The loss in the Quidditch match caused the entire Gryffindor House to fall into a low ebb. The original intention to continue to compete for the Quidditch trophy and the House Cup disappeared all at once. Fortunately, this Quidditch match lasted long enough and the match with the Ravenclaw team was evenly matched, which silenced those who were skeptical and dissatisfied with the new players.
The Weasley twins were not in a good mood, but they still went to the stadium for training every week regardless of wind or snow.
This series of changes had little impact on Albert, and his life at Hogwarts remained largely unchanged.
A few days after the competition, something new happened in the school. Professor Pomona Sprout finally discovered that a pot of mandrake was missing from Greenhouse No. 3.
However, no one knew who took the mandrake. Some people thought it was Peeves who did it and planned to throw it into the auditorium to entertain everyone.
The administrator Filch is trying his best to investigate this matter, trying to catch Peeves' crime in one fell swoop and drive him out of the castle.
No one connected this incident with the crying in the castle half a month ago, except Snape. The Potions Professor was still in a bad mood. He spent a lot of effort but still couldn't find the culprit. Moreover, when preparing a potion one time, Snape discovered that three precious materials were missing from his warehouse.
"Is anyone preparing a compound potion?"
Snape could tell at a glance what the thief who stole the materials wanted to do from the horns of the two-horned beasts and the fragments of the snake skin of the African boomslang. As for the lost runeskin eggs, he did not associate them with the Bafe brain-stimulating potion. If someone wanted to become the brain of a troll, he would not stop it.
Albert wanted to store some compound potions. With this thing, it would be much easier for him to pretend to be someone else in the future. At least he wouldn't have to worry about being discovered when entering the black market.
However, making a compound potion was a waste of time, and he thought Snape might also be paying attention to this matter. After all, he had the idea of drawing Snape's attention to this.
It was late November, and another Quidditch match was held at the end of the month.
The situation was not optimistic. The Slytherin team defeated the Hufflepuff team with an absolute score advantage. Although Diggory, the new Hufflepuff Seeker, had fought very hard, he was still as helpless as a kitten in a snowstorm when facing the siege of the Slytherin team.
Slytherin's victory was undoubtedly not good news for Gryffindor. At least the vast majority of students would rather see Hufflepuff win.
Unfortunately, the cheers could not help the Hufflepuff team win the final victory.
The lead in the house points and Quidditch matches allowed Slytherin House to regain the confidence it had lost last year, and it often mocked Gryffindor.
"It's really infuriating." Fred's quill was bent by him.
"How about we..." George made a knocking gesture. He now wished he could teach the Slytherin players who were showing off in front of him just now an unforgettable lesson.
"That's a good idea." Lee Jordan narrowed his eyes in the same amusement, ready to do something.
"Just ignore them." Albert said indifferently.
"Don't be like that," said Fred.
"The old bat is still watching," Albert reminded. "It would be even more troublesome if he was caught. Besides, it has started snowing."
"Cedar mushrooms," he reminded.
"Oh, okay."
Seeing that Albert was unwilling to help, Fred and the other two felt helpless. Without Albert's brainpower, it would not be easy to play a trick on that group of people quietly.
Although they all like to stir up trouble and want to take revenge on those guys, they definitely don't want to be targeted by Snape.
"I just heard that they seemed to be discussing something." After Fred and the others left, Shanna sat down opposite Albert, put a magazine called "Practical Potion Master" in front of Albert, and said with a smile, "Congratulations."
"Congratulations on what?" Albert was stunned and looked at Shanna in confusion.
"It's the paper," Shanna reminded. "It's published in the magazine, Practical Potion Master."
"Um, I don't think I've posted a paper there yet." Albert thought for a moment and said, "He did write one, but he hasn't sent it out yet."
"It's indeed your name on it, Albert Anderson." Sana looked at Albert suspiciously, opened the magazine and turned to Albert's paper, raised her hand and pointed at it and said.
"Oh, I think I know what's going on." Albert flipped through "Practical Potion Master" and immediately understood what was going on. Apparently someone helped him behind the scenes, and this article was revised based on his letter.
It seems that this matter has been mentioned.
However, Albert didn't care much about these things. After all, he had enough fame.
If Practical Potion Master paid for the article, I might be more interested.
Unfortunately, they don’t pay for my articles.
This magazine is an academic journal jointly organized by a group of potion masters who want to expand their influence. To put it bluntly, it is something that a small circle of people play with to enhance their own reputation.
Of course, it is still an authority on potions.
After all, the potions in "Practical Potion Master" are indeed very practical, so the reputations of the publishers are actually very good.
However, Albert himself had no intention of going into this field, so he took it lightly.
However, this attitude was unusual in Shanna's eyes. She felt that few people could face it so calmly.
At this time, someone else came over here and put a magazine in front of them.
Albert and Sana, who were chatting casually, raised their heads and looked at the person who came.
"Your paper has been selected." Katrina pointed to the book "Innovation of Spells" on the table.
"Is the new issue out?" Albert asked puzzledly. He remembered that he also subscribed to this magazine.
"It came out the day before yesterday." Katrina said, "Congratulations, now you have successfully published papers in two academic journals, Transfiguration Today and Innovation in Magic. I dare say this is unprecedented in Hogwarts."
Shanna was stunned for a while, then smiled at Katrina and said, "In fact, you don't know that Anderson also published a paper in the Practical Potion Master. That magazine is right here."
"Perhaps, you can surpass Headmaster Dumbledore and become another legend." Katrina muttered, "Isobel said that the headmaster was also a very great genius in the past."
"I'd feel embarrassed if you praised me like this." Although Albert said this, there was no sign of embarrassment on his face.
"Anyway, congratulations." Katrina rolled her eyes at Albert, and before turning away, she said, "By the way, Professor Flitwick probably wanted to see you for this matter."