If there's anything more depressing than a little bit.

Sometimes, however, it's a lot worse.

Ravenclaw College was unable to pick up the slack, and until the end of the year, it still ranked second in the House Cup by five points, saying that Ravenclaw students are not depressed must be false.

That evening, Albert went to the auditorium with his roommates for the year-end banquet.

The auditorium has been intricately decorated in red and gold representing Gryffindor, and a huge banner depicting the Gryffindor lion hangs on the wall behind the guest of honor.

The Gryffindor students were all talking loudly, their words full of joy and confidence in winning the House Cup.

Compared to Gryffindor, their next-door neighbors, the Slytherin students, were not at all happy. It's no wonder they couldn't be happier, Slytherin House won the House Cup four years in a row, and it was actually ...... It was actually broken like this, and it was lost to Gryffindor, which he hated the most, so it's no wonder that he was in a good mood.

The Ravenclaw students were probably the most mixed and depressed in attendance, with them just a few points away from the title, and the Ravenclaws were disappointed that no one had picked it up, but they were equally happy to see the Slytherin defeat.

As for the Hufflepuff students, they hadn't won the House Cup for a long time, and they didn't pay much attention to it, and seeing Slytherin, who didn't like fair play, lose badly, was something to celebrate.

Soon after, Dumbledore arrived in a hurry, standing on the podium and raising his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and the noise in the Great Hall gradually subsided.

"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore said happily, "You don't like to listen to my old man's nonsense until you indulge in a delicious meal." However, we still need to have a House Cup ceremony, and the specific scores for each house are as follows: 4th place, Slytherin, 250 points, 3rd place, Hufflepuff, 395 points, 2nd place, Ravenclaw, 439 points, and 1st place, Gryffindor, 444 points. ”

At this moment, a thunderous cheer erupted from the Gryffindor table, the sound was deafening, and some of the students shouted hoarse in excitement.

Fred, George and Lee Jordan all joined the crowd in standing and applauding. Albert was also clapping vigorously, pretending to be excited. His mind couldn't help but mutter, "What an unlucky score." ”

Lee Jordan cheered as he elbowed Albert and raised his hand to his next-door neighbor. The Slytherin students had ugly expressions on their faces, as if they had just been punched in the nose.

In the auditorium, everyone except the Slytherin students applauded, whether it was celebrating the victory of Gryffindor or the defeat of Slytherin.

Professor McGonagall at the guest of honour also stood up to shake Professor Snape's hand, a happy smile on her face.

The dinner was full of delicious food, and during the meal, Fred and George invited Albert to their house for the summer vacation.

Unfortunately, this invitation was politely declined by Albert, because their family already had their own summer vacation plans, and Herb wrote to Albert a while ago to tell Albert that the family was going to France for the summer vacation.

Fred and George regretted this, and they always wanted to thank Albert for saving them, and the Weasleys apparently had similar thoughts.

At the dinner, everyone was well fed, except for Fred and George.

After all, it's easy to get sleepy when you're well fed and drunk. If they miss tonight's retaliation, they won't have a chance to get revenge on Filch again this term, which is clearly not what the Weasley brothers want to see.

I finally endured until Gryffindor won the House Cup, and finally I didn't need to worry about anything, how could I give up?

After twelve o'clock, Fred and George went into action, using Albert's illusion charm to make some noise in the castle first, luring Filch, who was about to rest, to the armor corridor on the fourth floor of the castle.

Then, George took the opportunity to sneak into Filch's office and smear the bottle of garlic-scented beeswax on the corner of Filch's office.

After all, you can still see the source of the smell of the big dung eggs, but once the beeswax is smeared in the corner, you can't even find it, let alone remove the source of the smell, and in just a moment, the whole office and Filch's bedroom are filled with a choking smell of garlic.

Fred found out through the map that George had returned to the Gryffindor common room, and he immediately retreated, leaving Filch, who was still struggling to find their whereabouts on the fourth floor.

When he realized that he had been tricked, Filch went back to his dorm room to rest in annoyance.

When Filch opened the wooden door of his office, he was immediately choked by the strong smell of garlic, and he rushed into his office in a rage, trying to find the source of the smell.

For a moment, Filch's angry roar echoed in the Administrator's office, and as for his Lady Loris, she avoided the garlic-smelling Administrator's office.

"Isn't this going to be a big deal!" said George, listening to Filch's growl, turning his head to Fred.

"If I were you, I would go and get rid of the garlic smell first, so that no one would suspect you. Albert quietly appeared in the break room, alerting the two men who were discussing.

"Oh, you're right!" George also smelled the garlic in his hands, and hurried to wash his hands.

The next morning, word of Filch's revenge spreads through the castle, and everyone speculates about which fierce man made Filch's office smell of garlic everywhere.

Still, no one sympathized with the administrator, more of a schadenfreude.

Albert and his party also pretended not to know about it. In fact, more of their attention is focused on their final exam scores.

On the last day of Hogwarts, the final exam results will be announced.

"Look, you're the number one in this class. Fred poked Albert with his elbow and said with a smile.

"You've got a good result, too. ”

Fred, George, and Lee Jordan all passed the exam with high scores.

"I guessed you were going to be number one. Shanna smiled and walked over to talk to Albert, "I think Katrina must be angry, though." ”

Albert smiled and shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he couldn't help it.

He himself doesn't really have any feelings about winning the first place, this year's students are that kind of people, the first place seems to have nothing to be proud of, his goal is to complete the panel task, fortunately the tasks of "in the name of genius" and "crushing in all aspects" have been completed.

Although Katrina said she wanted to compete with her who had better results, and was eventually rejected by Albert, the competition seemed to be valid, at least in terms of the panel's decision.

