Chapter 807 A few things before the holiday
The warm summer breeze blew across the sparkling lake, bringing the pleasant laughter of the girls on the shore of the lake.
Since the end of the final exam, everyone has become lazy, leaving the stuffy castle and going outside to kill the last leisure time before summer vacation.
In the shadow of the beech tree by the lake, Albert and Isobel were sitting there talking quietly.
"How does it feel to graduate?" Albert asked the slightly distracted girl next to him with a smile.
“I feel a little lost and confused.” Isobel tilted her head and looked at the big boy beside her and said, “There is still a little bit of reluctance.”
“Because of my relationship?” Albert asked knowingly.
"Well, I'm a little regretful that I couldn't graduate with you." Isobel looked at the group of girls not far away who took off their shoes and socks and dipped their feet in the lake to cool down, and said softly, "After leaving school , when facing real life, many people will change and become unfamiliar and realistic, drifting away from what they once were."
"I should be the one who needs to worry. Maybe after you went out and saw the colorful world outside, you dumped me." Albert lifted Isobel's hair and put his head close to the girl's ear. Bian said softly: "Maybe, I should..."
A blush spread across Isobel's cheeks, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes at Albert, "Why are you thinking so much about these things now?"
"I'm almost an adult." Albert said with a wink. "As long as you have money and a worry-free life, you don't need to care about many things at all, and you don't need to be restricted."
"No." Isobel shook her head, "This is really ridiculous, can't you be more serious?"
"I'm not kidding. As far as I know, Potter's parents got married after graduation and had children soon after." Albert gave an example: "They are not as mature as us mentally."
Of course, this is just talk. They are too young, not ready, and the time is not right.
An owl flapped its wings across the blue sky and flew towards the school. It held a letter in its mouth. When it flew across the lake, it landed under the shade of the beech tree and handed the envelope to Ai. Bert.
“Thank you for your hard work.” Albert took out the owl nuts and fed them to it.
"You are really a busy man." Isobel joked, "It is said that the famous Mr. Anderson receives a letter every two days on average."
“It’s not just to make money to support you.” Albert asked with a smile, “How should you repay me?”
“Don’t you see who sent it?”
“Old fellow Tiberus Ogden.”
Albert glanced at the sender and probably guessed what was inside the envelope. He opened the envelope and pulled out a small stack of tickets for the Quidditch World Cup. Albert was speechless when he saw them, and they were actually the top tickets.
“I dare say these tickets are free.”
“Internal tickets?” Isobel guessed the reason.
"Well, by the way, is it true that Mrs. McDougal doesn't want to go to the football match?" Albert asked, "Here are tickets for four people."
“I don’t know, my mother has been very busy, I will write to you when the time comes,” Isobel said.
“Don’t worry, there’s still more than a month until the Quidditch World Cup anyway.”
The few days before the holiday are the most comfortable days for everyone. They don’t have to go to class, let alone worry about final exams.
Albert and Isobel were tired of talking about summer vacation together. He had already arranged that they could meet at the house in Hogsmeade during the summer vacation. The house was basically completed. If Isobel was willing, they could meet at the house in Hogsmeade. Working there, the two of them can also meet there through the disappearing cabinet.
Yes, using the vanishing cabinet does not count as using magic, just like riding a broomstick does not result in a warning from the Ministry of Magic.
Albert has decided to put the disappearing cabinet in the Room of Requirement into a suitcase and take it away.
Sending letters to your girlfriend using an owl is not as fun as using a two-way mirror to chat, and using a two-way mirror to chat is not as practical as dating.
You must know that men and women who are passionately in love want to be together all day long.
On the evening of the last day of the semester, everyone went to the auditorium in twos and threes to attend the year-end banquet. Looking at the scarlet and gold decorations in the Great Hall, it is not difficult to guess that Gryffindor House won this year's House Cup.
At the teachers' table, Professor McGonagall was shaking hands with Professor Snape who was smiling awkwardly. The reason was that Hogwarts won the Potions Championship. This was undoubtedly something worth celebrating.
Gryffindor House seemed to be the protagonist of the banquet tonight. The long table was particularly lively. Every Gryffindor student was celebrating the victory of the House Cup.
The next day, when he was dragging his suitcase onto the Thestral Carriage, Albert's eyes inadvertently looked towards the direction of the Black Lake. There was a ceremony for seventh-grade graduates to cross the lake by boat.
Students will once again leave the castle in a poetic and symbolic way on the magical boat that first graders arrived at.
“Luckily, we got a few orders before the summer vacation.”
On the Thestral carriage, Fred and George talked to Albert about their gains in the past few days. Although they were unable to post an advertisement on the bulletin board in the end because of Percy, the results of the few days before leaving school were displayed. It still aroused the curiosity of many students. In addition, the selling price is not expensive, and there are actually many students who are willing to spend money to buy it.
Fred and George were all smiling. Although there were only a few orders, they were still very happy. This was undoubtedly the first step to success.
"By the way, are you all planning to go to the Quidditch World Cup this summer?" Lee Jordan suddenly asked Albert, "If you can't get tickets, you can ask my dad to think of something, and he will definitely do it. You are very welcome.”
