Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 997 A pill

   When I woke up the next day, it was drizzling outside the castle.

  In Albert's limited memory of coming to Hogwarts, it was always raining in the new term.

  He dressed quickly, and after preparing breakfast for Tom, he stretched out his hands and rubbed Tom's head, and decided to let the house elf send the cat to Isobel later, so that it could be used as a cat.

   "Where are Fred and George?" Albert asked Lee Jordan who was putting on his shoes. He had just noticed that there were only two of them left in the dormitory.

   "Going to put up flyers in the common room." Lee Jordan said with a smile, "Those two guys are really full of energy."

After they washed and went downstairs, they found several students standing by the bulletin board in the common room. They were all discussing something in a low voice. Fred and George were smiling and handing out advertising leaflets to everyone, which contained the latest products they sold. joke product.

   What is more unexpected is that the most popular is actually the intelligence-enhancing candy in the magic candy made by Albert, which is used to improve everyone's energy, intelligence and thinking ability.

   It’s just that you need to register in advance, and you need to pay a deposit for reservation.

"I must remind you that wisdom candy cannot be used in exams, especially O.W.L. and N.E.W.T., they will definitely be caught by the invigilator. Don't take any chances, but wisdom candy can make you review more effectively, whether It's worth the price, you can judge for yourself, don't blame me..." Fred and George were promoting the effect of this candy and throwing cold water on them, but they still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm.

   O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. cannot be used for cheating, and it is not said that they cannot be used at other times. Ordinary final tests are not so strict. Even if they really cannot, they can still be used when doing homework.

  Hermione looked at the Weasley twins who gave everyone the wisdom fruit with a complicated expression, and then looked sideways at Albert who was standing quietly watching, and asked, "Aren't you going to stop them?"

   "Why stop it?" Albert asked suspiciously.

   Hermione suddenly didn't know what to say.

"For those who are preparing to start a business, the N.E.W.T. report card is just a piece of waste paper. Instead of wasting time on it, it is better to use the remaining time at Hogwarts to pave the way for their future." Albert calmly Telling Fred and George's purpose.

   “In fact, they’re doing it now.”

   "It's a money grab!"

  Ron walked towards this side, and said enviously: "I saw many people use wisdom candy, and they directly paid Gallon to ask Fred and George to make a reservation."

   "Because they want to cheat with that!"

  Lee Jordan easily saw through the thoughts of those people, "Maybe O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. can be easily checked out, but the general final exam is not a big problem."

   "You guessed that they would do that, but you still sell it!" Hermione said a little angrily. He felt that Fred and George were just letting everyone cheat at the end of the semester, which was very unfair to those students who were studying hard.

"You can't stop people from using a kitchen knife to cut vegetables just because the kitchen knife can kill people!" Albert asked back, "Haven't you used it yourself? Would you use it to cheat? This kind of thing is purely a personal matter." , not to mention, don't take the professors for fools."

  Hermione was immediately speechless, because Albert was right, she was the first user of intelligence enhancers, but she never wanted to use that thing to cheat.

  By the time Hermione looked up, Albert's figure had disappeared.

   "What's the matter Hermione?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"nothing!"

  Hermione was a little lonely and felt immature.

  As Albert told her before, the world is not black and white.

   Of course, she understands this.

only…

  At this moment, the students in the hall were discussing the scream last night, and those who slept late heard Umbridge's shrill scream.

   "Umbridge had a nightmare last night." Lee Jordan handed Albert the homework sheet for the new semester that he got from Professor McGonagall. "The Defense Against the Dark Arts class is only available on Wednesday morning."

"The curse of the mysterious man is indeed terrible, and it has actually started to take effect now!" Albert put away his homework sheet and said to Lee Jordan: "I still have classes later, you should go tell the people in other colleges and ask them to help Post a notice, this year I have prepared more substantial prizes."

   "What curse?"

   "I heard that Umbridge woke up from a nightmare last night. I guess the curse has started to take effect." Albert said casually, as if Umbridge had really had a nightmare.

"I really don't understand why Umbridge can't think about it, and he came to Hogwarts to be a professor of defense against the dark arts. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to stay in the Ministry of Magic as a deputy minister than to be a professor of defense against the dark arts at the school?" Shanna followed AI Bert meant to go on.

   "Who knows, maybe Fudge assigned her a task!" Lee Jordan speculated.

"Task?"

   "Tasks such as controlling Hogwarts, driving out Professor Dumbledore, and expelling Harry Potter."

   "Really?" Shanna looked at Albert.

"She probably wants to do that. The Ministry of Magic has always wanted to interfere with Hogwarts. Now they have finally found a chance." Albert wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief after wiping out the food on the plate. mess things up."

   "Professor Dumbledore didn't stop?"

   "A lot of people think he's crazy," reminds Lee Jordan.

"No, I think they are really crazy. They actually believe what the newspaper says, instead of what Professor Dumbledore has done for the wizarding world in the past." Shanna felt that the whole wizarding world had become very funny. I can't understand how those people would believe what the newspaper said.

   "Are their brains collectively caught by the door?"

