On the way to the Great Hall, Albert kept chatting with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan about what happened in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. He noticed that the three of them were wavering on whether Professor Moody was someone else impersonating him.
He was not surprised. What Professor Moody taught in class was very personal. Only Professor Moody, who was an Auror, could teach everyone the experience of fighting against dark wizards.
Albert did not intend to comment on this matter. In his opinion, Fred, George and Lee Jordan took this matter for granted.
He risked his life, disguised himself as a professor and sneaked into Hogwarts as an undercover agent. He didn't come to kill Dumbledore, so how could others see the flaw at a glance
If Albert knew nothing, it would be difficult for him to see through Moody's disguise.
Unfortunately, he knew everything, while Moody, oh, should I say Little Buddy, knew nothing.
He didn't know that someone knew everything, and he didn't know that he had worked hard to ask Mad-Eye about various habits and practices, and tried hard to disguise himself as Mad-Eye, but ended up meeting a guy who peeked at the script. What a sad story.
Everyone quickly turned the topic to wandless magic, and they were all envious of such cool wandless magic skills.
There's no way around it, the scene where Albert used his hands to remove the spell was so cool.
Although the three had seen Albert do similar things before, at that time Albert was wearing a defensive bracelet and relying on the effects of magic props, but what he just performed was real wandless magic.
"What Professor Moody said is actually not accurate. Wandless magic is not a skill that only highly skilled wizards can master." Albert said to the three.
"Can you teach us?" Fred looked at Albert expectantly.
"What are you teaching?" Shannah came over with food. "Will the Defense Association continue?"
"No, I don't have time, and there's no need. Professor Moody can teach you a lot of useful things. The experience of an old Auror is a treasure." Albert said with a smile.
When George heard Albert talking about the old Auror, there was a strange expression on his face.
"Learning wandless magic requires a lot of energy. Generally speaking, I suggest that everyone learn silent spells. Silent spells are more practical than wandless magic. Moreover, I think Moody should teach us silent spells." Albert found a place to sit down and eat.
"I heard from others that silent spells are difficult to master." Angelina asked again, "Are you really not going to hold a Defense Society gathering? I always feel that Professor Moody is unlikely to teach us some more practical spells. Although his experience is indeed very good, I prefer the feeling of practicing magic together in the Defense Society."
"You can hold a party yourself." Albert said without hesitation, "I can recommend you some useful books, and you can practice magic on your own."
"Forget it. Without you, I'm afraid no one will come to the party." Angelina is very self-aware. The reason why so many people are willing to participate in Albert's Defense Association is entirely due to Albert's personal charm and cohesion. It would be difficult for ordinary people to do so.
"I recently discovered a very interesting magazine." Alia took out the magazine she received yesterday and shared it with everyone. It was the "Defense Guide".
She noticed that Fred and the others were silent, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, we have read this magazine, the content is pretty good."
After receiving Albert's warning look, George coughed and changed the subject, "You guys diverted the topic. Albert was just about to teach us wandless magic."
Several girls also became interested and looked at Albert.
"Wandless magic is difficult to perform, and the operation is not accurate enough, which can easily lead to unexpected consequences, so I suggest that you practice with the easier-to-use Light Spell." As if to demonstrate to everyone, Abel raised his left index finger, and a ray of light appeared and condensed at the fingertips. "The trick is to cast the spell without using a wand. At first, you may feel like... holding your breath."
As if realizing that everyone was eating, in order not to affect everyone's appetite, Albert changed the word "constipation" to "holding breath".
"puff!"
Lee Jordan almost spit out the food in his mouth, but fortunately he immediately covered his mouth with his hand.
"Are you sure that will work?"
"It's similar to practicing silent spells, but it's more difficult. Because there's no wand to rely on, it's hard to use complex magic. Most of the time, it requires strong enough willpower and strong magical power itself. It's a bit like when your magic power went out of control when you were a child, just like this." As he said this, Albert picked up the spoon and focused his attention on it, as if to prove it to them.
In everyone's eyes, the spoon seemed to be twisted into a piece of scrap iron by an invisible force.
"Is this wandless magic?"
"I guess so. You can also regard it as magic out of control. Didn't Potter lose control and inflate his aunt last semester?" Albert drew out his wand, tapped the spoon, and restored it to its original state.
"Wandless magic is to control one's own magical power under guidance. Don't think I'm kidding you." Albert gave everyone an example, "Most of the students in Vagadu know how to use wandless magic."
"How is this possible? How did they do it?" Angelina asked in disbelief.
"They can use wandless magic easily because they have been casting spells without wands since they were young, and gradually got used to it. However, it is difficult to use very advanced magic when casting without a wand. The advantage is that even if you don't have a wand, you don't have to worry about not being able to do anything, and you won't leave any evidence."
"I remember you mentioned last semester that you were ambushed by some students from Vagado during the Magic School Potions Championship," Fred recalled.
"That's an old trick used by the students of Ugadu. They like to attack students from other colleges when they are picking raw materials. Since they don't use wands, they don't leave any evidence and don't have to worry about being caught."
"What's the result?" Shanna asked curiously.
"Of course I knocked that bastard down." Albert shrugged and said, "It was only when I participated in the Potions Championship that I realized that Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts was the worst among the dozen or so magic schools, and it was notoriously bad."
"He was unlucky and ran into a tough opponent." George said with a smile, "But from what you said, wandless magic is indeed very convenient and very practical for sneak attacks. Many wizards will not be too vigilant when their opponents don't have wands."
