Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 158 fell into a pit

  Albert has never seen Gryffindor students so united, maybe, everyone has been suppressed by Slytherin House for too long!

  Now, everyone is working hard to earn points for the academy. Even if they can't earn points, try not to let themselves be the reason for being deducted points.

Most Gryffindor students stop to take a second look when they pass the huge hourglass that records the House Cup scores. Even Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students would like to see Slytherin lose Academy Cup.

  The atmosphere in the castle has changed, it feels like a storm is coming.

  The tradition of Slytherin House is to win at all costs, which is why Slytherin has been able to occupy the Quidditch trophy and the House Cup for a long time.

  They won't give up easily.

The most direct change is that Snape's classroom has become more serious and depressing. This potions professor would always walk back and forth in the classroom, forcing students with weak hearts to make mistakes with his stern gaze. Everyone knows that Snape Napp was looking for a reason for the deduction.

  The way to deal with the potions professor's faults is to seriously admit your mistakes, don't talk back, and don't talk too much, so he won't be able to deduct more points from you.

  Since Gryffindor won the Quidditch trophy last time, the smell of gunpowder with Slytherin House has become stronger and stronger. Albert would not be surprised that the two sides would suddenly fight one day.

  However, for the sake of the Academy Cup, everyone refrained from conflicting with each other, and prevented Snape from finding any chance to deduct points.

  Because once there was a fight, Gryffindor College's slight advantage would be wiped out.

"They did this to Ravenclaw House," the head of the Student Union warned everyone in the Gryffindor common room, "If there is any dissatisfaction, you can save it for us to deal with after we get the house cup. "

  The conflict between the two sides was suppressed to a minimum. Everyone was gearing up in private, but they still held back for the Academy Cup. Anyone who was not a fool could smell the gunpowder between the two sides.

  However, as the final exam approached, everyone's attention was distracted, and the original smell of gunpowder faded.

  As time goes by, many people have to immerse themselves in their studies in the sultry weather, and even rush to the library when there is no class, so as not to find a place when they go late.

  However, since the end of May, Albert seldom went to the library. He hated crowding the library with everyone in the sweltering heat.

   In the hot weather, Albert misses ice cream, cold drinks and air conditioning.

   "Don't you need to review?" Hagrid greeted him.

   "I have exam tips here." Albert shook his notebook, which recorded the key points of the professors in class. He will look at it and then recall the relevant content, thanks to his extraordinary memory.

   Anyway, Albert is not worried about the exam at all.

   "Exam tips?"

   "Hagrid, do you know any magic that can make ice or cool down?" Albert put the notebook back in his pocket and asked Hagrid about the magic to cool down.

   "I don't know, what are you going to do?" Hagrid shook his head. After the incident last time, the relationship between the two parties has returned to normal.

   "Of course I want to get myself some cold drinks. The weather is too hot." Albert said as a matter of course.

   "Cold drink? Come on, go to my place. I'll treat you to a cold butterbeer. It's an early celebration since Gryffindor won the House Cup." Hagrid slapped his head with his big hand and invited Albert to drink butterbeer at his place.

   Hagrid's so-called iced butterbeer was almost the same as what Albert had guessed.

  Hagrid threw an oak cask storing butter beer into the well, and when he picked it up to drink, it actually felt pretty good. Although it wasn't very cold, it was undoubtedly a kind of enjoyment in the hot summer.

  After seeing the garlic in his vegetable garden, Hagrid suddenly asked, "I remember you seem to be growing garlic."

   "The growth is good, and it will be harvested soon."

  Albert felt a little funny when he thought of this. At the beginning, he said to make a garlic cross, but what happened?

   After a long time, the group of people in the dormitory forgot about it.

   Albert was not surprised. Children's patience has always been limited. It is good enough that they can still remember to water the garlic.

   "By the way, Hagrid, can you get me some alcohol?"

   "What do you want alcohol for?" Hagrid asked puzzled.

   "Purified Allicin."

   "What's that?" Hagrid became even more confused after hearing that.

