Chapter 857 Surprise
On the way to the hall, Albert kept chatting with Fred, George and Lee Jordan about what happened in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. He noticed that the three of them had doubts about whether Professor Moody was a fake.
Albert was not surprised. What Professor Moody taught in class had a strong personal touch. Only as an Auror could he teach everyone his experience in fighting dark wizards in class.
Albert was not going to express his opinion on this matter. In his opinion, Fred, George and Lee Jordan all took this matter too much for granted.
That was risking his life, disguised as Professor Moody and sneaking into Hogwarts as an undercover agent. He was not here to kill Dumbledore. How could others see the flaw at a glance?
If Albert didn’t know anything, it would probably be difficult to see through Moody’s disguise.
It's a pity that he knows everything, but Moody, oh, Barty Jr. knows nothing.
He didn't know that there were people who knew everything, let alone the various habits and styles that he had painstakingly learned from Mad-Eye. He tried hard to make himself more like Mad-Eye, but he met a guy who had peeked at the script. It was really A sad story.
Everyone quickly brought the topic to wandless magic, and they were all envious of Albert's handsome wandless magic skills.
There is no way, the scene where Albert uses his hand to deflect the spell is so cool.
Although the three of them had seen Albert do similar things before, at that time Albert was wearing a defensive bracelet and used the effect of magic props, and what Albert had just performed was a genuine wandless magic.
“What Professor Moody said is actually not accurate. Wandless magic is not a skill that only highly skilled wizards can master.” Albert said to the three of them.
“Can you teach us?” Fred looked at Albert expectantly.
"What to teach?" Shanna came over with food and asked, "Will the Defense Association continue?"
"No, I don't have time, and there is no need. Professor Moody can teach you a lot of useful things. The experience of an old Auror is a valuable asset." Albert said with a smile.
When he heard Albert talking about old Auror Moody, George had a strange expression on his face.
"Learning wandless magic requires a lot of energy. Under normal circumstances, I recommend that everyone learn silent spells first. Silent spells are more practical than wandless magic. Moreover, I think Professor Moody should teach everyone how to master silent spells this year. ." Albert found a place to sit down and eat.
"I heard from others that silent spells are difficult to master." Angelina asked again, "Really we won't hold a defense association? I always feel that Professor Moody is unlikely to teach us some more practical spells, although he has a lot of experience Talking is really nice, but I prefer the feeling of everyone practicing magic together in the Defense Association."
"You can hold parties by yourself and train magic by yourself." Albert said without thinking, "I can also recommend some useful books to you."
"Forget it, without you, I'm afraid no one will come to the party." Angelina is very self-aware. Why so many people are willing to participate in Albert's Defense Association is entirely due to Albert's personal charm and Cohesion is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
“I recently discovered a very interesting magazine.” Alia took out the magazine she received yesterday and shared it with everyone. It was the “Defense Guide” published by Sirius.
After Aaliya noticed that Fred and others were a little silent, she asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"
“Nothing, we have already read this magazine and the content is pretty good.”
After receiving Albert's warning look, George coughed lightly and found an excuse to change the topic, "You guys have taken the original topic astray. Albert was just going to teach us how to perform wandless magic."
Several girls also became interested and all looked at Albert.
"Wandless magic is difficult to perform, the operation is not accurate enough, and it is easy to cause unexpected consequences. However, wandless magic is actually very simple. As long as you are willing to practice, you can cast spells without using a wand. I recommend that you use the easy-to-use luminous Use the spell to train wandless magic." Albert seemed to be demonstrating to everyone. He raised his left index finger, and a ray of light condensed on the tip of his finger. "The trick is to cast the spell without using a wand. At first you may feel like Holding my breath..."
I seem to realize that everyone is eating now, so in order not to affect everyone's appetite, I changed my constipation to holding my breath.
“Poof!”
Lee Jordan almost spit out the food in his mouth. Fortunately, he immediately covered his mouth with his hand to avoid spitting directly into the face of the girl opposite.
