Albert has never seen Gryffindor students so united. Perhaps, everyone has been suppressed by Slytherin House for too long!
Now, everyone is working hard to earn points for the college. Even if they can't earn points, they try not to let themselves become the reason for deducting points.
Most Gryffindor students would stop and take a second look when passing the huge hourglass that records the House Cup score. Even the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students wanted to see Slytherin lose.
College Cup.
The atmosphere in the castle changed, and it felt like a storm was coming.
The tradition of Slytherin House is to win at all costs, which is why Slytherin has been able to dominate the Quidditch Trophy and House Cup for a long time.
They won't give up easily.
The most direct change is that Snape's class has become more serious and depressing. The Potions Professor will always walk back and forth in class, using his stern eyes to force students with weak tolerance to make mistakes. Everyone knows that Snape's class has become more serious and depressing.
Nap is looking for reasons to deduct points.
The way to deal with the Potions Master's trouble is to admit your mistake seriously, don't talk back, don't say more, and he won't be able to deduct more points from you.
Ever since the last time Gryffindor won the Quidditch trophy, the tension with Slytherin House has become increasingly intense. Albert would not be surprised at all if the two sides suddenly start fighting one day.
However, for the sake of the Academy Cup, everyone still tried not to conflict with each other and to prevent Snape from finding any opportunity to deduct points.
Because once there is a fight, Gryffindor House's slight advantage will be deducted.
"They did this to Ravenclaw House before," the student council president warned everyone in the Gryffindor common room. "If you really have any dissatisfaction, you can leave it until we win the House Cup."
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The conflict between the two sides has been suppressed to a minimum. Everyone is gearing up in private, but they still hold it in for the sake of the Academy Cup. Anyone who is not a fool can smell the smell of gunpowder between the two sides.
However, as the final exam approached and everyone's attention was distracted, the original smell of gunpowder faded.
As time goes by, many people have to immerse themselves in studying in the sweltering heat. When there are no classes, they even have to rush to the library to avoid being late and unable to find a seat.
However, since the end of May, Albert rarely goes to the library. He hates being crowded with everyone in the library in the muggy weather.
In the muggy weather, Albert misses ice cream, cold drinks and air conditioning.
"Don't you need to review?" Hagrid greeted him.
"I have exam tips here." Albert shook his notes, which recorded the key points taught by the professors in class. He would look at them and then recall the relevant content, thanks to his good memory.
Woolen cloth.
Anyway, Albert is not worried about the exam at all.
"Test tips?"
"Hagrid, do you know of any magic that can make ice or refrigerate?" Albert put the notebook back into his pocket and asked Hagrid about the magic of cooling.
"I don't know, what are you going to do?" Hagrid shook his head. After the last incident, the relationship between the two parties returned to normal. Both parties had a tacit understanding and did not mention those things again.
"Of course I'll get myself some cold drinks, it's too hot here." Albert said matter-of-factly.
"Cold drink? Come on, come to my place. I'll buy you a cold butterbeer. It's an early celebration for Gryffindor winning the House Cup." Hagrid slapped his head with his big hand and invited Albert to drink butterbeer at his place.
What Hagrid called ice-cold butterbeer was almost the same as what Albert guessed.
Hagrid threw an oak barrel containing butterbeer into the well and when he drank it, it actually felt pretty good. Although it was not very cold, it was undoubtedly a kind of enjoyment on a hot summer day.
After seeing the garlic in his vegetable garden, Hagrid suddenly asked, "I remember you seem to be growing garlic."
"It's growing well and it's almost time to harvest."
Albert felt a little funny when he thought about this. He originally said he was going to make a garlic cross, but what happened?
As time passed, the group of people in the dormitory forgot about this matter.
Albert was not surprised. The patience of children is always very limited. It is good that they can remember to water the garlic.
"By the way, Hagrid, can you get me some alcohol?"
"What do you want alcohol for?" Hagrid asked in confusion.
"Purified allicin."
"What is that?" Hagrid became even more confused after hearing this.
