Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 831 Pioneering Contribution Award

   Albert felt that not long after he closed his eyes, he was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

  He opened his eyes in a daze, instinctively reached for the wand beside the bed, and muttered softly, "Damn it, what time is it now."

  Yesterday, although Mr. Serra mentioned that he had to get up early today, it doesn’t have to be so early. It was still dark outside the window.

  He yawned again, and lightly shook the wand in his hand, causing the ball of light to separate from the wand and float above his head. The soft white light immediately dispelled the darkness in the room.

   "What, is it time to leave?" Isobel asked sleepily.

  The rapid knock on the door rang again.

  Albert glanced at the sight glass on the bed cabinet. There was no response from the magic alarm, which meant that there should be no danger nearby, so he replied to the door: "I'm awake, let's go down now."

  Although the looking glass is very unreliable, Albert also has to admit that the looking glass is still useful after all, at least it can provide them with early warning.

  It would be even better if the detection and early warning effect of the looking glass can be combined with the footprint spell to make it into an early warning radar.

  It's a pity that Albert's attainments in alchemy are limited, and he still can't realize it so far. It is sometimes quite difficult to make magic items too precise.

  He stretched himself, pushed aside the thin quilt and got out of bed, then suppressed a yawn, and began to change his clothes while drowsy.

   "What are you staring at me for?" After Albert changed his clothes, he found Isobel staring at him in a daze.

   "Do you need me to help you change your clothes?"

   As he said, he helped Isobel take the clothes over, and reached out to help her undress

   "I knew I was taking advantage of me." Isobel slapped Albert's paw, she didn't seem to wake up yet, she seemed very tired.

  No way, it was difficult to fall asleep in a strange place, but I was woken up again after not sleeping for a long time. It is already very educated not to lose my temper.

   "Didn't I take advantage of all your advantages?" Albert walked into the bathroom with a smile, ready to brush his teeth and wash his face to wake himself up completely.

   As for watching a beautiful woman change clothes, this is not the first time I have seen her.

   "If you are very tired, don't go, just stay in the bar and rest." Albert poked his head out of the bathroom and said to Isobel who was changing clothes.

"No."

  After Albert finished washing, Isobel also got dressed, and when they went downstairs together, it was already ten minutes later.

  Many people were waiting in the bar, and it was not difficult to see that most of them were in a bad mood. People were yawning while drinking the hot tea that the bartender distributed to them.

Since the International Alchemy Congress needs to borrow the site of the Alchemy Research Center, and the entrance of the Alchemy Research Center is located at the Sphinx, the alchemists participating in the International Alchemy Congress must go there in batches to avoid a large number of wizards appearing in the The vicinity of the Sphinx attracts the attention of the Muggles.

  Going so early is actually the reason. After all, the Sphinx is a relatively famous attraction.

   "Can't you use apparition to go directly to the location of the International Alchemy Conference?" Valeria sipped the hot tea provided by the bar and complained softly: "Don't they know that lack of sleep is the biggest natural enemy of women?"

   "It's normal for the Alchemy Research Center to prohibit the use of apparition. This is to prevent people from invading." Catherine is not difficult to understand, just like the Ministry of Magic of most countries also prohibits apparition.

"What's the use of that? The magic that wizards prohibit apparition can't stop the house elves." Valeria pouted, "However, I doubt what the organizers are thinking. Nap over there?"

  Yes, due to lack of sleep, most of the contestants are sleepy to death, how can they be in the mood to participate in the International Alchemy Conference, and they haven't even had breakfast yet, so they can't compete hungry.

   "There will be enough places for you to sit and rest, and there will be plenty of free food, so you don't have to worry." It's not the first time Nicholas has come to participate in the International Alchemy Congress, so he still knows the situation here.

   At this moment, a wizard shouted at the crowd: "All the people who participated in the International Alchemy Conference gathered here, all the people who participated in the International Alchemy Conference gathered here, come quickly and gather, we are about to leave."

