Chapter 9: The Plague of Innocence
I don't know how Luke soothed Nia and revived the grumpy granddaughter.
Over the next few days, Herb and Daisy both went back to work, while Albert and Nia stayed on Charles Street for the summer.
Albert would share the history of magic and other books with the two old men, perform the magic he had mastered in front of them, and for a fortune of Galleons, he would order a pair of wizarding chess from Vizeec and study how to play chess with Nick.
At first, Nia was startled by Wizard Chess, but she soon enjoyed the game.
Of course, the result was that no one played chess against Albert, because he was clearly better than everyone else.
Wizard chess is actually the same as chess, but its pieces are all alive, and you usually need to command the pieces with passwords, more like you are commanding an army to fight.
If you reach for it, the piece will prick your hand with a weapon.
Of course, ordinary people can also use it, but they can't be used well, and the chess pieces seem to be self-conscious, always complaining and saying things like "you can play chess or not, don't send me there, send pawns, it doesn't matter if you sacrifice it".
Albert's learning was fast, and during this time, he also completed "Luke's Regret." "Quest, got 1500 points of experience.
His experience had accumulated to 30,000 again, and although the experience pool seemed to be a lot, it was actually not used at all.
The higher the skill level, the more difficult it is to improve your skills, and you can only consume experience pools or skill points to upgrade in the later stage.
"Albert, are you sure this leaf will float?" Nia kept looking at the leaf, but it never responded.
"I think it's the wrong gesture. Albert was a little depressed, when casting spells, the movement of the wrist is also very important, sometimes a wrong movement, or a non-standard chanting spell, may lead to the failure of magic, which is a beginner's easy mistake.
With no one to teach him, he can only slowly explore it on his own, or use the experience in the experience pool to upgrade the skill to level 1 and master it directly.
Albert would choose the former, unless he really couldn't master the latter, a levitation spell, he didn't care too much, it wasn't too difficult to learn to master.
"It turns out that magic is really not that easy to learn. Nia admired Albert's patience a little, at least she didn't have that much patience to spend on it.
"Of course, it's like learning math, you need to take it step by step. Albert pushed his sister on the swing and casually comforted, "Don't give up until the end." ”
"I hate it, and I'm tired of hearing such comforting words. Nia pursed her lips, but was still happy.
In fact, Nia guessed that she might not really have the talent to become a wizard, and she didn't care that much about it after talking to her grandfather last time.
When there were no people in the park, Albert tried the levitation charm again, and this time, he succeeded, and after reciting the Yugadim Leviosa, the leaves managed to float into the air.
At this time, Albert noticed that someone was watching this side, so he put away his wand, followed the senses, and stared at the guy who was looking at him, who was a young man slightly older than him.
"Something?" Albert asked, raising an eyebrow and looking at the teenager. Albert is not afraid of the other party's troubles at all, his karate has been promoted to level 2, and even without using a wand, he can knock ordinary people down.
Karate was learned by Albert when he was eight years old, and it was aimed at those bear kids who liked to make trouble, especially after the last time he cried three children at school, and the whole school knew that Albert Anderson knew karate, and he was very good.
For this reason, Daisy was called to school by the teacher and reprimanded, but she still stood on Albert's side, and also called her husband over.
The husband and wife gave full play to their talents as lawyers and left everyone speechless.
No way, the three children are older than Albert, you can't beat and you're embarrassed to cry to find a teacher?
In the end, the matter was settled.
It was also at that time that Albert officially accepted the family.
"You're a new student at Hogwarts, right, don't try magic in this kind of place, you'll be discovered, ordinary people are afraid of the power of magic. The boy's face was full of surprise as he looked at the leaves floating in the air, he didn't expect to meet a freshman who had just been about to enter the school, and the other party had succeeded in making the leaves float.
"Thanks, I'll take note. Albert felt that the other party had no ill intentions, thanked the man, and prepared to leave with his sister.
"I'm Gabriel, Gabriel Truman, a Hufflepuff student, and I live nearby. Gabriel Truman shook Albert's hand in a friendly manner and said, "You're a first-year, right, I hope you'll come to Hufflepuff House." ”
"Hufflepuff?" Albert asked, pretending to be confused.
"Oh, by the way, you don't know about the Four Colleges and Sorting Rites. Truman was about to say something when he saw an owl flying towards him and throwing a letter at his feet.
"How can there be an owl at this time?" Truman picked up the letter suspiciously, opened it in front of Albert, his expression froze, and his face suddenly became ugly,
Nia also sensed the change in the atmosphere and hurriedly hid behind Albert's back.
"What's wrong?" Albert asked tentatively, sensing something was wrong.
"I was fired, why is this happening, why. Truman's face was full of confusion and anger, and he looked like he could go crazy at any moment, and he couldn't understand why the Ministry of Magic had sent a letter saying that he had been expelled for using the levitation charm in front of Muggles.
"By the way, it's you, it's definitely you. When Truman saw Albert, he immediately figured out what was going on, and he threw himself at the freshman in front of him like crazy, but suddenly he felt that the world was spinning, and he was put down by the child who was younger than himself.
The next moment, Truman felt a pain in his wrist and couldn't help but scream in pain.
"Calm down, things aren't as bad as you think. Albert had already guessed the reason from Truman's words, and the unlucky guy was expelled from school.
"I didn't use the levitation charm at all. Truman roared angrily, "I don't even have a wand. ”
"I know, I used that spell. Albert calmly reminded the other party, "Perhaps, we should write a letter to the school, explain the situation, if necessary, I will testify to you, rest assured, they will not fire you easily, we had better write a letter now, one by one, explain the current situation to the principal, do you have an owl?"
"Nope. Truman was a little depressed, and he found that he was not as calm as the other party.
"Brother, it's Shera. Nia gestured to the owl that was flying in this direction.
"It seems that Sheila knows that we need it, and the owl is such a magical creature. Albert couldn't help but sigh.