"Nothing, it's just used to extract garlic... Allicin, you know, we are going to make a garlic-flavored amulet, so..." Albert briefly described to Hagrid the reason for planting garlic in the first place, "Well, the situation
That’s it, still need some beeswax.”
"As you know, vampires hate garlic, and many dark magic creatures also hate the smell of garlic, so we plan to use the talisman tree and garlic to create a garlic-flavored amulet to see if it can have a significant effect on repelling dark creatures."
Hagrid was dumbfounded after hearing this. Garlic-flavored amulets, you really can't imagine them.
"Well... if you want alcohol, I can help you ask. If there is none in Diagon Alley, you can try your luck in Knockturn Alley."
"Knockturn Alley?" Albert asked tentatively.
"Knockturn Alley is adjacent to Diagon Alley. It is a place where dragons and snakes are mixed. There are many black magic shops there..." Hagrid suddenly realized something. He looked at Albert seriously and reminded: "No.
Go to Knockturn Alley!”
"Okay, Hagrid, actually I knew about the existence of Knockturn Alley before I came to Hogwarts." Albert said, "I'll trouble you about the alcohol problem."
With that said, Albert prepared to give Hagrid a few galleons, but the latter did not take them.
Albert saw that Hagrid didn't want to do anything, so he didn't force it. Hagrid probably wasn't short of money either. Although the house looked a bit shabby, there were indeed many valuable things in the Forbidden Forest.
It can only be said that Hagrid has become accustomed to his current life.
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After leaving Hagrid, Albert had no intention of returning to the castle. Instead, he slowly walked down the slope to the lakeside and sat under a tree to enjoy the wind.
Not far away, a large squid lay basking in the sun in the warm shallow water.
"This is how people live in summer." Albert felt the cool breeze blowing from the lake and couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that there is no comfortable hammock."
After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard not far away, and a figure was reflected on his face.
Albert opened his sleepy eyes, blinked, and looked at the girl who was leaning forward and staring at him.
"Is something wrong?" he asked.
"You are quite leisurely." Katrina looked at Albert sleeping in the shade of a tree and said sarcastically, "Should I say that you are truly a genius?"
"It's okay!" Albert responded casually: "Anyway, everything that should be reviewed has been reviewed, so it is useless to worry about the exam questions. It is better to relax and adjust your mentality to face the next exam."
"Everyone is working hard to review, but you actually have the nerve to make sarcastic remarks here?" Katrina stared at Albert's face and suddenly said seriously, "I think if those people in the library listen to your words,
When you arrive, they probably want to beat you up."
"I've practiced karate, and they can't beat me."
"I heard you have exam secrets?" Katrina sat down next to her and asked suddenly, feeling the cool breeze blowing from the lake.
"Exam secrets?" Albert couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He probably heard the conversation he had just said to Hagrid.
"Why are you laughing?" Katrina frowned dissatisfied.
"Don't you want to read it too?" Albert took out a notebook from his pocket and waved it in front of Katrina.
"Can't it?" Katrina was indeed a little curious. She grabbed the notes and looked through the contents, but she couldn't help but frown. The notes were all recorded with the required test contents that the professors mentioned during class, and
Yes, there are still only questions.
"How is it?" Albert asked.
"Is this the thing?" Katrina suddenly felt like she was being teased by the other party.
"Otherwise, what do you think? As long as you understand the required test questions given by the professors, you will definitely get high scores." Albert said matter-of-factly.
"I thought you wanted to get perfect scores." Katrina had lost interest in the so-called exam secrets.
"What I want to do with perfect scores, I have never specifically pursued that thing. It's enough to get a good performance." Albert doesn't care much about perfect scores. Anyway, the school is divided according to the model of excellence, good...
In terms of grades, getting a perfect score on the exam is not an excellent one. Since they are all excellent, why bother so much.
Katrina suddenly felt a little angry. The guy in front of her didn't regard her as a competitor at all.
"What's wrong with you?" Albert felt something was wrong with the aura of the girl in front of him.
