The castle hall was filled with laughter as everyone was celebrating the successful conclusion of the wizard card competition.
Hermione and Ron sat in the crowd, sipping butterbeer and talking about the game that had just happened.
"Where's Harry?" Hermione found that Harry had disappeared.
"I saw him leave the hall in a hurry just now." It was Neville who answered Hermione.
Hermione and Ron looked at each other, put down their glasses, and walked out of the hall.
They soon found Harry, the savior, who was hiding in the corner stealthily, and no one knew what he was going to do.
Ron and Hermione walked over together, reached out and patted Harry on the shoulder, and asked in confusion: "Harry, what are you doing here?"
Harry was startled, but when he turned around, he saw Hermione and Ron and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?"
Hermione stretched her head to look around the corner, but saw nothing, and her face became even more confused.
"Hush!" Harry quickly made a hush gesture, raised his hand and pointed to a classroom not far away, and explained: "I suspect Snape is putting pressure on Professor Quirrell again, wanting Professor Quirrell to tell him the mechanism to protect the Philosopher's Stone."
"You mean..." Ron had a shocked look on his face.
"What are you going to do?" Hermione also looked uneasy.
"We have to do something!" Harry said firmly.
"But...what should we do?" Ron couldn't come up with any good ideas.
"Maybe we should interrupt them," Hermione suggested.
"If we do that, Snape will definitely find an opportunity to deduct a lot of points from Gryffindor House." Harry did not forget that Snape had just deducted ten points from Gryffindor.
"But we can't just do nothing." Hermione frowned and said, "If Professor Quirrell can't hold on..."
"You're right." Harry gritted his teeth and said, "We can't let Professor Quirrell bear Snape's pressure alone. We must support him..."
“This is really a
"Bad decision, isn't it, Potter?" a calm voice said from behind them. "You're going to lose a lot of points if you do this, and I'm sure the others won't look at you kindly if they find out."
The three of them were startled by the sudden sound, and quickly turned back to look in the direction where the sound came from, and saw Albert appeared in front of them without knowing when.
Behind.
"When did you ..."
Before Hermione could finish her words, Albert raised his hand to interrupt her.
"When Potter was about to rush in to disrupt the situation," Albert said gently, "it was very courageous, but also very reckless and stupid."
"So what do you think we should do?" Harry felt inexplicably irritated, and he knew he should take action as soon as possible. Ron was secretly nudging Harry with his elbow, not wanting his friend to have a falling out with Albert.
Albert is a very easy guy to get along with.
Of course, if you have a sour face, don't expect the other party to look at you well.
“This is for you!”
Albert took out the Transformer Lizard Belt and pulled out a rat-like object from it.
"Pull the tail and it will move by itself. After about fifteen seconds, it will make a loud noise. Good luck to you." Albert handed Harry the mouse bait he had tried to make a while ago.
"Remember to cover your ears."
As he spoke, he made a gesture of covering his ears and said mysteriously: "Remember to keep it a secret."
Harry looked at the simulated mouse in his hand with half belief and half doubt, then looked up at Albert who turned and walked away. When he looked at Hermione and Ron, Hermione had already snatched the bait mouse from his hand, pulled the mouse's tail and threw it on the ground.
That thing really was like a mouse, running forward continuously, and finally sneaking into the classroom where Snape and Quirrell were.
A few seconds later, a shrill sound accompanied by a choking smoke came from the classroom. Harry, Ron and Hermione were stunned by the scene.
In the end, it was Hermione who came to her senses first and quickly pulled Harry and Ron away.
As soon as the three of them left, a burst of angry curses came from the classroom where Snape and Quirrell were. The two rushed out of the classroom and looked around for the culprit who caused all this.
However, they gained nothing.
Snape also realized that the two sides could not continue the conversation. Looking at Quirrell's departing back, he returned to the classroom, checked the crime scene, and looked for traces left by the murderer.
A few minutes later, Snape discovered the culprit behind all this, a tattered bait rat that really looked like a rat.
When Snape grabbed the mouse's tail and picked it up from the ground, the little remaining intact head of the mouse suddenly exploded. Black smoke enveloped Snape's body, making him covered in dust and looking extremely embarrassed.
"Damn it, if I knew who did it, I would fire him." Snape walked out of the classroom while coughing and cursing.
When Harry, Ron and Hermione saw Snape's embarrassed departure, they were stunned by the effect of Albert's joke props.
Harry was so shocked that his mouth couldn't close. It was the first time he saw Snape in such a mess.
"Great." Ron finally couldn't help laughing after Snape disappeared around the corner.
"I wonder if Albert still has this thing," Harry muttered.
"Don't even think about it. Even if there is one, I'll have to spend money to buy it." Hermione didn't forget about the communication bookmark.
"Oh, I hope this thing is not too expensive." Harry muttered. Last time, Harry got Galleons from Gringotts, and there were still many left unspent.
Ron opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.
…
Albert had no idea that he had a new customer. He was checking his panel tasks and had completed 1/5 of the "Helping Hand" mission.
As expected, I was able to get the mission from the trio.
Albert was in a very happy mood. When he looked up, he happened to meet Isobel's eyes. He smiled and shrugged, saying, "Well, I admit that I don't really like Snape. It would be better if we could cause some trouble for our Potions Professor."
"Snape knows Legilimency," Isobel reminded kindly, "Harry Potter and his two friends don't know how to occlude the brain. If Snape intends to peek into their minds, you will definitely not be able to hide your story."
"I know, but so what? This is not the first time Snape has caused trouble for me." Albert's tone was calm. He really didn't like Snape, and this matter involved a mission. He didn't mind giving Snape some unexpected surprises.
Although the reward for the "Helping Hand" mission is not high, completing it can effectively increase the favorability of the trio by 15 points, which is beneficial to his future plans.
After the two entered the Room of Requirement, Isobel suddenly said, "I always feel like you're planning something!"
I'm investing in my future, and you probably don't know that I once wanted to be a..."
"Well, it's not the first day we've known each other." Isobel interrupted, "I think you're doing something very dangerous."
"Why do you think so?"
"Harry Potter is the savior." Isobel looked into Albert's eyes and said, "He represents trouble in himself, especially when he is related to Potter. I don't think that the treasure in the restricted area on the fourth floor is placed there purely by chance."
"Well, it's Isobel as expected." Albert admired Isobel's keen intuition.
"Let's not talk about this." Isobel said with a smile, "I won the wizard card competition and helped you promote a wave of wizard cards. Shouldn't you give me some rewards?"
"What prize do you want..." Albert's mouth was blocked before he could finish.