"Going to Egypt to attend this year's International Alchemy Conference?"
After hearing Albert's proposal, Isobel asked in confusion, "Aren't you planning to go to the Quidditch World Cup?"
"There is no conflict in schedule. After we finish attending the International Alchemy Conference, we will have time to rest for a while and then go to watch the Quidditch World Cup." Albert said with a smile.
"But… "
Isobel hesitated. After all, she had graduated from school and could no longer do whatever she wanted as before.
"Anyway, you still have plenty of time to finish the Ancient Magic Runes Guide, and I hope you can live a happy life without being bothered by certain things." Albert looked at Isobel and said gently, "This opportunity is rare. Catherine will also go. She wrote to me a while ago and mentioned this in the letter. Have they contacted you?"
"We talked about it in the two-way mirror. She said she opened a potion shop and provided beauty treatments to witches in the United States." Isobel nodded, indicating that she knew about it. "Valeria also asked me if I could arrange accommodation for them. It seems that she plans to come to the UK in early August."
"We can then put them up in the inn at the Leaky Cauldron," Albert said without hesitation.
“This… isn’t too bad? When you went to Catherine’s house, it seemed…” Isobel was a little hesitant. After all, the relationship between the two was pretty good, and it didn’t seem right to throw a good friend into the Leaky Cauldron.
"That's Nunlas's house." Albert corrected. "How about staying at your house for a few days? They probably won't stay for many days anyway, so you can study the beauty potion."
Albert naturally did not allow anyone to be brought here.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes. If not, just take them to the Leaky Cauldron." Isobel agreed. As for bringing Catherine and Valeria here, Isobel had never considered it. Even Katrina didn't know the exact location of the house, let alone others.
"That's it." Albert wrote this down in his notebook, flipped through what he wrote last night, and said to Isobel, "By the way, I need you to help me measure something."
"What is that?" Isobel asked curiously.
Albert walked over to the shelf and took the suitcase off it.
Isobel knew that the suitcase was very spacious, like a small world inside. Not only did she build an exquisite wooden house, but she also opened up a large flowerbed and planted a lot of roses and dill. The house elf Bit would take time to take care of the flowerbed every day.
"I plan to let Beetee enter the suitcase, and then you Apparate to another place with the suitcase to see if Apparition will have any effect on the person in the suitcase." Albert left the study with the suitcase, explaining to Isobel what she was going to do.
"Are you planning to use this method to secretly bring Nia to the Quidditch World Cup?" Isobel had already thought of the reason why Albert asked her to help with this test.
"Yes, we have to use some special methods." Albert nodded in agreement, "I think this is more reliable than using a portkey or Apparition."
It is difficult for ordinary wizards without training to use Apparition to travel, not to mention that Nia is just an ordinary girl. Albert would never let his sister take the risk.
“Bit.”
"Master, what do you want me to do?"
Without warning the house-elf appeared in the hall.
"I need you to help me with an experiment." Albert raised his hand to signal Beetee to listen to him finish his words. "I need you to enter this suitcase. Isobel will Apparate with the suitcase in a moment. You need to tell me what it feels like to Apparate inside the suitcase."
"Okay master, shall we start now?" Bit asked sharply.
Albert looked at Isobel, who nodded to indicate that they could begin.
He opened the suitcase and motioned Beetee to enter, then closed the case again and handed it to Isobel.
A moment later there was a crackling noise on the street outside and Isobel disappeared with her suitcase.
However, Albert didn't have to wait long before Isobel came back.
The two opened the suitcase on the table in the hall and said to the house-elf inside, "You can come out now."
"Master, is it over?" the house-elf asked doubtfully.
"Yes, it's over. Did you feel anything strange staying in there?" Albert asked directly.
"No feeling." Beetee said truthfully.
"real?"
"real."
"Very good." Albert said to Isobel with a smile, "It seems that my idea should be correct."
"A mobile house?" Isobel guessed what Albert meant by this.
"You can actually invite Catherine and Valeria to your house and let them live here. I'll have Beetee set up a potion-brewing laboratory inside. You don't have to worry about having no place to discuss and research beauty potions."
"Isn't it rude to do this?" Isobel frowned.
"I'll turn the entrance into a door." Albert was very experienced in this kind of thing. "Connect it to the entrance of your room, and then you can live in it. Tell them that this is our secret base."
“You’d do something like that,” Isobel agreed. She felt it was a bad idea to put Catherine and Valeria in the Leaky Cauldron.
Well, although it didn't seem very good to arrange for him to live in a suitcase, Isobel would live in it with him at that time, and both sides could do experiments and discuss issues in the field of potions at any time.
"Oh, by the way, Master." The house-elf Beetee suddenly said, "Yesterday, there was a message from Gringotts that Mr. Lupin had transferred a sum of Galleons to your vault at Gringotts. I have put the letter in the study."
"I already know about this," said Albert.
Since the Order of Merlin had already been obtained in advance, the matter of hiring Lupin to test the spell was naturally shelved. Lupin wrote a letter the day after Albert received the Order of Merlin, saying that he had returned the large sum of hiring fees.
Albert didn't care much about it. He didn't think Lupin would withhold the Galleons. If he did that, Remus Lupin would no longer be Remus Lupin.
After completing the experiment, the two returned to the study to discuss how to compile the "Guide to Ancient Runes". The knowledge that the level 3 rune skill gave Albert was not comparable to the "Ancient Runes Simple Introduction" at all. With this part of knowledge, the "Ancient Runes Simple Introduction" was not very qualified in Albert's opinion.
"We can organize the information and then discuss this matter with Professor Bathsheda Baburin. She teaches ancient magic runes and must have clearer ideas in this area than us." Albert wanted to guide Isobel in the direction of writing school curriculum and did not want Isobel to follow her father's old path.
The knowledge and connections in his mind can help Isobel succeed, and do it safely and reliably.
Isobel naturally understood what Albert meant. He was planning to write new textbooks for Hogwarts students.
"In fact, this kind of thing should be written by experts in related fields of the magic world gathered by the Ministry of Magic. Most textbooks have a lot of problems. The textbooks in the field of ancient magic are actually not standardized. You should be able to feel it yourself." Albert encouraged, "Believe me, it won't be long before your name will appear on the Chocolate Frog picture card."
"You seem to have a lot of confidence in me." Isobel had a strange expression on her face.
"Of course, if you are willing, you will succeed." Albert said confidently, "We don't need to worry about our livelihood, let alone work. We can do something more meaningful."
"In my opinion, Miranda Goshawk is more admirable than most wizards. The school textbooks she compiled have benefited countless people. A wizard who is good at ancient magic runes does not necessarily mean that he is good at teaching. Formal and orderly books are more conducive to students mastering the knowledge in the books."
In Albert's opinion, the "Complete Explanation of Basic Runes" written by McDougal and him is simply a large brick. Any wizard who has read that book will think that the basics can be discarded.
"That does make more sense," Isobel said softly, looking at Albert.