Since returning to Hogwarts, Albert has been thinking about how to make clear arrangements for the basilisk. In fact, he also knows that if he thinks too much and plans too much, it is hard to say whether it will really come in handy, but Albert still tries to perfect his plan as much as possible. After all, he is not Harry Potter, and he does not have the aura of the protagonist. He cannot rush in and ensure that he is safe.
"I heard that Granger was attacked."
Lee Jordan told everyone the bad news and glanced secretly at Albert. He knew that Albert had a good relationship with Granger.
"Who told you that?"
Albert closed the book and looked up at Lee Jordan, then glanced towards the corner of the common room where Harry and Ron were playing wizard chess.
Lee Jordan followed Albert's gaze, and when he saw Harry and Ron, he understood what Albert meant.
No one knows Hermione's current situation better than Harry and Ron.
After returning to school after Christmas, the school began to talk about Hermione's disappearance, and everyone naturally thought that she had been attacked.
After all, Hermione is a Muggle wizard and on the attack list of the heir of Slytherin. Now she is missing and not attending classes, so of course she was attacked.
After much hesitation, Lee Jordan finally asked Harry and Ron for confirmation.
"Hermione?"
Harry and Ron were quite embarrassed when they learned that everyone thought Hermione was attacked and said, "Hermione is sick and is being treated by Madam Pomfrey in the school hospital. It will probably take some time for her to recover and be discharged."
"You already knew this."
Lee Jordan was very depressed, but what made him even more depressed was that he was the only one among the few people who had not finished his holiday homework.
"I didn't expect that there would be a time when you would need to refer to our paper." Fred and George patted Lee Jordan's shoulders hard and laughed extremely viciously.
"I knew it on the day I returned to school." Albert added, "I went to the school hospital to visit Granger at that time."
However, most students still don’t understand what is going on.
Many people believed that Hermione had been attacked, and some even gloated over it.
One of them is Harry Potter's number one enemy, Draco Malfoy.
This guy was still regretting that the person who was killed this time was not Hermione, but he happened to run into Albert.
"I thought you would teach those bastards a lesson?" Fred and George were eager to try. They had long disliked the Malfoy boys.
The Weasley twins have never forgotten how Lucius Malfoy tried to get their father kicked out of the Ministry of Magic. Fortunately, those plots failed in the end, otherwise their father would have been out of work.
That was a disaster for the poor Weasley family.
If they hadn't heard it by chance, they wouldn't have known that Malfoy was so vicious that he actually hoped someone would die in the school. Even if he hated someone, he shouldn't have behaved like this.
"Their whole family are dark wizards. Dark wizards are usually cruel and ruthless. It's normal to think that way." Fred didn't like Draco Malfoy very much. He even told everyone that he suspected Lucius might be the mastermind.
"I have foreseen his future." Albert looked at Malfoy's departing back and said softly, "He won't live happily for much longer."
Fred, George and Lee Jordan were all stunned, their expressions became very strange, and they suddenly felt some sympathy for Malfoy.
Even Albert predicted that you would be unlucky, how could you not be unlucky
They all wanted to continue asking questions, but Albert didn't plan to say anything.
If the plot of the novel were to go by, the Malfoy family would encounter a lot of bad luck one after another, so Albert didn't take Malfoy seriously at all.
Such stuff is not worth his time and effort. He should deal with the basilisk first and get the reward from the panel task.
"Aren't you going to the library with us?" Lee Jordan's tone was a little sour. He thought he could get some advice from Albert, but the other party actually... ran away!
"No, I plan to go to Hagrid's place." Albert separated from the others near the library.
When passing by the school hospital on the second floor, I saw many students walking outside the hospital ward, trying to confirm whether Hermione was really attacked.
What a curious bunch.
When they arrived at the hunting lodge, Hagrid was adding wood to his fireplace to make the room warmer. The unfortunate grindylow looked very poorly and seemed to be having a hard time adapting to life in the tank.
"This guy tried to escape from the water tank and was almost burnt by the fire." Hagrid told Albert what happened during the Christmas holidays and thanked him for the Christmas gift he sent.
Albert's Christmas gift touched Hagrid, who hadn't felt the warmth of home for a long time.
"Did you solve that ball thing of yours?"
“Well, I’ve improved it.”
Albert took out two detection balls from his pocket and introduced them to Hagrid: "The big one has a wide detection range, and the other small one has a detection range of only about one or two hundred feet."
However, because of Grindylo, both detection balls responded.
"I think you may need to act quickly before this poor unfortunate creature dies, or I'll have to get a new one." Hagrid reminded Albert as he poured tea for him.
He really wanted to find out the culprit himself, but unfortunately this wish might not be realized.
"I will."
Next, Hagrid worked with Albert to test the detection ball. Although the range was narrowed a little, the result was still not optimistic and needed further modification.
In fact, not only the detection ball, but other props are not ready yet.
At some point, Albert even had the idea of throwing the diary directly to Dumbledore.
This time, it’s not easy to earn mission experience!
Even if you retreat, it's not shameful.
There are very few wizards who really dare to face the Basilisk. Without the halo of Harry Potter as the protagonist, basically whoever they glare at will die. The Basilisk's eyes are too dangerous, and no one is stupid enough to want to die.
"I wish I could raise a phoenix."
Albert sighed softly, the Phoenix was very restrained against the Basilisk.
If he had the help of Phoenix, he was confident that he could defeat the basilisk alone.
What a pity... On the way back to the castle, Albert remembered one more thing. Fawkes flew away after Dumbledore's death.
If only... I could make it follow me.
No, I should say that I invited it to my home as a guest. I can provide it with food and drink and serve it well. All I want is for Fox to provide some tears and feathers.
Fantasy is beautiful, but reality is often very cruel.
"Sure enough, it's not that easy to trigger the task." Albert stared at his task panel and sighed softly. If he could use the power of the phoenix, he believed that he could deal with the basilisk in minutes.
Now, I can only hope that my roosters can be put to some use.
"Let the house-elves raise some more." Albert muttered. Since the book said that the basilisk was afraid of the crowing of roosters, he didn't believe that roosters were really useless.
If the quality isn't there, then we'll make up for it with quantity.
If the basilisk really dares to attack him one day, he will release a bunch of roosters to block his bullets and give the basilisk some unexpected surprises.
Just thinking about that scene is... very interesting.
Even a basilisk can block the conspiracies and calculations of those with ulterior motives.
The skin and fangs of the basilisk are of great value.
If I were not blind, I might be able to make another black magic item similar to the Banshee's Wail.