A lot of things have happened in recent days, leaving the students stunned.
First, Minister of Magic Fudge suddenly announced in the Daily Prophet that Sirius Black was not guilty. He also announced that the Ministry of Magic had arrested Peter Pettigrew, the murderer who betrayed the Potter family, and had taken back the Order of Merlin, First Class, awarded to Peter Pettigrew.
It wasn't long before they heard that Snape had revealed to the Slytherin students that Lupin was a werewolf.
When the Slytherin students spread the news that "Lupin is a werewolf" throughout the school and wrote letters to tell their families, they learned from Dumbledore that Professor Lupin had resigned.
However, the next morning, a group of owls still filled Dumbledore's dining table with protest letters, including a few howler letters that made everyone cover their ears.
Whether it was the Daily Prophet or the various rumors at Hogwarts, no one ever linked these things to Albert.
He was clearly the culprit who caused this incident, but it was as if he had never existed, except for a few special contribution medals in the trophy display room.
Isobel and Albert were walking on campus and happened to talk about what happened a while ago. Isobel simply commented, "You are still as energetic and efficient as ever."
Although Isobel had no idea how Albert had done it, it was not an easy task to catch Peter Pettigrew and restore Blake's reputation, let alone bring the whole thing to a perfect end.
"I just pushed it at a critical moment," Albert said.
"Actually, I'm more curious about what the Ministry of Magic can use to shut you up." Isobel knew Albert too well. This guy always did things with a strong purpose, and he would definitely not get involved in this matter if there was no benefit.
"this… "
Albert pulled out a wooden box from his deformed lizard skin bag and opened it to show Isobel what was inside.
Isobel stared at the time-turner in the wooden box, her eyes widened in shock, and asked in disbelief, "The Ministry of Magic actually agreed to give you this thing?"
"It wasn't the Ministry of Magic that agreed, but Fudge." Albert corrected with a smile. He closed the box and stuffed it back into the deformed lizard skin bag.
In fact, Albert had long known that after handing over Peter, the Ministry of Magic would no longer give him Black's bounty.
No one wants to be a sucker.
Even if the Ministry of Magic knew that it had to pay the bounty, it could still use procedures to delay paying it, just like it did with the title of British Youth Representative for the Wizengamot.
As for when the procedure will be completed and when the money will be paid.
Of course, Fudge also realized that Albert was not someone to be trifled with, otherwise the title of British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot would not have been forced through.
The reason he can delay now is that the other party doesn't care at all. If Albert really wants to cause trouble for him, he will probably suffer the consequences.
There is absolutely no need for the two sides to become hostile.
So, according to the suggestion in Albert's letter, the bounty of 10,000 Galleons was secretly exchanged for a Time-Turner, following the internal procedures of the Ministry of Magic. The entire matter was kept confidential, and Albert had to ensure that the Time-Turner would not be used for anything other than study and research.
Of course, what finally made Fudge compromise was not that Albert gave up the 10,000 Galleon bounty, but that he agreed to remain silent on the whole matter and support both parties in receiving the Order of Merlin.
Fudge had seen the effect of the Human Form Restoration Spell with his own eyes. The effect of restoring the transformed werewolf to human form would definitely allow Albert to obtain an Order of Merlin. However, it would be difficult for Fudge to obtain the Order of Merlin, especially since he would not be able to pass the Wizengamot vote.
The compromise between the two sides undoubtedly brought Fudge a lot of benefits.
After all, all Albert needed was a Third Class Order of Merlin, and he didn't have to do anything to get the First Class Order of Merlin.
As for who actually made the profit, it’s hard to say.
For Albert, he certainly could not get Blake's bounty, so it would be more practical to exchange it for something useful. Besides, the time converter was very important. If used well, it was almost like a "regret medicine", which allowed him to do more crazy things.