"It's nothing, it's used to extract garlic... Allicin, you know, we're going to make a garlic-flavored amulet, so..." Albert briefly described the reason for growing garlic to Hagrid, "Well, that's the situation , and some beeswax."

   "You know, vampires hate garlic, and many black magic creatures also hate the smell of garlic, so we plan to use the guardian tree and garlic to make a garlic-flavored amulet, to see if it can have an obvious expulsion effect on dark creatures."

   Hagrid was dumbfounded after hearing this, the garlic-flavored amulet, it's thanks to you guys who came up with it.

   "This... If you want alcohol, I can ask for it for you. If you don't have it in Diagon Alley, you can go to Knockturn Alley to try your luck."

   "Knockturn Alley?" Albert asked tentatively.

"Knockturn Alley is adjacent to Diagon Alley. It's a place full of dragons and snakes. There are a lot of black magic shops..." Hagrid suddenly realized something, looked at Albert seriously, and reminded: "Don't go there. Knockturn Alley!"

   "Okay, Hagrid, I actually knew about the existence of Knockturn Alley long before I came to Hogwarts." Albert said, "The alcohol problem will trouble you."

   As he spoke, Albert was going to give Hagrid a few Galleons, but the latter didn't take it.

  Albert didn't force it when he saw that Hagrid didn't want it. Hagrid shouldn't be short of money. Although the house looked a bit dilapidated, there were indeed many valuable things in the Forbidden Forest.

   It can only be said that Hagrid is used to the current life.

  …

  After leaving Hagrid, Albert didn't intend to go back to the castle, but walked slowly down the **** to the lake, and sat under a tree to enjoy the breeze.

   Not far away, a large squid was lying in warm shallow water basking in the sun.

   "This is the summer people live." Albert felt the cool wind blowing from the lake, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that a comfortable hammock is missing."

   After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard not far away, and a figure was reflected on his face.

   Albert opened his sleepy eyes, blinked, and looked at the girl who was leaning forward and staring at him.

   "What's wrong?" he asked.

   "You are quite laid-back." Katrina looked at Albert who was sleeping under the shade of a tree, and said sarcastically, "Should I say that you really deserve to be a genius?"

   "It's okay!" Albert responded casually: "Anyway, what should be reviewed has already been reviewed, so it's useless to care about the exam questions. It's better to relax your mind and adjust your mind to deal with the next exam."

"Everyone is studying hard, and you have the face to make sarcastic remarks here?" Katrina stared at Albert's face, and suddenly said seriously, "I think if your words are heard by those people in the library When it arrives, they probably want to beat you up."

   "I practiced karate, they can't beat me."

   "I heard that you have exam secrets?" Katrina sat down beside her, feeling the cool breeze blowing from the lake, and suddenly asked.

   "Exam secrets?" Albert couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, probably because the other party overheard what he said to Hagrid just now.

   "What are you laughing at?" Katrina frowned dissatisfied.

   "You don't want to read it too, do you?" Albert took out a notebook from his pocket and shook it in front of Katrina.

"Can't you?" Katrina was indeed a little curious. She snatched the notes and flipped through the contents, but couldn't help frowning. The notes were all about the compulsory exams mentioned by the professors in class, and Yes, there are only topics.

   "How is it?" Albert asked back.

   "Is this the thing?" Katrina suddenly felt that she was being teased by the other party.

   "Otherwise, what do you think, as long as you understand the required test questions given by the professors, you will definitely get a high score." Albert said naturally.

   "I thought you wanted full marks in the exam." Katrina had lost interest in the so-called exam secrets.

"What do you do with a full score? I've never pursued that stuff specifically. It's enough to get a good one." Albert didn't care much about the full score. Anyway, the school divides the grades according to the model of excellent, good... Yes, the full score in the test is not an excellent one, since they are all excellent, why bother so much.

  Katrina suddenly felt a little angry. The guy in front of her didn't regard herself as a competitor at all.

   "What's wrong with you?" Albert felt something was wrong with the girl's aura in front of him.

