Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 868 Joy from Heaven

The house-elves in Hogwarts Castle have been busy ever since they learned on the big notice that representatives of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at Hogwarts at 6:00 pm on Friday, October 30. Yes, in addition to their usual work, they also have to clean the entire castle thoroughly. It can only be said that no matter where you are, everyone hopes to show their best side to others.

It's a pity that the professors were a little nervous about hosting guests from other schools for the first time in many years, and they all forgot one very important thing. In the second half of the semester, instead of just staying in school for a few days, enough time is enough for them to thoroughly see the real situation of Hogwarts.

   "You are right, this incident has made everyone's brains a little abnormal."

  George looked at Argus Filch, who was furious, and had to admit that Albert was right. Not only Filch, but other professors were also tense, and the reason why the administrator in front of them was angry was that the student forgot to clean his shoes.

  Recently, there have been many similar cases. Several girls have been scared hysterically by him and entered the school hospital.

"You can't expect everyone to be able to keep their minds clear at all times like Albert." Fred had a strange expression on his face: "You don't know that in the Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall seemed to think that every student at Hogwarts A student should be as good as Albert. The representatives of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were shocked by the level of teaching at Hogwarts. I remember what Albert used to describe this matter. "

   "Ahem, Professor McGonagall just doesn't want to see Hogwarts being belittled by others." Albert coughed lightly and explained, "In fact, many people like to elevate themselves by belittling others."

"What you say is always very philosophical, but people usually don't like to hear this kind of talk." Lee Jordan put his hand on Albert's shoulder and suggested, "I think everyone would like to hear you talk about other schools thing."

   "I don't know much." Albert shook his head.

   "But you know and know them, don't you?"

"Now people just talk about who will be the Hogwarts champions, what events the Triwizard Tournament will have, how the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are different from us. I dare say you know them best As long as you disclose a little information, you can satisfy everyone's curiosity." Lee Jordan persuaded, he was sure that Albert knew a lot of secret information, but rarely told them.

   "Actually, we also want to know." Fred and George said in unison, "You don't know, many people are now guessing what method other schools will use to reach Hogwarts."

   "What's the point of guessing?" Albert felt that those guys were really boring.

   "I'm curious."

"There are many versions, such as using apparitions, port keys, and some say that they will ride a broomstick or take a train." George felt that these speculations were very unreliable, and he tentatively asked: "I remember the last time you went to participate The Magic School Potions Tournament seems to be riding..."

"Take the Thestral carriage. At that time, Hagrid was responsible for driving us." Albert ignored the group of whispering girls, turned directly into the hall, found a seat and prepared to eat, "Beauxbatons should come in the carriage. , They have a large pegasus in their school, which is very suitable for pulling a carriage."

   "Where is Durmstrang? I heard that their reputation is not very good. It is said that Durmstrang has courses in black magic." Lee Jordan recalled the information he knew.

   "I heard that Viktor Krum was a student of Durmstrang." Angelina also joined the conversation.

   "Has Viktor Krum graduated from school yet?" Fred was a little surprised. Everyone thought Krum had already graduated from school, otherwise how could he play professional football in the World Cup.

"He hasn't graduated yet, and I heard from friends in Durmstrang that Viktor Krum will be coming to the Triwizard Tournament, and he's supposed to be a Durmstrang warrior, you know Yes, Durmstrang School is now counting on Viktor Krum to change the school's international image." Albert lowered his voice and secretly revealed some news to his friends, but he did not Thinking of what he said, the Gryffindor table exploded.

   "Really? Viktor Krum will come to Hogwarts to participate in the Triwizard Cup and become a warrior of Durmstrang?"

   I don’t know who yelled directly, causing students from other colleges to turn their heads and look over. This incident spread like a plague in the hall. It is not difficult to see the popularity of Viktor Krum.

"Now you know why I don't want to say this." Albert was a little speechless, and he didn't expect that such a **** thing could cause a commotion. He took out his wand from his pocket, waved it lightly, and let The originally noisy hall became no longer noisy, and people found that they could only speak in whispers.

   "Don't be angry with Minerva, don't you think this whispering spell is brilliant?" Professor Flitwick was smiling at his colleagues on the teacher's seat.

   "You're right." Professor McGonagall sighed as he looked at the whispering crowd below.

   "You have been too tense recently." Professor Sprout comforted, "I dare say that other schools will definitely not be able to train outstanding students like Mr. Anderson."

   "Mr. Anderson is indeed very good, but the more good people are, the more they turn a blind eye to school rules." Snape sneered.

   "What do you mean?" Professor Moody asked.

"As far as I know, it was magic that Anderson and his friends were testing outside the Forbidden Forest, and they messed up the forest over there." Snape gave Moody a look and reminded, "If you go there, you can It was found that traces of their test magic could be seen everywhere in the forest.

"Actually, there isn't a good place to practice magic in school." Professor Moody dismissed Snape's words. "At least, they didn't use that magic on other students, did they? I remember a time when , Many students in Slytherin like to test their jinxes on other students. Compared with those restless guys, Mr. Anderson is just like a good baby, I really don’t know what you don’t like?"

   "Nice baby?" Snape felt ridiculous when he heard this.

In the past few years, Slytherin students have frequently encountered vicious attacks. Although there is no evidence that this incident has anything to do with Albert, Snape is sure that this incident is definitely related to Albert, even if it is not Albert What he did was also planned with his help, because only this guy can be flawless, and other Gryffindor students with muscular heads can't do it at all.

   Moreover, Snape also knew that Albert and his three friends had a bad habit of wandering around in the middle of the night.