Unless Albert planned to sneak into the Ministry of Magic with Harry in his seventh grade to "steal" the Time-Turner, or make a fake Time-Turner to replace the real one he had, this was the best way. Besides, now was not the time to fall out with the Ministry of Magic. Fudge would definitely fall from the position of Minister of Magic in the end anyway, and then he could quietly step up and kick him in the ass, making Fudge fall even harder.
Albert didn't care about keeping the matter secret and even erasing his own traces. He didn't want to be the focus of attention at all. He was not a monkey in a zoo.
The credit for capturing Peter was originally intended to be given to Snape, but the Potions Professor flatly refused. He made it clear that he did not want the credit, let alone the Order of Merlin, Third Class. In Snape's words, the mere sight of this thing made him sick.
So the credit for capturing Peter Pettigrew ultimately fell on Black's head, which was also the reason why Black looked confused when he was flipping through the Daily Prophet.
The report of the whole incident was completely different from the truth he knew, but does the truth matter
Sometimes it really doesn’t matter.
"What did Blake give you?" Isobel asked curiously. According to Albert's style, Blake, who had nothing to do with him, must give something.
"This amount of Galleons." Albert spread out his five fingers and said, "However, I only took half, and the rest was shared with other participants."
"It's simply robbing money." Isobel couldn't help but sigh. She was sure that those students who looked for jobs after graduation might not be able to earn such a large amount of Galleons even after working for many years.
"Yes, I am just robbing money!" Albert said without hesitation, "The Black family is quite rich anyway. If Sirius Black is killed by the Ministry of Magic, all of Black's direct descendants will die, and the wealth in Gringotts' vault will have to be given to other people. Instead of that, it is better to give it to me. I get paid for my work, and the price is absolutely fair. You don't know that before Sirius Black left school, he came to thank me and planned to invite me to watch the Quidditch World Cup during the summer vacation."
"I find that you are getting more and more shameless!" Isobel reached out to pinch Albert's cheek and couldn't help laughing.
"If you don't have thick skin, how can you make money, get rich, or find a girlfriend?"
"Stop joking, let's talk business!" Isobel picked a flower from the flower bed. "I've talked to Professor Bathsheda Baburin, and she's willing to help with runes."
"Are you going to start with ancient magic runes? I thought..." Albert was a little surprised by Isobel's choice.
"You left behind a lot of drafts, so I plan to sort them out. Then we can publish a book together, just like you and Uncle Mog."
Speaking of Mog's "Complete Solution to Basic Rune", it is a complete pit.
"That's a good idea." Albert supported Isobel's choice. He also knew that the other party would do this, and a big reason was related to him.
While the two were chatting and laughing in private, two guys with poor eyesight walked over here.
"What's the matter, Mr. Potter?"
Albert didn't look at Potter and Weasley well for disturbing his date. What's wrong with these two guys? Didn't they see that he was dating someone else
"We've been wanting to talk to you about what happened the other night," Harry said in a low voice.
Not far away, Hermione looked at the people here and covered her forehead with her hand.
She actually wanted to stop Harry and Ron from coming over to disturb Albert's date, but Harry had been unable to find a chance to talk to Albert about what happened that night recently, and he came over without listening to her advice.
"I thought Black told you everything!" Albert looked at Harry and said calmly.
"He himself doesn't know what's going on."
Harry learned some things from Hermione, such as that it was Albert who gave Ron's rat to Dumbledore.
Although Albert said that it was Professor Lupin who provided Peter with the information, there were still many doubts about the matter, especially the report in the Daily Prophet, which was completely different from the truth he knew.
"Is the truth really that important?" Albert asked back.
"I just want to know..." Harry was speechless.
"If you want to know the truth, go ask Hagrid and Hermione. I think they know enough for you to piece together the truth of the matter." Albert reminded: "If you have nothing else to do, don't disturb our date."
"Sorry, and thank you for saving us last time."