   "Would you like to compete with me whose final grade is better." Katrina suggested.

   "No." Albert flatly refused.

  Although there is a task of comprehensive crushing, he still doesn't want to get entangled with the other party in this regard.

   "Why?" Katrina asked, "Are you scared?"

   "There is no reason." Albert completely ignored the other party's agitation, "I just feel more tired than this kind of thing."

   "Tired?" Katrina felt that she couldn't understand Albert's thinking at all, and he would reject herself with this reason.

   "If you want to bet..." Albert thought for a while, and after secretly changing the concept, he was about to dig a hole for the opponent, "Or, let's bet in another way!"

   "What kind of gambling?" Katrina asked immediately.

   "You need to answer riddles to enter Ravenclaw's common room, right?" Albert said with a smile, "If you can answer a hundred riddles, even if you win, I admit that you are better than me..."

   "Answer one hundred riddles correctly?" Katrina raised her voice, and she looked up and down Albert, as if wondering if the other party was deliberately amusing herself.

   "Why didn't you answer a hundred riddles correctly?"

   "Of course." Albert seduced, "If you win, I will give you a gift of about 10 Galleons as a prize."

   "Are you rich?" Katrina asked Albert suspiciously, looking at him.

   "Yes, the last time I bet on who would be the Minister of Magic, I won a hundred Galleons." Albert almost patted his chest to promise. In fact, Albert didn't mind spending some money on the Eagle Ring Riddle. The problem that Gallen could solve was not a problem at all.

  Katrina fell silent for a moment. She realized that the guy in front of her seemed to be surprisingly rich, 10 Galleons per mouth?

   "How about it, bet?" Albert asked back with a smile.

   "Your smile is fake." Katrina asked, "What if I lose?"

   "If you fail, you can continue to challenge." Albert continued, "I don't want you to do anything anyway. Of course, there is a premise that you don't come to compete with me during this period."

   "Are you really going to give the prize?" Katrina asked again.

"You can find a notary, the ghost of your academy, or I can find Nick who is almost headless." Albert added, "Of course, when you challenge the Eagle Ring, you need me to be there, you got it right One hundred riddles to win."

   "Could it be a dung bomb?" Katrina looked at Albert suspiciously.

   "Then I'll give you 10 Galleons and admit that you are stronger than me."

"Of course I'm better than you. I don't think you can answer 100 riddles." Katrina said suddenly, "If you can answer 10 riddles, you've won. I'll give you a gift, of course. I'm not as rich as you. But you can only try once, and it has to be before me."

   "Okay, I agree." Albert just agreed to this matter, but the next sentence turned into, "I give up, I guess I can't answer any of them."

   "No." Katrina said seriously, "You have to try, I don't believe you can't answer any of them."

   "Okay, okay." Albert said perfunctorily.

   "We're going to find Ms. Gray now." Katrina took Albert to the west side of Hogwarts Castle, and found Ms. Gray at the end of a corridor.

  Katrina briefly explained the situation to the lady and asked her to be the notary of the bet.

  Ms Gray agreed, no doubt an interesting thing in her opinion.

  Even Ravenclaw students rarely get 100 riddles right in a row. As for non-Ravenclaw students, it is even more difficult to answer 10 riddles in a row.

   "Are you going to start now?" Ms. Gray asked.

"No, I think Miss McDougal should be given more time to prepare. You can wait until the exam is over or next semester." Albert is not in a hurry, he needs Katrina to provide him with questions and answers, and he must let the other party fully Just be prepared. Otherwise, it would be meaningless for Miss McDougal to have a few big questions.

   As for the outcome?

   Albert didn't care at all.

  At this moment, he suddenly wanted to praise his wit.

   Yes, this method is really good.

   Simple, easy, and convenient to solve the eagle ring problem.

  Katrina didn't want Albert to think about it at all, and walked away happily. She was going to defeat Albert in this jam and win 10 Galleons.

  However, before that, you still need to practice hard, Katrina absolutely does not allow failure.

  (end of this chapter)