we were joking. At that time, I wondered, Professor Quirrell wasn't afraid Will vampires come to trouble him?"
“You believe what he says?” Albert couldn’t help rolling his eyes.
“Then why did he stuff garlic into the big scarf on his head? The smell can kill people.” The Weasley brothers still insist that the big scarf must be stuffed with garlic.
“Who knows!” Albert muttered, “Maybe there’s some big secret hidden in it.”
“What’s the big secret?” Fred asked curiously. He suddenly had an intuition that Albert’s guess might be true.
"How do I know? I just guessed." Albert shrugged.
“How about we trick Peeves into picking off Professor Quirrell’s big scarf.” George’s eyes lit up and he suggested. Of course, it is not easy to persuade Peeves. They need to prepare something interesting for the other party.
This idea was proposed by Albert. The relationship between the two parties is still good now, but every time they ask Peeves to do something, they have to spend money.
"Albert, help me see, is this what these translations mean?" Angelina interrupted the conspiracies of several people and handed the parchment she had just translated to Albert.
"Unfortunately...it's all wrong." Albert glanced at the translation on the parchment and gave the answer.
“Oh, I really don’t know why I chose this course in the first place.” Angelina regretted taking Ancient Runes. This course was not very friendly to most students.
“Where’s my share?”
Zannah pointed to her homework, which was the answer she had just translated through the Rune Dictionary.
It is really difficult for beginning students to understand those weird and connected symbols. Even with a "Rune Dictionary", it is still difficult.
This is like learning a foreign language. Sometimes it’s really confusing. What’s more, this thing is even more difficult to learn than a foreign language.
Initially, everyone just needs to figure out what 0 to 9 represent. Later, I needed to translate the meaning of a short rune through a dictionary and remember the meaning of those words.
This is the meaning of this course. It is actually to let you know what those weird symbols mean. It is said that the content of the exam also examines these things.
However, the most difficult part is that one rune symbol may often have several meanings, and it is necessary to repeatedly deduce the meaning of the sentence by connecting these symbols.
That’s right, this is the so-called translation, a refined translation.
"There are several words in these two sentences that are wrongly translated." Albert pointed out the mistakes.
"Um."
Zannah leaned her head over, glanced at the errors pointed out by Albert, and thought about the meaning of those symbols.
She did not doubt Albert's judgment. The magic text genius who could converse with Professor Bathcida Babling in ancient magic script and read ancient magic script books as ordinary reading materials had no qualifications at all. There's nothing wrong with being a teaching assistant to Professor Bathida Babbling.
As for the homework of ancient magic texts, it was naturally not difficult for Albert.
To be honest, Professor Bascida Barbling's class was the most boring class Albert had ever taken. The introductory knowledge of ancient magic scripts taught by him seemed to Albert now as if someone was teaching him. It's as simple as teaching yourself Arabic numerals.
However, you still have to take the ancient magic text class, and you can't skip classes at will.
Professor Bathida Barbling also knew about Albert's level. Unfortunately, Hogwarts only allowed him to repeat a grade, but there was no such thing as skipping a grade. So as long as Albert did not interfere with class, he was allowed to do his own thing. .
Except for the occasional moment when Professor Bathida Babling would call Albert up on stage and have a few conversations about ancient magic texts with her, Albert spent the rest of the time doing his own thing.
He found something interesting for himself. He found mistakes in the book. Yes, he found mistakes in "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Magic Texts". In fact, he found troubles for nothing.
The person who wrote the book is not a cheater like Albert who has a good knowledge of the subject. It is impossible for him to make no mistakes at all. As long as he studies it in depth, he can always find some mistakes. Albert would point out the errors and leave notes next to them.
"We haven't got a clue yet." George shook his head helplessly. "We are thinking about where to get some pus from the Babo tuber."
Not long ago, after the twins heard about students trying to remove acne on their faces through drastic measures, they wondered if they could make money from this.
Fred and George would not take it for granted. They asked Albert for his opinion. The latter also believed that women all like to be beautiful and would not be stingy with their galleons in this regard. If they could really produce such a product, they would not take it for granted. You can definitely sell magic potions and make a lot of money.
