The news that Professor Lupin was a werewolf caused quite a stir in Hogwarts School, and the students were confused for a while, until... a week later, the students at Hogwarts paid the price for it.
After Professor Lupin resigned as professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, students were shocked to find that the school did not hire other professors to replace Professor Lupin, but instead directly cancelled the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
That's right, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class has been temporarily cancelled by the school.
The reason is that Headmaster Dumbledore is currently unable to recruit a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, and no one is willing to substitute for the students.
This incident brought bad luck to the Hogwarts students who were facing their final exams, especially those who were about to take part in OWLs and Ss.
Because Professor Lupin resigned and left before he had the chance to explain the key points of the exam to everyone, let alone the questions he thought were most likely to appear in the exam.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts class was already difficult enough, and now it left the fifth and seventh grade students dumbfounded.
As a result, the Defense Association, the only organization related to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and claiming to tutor fifth-year students, became more popular.
Some students who were particularly eager to survive even proposed to let Albert teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. The most speechless thing was that Professor McGonagall actually asked Albert for his opinion.
If it were anyone else, they would naturally not be qualified, but a genius like Albert is an exception. Another person who has received similar treatment is Isobel, a beautiful and talented girl who is about to graduate.
Neither of them agreed to teach the students, but they were willing to use the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom in their spare time to teach everyone some exam key points, as a form of tutoring for everyone.
As for whether to attend the party, that is up to other students.
The news spread throughout the school like wildfire. Many students expressed disdain, but more people were relieved, especially the fifth and seventh grade students. After all, other grades did not have to take the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam, but the fifth and seventh grades had to face important exams.
The results of OWLs and Ss are his own, and no one will make things difficult for him. Even most of the fifth-year Slytherin students went to the party with their noses held. Anyone who wanted to cause trouble at the party would be met with hostility from everyone, and before Albert could even open his mouth, a group of people would throw the troublemaker out.
"Goodbye, Mr. Anderson."
After the party, a group of girls greeted him with smiles.
At first, it was a Ravenclaw girl who used it to tease him, but somehow, many fifth-year students started calling him that, making Albert feel like he had aged several years in an instant.
The most gratifying thing was probably the successful triggering and completion of a task related to "teacher", which rewarded some experience and reputation in the magic world.
"I really hope this semester will end soon." Fred reached out and scratched his head, then turned his head to complain to George who was doing homework beside him, "The OWL exam is almost here, why are the professors still assigning us homework? I feel like it's driving me crazy."
"Albert certainly doesn't want you to give up your studies now." George understood what Fred meant. He actually wanted to throw away the annoying homework, drop out of school and open a joke shop in Diagon Alley, but he knew very well that Albert didn't want them to do that.
The Weasley twins had such a little idea, in fact, it came from an unexpected gain not long ago.
Although he could not get Blake's 10,000 bounty, Albert still made a lot of money through that incident, and the three people involved in the incident also got 10% of the benefits.
As for where that money comes from
This was what Lee Jordan overheard from Harry. It was said that Albert secretly accepted the commission of the portrait to help Blake clear his name, and was paid 5,000 Galleons for it.
One percent per person, which is 500 Galleons!
That’s five hundred Galleons!
The three were shocked by Albert's generosity. They didn't actually do anything that night, but they easily got a large sum of Galleons.
With one thousand Galleons, the twins had enough start-up capital to open a store. Lately, they had been laughing in their dreams, causing Lee Jordan to look at them with a strange look in his eyes.
"You don't want to drop out of school to open a store?" Li Qiaodan asked suspiciously.
The four of them had started planning to open a store together a long time ago, and he suspected that Fred and George wanted to start the plan ahead of time.
"We would like to, but Albert probably won't agree." Fred shrugged and looked at Albert who was writing a letter.
"If you don't have enough knowledge, you will soon run into all kinds of troubles in developing joke props." Albert said to the twins while checking the contents of the letter. "Zoko is actually the best example. When people reach middle age, or even before middle age, their minds will become blank and they will no longer be able to come up with interesting inventions. Their shops will be just like that. Once the shop here opens, you will soon squeeze out his shop."
