Chapter 385: Appointment or Appointment?
"Ha~"
Albert put down the book in his hand, reached out to cover a yawn, and turned his head to look at the corner of the common room, where a group of students were huddled together and whispered something.
"What happened?"
He turned his head sideways and asked Lee Jordan, this guy had just come to the bulletin board, and he should know what news had just been announced.
"First Hogsmeade weekend. Lee Jordan pointed to a notice on the bulletin board and said, "Mid-October." ”
"It's amazing. Fred blinked and said, "Our stink bomb is almost gone, just go to the Jokowi store to replenish it." ”
"Why do you always like to trouble Filch?" asked Shanna, who was pondering the translation of ancient magical texts, raising an eyebrow, "I know Filch is unlikable, but I don't need to ...... it"
"No, no, it was Filch who got us in trouble first!" interrupted George.
Fred didn't bother about dwelling on it, and changed the subject, "Last time, we tried to sell the garlic cross to Professor Quirrell, but he seemed to think we were joking. At the time, I wondered, wasn't Professor Quirrell afraid that vampires would come to him for trouble?"
"You believed what he said?" Albert couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Then why did he stuff garlic into the big scarf on his head, that smell can choke people to death. The Weasley brothers still insist that the scarf must have been stuffed with garlic.
"Who knows!" muttered Albert, "maybe there's some big secret hidden inside." ”
"What's the big secret?" Fred asked curiously, and he suddenly had a sense of directness that Albert's guess might be true.
"How do I know, just guess. Albert shrugged.
"Otherwise, we'll trick Peeves into picking off Professor Quirrell's big scarf. George's eyes lit up and he proposed. Of course, it's not easy to talk about Peeves, and they need to prepare something interesting for each other.
The idea was still proposed by Albert, and the relationship between the two sides is not bad now, but every time Peeves is asked to do something, they have to break the bank.
"Albert, help me see, is that what these translations mean?" Angelina interrupted the conspiracy of several men, and handed Albert the parchment she had just translated.
"It's a pity...... It's all wrong. Albert glanced at the translation on the parchment and gave the answer.
"Well, I don't know why I chose this course in the first place. "Angelina is a little regretful about choosing Ancient Magic, this class is not very friendly to most students.
"Where's this one of mine?"
Shanna pointed to her homework, the answer she had just translated from the Runi Dictionary.
It can be difficult for beginners to understand the strange and connected symbols, even if there is a Runi Dictionary.
It's like learning a foreign language, which can be confusing at times, and it's even harder to learn than a foreign language.
Initially, you just need to figure out what 0 to 9 means. Later, you need to translate a short paragraph of the meaning of Runi through a dictionary and memorize the meaning of those words.
That's what this course is about, it's really about letting you know what those weird symbols mean, and it's said that the content of the exam also examines these things.
The hardest part, however, is that a runey symbol can often have several meanings, and it is necessary to re-engineer the meaning of the sentence by linking these symbols.
That's right, it's called translation, a translation that comes out of scrutiny.
There are a few words in these two sentences that have been mistranslated. Albert pointed out the mistakes.
"Hmm. ”
Shanna leaned her head over, glancing at Albert's mistakes, and pondering the meaning of the symbols.
She didn't doubt Albert's judgment, and the genius who could talk to Professor Bathsida Babling in ancient magic texts and read ancient magic books as ordinary reading materials didn't have any water at all, even if she was a teaching assistant for Professor Bathsida Babling.
As for the homework of the ancient magic script, Albert naturally did not have any difficulty.
To be honest, Professor Bathsida Barbling's class was the most boring class Albert had ever taken, and the knowledge of ancient magic that she was teaching was as simple as someone teaching her to know Arabic numerals.
However, the ancient magic text class still has to be taken, and you can't skip the class at will.
Professor Bussida Barblin also knows Albert's level, but unfortunately Hogwarts only repeats grades, but there is no such thing as skipping grades, so as long as Albert does not interfere with the class, he will be allowed to do his own thing.
Except for the occasional Professor Bussida Barbling who would call Albert on stage and have a few conversations with her about ancient magic texts, Albert spent the rest of the time doing his own thing.
He found something interesting for himself, found mistakes in books, yes, found mistakes in "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Demon Texts", in fact, he just had nothing to find faults.
The person who writes the book is not a person like Albert who owns a panel, and it is impossible not to make the slightest mistake, as long as you dig deeper, you can always find some mistakes. Albert would point out the mistake and annotate it next to it.
