"You are really worthy of me. You even fooled Harry."
After seeing Harry walk away in a daze, Lee Jordan smiled and said to Albert, "In fact, I have always felt that I am very suitable to be a priest in the church. I can definitely fool a large number of believers."
"You know what? If I were Harry, I would believe what Albert said too." There was no joking in Fred's words. He really believed the two things Albert mentioned.
"Do you also think there's something wrong with Mad-Eye?" George asked with a frown.
"Can't you have a sense of humor?" Lee Jordan complained. In fact, he also believed Albert's words, although this good friend always liked to fool others with the truth.
"You remember the year Harry first entered school, Quirrell stole the Philosopher's Stone, and Professor Quirrell was said to be possessed by a mysterious man." Albert began to recount what happened in the three years that Harry entered school.
"There was a Chamber of Secrets attack two years ago. Although Lockhart was not involved, he was an out-and-out liar. He was also attacked and has not yet been discharged from the hospital."
"And then there was Black's prison escape last year. Harry was also involved. It turned out that Professor Lupin was a werewolf and a good friend of Black. Finally, Peter showed up and pretended to be dead for more than ten years disguised as a mouse." Fred felt that it was normal for Harry to be convinced by Albert, because even he had that feeling.
There are certainly coincidences in the world, but coincidences that occur one after another are not coincidences.
"Do you think there's something wrong with the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this semester?" Lee Jordan realized that the three were not joking, so he put away his smile and began to think about the reason. "By the way, do you know who the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is this year?"
"Mad-Eye."
"Mad-Eye?" Lee Jordan was a little confused. This was obviously a nickname.
"Mad-Eye, Alastor Moody." George shared the news he knew with everyone, "It is said that Professor Moody is a retired Auror and an old friend of Professor Dumbledore. Dad respects him very much."
"By the way, Professor Moody seemed to be in trouble this morning. Mr. Diggory said he thought someone was trying to break into his house and it caused quite a commotion. Dad left in a hurry early in the morning to help him sort it out. I bet the Daily Prophet will report this in a while." Fred added.
"If there's something wrong with that Mad-Eye, maybe he was really attacked this morning and someone tried to control him to go to Hogwarts to do something." Lee Jordan couldn't help laughing as he spoke.
"What are you laughing at?" George asked puzzled.
"It is obviously impossible to use the Imperius Curse to control a person without letting a wizard as skilled as Dumbledore notice it." Albert explained to the two on behalf of Lee Jordan. "Besides, Mad-Eye is a very powerful Auror. He must have a certain resistance to the Imperius Curse. Take me for example. As long as the Imperius Curse is not very strong, I should be able to resist it. The Veela in the World Cup did not have much impact on me."
Fred and George were both a little embarrassed. In the World Cup final, they were bewitched by the Veela, and they were the only two people in the box who were bewitched. Afterwards, Ron often laughed at them for this incident.
"What if the wizard who attacked him just wanted to disguise himself as him and sneak into the school?" George looked at Albert and asked, "If it were you, could you disguise yourself as someone else through advanced Transfiguration magic? As far as I know, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic can change their appearance through Transfiguration magic."
"I haven't tried it. If I have some time to practice, I should be able to do it. But I think it would be very difficult to use Transfiguration magic to disguise myself as a specific person." Albert was confident in his Transfiguration magic. He said, "If I want to disguise myself as someone else, I think the other party should use a compound potion, which would make it harder to detect flaws. Especially if you want to hide from a wizard as skilled as Dumbledore, Transfiguration magic is more likely to be detected."
"But he can't keep drinking potions. That would require consuming a large amount of compound potions." Lee Jordan thought it was unlikely that someone would use potions to hide in the school for a long time. It would take a full month to brew a compound potion, which meant that if someone really wanted to use potions to disguise themselves as a professor, they would need to consume a large amount of potions and there would be the risk of being exposed.
"It may be difficult to make a small cup of compound medicine last for 12 hours, but a skilled pharmacist should be able to make the medicine last for 10 hours." Albert made the judgment based on his pharmacist's level, "The amount of medicine required is definitely not as much as you think."