In fact, there is a similar beauty potion store in Diagon Alley.
Fred and George naturally did not want to compete with Mrs. Primpine for business. Their target group was school students. The two were researching a magic potion that could effectively eliminate acne and pimples.
If raw materials can be obtained, Albert is willing to provide technical and intellectual support.
He has already asked Professor Sprout how to prepare this potion. When the time comes, he only needs to invest some experience to upgrade and improve it, and it will be put to use.
Of course, Albert’s willingness to provide support is also related to his sister, who happened to be a birthday present for Nia. Isobel may also use it and make money from it in the future. No matter how you look at it, it is quite cost-effective.
Fred and George were thinking about the Barbo tubers in the school's No. 3 greenhouse, and were planning to sneak over to get some to make a potion for Albert.
Of course, it can also be purchased directly from Slug Giggs' Pharmacy in Diagon Alley. However, since they were already available in school, Fred and George didn't mind making some themselves.
Lee Jordan didn't pay much attention to this. He usually only paid attention to the wizard card.
As for now, this guy is chatting with others about another piece of gossip: another person was almost bitten by the big dog in the restricted corridor on the fourth floor.
“You are so brave. Didn’t the unlucky guy who was bitten just come out of the school hospital last time?”
“I heard that he was a Hufflepuff student. He was frightened by the big dog and his legs became weak. Fortunately, Professor Quirrell happened to pass by and used magic to pull him out so that he was not injured.”
“This is not quite like Hufflepuff’s style.” Albert raised his eyebrows.
If it was really impulsive, he should enter Gryffindor!
Albert bent down and picked up Tom, who was warming himself by the fireplace, and scratched the cat's ears. He could probably guess what was going on.
The Imperius Curse?
It seems that Professor Quirrell is looking for someone to try, trying to find a way to defeat the three-headed dog?
How should I say it?
The students themselves are curious about it, and it’s not just once or twice anyway. As long as they don’t cause too much trouble, they usually won’t attract the attention of professors, and at most they’ll get a few more points deducted.
Professor Quirrell did deduct 10 points from the Hufflepuff student as a warning.
“What are you thinking about?”
“I wonder when I will be able to complete the great feat of reading a hundred books?” Albert put Tom down on the ground and continued to flip through the book in front of him.
“One hundred books?” Shanna raised her eyebrows and said, “I thought you had finished reading them.”
“I read probably 45 books,” Albert said. Since entering second grade, he has spent much less time reading.
"I read the description of Hogsmeade from the "Wizard Ancients" you have. It is a very interesting place. It is said that the headquarters of the goblin rebellion is there." Shanna put the modified ancient magic Putting his homework aside, he chatted with Albert about Hogsmeade.
"The headquarters of the Goblin Rebellion is in the Pig's Head Bar. It's a chaotic place, and it's also very dirty. If you go there, remember to bring yourself a cup." Albert said casually. He didn't like the Pig's Head Bar, and he didn't like Aberforth. He didn't like it either. That **** hasn't replied to him yet, although Albert didn't actually expect the other party to reply to him.
"I heard that it is the only place in Britain where there are no Muggles." Shanna wanted to talk to Albert about this topic, but she didn't know that Albert had sneaked there with the twins several times. There's nothing new about it.
“You don’t seem very interested?”
"Well, not bad!" Albert shrugged towards his roommates, "The Three Broomsticks and Honeydukes are more suitable."
He glanced at the communication bookmark and sent a message to Isobel: Hogsmeade, do you want to meet?
It didn’t take long for the bookmark to change color. Albert turned it over and glanced at it. The other person only replied with one word: Hmm!
Going to Hogsmeade next weekend, we all got together to talk about what we should do first when we get to Hogsmeade.
“You seem to be familiar with Hogsmeade, remember to introduce it to us.” Shanna got everyone’s signals and mustered up the courage to say, “Let’s go together then!”
“I’m familiar with it too, I can introduce it to you too!” Li Qiaodan said with a playful smile.
"I have an appointment." Albert declined politely, "Let Li Qiaodan introduce it to you!"
The girls couldn't help but raise their eyebrows. After looking at each other, they nodded and reluctantly agreed.
(End of this chapter)