   "Let's go too!"

   Nicholas led everyone towards the crowded crowd.

   Then, they were quickly told that they had to Apparate in batches.

  Albert and the six held hands and apparated near the Sphinx, and saw light shaking in the darkness.

  The desert at night was a bit cold, and Albert couldn't help shivering when he was blown by the cool wind.

They walked in the direction of the light source and came to the side of the Sphinx, where a wizard in a cloak stood. After chatting with Sera for a few words, he motioned for them to start from the side of the Sphinx. Passing through the walls, somewhat like Platform Nine and Three Quarters, the interior of the Sphinx is a large hall where a wizard checks their tickets at the entrance.

  He inserted the admission ticket from the back of the head of the golden Sphinx statue, then pulled it out from the mouth of the Sphinx statue, and handed it to Albert again.

   "Okay, come in, your display case is number 51."

The so-called display cabinet is a glass table, a bit like the gold and jewelry display cabinet in the previous life. Behind each counter is a staff member of the Alchemy Research Center. After checking Albert's admission ticket and registering, Then put the Mandrake wine and flying ointment in the No. 51 display cabinet, and put a piece of parchment beside them to introduce their effects.

   "Okay, let's find a place to rest first." Albert stretched out his hand to cover his yawn, and led everyone to the rest area next to the hall.

   There is also a counter that provides them with free breakfast and drinks, and several house elves are busy preparing meatloaf for everyone.

  It is to add various fillings to the freshly baked flatbread. Basically, everyone who comes is holding a pie and chewing there, and there is a strong fragrance in the air.

   During the break, Nicholas told them some black material about the International Alchemy Congress.

  Many of the so-called alchemy achievements in the display cabinets are mostly useless semi-finished products, and there are even fake, exaggerated and shoddy products.

  However, everyone acquiesced to this kind of thing, otherwise there would be so many alchemy achievements.

  Of course, fake products and low-quality semi-finished products cannot participate.

   It's just that every session there will be a few unlucky ones whose lies will be exposed by the top rookies.

  The so-called participation of more than a hundred people is just a bluff. Everyone just wants to use this opportunity to communicate and build relationships. I am afraid that the number of people who actually participated in the International Alchemy Conference can be counted on ten fingers. The so-called Cairo International Alchemy Conference Pioneering Contribution Gold Award is even more worthless.

If it was 50 years ago, the International Alchemy Conference was actually pretty high, and the competition was fierce every time. However, as people dig into alchemy, the results of alchemy became less and less. The benefits are not worth it, so many people just show their achievements to everyone, but they don't plan to participate in the competition.

  Although the Pioneering Contribution Gold Award is not awarded every session, as long as there are no accidents, the probability of Albert's flying ointment winning is still very high.

  However, Albert himself didn't really care about this matter, he was looking at the new task that was just triggered.

   Medal Collector.

  Since you have participated in the International Alchemy Conference, why not get the gold medal, although no one wants that thing, but at least it is a medal, which can give you more fame.

  Reward: 5000 experience, 2000 galleons, alchemy +1, reputation in the magic world +1000.

   I don’t think it’s as good as the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique last time, but the medal is actually not bad. Alchemy +1 can wait for him to raise the alchemy and receive it. It’s not bad.

  However, this mission description is really just like what Nicholas said. Few people are willing to participate. Although 2000 Galleons are a lot, there is still a big gap with the unique business brought by alchemy achievements.

"I met a lot of old friends just now and told them about you. Those guys are very curious and want to meet you." After returning from a stroll, Sera took Albert to visit the relationship with him Be good old men.

Although Sera meant to let Albert get to know each other, but more often he took him there to show off. When Serra introduced Albert, it seemed to say to them: Look, this is my favorite student .

  Looking at the surprised, surprised, envious and admiring eyes of those old men, Sera felt that the bad mood of getting up early was swept away at once.

