"Peeves is really a genius."
Fred hummed a lilting tune in pleasure, sat down next to George, and picked up his fork to pick up a few boiled potatoes on his plate for dinner.
"You think Peeves knows how to make up songs?"
Lee Jordan reached over and helped Fred move the pepper shaker.
"Isn't it?" Fred asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, of course."
Lee Jordan was quite speechless, could he say no
Peeves sang "Toad's Song", which was obviously a song specially composed by Albert to disgust Umbridge. The song was simple and lively, and everyone could hum it. The tune of "Toad's Song" could be heard everywhere, which probably disgusted Umbridge a lot.
"That guy is missing again?" George suddenly asked.
"Maybe he went on a date again." Fred was not surprised by Albert's habitual disappearance.
"Today is not Friday..." George reminded.
"I guess I'll be back in the evening." Lee Jordan turned his head and looked at Fred: "By the way, how are you and Angelina doing?"
"What else can I do?" Fred said speechlessly, "We spend most of our time together."
"I took the initiative to give up and let you have the chance." Lee Jordan muttered unhappily, "What a useless fellow."
"I remember you once gave Albert a copy of 'Twelve Secrets to Charming Witches'." George flipped through today's newspaper and said jokingly, "Now you should learn from Albert."
"Angelina's mind is full of Quidditch." Fred was helpless. It was not because of his efforts, but because his rival was Quidditch.
"It's really shameless." George, who had just read the front-page headlines, couldn't help but say.
"How am I shameless?" Fred turned his head in dissatisfaction and found George reading a newspaper.
"I'm not talking about you."
George was reading the headlines of the Daily Prophet, mumbling something to himself.
Fred and Lee Jordan both leaned closer curiously and discovered that the headline of today's Daily Prophet was a report about Umbridge.
The newspapers were full of reports about Toad's experiences during his tenure at Hogwarts, and even several anonymous Slytherin students were interviewed, but the Daily Prophet did not mention Umbridge's series of atrocities at Hogwarts.
The entire report almost directly stated that it was Dumbledore who instigated these thugs to try to prevent the Ministry of Magic from implementing the Education Order.
"The Daily Prophet has now become a lackey of the Ministry of Magic," Lee Jordan said angrily. "If it doesn't even report the truth, what is the point of the newspaper's existence?"
"That's called knowing the times." George shrugged. "I wouldn't be surprised even if the Daily Prophet sided with You-Know-Who."
All three of them understood this, but the content of the newspaper was still annoying.
"Maybe we can give everyone a little surprise," Fred suggested.
"That's a good idea. We have enough funds anyway, so we can test our new stuff at the same time." George agreed. They would go to Hogsmeade Village in a few days, and they would meet Mr. Thief.
"By the way, where did that guy ask us to meet?" Lee Jordan asked.
"He didn't say."
The surroundings suddenly fell into dead silence.
"We'll meet each other eventually. That guy might be even more diligent than us." George muttered.
"Has anyone seen Albert?" Cedric appeared out of nowhere.
"I don't know. That guy is missing again." George put down the newspaper and looked up and asked, "What do you want to talk to Albert about? I can help you tell him."
"I was wondering if I could buy a copy of the Self-Defense Guide from Albert," Diggory said after looking around to make sure no one was eavesdropping.
"I don't think so. We don't have one either," Fred shrugged.
"When is your birthday? You can give Albert a hint and he will definitely not mind sending you a copy," George suggested.
"I just had my birthday." Digory was a little depressed. His birthday was at the end of September.
"I'll ask for you then. Otherwise, you can go and borrow it from that champion. I remember her name." George thought for a long time, but couldn't remember the young champion's name.
"Ola Quirk." Li Jordan looked at the two of them speechlessly: "It's only been a few days, and you've already forgotten about her."
"We're not familiar with each other. I didn't expect you to still remember him." The Weasley twins looked at Lee Jordan in surprise.
"This is not nonsense. Every champion will be recorded on the champion list. I wrote her name there." Lee Jordan couldn't help but sigh. These two guys didn't care about the wizard cards at all, and Albert was the same. It seemed that he could only rely on himself.
"By the way, Cedric, how did you catch up with Qiu Zhang?" Fred asked in a low voice.
"What?" Cedric looked at Fred with a strange expression, and then lowered his voice and said, "You can ask her out to the teahouse in Hogsmeade first, and then find a chance to make it clear to her. Generally speaking, as long as she doesn't refuse to go out with you alone, she won't refuse you."
"that's all?"
"That's it!" Cedric was a little surprised, "I thought you had already picked up Angelina."
"How do you know?"
"Qiu Zhang told me that many couples were born at last year's Christmas ball," Cedric explained.
"You have to work harder." George sighed, "It just so happens that we can go to Hogsmeade soon."
"Remember to ask for me." Cedric lowered his voice and said, "Also, the matter of the Self-Defense Guide has spread throughout the school. Umbridge will sooner or later set her sights on the Self-Defense Guide. It's best to find a way to prevent that guy from getting the book."
"That's easy. I'll go talk to Orla Quirk." Lee Jordan said with a smile, "I guarantee Toad won't be able to do anything about it."
"What are you going to do?" Fred asked, putting his fork down.
"Let her just leave the book on the table and let someone borrow it. Then we won't know who borrowed it." Lee Jordan said, "Even if the book is really lost, Albert must have it somewhere. Just give him another one."
All three knew that the Self-Defense Guide was cheap, costing only two Galleons, the same price as most textbooks.
Ever since the truth about why Umbridge didn't allow everyone to practice Defense Against the Dark Arts was made public, more and more senior students in advanced classes chose to temporarily give up the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Those so-called theories were really useless, and reading aloud from the textbooks had become a joke.
Most students thought that Umbridge, apart from having a ridiculous title, had no idea what Defense Against the Dark Arts was.
On the contrary, the "Self-Defense Guide" that Albert gave as a reward to the wizard card champion became a popular book among Hogwarts students.
Although most of the students have not read this book, they are all asking where to buy it, thinking that they can learn useful knowledge of Defense against the Dark Arts from it, because all the students who have read the "Self-Defense Guide" highly recommend it.
Even Umbridge got wind of the news. What annoyed her most was that, although she knew that Albert Anderson had written a book on Defense against the Dark Arts called "A Guide to Self-Defense", which was sought after by countless students, no one knew where to buy the book.
Because this book has not been officially published yet, let alone sold to the public.
Umbridge attempted to take the Self-Defense Guide from Miss Orla Quirk, the new champion of the Wizarding Cards, in order to eradicate the spread of the Self-Defense Guide in the school, but she was told that the book was no longer with her.
"Miss Orla Quirk, can you tell me where the Self-Defense Guide is!" Umbridge still had a fake smile on her face.
"I don't know. Everyone is saying that you might take the book. They suggest that I lend it out so that it won't be taken away by you..." Quirk looked at Umbridge fearfully, lowered his head and finished his words: "So that it won't be taken away by you."
"So, you lent that book out?" Umbridge's face was not looking good. "Tell me, who did you lend that book to?"
"I don't know. They asked me to leave the book in the library and said they would return it to me during the holidays." Ola Quirk whispered, "Many people were there and can testify for me."
Umbridge's face turned even darker. It was definitely the students of Hogwarts who were deliberately targeting her.
He couldn't cause trouble for Albert because it didn't violate the laws of the Ministry of Magic, otherwise all the writers in the British wizarding world would be thrown into jail.
The appearance of "A Guide to Self-Defense" made Umbridge's wasteness more obvious, and more and more students believed that Umbridge and "Magical Defense Theory" should stay in the trash can.