Albert found a nice item in the catalog order, it was an exquisite and small silver phoenix badge, but the price was a bit expensive, costing one Galleon.
However, Albert still planned to let Owl place an order for Nia as a Christmas gift.
After closing the catalog order and putting it back in his schoolbag, he closed the thick book on the table and prepared to put it back to its original place. When Albert passed the bookshelf with the book, he looked at an acquaintance in surprise.
"I've been in a lot of trouble lately!" Truman looked a little surprised when he saw Albert, and said in a low voice, "But you did a great job."
"Thank you." After putting the book back on the shelf, Albert asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
"A curse that works!" Truman muttered softly, "I'm going to duel with Ravenclaw Prefect Noch."
Albert was stunned when he heard this. What kind of a trick was this
"You duel with the Ravenclaw prefect?" Albert asked in a low voice.
Truman nodded.
"What's going on? Are you planning to have a friendly exchange, or... to resolve the conflict through a duel?" Albert had actually guessed that it was that possibility. If it was a friendly exchange, Truman would not have come here to look for a useful curse. "But I'm afraid the school won't be too happy. They won't like to see students using a duel to resolve the problem, and..."
Albert thought that Truman had little chance of winning. Since his opponent was a Ravenclaw prefect, it meant that his grades were not bad, and there would be a gap between the two in their mastery and application of magic.
"Notch insists that Bridget Wenlock is from Ravenclaw," Truman said with a hint of annoyance in his tone.
"Bridget Wenlock?" Albert asked in confusion. He had never heard of this name.
"Bridget Wenlock was a famous arithmetician in the thirteenth century. She was the first person to discover the magical properties of the number seven." Truman began to explain, "I was studying Arithmancy and talked about this with someone. Later, when he passed by, he said that Wenlock was from Ravenclaw. I argued about it, and then, it turned out like this."
"So, Bridget Wenlock is from Hufflepuff."
"Of course, there's an introduction to Bridget Wenlock on the Chocolate Frog card." Truman took out a Chocolate Frog card and handed it to Albert.
After reading it, Albert asked, "Why didn't you give this to him at the time?"
"I later asked a friend for this," Truman explained. "Besides, I thought that even if I showed it to him, he wouldn't admit it. He must have known he was wrong a long time ago, but he just wouldn't admit it."
Albert already understood the reason for their duel.
A typical argument turns into verbal abuse and then into physical violence.
In his previous life, Albert had seen too many such things. There were a lot of people like this on the Internet. However, because there was a layer of the Internet, they couldn't crawl along the network cable to hit people, so there was no need to do anything. They could only spray each other on the Internet forum.
But this time it was different, both sides were angry and humiliated.
Perhaps, at the beginning, the Ravenclaw prefect remembered it wrongly, and when both sides were arguing with each other until their faces turned red, even if he realized his mistake, he would not admit it, so it turned into this duel.
Apparently, the Ravenclaw prefect was furious, at least that's what Truman thought.
Not everyone has the courage to admit their mistakes like Gryffindor. No, even among Gryffindors, few have this courage. Just as Dumbledore said in that classic quote: People can easily forgive others' mistakes, but find it difficult to forgive others' rightness.
Truman was just trying to protect the honor of Hufflepuff. At least, in their opinion, their own college had finally gotten rid of a famous person, but you were so shameless as to insist on saying that he was from Ravenclaw.
"Do you need me to give you a little advice?" Albert said in a low voice.
"Okay!" Truman was a little looking forward to Albert's proposal.
"It's not a duel. That will get you in trouble." Albert reminded, "Don't admit that it was a duel."
Truman was a little regretful: "… "
"You definitely don't want to be put in solitary confinement!" said Albert.
"No." Truman nodded repeatedly.
"Do you know the Disarming Spell?"
"No," Truman said glumly.
"Follow me!" Albert motioned Truman to follow him out. The library was not a good place to talk. He had noticed that Madam Pince was looking over here. If he didn't want to be driven out with a feather blanket, he should leave by himself.
The two walked out of the library one after the other and came to the corridor outside.
Albert looked at the Slytherin students passing by, narrowed his eyes and said to Truman: "The spell of the Disarming Spell is to disarm you, which is what he means, to disarm the opponent."
"You mean, get rid of Nochi's weapons." Truman's tone was a little excited. If a wizard lost his wand, it would be like a tiger losing his claws.
"Yes. But you must use it first." Albert suddenly said, "You must count to one, two, three when you duel. When you count to one, you should attack him first. Otherwise, you probably won't be his opponent."
"But..." Truman seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Albert.
"This isn't a duel, is it?" Albert said lightly, "Wait until you disarm Nochi, and while he's stunned, use a full-body binding spell. You know how to use it, right?"
"Yes." Truman nodded.
"Then, go up and beat him until he realizes that he is wrong." Albert made a fist-pumping gesture.
"With fists?" Truman was a little unable to understand Albert's way of thinking.
"There's a saying that truth lies in the fist." Albert looked at the stunned Truman and said, "Besides, he was indeed wrong. He refused to admit it and wanted to teach you a lesson through a duel. Don't forget that he is two years older than you and knows more about magic than you do..."
Albert suddenly paused and his eyes fell on a red-haired girl from Ravenclaw.
"You know Isobel, don't you?"
"I've met him a few times in the same club." After making sure there was no one around, Albert continued, "There's a saying that you can never wake up someone who's pretending to be asleep. The best way to wake them up is..."
"Beat him hard!" Truman suddenly felt that it made sense. So what if it was a sneak attack? What he wanted was to teach the other party a lesson.
Albert nodded and said, "Remember, don't use evil spells. Using evil spells is worse than using fists. When you are caught, tell Professor Sprout why you are fighting. Remember, it is a fight, not a duel. Your dean will definitely not punish you. After all, you are fighting for the honor of the college."
"That's all possible." Truman was stunned. He had already believed it about 70% of the time. Yes, he was going to beat you just for his honor. Just when he was excited, he suddenly realized one thing: he didn't know how to cast the disarming spell.
"Come with me, I know what you need... a collection of self-defense spells." Albert entered with Truman, "You need to find someone to practice with you. Don't look at me, I don't have that kind of free time. You can find a Hufflepuff buddy."
"Well, thank you. Remember to come and watch the duel this weekend." Truman grinned and said, "On the lawn near Black Lake."
"I will." Albert nodded and looked at Truman's back, his eyes falling on his task panel.
Enthusiastic help
Your friend Gabriel Truman seems to be in some trouble, and as the first wizard friend you have met, you should help him solve the problem as much as possible.
Reward: 100 experience points, Gabriel Truman's favorability +10
Distant Victory
Your friend does not have any advantage in the upcoming duel. As a friend, you should find a way to help him turn defeat into victory.
Reward: 1000 experience points, a random skill from the quest target, Gabriel Truman's favorability +10.
Albert was somewhat interested in randomly obtaining a skill from the mission target. When he returned to his seat, Shanna, who had just finished her homework, asked curiously, "What did you do just now?"
"Nothing, I just met a friend and chatted for a while." Albert noticed that Madam Pince was looking at him, and quickly shut up, checked the homework he had just finished, and put it away.