The next day at noon, when Albert woke up, the seat next to the bed was empty. He got up from the bed, got dressed and went downstairs, and saw Isobel sitting in the dining room, holding today's newspaper in her hand, and he didn't know what she was reading
Albert walked up to her, put his arm around her shoulders from behind, and looked at the newspaper. “You don’t look very happy.”
"Look at this..." Isobel handed Albert the Daily Prophet. The headline on it read: "Horror scenes at Quidditch World Cup", with a flashing black-and-white photo of the Dark Mark hanging on the treetops.
"It seems that some bad things have happened in the World Cup." Although Albert said this, he didn't care too much in his heart, because he had already expected the chaos of the World Cup.
"What happened?"
Albert felt that this incident should not cause Isobel to react in this way, after all, this matter was already known in advance.
"Mom went over to help early this morning. Our tent wasn't burned down, but..." Isobel's words seemed to carry a hint of uneasiness: "Someone entered the tent after we left."
"Stranger?" Albert couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"When Beetee was retrieving the tent, he used a revealing spell in the tent and found footprints of two strangers."
Isobel knew all too well what this meant.
In such a chaotic time, no one would run into their tent at all, and just by thinking about why Albert did that, it can be guessed that the person who broke into their tent obviously had bad intentions.
Who wants to do something to them? This is what Isobel is worried about, and those people are most likely coming for Albert. As for who it is, it is not difficult for Isobel to guess, after all, some pure-blood wizards have been displeased with Albert for a long time, although there has been no conflict between the two sides.
"Don't worry, I'm a master of divination. I will find out that group of people and give them a big gift. What you need to do is to protect yourself and don't let me worry." Albert comforted softly and glanced at the task panel. There was a new task.
Having said that, this trip to watch the Quidditch World Cup was really rewarding.
"Ahem!" Katrina coughed lightly, walked in, and casually asked, "Where's Mom? I remember she should be on vacation today!"
"There was an accident in the camp last night and many people were injured." Isobel handed the newspaper to Katrina without telling her about the footprints.
"Dark Mark?" Katrina looked at Albert with a strange expression. "I suddenly understand why you think that kind of magazine will be a hot seller."
"I have to take Nia back today." Albert handed a small bottle to Isobel.
"What is this?" Katrina stared at the bottle curiously.
"Felix Felicis," said Isobel.
"Is this the lucky potion?" Katrina had naturally heard of the name of the lucky potion.
Albert took out a silver pocket watch and handed it to Isobel, "Don't take risks. If you encounter danger, leave temporarily.
, your own safety is the most important.”
Katrina felt that Albert was a little neurotic, but she also envied Albert's meticulous care for Isobel.
Just then, a white owl flew in from the window and threw a letter in front of Albert. Albert picked up the letter, glanced at the sender, and found that it was from Hermione.
Albert put the envelope in his pocket without intending to
"Don't you want to read what's in the letter?" Katrina looked away from the "Danger" hand on her pocket watch and turned her gaze back to Albert. "A letter from a girl."
"A friend." Albert corrected, "Okay, go get the others to eat, and ask Catherine and Valeria to arrange to return home as soon as possible. Britain is in chaos right now."
"We're up already."
Catherine and Valeria walked into the kitchen yawning, and Nia also got up, looking like she hadn't slept well.
The six of them sat around the dining table, eating and talking about what happened last night. Catherine and Valeria realized from the newspaper that the situation in Britain was chaotic, and they became more convinced that Albert really had the ability to predict.
Another owl flew in from the window. Albert looked at the sender and found that they were twin brothers.
Then, the owls were out of control, and owls kept coming in and out of the room. There were letters from Sirius, Bud, Lee Jordan, Harry Potter, and even a letter from Grandpa Luke. Anyway, many people were sending him letters.
"You are so welcome!" said Catherine with a queer expression.
"He is indeed very popular." Nia muttered, "When are we going to go home? Grandpa Luke has probably seen today's report. If we don't go back soon, they will probably be very worried."
"Grandpa Luke has asked Sheila to send us a letter." Albert pointed to the owl resting by the window, "We will go back after lunch. You should also pay attention to your own safety. From today on, the British wizarding world will no longer be as peaceful as before."
After lunch, Albert left, and Nia was sent back by the house-elf Bit in a suitcase.
Luke and Sansa were very surprised that Albert and Nia suddenly appeared from the room, but they were relieved when they thought it was a magical means.
"I saw the report in the Daily Prophet this morning." Luke knew a little about the mysterious men and knew that they were evil guys.
"Albert took us out of the camp before the chaos happened last night." Nia sat next to Luke and showed them the souvenirs she bought at the World Cup.
"That's right, Albert has always been reassuring." Luke looked at the model of the Firebolt and nodded. Albert never required them to worry.
While combing Tom's hair, Nia chatted with Luke and Sansa about their experiences at the Quidditch World Cup.
Albert opened the letter he had just received while listening to their conversation, occasionally joining in on the conversation.
Fred and George mentioned in the letter that they had been cheated. Although they had seen through Bagman's attempt to use the leprechaun gold coins to repay the debt, they were still deceived by Bagman. The bag of Galleons that the bastard gave them was mixed with a large number of Galleon replicas, and there were not many real gold coins in it. It was not difficult to see from the handwriting on the parchment that Fred and George were very angry.
The contents of Lee Jordan's letter were almost unreadable, but they apparently had not discovered anything wrong with the gold coins.
Grandpa Luke's letter was simple, asking when the two of them would return home.
Mr. Budd was concerned about Albert's safety. He also mentioned the chaos last night and was somewhat worried that the turmoil predicted by Albert was coming.
