Chapter 573: Bootstrapping

The Gryffindor's victory over Slytherin, the Halo 2001, which they had spent a fortune on Galleons, was exciting news for the Gryffindor team members and students.

To this end, a short banquet was held in the common room to celebrate this great victory. Sadly, however, the Gryffindor Quidditch hero Harry Potter, who helped them to victory, was injured and hospitalized and was unable to attend the party.

The banquet lasted for half an hour, and after everyone had eaten the food that Fred and George had brought from the kitchen, they began to clean up the garbage left over from the banquet.

In the corner of the common room, Lee Jordan was playing cards with Fred, who had just taken a hot shower, and next to Ron and Hermione, who were arguing over Lockhart's removal of Harry's bones.

After George helped Wood clean up the garbage, he came over to watch them play cards, turned to look at Hermione and Ron who were arguing, and said casually, "Madam Pomfrey thinks that the professor who took Harry's bones is too incompetent, and she lost her temper a little because of this." ”

"Everybody makes mistakes. Hermione argued. She looked at Albert, who was walking this way, hoping to get the support of the other party.

"You can bring some candy to Potter, he's not in a good situation, and it's going to be painful for his arm to grow back into bones. ”

Albert didn't take Hermione's words, and it was unwise to discuss her admirers with the girls. With that, he looked away and landed on the boy who was flipping through the photos, "Creevey, right?"

"Is there anything wrong? Mr. Anderson. The boy named Creevey subconsciously used honorifics when he noticed that it was Albert who was speaking.

"If you don't want to be hated by Potter, it's better to apologize to him. Albert looked at the stack of photos and reminded, "Potter doesn't want you to take these pictures." ”

"Does Harry really hate me?" Colin Creevey froze, looking at Albert uneasily.

"Give me the picture!" Albert said.

The latter hesitated, but obediently handed over the photos to Albert.

Hermione and Ron, who were still arguing, and even the trio playing cards came over, and after looking at Harry's embarrassed appearance in the photo, Ron finally couldn't help but be the first to speak.

"You deliberately filmed Harry in embarrassment to make him ugly, and Harry will give you a good face to hell. ”

"Sorry, I just ......"

"It's useless for you to say sorry to us here......" Albert pulled a few from the pile of photos, compared them carefully, and handed three of them to Lee Jordan.

"What are you doing with these pictures?" asked Hermione, puzzled.

"Make them into wizard cards!" Lee Jordan said with a grin as he put away the photo and said to Creevey, who was staring at him, "I'll remember to give you one when the wizard card is ready." ”

"I don't think Harry would like that. Hermione frowned and reminded that Albert's approach really left her speechless, this guy was obviously teaching Creevey a lesson just now, and the result was ......

"This is the victory that Harry Potter has worked so hard for. Albert said solemnly, "We'll put it on the Wizard card, and we'll call it ......."

"A tough victory. "Lee Jordan grabbed the white road.

"That's a good name, you'll be left to make wizard cards. ”

"You're going on a date again?" said Lee Jordan with an eyebrow.

"It's not a date, I still have something to do here, so I'll leave first, see you later. Albert nodded, and turned to leave, intending to make a final trip to the Room of Requirement for tonight's operation.

In any case, Riddle's diary must be managed to be completely controlled tonight.

As soon as Albert left the common room, he heard hurried footsteps behind him.

"Something?" Albert paused, looking at Hermione quizzically.

"Do you know about the Polyjuice Potion?" asked Hermione after looking around to make sure there was no one around.

"Compound potion?" Albert was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "You know, you can disguise people as another person's potion, what are you asking for?"

"That ......" Hermione hesitated for a moment, but finally briefly told Albert about the three of them's suspicion that Malfoy was the heir of Slytherin and their plans.

After a longer silence, Albert nodded and said, "You do have a point, many pure-blood wizards do intermarry with each other, and it's not surprising that Malfoy has Slytherin blood. The formula of the compound potion, I do know, there is a relevant record in the "Powerful Potion" in the forbidden book area. ”

"We got a signed note from Professor Lockhart in the forbidden section, but the book seems to be ......"

"Borrowed by someone?" Albert said with a laugh.

"Yes, Mrs. Pince said that the book may have been stolen because she could not find the record left by the borrower. Hermione was depressed when she said this.

"Oh...... 'Potion of Power' is just ...... was borrowed. Albert corrected, "After a while, when it's used up, it'll be returned to the forbidden area." ”

"You borrowed it?" Hermione pondered the meaning of her words, and suddenly looked up at Albert in astonishment.

"There are a lot of interesting books in the forbidden area, but it's a hassle to ask for the professors' signatures to borrow them, so I borrow them at night when I need them. Albert was not shy about borrowing books from the forbidden section.

Hermione really didn't expect Albert to admit that she had taken the book.

"If you need it, I can give you the book for the time being, and then return it to me when I'm done. Albert tilted his head and raised his index finger at Hermione and made a shushing motion, "Remember, though, to keep this matter a secret." ”

"I will. Hermione nodded vigorously and reassured.

"Let's go, "Powerful Potion" is in the dormitory, I'll give it to you. ”

Albert turned back to his dorm, and Hermione hurriedly followed.

This was Hermione's first visit to Albert's dormitory, and the dormitory was no different from Harry's, the only difference was probably ...... Her eyes fell on the cat kennel and the cat climbing frame, and she couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you bring Tom to school?"

Hermione suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen Albert's cat for the entire semester.

"No, it's not the right year. Albert took a book from the drawer of the bedside table and handed it to Hermione.

The latter carefully took the book, placed it on the table and began to flip through it.

"You steal ...... What kind of potion do you want to refine with this book?" asked Hermione.

"Elixir. Albert didn't hide it, "I'm still researching." ”

"Elixir?" Hermione flipped the pages quickly, her eyes falling on the recipe for the elixir, and she gasped, "This is definitely the most complicated potion I've ever seen. ”

"Yes, the Elixir is almost the hardest potion of all potions, but it is also very effective and brings good luck. Albert said with a smile, "The difficulty of the compound potion you want to configure is not low, and it also takes a lot of time to boil, so you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"It's going to take a month!" Hermione said incredulously as she looked through the recipe for the potion.

"Time is not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is that the compound potion itself is a prohibited trade item, so the bicornus horn and the snake skin of the African tree snake in the ingredients are also listed as Class D prohibited trade items by the Ministry of Magic, I am afraid you will not be able to get these two raw materials through normal channels, you can consider it on the black market, but the price will be on the expensive side, but I remember that Harry is very rich. Or ......" Albert's tone paused, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face: "You can also consider breaking into Snape's private warehouse, there must be these two ingredients in it, but you need to take some risks." ”

Hermione was silent, he didn't expect Albert to suggest that she break into Snape's private warehouse if caught......

However, if they did have to configure a potion, they probably wouldn't have too many options, and she would have to find time to talk to Harry about it.