The day before Easter happened to be a Saturday, and the students of Hogwarts were lucky enough to have the Easter holiday early.
To celebrate the early Easter holiday, many students chose to stay up all night partying last night.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan were three of them.
The three of them were playing wizard cards in the dormitory.
Later, he was sent to the Request Room to make a fuss, and did not return until five in the morning, waking up Albert in the process.
Albert, who had just woken up from a nap, held up his hand to cover his yawn, stretched his arms lazily, picked up the pocket watch from the bedside table, and checked the time: 7:42.
“There’s still plenty of time.”
This morning, Albert had an appointment with Isobel. The two planned to go to Hogsmeade together to deal with the house that had been renovated a while ago.
In the next few years, that place will be very important and will serve as Albert's base.
Moreover, it has a unique meaning to him and Isobel.
Anyway, it’s Easter again.
Ever since I started school at Hogwarts, it seems like there are always some weird things happening at Easter every year. I hope this year...
Albert stopped daydreaming and turned his gaze towards the cat's nest, forcibly diverting his attention and avoiding making random mistakes.
"Good morning, Tom."
Fat cat Tom has woken up, but is still lying lazily in the cat bed, his tail wagging gently, and he seems to be in a good mood.
Albert opened the window and let the breeze blow into the dormitory.
The weather outside was still a bit bad, the sky was gray and there was morning fog when he woke up in the morning. Albert suspected that this bad weather was caused by the Dementors.
His gaze shifted to Tom, who was squatting there and munching on cat food. He began to change his clothes, and after tidying himself up a bit in front of the full-length mirror, he prepared to go downstairs for breakfast.
The common room was eerily quiet, with few students waking up early during the holidays.
Oh, there is a classmate, and he is an acquaintance.
Hermione was sitting in an armchair by the window, working hard on her holiday homework.
What a hard-working girl.
Albert was too embarrassed to disturb the other person, and when he was about to walk towards the entrance of the common room, he stopped and walked towards Hermione.
"Would you like to go to the auditorium for breakfast together?" Albert asked.
When Hermione heard the voice, she looked up from her busy schedule. When she saw that the person coming was Albert, she was stunned for a moment and seemed to be in a brief hesitation.
Albert could see that Hermione actually wanted to use her limited time on homework. He smiled and pointed to the entrance of the common room and said to Hermione, "You should eat something in the morning so you can have the energy to continue doing your homework?"
"you're right."
Hermione put down her quill, put away the things on the table, stood up and went to the hall with Albert.
As the two passed by the dwarf security guard, Albert asked Hermione, "How does it feel to take twelve elective courses? Are you used to it?"
"There's never enough time. Even if I use that thing, I still always feel like there's not enough time." Hermione's voice was filled with undisguised fatigue, and the shadows under her eyelids became heavier.
“I always felt that way before.”
Hermione stopped and looked at Albert deeply, obviously not believing such nonsense.
"What's wrong?" Albert stopped and turned to ask.
"How did you solve this problem?" Hermione asked perfunctorily.
"I will reduce the frequency of writing to other people and increase my use of that thing, almost making my day into 36 hours." Albert said as he walked. "Of course, this also has disadvantages, that is, it is difficult for you to maintain a high level of mental concentration, so you need to spend more time resting. Occasionally, you will encounter difficult problems and have to use some special methods."
"Special method."
"If you take a small amount of nootropics, they can make you think more clearly," Albert said. "But if you take them too much, they can become addictive."
"Intelligence enhancer?"
Hermione always felt like she had seen this potion somewhere before, and it wasn't difficult for her to guess its effects.
"In your fourth year, you will learn how to prepare this relatively cheap and practical potion. Its ingredients are not very difficult."
As he spoke, Albert took out a bottle of candy from his pocket, as if he was going to pour a few candies for Hermione to taste, but he found that there was only half of the candy left, so he handed the whole bottle to Hermione: "Here, you can eat one if you are very tired."
"What is this?" Hermione asked curiously.
"I made this little gadget a while ago. I was originally planning to sell it to other students preparing for exams. Eating this gadget can relieve fatigue to a certain extent and make your thinking clearer." Albert explained, "However, I've been very busy recently and don't have time to make some to sell."
"Is this the so-called magical candy?" Hermione hesitated for a moment and did not reach out to take it.
"This is a test product. I have used it myself and have not found any side effects so far." Albert stuffed the bottle of candy into Hermione's hand: "You may need it."
Hermione was a little surprised that Albert actually forced the bottle on her, but she decided to accept his offer and looked up and down at the words on the bottle: "Must have before the exam?"
"The remaining candy should be enough to last you until the final exam," Albert joked. "Eating this stuff on the exam is considered cheating. Of course, it's not cheating if the professors don't find out."
"Are you planning on selling this thing someday?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, I think this thing should be very popular with students." Albert said with a smile, "Of course, the price will be very expensive, so if you want more after eating it, you can only pay me to buy it."
"I think Harry and the others will definitely like this." Hermione did not deny Albert's words.
Who wouldn’t like a candy that can make people smarter
"Did you add dragon claw powder to the candy?" Hermione poured a purple candy from the jar, pinched it between her index finger and looked at it curiously. It was no different from her friend's hard candy.
"Of course not. Dragon claw powder is very expensive. Using that stuff to make candy is definitely a losing business. This kind of candy contains intelligence-enhancing ingredients." Albert made a shushing gesture and whispered, "Remember to keep it a secret for me."
"Is the intelligence enhancement potion really that magical?" Hermione was still a little confused. After all, the potion taught in the fourth grade potions class. If it was really necessary, she could make it herself.
"Of course it works." Albert blinked and said, "However, this one in your hand is a smart potion that I improved. It is one of the results I gained from participating in the Magic Potion Championship."
Hermione did not forget that Albert defeated all the magic schools and won the final championship of the Magic School Potions Championship.
The gap is really huge!