Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 830 The brain is trapped by the door

   "Do you want to go shopping together at night?"

  Albert coughed lightly, trying to divert everyone's attention so that the topic just now would not embarrass everyone.

"It's not safe here at night, especially for outsiders." When Catherine spoke, she deliberately lowered her voice, as if she was worried that other people would overhear what they were talking about. Many products are fake and inferior products prepared by locals for wizard tourists, not to mention expensive, and the quality is still rubbish."

"It's normal. No matter where you go, there is the phenomenon of slaughtering customers. It is really difficult to make businessmen have a conscience." Albert is not surprised. He has seen this kind of thing a lot in his previous life. It is better to talk about money than to talk about conscience with businessmen. .

   "You know everything." Valeria blinked at Albert and asked with a smile, "But, I'm actually more curious. Do you know that Catherine actually likes you too?"

  The surrounding atmosphere suddenly became a little weird.

   "I'm honored." Albert nodded and smiled at Catherine.

   Well, when he went to the United States last time, he vaguely felt that way. Maybe he didn't like it, but he kind of liked it.

   Just as men have a natural liking for beautiful, gentle, and kind women, women also have a natural liking for handsome, gentle, and talented rich men.

   It's just that he never dreamed that Valeria would say it directly in front of Isobel. Is this trying to cause trouble?

  Catherine didn't speak, but just stared at Valeria dissatisfied, as if to say: "It's fine if you are in heat, don't drag me into the water."

   As the party involved, Isobel was also very calm throughout the whole process, and didn't care about Valeria's petty thoughts at all. A long time ago, she saw that both Valeria and Catherine had a crush on Albert.

   But so what?

  Even if Valeria made it clear here, that’s all.

   For a while, everyone was silent.

  The only embarrassing one is Albert.

  Perhaps, at this time, he should leave the battlefield and leave the battlefield to the three.

   Could it be that this is the legendary Shura field?

   Albert sighed deeply.

  My previous self actually wanted to find two or three girlfriends, and his mind was definitely caught by the door.

   I really envy guys who have a bunch of girlfriends and are still alive.

  The arrival of Serra and Nicholas broke the awkward atmosphere around the four of them.

   "Long time no see, Mr. Nicholas." Albert couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and stood up and gave the old man in front of him a hug.

"I heard that you won the Barnabus Finkley Gold Award for excellent spellcasting techniques a while ago." The old man sat down next to his granddaughter, smiled and said to Albert: "At your current speed of winning, it will take a few years Then you can collect all the other international awards. However, I am more curious now, what alchemy achievement do you plan to use to take away the gold medal of this year's International Alchemy Conference?"

   "I made a little discovery in the research of Mandrake." Albert took out the Mandrake wine and flying ointment again.

   Then, simply explain the effects of the two things to the two old people.

  Catherine and Valeria looked at Albert with strange eyes after learning about the effect of "Youth and Love".

   Instead, Sera and Nicholas exchanged glances after listening to Albert's narration.

"There is one thing, I think you need to know that participating in the International Alchemy Conference means that you need to provide the formula and related information of the research results. You should know what this means!" Serra said in a low voice: "Our The suggestion is to display both the Mandrake wine and the flying oil, and then only take the flying oil to participate in the International Alchemy Conference, if there is no accident, it should not be difficult to win the award."

"Why?"

  Valeria felt that the International Alchemy Conference might have something tricky that they didn't know about. After finding that everyone else was silent, she took the initiative to continue the topic.

"Because providing the formula means that other alchemists will also know the alchemy formula. Although the Egyptian Alchemy Research Center will apply for a patent and help keep it secret, the patent is actually useless because other people are not reliable, and they are completely It can be produced in private, and it is almost impossible for those who have lost their interests to pursue the responsibility of those guys across the country." It is not difficult for Albert to guess the reason.

  In the previous life, there was a saying that applying for a patent is tantamount to handing over the technology to others.

  However, Albert doesn't really care about these semi-finished products. Both the Mandrake wine and the flying ointment have room for improvement. If he can use the semi-finished product to complete a panel task with rich rewards, it is actually a good deal for him.

"There is another reason. Wizards before the age of 30 can only win the gold medal for pioneering contributions to participate in the International Alchemy Conference. However, wizards after the age of 30 can win the International Alchemy Grand Prize. The medals given by the two awards It's the same as the bonus, but the meaning is different."

   "Why do you want to separate the awards?" Valeria noticed that the others were silent again, so she took the initiative to continue the topic, "Could it be, to give young wizards more opportunities to win awards?"

   "That's right, that's it." Serra nodded and said, "It is indeed to give young people a chance, but in fact it is also to save face for other alchemists. If the interests of the two parties do not conflict, the International Alchemy Conference will be more harmonious."

   "Of course." Nicholas interjected, "Another reason is that young people are easy to fool. They are more willing to share the results of alchemy with others. The pioneering contribution gold award is more like compensation for them."

  Everyone looked at Nicholas, waiting for him to finish speaking.

"Actually, many wizards don't want to hand over their research results, especially those inventions that are relatively profitable. You must know that there is nothing in this world that is more profitable than a monopoly." Nicholas pointed to the Mandrake wine in front of him, and reminded, "Especially this thing, believe me, many wizards will like it, it means a lot of wealth."

   "I remember someone selling the honey of the "Honeyman" in the black market. It is said that it has the effect of aphrodisiac and is sought after by many people." Sera couldn't help but sneered.

