"You finally showed up."
"Why do you always like to play missing?"
As soon as Albert returned to the common room, he saw Fred, George and Lee Jordan all turning their heads to look at him with resentment. The Wesley brothers double-teamed him from both sides, putting their hands on Albert's shoulders, while Lee Jordan gently pushed Albert from behind and finally forced him to sit in the armchair.
"What makes you so excited?" Albert asked with a smile. He thought something must have happened.
"Bill wrote to say that he helped us go through Diagon Alley and found some businesses that are willing to rent or sell stores." Fred took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Albert. Inside was the information that Bill had collected and organized in his extra time.
Albert pulled out the parchment from the envelope and discovered that the bulging envelope actually contained a simple map of Diagon Alley, which simply marked the location of the shops that were willing to sell, the size of the shops, the selling price, the name of the owner and the contact address.
It seems that giving Bill some Galleons and asking him for help was the right choice.
Of course, Albert could ask the house-elf Dobby to help collect intelligence, but the information obtained would definitely not be so detailed, and Dobby might expose his relationship with him.
Of course, there are other reasons.
Dobby has been quite busy lately, and if he leaves school to help Albert, a terrible disaster will happen in Gryffindor Tower.
This matter actually has something to do with Hermione.
Since Hermione still didn't intend to give up the idea of emancipating the house-elves and put it into action, the house-elves all hated Gryffindor Tower and were unwilling to come here to help clean, so the sanitation of Gryffindor Tower had to rely entirely on Dobby.
“The price they’re asking is a bit high!”
After reading it carefully, Albert stuffed the parchment back into the envelope and returned it to Fred: "Well, now you can talk to the other party first, show your willingness to buy, but be hesitant. After all, we have many options. After the summer vacation, the price of buying a store will be cheaper, so we don't need to rush to buy a store."
Fred and George looked at each other with expressions that showed as expected.
They took out another notebook, which was full of new store design drawings. They came up with the store decoration after inspecting Zuo Ke Joke Shop and other stores. It looked very trendy and incredible.
"Doesn't it look great?" Lee Jordan asked with a smile.
"It's really great!" Albert looked at the design in the notebook and nodded. "I'm sure our joke shop will be popular with everyone, so it's better to buy a bigger store."
In the following period, Fred and George continued to be busy with research, publicity and sales. The joke props they made were very popular in Hogwarts, especially the skipping candy, which was almost sold out. This greatly boosted their confidence.
During the following period of time, something quite unexpected happened.
The Quidditch match was cancelled.
Although Umbridge could not interfere with the next game for the time being, the three Quidditch captains discussed and decided to cancel the next Quidditch game.
Both this year's House Cup and Quidditch trophy have been destroyed by Umbridge. It is no longer worth everyone's efforts to fight for them. Instead of benefiting the Slytherin team in the end, it would be better to cancel this year's Quidditch game and let the Slytherin team play by themselves so that more time can be used for DA training.
The process of gradually becoming stronger is always fascinating, and sometimes even more exciting than having sex with a girl.
Especially for those students who make rapid progress at DA gatherings, the gatherings always make them feel that they are changing and growing.
As DA gatherings became more popular, many Hogwarts students became interested in Albert's "Self-Defense Guide". Some even went to Albert to protest, complaining that he was planning to wait until after graduation to publish the book.
As for whether DA gatherings are illegal
This topic is actually not important anymore.
Before Umbridge recovered and returned to Hogwarts, DA gatherings were not illegal. No one was afraid of even Filch. The only one who felt sorry about this was probably Peeves.
After losing Umbridge, his fun toy, Peeves focused most of his attention on his old rival Filch, competing with him in a battle of wits and courage every day and making Filch look miserable.
The administrator no longer had the energy or energy to go around with a whip looking for trouble with students.
Before Umbridge came back to suffer, Filch, the scapegoat, had to spend a lot of time and energy dealing with Peeves.
After entering late March, the atmosphere in the school suddenly became tense.
The approaching Easter holiday finally gave the fifth and seventh grade students a sense of urgency, as they were all about to take the most important exams in their lives.
The library was packed every day, so Albert was too lazy to go to the library and fight for a seat with others.
As for the original Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor McGonagall originally wanted Albert to substitute for the class, but this proposal was directly rejected by Albert. He really didn't want to touch this unlucky position, especially since he was planning to marry Yin Zebel this year. God knows whether the curse will be contagious.
Albert knew that the curse would not be cast without reason, but he was not interested in teaching the class. He was just bored. Finally, this good opportunity fell on Snape. The Potions Professor was happy to teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts. As everyone knew, Snape had been eyeing the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor. It was unclear whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for the students of Hogwarts.
But it was definitely not a good thing for Harry, as he had recently fallen out with Snape.
"You are right, I really don't have a talent for learning brain block." Harry said to Albert with a depressed face. He has been learning brain block from Snape for several months, but he is still a mess.
"Did you piss Snape off?" Albert asked curiously.
"Something unpleasant happened." Harry said depressedly, "I accidentally... Never mind, anyway, Snape messed up my brain. Not only did those dreams not disappear, but they became more and more obvious and frequent. I have been using potions recently."
"Even if you say that, I can't teach you. Sometimes it still depends on talent or your own efforts. Maybe you can succeed after one or two years of persistence, but time is not enough."
Albert felt that Harry was definitely not coming to him to complain, but probably hoped that he could continue to teach him Occlumency. However, Albert did not intend to agree, as that would be a troublesome matter and there would be no benefits to be gained.
