“Ha~”
Albert put down the book in his hand, covered a yawn with his hand, turned his head and looked at the corner of the lounge, where a group of students were gathered together whispering about something.
"What happened?"
He turned his head and asked Lee Jordan. This guy just came close to the bulletin board and should know what news was announced.
"The first Hogsmeade weekend," Lee Jordan said, pointing to a notice on the notice board. "Mid-October."
"Great." Fred said with a wink, "We're running low on stink bombs, so we're just in time to go to Zonko's to restock them."
"Why do you always like to make trouble for Filch?" Sana, who was thinking about the translation of ancient magic words, raised her eyebrows and asked, "I know Filch is not likable, but there is no need..."
"No, no, it was Filch who started the trouble with us first!" George interrupted.
Fred didn't intend to dwell on this matter, so he changed the subject and said, "Last time, we wanted to try to sell the garlic cross to Professor Quirrell, but he seemed to think we were joking. At that time, I was wondering, wasn't Professor Quirrell afraid that vampires would come to trouble him?"
"You believe whatever he says?" Albert couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Then why did he stuff garlic into the big scarf on his head? The smell is so choking." The Weasley brothers still insist that the big scarf must be stuffed with garlic.
"Who knows!" Albert muttered, "Maybe there's some big secret hidden in it."
"What big secret?" Fred asked curiously. He suddenly felt that Albert's guess might be true.
"How would I know? I'm just guessing." Albert shrugged.
"How about we trick Peeves into taking Professor Quirrell's scarf?" George's eyes lit up and he suggested. Of course, it's not easy to persuade Peeves, they need to prepare something that will interest him.
This idea was proposed by Albert. The relationship between the two parties is pretty good now, but every time they ask Peeves to do something, they have to spend money.
"Albert, help me check, is this what these translations mean?" Angelina interrupted the conspiracy of several people and handed the parchment she had just translated to Albert.
"Unfortunately... they are all wrong." Albert glanced at the translation on the parchment and gave the answer.
"Oh, I really don't know why I chose this course in the first place." Angelina regretted choosing Ancient Magic Rune, a course that was not very friendly to most students.
"What about mine?"
Sana pointed to her homework, which was the answer she had just translated from the Runic Dictionary.
It is indeed difficult for beginner students to understand those strange and connected symbols, even with a "Runic Dictionary".
It's like learning a foreign language. Sometimes it's really confusing. What's more, this thing is even harder to learn than a foreign language.
At first, everyone just needed to figure out what 0 to 9 stood for. Later, they needed to translate a short paragraph of runes through a dictionary and remember the meaning of those words.
This is the meaning of this course. It is actually to let you know what those strange symbols mean. It is said that the exam content also tests these things.
However, the most difficult part is that a runic symbol can often have several meanings, and one needs to repeatedly figure out the meaning of the sentence by connecting these symbols.
That’s right, this is what is called translation, a carefully considered translation.
"There are several words in these two sentences translated incorrectly." Albert pointed out the mistakes.
"Um."
Shanna leaned over and glanced at the mistakes Albert pointed out, wondering what the symbols meant.
She did not doubt Albert's judgment. A magic genius who could communicate with Professor Bathsilda Barbue in ancient magic and read ancient magic books as ordinary reading materials was not a bad thing at all. There would be no problem for him to serve as an assistant to Professor Bathsilda Barbue.
As for the ancient magic rune homework, it was naturally not difficult for Albert.
Honestly speaking, Professor Bathsheda Bablington's class was the most boring course Albert had ever taken. In Albert's eyes today, the introductory knowledge of ancient magic runes that she taught was as simple as someone teaching him Arabic numerals.
However, you still have to attend the Ancient Magic Language class and you can't skip it at will.
Professor Bathsilda Babbling also knew Albert's level, but unfortunately Hogwarts only allowed students to repeat a grade, but not to skip a grade. So as long as Albert did not interfere with the class, she would let him do his own thing.
Except for the occasional time when Professor Bathsilda Barbling would call Albert up to the stage to have a few conversations with her in ancient magic runes, Albert spent the rest of the time doing his own thing.
He found something interesting for himself, finding mistakes in the book, yes, finding mistakes in "Ancient Magic Rune Simple Introduction", in fact, he was just finding faults for no reason.
The author of the book is not a person like Albert who has a cheating panel. It is impossible for him to have no mistakes. As long as you study it in depth, you can always find some mistakes. Albert will point out the mistakes and annotate them next to them.