Katrina won the second place this year, and she was also all excellent, but in terms of scores, she was still a little behind Albert.

At this moment, Katrina, who was also standing in the crowd to check her results, was staring at Albert with extremely annoyed eyes.

She's angry, angry with herself, angry that she actually lost to the guy who didn't study well for the final exam.

While everyone was still discussing the exam results, Professor McGonagall appeared with a pile of notices.

She asked the freshmen to sign a pledge that they would abide by the "Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards" outside of school.

After signing it, he also sent a notice to everyone, and warned everyone not to use magic during the holiday.

"I wish they had forgotten to send this to us. Fred Weasley shook the notice in his hand regretfully, not being able to use magic during the holidays was an ordeal.

"You don't have to worry at all, in a wizard's family, the Ministry of Magic can't figure out who is using magic, so even if you use magic at home, you won't be warned by the Ministry of Magic. Albert pouted and explained. "As long as you use magic in a place like Diagon Alley where there are many wizards, the Ministry of Magic can't determine if you're using magic, because the Tracer can only locate and monitor if anyone is using magic within a certain radius around you. ”

"You know that, huh?" Shanna was a little surprised that Albert knew about these things.

"Of course he knows. Lee Jordan couldn't help but laugh, "After all, someone has been cheated by him." ”

"Someone?"

"Hufflepuff's Truman. Fred kindly reminded, "So, as long as we stay at home, we can use magic without any scruples?"

"That's right, as long as you're at home, pure-blood wizard-born students can only rely on their families to supervise themselves. Albert said dismissively, slightly unhappy that he couldn't use magic during the summer vacation.

"According to you, the Ministry of Magic relies on Traces to determine whether we use magic or not, but when do they ......" Shanna asked, puzzled, "who secretly used Traces for us?"

"Secretly?" Albert's expression was a little odd, "No. ”

"Nothing?"

"Didn't you just sign the magic contract? Albert reminded.

"You mean...... The pledge?" not only Shanna, but everyone else understood what was going on.

"From what I heard from Professor Broad, the pledge we just signed is a magical contract, or a trace, and of course, there's a loophole in it. ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier, you wouldn't have signed it if you knew it earlier. Lee Jordan's face was depressed.

"Not signed?" Albert repeated softly, "can you not sign?"

"What if I ruin the date?" Fred asked curiously.

"The Ministry of Magic will know at once, and send an owl to warn you. ”

"What's the matter with the vulnerability?" George was more curious about.

"It couldn't figure out who was using the magic. Albert gave a simple example, "If you live in an all-Muggle community and there are people around you who use magic, the Ministry of Magic will detect it and think you're using magic."

"That's how Truman was cheated by you in the first place?" Fred asked curiously.

"yes, that's what I'm talking about. The Ministry of Magic can monitor your location through traces, and when you are in Diagon Alley, or stay at home, and there are people around you who use magic, the Ministry of Magic will not be able to determine who is using magic, because wizards and your family in Diagon Alley can use magic. ”

"Great, so we don't have to worry about using magic being discovered by the Ministry of Magic. Fred and George high-fived each other.

"But you need to worry about being known by your family. Lee Jordan said angrily.

Everyone returned to the dormitory to pack their things, only to find that their wardrobes were empty and everything was packed in suitcases.

"It's supposed to be the house-elves who helped clean it up. Fred explained to everyone.

"Guessed. Albert nodded, "Let's go, don't miss the train." ”

When everyone dragged their luggage to the foyer, Filch suddenly pounced out of the hidden corridor, glared at Albert and the others with two red eyes, and said hoarsely: "You did it, right?"

The four of them looked at each other, all putting on expressions of "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't think I don't know, you guys definitely made it, that garlic smell in my office. ”

"We don't understand what you're talking about!" the twins said in unison.

"We went to bed very early last night. Lee Jordan coughed lightly and argued, as for our package here, we don't know if the Weasley brothers don't know.

Albert spread his hands helplessly, saying that he had no idea about the matter.

"You grow garlic!" Filch's eyes glinted with anger.

"That's what you say!" Fred said with a smile on his face, "Last time, I was made into garlic scrambled eggs by Albert, and it tasted pretty good." ”

"If you don't believe me, you can ask the house-elves. George added, "That dish is fried by house-elves." ”

The four of them passed by a stunned Filch, and with a sneering voice, they boarded the carriage for the Hogwarts Express.

Along the way, several people were talking about Filch, predicting whether the other party would trouble them next semester and how they would deal with it.

In fact, the only ones who have this kind of trouble are Fred and George.

As the train passed through the Muggle town, they were eating Bibi Beans offered by Lee Jordan to see who had the worse luck.

When the train stopped at Platform 9 and 3/4 at King's Cross Station, they took off their wizarding robes and changed into the jackets and blouses that Muggles usually wear.

The ticket gate was guarded by an old guard, and only two or three people were allowed through at a time, and it took Albert a long time to line up and walk out of the platform.

"Over here, Albert, we're here!"

As soon as he stepped out of the platform, Albert saw Nia waving at him.

"Nia has become a lady. Albert laughed and praised his sister.

"I've always been ladylike. Nia grumbled dissatisfiedly.

"Where's Tom?" Albert asked.

"Temporarily with your Grandpa Luke. Herb reached out and took Albert's luggage and explained casually, "You know, we're going to France for the summer vacation, and we don't have time to take care of it, and your owl is temporarily in Grandpa Luke's house." ”

"Oh my God, I'm going to have to write to Grandma Sansa and tell her not to feed Tom too much. Albert couldn't help but cover his cheek with his palm, and he seemed to foresee that when he saw Tom again, he would have been fed a fat cat.

"There's nothing wrong with a cat being fat. Daisy reassured. "I think it's cute"