Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 803 Episode

   During the weekend holiday, the exam atmosphere at Hogwarts Castle became stronger. Apart from the fifth and seventh grade students, students in other grades also began to face final exams.

  Everyone is hurrying up the last two days, trying to review the key points of the exam mentioned in class.

   However, there are always exceptions.

Fred, George, and Lee Jordan looked lazy after taking the first few courses, and didn't even pay much attention to the Potions exam next Monday. What they said was: Reviewing is impossible.

  The three obviously didn't intend to go to Snape's Potions class anymore.

   In fact, it would be very difficult for them to go to Snape's Potions class next semester.

  Only in the o.w.ls exam, students who have achieved "excellent" are eligible to study Snape's potion improvement class, and there are only a handful of students who can reach this level in the four colleges.

   Fred, George and Lee Jordan were glad they didn't have to see Snape's stinking face in class. The three of them obviously knew that they couldn't do well in the o.w.ls exam.

Albert is not worried about this. He has just won the potion award, and his attainments in potions far exceed other students of the same year. Need to worry.

  As for the content of the written test, he had read the test papers from previous years in advance, and had recited the so-called key points, so he didn't think the potion written test would cause him any trouble.

   Well, in fact, the o.w.ls exam was too easy, which brought him great confidence.

   "If I were some of you, I would definitely give Snape a big surprise." Albert sat by the window drinking butter beer, chatting with the three who were playing wizard cards.

   "Let's forget it. It's basically impossible to get excellent results in the potion test. If we can really get excellent results, it will scare us first."

   "Kenneth left the black market to us."

  George poured himself a glass of butterbeer, sat across from him, and casually mentioned what happened last night after Albert ran out for a date.

  Black market?

  The black market in Hogwarts is not a black market in the sense of the word, but a list of names of some people who often conduct black market transactions in the four colleges, and several passageways that are often used for private transactions.

   You actually know some people, but they are not as detailed as the list given by Kenneth.

   "Kenneth didn't ask you for money?" Albert asked suddenly.

"That guy asked for five Galleons, but we only gave him one Galleon." Fred threw away the wizard card in his hand and lay down on the armchair. Feeling cheated."

   "It's not like you don't know what that guy is."

  Albert didn't know much about the so-called black market. Normally, if he wanted to buy something in the black market, he had to ask someone for the price. Gryffindor was Kenneth.

"Actually, you can try to write the things you want to trade directly on the bulletin board. Next year, you can also try to sell joke props in school, so as to accumulate fame for leaving school. After the o.w.ls exam is over, you can post it. Advertised." Albert gave the three of them a suggestion, "As for the black market, you can also find a secret channel that Filch doesn't know about, set up a bulletin board there, and let everyone leave a message on the bulletin board that they need The things that are traded, provide everyone with a place to trade."

"That's a good idea, but it's not easy to find a hidden passage that Filch doesn't know about." Lee Jordan said, looking at Fred and George. If anyone knows the secret passages in the school better than Filch, That's probably the two of them.

  George proposed to use the secret passage behind the large mirror on the fifth floor as a black market trading place. Anyway, the secret passage leading to the outside has collapsed.

  Then, they started discussing the name of the shop again.

  Because of the relationship between the four, the surname cannot be added to the store name.

  Magic joke shop?

   This is the currently reserved name.

  Albert didn't bother to care about this. His level of naming was actually very average, as he knew from the fact that the fat cat beside him was named Tom.

The warm summer breeze blew in through the window, bringing Albert a little drowsiness. He couldn't help stretching out his hand to cover his yawn, looked sideways out of the window, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Hagrid on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Like... carrying a suitcase with Buckbeak in it.

   "I'm going to find Hagrid, are you going with me?" Albert asked as he looked at the four people who were discussing the name of the shop.

   "Go yourself!" said George.

   Well, an unexpected answer.

  The relationship between the three of them and Hagrid can only be described as mediocre.

   Albert turned his gaze out of the window again, and found that Hagrid had disappeared.

   After leaving the common room, Albert took out the map from his pocket. As expected, Hagrid was not in his hunting lodge. He probably guessed what Hagrid wanted to do.

   "Is this going to send Buckbeak back to the hippogriff colony?"

  Albert could understand Hagrid's reluctance to lock Buckbeak up, but he still felt that it was too risky for Hagrid to do that, and he should at least discuss it with himself first.

   "This group of guys are all unreliable!"

  Albert walked into the boys' bathroom on the eighth floor, whining and complaining.

  An hour ago, when Albert walked out of the boys' bathroom and was about to go to Hagrid's cabin, he suddenly thought of something and gradually slowed down his pace.