“Are you sure it will work that way?”
"Actually, it's almost the same as practicing silent spells, but it's more difficult. Because you don't rely on a magic wand, it's difficult to succeed at first. More often, you need strong enough willpower, and you also need strong magical power, which is a bit similar to the magic of childhood. Out of control, like this." As he spoke, Albert picked up the spoon and focused on it.
In front of everyone's eyes, the spoon seemed to be twisted into a piece of scrap metal by an invisible force.
"Is this wandless magic?" Everyone's eyes widened, because Albert did not use a wand just now.
"Well, you can think of it as losing control of your magic power. Didn't Potter lose control last semester and blow up his aunt?" Albert took out his wand, lit the spoon, and restored it to its original state.
"Wandless magic is to control one's own magical power to use magic under human guidance. Don't think I'm fooling you." Albert casually gave everyone an example, "Most of the students in Wagadu know how to Use wandless magic.”
"How is it possible? How did they do it?" Angelina asked in disbelief.
"The reason why they can easily use wandless magic is that they have been casting spells without a wand since they were young, and they have gradually become accustomed to casting spells without a wand. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to use advanced magic skills when casting spells without a wand. The advantage of magic is that even if you don’t have a magic wand in your hand, you don’t have to worry that you can’t do anything, and you don’t have to worry that doing bad things will leave evidence against you.”
“I remember you mentioned last semester that you were attacked by a Wagadu player during the Magic School Potions Championship,” Fred recalled.
"That's an old trick of Wagadu players. They like to attack students from other schools when they are picking potion ingredients and take the opportunity to eliminate their competitors. Since they don't use magic wands, they don't leave any evidence and don't have to worry about being hosted. Fang got the handle."
“What’s the result?” Shanna asked curiously.
"Of course I knocked that **** down." Albert shrugged, "That's when I realized that Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts was the worst among more than a dozen magic schools, and it was even worse. Bad reputation."
"That guy is really unlucky to meet you." George said with a smile, "But, from what you said, wandless magic is indeed very convenient, and it is very suitable for sneak attacks. Many wizards use it when their opponents don't have a wand." Under such circumstances, I won’t be too vigilant.”
In fact, this is indeed the case in the UK. At least there are not many wizards in the British magical community who can do this.
“If we want to master wandless magic, how long will it take?”
"If you want to master it initially, it should take half a year at the earliest. As long as you work hard to practice the luminous spell within half a year, you will definitely be able to use the luminous spell without using a wand. When you master the luminous spell, you can cast spells without a wand. With the experience, it will become much easier if you practice other wandless magic." Albert thought for a moment and gave a more conservative figure. He felt that if they practiced hard every day, at their current age, they should be able to do it as long as they were not squibs.
“Half a year, how can I master the luminous spell without a wand?”
A few people looked at each other, and soon fell silent. It was impossible for them to spend a lot of time and energy just to master a simple luminous spell.
What's going on?
“It’s normal, because you haven’t practiced wandless magic since you were young. It’s similar to mastering your mother tongue and learning another foreign language.” Albert made a simple analogy.
“I haven’t seen how difficult it is for you to learn a foreign language?” George couldn’t help but complain.
Albert really didn't lie to them. Although his proficiency in using wandless magic comes more from his panel skills, it does not mean that he knows nothing about how to train wandless magic. Taking the first step from scratch is the most difficult thing. Yes, this is why he thinks it will take half a year.
"Forget it. With that time and energy, I might as well research joke props. We are currently developing an enhanced version of the fake wand!" George gave up the struggle directly.
"what is that?"
"A kind of fake wand. When the wizard uses this wand to fire spells, the wand will turn into something." Fred introduced the three girls. "Imagine that when the two were dueling, they found something in their hands. What a fun scene to catch a fish or a chicken.”
If the wizard's wand could be secretly replaced with a fake one, they would definitely make a lot of jokes when they needed to use it.
“We are preparing to create an enhanced version of the fake wand that will beat up the unsuspecting user after use.” George introduced to everyone.
