Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 350 The book has its own gold

"It's true that there aren't many candidates." Mr. Broad was not angry, but said with a smile, "However, didn't two suitable talents come out this time? Of course, Katrina's talent is actually quite weak." It’s okay, but I don’t know what kind of personality it is.”

   "Tell me about the benefits of inheriting this surname!"

"Benefits?" Mr. Broad stroked his beard, "The biggest advantage is that you will have the opportunity to read the knowledge left over from the Wild Smith family for hundreds of years. Every heir is a genius and will leave his own best thing."

  At this moment, Albert finally understood why Isobel said in the letter that he should agree, which was really attractive to him.

"Of course, you will get a sum of money, a house of your own, oh, you have already seen the house, yes, it is here." When Mr. Broad talked about the latter, he was very casual, Seems like something inconsequential.

   "These are actually not important, because those who can be selected will not lack these things. We just push you a step behind to make you go faster and smoother, that's all."

   "If I agree, what will I have to pay?" Albert asked, "I don't think there is a free lunch in the world."

   “With some responsibility, it’s actually quite light.”

  Mr. Broad smiled happily. He knew that he had successfully persuaded Albert, and almost no one would refuse such a proposal.

"First point, you need to keep this a secret, and you can't tell anyone, not even your relatives." Mr. Brod raised his second finger and said, "Second point, choose the right person , that is, the heir you mentioned, and when cultivating the next generation, you must work hard and not be selfish. The last point is to leave your knowledge before you die."

   "It's gone?" Albert's face was full of astonishment, as if it was really blood money!

"No, that's it, the responsibility is very easy." Mr. Broad nodded: "Most of them are actually benefits, because most of the selected people are very smart, and they usually don't refuse, and you probably do too. You know why you won't refuse it, because there is no harm at all, and you can get a lot of benefits for nothing."

   "May I ask, why did you agree?" Albert hesitated for a moment before asking.

   "Why? Don't you find the accumulation of knowledge over hundreds of years fascinating?" Mr. Broad blinked and said, "A large part of knowledge has even been lost."

"Well, when will I see those things?" Albert agreed. Mr. Brod's words are indeed very attractive. The knowledge left by countless geniuses is the field they are best at. It is simply a golden mountain for Albert.

  Others may only be able to select and absorb part of the knowledge, but Albert is ready to turn all that knowledge into his own nutrition.

"Originally, you had to enter Wild Smith's castle to have the opportunity to read those books, but after discussing with several other people, I allowed you to read the books there, but Wild Smith Castle needs to wait for you to truly inherit this book when you become an adult. Surnames are allowed in," Mr Broad said.

   "The castle hasn't been discovered yet?" Albert asked in surprise, "You guys are hiding it very well. Is it the Loyalty Curse?"

   "Why do you say that?" Mr. Broad asked in surprise.

"You said that only wizards who inherit the surname of Wild Smith are allowed to enter there, and others will never be able to find that place." Albert said his guess, "If it was me, I would use the red-hearted charm, red-hearted The characteristic of the curse is that when the Secret Keeper dies, other insiders will automatically become Secret Keepers. There are only a few members of the Wild Smith family, and few people know your identities, so naturally others will never be found. "

   "Wonderful." Mr. Brod couldn't help applauding, and admitted directly, "It is indeed the Charm of Loyalty."

"I have a question."

   "Tell me." Mr. Broad seemed to be listening attentively.

   "Wildsmith's founder is Ignatia Wildsmith, the inventor of Floo powder?" Albert asked his own doubts.

"You have already discovered it." Mr. Broad was not surprised by this, "The surname Wild Smith actually comes from Ignatia Wild Smith's father: Will De Smith. "

"Sure enough, I've seen this name in Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets." Albert connected many things, "By the way, what about the descendants of Ignatia Wildsmith? "

"We are his descendants." Professor Broad said flatly: "Every selected person has a blood connection with this surname, and the selected person not only needs blood, but also needs enough blood. There should be no problems with intelligence and character.”

   "I thought the Smith family was her direct descendants." Albert couldn't help laughing at himself.

"The inheritance of blood is very unreliable. You should have realized that the descendants of the four giants of Hogwarts have all disappeared in the long river of time. Many ancient families are weakening, only we are still very strong." Speaking of this matter, Mr. Broad could not conceal his pride in his tone. "Every Wild Smith is a genius, and only geniuses are qualified to inherit the surname Wild Smith."

   "Why is Mr. Rowena disqualified?"

   "Because we voted, we all thought he was inappropriate." Mr. Broad said a cruel fact.

   "Mr. Gerber Smith, too?"

   "As I said, we never show any partiality when selecting candidates." Mr. Broad shook his head.

   "It seems that my luck is good!" Albert laughed at himself.

   "No, because you are really suitable." Mr. Broad said, "This is what we decided together, so there can be no mistake."

   "I'm curious why Rowena Smith failed?" Albert recalled Rowena's appearance at the time, frowning and said, "I think half of what he became like that was caused by you."

"This matter was originally a secret." Mr. Broad shook his head and said: "Even if we get clues from some records, it is actually useless. We will spare no effort to train those talented people. However, this does not mean that they Just right."

"Rowena's talent is actually not bad, but his personality is too bad, especially for doing such things." Mr. Brod said this matter with a little indifference, "Actually, you should also realize that we It is not urgent to inherit that surname, it is dispensable to us, because we are all talented enough, even without its brilliance and help, we can go very far."

   "Where's Isobel's father?" Albert asked back.

"Blair, the talent is not as good as Rowena, and... it was directly considered inappropriate by everyone a long time ago." Professor Broad recalled: "Under normal circumstances, we will establish a friendly relationship with them, like We used to have a good relationship."

   "I suddenly feel a little sympathetic to Rowena Smith!" Albert laughed at himself.

   Most of the death of Isobel's father was the responsibility of Rowena Smith, and that guy was also guilty of this incident.

  The result turned out to be like this.

   "No, you don't need to sympathize with him." Mr. Broad shook his head and said, "Since he did that, he can't blame others for what happened to him."

   "Last question, when will I see what I want?" Albert said, looking at Mr. Brod.

   "I brought you a copy!" Mr. Brod pointed to a wooden box next to him and said.

  For some unknown reason, the box in front of him gave Albert a strange sense of familiarity.

   "Is the book in there?" he asked.

   "Yes, it's inside."

  When Albert opened the box, he felt like he was about to be blinded.

   There is a book in the box, a book made of metal.

   "Is this brass? No, it's...gold?"

   Albert looked at Mr. Broad in disbelief, "Is this made of gold... a book?"

"It's not all gold, there are some silver and a small amount of other metals in it." Mr. Brod said with a smile: "At the beginning, I was stunned by this thing. Can you believe that there are a lot of gold in a castle?" Books made of gold and silver?"

   "You guys are so rich!" Albert said dryly. He waved his wand, and the golden book box flew out and landed on the sloping desk in front of him.

   "Knowledge is more precious." Mr. Broad said softly. "Also, we're never short of money."

   "You picked this book for me?" Albert read in the book about the manufacturing method of double-sided mirrors. Obviously, the owner of this book is the former double-sided mirror maker.

  Albert found the following line on the back of the paper:

  I have left my lifelong knowledge in the book, latecomers, I hope you can find your own happiness from the book. — Blair Burst.

  (end of this chapter)