After thanking Albert, Harry Potter could only turn around and walk away. He felt that Albert didn't want to say more, probably because the two of them disturbed his date and made him unhappy.
"I thought you were going to tell him." Isobel asked Albert with a smile.
"Maybe, maybe not, but definitely not now. My temper is not good enough for me to patiently explain to others when a date is interrupted." Albert pretended to be angry.
"Come on, let's go for a walk over there."
Isobel reached out and pressed Albert's puffy cheeks to help him calm down, then pulled him towards the shade of a tree not far away.
When Hermione saw Harry coming back, she immediately asked, "How is it?"
"Anderson asked me to ask you and Hagrid," said Harry dryly.
"You went to disturb other people when they were on a date." Hermione was a little helpless about Harry's behavior. "Anyone would be angry if they were in his place."
"Hermione, don't you want to know what happened that night?" Ron couldn't help but ask.
"What would it matter if he knew?" Hermione asked back, "Do you expect him to tell us everything?"
"But that Daily Prophet, don't you think the report in it is strange?" Ron continued, "They didn't even mention Albert, and Peter Pettigrew was caught by Sirius Black, but he himself didn't know it. Fred and George told me that the Ministry of Magic will definitely not pay the reward for capturing Black."
"Do you think Albert will tell you in private something that even his friends don't know?" Hermione found Ron's idea a little funny. After being educated by Albert, her thinking has matured a lot. At least she is no longer as naive as before and takes everything for granted.
"Sirius gave Albert five thousand Galleons. I bet he knows more about this than anyone else." Harry
Suddenly said.
Hermione was silent. She knew that Albert helped Black because of the money.
But even Sirius, the person involved, didn't care and was grateful to Albert. What qualifications do others have to say anything
"That's five thousand Galleons." Ron had never seen so much money in his life.
It is said that Albert divided the 5,000 Galleons he got from Black among Fred and George, which almost made Ron jealous.
"Let's go find Hagrid. I think he must know what happened that day." Harry felt that as long as he connected Hagrid and Hermione's words together, he should be able to figure out what happened that night.
However, when they arrived at Hagrid's hunting cabin, they did not find Hagrid.
"Hagrid?"
There was a sound of scratching at the door from inside. The three of them looked at each other, and finally Harry used the Unlocking Charm to open the door of Hagrid's hut.
Yaya pounced on him immediately.
"Hagrid?" Harry reached out and touched Fang's head, then looked around the room. There was no one in the room. Hagrid was nowhere to be found, but there was a suitcase on his bed.
"What is this?" Harry noticed the box on the bed and was about to walk over to check the suspicious-looking box.
"Harry, don't touch Hagrid's things." Hermione stopped him.
At this moment, the box suddenly opened, revealing a tunnel. Hagrid walked out of the box and was startled to see someone outside. After seeing clearly that it was Harry, Ron and Hermione, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and couldn't help asking, "Why are you here?"
"Is this a traceless extension spell?" Hermione looked at the stairs in the box and was very surprised.
"Hagrid, what is this?"
Hermione vaguely guessed the answer, but still couldn't help asking, "What's hidden in the box?"
"Hush!" Hagrid made a gesture for silence, closed the door and then said, "Buckbeak is hiding in there. Albert gave Buckbeak to me a few days ago. He said he would let it go during the summer vacation to avoid being targeted by the Ministry of Magic."
"It was Albert who took Buckbeak away, but how did he do it?" Hermione felt that Albert was full of secrets.
"I don't know either." Hagrid shook his head.
"By the way, Hagrid, can you tell me what happened that night?" Harry did not forget the purpose of his coming here.
"I thought you would ask Albert. He should be the one who knows best. I think the whole thing is related to him." Ever since Hagrid learned that someone had used 5,000 Galleons to help Black clear his name, he felt that the whole thing was arranged by Albert. Although he didn't know how Albert did it, the matter was indeed resolved perfectly and smoothly.
Albert has a really good brain.