"Don't be stupid, Albert can definitely get the tickets. I remember that Blake seemed to be planning to invite him to the game." Fred was not worried at all that Albert couldn't get the tickets. The guy's connections were too wide. Don’t worry about not being able to buy tickets at all.
“I got the tickets, they were given to me by someone else.”
“Black?”
"what about you?"
“My dad can always get tickets from the office.” George couldn’t help but ask, “What were you looking at just now?”
“The lake-crossing ceremony for seventh-grade graduates.” Albert looked back and said.
“When did you become interested in graduation ceremonies?” Fred asked puzzledly. There is a sea crossing ceremony every year at Hogwarts, but I have never seen Albert paying so much attention to it.
“Idiot, Isobel graduated this year.” George reminded.
"Speaking of which, that idiot Percy actually plans to apply for a job at the Ministry of Magic." Fred suddenly said, "Mom always wants us to work at the Ministry of Magic, but she doesn't know my dad's reputation at all, which makes many innocent people at the top of the Ministry of Magic We don’t like blood, and they even call us pure-blood traitors.”
"Bill worked as a curse breaker in Egypt not just because he liked excitement, but because he saw better than anyone else that it was too difficult to get promoted within the Ministry of Magic." George was not optimistic about Percy's choice. , "Bill has secretly told us before that it is very difficult for Muggle wizards to be promoted in the Ministry of Magic. They have to look at people's faces every day. It is simply not a human life."
After boarding the train, Albert was rarely separated from the three of them. Isobel left directly after crossing the lake, and her luggage was packed and sent away by the house elf.
The four of them played a few games, and when the witch pushing the cart arrived, they bought a lunch and chatted about some trivial matters during the summer vacation while eating.
Fred and George also got a simple magic prop manufacturing list from Albert, which contained many very interesting gadgets.
“I think we could sell invisibility cloaks in the future.” Fred muttered under his breath. “Beanies are just for scaring people.”
"The most you can do is make some third-rate invisibility cloaks. Well, they are just ordinary traveling cloaks made by applying a disillusionment spell or a blinding method. However, with your ability, it usually doesn't take long for the entity to appear. If you only sell it to students If so, I think it’s enough. However, I suggest you start with the simplest ones and gain experience in everything.”
In a few years, defensive magic items will become very popular, and Albert plans to make a fortune with them.
To this end, Albert has already put together gift packages for wizards at the Ministry of Magic and ordinary wizard families, which can effectively help them resist the intrusion of black magic.
In that chaotic era, I believe many wizards were willing to spend money to buy peace.
The manufacturing of the products needs to be entrusted to Fred and George, and Albert plans to recruit Lupine to help produce magic items.
After all, Lupine also needs a job, and it is a very meaningful job. Albert believes that the other party will not refuse.
The Hogwarts Express train gradually slowed down. Albert got off the train following the flow of people and saw a familiar figure on the platform.
“You adapted to your identity quickly.” Albert discovered that Isobel was actually here to take Katrina home.
“Since I graduated, I will naturally pick you up.” Isobel waved her hand somewhere, “Katrina, this way…”
“Where’s mom?” Katrina asked doubtfully.
“I will pick you up and drop you off from now on.” Isobel said.
Katrina was a little stunned and found it difficult to accept such a change.
“Okay, we should go home, see you another day.”
Isobel smiled and kissed Albert on the cheek. While holding Katrina's hand, she took the suitcase and apparated away.
“Sister control is really untouchable.”
Albert dragged his luggage through the entrance alone and returned to the Muggle world.
After walking out of King's Cross Station, Albert couldn't find Herb's car. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, thinking they were late, but he heard the sound of a car horn in the distance.
“This way.” Nia was standing outside a car waving to him.
"What's going on?" Albert walked over with his luggage and found that it was Grandpa Luke who came to pick him up.
“Herb and Daisy went to the East not long ago, and you will stay with us during the summer vacation.” Luke explained with a smile.
Nia carried Tom's cage to the back seat.
Albert stuffed the remaining luggage into the back of the car, sat in the passenger seat and asked, "Why didn't they write to tell me about this?"
“I didn’t ask for it, I’m going to give you a surprise.” Luke winked and said, “Sansa should have prepared something you like.”
“A little surprised indeed,” said Albert.
“He seems to have seen what you call a money-making opportunity over there.” Nia, who has been playing with the ears of fat cat Tom, said, “They have been inspecting the market over there to prepare for your prediction.”
“Very good, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.”
Albert quite agrees with Herb's approach. As long as he seizes the opportunity, he can make a fortune no matter what.
“I don’t like it very much over there.” Nia reached out and scratched Tom’s chin and said, “There’s a language barrier, and I always feel like it’s very messy there.”
“Didn’t you learn the language there?” Albert asked.
“I learned it, but I can’t speak it well and I don’t understand it well. It is said that the words spoken in the colonies are different.” Nia complained, “Not everyone is like you.”
"If you don't want to stay there, you can come back when this is over." Albert comforted, "Just treat it as a vacation abroad during this period."
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