   "If you want to sell this wine in the Americas, you can find Catherine. Anyway, it's the first time you have cooperated." Nicholas was very satisfied with Albert, and even thought about matching him and Catherine.

  Unfortunately, after Catherine became his heir, this kind of thing was impossible.

   "I will consider it." Albert nodded.

  However, he is not ready to think about these things yet.

  Valeria winked at Catherine. She also felt that Nicholas also intended to match the two and deepen their relationship.

  As far as Valeria knows, Albert and Catherine not only cooperated in the development of beauty potions, but also privately sold Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion, among other reasons. It's just that Catherine never said anything, which is why she suspected that the two of them were tricky.

"This is for you. This is the admission ticket for the International Alchemy Competition." Serra took out a piece of parchment from his pocket and handed it to Albert, and then reminded: "I'm afraid you have to go to bed early today, because tomorrow You need to get up early in the morning, around five o'clock, is there any problem?"

   "I want to buy some specialties here, preferably some books and alchemy items to go back." Albert felt that there are some things that should not be missed when visiting Egypt.

"If you want to buy alchemy items, you can go to the black market, which is open every Saturday afternoon. If you want to go in, you must have an acquaintance recommend it to the bar owner." Nun Rath introduced to Albert: "Of course, you can also go to Kahele Square. Well, near the Muggle Liberation Square. However, I suggest you use the Floo powder directly from here, it will be faster, and you don't have to worry about getting lost."

   "Are you going together?"

  Isobel sent invitations to Valeria and Catherine.

   "No, we went there the day before yesterday." Catherine refused. In her opinion, Kahele Square was just like that, and there was nothing particularly novel about it.

"I think it's more interesting for everyone to go shopping together." Valeria said, "Last time, we went there during the day, and we left after a quick stroll in such hot weather. I heard that there might be a circus there at night." Performance."

   "Who did you listen to, yourself?" Catherine raised her eyebrows.

   "I heard from others yesterday that it seems that there is a circus performance over there recently."

  In the evening, everyone eats in the tavern. The staple food is scones. When eating, everyone will add some barbecue and fresh vegetables to it, and then dip it in a gray-green mixed vegetable soup. The taste is not bad.

  One of Albert's favorite dishes is grilled chicken. The chicken is hollowed out and filled with green wheat and rice. It's a bit like chicken wings with rice, and it tastes great.

  The drink is roselle tea, which is said to have unique beauty benefits, so the price is a bit more expensive than ordinary black tea. They will add a small amount of honey to it to make the taste sour and sweet. Many girls like this drink. In Valeria's words: it is the taste of love.

  After dinner, the four of them sat there and chatted for a while. Catherine mentioned that there was a thing about using roselle essence as a beauty potion in Egypt, and thought that it was necessary to study roselle, which might provide inspiration for improving beauty potions.

   The four of them went to the bartender together, and under the leadership of the waiter, they went to the Kahele Square through a fireplace, for which they paid a gold coin.

  Kahel Square at night is quite lively, with oil lamps on both sides of the street, and many hawkers setting up stalls on the side of the road, selling some messy things, all of which are tricks to fool wizards and tourists.

   It is a pity that there is no circus performance in the square today. It is said that it has been delayed for some reason and will not arrive until the day after tomorrow.

   When they were looking for shops around the square, they found a food stall. What surprised Albert even more was that they were selling roasted sweet potatoes here.

  However, since it was not long after dinner, the four of them only bought two portions, and everyone shared the food, which was considered a relief.

   "We didn't have these stalls when we came last time." Valeria smiled and said to Catherine, "This stuff is much better than baked potatoes."

  Isobel took the sweet potato covered in cheese from Albert, took a bite and commented, "It tastes very good."

   "If you like, I can ask Bit to make it for you, but it may be more difficult to buy sweet potatoes in the UK." Albert thinks that he can hire Dobby in the future and let the house elves help grow vegetables. It is best to set up a greenhouse and grow whatever you want to eat in the future.

  Since he bought sweet potatoes, Albert asked the location of the bookstore and the magic store.

However, what is disappointing is that there are not many books here that he wants. The so-called "Introduction to Alchemy" and "Intelligent Victory over Black Magic" and other books, after a brief reading, he knows that buying them back is a waste money.

  In the end, Albert only bought a few advanced books that he was interested in, so the trip was not in vain. As for the magic item shop, it disappointed him even more. Egypt's alchemy was indeed very developed, but there were not many new things in the shop. As long as Albert has seen most magic items, he can basically guess the principle.

  In the end, apart from some books bought by Albert and a few suspicious Defense Against the Dark Arts items in the magic shop, there was the roselle essence bought by Isobel and the pile of delicacies in the hands of the two girls.

After they returned to the bar, they found an empty seat and chatted while eating. Most of the time, it was Valeria who complained about the magic world in the United States, or talked about the research progress of beauty pharmacies and how profitable beauty pharmacies were. Valeria thought that Albert gave up this piece because he was having trouble with money.

  After 9:30, the four of them finished their conversation and prepared to go back to their rooms to rest.

   After going upstairs together, Albert found that everyone's rooms were connected together, and Valeria and Catherine lived next door to them.

   "Let's go back to rest first, see you tomorrow morning."

  Looking at the closed door, Valeria said softly, "Oh, no chance."

   "You have no chance." Catherine turned and walked into the room, reminding her, "I have to get up early tomorrow. If you can't get up, don't blame me for throwing you into the bar to attend the International Alchemy Conference."

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  (end of this chapter)