"By the way, how did you study that thing? Albert asked suddenly.
"I don't have a clue yet. George shook his head helplessly, "We're wondering where to get some pus from the Babo tubers." ”
Not long ago, when the twins heard that some students had tried to remove pimples from their faces by drastic means, they wondered if they could profit from it.
Fred and George didn't take it for granted, so they asked Albert for his opinion, and the latter also believed that women like to be beautiful, and would not skimp on their Galleons in this regard, and if they could really produce this potion, they would definitely sell well and make a lot of money.
In fact, there is a similar beauty magic shop in Diagon Alley.
Fred and George didn't want to do business with Mrs. Prime Penier, their target group was school students, and the two were researching potions that would effectively eliminate pimples and acne.
If the raw materials can be obtained, Albert is willing to provide technical and intellectual support.
He had already asked Professor Sprout how to make this potion, and when the time came, as long as he put in some experience to upgrade and improve, it would come in handy.
Of course, Albert's willingness to support is also related to his sister, who happened to be a birthday present for Nia. Isobel may also use it, and it can be used to make money in the future, which is quite cost-effective no matter how you look at it.
Fred and George are playing the idea of the Babo tubers in the school's third greenhouse, and are going to sneak over and get some potions for Albert.
Of course, it can also be purchased directly from the Slug Giggs Pharmacy in Diagon Alley. However, since there were ready-made ones at school, Fred and George didn't mind getting some of their own.
Lee Jordan doesn't pay much attention to that, he usually only focuses on the Wizard cards.
As for now, this guy is gossiping with someone else about another piece of gossip news: someone was almost bitten by the big dog in the restricted area corridor on the fourth floor.
"What a boldness, didn't the unlucky guy who was bitten just come out of the school hospital last time?"
"I heard that it was a Hufflepuff student, and his legs were so frightened by the big dog that he was weak on the spot, but fortunately, Professor Luo happened to pass by and used magic to pull the person out so that he was not injured. ”
"It's not quite like Hufflepuff. Albert raised an eyebrow.
If it's really impulsive, he should go to Gryffindor!
Albert bent down to pick up Tom, who was roasting by the fireplace, and scratched the cat's ears, he could probably guess what was going on.
Imperius Curse?
It seems that this Professor Quirrell is starting to find someone to try, trying to find a way not to defeat the three-headed dog?
How to say that?
Students are curious to death, anyway, not once or twice, as long as they don't make too much trouble, they generally won't attract the attention of professors, at most they will deduct more points.
Professor Quirrell did deduct 10 points from Hufflepuff as a warning.
"What are you thinking?"
"I wonder when I'll be able to accomplish the great feat of reading a hundred books?" Albert put Tom on the ground and continued to flip through the book in front of him.
"A hundred books?" Shanna said with an eyebrow, "I thought you were done." ”
"I've read about 45 books. Albert said that since he entered second grade, he has spent a lot less time reading.
"I've seen the description of Hogsmeade from the Wizarding Monuments in your hand, and it's an interesting place, where the headquarters of the Goblin Rebellion is said to be. Shanna put aside her revised Ancient Scripts homework and talked to Albert about Hogsmeade.
"The headquarters of the Goblin Rebellion is at the Hog's Head Bar, it's a messy place, and it's dirty, remember to bring yourself a cup if you go. Albert casually said that he didn't have a crush on the pig's head bar, nor did he have a crush on Aberforth, and that the bastard hadn't replied to him yet, though Albert didn't expect the other party to write back to him.
"I've heard that it's the only place in England where there are no Muggles. Shanna wanted to talk to Albert about it, but she didn't know that Albert and the twins had snuck over a few times, and there was nothing new about it.
"You don't seem to be interested?"
"Well, it's alright!" Albert said with a shrug of his roommates, "three broomsticks and Duke Honey would be suitable." ”
He glanced at the newsletter bookmark and sent a message to Isobel: Hogsmeade, about?
It didn't take long for the bookmark to change color, Albert flipped over and glanced at it, and the other party only replied with one word: Hmm!
Go to Hogsmeade next weekend and talk about what to do first once you're in Hogsmeade.
"You seem to know Hogsmeade well, so tell us about it. Shanna got the signal from everyone, and plucked up the courage to say, "Let's go together then!"
"I'm familiar with it too, I can introduce you too!" said Li Jordan with a hippie smile.
"I have an appointment. Albert politely refused, "Let Lee Jordan introduce you!"
Several girls couldn't help but raise their eyebrows, looked at each other, nodded and reluctantly agreed.