Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 571 Night Class

   For Hogwarts students, Filch's Mrs. Norris was attacked a long time ago. Their memory is similar to that of a fish, and if it can last for seven days, it is considered quite remarkable.

   "Hogwarts, A Piece of School History" in the school library is no longer sought after by the majority of students, and has returned to the bookshelf to eat ashes.

  After all, the description of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets in that book is only a few sentences. Except for a few students who like to read, very few people have enough patience to read this blunt book.

  Miss Hermione Granger finally borrowed the book as she wished, but she was disappointed by the records about the Chamber of Secrets.

Of course, she is not the only one who is disappointed by this. In front of her, there are 23 classmates who have also borrowed this book and have had similar experiences, from the time of the attack to the current borrowing of that book. The number of students is more than four per day on average.

   For this reason, Hermione also specifically asked Albert about the Chamber of Secrets, and the latter shirked the matter to Lockhart.

  Time is like a gentle palm, gently smoothing everything.

  Hogwarts has returned to its previous calm, and even the professors have reservations about whether the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets has been opened.

   After all, a cat being petrified proves nothing.

   Albert also felt that most of the professors really didn't pay much attention to this matter, and the only one who cared about it was Mrs. Norris' master, the administrator Mr. Filch!

The administrator is still tirelessly looking for the prisoner who attacked his cat in the castle, and his temper is getting more and more irritable every day, which has caused a lot of trouble for everyone, especially when it rains, the chief who needs to train under the heavy rain Diqi players will always be troubled by the administrator who has been unable to find the prisoner for the crime of "defiled the castle". The two sides have clashed more than once.

If the attack had the greatest impact on anyone, it would be Ginny Weasley. I don’t know if it was because of the frequent use of Tom Riddle’s diary. She may collapse at any time, and she is already suspecting that she is the culprit, but because she dare not tell others casually, Tom's diary has become the object she can frequently confide in, forming a bad cycle.

  In addition to Filch and Ginny, Albert, who knew the truth, was probably one of the people deeply affected by the attack.

Since the attack, Albert's life has become more busy. Due to the need to study the relationship between advanced shielding spells, he even went to various clubs less, and even attracted the attention and inquiries of several professors, but they were all rejected. He prevaricates it with the excuse of being too busy.

  Albert was indeed very busy, busy studying how to deal with the basilisk, and busy thinking about how to solve the problem. These **** things took a lot of his energy.

If there is any good news recently, it is probably that Bud has helped Albert get the compound medicine. The old man didn't care what Albert did with this thing, so he generously gave him a big bottle, allowing him a People use it for a long time.

   As for, who will become?

  Albert has already made a choice between Lockhart and Malfoy, and the poor professor has successfully won the new blame man.

   No way, who made every Defense Against the Dark Arts professor suspicious?

   At that time, he can still carry out some indescribable tests on the diary as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

  Honestly speaking, Albert's conscience would not feel pain if he blamed Lockhart.

  He himself is considered a relatively cold-blooded guy. Except for a few people who are more important, the life and death of others has nothing to do with him.

At this moment, the Room of Requirement was shrouded in a warm orange-red light. Albert was sitting by the burning fireplace, drinking a cup of hot milk tea, and glanced at the mirror on the small round table next to him from time to time. He was waiting to get with someone again. connect.

  After the hour hand on the pocket watch finally passed eight o'clock, the old man's voice finally came from the double-sided mirror, and Nico's face appeared in the mirror.

   "Good evening, Mr. Nicole."

  Albert put down his teacup and greeted the old man in the mirror with a smile.

   Next, it will be time for Nicole to teach and Albert to answer questions.

   It's just that this time Albert was the first to ask his doubts and the problems he encountered in learning advanced shielding spells.

  Nico listened patiently to Albert's narration. It could be seen that Albert was very proficient in using the shielding spell, and he had touched the edge of advanced use, but he was a little bit short.

  Nico has a high attainment in this area, and after listening, he slowly explained the advanced usage of the shielding spell.

  Using it for yourself or others is a normal use of shielding spells. The stronger the spell, the more you can conceal your own existence, making yourself easy to be ignored by everyone, and will not be tracked and found by people using spells.

  If Albert wants to block the locking of the Human Tracking Curse, he can do it as long as he uses a powerful enough blocking spell on himself. It is simple and rude, but the consequence is that he will never receive any letters from owls again.

  The other is for a certain range, so that people who enter that range cannot be traced. It's a bit more difficult, but it's also a relatively common application of shielding spells, and Nico's residence uses this method.

The last one is to use it on a certain person alone, that is, to block someone alone. It is a relatively advanced usage, and the difficulty is directly increased by several times. Owls are unable to find themselves, while others are unaffected.

  Albert proposed to use shielding to create a magic item that can shield its own existence, so the only way to use it is the second method.

  As for the magic items he created couldn't shield the locking of the Human Tracking Curse well, a large part of the reason was that the magic items he made were not strong enough.

The elderly wizard also specially explained to him how to use the spell. Although he couldn't watch the other party use it in person, he could understand that Albert had more advanced use of the shielding spell when he saw that the experience of the shielding spell was slowly improving. understanding.

  The communication was fairly easy. They were like sitting in front of a computer and making a video call, but Albert needed to be distracted to take notes.

  The two chatted for about two hours before ending.

  Before the communication ended, Nico told Albert that the refining of the elixir of life had ended there, and the amount of the elixir was enough to last for several years.

   As for the Sorcerer's Stone, it has been completely destroyed with the help of Dumbledore.

  Albert actually felt that destroying the Philosopher's Stone was a waste. After all, it was the painstaking effort of Nicolas Lemer's life, and it was destroyed as soon as it was destroyed. It may be that he does not have the courage and heart of Nicole, but Albert still respects their decision.

   "By the way, Dumbledore hasn't solved the problem of the basilisk?" Nicole in the double-sided mirror suddenly asked.

   "No, Dumbledore may not have found the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, or he wants to catch the heir" Albert froze for a moment, shaking his head and said.

  He also couldn't guess what the principal was thinking. Dumbledore was indeed powerful, but he was still only one person after all. He didn't know the direction of the plot, and he didn't have the help of the system. If he could do that, he was already considered very powerful.

   "Maybe, you should take the time to talk to Dumbledore about this." Nicole suggested. He didn't want anything to go wrong with Albert at all, especially knowing that the so-called heir of Slytherin liked to target Muggle wizards.

   "I will." Albert added in his heart, "but not yet."

Fifty years ago, the Chamber of Secrets was opened, when Dumbledore taught Transfiguration at Hogwarts, Hagrid became the ultimate scapegoat, and Albert believed that Dumbledore wanted to catch the culprit at that time The culprit, but after all, he didn't have any evidence and couldn't do anything.

   Mrs. Norris was attacked, which once again attracted the headmaster's attention. Now he just needs to wait patiently, the so-called heir of Slytherin will show his feet sooner or later.

  Perhaps, Dumbledore didn't know the saying "Walk by the river, there is no way your shoes won't get wet." But he obviously knew this truth, and he was more patient than anyone else.

  (end of this chapter)