"By the way, how's your research going on that thing?" Albert suddenly asked.
"We have no idea yet." George shook his head helplessly. "We are trying to figure out where to get some pus from the Babo tuber."
Not long ago, the twins heard about students trying drastic methods to remove acne on their faces and wondered if they could make money from it.
Fred and George would not take it for granted, so they asked Albert for his opinion. The latter also believed that women all like beautiful things and would not be stingy with their Galleons in this regard. If this kind of potion could really be produced, it would definitely sell well and make a lot of money.
In fact, there is a similar beauty potion shop in Diagon Alley.
Fred and George naturally had no intention of competing with Mrs. Primpianer for business; their target group was school students, and they were researching a magic potion that could effectively eliminate pimples and blackheads.
If the raw materials can be obtained, Albert is willing to provide technical and knowledge support.
He has already asked Professor Sprout how to prepare this potion. When the time comes, he just needs to invest some experience to upgrade and improve it, and it will be ready for use.
Of course, Albert's willingness to support her was also related to his sister, and it just happened to be a birthday present for Nia. Isobel might also use it, and she could make money from it in the future, so it was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
Fred and George were planning to get the Babo tubers in greenhouse number three of the school, and were planning to sneak over to get some to make potion for Albert.
Of course, you can also buy it directly from Slug Jiggs' pharmacy in Diagon Alley. However, since there is ready-made in school, Fred and George don't mind making some themselves.
Lee Jordan didn't pay much attention to this; he usually only paid attention to the wizard cards.
As for now, this guy was chatting with others about another gossip: someone was almost bitten by the big dog in the restricted corridor on the fourth floor.
"You are so brave. Didn't the unlucky guy who was bitten just come out of the school hospital last time?"
"I heard that it was a Hufflepuff student. He was so scared by the big dog that his legs went limp. Fortunately, Professor Kirk happened to pass by and used magic to pull the person out so that he was not injured."
"That's not very Hufflepuff-like," Albert raised his eyebrows.
If it was really an impulse, he should go to Gryffindor!
Albert bent down and picked up Tom, who was warming himself by the fire, and scratched the cat's ears. He could probably guess what was going on.
The Imperius Curse
It seems that Professor Quirrell has started looking for people to try and find a way to defeat the three-headed dog without having to do so
How to say it
It's not the first or second time that students have done something stupid out of curiosity. As long as they don't cause any big trouble, it usually won't attract the attention of professors. At most, they will just lose some marks.
Professor Quirrell did deduct 10 points from the Hufflepuff student as a warning.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I wonder when I can accomplish the great feat of reading a hundred books?" Albert put Tom on the ground and continued to read the book in front of him.
"One hundred books?" Sana raised an eyebrow. "I thought you had finished reading them."
"I've read about 45 books," said Albert, who has spent much less time reading since entering second grade.
"I've read the description of Hogsmeade in the book 'Wizarding Antiquities' in your hand. It's a very interesting place. It is said that the headquarters of the goblin rebellion is there." Shanna put the revised ancient magic homework aside and talked to Albert about Hogsmeade.
"The headquarters of the goblin rebellion is at the Hog's Head. It's a chaotic and dirty place. If you go there, remember to bring yourself a cup." Albert said casually. He had no good impression of the Hog's Head, nor did he have a good impression of Aberforth. The bastard had not replied to his letter yet, although Albert did not actually expect the other party to reply to him.
"I heard that's the only place in the UK without Muggles." Sana wanted to talk to Albert about this topic, however, she didn't know how many times Albert and the twins had sneaked there, and it was no longer new to her.
"You don't seem very interested?"
"Yeah, it's okay!" Albert shrugged at his roommates and said, "Three Broomsticks and Honeydukes are more suitable."
He glanced at the communication bookmark and sent a message to Isobel: Hogsmeade, wanna meet
Not long after, the bookmark changed color. Albert turned it over and took a look. The other party only replied with one word: Hmm!
We're going to Hogsmeade next weekend and we're all getting together to talk about what we're going to do first once we get to Hogsmeade.
"You seem to be very familiar with Hogsmeade. Remember to introduce it to us." After receiving everyone's signal, Shana mustered up the courage to say, "Let's go together when the time comes!"
"I'm familiar with it too, and I can introduce it to you!" Li Jordan said with a grin.
"I have an appointment." Albert declined politely, "Let Li Jordan introduce you!"
Several girls couldn't help but raise their eyebrows, looked at each other, and nodded reluctantly in agreement.