Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 712 Cheating

  Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

  The second round of the Magic School Potions Tournament has arrived quietly with the fading night.

  Early in the morning, Albert woke up from a deep sleep, stretched lazily, dressed and washed, and was ready to go downstairs for dinner. I happened to meet Professor Slughorn who was yawning at the top of the stairs. This old man was obviously not used to getting up early.

"What do you like to eat in the morning, ask Isobel to help you, remember to eat more." Professor Slughorn sat next to Albert, and said in a broken voice, "Before the end of the second round, You don't have time to eat, and most of your time needs to be spent traveling or looking for magic ingredients."

  Actually, most of the contestants were told similar things by their team leaders.

  In the next second round of the competition, the contestants may not be able to eat for a long time. If they are so hungry that their hands and feet become weak, they will not be able to complete the task well.

  Actually, Albert has always wanted to complain, why can't the competition prepare some water and food for the players?

   It is estimated that he is not the only one who will complain and complain like this.

  However, there are not many players with an appetite like Albert, and most of them are very nervous. This is a normal reaction of the players participating in the competition. Not everyone has experienced big scenes like Albert.

  Yes, Albert is really not nervous.

  It may be that after going to Hogwarts, he experienced too many exciting things, which made Albert a little dull.

   Another way of saying it is: I have seen too many big scenes.

That's it?

   Halfway through the meal, someone from the competition party came, saying that they were bringing a set of clothes for the contestants to use in the next competition.

   Various colors, plus the school badge of the respective school.

  Honestly, it's ugly.

   Moreover, Albert is very resistant to wearing clothes that have been used by others.

   Well, not only he has objections to this, other players are also very resistant.

   "Why do we have to change into these ugly clothes?"

   "This is for the fairness of the game and to prevent someone from cheating..."

  When Albert heard the first two sentences, Albert almost laughed out loud. Fortunately, he turned it into a dry cough in time to resolve the unnecessary embarrassment.

   This really can't blame him, the so-called fairness has always been just a joke.

"...There are tracking spells on the clothes, so that when you are in danger, you can arrive at the first time and provide help." The wizard continued, "Don't worry, these clothes are just made to order, and they have been sent to the family. The elf washed it for me."

  Many people don't believe this. Most of the wizards who can participate in the Potions Tournament are adults and have their own ideas.

   "Are you sure?" Albert asked, staring into the man's eyes.

   "Of course." The wizard felt a little uncomfortable.

   "He didn't lie." Albert looked at Isobel.

   "Just ordered and washed." Isobel nodded.

   "What the **** are you doing," said the wizard angrily. For a moment just now, he felt that he was completely seen through.

   "See if you have cheated us." Albert took his clothes, went back to eat, and ignored the other party.

  Some people set an example, others also choose to believe after whispering, they are curious about what Albert did.

  The wizard seemed agitated.

  The principals who led the team frowned. This kind of thing should be notified in advance, at least someone has to come and measure the player's size to be convincing.

   Fortunately, the brains of the tournament team were not caught by the door, otherwise, if this was someone else's clothes, it wouldn't explode in an instant, and the entire Potions Championship would be reduced to a laughing stock.

  After everyone changed into new clothes, they followed the crowded team to the west of the village. There is no doubt that the entrance to the magic garden is here.

  Mostly the entire village exists to hide the entrance of the magic garden, and the contestants who came to compete can guess this as long as they are not stupid.

  If they are not told that the magic garden is a forest, they will think that this is the magic garden when they come here.

  This village is actually in line with people's guess of a magic garden, surrounded by towering walls and full of precious plants.

   No matter how you look at it, it looks like a garden, which is very deceptive.

  The contestants were brought to a common greenhouse, and after passing through two doors, they found themselves in front of a forest.

  This is the magic garden?

   People looked around curiously, and found that behind them were the ruins of a stone-cut house that looked hundreds of years old.

   What they had just passed through was a magic door, somewhat similar to the entrance to platform nine and three quarters at King's Cross Station.

   "Welcome to the Magic Garden, everyone."

An old wizard walked up to everyone, cleared his throat and said the rules of the second round of competition: "You will have 10 hours to go deep into the magic garden to collect ingredients, and return with the ingredients you find within the specified time , and use the found ingredients to brew a potion."

  "You can only bring your own wand and the medicine box distributed to you. It is forbidden to carry or use other foreign objects to cheat. Finally, please remember:

   It is forbidden to attack each other and **** other players' potion raw materials.

