In recent days, a lot of things have happened, which left the students stunned.
First, Minister of Magic Fudge suddenly declared Sirius Black innocent in the Daily Prophet, and also claimed that the Ministry of Magic had arrested Peter Pettigrew, the murderer who betrayed the Potter family, and had withdrawn the award issued to Peter Pettigrew.
Order of Merlin, First Class.
It wasn't long before they heard that Snape had revealed to the Slytherin students that Lupine was a werewolf.
It was only when the Slytherin students spread the news that "Lupine was a werewolf" throughout the school and wrote to their families that they learned from Dumbledore that Professor Lupine had resigned.
However, the next morning, a group of owls still piled up Dumbledore's dining table with letters of protest, including a few howling letters that made everyone cover their ears.
No matter it was the Daily Prophet or various rumors in Hogwarts, no one had ever connected these things with Albert.
He was clearly the culprit who caused this incident, but it seemed as if he had never existed. There were only a few special contribution medals in the prize room.
Isobel and Albert were walking on campus, and they accidentally talked about what happened a while ago, and simply commented, "You are still as energetic and sharp as ever."
Although Isobel didn't know exactly how Albert did it, it was not easy to catch Peter Pettigrew and restore Black's reputation, let alone bring the whole thing to a perfect conclusion.
"I just pushed at the critical moment," Albert said.
"Actually, I'm more curious about what the Ministry of Magic is trying to do to silence you." Isobel knew Albert very well. This guy had a strong purpose in doing things, and he would definitely not interfere in this matter if there was no benefit.
"this……"
Albert took out a wooden box from the deformed lizard skin bag, opened it and let Isobel see the contents inside.
Isobel looked at the time turner in the wooden box, her eyes widened in shock, and asked in disbelief, "The Ministry of Magic actually agreed to give you this thing?"
"It's not that the Ministry of Magic agreed, but Fudge agreed." Albert corrected with a smile. He closed the box and stuffed it back into the deformed lizard skin bag.
In fact, Albert already knew that after handing over Peter, the Ministry of Magic would no longer be able to give him Black's bounty.
No one wants to be taken advantage of.
Even if the Ministry of Magic knows that the bounty must be paid, it can still delay it through procedures, just like the title of British youth representative of the Wizengamot.
As for when the procedure is completed and when the money will be paid.
Of course, Fudge also realized that Albert was not easy to mess with, otherwise the title of British Youth Representative of the Wizengamot would not have been forcibly passed.
If he can delay it now, it means that the other party doesn't care at all. If Albert really wants to cause him trouble, he will probably be unable to bear it.
There is absolutely no need for the two sides to get into a stalemate.
Therefore, according to the suggestion in Albert's letter, the bounty of 10,000 galleons was secretly exchanged for a time turner, following the internal procedures of the Ministry of Magic. The whole thing was kept secret. Albert needed to ensure that the time turner could not be used for study.
, on things other than research.
Of course, what made Fudge finally compromise was not that Albert gave up the 10,000 Galleons bounty, but that he agreed to remain silent on the whole matter and supported both parties in receiving the Order of Merlin.
Fudge has seen the effect of the humanoid restoration spell with his own eyes. The effect of restoring the transformed werewolf to human form will definitely allow Albert to obtain a Merlin Order of Merlin. However, it is difficult for Fudge to obtain the Merlin Order of Merlin, especially
He couldn't pass the Wizengamot vote.
The compromise between the two parties undoubtedly benefited Fudge a lot.
After all, Albert only wanted a third-level medal of the Order of Merlin, and he could get the first-level medal of the Order of Merlin without doing almost anything.
As for who made the profit, it’s really hard to say.
For Albert, Black's bounty will definitely not be obtained. It is more practical to exchange for something useful, and the time turner is very important. When used properly, this thing is almost equivalent to a "regret medicine" that allows him to operate in a cool way.
Continuously.