   "Maybe!" Albert shrugged.

He still took the Ancient Runes class, although with his understanding of Ancient Runes, he could skip this class, but Albert could still get some inspiration from Professor Bathsheda's lectures, especially But if he wants to weave teaching materials, he must sort out his thinking. Sometimes knowing it by himself is completely different from knowing how to teach others.

  During lunch, Fred and George happily announced to Albert that they had received 22 payment orders for Enhancing Candy and successfully sold a small amount of joke props. This is undoubtedly a very good start.

   "We plan to launch a night tour package after a while." Fred asked tentatively, "What do you think?"

"Don't worry, this is not a one-time transaction. It's more important to keep it flowing." Albert reassured the two people who were extremely excited after earning a large sum of Galleons, "Besides, it will be difficult for you to earn as much as today Garen."

   "Because everyone has limited Galleons in their pockets?" George guessed the reason.

"You can sell beauty products to girls, sell interesting toys to students who like to be mischievous, and sell to students who want to get good grades..." Albert looked at the Weasley twins who were listening carefully to him and said: "The most important thing for you now is to collect the preferences of the students and summarize their preferences. You can even make a list for them to fill out, and give some prizes or discount coupons to the students who are willing to fill out the list. This information is very important, so that you In the future, we can better let them take out the Galleons in their pockets to buy our products, you do this first, and I will teach you more things."

"Let me make the list, and you will help to look at it when the time comes." George also felt that Albert's train of thought was fine, so he first figured out what everyone wanted and how much purchasing power they had in order to better earn extra money from their pockets. Long.

   As for whether corresponding products can be developed, that is another matter.

   "Everyone is surprised why this year's wizard card tournament started so early."

   Seeing that Fred and George had finished talking, Lee Jordan also took the opportunity to talk to Albert about the wizard card game.

   "Also, we will be graduating this semester, what about the heir?"

"After Luna graduates from school, let the students choose their next position. As long as this position has enough benefits, there will be a bunch of students competing for this position." Albert has long thought about what to do. Done, "It doesn't matter even if we encounter problems. After all, we can't solve everything. I will discuss this matter with Professor McGonagall later."

  In fact, Professor McGonagall really did not object.

   The reason is simple, she is also printed on the wizard card.

   Unlike Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall was not included in the chocolate frog card, but if it can appear on the wizard card, it is also a good choice.

  By the way, Albert has been included in the chocolate frog card. The photo shows Albert wearing a dragon suit. He looks very handsome. It is said that it is the most popular chocolate frog card among girls.

   While discussing with Professor McGonagall about the follow-up issues of the Wizard Card Club, someone knocked on the door of the Transfiguration Office.

"Come in!"

  Professor McGonagall looked away from the parchment, looked at Harry Potter who pushed the door in, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Potter, why don't you go to class?"

   "It seems that you offended Umbridge on the first day of school." Albert guessed the reason after seeing Potter: "I remember asking Hermione and Weasley to remind you of this."

   "I've endured it, but Umbridge still deliberately targets me." Harry said helplessly, "I can't help it either."

   As he spoke, Harry handed a piece of parchment to Professor McGonagall. After Professor McGonagall read it, his gaze suddenly became severe.

   "So, you just yelled at Professor Umbridge?"

   "No professor." Harry said calmly, "I've been sedated, how can I yell at her."

   "Tranquilizer?" Professor McGonagall was a little confused, obviously not understanding the meaning of Harry Potter's words.

   "Yes, a special tranquilizer!" Harry took out a bottle from the pocket of his robe, "Taking one pill can completely calm you down. I think you need to calm down when facing Umbridge."

   "You call her a liar?"

   "I just discussed the truth with her a little bit, but Umbridge couldn't tell me, so she became a little annoyed." Harry shrugged innocently.

   "I remember reminding you not to argue with her." Albert said suddenly.

   "I know, but there are some things I can't deny, otherwise the Ministry of Magic will start to publicize that I am a liar, and use this to attack and hit Dumbledore, and by the way make me a laughingstock."

   "You are already a joke." Albert reminded.

   "I know, but...they will soon be the ones who become the laughing stock." Harry said indifferently, "I never thought that Voldemort would keep his own place, and it will be my turn to see their jokes then."

  Hearing Harry call Voldemort's name directly, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but tense, and she continued to ask, "So, you told her that the devil who can't even mention his name is back?"

   "They just want me to deny it, but I can't back down on this one."

"Potter, you need to be careful." Professor McGonagall put down Professor Umbridge's note, looked at Harry very seriously, and reminded: "If you have a conflict with Umbridge, you will pay more than the cost of the college. Demerit points and confinement are much more severe."

"I know." Harry looked at Albert and said something that shocked Professor McGonagall: "So, I was thinking that we should just kick her out of school, I heard that she has started to suffer from the Defense Against the Dark Arts curse influence."

  Professor McGonagall stared at Harry Potter with wide eyes, never expecting such words to come out of the other party's mouth.

"Umbridge just wants to ruin my reputation, drive Dumbledore away, and seize the position of headmaster." Harry told the truth calmly, "But unfortunately, she became a professor of defense against the dark arts. Everyone knows the status of this position. Professors are usually the unlucky ones."

