Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 173 Making Cards

  The first day of school at Hogwarts met with a weekend. For most students, it was really a pleasant thing.

  In the morning, Albert opened his eyes and got up from the bed. It was still raining heavily outside the window. He suppressed a yawn and looked up at his roommates, who were still lying on the bed and didn't want to get up.

  Every time it rains, I always don't want to get up.

   Albert put on his clothes and was about to go to the auditorium for dinner. Before leaving, he took out two brick-thick books from his suitcase.

   These two books were borrowed by Albert from the library before the summer vacation, and they naturally need to be returned after school starts. By the way, Albert has already read 17 of the task of reading a hundred books.

  While passing the common room, Albert saw a scene that surprised him.

  The armchairs in the common room were already occupied, and quite a few Gryffindor students were... actually trying to do their homework.

   Is this the sun rising in the west?

   No, it’s still raining outside now.

   "Good morning." Shanna came down from another staircase and greeted Albert who was also standing at the top of the stairs. Looking at the people in the common room, he asked very surprised: "Everyone is doing... summer homework?"

   "Well, hurry up and copy the summer homework." Albert responded and walked towards the entrance of the common room.

  Sanna glanced at the students in the common room, and left behind Albert.

   Along the way, the two were talking about the copying spell.

"Items copied using the copying spell usually have no added value." After Albert guided the lost new students, he said to Shanna: "If you use the copying spell to copy a silver spoon, the copy itself only has the spoon. use, without the effect of the precious metal silver."

  Sanna nodded to express her understanding.

   Before arriving at the auditorium, they met Charlie and Wood in the foyer, and the two were talking about the selection of Quidditch.

   As we all know, Wood will be the successor of the next Gryffindor Quidditch captain.

  No way, after Charlie graduated, Wood was the oldest in the entire team, and he stayed in the team for the longest time.

   Albert stepped forward to greet the two, and then prepared to enter the auditorium for dinner.

   "Albert." Charlie suddenly called Albert.

   "What's the matter?" Albert's heart skipped a beat, and he turned around and asked.

   "There will be Quidditch trials next Wednesday, so don't be late." Charlie reminded.

   "Wednesday? I'm not sure when Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Club will start." Albert hesitated, and said, "Why don't you give me a backup player position."

   "Don't make excuses." Charlie narrowed his eyes and said, "Order the broomstick early, your position is the Seeker."

  Albert froze for a moment, then asked suspiciously, "What about you?"

   "I can take the position of the Chaser." Charlie's tone was very flat, "So, don't make excuses for yourself, I allow you to not come to Quidditch training occasionally."

   "This is not good." Albert twitched the corner of his mouth.

   "It's nothing bad. The Seeker doesn't really need to cooperate with others. You just need to catch the Snitch for us." Charlie waved his hand impatiently, indicating that Albert could leave.

  After Albert and Shanna entered the auditorium, Wood looked at Charlie and asked, "Is this really good?"

   "It's not like you don't know the Quidditch level of those people in Gryffindor." Charlie curled his lips in disdain and said, "Besides, it's not that I didn't give them a chance. Who can blame me if I can't do it myself."

After finishing speaking, Charlie patted Wood on the shoulder again, and continued: "You have to know that both the Chaser and the Batter are easier to find, but the Seeker is not, so I want to leave you one." A great Seeker, otherwise when you take over the Gryffindor team next year, you will be unlucky if you don’t have a qualified Seeker, and you will definitely lose in a mess.”

   "Albert is fully qualified as a Seeker, and you have seen his last game."

   "I'm just worried..." Wood hesitated, but still didn't speak.

"There is nothing to worry about. George and Fred are good friends of Albert. Angelina has a good relationship with Albert. Everyone else knows him. It doesn't matter if he doesn't come occasionally." Charlie said meaningfully "The job of the Seeker is to find the Snitch," he reminded cautiously.

   Albert didn't know about the conversation between Charlie and Wood, let alone that the original Quidditch players had already been pre-determined.

  He is teaching Shanna how to use the copy spell.

  It is basically impossible to succeed on the first try. So Shanna, who practiced using a spoon, failed as expected.

  While the two were chatting about the precautions for the copying spell, Albert was attracted by a white owl.

  In this torrential rain, Xuela still delivered the letter as scheduled.

   "Thank you!" Albert took out the owl nut from his pocket and placed it in front of Shera.

   "What's in the letter?" Shanna asked curiously. When the letter fell on the table, there was a crisp metallic sound.

   "A piece of gold." Albert said without thinking. He didn't intend to open the letter in the auditorium, but stuffed the envelope back in his pocket.

