On the way back to the castle, the two remained silent, but Albert could still see that Isobel was emotionally unstable.
There was no way, the excitement of revenge had just subsided, and then I fell into the fear of killing. After all, Isobel was still an underage girl.
They returned to the castle without alerting anyone.
Hogwarts students are struggling with heavy holiday homework. The library, the Great Hall and the common room are where they should be.
Now, the two need to find Katrina first. Smith hid her. They didn't find her when they broke into the Defense Against the Dark Arts office to retrieve the wand.
"Are you sure Katrina is hidden in the Room of Requirement?"
"I can't find her name on the Marauder's Map." Albert pointed at the Marauder's Map and explained, "Only the Room of Requirement can block the Marauder's Map's tracking magic."
"I need a place to hide, I need a place to hide, I need a place to hide!" Isobel walked back and forth in front of the wall three times, but the door did not appear.
Albert was right, but how to get in now? They couldn't keep trying here.
"Now, we have to try our luck." Albert motioned Isobel to wait for a moment.
"Lucky water?" Isobel immediately realized that Albert had taken the lucky water. Although the lucky water could not really bring luck, she was willing to trust Albert's intuition.
"The effect is still there. My intuition tells me that Rowena Smith might have hidden Katrina in Ravenclaw's secret room!" Albert began to recite in his mind: "Ravenclaw's private library."
After pacing back and forth three times, a door appeared on the wall. Isobel pushed it open immediately and went in. Albert glanced at the Marauder's Map and followed her in after making sure that there was no one around. Isobel had already answered the Eagle Ring's questions and entered Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets.
"She's here, Katrina is here!" Isobel's voice was filled with unconcealable joy.
After Albert entered the secret room, he saw Katrina who had fainted.
Then again, the McDougal sisters do look alike.
Albert stepped forward to support Katrina, and together with Isobel, they led her out of Ravenclaw's secret room.
A bed appeared in Ravenclaw's private library at some point, and two people put her on it.
"Don't worry, Rowena Smith is dead. The Imperius Curse he cast should disappear automatically. Katrina's breathing is stable. She should have just been hit by a coma spell."
Albert pulled a chair and sat down, comforting her softly, "Now, you need to confirm whether Katrina's memory has been tampered with and whether she has forgotten the memory just now. It's best not to let her know about this. It's enough for the two of us to bear the responsibility."
"You're right!" Isobel took a deep breath, regained her composure, sat down opposite Albert, and discussed what to do next.
"What good ideas do you have?" Isobel asked.
"This is very simple. I just need to modify Katrina's memory so that I will bring her to the Room of Requirement. I promised Katrina that I would take her to a place suitable for using the Time Converter." Albert took out the Traceless Extension Box from his Transformation Lizard Bag, took out two cups and a large barrel of Butterbeer, and poured himself a cup. This barrel of Butterbeer was the reward he prepared for the Wizard Card Competition, and now he drank it to celebrate their escape from death.
"Do you want it?"
"Hmm!" Isobel stared at the full glass of butterbeer and fell into a brief silence.
"I think you should consider your situation. You haven't adjusted your mentality completely." Albert took a sip of butter beer and continued, "In fact, even if you didn't do that, I would kill him. I always hold grudges."
"I have prepared myself mentally for a long time." Isobel looked up at Albert and said softly, "I have also thought about what I need to bear. But thank you for your concern."
"What are you going to do in the future? After your revenge is successful, you will feel very confused if you don't have a new goal," Albert reminded kindly.
Isobel held the wine glass, stared at the bubbles inside and said, "I plan to continue my father's magic experiment."
"Do you need my help?" Albert blurted out almost immediately.
Isobel raised her head and looked Albert up and down with a strange expression, but soon nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, if you are willing to help."
"Your smile is very beautiful. You should smile more often." Albert quickly collected the reward related to Isobel's favorability on the task panel.
Then, he reached out and held Isobel's hand, and continued to find topics to chat, "Also, don't look through me, what does it feel like to be a natural mind-controller?"
"It doesn't feel good. Many people are so hypocritical. When you can see through someone's thoughts at a glance, but have to pretend not to know, that feeling is quite bad!"
Isobel looked at the hand held by Albert, and had no intention of taking it back. She just calmly told some of her secrets.
The year she came to Hogwarts, she showed outstanding talent, and Uncle Mog began to instill in her the knowledge of brain blocking, so that she learned how to control her abilities.
"What about you? You can actually Apparate?" Isobel stared into Albert's eyes. At first, she thought Albert carried her out of the Forbidden Forest, but she found out that Albert used Apparate. She really didn't know how to describe the feeling.
"I learned it secretly from Professor Broad. You are the only one who knows that I can Apparate. Remember to keep it a secret for me." Albert winked at Isobel and smiled.
"You are so brave. You actually dare to lead others to Apparate before you have completely learned the skill?" Isobel understood why Albert was sorted into Gryffindor. This guy is really very courageous, which can be seen from the way he does things.
"No, I dare to do that because I am confident that I can guarantee that nothing will go wrong when I help you Apparate." Albert shook his head and said, "Don't forget, I drank the Felicity Potion. With its help, I can even use the silent spells that I can't use smoothly, let alone Apparition."
"That's right!" Isobel nodded. Albert almost never did anything without confidence. The battle with Rowena Smith seemed dangerous, but he had already prepared for it.
After they finished their butterbeer, they chatted happily for another half an hour, and Isobel found that her nervousness had completely calmed down.
Their treatment of Katrina was actually very simple. Albert used rejuvenation to wake her up, and Isobel, who was hiding with the Disillusionment Charm, secretly used a fake memory charm to tamper with Katrina's memory.
Looking at the two people chatting and laughing, the girl suddenly sighed.