   "Because of the curse of the mysterious man." Albert added, "As long as the mysterious man is still alive, the curse on the position will not disappear."

"how do you know?"

   "I have studied curse magic, and I can probably guess how it works." Albert said.

   "You really should be a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Harry sighed.

   "May I think you're cursing me to die quickly?"

"If it were you, we would definitely learn a lot of useful knowledge." Harry made no secret of his distaste for Umbridge, "That guy is nothing short of rubbish, he's on par with Lockhart. During lectures, I feel like I'm on History of Magic."

   "That's really bad." Albert nodded. "After all, you are a layman. You can't expect Umbridge to have a good teaching level."

  The expression on Professor McGonagall's face was a little stiff when two students evaluated a new professor so unscrupulously in front of him.

   Are you going too far?

   "Is there anything you can do?" Harry asked.

"You can secretly reveal to Umbridge that Dumbledore has a secret base in the Forbidden Forest, which is suspected to be the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix." Albert made up a story casually, "Then, guide her to the eight-eyed giant In the spider's lair, let these two evils harm each other."

   "Mr. Anderson, this is not interesting at all." Professor McGonagall stared fiercely at Albert who was making fun of him.

"I think this plan is feasible, maybe she will be eaten by those big spiders by herself." Harry nodded seriously, "It doesn't matter if it fails, it's better to let the Ministry of Magic play with the group of acromantulas." Keep staring at us strong."

"You can also tell Umbridge that Dumbledore has a way to make those acromantulas obey his orders." Albert continued, "Hagrid made those acromantulas, Dumbledore It’s okay to be able to give orders to Hagrid, and indirectly order the group of acromantulas.”

   "Enough, you two!" said Professor McGonagall feebly. It never occurred to her that two students were planning to frame a Hogwarts professor in front of her?

"The group of acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest will become a disaster sooner or later, and Hagrid cares too much about those things. It would be a good way to clean them up with the help of the Ministry of Magic, so that they can make some contributions to Hogwarts. It's also a good thing." Albert thought for a while and said to Harry: "However, Hagrid will be very angry if he finds out, and you have to take the blame yourself!"

  The muscles on Harry Potter's cheeks twitched slightly, and finally he nodded seriously in agreement.

   Then, he asked again: "How did we leak the news to Umbridge?"

   "Umbridge will surely give you Veritaserum one day."

   "Using Veritaserum on people is illegal." Professor McGonagall reminded feebly.

"Professor, you underestimate the integrity of politicians. If necessary, Umbridge can even use the Cruciatus Curse on students. What is Veritaserum?" Albert reminded, "Well, someday she will I invite you to have a drink, probably."

   "Then what should I do?" Harry asked along the way.

"When the time comes, you take the antidote for Veritaserum, pretend that you have been hit by Veritaserum, and just leak the news to her." As he said, Albert waved his wand, and directly conjured a small medicine bottle and handed it to Ha Leigh said, "There are three pills in it, and one pill at a time can undo the effects of Veritaserum."

   "Stop confinement!" Professor McGonagall could only come up with a big killer.

  No way, Albert even took out the antidote for Veritaserum.

   "Professor, we were just joking." Harry said, putting away the antidote.

   "You don't seem to be joking." Professor McGonagall glared at Harry fiercely and said, "And Umbridge asked you to go to detention."

   "I know." Harry turned his head and asked Albert, "If it were you, what would you do?"

"You can try to cast an oblivion spell on her to make him forget about imprisoning you." Albert said gently: "If you don't understand, I suggest you go to Granger, I think she should know how to use oblivion curse."

   "Sure enough, I shouldn't argue with her about those silly questions, but should just tell her to get out of Hogwarts." Harry muttered.

   "For God's sake!" Professor McGonagall straightened his glasses angrily, "Hogwarts is bad enough now."

"Professor, you should get used to it. The situation will get worse. The Ministry of Magic will definitely use other means to interfere with the school. Sooner or later, Umbridge will drive out Principal Dumbledore and become the new principal. This is why she came to Hogwarts One." Albert reminded.

   "Then what about my confinement?"

  Harry is considering the feasibility of Albert's suggestion, but he is not Albert, and he certainly can't do it as perfectly as Albert. If he reveals his flaws, he will be out of luck.

"You can go to Umbridge to taste the pain first, and consider whether to implement those plans." Albert got up and was about to leave, "Don't care about these professors, this is destined to be a ridiculous semester, and you will soon find out That's it, it's better to put your mind on it and watch Umbridge have fun."

"Okay, confinement, what the hell. I'll leave the professor first. I think Anderson is right. There's really no need to be too polite with a guy like that!" Harry also stood up, ready to join Albert When he left, he noticed Professor McGonagall with a black face, so he took out a medicine bottle from his pocket and poured a tranquilizer for Professor McGonagall.

   "Professor, take a pill. After taking it, you will be able to figure out the problem soon." Harry turned and left, leaving Professor McGonagall staring at the pill in a daze.

  (end of this chapter)