Chapter 374: A Smart Man's Little Trick
Time flies by, and after entering the third grade, there are more and more homework, which is getting harder and more demanding.
However, for a time thief like Albert, the heavy homework did not put pressure on him, and life was very comfortable.
After being able to have a few more hours a day, it is very important to arrange your time reasonably, otherwise it is easy to stay up late and make yourself very tired.
It's best not to exceed five hours a day, this is Isobel's reminder to Albert.
Albert didn't pay much attention to it, though, and it was a good idea for him to go back in time through a time turner and sleep in a room of requirement.
In short, although he attended more classes a day than others, Albert also had more than 24 hours a day, and had more time to rest and do homework than others.
The only minor problem is that the lifespan will be half a year shorter than originally estimated, but Albert doesn't care much about such small things.
After all, most wizards live far longer than Muggles. Dumbledore is a prime example of this, having lived for a century. As long as he didn't die of illness for no apparent reason, Albert believed he would be better able to survive than Dumbledore.
After all, the old man had lost his life shortly after Albert graduated from Hogwarts.
It's a sad story.
An hour before the time turner, Albert was going to take his cat to the kitchen to say hello to the house-elves there, and ask them to help take care of Tom if they had time.
As soon as he came out of the boys' dormitory, Albert was blocked by Fred, George, and Lee Jordan.
"Albert. ”
"Your prophecy has come true. ”
"It's unbelievable that your words have come true. ”
"Harry Potter has really become a Seeker for the House team. ”
The three of you said a word to me, and Albert had a headache.
Fred and George also took strange steps and surrounded Albert, and Tom, who had been following Albert downstairs, hurriedly hid to the side.
Then, one of them took Albert's arm and carried him in circles.
Having said that, these two guys really have a lot of strength to lift him off the ground like this?
"Stop, stop, I'm almost stunned by you. ”
Albert wanted to throw up, and that's how he felt when he first tried apparition, very bad.
When he came back to his senses and realized that his feet were actually off the ground, he couldn't help but look in a certain direction, glaring angrily at Lee Jordan, who secretly cast a levitation spell on him, and he said how Fred and George could easily lift themselves up.
"That's enough, I'm almost throwing you up. Albert struggled hard to get rid of the twins' arms.
"Guess how Harry got on the team. Fred smiled and let go of Albert's arm.
"Guess me or not. ”
Albert felt like throwing up, he reached into his jacket pocket, pulled out a packet of dried fish, and stuffed it back in.
"Come on, let's have some flavored beans!" Lee Jordan pulled out a bottle of flavored beans from his pocket and handed it to Albert.
"Thanks, I don't want to eat anything inexplicable. Albert politely refused, and began to take a box of chocolates from the leather bag he was carrying, unpacking it and scooping out a piece of it, which had been bought in pounds after the last family dinner, and a few boxes, which were not expensive.
Wow!Wow!
The three of them immediately gathered around and reached for the chocolates from the box.
Lee Jordan unpacked it and took a bite, muttering as he chewed, "The Muggle world isn't bad for chocolate!"
Albert took a big bite, glared at the three of them and complained, "You guys are enough!"
"Give me another piece. ”
"I want it too. ”
"Give me a piece by the way. ”
"Well, if you guys like it, that's it for the Christmas present. Albert said suddenly.
"Okay!"
"It's Albert. ”
Unbeknownst to all three of them, Albert was ready to give each of them a piece of super bitter dark chocolate. ”
"The skin pouch of the shapeshifting lizard is such a good thing!" Fred sighed, chewing chocolate in his mouth as he watched Albert put the box back away.
"Fred, don't digress. George pushed Fred away in dissatisfaction, "Albert hasn't said that yet?" ”
"yes, how do you know?"
"What else!" Albert said, looking around for Tom, "with the consent of Professor McGonagall or Headmaster Dumbledore." ”
"I'm guessing the former, though. Albert bent down to pick up a reluctant Tom and walked towards the entrance to the common room, turning back to the three of them before leaving, "Professor McGonagall used to be a Quidditch enthusiast as well. ”
Wow!Wow!
Three more exclamations.
"It's Albert, I even guessed this!" exclaimed Lee Jordan.
"What Wood just told us, you didn't even see his face. George remembered the captain's reaction and couldn't help laughing, "It's like picking up a big bag of gold galleons on the way." ”
Wood said that Harry was able to dive fifty feet on his broomstick for the first time and reach for the memory ball. Fred followed the others out of the common room, and as he spoke, he secretly observed Albert's reaction and said, "No scratches at all?"
"He thinks Harry might be more talented than you. Before Lee Jordan could finish speaking, he was slapped the back by Fred and George.
