Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 114 Albert's little trick

  The three quickly transferred through the secret passage, and it took a while to reach the eighth floor.

  After listening to Albert's narration, Fred gasped slightly and felt incredible, "So, Professor Broad didn't help Filch catch you."

   "Albert is an excellent student in the eyes of the professors." George teased, and then opened his mouth wide in surprise, because a door actually appeared on the wall opposite the tapestry where the troll beat Barnabas stupidly.

   "Sure enough..." Albert whispered softly.

   "So what?" Fred asked curiously.

   "It's nothing, let's go in!" Albert pushed open the door and walked into the Room of Response first.

"I didn't expect it to be true." Fred and George looked at each other, and walked in behind Albert. Their mouths were all big, and what caught their eyes was a beautifully arranged place that had never been seen before. room with...

  The faces of the two of them froze with excitement, and they stared in astonishment at the various exquisite and luxurious potties in front of them.

   Albert looked at the astonished expression on the faces of the Weasley brothers, blinked mischievously and said: "How about it, are you surprised?"

   "Could it be that you discovered it by accident when you came here with a very full bladder?" Fred couldn't help asking.

   "How is it possible, am I that stupid?" Albert couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

   "Is this really the broom cabinet we discovered earlier?" George looked curiously at the luxurious potty here, and suddenly realized an idea, and asked, "So, are you in a hurry?"

  The three of them couldn't help laughing, and each picked a style they liked.

   "However, it feels a bit strange that we really have to hide here." Fred scratched his head and said. After all, no one likes hiding in a pile of potties.

   "It's nothing, just go out and change to another room." Albert said casually.

   "This place is not within the range of the Marauder's Map. Maybe Prongs, Moon Face, Wormtail, and Padfoot haven't discovered the secret here." George looked at the Marauder's Map in his hand and said.

   "Prongs, Moon Face, Wormtail, Padfoot?" Albert asked pretending to be puzzled.

   "The maker of the Marauder's Map," Fred explained.

   "Oh, they." Albert nodded, "Maybe they didn't find out, after all, few people know the secret of the Room of Requirement."

   "No problem, Filch is still on the fifth floor." George said after checking the Marauder's Map.

  After the three left the Room of Requirement, Fred asked, "Where do you want to change?"

   "A place to rest." Albert suggested.

   "I'm here this time."

"I also want."

  The twins put their hands on each other's shoulders, and after another try, the door opened, and this time, they emerged in a cozy room with a roaring fire.

   "Great." Fred patted the armchair, "By the way, you haven't said exactly how you found this place."

   "I want to know too." George agreed.

"This is the result of my analysis from you. Did you pass by here many times at that time? Did you still want to find a hiding place?" Speaking up, what he said was true.

   "That's right."

   "So, I took the time to try, passed by here many times, and then wanted a place to hide." Albert explained.

   "The result?" George asked.

   "Of course it failed. I tried many times before I finally opened this door, and after categorizing it, I figured out the correct way to open it." Albert began to exaggerate the difficulty of finding it here. In fact, he succeeded on his first attempt.

"Later, I tested to turn this room into another room. After trying many times, I found out the correct way to use it." Albert blinked and said, "So, later I called this room the Room of Response. Because of this The room will be changed into various rooms according to your needs, and it will be responsive to your needs, isn’t it very appropriate.”

   "So, you found this place through these clues?"

   "That's right, I found this place through the clues you provided. Am I very good?" Albert nodded and said, "Praise me if you want!"

   "You..." The twins swallowed back the words they were about to say, but they still admired each other very much. They didn't expect Albert to find this kind of place just relying on this clue.

   "When we make garlic crosses, we can do it here." George suddenly said, in this way, we don't need to worry about making the dormitory full of garlic smell.

   "Haven't you given up yet?" Albert thought they had forgotten about it, but he didn't expect to bring it up again at this time.

   "Why give up, we already have enough garlic." Fred nodded, "This is the first alchemy item we made."

  Albert could not help but wipe the cold sweat off his forehead. He didn't know if he was going to tell them that it was actually not an alchemy item.

  But...he was really embarrassed to open his mouth, shattering the bad dreams of the teenagers.

   After all, the two of them will be the men who will become the king of jokes in the future.

  The three rested in the Room of Requirement for a long time, waiting for Filch and Professor Broad to give up hunting them. Compared to Filch, who was searching for them, the twins were sitting by the fireplace, fighting Albert.

  There were two wizard chess games in front of their table, and Albert easily dealt with the two with a 1v2.

   "Fred, work harder, you still have a chance to turn defeat into victory." George encouraged loudly.

   "How do you say more. In other words, you actually lost earlier than me." Fred couldn't help rolling his eyes when he looked at the brother sitting next to him who was making sarcastic remarks. He knew that he was about to lose.

   "Ahem." George coughed dryly, and quickly changed the subject, "Filch seems to have gone back to rest, let's go to the library."

   "That's a good idea, let's go." Fred stood up immediately, ready to abandon the game.

   "Uh, okay." Albert didn't pierce the opponent's mind, but just moved the queen to checkmate Fred's king.

   "You lost too." George patted Fred on the shoulder gloatingly and said, "You are much better than our ineffective brother."

   "Brother?" Albert asked puzzled, "The unlucky guy whose tongue was burned through the candy."

   "Ahem, it was just an accident." George coughed dryly, and quickly walked out of the Room of Requirement.

  The three of them walked towards the school library.

  The library of Hogwarts will be closed at eight o'clock in the evening. To the surprise of the three, the door of the library is not locked.

   Albert opened the door and walked in first. The hall was dark and eerie.

  Albert raised his wand, looked around with the light of the wand, and then walked towards the restricted area behind the library.

