Chapter 866 Protective Magic
After finishing the prophecy about the Horcrux, Albert was not in a hurry to leave the principal's office, but chatted with Dumbledore like an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time. However, the topic of the conversation between the two was soon taken astray by Albert. It first turned into an academic exchange, and then turned into a pattern where Albert asked questions and Dumbledore helped answer them.
Although Dumbledore has not cared much about academic issues over the years, he has also served as a professor at Hogwarts and is still happy to answer questions for the diligent and studious Albert.
However, when Albert took out his quill from his pocket and began to take notes, Dumbledore was a little suspicious that the Sorting Hat had sorted Albert into the wrong house.
The exchange between the two parties was quite pleasant, but the topic was so boring that all the portraits in the principal's office closed their eyes and took a rest.
An hour later, Albert asked Dumbledore one by one about several questions in the original notes.
Another half an hour later, Albert left the principal's office with satisfaction holding the borrowed ancient runic notebook, which recorded Dumbledore's research on ancient runes.
Tonight was a fruitful night, thanks to the thick skin he had developed over the past few years: Albert said he was going to write a "Ghost Book" and hoped to get Dumbledore's help and come over occasionally to talk to him. He discusses ancient runes.
So, Dumbledore generously lent his old notebook to Albert.
In the entire British magic world, there are actually very few experts who are good at ancient magic texts. If those notes are not lent to others, they will end up gathering dust or even being completely forgotten by people. If they are lent to Albert, he might actually be able to publish a book. "Book of Magic Texts".
Dumbledore doesn't know whether "The Book of Magic" can benefit other people, but he knows that there is no harm in having multiple reliable friends, not to mention that Albert and them are on the same journey. After establishing a good relationship between the two parties, they can take advantage of the situation. Invite him to join the Order of the Phoenix.
Although Dumbledore is unwilling to admit it, the various things happening now seem to be a sign that something terrible is about to happen.
Dumbledore had heard about the rumors of the Second Wizarding War a long time ago. He even went to the Forbidden Forest to consult centaurs who were good at divination. Margery told him that the spark that could bring war was shining brightly in the sky, suggesting that war would definitely break out again in the near future. Centaurs believe that the wizarding world is simply enjoying a brief period of peace between wars.
To be honest, Dumbledore is actually not very willing to believe in prophecies. It involves too many causes and effects, and prophecies may not be accurate in many cases. But now he had to admit that the centaur's prediction might come true, because Albert seemed to have predicted the coming turmoil, otherwise he would not have invited himself to his wedding in advance.
After all, invitations are sent out one or two months before the wedding, rather than two years in advance.
Albert actually guessed what Dumbledore was thinking, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
Join the Order of the Phoenix?
That is obviously impossible. Not to mention that he himself is not that great, his own life is more important, and he does not believe in Snape. At most, he will help them a little, push them in the back, and let Voldemort go on his way as soon as possible.
As for not being able to cause trouble for Barty Jr., although it was a bit regretful, Albert could also see that Dumbledore still retained the most basic trust in his old friend, so he knew that he could not rush until Harry became As for the fourth warrior, I believe that Dumbledore will definitely remember his old friend and pay special attention to him. This is what Ai Shengu wants to do, and subtly influence Dumbledore's judgment.
After all, people like Dumbledore obviously would not easily believe the one-sided words of others. He would rather believe in himself.
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Becoming an alternate member of the Wizengamot still had some impact on Albert's life.
At least in those days, Fred, George and Lee Jordan were a little reluctant to talk to him. It was obvious that they could not adapt well to their good friend suddenly becoming a "big shot".
However, this situation did not last long. They probably found that Albert was still the same Albert as before, and his attitude towards them did not change because he became a big shot. Therefore, everyone gradually returned to normal, and the three of them began to follow Albert. Bert practiced the protective magic mentioned in the "Defense Guide" magazine.
After spending two weeks teaching them how to master protective magic, Albert took advantage of the weekend when the weather cleared up and took Fred, George and Lee Jordan to the Forbidden Forest for practical testing and to collect some information for future wild encounters. The survival guide chapter accumulates experience data.