Sometimes people are just stubborn, and Harry himself has a bad relationship with Snape, so it is normal for him to suspect that he is doing something behind the scenes.
Maybe if someone else teaches him, he will learn it quickly
"I can't help you." Albert shook his head and changed the subject, "Potter, have you ever thought about why you have recurring dreams?"
"What do you know?" Harry asked in a low voice, looking around.
"What did they say?" Albert asked instead of answering.
"What?"
Harry was confused, not only him, but also Hermione and Ron were confused.
"You have to understand that there are not so many coincidences in the world. It is definitely not a coincidence that you have those dreams." Albert guided, "Why do you think you have the same dream so frequently?"
"Snape, no, I sometimes suspect that I am Voldemort." Harry's face turned pale. "Perhaps I am possessed, so..."
Not only Harry, but also Hermione and Ron looked unhappy.
"I don't think you are possessed. This should only be an influence on your mind. The connection between you and the mysterious man is very deep, and he is very good at this, so he left some traces." Albert glanced at Harry and continued, "If you want to know the truth, go find Headmaster Dumbledore. He should know more about what is going on."
Harry's lips trembled slightly, but he said nothing.
Honestly, he doubted Dumbledore would be willing to tell him.
"Are you saying that the You-Know-Who caused Harry to have recurring dreams?" Hermione had realized what Albert wanted to say.
"I think so." Albert nodded and guided the conversation. "What do you think is the purpose or purpose of the mysterious man doing this?"
"What is the mysterious man's purpose?"
The three of them looked at each other, and after exchanging glances, Harry said, "It makes me curious about that corridor. In fact, I am indeed curious about what is at the end of that corridor."
"You mean the You-Know-Who intends to lure Harry into finding that corridor?" After Hermione finished speaking, she felt that there was something wrong with her words.
"You're thinking wrongly," Albert said softly.
"What?"
"No matter what the purpose is, it is a trap, a trap prepared for you." Albert said calmly, "Otherwise the mysterious man would not waste extra time and energy on you."
"What about you?" Albert didn't say whether it was right or wrong, but looked at other people.
"If this is really a trap, how can the You-Know-Who... bait Harry?" Ron, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly asked.
"Everyone has their own weaknesses." Albert looked at Harry and asked directly, "Potter, what is your weakness?"
"this… "
Harry was a little embarrassed. To be honest, he didn't know what his weakness was.
"You tell me." Albert looked at Hermione and Ron, "If you don't know, think about it carefully. Those weaknesses may be exploited."
"Is this related to weakness?" Ron asked puzzledly.
"Relevant. Just think about the characteristics that most Gryffindors have." Albert glanced at Ron and continued, "Now that you know this is a trap, what should you do?"
"Avoid?" Harry was even more confused. He felt that his brain was not enough and he could not understand what Albert meant. He took out a piece of intelligence-enhancing candy from his pocket, threw it into his mouth and swallowed it, then shook his head and said, "The mysterious man will obviously not give up easily."
"But you are not fighting alone," Albert reminded.
"You mean asking Sirius for help?" Harry shook his head again and denied it, "He felt that even Sirius couldn't help him.
"Why don't you just tell Harry?" Ron looked at Harry who was thinking hard, then frowned at Albert.
"If you can't think for yourself, then you can't grow up," Albert explained. "You can also help think together. Flexible thinking can solve many problems."
"If it were me, knowing there was a trap ahead and unable to avoid it, I should be prepared in advance to avoid getting hurt by the trap." Hermione said after careful thought.
"I see." Harry said suddenly.
"Know what?" Hermione and Ron looked at Harry.
"Since it's a trap, why don't we use it?" Harry said excitedly, "If we know about the trap, we can also use it against those people."
Ron opened his mouth, suddenly at a loss for words, but Harry kept talking.
"I know what to do. As long as I step on the trap, someone from the other side will definitely jump out. Then we can figure out what their purpose is. So why don't we find someone to attack them?" Harry felt that he really needed to talk to Sirius, and it would be best to drag the entire Order of the Phoenix into the water.
The most important thing is to reveal the fact that Voldemort is still alive and reverse the current bad situation.
Ron and Hermione were both a little confused.
When the three were about to leave, Albert suddenly said, "By the way, Hermione, the things you hid have caused trouble for the house-elves."
"What?" Hermione was even more confused.
"Dobby told me that you hid your wool hats and socks everywhere, causing the house elves at Hogwarts to feel insulted and refuse to clean the Gryffindor Tower." Albert looked at Hermione and reminded her, "You will cause a lot of trouble for everyone if you do this."
Hermione was silent for a long time before she said, "So, my wool hats and wool socks..."
"... Dobby took them all." Albert originally thought that Hermione would change, but he didn't expect her to end up like this.
A stubborn person like her will probably only come to her senses after being beaten to a pulp.
Albert didn't plan to continue persuading him, but just gave him a reminder. After all, the house-elf Dobby would leave the school with him after he graduated. If the house-elf was no longer willing to step into Gryffindor at that time, then the students here would probably be in big trouble.
Hermione opened her mouth, suddenly not knowing what to say.
"Dobby will leave Hogwarts with me after this summer. If you can't change your behavior, maybe no one will help Gryffindor House pack its clothes." Albert suggested, "Take some time to apologize to the house-elves. They will forgive you."
Hermione looked a little pale and lost.
"Are you all right?" Harry exchanged glances with Ron and looked at Hermione anxiously.
"Not bad!" Hermione looked very disappointed. Albert's words obviously dealt a heavy blow to her. If she apologized, it would mean denying all her previous efforts.
Am I really wrong