Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 853 Well prepared

   "As expected of you, even Harry was fooled by you."

  After seeing Harry walking away in a daze, Lee Jordan smiled and said to Albert, "Actually, I always thought it was very suitable to be a priest in a church, and I would definitely be able to fool a large number of believers."

   "Don't tell me, if I were Harry, I would also believe what Albert said." Fred didn't mean to be joking at all, he really believed in the two things Albert mentioned.

   "You think there's something wrong with Mad-Eye, too?" George asked, frowning.

   "Can't you guys have a sense of humor?" Lee Jordan grumbled. In fact, he also believed Albert's words, although this friend always liked to fool others with the truth.

"Do you still remember that when Harry first entered school, Quirrell stole the Sorcerer's Stone, and Professor Quirrell was said to be possessed by a mysterious person." Albert began to count the events that happened during Harry's three years of enrollment. matter.

   "The monster attack in the secret room occurred the year before last. Although Lockhart was not involved in the incident, he was an out-and-out liar. He was attacked and has not been discharged from the hospital yet."

"There was also Black's escape from prison last year, in which Harry was also involved, and Professor Lupine turned out to be a werewolf, and he was good friends with Black, and in the end Peter appeared who had been pretending to be a mouse for more than ten years." Red thought it was normal for Harry to be persuaded by Albert, because even he felt that way.

  There are naturally coincidences in the world, but coincidences one after another are not coincidences.

"Do you think there is something wrong with the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this semester?" Lee Jordan realized that the three of them were not joking, and he suppressed the smiles on his face and began to think about the reason, "Speaking of which, do you know who this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is? ?”

   "Mad-Eye."

   "Mad-Eye?" Lee Jordan was a little confused, it was obviously a nickname.

   "Mad-Eye, Alastor Moody." George shared what he knew with everyone. "It is said that Professor Moody is a retired Auror and an old friend of Professor Dumbledore. Dad respects him very much."

"By the way, Professor Moody seems to be in trouble this morning. Mr. Diggory said he thought someone was trying to break into his house, and there was a lot of commotion. Dad left early in the morning to help him out. thing, I've been saying for a while that the Daily Prophet will run it," added Fred.

   "If that Mad-Eye has a problem, maybe, he was really attacked this morning, and someone tried to control him to do something at Hogwarts." Lee Jordan couldn't help laughing as he spoke.

   "What are you laughing at?" George asked puzzled.

"Using the Imperius Curse to control a person, and it needs to be avoided by a wizard as smart as Dumbledore, is obviously impossible." Albert explained to the two for Lee Jordan, "And, Mad-Eye I am a very powerful Auror myself, and I must have a certain resistance to the Imperius Curse. Take me as an example, as long as it is not a strong Imperius Curse, I should be able to resist it. The Veela in the World Cup also failed to resist it. I made too much of an impact."

   Both Fred and George were a little embarrassed. They were bewildered by Veela in the World Cup final, and they were the only two of them in the box. Ron often laughed at them about it afterwards.

"What if the wizard who attacked him just wanted to sneak into the school disguised as him?" George looked at Albert and asked, "If it's you, can you use the clever transformation magic to disguise yourself as someone else? As far as I know , the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic will change their appearance through transfiguration magic."

   "I haven't tried it. If you give me some time to practice, I should be able to do it, but I think it should be very difficult to use transformation magic to disguise as a specific person." Albert is confident in his own transformation magic. He said, "If you want to pretend to be someone else, I think the other party should use compound potions, which will make it easier to see the flaws, especially if you want to hide from a brilliant wizard like Dumbledore, the transformation magic is easy to be seen flaw."

"But it's impossible for him to drink the potion all the time. It would require a lot of compound potion." Lee Jordan felt that it was unlikely that someone would use potion and lurk in school for a long time. To pretend to be a professor through potions, you need to consume a lot of potions, and there is a risk of exposure.

"It may be difficult to achieve the level that a small cup of compound medicine lasts for 12 hours, but the medicine made by a skilled pharmacist should last for 10 hours." Albert made a judgment at the level of a pharmacist, "The medicine needed The number is definitely not as many as you think."

