Chapter 917 Reasoning
Albert flipped through the notes in his hand carelessly, listening to the howling snowstorm outside. He raised his head and looked out the dark window, then glanced at the pocket watch next to him. It was already seven in the morning, but it was still four in the morning outside. It felt like five o'clock, and the snowstorm had been blowing all night.
Tom heard the sound of turning a book, opened his eyes and looked at the only light source in the room. He stuck his head out of the warm cat's nest, opened his mouth and yawned, then retracted it again.
It’s really cold outside.
This is the true portrayal of most students. They just hide in the warm quilt and don’t want to get up. Fred, George and Lee Jordan are ready-made cases.
The heater in the dormitory can't dispel the cold feeling around. Now is the coldest period of the entire Scottish winter.
Albert looked at the messy notes he had revised and sighed softly, which contained his own plans for the future: building a safe house, forming a force to resist Voldemort, taking advantage of the opportunity to gain reputation and mission rewards, and even To gradually eliminate Voldemort. And Potter's backup plan if he died in the confrontation with Voldemort. There is also a plan to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic and install his own people. Although Albert doesn't like politics, he still has to have his own help in the Ministry of Magic. In fact, he has already done it. Fred, George and Lee Jordan are all part of the plan to establish a profitable comprehensive company. When the time comes, he will also bring Sirius and Lupine in, and arrangements have been made for subsequent beauty products. Then there are the marriage arrangements and life plans.
Well, the last one is complete nonsense. Albert has not planned his life well at all, or in fact, he has already done so.
This notebook was started by Albert the year he came to Hogwarts. It has been for several years. He would often pick it up and look at it, and occasionally tinker with it to improve it, but sometimes something would appear. Some things were unexpected, but overall it was pretty smooth.
After completing the final backup plan for escaping to England by ship, Albert put the notebook back into the alchemy box given to him by Nico Flamel, stretched out lazily, and rubbed Tom with a smile. With his head in the fat cat's confused eyes, he lay back on the bed and continued to sleep.
Sure enough, in this kind of winter, you should still sleep comfortably with your girlfriend in your arms.
Not long after the warmth hit, Albert closed his eyes and fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes again, he found that Fred, George and Lee Jordan were all up.
The three of them were getting together, chattering and wondering what they were discussing. What this group of bad-tempered guys were talking about was definitely not good.
“What are you talking about?” Albert asked, covering his yawn.
“Have you forgotten?” Fred said excitedly, “Today we are going to Hogsmeade.”
“I haven’t forgotten.”
"We hope you can take us..." The three of them looked at each other, and finally George said, "Use Apparition to take us there."
"Are you really not afraid of accidents? I have never appeared with anyone accompanying me." Albert looked at the three of them speechlessly, and kindly reminded: "If something goes wrong, we will definitely be magically I will fine you a large sum of galleons."
“We have confidence in you.” Fred reached out and patted Albert on the shoulder. "You have to learn it sooner or later anyway. We plan to experience the feeling of Apparition in advance."
"Okay, don't blame me if you run into trouble." Albert covered his yawn and glanced at his skill panel. Apparition was already at level three. He thought about it, then put another skill point into it, and turned Phantom into it. Apparition has been upgraded to level four.
A few people went downstairs to have breakfast, and after asking Filch to sign autographs in the foyer, they walked slowly towards the castle gate.
“When will we go for a walk under the Black Lake?” Fred asked, looking at the still frozen Black Lake.
"Are you crazy? Are you really afraid of freezing to death in the lake if you go swimming at this time?" Lee Jordan looked at Fred as if he were a madman.
"It shouldn't freeze to death." George raised his finger and pointed at the black lake and said, "Look over there..."
The three of them looked in the direction of George's finger, and saw Viktor Krum appearing on the deck wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, nimbly climbing to the side of the ship, stretching out his arms, and plopped into the black lake.
