Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 704 Blowing to the sky

  The next day, Albert woke up early in the morning. After stuffing the packed suitcase into the non-marking stretch bag, he went downstairs to have breakfast with three roommates.

  Because there is still some time left for the appointment with Professor Slughorn, Albert and Isobel decided to go to the Room of Requirement to pass the remaining time.

   As for, go to class first?

   Naturally impossible.

   Both of them are geniuses, and it doesn't matter if they don't take that class or not.

   It was approaching ten o'clock, and the two knocked on Professor McGonagall's office on time. When they opened the door and entered, they saw Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and another old man with a big belly waiting for them inside.

   That strange old man should be Professor Slughorn, his stomach is really hard to describe.

  As soon as Albert and Isobel entered the room, Professor Slughorn's eyes fell on them.

"These two..." Dumbledore stepped forward and introduced, "Mr. Albert Anderson and Miss Isobel McDougal. This is an old friend of mine named Horace Slughorn Well, because of Sirius Black's relationship, I can't leave Hogwarts school for the time being, so I can only ask my old colleague to take you there, he has experience in leading teams to participate in magic school potion tournaments many times."

   "Don't worry, leave them to me!" Professor Slughorn almost patted his chest to promise.

  The door of the office was knocked again, Hagrid pushed the door in, and said to Dumbledore, "The carriage is ready and we can leave at any time."

  Professor Slughorn took out his pocket watch from his pocket, looked at the time and said, "Other things, I can tell them on the way."

   "Where's your luggage?"

   Hagrid asked Albert and Isobel, who were empty-handed, in confusion. In fact, he came to help carry the luggage.

"On the body."

   Albert gave Hagrid a look to signal him to shut up.

  The two followed Professor Slughorn to the outside of the castle, where a carriage pulled by five Thestrals was parked.

   "Hagrid, are you driving?"

"Yeah, I'll take you there." Hagrid stepped forward quickly, and opened the carriage door for several people, letting Professor Horace Slughorn get in the car first, followed by Albert and Isobel back.

   There were no signs of being expanded by the Untraceable Stretching Curse in the carriage. After the three of them sat on it, the space inside became a little crowded. After Hagrid closed the door of the carriage, he sat in the driver's seat and drove the Thestral carriage forward for a certain distance. The entire carriage was gradually pulled into the air by the Thestrals.

  The commotion here immediately attracted the attention of the dementors, and the group of guys had already surrounded them, as if they wanted to force the carriage to stop for inspection.

  The compartment glass was immediately covered with a layer of frost.

   "What are they doing after them?"

  Professor Slughorn frowned when he saw the dementors approaching: "I remember Dumbledore told those dementors that we were going to compete."

"Probably want to find out if Sirius Black is in the car." Albert took out his wand from his pocket expressionlessly, opened the window of the car, not caring about the wind blowing into the car, and turned his head to Izzy who was next to him. Bell said, "Let the Patronus protect Hagrid, and I'll drive them away while there are no Muggles around."

   "Oh, I don't think it's necessary..."

Before Professor Slughorn could finish his sentence, he saw two Patronuses emerging from the tops of their wands, one surrounding Hagrid to protect him from the influence of the dementors, and the other Just rush to the group of dementors and disperse them.

   "They're just business as usual."

  Professor Slughorn said helplessly that he did not expect Albert to hate dementors so much that he would use the Patronus Charm to drive them away.

"Dementors are never friendly. They often do some disgusting things in routine business, such as attacking Harry Potter, or sucking some happiness from us to fill their stomachs." Albert reclosed the window and put The cold wind outside is isolated from the compartment, "There's no need to be polite to them, anyway, dementors never reason with us."

   Albert's tone was very calm, as if he just drove away a group of annoying flies.

   "They do." Professor Slughorn was amazed.