Sirius mentioned the newspaper in the letter, because of the Dark Mark last night, someone has asked them about the Defense Guide magazine. He also mentioned that they will solve the printing problem in the next two days and try to start selling the first issue of the Defense Guide next month.
Albert was somewhat surprised by Hermione's letter, which was about the unfair treatment of house elves and mentioned Barty Crouch's dismissal of the house elves last night. Hermione seemed to hope to get some support and comfort from Albert, because other people didn't care or even ignored it.
In the letter, Harry mentioned that his wand was lost and that someone had used his wand to release the Dark Mark, and he suspected that the person might be the man who appeared in Peter's prophecy.
Albert took some time to write his reply, especially the one to Hermione. He did not try to persuade Hermione, but just told her the current situation of house-elves. He suggested that Hermione try to write a story about the harmonious coexistence of wizards and house-elves, so as to slowly guide wizards to treat house-elves correctly and treat them as loyal and reliable family members, so as to improve the poor situation of house-elves.
Everything needs to be flexible, and after Hermione finishes writing, the story can be serialized in the magazine. This is much more useful than the "vomit" that Hermione later formed, and it can also help Sirius solve the problem of the content of the magazine.
Killing several birds with one stone.
"It's really me!" After checking the contents of the letter, Albert nodded with satisfaction. What surprised him was that an additional panel task was triggered. Although the reward was not much, it was a surprise to be able to trigger the task.
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"Why can't there be a more normal dress?"
Ron was in a very bad mood, especially after seeing his dress, he almost went crazy with anger.
After returning from the World Cup, he felt that everything was going wrong. First, Fred and George discovered that the gold coins given by Ludo Bagman were fake, and his 27 Galleons were lost. If Fred and George had not had a conscience and returned the few real Galleons in their purses to him, he would even lose all his savings.
But the psychological gap was still unbearable for him, otherwise he could have ordered a new dress in Diagon Alley instead of being angry here.
Blame Fred and George
No, they are the biggest victims. The real Galleons in their pockets cannot make up for their losses at all.
Percy's face also looked unhappy because his Galleons disappeared.
Yes, Bagman used Leprechaun gold to pay his winnings.
Now, the Weasley family knew what kind of person Ludo Bagman was, but after discussing it among themselves, they decided not to tell their parents about it because that would only embarrass Mr. Weasley.
Of course, maybe their father knew this already and tried to stop them from betting.
"You can buy a new one. Didn't you win a lot of money from gambling?" Hermione also thought that Ron's dress was a bit 'fancy'.
"Won a lot of money betting?" Ron couldn't help laughing, which made Harry and Hermione very uneasy.
"Harry, Hermione, Fred, there's your letter." Mrs. Weasley's voice came from downstairs.
"Who sent it?" Harry asked.
Fred said, "Albert."
"What did he say?" Ron asked anxiously.
"He can't do anything about it." Fred said gloomily after reading the letter, "He reminded us long ago that this is our problem. Now I have to write a letter to Lee Jordan."
"And Sirius," George reminded.
"Harry, did you write to Albert too?" Ron turned and asked.
"Well, about the Dark Mark," said Harry. "Sirius asked me to write to him."
"What did Albert say?" Hermione asked.
"He said I get myself into trouble every year." Harry curled his lips and said, "He thinks the You-Know-Who conspiracy might be against me, so he asked me to talk to Sirius and Dumbledore about it myself."
"You do have trouble every year." Even Ron had to admit that there was some truth in what Albert said.
Harry had been getting into trouble every year since he started school.
"It's not my fault," Harry said angrily, making it sound like he really enjoyed causing trouble.
"We know it wasn't your fault," Ron said, changing the subject. "Hermione, what did you write in your letter?"
"Albert suggested that I submit an article to Sirius's magazine." Hermione put away the letter and thought about the feasibility of Albert's suggestion.
The letter was short and contained no consolation. It just told her the current situation and gave her some small suggestions.
It gave her an idea.
It is impossible to change the current situation in a short period of time. It is not difficult to see this from the attitude of wizards towards house-elves. She even had an unpleasant argument with Percy because of this.
After reading Albert's reply, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, Hermione was really afraid that Albert would be like other wizards.
That night, Hermione even felt that she was the abnormal one, and that feeling made her feel anxious and uneasy.
"Let wizards realize that house-elves are loyal and reliable members of the family, and let them subconsciously treat those house-elves well?" Hermione read the contents in her mind again and again. The house-elf she saw in Albert's place and the elf named Winky really belonged to two different worlds.
"What's wrong with the letter?" Ginny asked confusedly when she saw Hermione staring at the letter.
"Albert's letter. I talked to him about house-elves," Hermione explained.
"House elves?" Ginny asked, confused.
"There is a house-elf serving him." Hermione said to Ginny, "That house-elf is not like other house-elves, and Albert is also very good to house-elves, unlike other wizards. You were not there at the time, so you didn't see how other wizards treated Winky."
"He is special, isn't he?" Ginny said, "Otherwise, Anderson wouldn't be admired and loved by so many girls."
"Yes," Hermione said softly, "He's special."
"You like him?" Ginny asked.
"He's engaged," said Hermione suddenly.
"Engaged?" Ginny was very surprised. "To the Ravenclaw guy?"
"Don't tell anyone." Hermione warned.
"Yeah." Ginny was silent.
"What about you?" Hermione asked, changing the subject.
"I?"
"Still like Harry?" Hermione asked.
Ginny was silent.
"Maybe you should try to give up Harry." Hermione suggested, "Try to get along with others and try to show your charm to everyone. Maybe Harry will notice you."