  As for what to do with the gold card, Albert had already thought about it and planned to hide it in the Room of Requirement.

  Well, right next to Ravenclaw's diadem.

   Next time, when Albert gives the diadem to Dumbledore, he will have an excuse to prevaricate Dumbledore: I will hide the gold card nearby, which is what I found at that time.

   "A piece of gold?" Shanna repeated, looking at Albert suspiciously. When this guy spoke, it was true and false, making it impossible to tell whether what he said was true or false.

   "I was just joking. It's actually a membership card made of metal." Albert said jokingly, without giving Shanna time to continue asking questions.

   After breakfast, Albert greeted Shanna, then got up and left. As for Sheila, after eating the nuts, she flew back to the owl shed to catch up on sleep.

   "Gold, membership card? What are these strange things?" Shanna shook her head as she watched Albert leave.

  It is really difficult for ordinary people to associate gold with membership cards.

   Well, it's hard to connect the two without actually meeting people.

  Albert hurried to the eighth floor, sneaked into the Room of Response when no one was there, and put the envelope containing the gold card near Ravenclaw's diadem.

   Whether Hutok will get back his gold card through other means, Albert is really not sure, maybe he will ask Dumbledore for help.

  Keep the gold card on your body, it is easy to be taken back by the other party, so hiding it is the best choice.

   As for, will the other party go to apply for another membership card?

  Of course it is possible, but the replacement will not be a gold card, let alone the effect of a gold card.

  No way, the gold card is unique, and the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists will not reissue it. After all, I have never heard the saying that after others lose their trophies and medals, they need the organizer to make up for you.

   Unless Hetok gives up on his own, if he wants to get the gold card back, he has to solve the trouble he caused.

   It is unlikely that Hutok will give up the gold card.

  Albert was thinking about this while walking, and when he recovered, he was already standing in front of the fat lady's portrait.

   Answered the password, walked through the passage, and returned to the dormitory. Lee Jordan had already gotten up and was checking his summer homework.

  He had just arrived in the common room and was horrified by the sight there.

   "How is it?" Albert asked sitting on the edge of the bed.

   "I didn't miss the holiday homework." Li Qiaodan made an ok gesture and asked, "When will we start making wizard cards?"

   "The plan is to make cards for Hogwarts students and professors first." Albert took out his notes, flipped through a few pages and said, "It is collectively called the Hogwarts card set."

   "I thought you'd be grouping by house."

"In the beginning, of course, they will be separated, which is more conducive to promotion." Albert took out a piece of parchment, briefly drew the general structure of the card, and continued, "However, these cards will belong to Hogwarts For the card group, we need to divide the camps, and each camp needs to have its own gameplay, so as to increase the fun of the game.”

   "It makes sense." Fred said.

   "Don't sleep anymore?"

   "No." Fred suppressed a yawn and began to get up and get dressed.

   "What is this for?" George asked, pointing to a large space on the parchment.

   "Put the portrait." Albert picked up the wand, cut out the picture on the parchment, and after using the copy spell to copy several copies, he picked up the quill and started making cards: Fred Weasley. Attack 1, HP 1. Need to consume 1 action point. Effect, when there is no George on the scene, you can immediately summon George from the card to play, and when the Weasley twins play at the same time, both attack power +1. "

   "Our attack power is only 1 point?" Fred and George couldn't help protesting.

   "I think your card works well." Lee Jordan pointed to his own card.

   "Lee Jordan. Attack 1, blood volume 1. It needs to consume 1 action point. Effect, as one of the four founders of the wizard card, you can draw a card for free."

   "Where's your card?" The three looked at Albert curiously.

   "My card." Albert picked up a blank parchment and filled in his information.

   "Albert Anderson. Attack 3, blood volume 2. It needs to consume 2 action points. Effect, after this card enters the field, you will receive an Iron Armor Curse and a Disarming Curse from the deck."

   "Why is your card better than ours?" All three couldn't help protesting.

"Because I'm stronger than you guys, and I do know how to use these two spells." Albert comforted, "These cards are not fixed. In the future, we can apply changing spells to the cards to solve the card update problem." .”

   "Hurry up, I can't wait to play a game." Lee Jordan urged.

   "Add Charlie and Percy too. By the way, don't forget the Gryffindor Quidditch players." Fred continued, "And the school's professors too."

   "By the way, how many cards are needed to form a deck?" George asked.

   "Thirty cards for the time being." Albert thought for a while and replied, "There can be no more than three duplicate cards in the deck."

  (end of this chapter)