"The Ministry of Magic has never been able to control the dementors. As soon as school started, the dementors used the name of inspecting the train to **** the happiness of the students on the train. Harry Potter was almost sent to the school hospital. " Albert singled out Harry Potter as an example, and directly blamed the dementors. Anyway, they will attack Potter during the Quidditch match, and this blame will be thrown away no matter what. not drop.

Professor Slughorn raised his eyebrows slightly, not wanting to make too many comments on this matter, so he changed the subject and said: "A great Patronus, being able to drive away those group of dementors shows that your Patronus is very powerful , It’s really amazing, many wizards can’t do this. By the way, I remember that you are still the international wizard chess champion this year.”

   "Albert is recognized as a genius by everyone." Isobel joked, "Everyone says he will be another Dumbledore."

"Yes, yes, like Dumbledore back then, the future is bright." Professor Slughorn recalled: "I believe you will be promoted to Minister of Magic in less than twenty years, maybe even shorter, before that , you can first become the representative of the Wizengamot British youth, I heard that the Wizengamot intends to give you this title, and wizards with this title usually become members of the Wizengamot."

"I am a Muggle wizard." Albert reminded, "The Wizengamot will not tolerate a Muggle wizard occupying that position, just like the last time I won the International Wizard Chess Championship, many pure-blood wizards have this Opinion."

"That's just their jealousy and ignorance." Professor Slughorn comforted: "You have such amazing talents and talents, you must come from a decent family of wizards, believe me, I have never missed a person. "

Albert and Isobel looked at each other. To a certain extent, what Professor Slughorn said was true, but Albert would not admit that he likes to disgust certain people with the title of Muggle wizard. People, not to mention his parents are ordinary people, it is not wrong to say that he is a Muggle wizard.

"It's been a long time since Britain won the Potions Championship of the School of Magic. If you can work harder and win the championship in this potion competition, I think even if the Wizengamot pinches their noses, they have to win the Wizengamot." I give you the title of British youth representative." Professor Slughorn took out various snacks from the small cabinet next to him and shared them with the two.

   "I don't plan to work in the Ministry of Magic, but thank you anyway, Professor Slughorn." Albert also took out the snacks he bought from the Honeydukes candy store from his non-traceable stretch bag.

"Oh, you are indeed very similar to Dumbledore, very similar. You are equally talented, wise, kind, gentle, and have excellent insight." Professor Slughorn picked pineapple candied fruit from the box and sighed softly Said: "In the past, it was often predicted that Dumbledore would be the Minister of Magic, but he never had such ambitions. I think you will definitely achieve Dumbledore's achievements in the future, and even surpass him."

  Isobel looked at Albert, and wanted to laugh a little.

  Professor Slughorn is going to blow Albert up to the sky. Although he can bear it, Albert is not a person who likes to be flattered.

"Ahem, Professor Slughorn, how long will the School of Magic and Potions Tournament last?" Albert asked, changing the topic. Hearing Professor Slughorn boasting about himself, Albert didn't feel any joy, just a feeling Egg hurts.

"It usually lasts for a week. We need to wait for the other colleges to arrive. It will take about two days before we start the first round of selection. You need to configure a potion. As long as the potion level is not too bad, each school There will always be one student in the second round."

   "Only one student per school?" Albert asked.

"Yes, most schools will bring one to three students. Only one student will participate in the finals, and the other students will serve as substitutes. This is the unspoken rule of the Potions Tournament, which allows some schools to avoid the embarrassment of being brushed off at the beginning." After seeing that Isobel's mood was stable, Professor Slughorn couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and continued, "However, players are usually selected through selection."

   "Let Albert participate, I don't care." Isobel didn't pay much attention to this matter, winked at Albert and said: "However, you have to take back our golden cauldron."

   "I will." Albert said with certainty.

   "I believe in you." Isobel smiled.

  Professor Slughorn's eyes moved back and forth between the two, as if he understood something. For some reason, he felt a little pantothenic in his stomach, and he really shouldn't eat too much candied pineapple.

  (end of this chapter)