"Really?" Fred and George looked at each other, but Albert's words were always accurate.
"Really? But Zuko probably won't sit there and wait to die. He will definitely create trouble for you in other ways," Albert said calmly.
"You seem to have said something similar before," Lee Jordan said with a smile.
"Not yet, is it?" George muttered.
"Now is not the right time to open a store. I think you should make the most of your time in school to accumulate experience and prepare for opening a store after graduation. Once you leave school, you will basically have no extra time to study."
Of course, even if Fred and George wanted to drop out of school to open a joke shop, they would not have the Galleons. Albert did not give them the Galleons, and the Galleons were still in his vault.
"I think Albert is right. It's too early to open a store now. We are not ready yet." Lee Jordan also thought it would be best to follow Albert's advice, which would save them a lot of trouble.
"At least, you have to make them popular among students like the wizard cards, so that customers will come to our store in the future. Besides, running a store also requires skills. We still need to figure out how to make money."
In the HP novel, the Weasley twins' OWLs results were terrible, and now with the start-up capital they became even more arrogant, but Albert still hoped to get the twins back on track.
We can't ask him to do everything in the future, right
That would annoy him to death.
The main reason why Albert opened a store with his roommates was that he wanted to make money without doing anything, and at the same time find a way to monetize the knowledge he had acquired.
In his opinion, the reserve of knowledge determines the upper limit of the joke shop, the amount of money one gets, and whether one can just slack off and get the money without doing anything.
He could certainly help Fred and George, but Albert still felt that Fred, George and Lee Jordan needed to work harder themselves.
As for how to... convince them, Albert is very experienced in this area.
After all, he is half a charlatan.
Sometimes, working hard for your ideals and goals is more motivating than anything else.
then…
In short, Albert felt that he had the potential to be a life mentor. He had a lot of ways to persuade others and it was easy for him to convince (fool) people.
Since May had passed and the exams were approaching, the students had to endure the temptations outside the castle and force their brains to work hard. Even Fred and George were working hard to prepare for the upcoming OWLs exams.
As the exam approaches, all kinds of weird exam syndromes become more and more prominent.
Percy, the head student council president, became increasingly irritable and harshly punished anyone who disturbed the peace of the common room at night.
Katrina from Ravenclaw likes to come over to discuss the so-called exam key points with Albert during her spare time. Diggory also has this habit, as if they are sure that the key points Albert mentioned will be on the exam.
Patricia Stinson from Hufflepuff broke down again, crying during the Transfiguration spell and saying that she was stupid and couldn't learn anything.
Slytherin was telling others how difficult the OWLs exams were, and how so-and-so used something to get excellent results in the OWLs exams.
He is so insidious, trying to lure people into a trap.
Some people also like to ask about other people's review time more and more, which is very annoying.
Everyone prepares for OWLs in different ways.
In order to fully inspire the fighting spirit of the three, Albert generously said that if their OWLs exam results were good, he would invite them to watch the Quidditch World Cup during the summer vacation (Black would give Albert a few World Cup tickets), and he could also help predict the result of the World Cup final.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan all understood that this meant that they could make a fortune together.
In the past, Albert was always very accurate in making bets with others, and if he added predictions, it would be a sure win.
With these three approaches, the three people's enthusiasm for learning was completely aroused. Holding the same purple candy given by Albert, they worked hard to review every day, and even checked with each other at night to recite the key knowledge that needed to be remembered.
Of course, the three of them are also very smart. They spend most of their time consolidating the subjects they are good at. Although they may have serious subject bias, it is still much better than facing the OWLs exams casually.
Recently, Katrina seemed to be on fire. She always liked to discuss key points with him, and it seemed that she would not stop until she had gone through all twelve courses.
To this end, she took out her ultimate weapon and invited Isobel to persuade Albert to surrender.
Albert actually wanted Katrina to go back and learn Legilimency from Isobel so that she wouldn't have to worry about the written test.
