Chapter 580 The Incident
On Monday morning, Colin Creevey's roommates noticed that he had not returned home last night, so they mentioned the matter to Professor McGonagall, only to learn that their roommate Colin had been attacked the night before.
Most Gryffindor students couldn't keep their mouths shut, and the news of Colin Creevey's attack spread throughout the school at once.
Suddenly rumors spread in the school, and everyone was suspicious.
Fear spread rapidly in the castle, and most students moved together in small groups, fearing that they would be attacked if they were left alone.
Yet some are ready to cash in on the fear caused by the attacks.
Kenneth Toller took the opportunity to launch the amulet made by Albert and demonstrated its powerful "effects" to everyone in the common room:
Reflect the jinx (let Harry use the jinx on himself); expel dark creatures (show reaching into the tank containing Grindylow).
The powerful effect of the amulet has been well received by everyone.
However, the high price of amulets discourages many students.
It is undeniable that compared with other amulets and amulets circulating on the black market, the high-end amulets launched by Kenneth Toler are undoubtedly more reliable.
Neville Longbottom even spent a lot of money to buy himself an amulet, although the Gryffindor students believed that he would not be attacked as a pure blood.
Neville was still extremely uneasy. Everyone had heard about what happened to Filch, even though it was a cat that had been attacked.
Although many people cannot afford amulets, few find them too expensive.
Whether it's Harry's or Neville's amulet, it looks very high-end, and the powerful effect of the amulet makes everyone feel inexplicably at ease.
You must know that most students at Hogwarts cannot even use the Iron Armor Charm well.
Many students want to book with Kenneth Toller.
It’s a pity that they didn’t have galleons.
However, in order to occupy the remaining market.
Kenneth Toller, at Albert's suggestion, launched the moderately effective Dharma Tree amulet, amethyst pendant and obsidian bracelet.
These small jewelry soon became popular throughout the school. Although they did not have the powerful effect of repelling curses, they were cheaper and had a certain effect of driving away dark creatures.
At least, it’s more popular than a smelly green onion, or a rotting newt tail, or even other weird amulets.
Albert thus made a large sum of galleons.
“Speaking of which, can the school really receive such a large number of orders?”
Albert put down the parchment and looked at Kenneth Toller with a strange expression. This guy had just handed over the Galleons divided to him, and also given an order for a customized amulet, and there were very detailed requirements on it.
As for the purchasing power of Hogwarts students, Albert knew it well.
At first, he was willing to cooperate with Kenneth Toller just for the task, to find free materials to practice his skills, and to take the opportunity to make some extra money.
"I know what you are thinking, but I have been very busy recently and I am afraid I don't have time to make these things for you." Albert narrowed his eyes, shook the parchment and said, "If you really want it, you can Once the engraving is done, bring it to me for the final processing, and the price will remain the same."
Albert didn't bother to care about Kenneth Toller's little thoughts, but if he wanted to take advantage of him, don't even think about it if it didn't do any good.
Kenneth Toller was smiling and not angry. This guy was getting more and more experienced in doing business and he also knew how to make money by being friendly, so he simply agreed.
In fact, Kenneth Toller also wanted to monopolize this business, but the wizards he found could only make inferior products, and the manufacturing cost was still high, so he gave up the idea of monopolizing it.
Albert put the bag of galleons into his pocket, listening to the pleasant sound of metal collision, and felt very happy.
He is not short of Galleons, but he will never be short of Galleons.
After returning to the common room, he heard Fred and George discussing strategies together, as if trying to cheer Ginny up.
“It’s useless for you to do that.”
Albert was speechless and had to interrupt their bad idea: something suddenly jumped out to tease Ginny and became ridiculous in front of Ginny.
Ahem.
Ginny Weasley should be mentally ill!
What she needs is counseling from a psychiatrist, not weird pranks.
Ever since Colin Creevey was attacked, Ginny had become increasingly uneasy. She discovers that she has lost her memory of that night, and a distraught Ginny suspects that she is Colin Creevey's attacker.
She was very scared, afraid that this matter would be known to others, and afraid that she would be expelled from school. She could only keep the matter in her heart and never dared to talk about it to others. The Riddle diary was originally used to express her feelings. Ben also disappeared, making her even more worried that her privacy would be known by the person who got the diary.
“We know you have a solution, right!”
Fred and George looked at Albert expectantly, asking for each other's help. They really have no other better way than to come up with some funny ways to make others laugh.
"Your sister Ginny probably has something on her mind, so she looks worried." Albert paused and continued, "In the Muggle world, this is called mental illness, and you need the help of a psychiatrist. Guidance.”
“Psychiatrist, what is that?” This was the first time Li Qiaodan had heard of such a weird profession.
"He is a doctor who treats mental illness. I don't know the general situation. He is probably a listener who can let the other person talk about the troubles they hold in their heart." Albert concluded, "Your sister needs someone to listen to her talk about her psychological troubles. .”
The three of them looked at each other and had no idea what to do.
Neither Fred nor George thought they could get Ginny to talk to them, so they could only use their own methods to try to make Ginny laugh.
So one day, Albert saw Fred suddenly transform into a big bird full of feathers in front of Ginny.
The two of them tried many times, but unfortunately they all failed.
Later, Fred and George gave Ginny a candy mixed with a trace amount of Ariote leaves, causing her to laugh hysterically for a while, but they obviously did not help.
When Percy found out, he was so angry that he yelled at them incoherently.
The next day, Fred and George received a letter from Mrs. Weasley and were severely punished.
“Is there really no better way?”
Fred and George are both feeling sorry for their sister Ginny.
Compared to the other brothers, the twins are obviously more concerned about this.
“Actually, if you are looking for a listener, Porter is more suitable.”
“Harry?”
The twins looked at each other.
"After all, Ginny has always admired Potter, but Potter won't take care of others at all now, so you don't have to count on him." Albert thought for a while and then said: "Of course, the Happy Charm should also be effective for Ginny. As for the effect, I remember learning the Happy Charm in my third grade Charms class, and the Joy Potion can also temporarily keep people in a happy mood."
“By the way, why did we forget about the happy spell?” Fred and George looked excited, “You should have told us earlier.”
“This can only treat the symptoms, and the effect can only last...”
“Let’s go first, see you later.” Fred and George ran away quickly.
“Are they really okay?”
Li Jordan is really not at ease with the reckless Fred and George.
“Who knows!”
(End of this chapter)