Chapter 678: Desperate for Money
On their last night in France, the Flamel couple asked the house elves to prepare a sumptuous dinner, which contained everything they liked.
During the meal, Mrs. Perenal talked about her school days. It is said that Mr. Flamel at that time was a shy boy who loved books...
Isobel also told the story of their relationship. Compared with the shy Mr. Nico when he was young, Albert was simply... Anyway, the dinner ended with a burst of laughter.
The next morning, after bidding farewell to the Flamel couple, Albert and Isobel passed through the fireplace in the Village of Nicolas and headed to the Rue de la Sorcerer in Paris, France.
They had already greeted Mr. Kenner in advance, and the two quickly returned to the old apartment in London quietly through the hidden international floo network.
“Fortunately I didn’t eat anything in the morning.”
When he came out of the fireplace, Albert reached out to help Isobel, who also fell to the ground.
“I hate this feeling!”
The two of them stayed in the dusty room for a while. After they calmed down, Albert took out the invisibility cloak prepared in advance from the traceless stretch bag, put it on himself and left the old apartment quietly.
The key point for underage wizards to cast spells outside of school without being discovered by the Ministry of Magic is: not to use magic outside the wizarding world.
Because in the wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic can't figure out whether you are using magic or not.
Furthermore, the most important reason for prohibiting underage wizards from casting spells outside of schools is to prevent underage wizards from using magic indiscriminately and exposing the magic world.
Albert didn’t want to be troubled by the Ministry of Magic, so he always paid attention to this.
They found a remote and uninhabited place, took off the invisibility cloak covering their bodies, caught a taxi halfway, and headed to the Leaky Cauldron with Isobel.
"how do you feel?"
Getting off the car next to the bookstore, Albert paid and asked the girl beside him with a smile.
“How does it feel?”
“Use Muggle transport.”
“Muggles can get along just fine without using magic.”
After entering the Leaky Cauldron, Isobel asked Albert, who was taking out his pocket watch: "What time is it now?"
“There’s still half an hour before the appointed time!” Albert put his pocket watch back into his pocket and looked around to find Katrina who had come to join them.
“She hasn’t come yet, what do you want for breakfast?”
Albert pointed to the empty seat next to him, preparing to eat and wait. Because they had to use the international floo network, neither of them had anything to eat in the morning.
"Same as you." Isobel looked at the wanted list on the wall, recalling Albert's predictions, and couldn't help but frown.
Black's wanted notices were posted everywhere in the Leaky Cauldron, worth ten thousand. Wizards who can provide information to the Ministry of Magic will also receive a bonus.
The premise is that the Ministry of Magic catches Black.
As we all know, it is better to expect Black to go to jail if the Ministry of Magic catches him.
“Something to do with Potter?”
“Probably…related.”
Albert walked to the counter and asked Tom to get two breakfasts for the two of them. While asking Tom about Black, Albert saw Harry Potter coming down from upstairs.
When the savior saw him, there was a little surprise on his face.
“Harry Potter, why are you here?” Albert asked knowingly.
“Mr. Potter is staying here temporarily.” Tom said with a smile.
“Oh, live here?” Albert repeated, “Have you broken up with relatives?”
Harry nodded awkwardly, seeming a little confused, as if to say you don't know.
"I just came back from France. A lot of things seem to have happened during this period." Albert pointed to the wanted list on the wall, "Is there any news about Blake now?"
“Tom, do you think I can get paid for providing clues?”
“Do you know where Blake is?”
"have no idea."
"He can do divination." Harry noticed Tom's stunned expression and explained.
"If the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay." Albert said with a smile.
"It's really about money." Harry muttered, "But it would be nice to make a fortune. With your ability..."
"I don't do thankless things. It's hard to say whether the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay the money." Albert shrugged and said, "Oh, my breakfast is here. See you at school."
He returned to Isobel's side and began to enjoy breakfast, while telling him the news he had learned from Tom.
“Divination, that stuff is not reliable,” Tom muttered.
“He is very good and never makes a mistake.”
Harry knew how powerful Albert was, and he also thought that Fudge should spend some Galleons to ask him for divination. This would save him the cost of the arrest, and he wouldn't have to waste human resources looking for Black.
Harry looked doubtfully towards the seats of Albert and Isobel, as if hesitating whether to go over and join them. It was rare to meet an acquaintance, and there was also the black dog and the omen of death. He wanted to hear Listen to what the other person has to say.
Just when Harry was about to move over, he stopped again and gave up the idea.
There was a beautiful red-haired girl standing next to the seat, staring at the two people eating at the table with a strange look. She didn't know what was going on, but she always felt that the atmosphere there was a little weird.
"for you."
Katrina handed Albert the book list sent by the school.
“Here, we bought you a gift.” Albert took the book list, took out the gift box from the seamless stretch bag and handed it to Katrina.
“This is the gift we picked out for you.”
Actually, when the two decided to go shopping in Diagon Alley after returning, Albert asked the house elf to buy it at the Tuofan Clothing Store.
Since we are going shopping together, it is necessary to bring a gift to your sister-in-law.
Katrina was stunned for a moment, stared at the package for a long time, and then looked at Albert, with a look that seemed to say: "Are you going to use this to bribe me?"
“Are you going to do it yourself?” Isobel asked.
"Mom just left. She already gave the money to...what's going on with that ring?" Katrina didn't look at the package. She just accidentally glanced at the silver ring on the ring finger of Albert's left hand. Isobel also had one on her hand. The same ring.
“The teacher gave it to me,” Albert said calmly.
“This is a meeting gift from Mr. Flamel.” Isobel regretted not putting the ring away.
These two guys must be hiding something from themselves!
“Shouldn’t you...”
Katrina obviously didn't believe it. She didn't think Isobel would put the ring on the wrong finger, and the two of them put the ring on the wrong finger in exactly the same position.
“Ahem, why don’t you open the package and take a look?” Isobel interrupted, “We all think that hat suits you very well.”
"Have you had breakfast? Do you want one too?" Albert also changed the subject.
"No, I'm not hungry!" Katrina looked a little dazed and didn't know what she was thinking.
"Let's buy them separately. I'll buy books for you." She just sat down and then stood up again, as if she didn't want to stay here any longer.
Albert and Isobel looked at each other, looking at Katrina's leaving back.
“Mom probably didn’t tell her about us.” Isobel sighed.
“If you’re worried, would you like to follow me and have a look?”
So, the two dropped their half-eaten breakfast and secretly followed Katrina to Diagon Alley.
(End of this chapter)