“Is he crazy?” Lee Jordan’s eyes widened in shock.
"That's not the point. The point is that Krum seems to have revealed the secret of the golden egg." George frowned and said, "I thought that without Karkaroff, Krum would not be able to figure out the secret of the golden egg." It’s a secret.”
"I told him the secret of the golden egg." Albert said calmly, "However, it does take courage to jump directly to him like this, at least I can't do it."
"What?"
The three of them all looked at Albert in astonishment, really unable to understand why Albert told Krum the secret of the golden egg.
“If he didn’t tell him, he would probably be in danger or even die in the Black Lake. Although Klum seems to be very good at swimming, it is impossible to successfully complete the second project without any preparation.”
"He died in the Black Lake, and it doesn't matter what happened to you!" Lee Jordan muttered: "Besides, I don't think he will die. At most, the second project will fail."
“I will win anyway, so I should have this magnanimity.” Albert really didn’t care.
The three of them were speechless. After looking at each other, they smiled and put their arms around Albert's neck and said, "As expected of you, you are probably the only one who can say such a thing."
While the three of them were laughing and playing, Harry, Hermione and Ron walked towards this side.
Harry and Ron looked at Albert with complicated expressions. They had obviously heard what Albert had just said. They really couldn't understand how confident Albert must be to do such a stupid thing. On the contrary, Hermione admired Albert very much, most people really didn't have this courage.
“I really don’t understand why Albert does this.” Ron whispered to Harry and Hermione after moving away from Albert.
"Perhaps, he never regarded us as opponents from the beginning!" Although Harry hated feeling like that, he felt that this was probably the truth.
"Albert is different from you." Hermione suddenly froze in place when she turned to look back.
Harry stopped, looked at Hermione who was standing there blankly, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong Hermione?"
Hermione looked at the empty snow field in surprise. Albert and his friends disappeared without warning.
“Maybe they used magic to hide themselves.”
Ron seemed to recall some unpleasant memories and gritted his teeth and said, "Fred and George are both good at using the Disguise Charm. I asked them to teach me before, but those two **** thought I was too stupid to learn it." .”
“Perhaps, they didn’t like the trouble of walking, so they just flew away on broomsticks.” Harry said without thinking, “Isn’t this very similar to what Anderson would do?”
In a remote patch of snow near Hogsmeade village, four figures appeared out of thin air with a crackling sound.
“Ugh!”
The three of them squatted down and retched, obviously the aftereffects of using Apparition for the first time.
"Are you okay?" Albert looked at the three unlucky guys with concern and explained to them: "This feeling requires getting used to slowly, even at the beginning, but overall it is more comfortable than using a door key."
“Ugh, I hate this feeling, like being squeezed out of a rubber tube.” After a period of retching, George took a big breath of cold air, reached into his pocket and took out a handkerchief to wipe away his tears and nose.
Lee Jordan took a long time to recover and muttered, "Apparating is so scary."
"More comfortable than a portkey." Albert didn't like traveling with a portkey, it felt really bad.
“You’re right, but it’s still very uncomfortable.”
"So, I have always felt that wizards are really magical creatures that can adapt to this feeling." Albert looked at the village of Hogsmeade not far away and asked: "Let's go, where do you plan to go first?"
“You’re not going to go on a date?” The three of them looked at Albert in surprise.
"Sirius came to see me for something. We made an appointment to meet at the Three Broomsticks. It's still early." Albert took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and said, "He seems to want to publish big news in the "Defense Guide" and plans to find someone. I’ll discuss this.”
“What’s the big news?” Lee Jordan is very interested in gossip.
"About how Peter Pettigrew escaped from Azkaban." Albert actually had no intention of objecting to Sirius publishing this matter, but Lupine felt that there were some matters that needed to be discussed with him, in order to prove that they still I value Albert's opinion very much.
“How to escape?” Lee Jordan asked curiously.