"Because in their impression, wandless magic is a skill that only highly skilled wizards can master." Albert found it easy to understand this, just like how Muggles feel when facing guns.
In fact, this is true in the UK. At least there are not many wizards in the British magical world who can do this.
"If we want to master wandless magic, how long will it take?"
"If you want to master it, it will take at least half a year. As long as you practice the Glowing Charm hard within half a year, you will definitely be able to use it without a wand. Once you have mastered the Glowing Charm, it will be easier to practice other wandless magic." Albert thought for a moment and gave a more conservative figure. He thought that if they practiced hard every day, at their current age, anyone who was not a Squib should be able to do it.
"Half a year, to master the use of the Lighting Charm without a wand?"
Several people were silent. It was impossible for them to spend a lot of time and energy on learning, only to master a simple light spell.
What is going on!
"That's normal, because you have been practicing wandless magic all your life. It's just like mastering your mother tongue and learning another foreign language." Albert made a simple analogy.
"I don't see any difficulty in learning a foreign language for you!" George couldn't help but complain.
Albert really didn't lie to them. Although his proficiency in wandless magic came more from his panel skills, it didn't mean that he knew nothing about how to train wandless magic. Taking the first step from scratch was actually the most difficult, which was why he thought it would take half a year.
"Forget it. If you have that kind of energy, you should focus on working on our joke props. We're currently developing an enhanced version of the fake magic wand!" George gave up directly.
"What is that?"
"A fake wand. When a wizard uses this wand to cast a spell, the wand will turn into some kind of object." Fred introduced it to the three girls. "Imagine two people dueling and finding that they are holding a fish or a chicken in their hands."
If you could secretly replace a wizard's wand with a fake one, it would really be hilarious when they needed to use it.
"We are preparing to create an enhanced fake magic wand that will beat up the unsuspecting user after use." George introduced to everyone.
"Sounds good," Lee Jordan commented.
"My suggestion is to give the user a good beating," Albert suggested.
The corner of Fred's mouth twitched slightly, "Isn't this a bit too harsh?"
"It will come in handy soon, and you can make various versions and sell them at different prices." Albert suddenly said, "I have a good idea. You can actually make all kinds of interesting Easter eggs and put them in the capsule machine, so that customers can choose at will. After opening the Easter eggs, various prizes and surprises will appear. For example, after opening the Easter eggs, a disgusting smell will be released to suffocate people, beat people up, dye people's hair and make it stand up, or explode fireworks. Of course, there must be a prize of good value inside, just like when you open the chocolate frog, there will be a chocolate character card, but no one knows what surprise is inside."
"This is a good idea. Let's call it a surprise Easter egg. It's very suitable for giving to friends as birthday gifts and Christmas gifts. No one knows what surprise will come out of the Easter egg." George immediately took out his notebook and wrote down this good idea. He thought this thing should be very popular with children.
"I don't think anyone would like to receive a gift like this." Alia couldn't help but complain.
At this moment, a loud "bang" was heard from the lobby, followed by several people screaming, breaking the atmosphere in the hall. People who were eating and chatting turned their heads to the entrance of the hall, curious about what happened in the lobby.
As a gossip lover, Lee Jordan naturally would not miss such an opportunity. He dropped his half-finished dinner and ran over to join in the fun.
Then, Professor Moody's voice was heard from outside: "Don't touch it."
"It seems like something interesting has happened." Albert retracted his gaze and continued to eat his dinner, unaffected.
"Don't you want to go out and take a look?" Fred threw down the fork in his hand and prepared to go over there to see what was going on. More and more students were gathering there.
"Aren't you curious?" Sana asked.
"Curiosity kills the cat, and when Lee Jordan comes back, we'll know what's going on outside." Albert finished the beef stew on his plate.
"Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret and made him jump around in the air, as if to punish Malfoy for trying to attack Harry from behind." Lee Jordan briefly described what he saw.
Fred and George were also listening. When they walked over, they saw Moody grab Malfoy's arm and drag him towards the dungeon, apparently to find Snape.
"Snape's expression must have been fascinating."
"Professor Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret that floated and jumped in the air?" Albert asked, putting down his fork.
"Yeah, I always feel like Professor Moody hates Malfoy." Lee Jordan muttered softly. "Normally, professors in a school wouldn't punish students in this way. In the end, it was Professor McGonagall who passed by and stopped them."
"Moody hates sneak attacks from behind. Remember what he just talked about in class?" Fred reminded.
"I think there are other reasons." George lowered his voice and said, "Remember the chaos at the World Cup? Many people think it was done by Death Eaters, and most Death Eaters are pure-blood wizards. There are only a few pure-blood families in the British wizarding world. Many people think that it was Lucius Malfoy who led the riot that night."
"Is there any evidence?" Alia raised her eyebrows slightly.
"When You-Know-Who fell from power, Lucius Malfoy was accused, but he managed to escape by pretending he was under the Imperius Curse." Albert took over the topic for George. "Some of my friends also think he was a person who slipped through the net back then. Professor Moody is very hostile to dark wizards, so he naturally hates being considered the descendant of a dark wizard, especially when Malfoy tried to attack Harry."
Albert certainly knew why Crouch Jr. was hostile to Malfoy.
"But why did they run away when they saw the Dark Mark?"
"They may not be the same group of people. Besides, Death Eaters and drunk and disorderly wizards are of two different natures. Only Death Eaters know how to release the Dark Mark, which means they will be targeted by the Ministry of Magic."
This matter spread quickly, and not just them, but everyone around them was excitedly discussing what had just happened. Malfoy's transformation into a ferret would soon become the latest hot topic in Hogwarts.