"Could it be because I changed Hagrid's mind that he was going to send Buckbeak back to the hippogriff colony?" Albert stopped, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to wait Sneaked in to see what Hagrid was up to.

   "Then what should I do now?"

  Albert suddenly felt a little depressed, and finally decided to go to the Room of Requirement to read, as a review for the potion exam.

  Where did he meet Katrina who was also reviewing for the potions exam, and the two casually chatted about the key points of the potions exam.

   The chatting time passed quickly. Albert took out his pocket watch to see that the time was almost up, so he used the Disillusionment Charm to hide himself, and went to the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest to wait for Hagrid to appear.

   Not long after, after seeing Hagrid entering the forest with a suitcase, Albert came out from behind the tree trunk.

   "Why are you here." Hagrid was very surprised.

   "You should have discussed it with me first." There was a little reproach in Albert's tone, "At least I can give you some advice."

"Sorry, I don't want to disturb you, I know the o.w.ls exam is very important to you." Hagrid looked at Albert, and couldn't help but glance at the suitcase, "But it has stayed in it for too long, it looks Feeling down."

  Hagrid obviously felt sorry for Buckbeak, life in the box was not good, so he planned to secretly send Buckbeak away without telling Albert.

   "Can you find the Hippogriff's tribe?" Albert asked.

   "Of course." Hagrid said, taking a picture of his chest, "I know every lair they have in the Forbidden Forest."

   "Aren't you afraid that someone will follow you?" Albert said angrily, he took out a badge from his pocket and threw it to Hagrid.

  The finishing work of this matter had to be done neatly, and he didn't want to be tricked out of nowhere.

   "What is this?" Hagrid glanced at the badge on his palm and asked suspiciously.

   "Blocker. With this thing, others can't lock you with spells. Of course, owls can't find you either."

"Thanks."

  Hagrid stuffed the badge into his pocket with a smile, and greeted Albert, "I think you must plan to go with me here."

   "Is it far from here?" Albert asked.

   "About half an hour away." Hagrid simply estimated the time.

   "Shouldn't have passed through the hunting range of the group of acromantia." Albert asked again.

   "Don't worry, I think that group of acromantulas should have forgotten you long ago." Hagrid knew the reason why Albert was wary of acromantulas.

   "Who knows." Albert took out his broom from his pocket and sat on it, and said while flying, "I won't make fun of my own life."

   As he spoke, Albert took out another thing from his pocket.

   "I can always see you taking out some weird things."

  Hagrid looked at something that looked like a pocket watch in Albert's hand, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"The wizard radar can detect whether there are other wizards within a radius of one kilometer." Albert said casually, "The principle is a bit like a looking glass, and it also uses the human footprint spell. Well, if I tell you this, you probably don't understand it .”

  Of course, this thing is still a semi-finished product, and the things Albert took out are more or less semi-finished products.

   "So, you're going to use this to see if anyone is watching around us?" Hagrid guessed the usage of this thing.

"Yes." Albert raised his wand and tapped it lightly on the suitcase, and directly used the Disillusionment Charm to hide it, lest Hagrid was holding a suitcase to attract attention, although the possibility of touching people Small, but always in case.

   At this moment, the wizard radar responded, and Albert saw several red dots approaching rapidly.

   "Hagrid, someone is coming." Albert wanted to take out an invisible cloth from the shape-shifting lizard leather pouch to cover the two of them, but the speed of the red dots on the radar was too fast.

   "What's going on?" Hagrid asked.

   "I don't know." Albert frowned slightly. He felt that he should prevent Hagrid from coming to take risks.

   Above their heads, several wizards on brooms passed by.

   "What's the matter Hagrid." After Albert was sure that the group of people had gone far away, he looked at Hagrid who was frowning beside him.

   "It should be poachers." Hagrid said with a sullen face, very few poachers would rush into the Forbidden Forest, and it was more dangerous than imagined.

   "Today is really not a good day to go out." Albert muttered, "Are you still going to put Buckbeak back in its colony?"

   Hagrid hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, even if he wanted to do something, they couldn't fly.

   "Speaking of which, shouldn't you also release the Hippogriff in the Forbidden Forest?" Albert deliberately changed the topic.

"No, hippogriffs are very common in Europe. I met them when I stayed at Hogwarts as a hunting ground guard." Hagrid was distracted by Albert, "It is said that hippogriffs The emergence of winged beasts is related to wizards, and it was originally the product of a cross between a griffin and a horse."

  In fact, all the weird creatures in the magic world are created by wizards. For example, the fried-tailed snail that will appear in the next semester is one of them, which is a cross between a manticore and a fire crab.

   What's more terrible is that they are not like donkeys, they can breed, so another brand new creature has appeared in the magic world.

