In the last week of the semester, the sky suddenly cleared up, and the snowstorm that had lasted for several days seemed to be wiped out by an invisible hand. The winter sun shone through the frost-covered window onto the round table in front of the bed.
Albert looked at the clear sky and felt better. He suppressed a yawn, sat back in his armchair, and looked through the Eagle Ring Riddles he had recorded last time in the sunlight outside the window. Albert was going to take advantage of the free time when everyone went to Hogsmeade Village to complete the "Greedy Predator" task on the task board. Trying to answer more than a hundred Eagle Ring Riddles was not a difficult task for Albert now.
Especially after drinking the Bafe brain-stimulating agent, completing the task of "opening the brain", acquiring new skills and activating thinking.
Active Thinking is another strange skill. Unlike other skills, it cannot be upgraded.
Yes, active thinking cannot be upgraded. To some extent, this is a waste. But it is undeniable that after gaining active thinking, Albert's brain has indeed become more flexible, his instant memory is super strong, and he has become more sensitive to some things, just like taking a small amount of Bafe brain wakener.
Maybe, this is what a so-called genius is like!
Albert always felt that one day, this fake genius of his might be able to become a real genius through the accumulation of skills.
"You really aren't going to Hogsmeade with us?" Fred asked again. He felt that the foursome would lose a lot of fun if one person was missing.
"No, I have other things to do today, and I have two letters to write." Albert thought for a moment and said, "When you come back, bring me a bottle of butterbeer and the candies on the list."
"Okay, see you this afternoon, we'll bring you a bunch of candy!" After greeting Albert, Lee Jordan began to count the coins in his purse.
"I want more dung eggs!" George said suddenly.
"Thank you, I don't need that stuff." Albert said unhappily.
"But we know who needs it!" Fred winked at Albert mischievously.
"Who? You?" Albert asked back.
"No, it's Peeves. He doesn't have a good relationship with Filch. We don't mind giving Peeves a few dung balls to make him cause trouble for Filch!" George said mischievously, "We've already made an agreement with Peeves."
"Why are you against Filch again?" Albert frowned. Although he didn't like Filch, he would never take the initiative to cause trouble for him.
"It happened a few days ago. After the last Quidditch practice, I was met by Filch and was called to the office on the charge of defiling the castle." Fred's face was filled with disgust that he couldn't hide. There was nothing he could do. It was okay to practice in the wind and snow, but after returning home, he was bullied by others. How could he feel happy
"This is a common charge," Albert nodded. It was mainly because Filch didn't know magic, so it was difficult to clean up the muddy footprints. If Filch was a wizard, it would only take three seconds at most.
Unfortunately, he is not.
"Peeves promised us that he would send Filch some dungbombs for Christmas," Fred said happily. "Okay, see you later."
The three of them hurried to the secret passage behind the mirror on the fifth floor, and Albert also set off for the Room of Requirement.
After skillfully entering the Ravenclaw treasure house of knowledge in the Room of Requirement, he moved an armchair for himself and sat in front of the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker, raising his hand and knocking lightly on the wooden board twice.
The next moment, the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker asked:
Two pairs of father and son were fishing together. Each caught a fish, for a total of three. Why
"Grandpa, father and son, exactly two pairs of father and son, and three fish." Albert answered the riddle easily without much thought.
“That makes sense.”
In fact, Albert had heard many of the riddles of the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker. They were not difficult, and the "Greedy Predator" mission was not continuous. Now he only needed to answer 96 more riddles to complete the mission.
"It's easier than I thought," Albert muttered. He raised his hand and continued to knock on the door to answer the riddles of the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker. He easily answered one question after another. It took about half an hour, and he had answered more than 50 questions correctly. These riddles basically did not cause him any trouble.
Last time, Albert had memorized Katrina's 100 riddles and answers. It was all thanks to Katrina, otherwise he wouldn't be able to answer them so easily now. She is such a good person!
Albert gave Katrina a nice guy card in his heart.
Just as Albert was about to continue answering the riddle, the door of the Room of Requirement was suddenly opened. Albert was startled when he noticed someone breaking in, and almost instinctively drew his wand and pointed it at the intruder.
"It's you. You scared me." Albert muttered as he put away his wand.
"What are you doing here?" Isobel glanced at Albert's wand, not paying any attention to it. Instead, she was a little curious about why Albert was here.
Although Isobel knew that Albert knew about Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets, it still felt very strange to meet him in such a place.
"What? Guess the riddles!" Albert raised his finger and pointed at the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker and said, "I'm challenging my limits to see if I can guess a hundred riddles in one go."
When Isobel heard this, her eyes became strange, as if she was looking at some rare creature.
"Is it interesting?" she asked slowly.
"Interesting." Albert nodded. This involves a panel task, how could it not be interesting
"By the way, what are you doing here?" Albert changed the subject.
"Study Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets and find a way to open it." Isobel's answer was almost the same as Albert's guess. There was no doubt that it was for the treasure trove of knowledge.
"Are there any latest research results?" Albert asked curiously.
"Yes." Isobel's answer was a little unexpected to Albert, but he didn't care much and just asked casually, "What is it?"
"Let's talk about it inside." Isobel didn't tell Albert directly.
"You go in first, I want to continue challenging the riddle!" Albert motioned Isobel to go into the secret room first.
"You're not curious at all." Isobel looked at Albert in surprise. She regretted teaching him the brain-blocking technique. Now she couldn't understand the person in front of her.
"Curious. But there's no need to rush. You won't run away. It's the same if I ask you later. I still have the patience." Albert was really not in a hurry. He wanted to get the reward for the "Greedy Predator" mission first.
As for the new discovery mentioned by Isobel, he really didn't care too much about it. After all, he also had his own new discovery. Oh, and there was also the matter of Professor Smith. Maybe he could get some information from Isobel.