In order to help Albert win the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellence in Spellcasting, Bud began giving Albert intensive tutoring as soon as he arrived in Spain.
In Bud's opinion, Albert's spell-casting skills were actually excellent, and what prevented him from winning the award was more because Albert had no idea about the content of the competition.
So, Bud told Albert a lot about Barnabus Finkley's excellent spell-casting competition, trying to help Albert deepen his understanding of the game and guide him to show his advantages.
"Your spell-casting skills are already excellent. The problem now is how to show them. Although most referees have good eyesight, you still need to take the initiative to show your excellent spell-casting skills. This is very important." Bud has confidence in Albert, otherwise he would not have strongly recommended Albert to participate in this competition.
However, what Bud didn't know was that Albert's current spell-casting technique came from Voldemort, the famous Dark Lord. His understanding of spellcasting naturally far exceeded that of ordinary wizards, and he had his own unique spell-casting technique.
However, when Albert usually uses magic, he does not make his spellcasting techniques too obvious.
Dumbledore is the person who knows Voldemort best. If Albert were too ostentatious in front of him, it would easily attract his attention, which is definitely not what he wants to happen.
Anyway, Dumbledore will die in a few years, and then when Voldemort is sent away by Harry, the Dark Lord's spell-casting method will completely change into Albert's shape.
Although plagiarism is a shameful thing, there is no need to feel embarrassed if the object is Voldemort.
Towards evening, there was a knock on Bud's door. The person who came to visit Bud was a middle-aged woman, who seemed to be an acquaintance of Bud.
Bud chatted with the man in the corridor for a few words, then came in and asked Albert to go downstairs for dinner.
The bar hall was bustling with noise, and all kinds of languages were heard around. The contestants came from all over Europe, and there were even several from the UK.
Among them was an acquaintance of Albert's, Terence Higgs, the previous Slytherin class leader and former seeker.
However, the encounter between the two parties was not a pleasant one.
The old wizard who brought Terrence Higgs to the competition didn't like him to have any contact with Albert, so the two sides just greeted each other and then had no more contact.
"Come on, Higgs, don't let me look down on you," Bard said to the old wizard. "Your prejudice is still as annoying as ever."
"This is none of your business, Brod." Old Higgs also disliked Bud and walked away with his grandson.
"Pure-blood prejudice," Bud said contemptuously. "They even intend to pass this prejudice on to their offspring."
"I think it's a matter of interest. This kind of prejudice allows them to integrate into that circle. Currently, those stubborn pure-bloods still have a lot of say in the Ministry of Magic." Albert directly expressed his opinion. "If one day, this prejudice can no longer bring them benefits, perhaps they will choose to give up this prejudice."
"You see it very clearly." Bud looked at the back of old Higgs with a sneer of disdain on the corner of his mouth, "I really know that there are many similar cases in the magic world."
Albert smiled and pretended to be listening attentively.
"Take the Malfoy family for example. A long time ago, the Malfoy family was actually close to Muggles, and they had deep ties with the Muggle nobles, but because of the Statute of Secrecy, they were ostracized by the Ministry of Magic. After their interests were damaged, the Malfoy family changed from being close to Muggles to being loyal supporters of the pure-blood faction. The Higgs family was also once close to Muggles, and there were even more than one cases of intermarriage with Muggles in their family history, but later they directly modified their family tree in an attempt to cover up that history."
In the pure-blood faction, many wizarding families actually have similar cases.
Bud casually stripped some of the purebloods of their underwear, no wonder he hated those guys.
However, this topic did not last long. Bud brought the topic back to the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellence in Spellcasting and told Albert about the origin of this award.
The Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellence in Spellcasting actually comes from the book Finkley's Tricks.
Finkley was a wizard with great magical talent. Later, he wrote a book called "Finkley's Tricks" to introduce his unique insights on spellcasting. "Bud took a sip of whiskey and seemed to be in a short memory: "The result is similar to what you guessed. The book later became popular and was enthusiastically supported by many wizards. It also made Barnabus Finkley famous and made him a lot of wealth."
"Wizards of that era didn't really care about these issues, and most wizards performed quite badly when using magic, or even when duelling with others."
"From what I know, even the Aurors in the Ministry of Magic are learning this to make their spellcasting smoother, more elegant, and more automatic. The spells they use will also be enhanced to a certain extent for some reason."
Later, in Finkley's later years, he used the money from the sale of Finkley's Tricks to establish the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellence in Spellcasting.
The International Confederation of Wizards also believed that this award was very meaningful, so they deliberately reserved the award. Some wizards who were proud of Barnabus Finkley's spellcasting skills donated money to sponsor the competition, hoping to obtain more excellent spellcasting techniques from other wizards.
The former "Finclair's Tricks" has become the current "Barnabus Finclair's Spellcasting Technique". This book has been revised for several generations, and many extraordinary wizards will use this book to perfect their spellcasting techniques.
After listening to Bud's story silently, Albert really admired the old man's knowledge reserve. He even knew such things clearly.
However, their conversation did not continue. A charming middle-aged witch came with a quill and parchment to register the contestants. Albert recognized her as the middle-aged witch who knocked on Bud's room not long ago.
"He's the Albert I told you about before," Bud introduced him. "He will also participate in tomorrow's tryout."
"Please register your name here." The middle-aged witch placed the parchment and quill in front of Albert, "Write your name, age and where you are from."
Albert glanced at the parchment and quickly filled in his name on the form.
"Sixteen?"
The middle-aged witch raised her eyebrows when she saw Albert's age. She probably didn't expect that Bard would bring an underage wizard to participate in the competition.
"Please keep this badge." The middle-aged witch took out a badge from her robe and handed it to Albert. The badge had the number 17 written on it.
"She is Diana, the owner of this bar." Bud introduced her to Albert after the middle-aged witch left. "She is one-quarter vampire."
Albert noticed that the woman's name was Diana.
Then again, Diana doesn't sound like a Spanish name, it's more of a British name.
Moreover, the so-called vampire bar is purely a gimmick.
"She doesn't look much like a vampire, except that her skin is a little pale."
He said that if the bar was really opened by vampires, it would have closed down by now.
"Well, it's really not much different from ordinary people."
"You seem to be very familiar with her." Albert asked tentatively.
"Not very familiar, I've met a few times before." Bud said to the passing waiter, "Give me a glass of whiskey, what do you want?"
"I don't drink." Albert shook his head and continued eating.
To be honest, Albert was a little skeptical whether Miss Diana was Bud's lover.
However, given the age difference between the two, it seems possible that she could be Bud's daughter.
It's not surprising that Albert would be suspicious. There seems to be an inexplicable familiarity between Bud and Diana. There must be some connection.