"I'm not that stingy, and I don't care about these things, Harry Potter can replace me, in fact, I already know, and it is thanks to him that I can get rid of Wood's clutches. Albert shook his head with a smile and said, "For me, flying on a broomstick is more for the pleasure of flying, and when I get tired of riding a broomstick in the future, I may get a flying motorcycle, bicycle or flying carpet." ”
"Don't think about it, the flying carpet has been grounded. Fred interrupted, "Our grandfather had an Axminster pile carpet that could seat twelve people, and I remember flying around my grandfather's house on the flying carpet when I was a kid. ”
"If you don't say it, no one will treat you as dumb. Albert glared at Fred, of course he wasn't going to do any flying carpet, it was too obvious, at most get a motorcycle or bicycle to modify it.
It's still nice to think about a bike riding over your head one day.
Well, it's called a three-in-one bicycle for land, sea and air.
"Shall we go and say hello to Harry?"
"No, I'm going to take Tom to the kitchen so that he can meet the house-elves, and one day Tom wanders around the castle and gets lost, and it's more reassuring to have the house-elves to help me watch. Albert stated the purpose of his trip to the kitchen.
"Are you too unconfident in your cat? Lee Jordan couldn't help but complain that he always felt that Albert's cat was for decoration.
"There's no way around that. Albert said nonchalantly, "Muggle cats are usually delicate and not smart enough. ”
"Fat enough, right?"
"By the way, I'm telling you, I've found a new secret passage that leads to the outside of the school. Lee Jordan suddenly said, "Why don't you go over and see together, and next time we have to, we can also try to walk through that passage." ”
"I'm guessing we'd already found out about that one. Fred and George grinned, "If you don't believe me, we can bet." ”
"Bet. "Lee Jordan was very unruly in his gambling with the chocolate he received from Albert.
"Actually, we'll use this. Fred and George looked at each other and pulled a few toffees out of their pockets.
"I guess it can't be the last one. When Lee Jordan saw the toffee, he remembered what he had eaten in the carriage.
"It's not. Does Albert want to be together?"
"No, we'll see you later. Albert told Tom to follow him, and since he was summoned back by the Flying Charm, Tom had left the common room and had not dared to run around.
However, Tom the fat cat can't run far, and his physical strength is really poor.
On the way to the kitchen, many students saw Albert walking the cat, and although they all thought this scene was funny, there was always something special about genius.
Having said that, since Albert took Tom out for a walk, some girls would take this opportunity to come over and chat with Albert, and Lee Jordan was also envious of Tom's womanhood for Albert.
There are relatively few Hogwarts students who have cats, usually owls, no way, most students don't actually know how to take care of their pets, owls are the most worry-free, and can also help send letters and things, which is the best companion of young wizards.
When Albert went down to the fourth floor, he found that his Tom was too tired to walk, and finally had to let Albert hold him, perhaps walking such a distance is a strenuous exercise for a fat cat.
Of course, carrying a fat cat to the kitchen was also a challenge for Albert.
The man and the cat rested for a while in the secret passage, and then continued on their way, and when they came to the picture of the large fruit bowl in front of the kitchen, Tom was already lying on the ground tired.
Albert held out his index finger and scratched the big green pear.
After the pear quickly turned into a green doorknob, he pulled the door open, scooped up a stall of Tom lying on the floor and walked into the kitchen.
"Mr. Albert Anderson!"
"Long time no see, Kara. Albert greeted the house-elf in front of him gently.
"Yes sir, it's been a long time, would you like something to eat?" asked Kara expectantly.
"If there's a pumpkin pie, please bring me one. ”
"It's a shame sir, I didn't make pumpkin pie today. Kara said sharply, her voice looking a little lost because she hadn't helped.
"It's okay, I'm not here to eat. ”
As he spoke, Albert pulled out the gift he had prepared for the house-elves from his leather pouch.
"This is for me?" said Kara, incredulous.
"Yes, for you, I bothered you last semester. This is a gift I bought, though, I don't know much about the tastes of your house-elves, and I hope you will like it. ”
"Sir is so kind, so kind!" said Kara, screaming, and then bowed deeply to Albert, its eyes filled with tears again.
"Why don't you take it apart and taste it?" said Albert to the other house-elves, "come along, it won't take you much time." ”
"Thank you sir. ”
"You're so kind. ”
The house-elves babbled and said words of gratitude.
"This is my pet cat, Tom. ”
Albert pointed to the fat cat and said, "It's a very stupid house cat, and it's often lost, and I'm afraid that one day it'll run around the castle and get lost." If you see it in trouble later, be sure to reach out and get it back if it doesn't return to the Gryffindor common room late at night. ”
As he spoke, Albert bowed slightly to the house-elves.
"Oh, of course. The house-elf said babblingly.
The house-elves at Hogwarts had a good impression of Albert, after all, Albert respected house-elves and never treated them as slaves.
Perhaps, most house-elves have never eaten chocolate, at least never eaten chocolate given by wizards.
Seeing that the box of chocolates had been divided, and that there were still some house-elves who hadn't eaten it, Albert took out another box, opened it and handed it to the house-elves who hadn't eaten it.
The house-elf wept bitterly on the spot.
"You eat slowly, then I won't bother you. ”
Albert and Tom got up to leave, and several house-elves enthusiastically brought the freshly baked pie to Albert and asked him to bring some back to eat.