The three of them left quickly. When Albert just returned to the common room, Lee Jordan handed him a letter. It was from Professor Broad.
The letter is short, but contains a lot of information:
Don't worry, the matter has been resolved. We can talk about it another time when we are free.
Isobel's situation was similar, and she also received a letter like this.
"What a high efficiency!" Albert couldn't help but sigh.
“What’s really efficient?”
"nothing!"
Albert handed the re-wiped wand back to Lee Jordan, who had already had his wand back, as Smith's office was no protection against his lock-picking skills.
"I have something else to do, see you later."
After saying that, Albert prepared to go back to the Room of Requirement to collect the remaining mission rewards before the effect of the Felicity Potion completely wore off.
"Where are you going?" Fred walked over quickly. "Did you take the parchment?"
Originally, the two wanted to use the Marauder's Map to see whether Albert had gone on a date, but they found that the Marauder's Map was missing, and they were depressed for a long time.
"Here with me, I'll give it to you later!"
Albert quickly disappeared around the corner, and after returning to the Room of Requirement, he couldn't wait to open the task panel to check the rewards for the completed tasks.
The "other purpose" long ago has been completed.
The secret of Rowena Smith coming to Hogwarts should be to identify the Wildsmith family and prepare to take action against their two candidates.
The only candidates were probably him and Isobel, because the fact that Katrina was not chosen, even though she was considered the best among her peers, was very telling.
In addition to experience, the reward also includes a random skill of Rowena Smith.
What could it be
That guy knows a lot of magic, and Albert is really envious.
"May Buddha bless me, may God bless me, may Merlin bless me, and may I acquire useful skills!" Albert muttered while collecting the mission rewards.
When I opened the skill bar to check, I found that I had an extra Cruciatus Curse.
Albert suddenly didn't know what to say.
After completing the unforgivable task, he also learned the Imperius Curse, because he had cast the Avada Kedavra curse in the Forbidden Forest, and it just so happened that he had all three unforgivable curses.
It feels useless.
After all, the Unforgivable Curses cannot be used at will. If Albert really wanted to learn them, he could have learned them long ago.
Now it’s good, I have mastered it.
However, after mastering the three unforgivable curses, a new task was triggered.
The rise of the Dark Lord.
At such a young age, you have mastered the three unforgivable curses. It seems that you have the potential to become a dark wizard. Then use dark magic to bring pain to people!
0/10
Rewards: 2000 experience points, gain a designated black magic, and +100 reputation in the magic world.
It can actually increase reputation
Don't tell me that increasing negative reputation counts as increasing reputation.
Albert couldn't help but want to complain.
To be honest, although Albert did not shy away from using dark magic, he did not want to become a dark wizard.
Forget about the Dark Lord or anything like that.
The two Dark Lords, Grinwald and Voldemort, are the best examples.
The emergence of this task made Albert's good mood disappear for the most part, and he also collected the reward for "wrong decision" and got an extra Muggle Dispelling Charm.
This spell can only be said to be so-so, not useless, but Albert can learn it somewhere else. Now the most he can do is not have to spend time and energy to learn it.
As expected, randomly acquiring skills is really a rip-off.
The last time I was able to gain mastery over potions, it was truly a manifestation of Merlin.
Rowena Smith knew a lot of magic. It would be even worse if she randomly drew a skill that she knew. Albert felt that he might need a lucky halo.
However, fortunately, the "attack" reward on the task panel was a designated skill, so the Cruciatus Curse was not in vain. Albert decided to leave this task to the last.
Speaking of the Cruciatus Curse, a task also appears on the task panel, which is similar to the Rock Solid triggered by the Imperius Curse, but this task is called "Hard Bone".
The bonus is +1 resistance to the Cruciatus Curse.
Albert suspected that if he survived the Avada Kedavra curse, he might be able to trigger a similar task again.
Gathering all three rewards might trigger new quests, like the Rise of the Dark Lord.
However, Albert quickly gave up the idea of committing suicide. He was not Harry Potter, and if he did so, he might really die.
The next mission made Albert want to laugh. It was called "Innocent Wolf"
It is a quest triggered by the two unlucky werewolves captured by Rowena Smith. The reward is very little experience, but you gain a skill called Werewolf Friend, which can slightly increase the werewolves' favorability towards you.
To be honest, Albert didn't think the two werewolves were innocent at all.
Isobel triggered a mission called "Girl's Revenge", the condition of which was to help Isobel complete her revenge. It happened to be done together with the "Tit for a Tooth" mission to kill Rowena Smith. The reward was pretty good, with some skill points and Isobel's favorability +40.
It was Albert who suggested to Isobel that the Acromantula kill and eat Rowena Smith.
The three tasks, Revenge of the Girl, Revenge, and Brothers in Distress, allowed Albert to raise Isobel's favorability to over 70.
The relationship between the two has taken a step further.
"Tit for Tat" is second only to Counter Attack, providing Albert with 5000 experience points plus 2 skill points.
Finally, it was what Albert was most looking forward to. He couldn’t help but rub his hands and receive the reward for the “confrontation” mission.
The panel suddenly displayed a skill list, which was Rowena Smith's skill list. There were more skills than Albert's, which dazzled him. He didn't even know what some of the skills were used for.
What should I choose
Half an hour later, Albert picked out a few skills that he thought were useful: dueling, spell mastery, and Finkley's spellcasting technique.
It’s a pity that the Fuling potion is gone, otherwise I could choose based on my feeling.
After considering it, Albert decided to choose Spell Mastery.
Duel might make you stronger, but with potion mastery ahead of you, spell mastery might bring you unexpected surprises.
As for Finklee's method of casting spells, Albert did not consider it for the time being. He felt that Professor Broad might also know it, and he might have the opportunity to learn from him in this area.