   After stepping over the rope that isolated the restricted area, the surrounding atmosphere became even more gloomy.

  Albert raised his wand and read the name of the title with the help of pale light.

"Help me find the "Book of Spells". And don't open those books casually, and don't take them off the shelf. No one knows whether these books have been cursed." Albert warned: "Remember Hold on, don't open the book, it might cause us a lot of trouble."

   "Understood." The twins looked at each other, but nodded.

   Finding the books you need in the sea of ​​books is undoubtedly a waste of time. Albert spent a long time, but he couldn't find what he needed.

  The books in the restricted area all look very worn out, and Albert is a little skeptical that there are a lot of lonely copies stored here.

   "Albert!" Fred's voice was very low, "I heard faint whispers coming from some books over there."

   "Whispering?" Albert frowned. Hearing what the twins said, those who didn't know thought that Voldemort's Horcrux was hidden in the restricted area.

  The three of them leaned over together, pointing their wands at the peeling and faded gilt letters, they all felt the hairs on the back of their necks stand on end, and they could all hear the whispers coming from the books.

   "This is a restricted area. It's not surprising that there is such a book. Don't open it." Albert warned, "It must be a recorder's book on black magic."

   "Do you think there are powerful black magic records in it?" The twins looked at the book with a bit of awe.

   "Maybe, I don't know." Albert warned. "But I'm sure, if you open it now at this time, you will definitely be unlucky."

   "You're right." Fred gave up the idea of ​​dying, worried that there would be some bad black magic in the book, after all, some bad things would happen after reading some books.

   "Toadstool Tales" and "Wizard's Sonnets" are the best examples. The former will make people sick and vomit, and the latter will make people only speak in doggerel for a lifetime.

   "Help me find the "Book of Spells", the spells in it are more suitable for us to study now." Albert reminded again.

  Fred and George both nodded and agreed to help. They also want to learn some curses, and the powerful curses in "Book of Spells" are obviously suitable for them to practice.

   "It will be more efficient to search separately. As long as you don't touch the books casually, you will be fine." Albert reminded, and continued to look for the books he needed.

   There are a lot of books stored in the restricted book area. When Albert passed by an area, he vaguely heard someone communicating in a low voice.

  Albert immediately held his breath and listened attentively. He could vaguely hear the sound coming from a bookshelf next to him, but it wasn't the books on the shelves in front of him, but somewhere else.

  There seems to be something here, but it is hidden by magic.

   "It's weird..." Albert muttered, he didn't try to uncover the secret, but continued to look for the books he needed, and that was the purpose of coming here.

   It took about an hour or even longer. The three of them basically walked around the restricted area before finally finding the books they needed.

   "I knew that the books here are not so easy to take away." Fred pointed to the chains on the books and said, "What should I do? The Alahoo hole won't work, these chains must be enchanted."

   "Aren't you planning to forcefully break the chain?" Neither George nor Fred wanted Albert to do that, and he was worried that doing so might lead to bad consequences.

   "Of course I wouldn't do that kind of stupid thing. I expected it to have an anti-alahoo hole spell on it." Albert took out a knife from his pocket.

   This knife is an item he bought at Christmas. What Albert wanted was not this knife, but some universal accessories on the knife. Among them, there is a tool used to unlock the lock. He had already practiced at home, and it wasn't too difficult to open such an old lock.

   "What are you going to do." Neither of them understood why Albert suddenly took out a knife.

   "Using Muggle tricks."

   "A Muggle trick?" Both of them were curious about what Albert was going to do.

   "All of you keep your eyes open and watch carefully." Albert began to fiddle with the lock on the book.

   After a while, there was only a light click, and the lock on the book was opened at once.

   "How on earth did you do it." The twins looked at Albert in surprise.

"As I said, this is the lockpicking trick of Muggles." Albert shook the knife in his hand and said: "Most wizards will ignore some tricks of Muggles, although it is not as good as the lockpicking spell, and the speed is also slow." A little bit, but they tend to ignore it, so I have a loophole to exploit."

  Although Hogwarts casts spells on these locks, even if the chains are forcibly broken, it may trigger an alarm, but he believes that using a key to open the lock will never have any side effects, because this is the correct way to open it.

  Although Albert doesn't have a key, there is obviously no problem using Muggle lockpicking tricks.

   "Next time you have a chance, you must teach us this technique." The twins' eyes sparkled, and he felt that the way Albert used was very useful.

  Most wizards always despise Muggles because they don't know magic. This gives Albert a loophole to exploit. Even Hogwarts obviously ignores this point.

   "This lockpicking technique is easy to learn. I will teach you if there is a chance." Albert said casually. Whether the twins could learn it, he didn't know.

  By the time they left the library, it was already four o'clock in the morning, and the three of them held tonight's spoils in their hands, the original "Book of Spells", "Book of Potions" and "Power Potion".

   After repeatedly confirming that no one was there, the three quietly left the crime scene and returned to the Gryffindor common room, avoiding a ghost wizard with a cane on the way.

  Back to the dormitory, Lee Jordan had already woken up, looking dissatisfied at the three who had just returned from a night tour.

   "You should have woken me up," Lee Jordan complained.

   "Who made you sleep like a pig." Fred held up today's booty to show off to Lee Jordan, "We got it from the library."

   "Let me see what books are available." Lee Jordan asked curiously.

"Look for yourself, don't break it, let's sleep for a while." Fred suppressed a yawn, began to take off his clothes, and prepared to go back to sleep. He had never slept like Albert before. , After the excitement of the night tour, I really want to sleep now.

"Good night."

"Good night"

   "Three bastards." Looking at the three of them lying back on the bed again, Lee Jordan cursed in a low voice, and turned his attention back to the three brick books they brought back.

  (end of this chapter)