Fred, George, and Lee Jordan actually wanted to learn, but the three of them just couldn't learn it, otherwise they wouldn't have to work so hard to memorize it.
Albert still remembered that one time when he returned to the dormitory, he saw Fred plugging his ears with his fingers, his lips moving silently, reciting the Transfiguration Notes over the years.
George, with his face covered with notes, lay on the bed reciting the definitions of basic spells. Lee Jordan checked them for him by comparing them with the "Standard Book of Spells, Level 5". If he made a mistake, he would stick notes on George's face.
When the three men saw Albert coming back, they stopped reciting and threw the book away. They took a bottle from the bedside table and asked Albert.
"How much of this do you have?"
"We all think this thing is going to be very popular."
The three of them spoke one by one, which gave Albert a headache.
"There's only one bottle of that stuff left. It'll be gone once you finish it." Albert said, "So I asked you to use it sparingly at the beginning."
"Then can you get more? You can take this opportunity to make a fortune."
"No, I'm not free at the moment," said Albert.
"How do we do it? Why don't we give it a try?" George suggested.
"It takes a certain level of potion making skills to make it. With your current level of potion making skills, you are not capable of making this stuff." Albert was very clear about Fred, George, and Lee Jordan's level of potion making skills. He shook his head and said, "Now you know why I want you to study hard. Otherwise, even if I give you the formula and the making method, you won't be able to make it. Even if you succeed, it won't have the same effect as what you eat, and the quality will be much worse."
“The ingredients are complicated?”
"What you are taking now is an improved version of the intelligence enhancer." Albert did not hide it and continued, "It contains several kinds of magic potions. Haven't you noticed that after taking it, not only your brain becomes sharper and your energy becomes more abundant, but your mood also becomes happier, and you become more cheerful and confident?"
"Yes, it's a bit like taking Felix Felicis, but the effect lasts only a short time."
This is actually a civilian version of the Felicity Potion. Although it cannot have the same effect as the Felicity Potion, it can also add a positive buff to a person. However, for unknown reasons, its duration is very average.
"So, you guys finished eating that stuff?"
The three of them looked a little embarrassed and looked away, not daring to look at Albert.
"Do you know what I call that thing?" Albert asked suddenly.
"What's your name?" the three asked curiously.
"IQ candy is used to fool people. Only stupid people with a lot of money will buy this stuff." Albert took a folder from his backpack speechlessly, shook the thing in his hand and said, "Don't worry about that thing, come and take a look at this thing."
"What's this?"
"The key points of the exam." Albert threw the folder on the table and said, "It is said that as long as you can master them, you can basically get a good score."
"You are indeed Albert."
The three of them immediately rushed towards the folder, fearing that the thing would fly away. After George picked up the things inside and flipped through them, he immediately looked miserable. There were really a lot of so-called key points. If he wanted to remember them all, he didn't know how long it would take.
"Is there any key point?" Li Qiaodan asked in a low voice.
"Why didn't you ask if there was a test paper?"
"I don't think it would be surprising if you did get the test paper."
"Yes, it's behind." said Albert.
The three of them turned over the back together and found the test paper, but when they took a closer look, they found that it was last year's test paper, and their expressions froze.
"Do you think we can sell this thing?"
The three's eyes lit up and continued, "We can organize these and sell them to other people as exam materials. One Galleon per copy, there will definitely be a lot of people willing to pay for it."
"I think you're going to get beaten."
"Who dares to hit us?"
The next moment, a fist enlarged in front of Fred and knocked him down on the bed.
"You hit me." Fred glared at George.
"Stop it, hurry up and review. There are plenty of opportunities to make money. Don't rush." George shrugged and said, "But these handwritings don't look like yours."
"Well no, Katrina sorted it out. I scored it for you. You should thank me properly."
"By the way, why is Mr. Anderson hooking up with Katrina again?"
"Mr. Anderson, please teach me how to pick up a girlfriend."
"You have no hope. Mr. Anderson is handsome enough. No matter how you look at it, you are not handsome at all."
"Mr. Anderson, I really want to hit someone."