Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 834 The world of adults is really complicated

On the podium of the International Alchemy Conference, an alchemist in his sixties was speaking in broken English to the audience about the development and decline of alchemy in recent years. , almost closed his eyes, and let the other party hypnotize him directly.

  This morning, Albert was woken up very early. Even after drinking a large cup of strong tea, he still couldn't stop the rising sleepiness, which caused him to yawn from just now to now.

   Isobel, who was sitting beside her, was not much better. Catherine and Valeria even sat next to each other, dozing off with their eyes closed.

In order to keep themselves awake and not be hypnotized by boring speeches, many wizards who came to this meeting were whispering to others, that is, the wizards on the stage used microphones to amplify their voices, otherwise they would hear the whispers from the audience Whispering, I guess I will be very helpless in my heart.

   "Mr. Serra, has Professor Dumbledore never participated in the International Alchemy Conference since he won the Gold Medal for Pioneering Contributions at the Cairo International Alchemy Conference?"

   In order not to let himself fall asleep, Albert also started to chat with someone, and he also heard something from the words of the wizard on the stage.

   "I don't know. However, in recent decades, I really haven't seen Dumbledore come to the International Alchemy Conference." Sera was not surprised by this, and he was actually very clear about the reason.

  No way, the guy on the stage was drooling over there, talking about how everyone should promote the development of alchemy, but are those words really useful?

  In Albert's view, the group of old guys on the stage should bear most of the responsibility for the decline of alchemy.

  What's the use of just nagging over there for a long time, the result is not just a bunch of nonsense.

  If the leaders don’t take the lead in fulfilling their responsibilities, and are still doing all kinds of disgusting things over there, it’s not surprising that the International Alchemy Conference has become what it is now.

  Especially suppressing newcomers, many older and experienced wizards like to do this kind of crap, but they forget that they are old, and a large part of them are not able to accept new things, and they are even less innovative.

  Without innovation and enterprising people to open up the way for everyone, the development of alchemy will naturally become very slow.

  The group of people on the stage are naturally aware of this. Basically, no one who can climb to a high position is a real idiot, but sometimes for their own benefit, even if they know it is wrong, some people are willing to disguise themselves as idiots.

Take the Barnabus Finkley Excellent Spellcasting Award that Albert received not long ago. Not long after he returned to China, Bud told him that someone in Spain had lodged a formal complaint with the International Federation of Wizards against him. The championship and the gold medal were questioned, but the International Federation of Wizards actually accepted the appeal when all the referees agreed with the results of the competition.

  If it was replaced by an ordinary underage Muggle wizard, it would probably be messed up.

  Because there is a saying that underage wizards are not considered wizards.

   They basically have no right to speak.

It's just that Albert has a lot of halos on his head, and he has just announced the recovery spell that can help wizards solve werewolves' troubles, and the Wild Smith family has used their connections to help him solve the remaining problems, so this matter is so quiet. End it silently, or God knows what will happen.

   If you want to say that this matter is not tricky, Albert does not believe it.

   While chatting with Serra, several staff members were pushing trolleys and distributing a book called "Modern Alchemy Development and Research" to people in the venue. Obviously, the International Alchemy Congress is not just shouting slogans from the sidelines, they have rewritten the textbooks of alchemy.

  However, after seeing the price of this book, Albert wondered if this group of people wanted to make money by selling the book, because the cost of this book is not cheap, at least not as cheap as textbooks.

   If you really want to popularize alchemy, the price of books should be at least cheaper.

  Although the content in this book is not bad, it is more formal than the few books Albert bought the day before yesterday, but that's all.

   At some point, the speaker on the stage changed to a wizard in his fifties, and the topic this time was the use of alchemy.

However, I don’t know whether it’s due to the lack of preparation of this gentleman or other reasons. The other party’s speech was very fragmentary, and the content was very short. After about fifteen minutes, the speech was over. The guys are really short in comparison.

  However, Albert understood what the other party wanted to express: to make alchemy practical and apply it to life, not just stay on the written records on parchment.