Unless Albert plans to follow Harry into the Ministry of Magic to "steal" a time-turner in seventh grade, or to make a fake time-turner to replace the real thing he has on hand, otherwise this is the best way.
And now is not the time to fall out with the Ministry of Magic. Anyway, Fudge will definitely fall from the position of Minister of Magic in the end. When the time comes, I can quietly step forward and kick his butt, making Fudge's fall even worse.
Albert didn't even care about keeping this matter secret and even erasing his traces. He didn't want to be the center of attention at all, and he was not a monkey in the zoo.
The credit for catching Peter was originally intended to be given to Snape, but the Potions Professor simply refused. He made it clear that he did not want the credit, let alone the third-class Order of Merlin medal.
In Snape's words, this thing made him sick just looking at it.
So the credit for catching Peter Pettigrew ultimately fell on Black, which is why Black was so confused when he was flipping through the Daily Prophet.
The whole story was completely different from what he knew to be the truth, but did the truth matter?
Sometimes it really doesn't matter.
"What did Black give you?" Isobel asked curiously. According to Albert's style, Black, who had nothing to do with him, must have given something.
"This number of galleons." Albert spread out his fingers and said, "However, I only took half of it, and the rest was distributed to other participants."
"It's just a money grab." Isobel couldn't help but sigh. She was sure that those students who were looking for jobs after graduation might not be able to earn such a large sum of galleons after working for several years.
"Yes, I'm just robbing money!" Albert said without hesitation, "Anyway, the Black family is quite rich. If Sirius Black is killed by the Ministry of Magic, all Black's direct relatives will be dead.
, the wealth in the Gringotts vault is not cheap to other people, in that way, it is better to be cheap to me, I use money to do things, the price is absolutely fair. You don’t know, before Sirius Black left school, he came here specially
Thanked me and planned to invite me to watch the Quidditch World Cup during the summer vacation."
"I find that you are getting thicker and thicker!" Isobel reached out to pinch Albert's cheek and couldn't help laughing.
"If you are not thick-skinned, how can you make money and get rich, and how can you find a girlfriend?"
"Stop making trouble, let's talk about business!" Isobel picked a flower from the flower bed, "I talked to Professor Bathsheda Bablin, and she is willing to help with the magic text."
"Are you planning to start with ancient magic texts? I thought..." Albert was a little surprised by Isobel's choice.
"You didn't leave a lot of drafts. I plan to sort them out. Then we can publish a book together, just like you and Uncle Mog did."
Speaking of Mog's "Comprehensive Solution to Basic Magic Texts", it is simply a big trap.
"This is a good idea." Albert supported Isobel's choice. He also knew that the other party would do this, and there was a big reason related to him.
While the two were chatting and laughing and whispering, two guys with little discernment came towards them.
"Is something wrong, Mr. Potter?"
Albert didn't look down on Potter and Weasley who interrupted his date. What was going on with these two guys? Didn't they see that he was dating someone else?
"We've been wanting to talk to you about what happened a few nights ago," Harry said in a low voice.
Not far away, Hermione looked at the people here and covered her forehead with her hand.
She actually wanted to stop Harry and Ron from coming over to disturb Albert's date, but Harry had not been able to find a chance to talk to Albert about that night recently, so he came directly without listening to her advice.
"I thought Black told you!" Albert looked at Harry and said calmly.
"He himself couldn't figure out what was going on."
Harry learned some things from Hermione, such as that Albert gave Ron's mouse to Dumbledore.
Although Albert said that Professor Lupine provided Peter's information, there were still many doubts about the matter, especially the report in the Daily Prophet, which was completely different from the truth he knew.
"Is the truth really that important?" Albert asked rhetorically.
"I just want to know..." Harry was speechless.
"If you want to know the truth, just ask Hagrid and Hermione. I think they know enough for you to figure out the truth." Albert reminded: "If you have nothing else to do, don't disturb us.
Got a date."
"Sorry, and thank you for saving us last time."
