The warm summer breeze blew over the sparkling lake, bringing the pleasant laughter of the girls on the lake shore.
Since the end of the final exam, everyone has become lazy and left the sweltering castle to go outside to kill the last leisure time before summer vacation.
In the shadow of the beech trees by the lake, Albert and Isobel were sitting there talking quietly.
"How does it feel to graduate?" Albert asked the slightly distracted girl next to him with a smile.
"A bit lost and confused." Isobel tilted her head and looked at the big boy beside her and said, "There is still a little bit of reluctance."
"Because of my relationship?" Albert asked knowingly.
"Well, I'm a little regretful that I couldn't graduate with you." Isobel looked at the group of girls not far away who took off their shoes and socks and dipped their feet in the lake to cool down, and said softly, "After leaving school
, when facing real life, many people will change and become unfamiliar, and reality will gradually drift away from what it used to be."
"I should be the one who needs to worry. Maybe after you went out and saw the colorful world outside, you dumped me." Albert lifted Isobel's hair and put his head close to the girl's ear.
Bian said softly: "Maybe, I should..."
A blush spread across Isobel's cheeks, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes at Albert, "Why are you thinking so much about these things now?"
"I'm almost an adult." Albert blinked and said, "As long as you have money and a worry-free life, you don't need to care about many things at all, and you don't need to be restricted."
"No." Isobel shook her head, "This is really ridiculous, can't you be more serious?"
"I'm not kidding. As far as I know, Porter's parents got married after graduation and had children soon after." Albert gave an example: "They are not as mature as us mentally."
Of course, this is just talk. They are too young and not ready yet, and the time is not right.
An owl flapped its wings across the blue sky and flew towards the school. It held a letter in its mouth. When it flew across the lake, it landed under the shade of the beech tree and handed the envelope to Ai.
Bert.
"Thank you." Albert took out the owl nuts and fed them to it.
"You are really a busy man." Isobel joked, "It is said that the famous Mr. Anderson receives a letter every two days on average."
"It's not just to make money to support you." Albert asked with a smile, "How should you repay me?"
"Don't you see who sent it?"
"Old fellow Tiberus Ogden."
Albert glanced at the sender and probably guessed what was inside the envelope. He opened the envelope and pulled out a small stack of tickets for the Quidditch World Cup from the letter. Albert was speechless when he saw them, and they were all the best.
Top notch tickets.
"I dare say these tickets are free."
"Internal tickets?" Isobel guessed the reason.
"Well, by the way, is it true that Mrs. McDougal doesn't want to go to the football game?" Albert asked, "Here are tickets for four people."
"I don't know, my mother has been very busy. I will write to you when the time comes," Isobel said.
"Don't worry, there's still more than a month until the Quidditch World Cup anyway."
The few days before the holiday are the most comfortable days for everyone. They don't have to go to class, let alone worry about final exams.
Albert and Isobel were tired of talking about summer vacation together. He had already arranged that they could meet at the Hogsmeade house during the summer vacation. The house was basically completed. If Isobel was willing, they could meet at the house in Hogsmeade.
Work there, and the two of you can also meet there through the disappearing cabinet.
Yes, using the disappearing cabinet does not count as using magic, just like riding a broomstick does not result in a warning from the Ministry of Magic.
Albert has decided to put the disappearing cabinet in the Room of Requirement into a suitcase and take it away.
Using an owl to send letters to your girlfriend is not as fun as using a double-sided mirror to chat, and using a double-sided mirror to chat is not as practical as dating.
You know, men and women who are passionately in love want to be together all day long.
On the last night of the semester, everyone went to the auditorium in twos and threes for the year-end banquet. Looking at the scarlet and gold decorations in the auditorium, it was not difficult to guess that Gryffindor House won this year's House Cup.
At the teachers' table, Professor McGonagall was shaking hands with Professor Snape who was smiling awkwardly. The reason was that Hogwarts won the Potions Championship. This was undoubtedly something worth celebrating.
Gryffindor House seemed to be the protagonist of the banquet tonight. The long table was extremely lively. Every Gryffindor student was celebrating the victory of the House Cup.
The next day, when he dragged his suitcase onto the Thestral carriage, Albert's eyes inadvertently looked towards the direction of the Black Lake. There was a ceremony for seventh-grade graduates to cross the lake by boat.
Students will once again ride on the magical boat that first grade arrived at the castle, leaving the castle in a poetic and symbolic way.
"Luckily, we got a few orders before the summer vacation."
On the Thestral carriage, Fred and George talked to Albert about their gains in the past few days. Although they were unable to post an advertisement on the bulletin board in the end because of Percy, the results of the few days before leaving school were displayed.
It still arouses the curiosity of many students, and the price is not expensive, so there are actually many students who are willing to spend money to buy it.
Fred and George were all smiles. Although they only had a few orders, they were still very happy. This was undoubtedly the first step to success.
"By the way, are you all planning to go to the Quidditch World Cup this summer?" Lee Jordan suddenly asked Albert, "If you can't get tickets, you can ask my dad to think of something, and he will definitely do it.
