Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 678 Desperate for money

  On their last night in France, the LeMays asked the house-elf to prepare a sumptuous dinner filled with their favorite foods.

   During the meal, Mrs. Perenal talked about the past in school. It is said that Mr. Flamel was a shy boy who liked books at that time...

  Isobel also talked about the story of their relationship. Compared with Mr. Nico who was shy when he was young, Albert was simply...Anyway, the dinner ended with a burst of laughter.

  The next morning, after saying goodbye to the LeMays, Albert and Isobel passed the fireplace in Nicolas Village and headed to the Rue des Wizardes in Paris, France.

  They had already greeted Mr. Kenner in advance, and the two quickly returned to the old apartment in London quietly through the hidden international Floo network.

   "It's a good thing I didn't eat anything in the morning."

   When he came out of the fireplace, Albert reached out to help Isobel who also fell to the ground.

   "I hate this feeling!"

  The two stayed in the dusty room for a while, and after they had recovered, Albert took out the invisibility cloak he had prepared in advance from the non-marking stretch bag, put it on and left the old apartment quietly.

  The point of underage wizards casting spells outside of school without being detected by the Ministry of Magic is: not using magic outside of the wizarding world.

  Because in the wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic can't figure out whether you are using magic or not.

   Moreover, the prohibition of underage wizards from casting spells outside the school is mainly because they do not want underage wizards to use magic indiscriminately and expose the magic world.

  Albert didn't want to be troubled by the Ministry of Magic, so he always paid attention to this.

  They found a remote and uninhabited place, took off the invisibility cloak covering their bodies, stopped a taxi halfway, and went to the Leaky Cauldron with Isobel.

"how do you feel?"

  Get off the car next to the bookstore, after Albert paid, he smiled and asked the girl beside him.

   "How does what feel like?"

   "Using Muggle transport."

   "Muggles can get along just fine without using magic."

   After entering the Leaky Cauldron Bar, Isobel asked Albert who took out his pocket watch: "What time is it now?"

   "Half an hour before the appointed time!" Albert put his pocket watch back in his pocket, and looked around for Katrina who came to join them.

   "She hasn't come yet, what do you want for breakfast?"

   Albert pointed to the empty seat next to him, ready to eat and wait. Because of the cross-border Floo network, neither of them had eaten in the morning.

   "Same as you." Isobel looked at the wanted list on the wall, recalling Albert's previous prophecy, and couldn't help frowning.

   In the Leaky Cauldron, Blake's wanted list is posted everywhere, worth 10,000 yuan. Any wizard who can provide information to the Ministry of Magic will also receive a bonus.

   Provided that the Ministry of Magic captures Black.

   As we all know, it is better to expect Black to go to prison by himself than to expect the Ministry of Magic to catch Black.

   "Is it related to Potter?"

   "Probably...related."

  Albert walked to the counter and asked Tom to make two breakfasts for the two of them. While inquiring about Black with Tom, Albert saw Harry Potter coming down the stairs.

  When the savior saw him, there was a little surprise on his face.

   "Harry Potter, why are you here?" Albert asked knowingly.

   "Mr. Potter lives here temporarily." Tom said with a smile.

   "Oh, live here?" Albert repeated, "Break up with relatives?"

  Harry nodded awkwardly, seemingly puzzled, as if to say that you didn't know.

   "I just came back from France, and it seems that a lot of things have happened during this time." Albert pointed to the wanted list on the wall, "Is there any news about Black now?"

   "No." Tom shook his head. "The Ministry of Magic has always been unreliable in this regard. They even released dementors and couldn't find Black."

   "Tom, do you think I can get paid for providing clues?"

   "Do you know where Blake is?"

"have no idea."

   "He can do divination." Harry noticed Tom's astonished expression and explained.

   "If the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay." Albert said with a smile.

   "You want money," Harry muttered. "However, it would be nice to make some money. With your abilities..."

   "I don't do thankless things. It's hard to say whether the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay the money." Albert shrugged, "Oh, my breakfast is here, see you at school."

  He returned to Isobel's side and began to enjoy breakfast, and by the way, he told about the news he had inquired from Tom.

   "Divination, that thing is unreliable." Tom muttered.

   "He is very good, he has never made a mistake."

  Harry knew that Albert was powerful, and also thought that Fudge should spend some Gallon to find him for divination, and even the arrest fee could be saved, not to mention wasting human resources to find Blake everywhere.

Harry looked suspiciously towards the seats of Albert and Isobel, as if hesitating whether to go to work with them, it is rare to meet an acquaintance, and there is the black dog and the omen of death, he wants to hear Listen to what the other person has to say.

  Just as Harry was about to move his foot over, he stopped again, dismissing the idea.

  There was a beautiful red-haired girl standing by the seat, staring at the two people who were eating at the table with a strange look. I don't know what happened, but I always felt that the atmosphere over there was a bit weird.

"for you."

  Katrina handed Albert the list of books sent by the school.

   "Here, we bought you a gift." Albert took the book list, took out the gift box from the non-traceable stretch bag, and handed it to Katrina.

   "This is the gift we picked for you."

  Actually, when the two of them decided to go shopping in Diagon Alley after they came back, Albert asked the house elf to buy it at a clothing store.

  Since we want to go shopping together, it is necessary to bring a gift for my sister-in-law.

  Katrina froze for a moment, stared at the package for a long time, then looked at Albert again, her eyes seemed to say: "Are you going to use this to bribe me?"

   "Are you alone?" Isobel asked.

"Mom just left, and she has already given the money... What's with that ring?" Katrina didn't look at the package, and just accidentally caught a glimpse of the silver ring on Albert's left ring finger, and Isobel also had a ring on her hand. the same ring.

   "The teacher gave it." Albert said calmly.

   "This is a gift from Mr. Flamel." Isobel regretted not putting the ring away.

   These two guys must have something to hide from themselves!

   "Don't you..."

  Katrina obviously didn't believe it, she didn't think that Isobel would wear the ring on the wrong finger, and the position of the two rings was exactly the same.

   "Ahem, why don't you open the package and have a look?" Isobel interrupted loudly, "We all think that hat suits you very well."

   "Have you had breakfast? Would you like some too?" Albert also changed the subject.

   "No, I'm not hungry!" Katrina looked a little dazed, not knowing what she was thinking.

   "Let's buy them separately, and I'll help you buy books." She just sat down, then stood up again, as if she didn't want to stay here for a moment.

   Albert and Isobel looked at each other, looking at the back of Katrina's departure.

   "Mom probably didn't tell her about us." Isobel sighed.

   "If you are worried, do you want to follow up and have a look?"

  So, the two dropped their half-eaten breakfast and secretly followed Katrina to Diagon Alley.

  (end of this chapter)