Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 570 Farce

"What's wrong?"

  Katrina heard the noise coming from the door, and looked up suspiciously at Albert and Isobel who hurried back to the Room of Requirement, not knowing what the two were doing.

  Albert ignored Katrina, took out a piece of parchment from his robe pocket, unfolded it, and first confirmed the exact location of Ginny Weasley at the moment.

   If the basilisk had been released from the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny Weasley would have been near the basilisk.

  However, the situation was not the same as Albert thought. Ginny Weasley was in the Gryffindor common room at this time, not wandering around Hogwarts Castle.

   So, it was just a farce?

   Albert couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. After all, the detection ball is only an experimental product, so it's not surprising that something happens.

  Isobel stared at the ink dot footprints on the map in Albert's hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

  Then, she saw Albert take out another more detailed map again, which was the Marauder's map she had seen before. Albert spread out the Marauder's Map and carefully inspected the corridors around the Room of Requirement, but found no footprints of any creatures.

  No footprints doesn't mean there are no creatures around.

  At least, as far as Albert knows, animals without names don’t seem to work. Those spiders, mice, and cockroaches without names can’t be displayed on the Marauder’s Map.

   Only things like Filch's cat, or other students with named pets, will appear on the Marauder's Map.

   Albert is not sure if the basilisk has its own name.

   However, one thing is certain, Voldemort's diary cannot be displayed on the map. To some extent, Tom's state is worse than ghosts, or even the humblest wandering spirit.

  Whether the basilisk has a name or not, Albert doesn't know, but seeing Ginny Weasley in the common room, he can probably be sure that it was just a false alarm.

  Just, why did the detection ball react just now?

  Albert turned his gaze back to the detection ball, and after entering the Room of Response, the reaction of this thing completely disappeared.

   "Sure enough, is it an oolong?"

   It is said that the detection range of the sight glass is one mile, and the detection range of the pocket sight glass should not be so wide. And the detection ball in his hand is purely a product made by imitating the looking glass, and the range is definitely not a mile, but it should be more than enough to cover the castle, so why did the situation just happen?

  Well, if this is the case, it makes sense.

  Although Albert felt that this was just forced self-comfort, he really couldn't find any other reasonable explanation at the moment.

  In short, Ginny Weasley did not walk around outside, which really reassured him a lot.

   Of course, there are other possibilities for everything. Perhaps, Hogwarts Castle has pipes extending in all directions, and the basilisk was moving in the pipes just now, but it just appeared very close to Albert, and was just caught by the detection ball.

  The entrance to the secret room is not only in the bathroom on the second floor.

   To be honest, this possibility is not high.

Otherwise, Tom wouldn't have controlled Ginny Weasley to enter Slytherin's chamber of secrets from the entrance of the girls' bathroom on the second floor. The crying Myrtle often moves there. when.

   "Are you okay?" Isobel asked worriedly.

   "It's okay." Albert shook his head and said, "It's probably a false alarm. This thing really needs to be improved."

   "What are you doing?" Katrina looked at the two people who were whispering together.

   "It's nothing, let's go back first." Albert took a deep breath, pulled Isobel's soft palm, and warned, "Also, it's best not to run around."

   Saying that, Albert and Isobel left the Room of Requirement together. The detection ball started to heat up again, and finally split from the middle, completely broken.

   Albert was immediately speechless.

  He somewhat understood why he was not certified by the skill panel after he created this thing.

   "The problem of the basilisk must be solved as soon as possible."

   Albert envies those ignorant people, sometimes ignorance is a blessing.

   "Sure enough, it's all Tom's fault."

  Just after returning to the lounge, I saw Kenneth Toller rushing over to ask about the amulet.

"I've already made a sample, don't sell this one." Albert took out the bracelet and handed it to Kenneth. The latter looked it up and down after knotting it. , you will feel that this thing is actually very good.

"When you put it on, you can reflect the curse, which is a bit like casting a spell without a wand. It should also have an expulsion effect on ordinary dark creatures, but don't expect the effect to be strong. And..." Albert said in a low voice, "I guess it will be effective for the secret room. monsters have no effect."

   "No, if it can achieve the effect you said, this thing is already amazing." Kenneth Toller looked excited and couldn't wait to test the effect of the amulet.

   "Can I get someone to test it?"

   "Yes, but the price can't be sold for less than 10 Galleons, or you will definitely lose money." After Albert gave Kenneth Tolle some hints, he began to look around, looking for Ginny Weasley's location.

  Ron's sister is in the corner of the lounge, not knowing what a person is doing.

  Albert sat in the empty seat next to Ginny, looked at the red-haired girl who was startled by him, and asked gently, "Are you okay?"

   As he spoke, he took out a piece of chocolate and put it in front of Ginny, and said to the hesitant girl, "Eat some sweets, it will make you feel better."

"Thanks."

  Ginnie's hands trembled a little. She took the chocolate, unwrapped it, put it in her mouth, and said thank you again.

"If you often have nightmares, go to Madam Pomfrey and get some medicine to make you feel better." Albert's tone was calm, his eyes fell on the blank diary on the table, and he quickly looked away .

  In an open place, Kenneth Toller was looking for someone to test the bracelet, which could rebound the effect of the curse, which immediately aroused the ideas of the students in the lounge.

  Kenneth soon became the object of countless people's attention.

   "Look at that guy Kenneth showing off."

  Fred, George, and Lee Jordan walked towards Albert, a little disdainful of Kenneth's approach, those things were left over from their play.

   "Are you okay Ginny, your complexion is not pretty."

   "Percy said you often have nightmares."

   "I'm fine." Ginny closed the notebook in a panic, and Albert noticed that the first page was written in blurry ink: Tom Riddle.

   "Tell me, how much can he sell?" George asked curiously.

   "The price of this thing is very expensive, and it is estimated that it will not sell a few."

   "Actually, if this thing can be sold outside, it will probably be more valuable." Albert said suddenly, "After all, most of the students are relatively poor."

   "Aren't you afraid of his imitation?" George said suddenly, "That guy has a dark history."

   "Don't be afraid, even if he finds someone to copy it successfully, it is probably an inferior product."

  Albert didn't care about this. The bracelet was a collection of his knowledge, involving many fields. Alchemy was not such a simple thing. The more he communicated with Nicole Flamel, the more he agreed with this.

   When Kenneth came to find Albert after the performance, he ordered two amulets from him, each priced at 15 Galleons.

   "It's a good profit. But will anyone really pay for it?"

  Ron, who heard the conversation between the two, couldn't help but muttered.

  George looked at the dumbfounded Ron, reached out and patted her shoulder and said, "This is the power of knowledge."

   "Albert is really powerful." Hermione also witnessed the effect of the curse being rebounded just now, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "However, is this thing really effective against the monsters in the secret room?"

   "I ordered one too." Harry said suddenly.

   "Harry, what are you buying this for?" Hermione asked confused.

   "Next time, if there is a conflict with Malfoy, can't I use the amulet to deflect his curse, and then seize the opportunity to give him a hard lesson?" Harry felt that he was very prescient.

  (end of this chapter)