You are very welcome."
"Don't be stupid, Albert will definitely be able to get the tickets. I remember that Blake seemed to be planning to invite him to the game." Fred was not worried at all about Albert not being able to get the tickets. The guy's connections were too wide.
There is no need to worry about not being able to buy tickets at all.
"I got the tickets, they were given to me by someone else."
"Black?"
"No, some old friend."
"what about you?"
"My dad can always get tickets from the workplace." George couldn't help but ask, "What were you looking at just now?"
"The lake crossing ceremony for seventh-grade graduates." Albert looked back and said.
"When did you become interested in the graduation ceremony?" Fred asked puzzledly. There is a sea crossing ceremony every year at Hogwarts, but he has never seen Albert paying so much attention to it.
"Idiot, Isobel graduated this year." George reminded.
"Speaking of which, that idiot Percy actually plans to apply for a job at the Ministry of Magic." Fred suddenly said, "Mum always wants us to work at the Ministry of Magic, but she doesn't know my dad's reputation at all, which makes many innocent people at the top of the Ministry of Magic
We don’t like blood, and they even call us pure-blood traitors.”
"Bill worked as a curse breaker in Egypt not just because he liked excitement, but because he saw better than anyone else that it was too difficult to get promoted within the Ministry of Magic." George was not optimistic about Percy's choice.
, "Bill once secretly told us that it is very difficult for Muggle wizards to be promoted in the Ministry of Magic. They have to look at people's faces every day. It is simply not a human life."
After boarding the train, Albert was rarely separated from the three of them. Isobel left directly after crossing the lake, and her luggage was packed and sent away by the house elf.
The four of them played a few games, and when the witch pushing the cart arrived, they bought a lunch and chatted about some trivial things about the summer vacation while eating.
Fred and George also got a simple magic prop manufacturing list from Albert, which contained many very interesting gadgets.
"I think we can sell invisibility cloaks in the future." Fred muttered quietly, "Things like toques are only good for scaring people."
"The most you can do is make some third-rate invisibility cloaks. Well, they are just ordinary traveling cloaks made by applying a disillusionment spell or a blinding method. However, with your ability, it usually doesn't take long for the entity to appear. If you only sell it to students
If so, I think it’s enough. However, I suggest you start with the simplest ones and gain experience in everything.”
In a few years, defensive magic items will become very popular, and Albert plans to make a fortune with them.
To this end, Albert has already collected gift packages for wizards at the Ministry of Magic and ordinary wizard families, which can effectively help them resist the intrusion from black magic.
In that chaotic era, I believe many wizards were willing to spend money to buy peace.
The manufacturing of the products needs to be entrusted to Fred and George, and Albert plans to recruit Lupine to help produce magic items.
After all, Lupine also needs a job, and it is a very meaningful job. Albert believes that the other party will not refuse.
The Hogwarts Express gradually slowed down. Albert followed the flow of people and got off the train, and saw a familiar figure on the platform.
"You adapted to your identity very quickly." Albert discovered that Isobel was actually here to take Katrina home.
"Now that I have graduated, I will naturally pick them up." Isobel waved her hand somewhere, "Katrina, this way..."
"Where's mom?" Katrina asked doubtfully.
"I will pick you up and drop you off from now on," Isobel said.
Katrina was a little stunned and found it difficult to accept such a change.
"Okay, we should go home and see you another day."
Isobel smiled and kissed Albert's cheek. While holding Katrina's hand, she took the suitcase and apparated away.
"You really can't afford to mess with girls."
Albert dragged his luggage through the entrance alone and returned to the Muggle world.
After walking out of King's Cross Station, Albert couldn't find Herb's car and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, thinking they were late, but he heard the sound of a car horn in the distance.
"This way." Nia was standing outside a car waving to him.
"What's going on?" Albert walked over with his luggage and found that it was Grandpa Luke who came to pick him up.
"Herb and Daisy went to the East not long ago, and you will stay with us during the summer vacation." Luke explained with a smile.
Nia carried Tom's cage to the back seat.
Albert stuffed the remaining luggage into the back of the car, sat in the passenger seat and asked, "Why didn't they write to tell me about this?"
"I didn't ask for it, I'm going to give you a surprise." Luke winked and said, "Sansa should have prepared something you like."
"A little surprised indeed," said Albert.
"He seems to have seen your so-called money-making opportunities over there." Nia, who has been playing with fat cat Tom's ears, said, "They have been inspecting the market over there to prepare for your prediction."
"It's good. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared."
Albert agrees with Herb's approach. As long as he seizes the opportunity, he can make a lot of money no matter what.
"I don't like it very much over there." Nia reached out and scratched Tom's chin and said, "There's a language barrier, and I always feel like it's very messy there."
"Didn't you learn the language there?" Albert asked.
"I learned it, but I can't speak it well and I don't understand it well. It is said that the words spoken in the colonies are different." Nia complained, "But not everyone is like you."
"If you don't want to stay there, you can come back when this place is over." Albert comforted, "You can treat it as a vacation abroad during this period."