  The alchemist seems to think that the development of alchemy can only be further promoted after it is better used.

   However, in the eyes of most people, it is all empty words. Because most alchemists will try their best to turn their alchemy results into tangible benefits that can be seen and touched.

After the second person finished speaking, the third, fourth, and finally the fifth alchemist finished talking nonsense, everyone's patience was almost exhausted, and the organizers seemed to know it well this point. Therefore, the meeting was suspended, and everyone was asked to eat something, chat with others about alchemy, and then continue to announce the outstanding works that emerged at this year's International Alchemy Conference.

  Valeria, whose whole body sank into the sofa, muttered softly: "Ah! So boring, I almost fell asleep."

  Actually, she didn't intend to come to attend today's meeting, but she was forced to come here by Catherine this morning.

   "Is it boring?" Catherine asked back.

   "Aren't you bored?" Valeria asked Albert and Isobel.

   "It's okay." Albert said.

   "What do you mean?" Valeria said dissatisfiedly, "I think you almost fell asleep."

   "If you can understand, you will find what they said is quite interesting." Catherine said meaningfully.

   "Understand what?" Valeria asked suspiciously.

"The shamelessness of adults." Albert stretched out his hand to cover his yawn, "Oh, I almost forgot, I am the only one here who is not yet an adult, what a hell. However, it is actually kinda cool to be able to witness those people's shameless faces. rare."

   "Are you trying to imply that we are all old?" Valeria asked with a smile.

   At this moment, an old man came over here.

   "Congratulations, Mr. Anderson, you have won the Gold Medal for Pioneering Contributions at the Cairo International Alchemy Conference." The old man told Albert the good news with a smile.

  For some reason, Albert felt that the smile of the old man in front of him was hypocritical.

   "However, please keep this secret first, and prepare the speeches you need to use on stage next time. Everyone hopes that you can share your unique insights on alchemy."

   "I see." Albert nodded to show that he knew.

"My name is Richard Brick." The old man didn't seem to intend to leave immediately, but took the initiative to chat with Albert, "Maybe, you don't know me, but I have heard other French colleagues mention you. "

   "Hello, Mr. Richard." Albert frowned, as if recalling where he had seen the name.

   When he saw Isobel pointing at the book in his hand, Albert remembered who this person was.

  Richard Brick, author of The Development and Research of Modern Alchemy.

   ""Development and Research of Modern Alchemy"?" Albert asked with raised eyebrows.

   "Yes, I wrote that book, what do you think of that book?" Richard was satisfied that Albert recognized him.

"To be honest, there is no alchemy course at Hogwarts." Albert did not answer directly, but chatted about other things, "Although most wizards have heard of alchemy, they don't know what alchemy is. What the hell, it's like a wizard who hasn't learned Transfiguration, who mixes spells with Transfiguration."

  Richard frowned, but he didn't open his mouth to refute, but prepared to listen to Albert's words. Maybe the other party's words were not compliments, but they were much more useful than compliments.

   To be honest, not many wizards are willing to give him advice.

   People prefer to say nice things to compliment him.

"The Development and Research of Modern Alchemy is too superficial for those who understand alchemy, but it is difficult for those who have not even started to understand alchemy." Albert simply said of himself Check out that book for perspective.

   "Do you think "Modern Alchemy Development and Research" is of little value?" Richard's expression became very subtle, "I don't know if you have any suggestions?"

"You can publish an easier book on alchemy, introduce alchemy to those wizards who don't know alchemy, and guide them to push the door of alchemy, and then this book can be placed in the middle, and another book that is more difficult Alchemy books can be regarded as a set of teaching materials from easy to difficult."

   "You seem to know a lot about this matter." Richard was a little curious, and was not angry at Albert's words. He was also considering the feasibility of that suggestion.

   "My girlfriend is currently writing textbooks on ancient runes, and I'm helping her sort out these materials." Albert explained with a smile.