Hagrid saw the four people walking towards the woods from the window of his hut. He waved and shouted to them: "Hey, what are you going to do in the woods?"
"We plan to go into the forest to test the magic." Albert said without thinking.
Hagrid was a little speechless for a moment. He didn’t understand why Albert could talk about violating school rules so confidently.
"You should know that students are prohibited from entering the woods. Albert, you are a prefect, and you actually take the lead in violating school rules." Hagrid poked Albert's chest with his finger and warned, "Be careful, I will buckle Gryffindor." score."
What do you mean we plan to go into the forest to test the magic?
Does this tell him directly that we intend to violate school rules?
"Come on, Hagrid. I don't think you want Slytherin House to win the House Cup, right?" Albert smiled and explained: "We are just testing magic in the nearby woods. If you are worried If you want, you can come over and take a look, and by the way, bring Yaya with you."
"Well, I want to see what you are doing!" Hagrid was still a little worried, worried about what the four of them would do.
After they came to an open space, Albert took out a disk-like thing from his pocket.
“What is this?” Hagrid asked doubtfully.
“I call this thing a danger warning device.” Albert handed the thing to George.
“Danger warning device?” Hagrid looked at the palm-sized gadget suspiciously.
“Yes, as long as a wizard is approaching, the danger warning device will warn you. If the other party is malicious, a red alert will be issued.”
Fred, George and Lee Jordan could understand the usefulness of this thing. If they were in the wild, they would need this thing to give themselves early warning.
“What the **** is this?”
Hagrid saw Albert take out four engraved metal pillars and hand them to Fred. This guy always had a lot of strange things on him.
“This thing can make the spell last longer. In fact, there is something similar on the wall of Hogwarts.” Albert explained.
“Is there any?” Hagrid obviously didn’t believe it.
"Of course there are, they are just hidden. They are one of the defense systems of Hogwarts." Albert said to himself, "That's why I say ancient runes are important, but many people don't understand them. Interpret these things.”
This thing is actually one of Dumbledore's research results.
“Come on Hagrid, we’ll come back later to check on the situation after they’re done.”
“What’s the point of doing this?”
Hagrid followed Albert away in confusion, not understanding what they were doing.
“Of course it makes sense.” Albert explained, “We can find out how ordinary wizards can create a safe temporary camp in a short time.
“Temporary camp, do you mean camping?”
"You can think so." Albert didn't lie. It was actually true that he said it was camping in the wild, but the nature was different.
He mainly wanted Fred, George and Lee Jordan to understand that building a safe temporary camp does not mean that the more protective magic there is, the safer it is, but that people should not know the specific location, cannot find it, and do not know, then it is real. Safe, because most protective magic can actually be easily broken. "
“Do you think something bad might happen in the future?” Hagrid asked in a low voice.
“Yes, I have such a premonition, especially after the Dark Mark appeared in the World Cup, the premonition became stronger and there would be turmoil in the magical world. I remember the centaurs made similar predictions.
“The prophecy of the centaurs?”
"They think that people in the wizarding world are just spending a brief period of peace between two wars." Albert said calmly: "Actually, I think the centaurs are right."
“Two wars?” Hagrid was very panicked, but it didn’t look like Albert was trying to scare him.
"Well, I have a hunch that after a while, you should be able to feel the approaching war." Albert took out his pocket watch and looked at the time: "By then, Hogwarts will no longer be safe."
"Hogwarts is not safe? This is the safest place in the UK. Dumbledore is here, and even the mysterious man dare not approach Hogwarts." Hagrid thought this was ridiculous.
"Come on, Hagrid, let's go back and see how the three of them are doing." Albert and Hagrid returned to the clearing along the same path, but the clearing over there was gone, replaced by a lush jungle.
"What's going on?" Hagrid was even more confused. "I remember that this place seemed to be an open space just now?"
“It’s a disguise spell.”
Albert took out the dragon leather gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands. He raised his hand and explored forward, feeling that he seemed to have touched something.
In Hagrid's field of vision, he saw that Albert's hand seemed to have touched something invisible, and he tapped it twice.