"If the Moody who appeared tonight is a fake, then the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is too terrible. Mad-Eye is in trouble before he even takes office. The guy who disguised himself as him and went to work in the school is really stupid. He might end up in Azkaban prison one day." George ended the conversation in a joking tone. He knew that everyone would stare at Moody tonight to see if that guy was a fake.
"By the way, do you read magazines? If not, lend it to me first." Lee Jordan no longer worried about whether the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was real or not. He believed that the other party would definitely not be able to hide it from Albert's eyes. If he was really a fake, this semester would be very lively. Peter Pettigrew had a really miserable experience a while ago.
"You guys take a look first."
Albert handed Lee Jordan the Defense Guide and took a comb from his pocket to smooth Tom's hair.
Albert knew the general content of the magazine. A few days before school started, Sirius and Lupin wrote to him frequently to discuss various issues related to the magazine. He also arranged the layout and gifts for the Defense Guide.
"The magazine actually comes with a map of Hogwarts Castle." Fred spread out the map that was sandwiched between the magazine. It was somewhat similar to a marauding map, with detailed markings of the locations and shortest routes of classrooms, halls and lounges. It allowed freshmen to integrate into the school more quickly through the map and avoid the embarrassment of not being able to find the classroom during enrollment.
"That's a gift for wizards who subscribe to four months' worth of magazines at once," Albert explained. "It's a small gift for new students. Of course, there are other gifts to choose from."
"Any other gifts?" George asked curiously.
"Danger warning device," Albert said without hesitation.
"Your new invention?"
"I got the inspiration from the looking glass. Its effect is to detect the surroundings of the house. Once a wizard with bad intentions appears, the danger warning device will sound an alarm. Its advantage is that it is not prone to false alarms."
“There should be an upgraded version of this thing, right?”
The three of them immediately recognized the business opportunity of the danger warning device. Given Albert's personality, he would definitely not sell his best stuff, and now was not the best time to sell it.
If the wizarding world really starts to become turbulent someday, this thing will definitely be a best-seller.
"Yes, that thing is a simple version. There was also a test version of the pocket watch, but I gave it away." Albert did not deny that the danger warning device was actually similar to the looking glass, but he adjusted the spell and added several kinds of magic into it.
"Give it away?" Lee Jordan looked at Albert in disbelief.
"Stupid, it must be his girlfriend!" George could guess who Albert gave the gift to without even thinking about it.
"When are you getting married?" Lee Jordan said with a smile, "Remember to ask me to be your best man."
"I should be the best man," said Fred.
"Let's play rock-paper-scissors then," George suggested.
"How do you feel? I mean, this magazine. What do you think after reading it?" Albert asked, changing the subject.
"I think it's very good and should be a hot seller. At least it's very practical for ordinary wizarding families." Fred gave it a high evaluation. Especially after learning from Albert about the average level of defense against the dark arts among wizards in the British wizarding world, he felt that this magazine would be popular.
“Whether it’s the analysis of the situation, the popularization of the Dark Mark and Death Eaters, or even how to deal with uninvited dark wizards.” George is very familiar with the method given in the fan magazine: if you encounter danger, you should escape immediately and then try to notify the Ministry of Magic.
Although this approach is indeed a bit cowardly, what the magazine said makes sense. Ordinary wizards are no match for dark wizards, and saving one's own life is the best option.
The magazine also teaches several spells to strengthen the protection measures of one's own house. In fact, they are very practical. You have to know that no one teaches them this knowledge in school, and ordinary wizards don’t even know how to strengthen the security measures of their own houses.
"I feel the content is a bit mixed. The part about dealing with pests is just for show. And how to identify and deal with dangerous plants seems to be of little use."
The Defense Guide is more like a professor teaching everyone Defense Against the Dark Arts, except that the content is more mixed and divided into several areas.
For example, each issue will teach you some practical spells, such as the disarming spell, the stunning spell, and the barrier spell. It will also teach you some spells to break the evil spells, how to deal with some common pests, magical creatures, and dangerous plants, such as how to respond calmly when encountering danger, and the correct treatment methods after being injured.
The last few pages of the magazine are used to serialize a novel story. This issue's content is: A Day in the Life of a Prisoner of Azkaban.