After expressing his gratitude to Albert, Harry Potter could only turn around and walk away helplessly. He felt that Albert didn't want to say more, probably because the two of them interrupted his date, which made him unhappy.
"I thought you would tell him." Isobel asked Albert with a smile.
"Maybe, maybe not, but definitely not now. My temper is not so good that I can still patiently explain to the other person when I am interrupted on a date." Albert pretended to be angry with me.
"Come on, let's go for a walk over there."
Isobel reached out and pressed Albert's bulging cheeks to help him calm down, and then pulled him towards the shade of a tree not far away.
When Hermione saw Harry coming back, she immediately asked: "How was it?"
"Anderson asked me to ask you and Hagrid," Harry said dryly.
"You came to disturb other people when they were dating." Hermione was a little helpless at Harry's approach, "Anyone else would be angry."
"Hermione, don't you want to know what happened that night?" Ron couldn't help but ask.
"So what if he knows?" Hermione asked, "Do you expect him to tell us everything?"
"But that Daily Prophet, don't you think the report on it is strange?" Ron continued: "They didn't even mention Albert, and Peter Pettigrew was actually captured by Sirius.
He himself had no idea of this. Fred and George told me that the Ministry of Magic would definitely not pay the reward for Black's capture."
"Do you think Albert will tell you something that even his friends don't know about in private?" Hermione found Ron's idea a bit funny. Since being educated by Albert, her thoughts have matured a lot.
At least I am no longer as naive and childish as before, taking everything for granted.
"Sirius gave Albert five thousand galleons. I dare say he knows about this matter better than anyone else." Harry
said suddenly.
Hermione was silent, of course she knew that Albert helped Black because of money.
But even Sirius, the person involved, didn't care and was still grateful to Albert. Who else had the right to make irresponsible remarks?
"That's five thousand Galleons." Ron had never seen so much money in his life.
It is said that Albert divided the five thousand galleons he got from Black between Fred and George, which almost drove Ron crazy with jealousy.
"Let's go find Hagrid. I think he must know what happened that day." Harry felt that as long as he connected Hagrid's and Hermione's words, he should be able to figure out what happened that night.
However, when they arrived at Hagrid's hunting lodge, they did not find Hagrid.
"Hagrid?"
There was the sound of teeth scratching at the door, and the three looked at each other. Finally, Harry used the unlocking spell to open the door of Hagrid's cabin.
Yaya immediately pounced on him.
"Hagrid?" Harry reached out and touched Fang's head. He looked up and looked around the room. There was no one in the room. Hagrid didn't know where he had gone, but there was a suitcase on his bed.
"What is this?" Harry noticed the box on the bed and was about to walk over to check the suspicious-looking box.
At this moment, the box suddenly opened, revealing a tunnel. Hagrid walked out of the box and was shocked to see someone outside. After seeing clearly that it was Harry, Ron and Hermione, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
, couldn't help but ask: "Why are you here?"
"Is this the Seamless Stretching Charm?" Hermione looked at the stairs in the box, very surprised.
"Hagrid, what is this?"
Hermione vaguely guessed the answer, but couldn't help but ask, "What's hidden in the box?"
"Shh!" Hagrid made a silencing gesture and closed the door before saying, "Buckbeak is hiding inside. Albert gave Buckbeak to me a few days ago. He said he would let him go during the summer vacation.
, to avoid being targeted by people from the Ministry of Magic."
"Sure enough, it was Albert who took Buckbeak away, but how did he do it at that time." Hermione felt that Albert was hiding secrets all over his body.
"I don't know either." Hagrid shook his head.
"By the way, Hagrid, can you tell me what happened that night?" Harry did not forget the purpose of coming here.
"I thought you would ask Albert. He should be the person who knows best. I think the whole thing has something to do with him." Ever since Hagrid learned that someone had used five thousand galleons to help Black clear his name, he felt that it was totally wrong.
Everything was arranged by Albert. Although he didn't know how Albert did it, the matter was indeed solved perfectly and smoothly.