  Do not destroy or steal forests and precious herbs.

  If you encounter danger, you can launch red sparks into the sky, and the surrounding patrols will rush to help as soon as possible, but launching sparks means losing the qualification to continue the game.

  If you fail to return in time and brew the potion within ten hours, you will be disqualified from the competition. "

After the old wizard finished speaking, all the contestants were assigned a satchel, which opened many grids for storing raw materials, a pair of dragon leather gloves, a silver knife, a shovel, and a belt pointing to the entrance of the magic garden. pocket watch.

"The order of entry into the forest, according to the score of the first round, enters one person every five minutes. Well, Mr. Albert Anderson, you can go, next, Mr. Guy Bernard, please do Get ready."

   Albert didn't talk nonsense, put on his satchel, picked up his wand, and walked directly towards the magic garden not far away.

   This magic garden doesn't look as gloomy as the Forbidden Forest around Hogwarts at all. There is a sense of magic within the range of vision. The wizards have obviously transformed this forest.

   That's right, if it hasn't been transformed, why are there a bunch of exotic flowers and rare trees and rare fruits?

  Albert walked forward slowly, not in a hurry at all, he was carefully recalling the potion formula in his mind. Originally, the first goal was beauty potions, but some raw materials for beauty potions were not easy to find.

  Whether it is fairy wings, morning dew, or unicorn tail hair, it is not easy to collect, let alone African tree snake skin. Moreover, he doubted whether he could find roses in the magic garden, and even if he did find them, the roses would not bloom in November.

  Damn it!

  Albert realized how unreliable it was to configure beauty potions at the beginning.

   Fortunately, he also prepared more than one backup plan for himself.

  Compared with beauty potions, slimming potions are obviously more reliable.

  Daisy is a common yellow or white wildflower in Europe, with a very vigorous vitality.

All right.

  In the field of vision, Albert found a small piece of daisy.

   Albert took out the small shovel and started digging up the daisy roots.

   As for the shrunken fig, although it comes from Abyssinia (Ethiopia), this plant is very strong in life and can easily survive elsewhere.

  If you're lucky, you might be able to find wrinkled figs in the enchanted garden.

  Why do you say luck, because even if you find a wrinkled fig tree, it must have wrinkled figs on it.

  The remaining ingredients are even simpler, caterpillars, although they are not common in winter, but the temperature here is actually quite high, so it should not be difficult to find.

   As for the rats, there is no problem. How could there be no rats on the mountain, but taking the spleen is a troublesome thing.

   Leech juice is not a problem, as leeches are as common as rats, caterpillars and daisies.

  The only problem is that the resulting shrinking potion may not score high.

  Before he came to participate in the Potions Championship, Albert might have been entangled in this issue, but after the prophecy last night, he would no longer be entangled.

  Because, there is still a third round.

   That's right, there's still a third round.

  So, the points scored through this round of competition are not as important as before.

   The rules were changed.

   Albert thinks that it is probably a good thing done by Chairman Bernard. That guy really did everything he could to let his grandson win the golden cauldron.

  Because of the third round of the competition, the contestants can choose the potion formula by themselves, and then the magic garden will provide materials to configure the potion, and then the difficulty and completion of the configuration of the potion will be scored.

  Moreover, the most important thing is that the winner of the Potions Tournament is not selected by winning the third round, but by adding up the total points of the three games.

   No wonder Hutok hates President Bernard, and he wouldn't like that guy.

Guy Bernard, who knew the rules a long time ago, is obviously ready for this potion championship. The change of the rules is very beneficial to him. If there is no Albert, Guy Bernard will be in the first It will open a huge gap with other players, and then continue to accumulate advantages to win the final championship.

  Unfortunately, after Albert predicted the result through the crystal ball, he had no chance.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Damocles didn't remind himself?" Albert muttered to himself, "He doesn't know, or does he think that even if the rules change, it won't affect him? Or, he doesn't want himself to cheat win?"

   Albert took the time to look around and easily found the guy who was watching him from above his head.

   Don't think that you won't be able to find out if you use the Illusion Charm.

  Perhaps, the other party is an expert in the field of herbal medicine or potion, but he is obviously not good enough in other fields.

   "How about eliminating Guy Bernard first?"

   Albert looked towards the forest ahead, narrowing his eyes slightly: Look, what he saw, an Arriot.

  (end of this chapter)