   Filch can attest to this.

   It's a pity that he hasn't been able to catch them.

  Also, he heard that books were often lost in the restricted section of the school library, but he still couldn't find the culprit, which must have something to do with him.

Moreover, someone dared to sneak into his storage room to steal medicinal materials. There are not many people who can steal things from under their noses. Snape suspected that Albert was the **** thief, and he was the only one with this kind of knowledge. ability.

   Well, Snape basically blamed Albert for everything that happened in school but failed to find the culprit.

  However, he really didn't wrong Albert. Many bad things are indeed related to Albert, or have an indirect relationship.

   It's just that they couldn't find any evidence.

   "You seem to have a problem with Mr. Anderson?" Moody stared fixedly at Snape, and asked, "Is it because Mr. Anderson is a wizard born in a Muggle family? However, this does not seem to be an accident."

   "Moody." Professor McGonagall felt that Moody's tone was too heavy, not only him, but other professors could not help but frown.

"You probably don't know that many people in the British wizarding world are very dissatisfied with his status as a Muggle wizard." Moody showed an expression that you really didn't know, "Some time ago, Cornelius Fudge The Wizengamot UK youth representative award for Mr Anderson was lost on the grounds of our Minister that he was of age and was not of age to present the award."

   After saying this, Moody had a weird expression on his face.

   Several professors couldn't help but frowned. Of course they knew what that award meant. In fact, no wizard in Hogwarts school could win this award for a long time.

   "Because of being an adult?" Professor Sprout asked in disbelief.

   "It is said that the Wizengamot British Youth Representative is only awarded to underage wizards, and Mr. Anderson became an adult last month." Moody laughed, which made his face even more ferocious.

   "But... the fact that the Wizengamot British youth representative can be awarded to Mr. Anderson means that he was underage at that time, right?" Professor Flitwick glanced at Snape, and also frowned. He suddenly understood why Moody was so disgusted with such things.

"The Ministry of Magic is stuck with this award. If you have worked in the Ministry of Magic, you know that some things need to go through the process, so...you understand." Moody stared at Snape and said softly, "The group of guys are not They don't want a Muggle-born wizard to be too famous, and they'd rather not have those international champions, because that would just make them look incompetent and embarrass them."

"How dare he award himself the Order of Merlin First Class." Professor McGonagall said tremblingly: "Other countries are envious of our country having such a genius, enviing us for winning a large number of international championships, and our magic How dare they treat our geniuses and heroes like this, no, I have to go to Dumbledore."

  Looking at the back of Professor McGonagall, there was a smile on the corner of Moody's mouth.

  Planning is almost ready to begin.

   It is not difficult for Wormtail to return to Hogwarts school. He can turn into a mouse and sneak in quietly.

   After all, who pays attention to a rat?

  Hogwarts Castle has never been short of mice.

  Before that, he needed a wand, and this wand was quietly prepared for him by Little Barty, and it was placed in a very hidden place.

  So, Peter actually sneaked into the castle through the secret passage outside the school very easily, and quickly got the wand.

   Next, Peter needs to be patient and wait for the opportunity to cast a spell on Katrina. He not only needs to use the Imperius Curse to control Katrina, but also needs to tamper with her memory to make her fall in love with Albert.

  Yes, this is Barty Jr.'s coquettish operation.

Because Albert's girlfriend is Katrina's sister, and Katrina wanted to **** Albert from her sister, and used some more radical methods, using love potion on Albert and talking to him Something indescribable happened.

  Because of this incident, Albert unfortunately missed the opportunity to vote for the Warriors selection.

The disappearance of the two at the same time has to make people think that the students of Hogwarts must be more concerned about the matter between Albert and Katrina than that he missed the selection of warriors for the Triwizard Tournament, let alone Some people will suspect that there is some kind of conspiracy in this matter.

   After all, the Weasley twins had secretly sold a large number of love potions, and many girls had bought them. They all wanted Albert to drink the potion and invite them to the Christmas ball.

   It's just that Katrina's approach is even bolder and more radical.

As for how to hide the two of them and prevent others from finding them, Peter also has a suitable location. Thanks to the information provided by the Dark Lord, there is a secret room on the eighth floor that no one knows about. kind of place.

  The plan was perfect, with almost no flaws to be found.

  If Peter was not noticed by Albert.

   It's a pity that Albert received the panel task the moment Peter first appeared at Hogwarts:

  Happy from the sky

There are many people in Hogwarts school who think you will become a Hogwarts warrior, but some people don't want you to represent Hogwarts in the Triwizard Tournament and try to prevent you from participating in the competition and winning the Triwizard Tournament Qualify for the Tournament, and give the group of guys trying to keep you from participating a big, unexpected surprise.

  Reward: 5000 experience, 1 skill point, randomly get a skill from the task target (the surprise value exceeds 70%, it will become a specified skill from the target. Surprise value: 0%), character favorability +10.

"It's such a joy!" Albert stared at the Marauder's Map and raised his eyebrows slightly. "So, did Peter sneak to the school to prevent me from participating in the competition? But, what are they going to do? Just faint Me, and then hide me, or modify my memory, or use the Imperius Curse to control me, so that I voluntarily give up participating in the competition?"

   Albert felt that these methods were a bit unreliable, and it was easy for Dumbledore to find out that something was wrong.

   "What method will they use?" Albert wanted to run to Peter and get the answer from that guy.

   It's just that if he secretly tampers with Peter's memory, once Voldemort finds out that something is wrong, it will be easily exposed. This is not a good idea.

  (end of this chapter)