"If the Moody who appeared tonight is a fake, then the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is too terrible. Mad-Eye will be unlucky before he takes office, and the guy who pretends to be him and goes to the school to take office is really hard to think about." , I might go to Azkaban Prison someday." George ended the conversation jokingly, knowing that everyone would be staring at Moody tonight to see if that guy was a fake.

"By the way, do you read magazines? If you don't read them, you can borrow them from me first." Lee Jordan no longer struggled with the authenticity of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. He believed that the other party would definitely not be able to hide from Albert's eyes. If it was a fake Come on, this semester has been busy, Peter Pettigrew was really miserable a while ago.

   "Let's watch first."

  Albert handed the "Defense Guide" magazine to Lee Jordan, and took a comb from his pocket to smooth Tom's hair.

  Albert knows the general content of the magazine. A few days before the start of school, Sirius and Lupine wrote a lot of letters, discussing various matters of the magazine with him, and he also arranged the typesetting and giveaways of "Defense Guide".

"The magazine actually comes with a map of the Hogwarts castle." Fred spread out the map in the magazine, which was somewhat similar to a Marauder's map. It also marked the locations and shortest routes of classrooms, halls and lounges in detail. Allow new students to integrate into the school faster through the map, avoiding the embarrassment of not finding the classroom during the enrollment period.

   "That's a gift for wizards who subscribe to magazines for four months at once." Albert explained, "It's a small gift for new students. Of course, there are other gifts to choose from."

   "Any other freebies?" George asked curiously.

  "Danger warning device" Albert said without thinking.

   "Your new invention?"

   "I got the inspiration from the looking glass. The effect is to detect around the house. Once a wizard with malicious intentions appears, the danger warning device will sound an alarm. Its advantage is that it is not easy to cause false alarms."

   "There should be an upgraded version of this thing?"

  The three of them immediately recognized the business opportunity of the danger warning device. With Albert's character, the best things will definitely not be sold, and now is not the best time to sell this thing.

  One day the magic world really starts to be in turmoil, this thing will definitely sell well.

"Yes, that thing is a crude version, and there is a test version of the pocket watch, but I gave it away." Albert did not deny that the danger warning device is actually similar to the looking glass, but he adjusted the spell and added it to it. There are several kinds of magic.

   "Give it away?" Lee Jordan looked at Albert in disbelief.

   "Stupid, it must be his girlfriend!" George could guess who Albert gave the things to without even thinking about it.

   "Tell me when you will get married." Lee Jordan said with a smile, "Remember to ask me to be the best man."

   "I'm the best man," said Fred.

   "It's time to guess punches." George suggested.

   "How do you feel? I mean this magazine. How do you feel after reading it?" Albert asked, changing the subject.

"I think it's very good. It should be a hit. At least it's practical for ordinary wizarding families." Fred gave a high evaluation, especially when he learned from Albert that the wizards in the British wizarding world have an average defense against the dark arts. After leveling up, I feel more and more that this magazine will be popular.

"Whether it's the analysis of the situation, the science popularization of the Dark Mark and Death Eaters, or how to deal with uninvited dark wizards." George is very similar to the methods given in fan magazines: when in danger, one should run away immediately , and try to notify the Ministry of Magic.

  Although the approach is indeed a bit cowardly, what the magazine said makes sense. Ordinary wizards are not opponents of dark wizards at all, and keeping their lives is the best choice.

  The magazine also taught several spells to strengthen the protection measures of their own houses, which are actually very practical. You must know that no one in the school teaches them such knowledge, and ordinary wizards don't even know how to strengthen the security measures of their own houses.

   "I feel that the content is a bit complicated. The part about dealing with pests is completely made up. There is also how to identify them. It feels useless to deal with dangerous plants."

  "Defense Guide" is more like a professor teaching everyone Defense Against the Dark Arts, but the content is more complicated and it is divided into several areas.

  For example, each issue will teach you a few practical spells, such as disarming spells, stun spells, and obstacle spells. Teach you how to break curses, how to deal with some common pests, magical creatures, and dangerous plants, such as how to calmly deal with danger, and the correct treatment after injury.

  The last few pages of the magazine are used to serialize novel stories, the content of this issue is: A Day in the Life of a Prisoner of Azkaban.

   "Defense Guide" has 48 pages, and the content is actually not much, but compared to other magazines, the number of pages is also quite a lot.