   “They usually start spawning in mid-July.”

   "Egg?"

"Yes, a large, fragile egg usually hatches within twenty-four hours," Hagerkop said. "During the spawning period, the Hippogriff's nest will become very dangerous and will Attacks any creature that tries to approach the lair."

  Albert suddenly didn't know what to say. That thing was born from eggs?

   "The hippogriffs usually start flying in seven days, and they can fly long distances after a few months. They usually fly to the south with their parents to look for food in winter." Hagrid introduced.

   "Honestly, you should tell these to the students, they need to know more about this knowledge." Albert suggested.

   "That's a good idea. I'll take a similar class next semester." Hagrid said seriously, "I already have a good idea, I'll try it in the summer vacation."

   Albert could not help but mourn for others.

   Just as he followed Hagrid forward, he instinctively glanced at the wizard radar in his hand, and couldn't help squinting his eyes.

when?

  He handed the Wizard Radar to Hagrid and made a false gesture. Hagrid was taken aback after reading it, but Albert stopped him when he wanted to turn around.

   "I'll go ahead to explore the way, you may get lost." After Albert finished speaking, he let the broom fly forward.

   Not long after, he turned around and came back, and quickly found the four wizards following them.

   These four guys actually just floated in the air about a hundred feet away from them, silently following Hagrid without speaking.

Albert pulled out his wand and cast a large-scale stun spell in the general direction of the four people. When the red light blasted mist in the void, the four poachers reacted and drove their brooms to fly out of the area of ​​the stun spell. It was already too late, the consciousness of the four people affected by the Stunning Curse began to become blurred, and before they had time to react, they were knocked down from the air by the Stunning Curse.

  Of course, none of the four were killed due to the spell, but they all fell asleep.

   Hagrid stared dumbfounded at the four thrown together and asked, "How did you do that?"

   "Of course it was a sneak attack, they were just caught off guard by me." Albert said naturally.

   "What are you going to do?" Hagrid asked.

   "See what their purpose is, and then deal with it." Albert tied them with a rope, awakened one of the wizards, and directly used Legilimency on him.

The memory of the wizard flashed before Albert's eyes. He saw four young people meeting in the Pig's Head Bar. He heard that there was a breeding base for acromantia in the Forbidden Forest, so he wanted to come here to try his luck, but it didn't work. After finding the acromantula, they met them on the way and recognized Hagrid, so they wanted to follow Hagrid secretly to try their luck, maybe they could find something valuable.

   That is, a group of poor ghosts who went to the Forbidden Forest to try their luck and try to make a fortune.

   "What are you going to do?" Hagrid asked Albert with a frown. There are such guys who go to the Forbidden Forest to try their luck every year, but there are very few people who can really make a fortune.

   "Confiscate their crime tools, erase their memories, and they will naturally leave when they wake up."

  Actually, if they didn't follow him and Hagrid, Albert wouldn't bother to care about them.

   "Well, let's do it." Hagrid agreed.

   After a few people woke up, they found themselves lying on the ground inexplicably, the wand on their bodies was still missing, and they flew away in a hurry, and this scene was watched by Albert and Hagrid.

   "Do you think they will come again?" Hagrid lowered his head and asked Albert.

   "I don't know." Albert handed the wand to Hagrid and said, "Would you like to try it?"

   "When I was expelled, I was disqualified as a wizard by the Ministry of Magic, and it was forbidden to carry and use wands." Hagrid smiled wryly.

   "I can help you make a retractable crutch or a retractable umbrella, and you can carry it with you." Albert smiled and comforted, "You don't have to worry about these problems, as long as no one finds out, it's not illegal."

   "Can you still do that?" Hagrid asked in surprise.

   "There are always loopholes in the law." Albert said contemptuously, "Moreover, most of the laws are actually used to restrain ordinary people. After that incident, you must have a deep understanding."

  Hagrid was surprised by Albert's words, but he had to admit that it was right. When facing Lucius Malfoy, the laws of the Ministry of Magic were so ridiculous.

  In the end, Hagrid still didn't ask Albert to help with that kind of thing, and the two of them didn't go to the Hippogriff's lair, but released Buckbeak near the lair.

   "Go back and live with your companions." Hagrid touched Buckbeak's head sadly, unchained it and said to Albert, "I shouldn't have let them appear in class."

   "It's not your fault." Albert comforted softly, "Let's go back."

   "Let's go, I will come to visit you later." Hagrid waved goodbye to Buckbeak who was walking and turning back, "I really don't want him to leave."

   "Staying will do you no good. Buckbeak belongs to nature." Albert looked at Buckbeak and said, "At least, you can come back to visit it occasionally."

  (end of this chapter)