"Would you like to compete with me as to whose final grade is better?" Katrina suggested.
"No." Albert refused simply.
Although there was a mission to completely crush them, he still didn't want to get entangled with the opponent in this regard.
"Why?" Katrina asked, "Are you afraid?"
"No reason." Albert completely ignored the other party's excitement, "I just feel more tired than this kind of thing."
"Very tired?" Katrina felt that she could not understand Albert's thinking at all, and he would actually reject her for this reason.
"If you want to bet..." Albert thought for a while, and after secretly changing his concept, he was ready to dig a hole for the other party, "How about we gamble in a different way!"
"What kind of bet?" Katrina asked immediately.
"You need to answer riddles to enter the Ravenclaw common room, right?" Albert said with a smile, "If you can answer a hundred riddles, you will win. I admit that you are better than me..."
"Answer one hundred riddles correctly?" Katrina's voice rose in pitch. She looked Albert up and down, as if she wanted to know if the other man was deliberately entertaining her.
"Why didn't you answer a hundred riddles correctly?"
"Of course." Albert seduced, "If you win, I will give you a gift of about 10 Galleons as a prize."
"Are you rich?" Katrina looked at Albert suspiciously and asked.
"Yes, last time I bet on who would be the Minister of Magic, I won a hundred galleons." Albert almost slapped his chest and promised. In fact, Albert didn't mind spending some money to buy the Eagle Ring Riddle.
The problem that Galleons can solve is not a problem at all.
Katrina fell silent immediately. She saw that the guy in front of her seemed to be surprisingly rich, with one mouthful costing 10 Galleons?
"How about a bet?" Albert asked with a smile.
"Your smile is so fake." Katrina asked, "What if I lose?"
"If you fail, you can continue the challenge." Albert continued, "It doesn't require you to do anything anyway. Of course, the premise is that you don't come to compete with me on other things during this period."
"Are you really going to give me a prize?" Katrina asked again.
"You can find a notary, the ghost of your college, or I can find Nearly Headless Nick." Albert added, "Of course, when you challenge the Eagle Ring, you need me to be there. You answered correctly.
It takes a hundred riddles to be considered a winner."
"Could it be a dung bomb?" Katrina looked at Albert suspiciously.
"Then I will directly give you 10 Galleons and admit that you are more powerful than me."
"Of course I'm better than you. I don't think you can answer 100 riddles." Katrina suddenly said, "If you can answer 100 riddles, you will win and I will give you a gift. Of course,
I'm not as rich as you. But you can only try it once, and it must be before me."
"Okay, I agree." Albert just agreed, but the next sentence changed to, "I gave up, I guess I can't answer any of them."
"No." Katrina said seriously, "You have to try, I don't believe you can't answer any of them."
"Okay, okay." Albert said perfunctorily.
"Let's go find Ms. Gray now." Katrina took Albert to the west side of Hogwarts Castle and found Ms. Gray at the end of a corridor.
Katrina briefly explained the situation to the woman and asked her to be the notary of the bet.
Ms. Gray agreed, finding it undoubtedly interesting.
Even Ravenclaw students can rarely answer 100 riddles correctly in a row. As for non-Ravenclaw students, it is even more difficult to answer 100 riddles correctly in a row.
"Are you going to start now?" Ms. Gray asked.
"No, I think we should give Ms. McDoug more time to prepare. You can wait until the end of the exam or the next semester." Albert is not in a hurry. He needs Katrina to provide him with questions and answers. He must let the other party fully prepare.
You have to be prepared. Otherwise, Miss McDougal will have no more than a few questions and it will be meaningless.
As for victory or defeat?
Albert didn't care at all.
At this moment, he suddenly wanted to give himself a thumbs up for his wit.
Yes, this method is really good.
Solve the eagle ring problem simply, easily and conveniently.
Katrina was not willing to let Albert think about it at all, and walked away happily. She was ready to defeat Albert in this blockage and win 10 Galleons.
However, before that, you still need to practice hard, Katrina will never allow failure.