“Sounds good,” said Lee Jordan.
“It would be better to have a type that can give the user a good beating,” Albert suggested.
“Isn’t this a bit too cruel?” The corners of Fred’s mouth twitched slightly.
"It will come in handy soon, and you can make it into various versions and sell it at different prices." Albert suddenly thought of something and continued, "I have a good idea. You can actually make all kinds of interesting things." Easter eggs, put them into the gashapon machine and let customers choose at will. After opening the eggs, various prizes and surprises will appear.
For example, after opening the Easter egg, a disgusting smell will be released inside that will stun the person, beat the person, make the person's hair dye and stand up, or explode into fireworks.
Of course, there also need to be valuable prizes inside. Similar to opening a chocolate frog, there will be a chocolate character card, but no one knows what surprises are inside. "
"This is a good idea. It's called a surprise egg. I think it's very suitable for birthday and Christmas gifts for friends. No one knows what surprises will be found in the eggs." George immediately took out his notebook and wrote down this good idea. He thought this thing would be very popular with children.
“I don’t think anyone likes to receive such a gift.” Alia couldn’t help complaining.
At this moment, a loud "bang" suddenly came from the hall, and then someone screamed uncontrollably. People who were eating and chatting turned to look at the entrance of the hall, curious about what happened in the hall.
As a gossip-loving person, Lee Jordan would not miss such an opportunity, so he dropped his half-finished dinner and ran to join in the fun.
Immediately afterwards, Professor Moody shouted from outside: "Don't touch it."
“It seems like something interesting happened in the foyer.” Albert looked back and continued eating his dinner without being affected at all.
“Why don’t you go over and have a look?” Fred threw down the fork in his hand and prepared to go over there to see what was going on. More and more students gathered there.
“Aren’t you curious?” Shanna asked.
“Curiosity killed the cat, and when Lee Jordan comes back, we’ll find out what’s going on out there.”
Albert finished the beef stew on the plate and listened to Lee Jordan briefly describe what he saw: "Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret and made him jump randomly in mid-air, as if to punish Malfoy. Trying to sneak up on Harry from behind."
Fred and George were also listening. When they passed by, they saw Moody grabbing Malfoy's arm and dragging him towards the underground classroom, as if he was going to find Snape.
Snape's expression must be wonderful.
“Professor Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret, floating and jumping in mid-air?” Albert asked, putting down his fork.
“Yeah, I always feel like Professor Moody hates Malfoy.” Lee Jordan muttered quietly. "Normally, professors in schools would not punish students in this way. In the end, Professor McGonagall passed by and stopped him."
“Moody hates sneak attacks from behind. Do you remember what he said in class just now?” Fred reminded.
"I think there is another reason." George lowered his voice and said, "Remember the chaos at the World Cup? Many people thought it was done by Death Eaters, and most of the Death Eaters were pure-blood wizards. Pure-blood wizards in the British wizarding world The Blood Family only has a small number of people, and many wizards believe that Lucius Malfoy was the one who led the trouble that night."
“Is there any evidence?” Aaliya raised her eyebrows slightly.
"When the mysterious man lost power, Lucius Malfoy was accused, and finally escaped by pretending that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse." Albert continued the topic for George, "Some of my friends He also thinks he was a fish that slipped through the net back then, and Professor Moody is very hostile to dark wizards, so he naturally hates being thought of as a descendant of dark wizards, especially when Malfoy tried to sneak attack Harry."
Albert certainly knew the reason why Crouch Jr. was hostile to Malfoy.
“But why did they run away when they saw the Dark Mark?”
"They should not be the same group of people, and Death Eaters and drunken and troublemaking wizards are two different natures. Only Death Eaters know how to release the Dark Mark, which means they will be targeted by the Ministry of Magic."
This incident spread quickly. Not only them, but everyone around them was excitedly talking about what had just happened. Malfoy's transformation into a ferret would soon become the latest news in Hogwarts. hot topic.
(End of this chapter)