  Of course, the price is not cheap. Ten silver Sickles for a copy is a relatively high price in a magazine, especially when people are panicking, it feels like taking advantage of the fire.

   Still, it's undeniably worth the price.

   "If it was cheaper, I would definitely buy it." Lee Jordan muttered, "Ten silver Sickles is too expensive."

   "It's not a 50% discount." The price was given by Albert.

  It just opened. In order to attract customers, if you order collectively in recent months, you can get a 50% discount and a gift.

   "Actually, I also think the price is too expensive. Please allow me to prostitute your magazine for free before graduation." Fred returned the magazine to Albert with a smile.

   "How much is your canary biscuit?" Albert asked back.

   "Seven silver cozies."

   "Now, you think it's expensive?"

   "It's really expensive compared to other magazines, Xenophilius Lovegood's The Quibbler only costs a few Knuts (a quarter of a Sickle Fred pointed out this fact.

"How many Knuts would you be willing to buy a copy of The Quibbler?" Albert asked rhetorically, "To put it bluntly, The Quibbler is **** to a lot of people, if you can read it from that magazine If you find fun on the Internet, pretend I didn’t say it.”

   "Well, you're right, it's rubbish." Both Fred and George felt that Albert was right, they couldn't have fun with magazines anyway.

   "Well, you can always tell your own truth." Lee Jordan shrugged, anyway, he was going to rub Albert's magazine.

   "Are you also planning to use this magazine as a breakthrough to sell black magic defense props?" George felt that he had guessed Albert's plan. No wonder he was willing to spend time and energy to help Sirius start the magazine.

   "I do have this idea." Albert did not deny that this was indeed part of the plan.

“I think we need a magazine like that for our joke props,” grumbles Fred, “so that people can better understand our joke props, and be able to owl their favorites anytime. "

   "Isn't it already being done?" George was a little speechless, the advice Albert gave last time.

   "Is there?" Fred was a little confused, why didn't he know.

  It was still raining outside, and the four people in the carriage got together to discuss the future.

   Making money and realizing their ideals obviously attract their attention more than other things.

  They chatted for a long time, and even borrowed a pen from Albert on a rare occasion to record the idea just mentioned. Lee Jordan was very interested in the wizard radio project mentioned by Albert, and he felt that he could set up a radio station in the school to test it.

   Albert did not refuse, but said that he could not help on the radio.

  Fred and George found it interesting and offered to help, and the three soon began discussing how to build a radio station, completely unaware that they were too busy.

  The Hogwarts Express train finally slowed down. It was still pouring rain outside the window, and there was rumbling thunder in the sky.

  The students who had just got off the train were instantly drenched by the rapid and violent rain. Even when they held up their umbrellas, they were drenched by the rain.

   "It's really disgusting, let's go, I don't want to stay here and get caught in the rain." Fred urged.

The students, who were dizzy from the cold rain, had to lower their heads and move their footsteps little by little with the flow of people. They left the dark platform and walked through a rough and muddy road. Finally, they found the horse-drawn carriage in the wind and rain. , everyone quickened their pace and crowded towards the carriage, a few unlucky ones even fell to the ground.

The four of Albert randomly picked a carriage and climbed in. After closing the door to isolate the cold wind and rain outside, Fred noticed that Albert was not wet by the rain, and couldn't help asking: "How do you do it?" Arrived?"

   "I just turned my robe into a raincoat and my boots into rain boots." Albert explained, "Besides, I'm still holding an umbrella, so naturally I won't get wet from the rain."

   "You are well prepared, and I don't know if there is a water avoidance spell." Lee Jordan said and looked at Albert.

   "You can try to cover yourself with a bubble head spell, I'm sure it can prevent the rain." Albert thought of a bad idea, "It may look a little funny, if you want, I can try it."

  While speaking, Albert raised his wand and pointed at Lee Jordan. The next moment, most of his body was covered in the head-foaming spell, which looked quite funny.

   "Looks fine, like in a big soap bubble."

   "It just looks funny." Both Fred and George couldn't help laughing, and poked the outer foam with their fingers. Not to mention, the outer foam is very tough, and they didn't burst.

  Amid the laughter, the carriage jolted towards Hogwarts Castle.

  (end of this chapter)