The Defense Guide has 48 pages. There isn’t much content, but compared to other magazines, it has a lot of pages.
Of course, the price is not cheap. Ten silver coins for a copy is a relatively high price for a magazine. Especially when people are in a panic, it feels a bit like taking advantage of the situation.
However, it is undoubtedly worth the price.
"If it were cheaper, I'd buy it," Lee Jordan muttered. "Ten silver Sickles is too much."
"Isn't there a 50% discount?" The price was set by Albert.
The store has just opened, and in order to attract customers, we are offering a 50% discount and a gift for bulk orders in the last few months.
"Actually, I also think the price is too high. Please allow me to get your magazine for free before graduation." Fred returned the magazine to Albert with a smile.
"How much is one of your canary cookies?" Albert asked.
"Seven silver coins."
“Now, you think it’s expensive?”
"It's really expensive compared to other magazines, Xenophilius Lovegood's The Quibbler only cost a few nats (quarter Sickles)" Fred pointed out this fact.
"Would you be willing to spend a few nites to buy a copy of The Quibbler?" Albert asked. "To put it bluntly, The Quibbler is garbage to many people. If you can find pleasure in that magazine, just ignore what I said."
"Well, you're right, it's rubbish." Fred and George both felt that Albert was right, and they couldn't get any fun from the magazine anyway.
"Well, you always have your reasons." Lee Jordan shrugged. He was determined to get Albert's magazine anyway.
"Are you also planning to use this magazine as a breakthrough to sell Defense Against the Dark Arts props?" George felt that he had guessed Albert's plan. No wonder he was willing to spend time and energy to help Sirius start a magazine.
"That's indeed the idea." Albert did not deny that this was indeed part of the plan.
"I think we need a similar magazine to introduce our joke props." Fred muttered, "So that people can better understand our joke props and can choose what they like and place an owl order at any time."
"Isn't it already being done?" George was a little speechless about the advice Albert gave him last time.
"Is there?" Fred was a little confused. How could he not know
It was still raining outside, and the four people in the car got together to discuss the future.
Making money and realizing their ideals obviously attract their attention more than anything else.
They talked for a long time, and even borrowed a pen from Albert to record the ideas they had just mentioned. Lee Jordan was very interested in the wizard broadcasting plan that Albert mentioned, and he thought he could build a radio station in the school to test it out.
Albert didn't refuse, but said he couldn't help on the radio.
Fred and George found the idea very interesting and offered to help, and the three of them soon began discussing how to set up the radio station, completely unaware that they were completely overwhelmed.
The Hogwarts Express finally slowed down. It was still raining heavily outside the window and there was a rumbling thunder in the sky.
The students who had just got off the train were instantly drenched by the heavy rain. Even with their umbrellas open, they were still soaked.
"It's terrible. Let's go quickly. I don't want to stay here in the rain." Fred urged.
The students, dizzy from the cold rain, had to lower their heads and move little by little with the crowd. They left the dark platform, walked through a rough and muddy road, and finally found a horseless carriage in the wind and rain. Everyone quickened their pace and crowded towards the carriage. A few unlucky ones even fell to the ground.
Albert and his four companions randomly picked a carriage and climbed in. After closing the door to isolate the cold wind and rain outside, Fred noticed that Albert was not wet by the rain and couldn't help asking, "How did you do it?"
"I just turned my robe into a raincoat and my boots into rain boots," Albert explained. "Besides, I'm holding an umbrella, so I won't get wet."
"You are well prepared. I wonder if you have a water-avoiding spell." Lee Jordan said, looking at Albert.
"You can try to cover yourself with the Bubble Head Charm. I'm sure it will keep out the rain." Albert came up with a bad idea. "It might look a little funny, but if you want, I can give it a try."
As he spoke, Albert raised his wand and pointed it at Lee Jordan. The next moment, most of his body was covered in the Bubble Head Curse, which made him look quite funny.
"It looks pretty good, like being in a big soap bubble."
"It just looks funny." Fred and George couldn't help laughing. They even poked the outer foam with their fingers. Surprisingly, the outer foam was very tough and didn't burst.
Amid laughter, the carriage bumped along towards Hogwarts Castle.