  Richard glanced at Isobel, then nodded slightly at Albert and said, "I will carefully consider your suggestion."

Richard had to admit that what Albert said was very reasonable, because apart from the countries around Egypt, many schools did not offer alchemy courses, even Booth, who had appeared as a great alchemist like Nico Mailer Barton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry also has no alchemy courses.

   "You don't seem to like him very much." Sierra looked at Richard's leaving back and asked Albert with interest.

   "He feels hypocritical to me." Albert said without thinking.

"You are right, Richard is indeed a very hypocritical guy. In fact, most people are very hypocritical." Nicholas did not shy away from this at all, "As long as you are valuable, they will never be stingy with their own Smile. That guy is actually the Glorious Vice President of the Alchemy Research Center, and he helped write the "Development and Research of Modern Alchemy". Although it looks more formal, to be honest, that book is really useless. However, You're right in not making it worthless. You got the pioneering contribution gold thanks to that guy, they wanted Mr. Arria to get the pioneering contribution gold."

  Speaking of these secrets, several other people were not sleepy anymore, and came together one after another.

"Mr. Richard thinks that your alchemy results are valuable, and may be used in some places in the future, but Mr. Aria's magic communicator is difficult to be widely used, because it is difficult to find stones that can resonate. Of course, this incident is actually related to the fact that Sera took you around to visit acquaintances yesterday. They all realized that you knew many famous alchemists, and there were countless dazzling halos on your head, which made Cairo International Alchemist It is more meaningful for you to be awarded the Gold Award for Pioneering Contribution to the conference. This matter can be used as a gimmick for publicity. The youngest winner in history, just like you won the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting last time, can This will increase the popularity of the International Alchemy Conference."

"Of course, the most important thing is that you are still young, have high investment value, and are at least a good candidate for a friend. It is undeniable that people like Mr. Richard can actually make friends." Serra reminded, "But a man like Mr. Richard is not suitable for a deep friendship."

   "The world of adults is really complicated!" Albert couldn't help but teased.

  In the afternoon, no one continued to waste everyone's precious time on the stage, and they simply showed everyone the alchemy results of the twelve contestants.

   Albert is in seventh place.

The first contestant was a middle-aged wizard who successfully used alchemy to extract and manufacture a pill similar to a tranquilizer. Although that pill was not as effective as a tranquilizer, it was easier to store and carry, and it also had a calming effect when taken. Can be used to deal with some more urgent situations.

   However, this technology was not favored because of the cumbersome manufacturing process.

  The second contestant is a wizard in his thirties. He used alchemy to create a pair of multifunctional glasses, which can enable the wearer to see the surrounding environment clearly in the dark. It is said that he also has the ability to see through invisibility. However, the technology of recognizing objects in the dark and seeing through invisibility has actually been around for a long time, and many wizards think that it is not an alchemy achievement.

  The third is a witch in her twenties. She extracted the essence from the gill sac grass and concocted an alchemy potion that was said to allow people to breathe underwater. As a result, many alchemists thought that this method was a waste of gill grass, and there was no need to do it.

  The fourth place is Aria. His magic communicator is favored by many people, because it seems to be able to transmit information across long distances, which is very helpful for cross-border communication.

Albert, the fifth, sixth, and seventh place, played his head portrait, basic information and alchemy results on the projector, and there was a whispering sound from the audience. Flying ointment is indeed a relatively new thing. But that's all, because this thing has no use at all at present, but there is no doubt that it is useful.

  However, most people were not concerned about the flying oil, but Albert's age. They obviously didn't expect that there was an underage child among them.

  However, what everyone didn't expect was that Albert became the winner of the pioneering contribution gold award.

  Many alchemists cast strange glances at Albert, and they seemed to be discussing whether there was a shady scene in this matter.

  They couldn't understand why a minor wizard won the gold award for pioneering contributions.

   Could it be that Mr. Arria's magic communicator is really inferior to flying ointment?

   This chapter has been revised.

   Alas, the game misunderstood me.

  (end of this chapter)