Over the next few days, Albert kept secretly observing Professor Smith.
Originally, he had completely forgotten about the Barfey Brain Refresher that he was going to try to prepare. He had not stopped practicing to make the Patronus speak, but there was no substantial result. The distracted spell made the Patronus very weak. If he had not discovered that his skill and experience in the Patronus spell were gradually increasing, Albert would have even suspected that Aberforth was playing a trick on him.
Perhaps, if I can really distract myself and summon the Patronus one day, I won’t have to worry about being affected by the Dementors and causing the spell to fail.
"What is it? By the way, you've been making rapid progress lately."
The party of the Spell Club had just ended when Albert was stopped by Katrina. The two walked side by side in the corridor. Seeing that Katrina didn't speak, Albert casually found a topic.
"I take time out every week to learn magic techniques from Professor Smith."
"Professor Smith was indeed very talented in teaching, but unfortunately, he resigned soon after."
After Albert greeted the acquaintances passing by, he continued to ask: “By the way, when did your relationship become so good!”
"Don't you often go to Professor Smith for afternoon tea?" Katrina was a little dissatisfied with Albert's statement. It sounded like only you could go and I couldn't.
"Well, because we have a common topic!"
When Albert went to have afternoon tea with the professor, they did have some common topics and they could talk for a long time, which was a bit like an academic exchange.
Katrina understood what Albert meant and couldn't help curling her lips. She suddenly asked, "Have you been busy recently? I heard from Isobel that you haven't been to the Ancient Magic Advanced Class for a long time."
"Well, I was distracted by something. After all, you only have one brain and a limited amount of time in a day. You always need enough time to rest."
These days, Albert has been practicing magic with his roommates in the Room of Requirement.
As for where the time comes from, of course you can find it by squeezing it in, and all other things will be put aside.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Is your bottle of Bafe Brain Stimulant effective?" Katrina hesitated for a moment and finally got to the point. "I heard that Bafe Brain Stimulant can make the user smarter."
"You want some Buffy Brain Refresher?" Albert stopped, looked Katrina up and down, and suddenly asked, "Have you signed up for the Wizard Card Competition?"
"I'll ask in advance after I sign up. If the Bafe brain stimulant doesn't work, I'll..." Katrina went there just for the prize. She wanted to spend money to buy a bottle of potion from Albert, but she felt that Albert would most likely not sell it to her. Besides, Katrina didn't have much pocket money, and she wasn't like Albert who could always take out a handful of Galleons from his pocket.
"Yes, it works. However, it requires a certain concentration of Bafe Brain Refresher. My bottle was diluted and has no permanent enhancement effect." Albert did not want to hide it and reminded, "If you want to take undiluted Bafe Brain Refresher, you need to be extra careful. That thing can turn you into a fool if you are not careful."
"Have you taken it?" Katrina raised her eyebrows.
"Um."
"Can you help me get undiluted Bafe's Brain Refresher?" Katrina's eyes lit up. If possible, she still hoped that she could be smarter. She heard that Albert might know a powerful potion master.
"No, Bafe's brain stimulant is a contraband." Albert shook his head. "It is also very difficult to prepare. Most of the ones on the black market are failures, so it needs to be diluted to reduce the harm."
"Wait, you actually drank undiluted Bafe's brain stimulant?" Katrina reacted and suddenly felt unwell.
This makes the game not fun.
Now, she didn't want to talk to Albert.
"What's going on?"
Albert looked at Katrina walking away, not understanding what she was thinking.
After separating from Katrina, Albert went directly to the Room of Requirement, where Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were already practicing spells.
In fact, Albert knew that these three bastards had been secretly practicing the spells in "Practical Defensive Magic and the Control of the Dark Magic", but he didn't mind. There were no dangerous spells in the book that was allowed to be sold by the Ministry of Magic.
When Albert entered, the three were practicing the limp leg spell. He saw George was hit by the spell and his legs were weak and he couldn't stand up.
"This spell is far less practical than the full-body binding spell." Albert drew out his wand to remove the limp leg spell for George and made a simple comment.
"I think it works pretty well," George muttered.
"That's because you want to use it for pranks." Albert saw through their intentions at a glance and curled his lips and said, "If you want to harm someone, it's best to cast the spell without a wand and silently. Then no one will know what you did."
"Wow, it's Albert as expected." The three of them showed exaggerated expressions and used the Soft Legs Spell on Albert, but the spells were suppressed by the Armor Spell.
"If you have time, learn the spider-repelling spell first." Albert waved his wand, and a red light hit Lee Jordan, disarming his wand.
"Damn it." George chanted some spell and Albert quickly dodged. The wand pulled him upside down in the air.
"Okay, okay." Fred raised his wand with a win-now expression.
"We're going to practice the Stunning Spell today." Albert pointed at the training puppet and said, "Also, don't use it on me. I don't want to be carried to the school hospital by you."
"We already know how to use the Stunning Spell." Fred and George couldn't help but protest, "We'd rather learn the Disarming Spell."
"When you can cast a spell quietly and quickly, you will know how to use it." Albert said unhappily, "Shouting out a spell in front of others is equivalent to telling them what magic you are going to use. Don't you think it's stupid?"
"Will it?"
"If you want to play a prank, at least make sure others don't know it's you who used it," Albert said unhappily.
He raised his wand and shook it, and Fred was knocked away by the Impediment Curse and fell to the ground.
"pain!"
Fred couldn't help but complain as he rubbed his butt.
"Since you don't want to practice the Stunning Spell, let's continue with the previous confrontation practice!" Albert said, "You three can cooperate with each other and speed up the speed of chanting the Obstacle Spell towards me."
"What's the point?" George muttered. He didn't understand why Albert made them insist on practicing the barrier spell.
"Stupid, don't you think your attacks are becoming smoother?" Albert said unhappily, "Develop a sense of casting spells, and when you fight against others in the future, you will be able to launch attacks more quickly and won't be beaten to a standstill. This is a high-level magic skill. If you don't want to learn it, forget it."
"You're not fooling us again!" The three of them looked at Albert with suspicion, obviously not believing what he said.
Albert said unhappily, “Whether it works or not, don’t you feel it yourself?”
"The spell does flow more smoothly," Fred muttered.
In fact, Albert was really fooling them.
However, the four of them did grow rapidly during the magic confrontation, surpassing most students.
If the four people before only used their wands as tools, now they at least look like weapons.