"It should be a protective spell to protect everything, but it's a bit obvious. Anyone who finds a transparent barrier here will find that there is something wrong here." Albert glanced at Hagrid's feet, who was sniffing around, and said, "You forgot to use the spell to repel the beast."
Hagrid opened his mouth and saw Albert raising his wand and shaking it slightly. A stun spell hit the area in front of him. The spell seemed to be slightly deflected and peeled off the skin of an unlucky tree not far away. piece.
"Safe guarding, but I feel that this spell is useless. Once hit by a large amount of magic, this spell will be easily shattered." Albert muttered.
“At least, it deflected your stun spell.”
Fred, George and Lee Jordan suddenly appeared in front of them.
“However, you are right, these protective spells are not very effective and they can be broken easily.”
“Honestly, I feel like I was deceived by the Defense Guide.”
“Yes, these spells are of no use.”
All three of them had the illusion that they had been deceived.
"You have been wrong from the beginning. You must remember that no matter how strong a safe house is, the moment it is discovered, it is no longer safe." Albert reminded: "The most important thing about these spells is to prevent You were found and used to hide you and protect you instead of confronting the intruders head-on. One of their biggest uses is to delay you for a few seconds, giving people time to apparate. And I dare say you must have forgotten to use shielding. They can easily find your location by using tracking spells or owls."
The three of them looked at each other and realized that they seemed to have misunderstood the usage of these spells.
However, they feel that not only they have misunderstood, but 80% of others have also misunderstood.
"You can find another place nearby. I'll come over and have a look later. At least ordinary wizards can't find your camp."
"Ordinary wizards?" The three of them directly excluded Albert, looked at Hagrid and asked, "Hagrid probably didn't find the location of the camp just now, right?"
As a child, on the way back to the castle, Fred said to Albert, "Can you teach us some more useful protective spells?"
“I think the magic taught by Albert is very useful, and what he said makes sense.” George knew very well that it would be difficult to learn those advanced magics at their current level.
“Is that okay?” Lee Jordan also looked at Albert expectantly.
"There is a very powerful protective spell called the Loyalty Charm. As long as this spell is used, even the mysterious person cannot get past the secret keeper and break through the spell's protection."
“Since there are such powerful protective magics, why do we still need to learn those things?” Lee Jordan asked doubtfully.
“Because it’s difficult, very difficult.”
“Can you cast the Loyalty Charm?” The three of them looked at Albert expectantly.
"Yes, but you definitely can't master it now." Albert shook his head and said, "It is an extremely complex spell, much more difficult than the Patronus Charm."
“We can learn slowly.”
Obviously none of the three people planned to give up.
"I will teach you, but not now." Albert seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "By the way, do you remember Harry's family? They once used this spell on their house, but in the end He was betrayed by his good friend Wormtail and died at the hands of a mysterious man."
The three of them were silent for a moment.
Betrayal is undoubtedly a heavy topic.
“Do you know why Wormtail betrayed?” George couldn’t help but ask, “To be honest, I can’t understand.”
“The mysterious man probably threatened Wormtail’s family to compromise.” Albert looked at the three of them and asked, “What would you do if it were you?”
The three of them were silent again, because this was a very fundamental question and they didn't know how to answer it.
"I have no idea."
"This is the weakness of the spell." Albert said calmly, "James' death can only be said to have chosen the wrong secret keeper. Anyway, I will definitely not ask you to be the secret keeper."
The three of them could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Albert knew they were not ready, so he was in no hurry.
"Besides, you can't expect those guys who can't even use the Iron Armor Curse to master such a spell." Albert changed the topic, "The things just tested are more suitable for ordinary wizards. Believe me, they are not as good as you think." It’s so unbearable, but as long as it’s used properly, it can have very good results.”
“Well, you can always convince us.”
“When will we start building the secret base?”
“I think Gryffindor’s Chamber of Secrets is pretty good, it just needs a little modification to make it usable.”
"Don't worry, things have to be done step by step." Albert reassured, "We will discuss this matter after I finish writing the wilderness survival guide. Anyway, we will have time to find our secret base before we graduate. of."
(End of this chapter)