   "This is Mopsos." Sera introduced a Greek to Albert, "This is Albert Anderson, a descendant of Mog McDougal."

  The alchemist named Mopsos froze for a moment, looked at Albert again, nodded at him with a friendly smile, and introduced his son Jason to Albert.

  It was a boy who was a few years younger than Albert, and he spoke very poor English, which made Albert very uncomfortable, so he simply chatted with Jason in Greek.

   As for the introduction method of Sera, he probably guessed who the Mopsos in front of him was.

   "Your Greek is awesome!" Jason was really taken aback when he found that Albert had switched languages ​​without a trace.

"That group of people is always so good." Listening to Albert's fluent Greek, Mopsos recalled that when he first met McDougal, the guy spoke fluent Greek. language.

   "Are you going to train Jason to be the successor?" Sera chatted with Mopsos in English.

"Well, Jason is pretty good, and he likes alchemy very much. I'll take him out now to increase his knowledge." Naturally, it is impossible for Mopsos to hand over the benefits of Floo powder to others, and it is most important to train his own son to become an heir. Good choice.

   "Where's that one? I remember that he seems to be good at potions." Mopsos had already remembered who Albert Anderson was.

  The cheating incident at the Magic School Potions Tournament last time caused a small disturbance in the Greek magic world, and recently this guy also won the Barnabus Funkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique. To be honest, that award has more weight than the current gold award for pioneering contributions.

   "He is also good at alchemy." Sera said meaningfully.

   "Is he here to participate in the International Alchemy Conference?" Mopsos couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked in disbelief.

   "Yes, and 80% of them will win the gold medal for pioneering contribution." Sera is very confident in Albert, and there are not many young contestants who come to participate. "If you go to showcase No. 51, you will definitely have unexpected surprises."

  After a brief acquaintance, Serra took Albert away, leaving only the stunned Mopsos.

  A minor wizard won three international awards?

   It's almost like a dream.

   "Who is that man?" Jason asked Mopsos: "He is really powerful."

   "He is indeed a very powerful guy. You will deal with him in the future." Mopsos said to his son with a smile: "Let's go, let's go and see his alchemy results."

   "He participated in the show?" Jason was even more surprised.

"Yes, and I plan to participate in the competition, and it is very likely to win the gold medal for pioneering contributions." Mopsos doesn't think that Sela needs to lie and brag, and the halo on Albert's head seems to dim those bragging .

  However, Mopsos found that he still underestimated Albert's ability. The display cabinet No. 51 was crowded with people, especially after seeing the introduction of the bottle of Mandrake wine, they opened their mouths wide.

  If it really had that effect, no, with that young man's arrogance, obviously he wouldn't fake it.

  Mopsos felt that maybe he should go to talk to the other party. A voice suddenly echoed in the hall, interrupting his thoughts. The one who spoke was Hermes, the president of the Alchemy Research Center.

  The old man chattered there for an hour, mainly introducing the International Alchemy Conference and the process of participating in the competition to the contestants from various countries.

   This is an old man with nothing to tell. He was talking over there, but basically few people in the entire venue were listening, and everyone was talking separately.

  Actually, as long as the process of the International Alchemy Conference is printed on paper and sent to everyone for reading, it can also shorten the opening speeches to a few minutes.

   I don't know who started to applaud first, everyone was relieved and applauded together.

  Then, the International Alchemy Conference officially started. The first session is for alchemists to show their alchemy results, and those who are interested can sign up for the competition.

  Of course, the alchemy results that are willing to participate still need to pass the strict review of the organizer. Contestants need to register first, then conduct an on-site review, and finally provide detailed information, which will be verified by the Alchemy Research Center. After passing the test, the Alchemy Research Center will help with related patents.

   As for who is eligible to win the award, five professional referees and three veteran alchemy masters will form a referee panel to make the final vote.

  (end of this chapter)