"Fudge took money from Mrs. Peter and asked her to go to Azkaban to visit Peter Pettigrew, which caused Mrs. Peter to use the compound potion to help her son Peter escape from Azkaban." Albert said in an understatement. This shocking news.
"Sirius also believes that the Minister of Magic has connections with Death Eaters, and even has some private transactions." Albert continued.
“This is really big news.” Fred muttered.
“Is the Minister of Magic really connected with the Death Eaters?” Lee Jordan couldn’t help but ask. He felt that this kind of thing was fake. Lee Jordan knew something about Death Eaters, even if he didn't know much about them.
"Fudge has a very good relationship with Malfoy, and Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater. You say they have no contact? Do you really think Fudge doesn't know that Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater? No, he knows, But as long as Malfoy is not caught, he can pretend not to know. Moreover, Peter was accidentally let go by Fudge. Whether this incident was an accident or not is hard to say." George sneered. He disliked Fudge very much. He His father, Arthur, had been working at the Ministry of Magic for many years, but his inability to get a promotion or raise was due to Fudge. It was precisely because Arthur liked Muggles that he was considered to lack the dignity that a wizard should have.
“You can’t talk about this kind of thing, at least you can’t report it randomly, otherwise there will definitely be problems.” Li Jordan frowned and reminded.
“No, actually this is a fact.” Albert glanced at Lee Jordan and continued, “So, I actually don’t intend to stop Sirius from doing this.”
"I don't think this is a good idea. The Defense Guide will probably be criticized by the Ministry of Magic and banned from publication." Lee Jordan didn't think Albert really didn't know these things.
"Just seal it. Anyway, the "Defense Guide" probably won't be published smoothly this year." Albert didn't mind this at all.
Well, in fact, Sirius dared to mention this matter so boldly, more because Albert had hinted to Sirius that this year's "Defense Guide" might encounter some troubles and might not be able to be published smoothly.
Sirius believed this and was ready to expose the matter.
"Tell me, can we ask Sirius to report Bagman's case so that the reputation of Ludo Bagman, Director of the Department of Magical Sports and Sports, can be discredited." Fred's stomach began to feel bad, hoping to see Bagman Germann was unlucky again.
"You can write anonymously to Rita Skeeter. That woman is better at reporting this kind of news. I think she will be happy to report it." Albert suggested.
“Honestly, we hate that woman.”
Fred, George and Lee Jordan didn't want to deal with Rita Skeeter. "That woman is very good at twisting the truth. God knows how she will report this after we report it anonymously."
"How did you get Rita Skeeter to shut up?" George asked Albert curiously.
"Use this..." Albert raised his wand and said: "In the final analysis, Rita Skeeter is a bully. When dealing with someone like her, you can't reason with her, but talk to her about fists. , as long as your fist is strong enough, she will be willing to take the initiative to reason with you, and then as long as you use a little coercion and inducement, the other party will not dare to cause trouble."
"I like your approach. Since reasoning doesn't make sense, just use fists, and the other party will be willing to reason with you." All three of them felt that what Albert said was too reasonable.
"Rita Skeeter has a certain level of control in her heart. She knows who can be messed with and who can't be messed with. This is why the woman can report the news that offends people so wantonly because others can't take advantage of her from the legal perspective of the Ministry of Magic. There is no way." Albert sneered, "So as long as she understands that I can't be provoked, and she may die violently one day if she is provoked, Rita Skeeter will not dare to report my news at will. At least, after my death Before, she wouldn't have dared to do that, and she would obviously die sooner than I would."
“You really shouldn’t use normal methods to deal with that kind of person.”
Three of them all felt that what Albert said was very reasonable and useful. At least so far, Rita Skeeter did not dare to continue reporting Albert’s news randomly.
After some discussion, the four decided to tell Rita Skeeter about Ludo Bagman's huge debt, and use the other party's help to discredit Ludo Bagman.
(End of this chapter)