"Are you really not planning to publish your paper in Transfiguration Today this year?" Cedric couldn't understand why Albert wanted to temporarily give up publishing his paper in Transfiguration Today.
"I originally thought that I would have an easier time in the sixth grade, but it turns out that there are still a lot of things to do." Albert sighed deeply, as if he wanted to release all the pressure that had accumulated in recent times. "I'm almost too busy to breathe, and it's not good to keep occupying the paper position of "Today's Transfiguration". I have to make room for newcomers. Now I have no lack of fame, and I don't care about those things. What's more, I think you should compete for the Most Promising Newcomer Award of "Today's Transfiguration". Get more titles, and it will be easier for you to enter the Ministry of Magic in the future."
Cedric was silent for a moment, and finally said thank you to Albert. He finally understood the reason why Albert gave up publishing papers in "Transfiguration Today". This was to give him the opportunity to win the "Transfiguration Today's Most Promising Newcomer" Award.
If Albert continues to publish papers in magazines, with him as a huge obstacle in front of them, it will be basically impossible for Hogwarts students to win the Most Promising Newcomer Award before he graduates.
"Wait a moment, Mr. Anderson." Professor McGonagall called out to Albert who was about to leave classroom 21.
"Professor McGonagall, is there anything I can help you with?" Albert stopped and turned to look at Professor McGonagall who was walking towards him.
"Transfiguration Today is planning to compile your previous papers published in the magazine into a collection of papers." Professor McGonagall told Albert the good news, but she did not get the answer she expected.
"Professor, can I get royalties? I mean, if my collection of papers is published there, can I receive Galleons?" Albert asked the question directly without any hesitation.
Professor McGonagall opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer for a moment. Albert's question was beyond her expectations, because there was no payment for writing papers for "Transfiguration Today". Even if she used her spare time to revise the articles for "Transfiguration Today", it was free of charge.
Oh, if receiving a free copy of Today's Transfiguration every month counts as royalties.
"If there is no payment, forget it!" Albert said lightly, as if it was a trivial matter.
"This is a great opportunity!" Cedric kindly reminded, "I dare say Transfiguration Today has never done anything like this before."
"That's because they don't have the opportunity to do that. I've published enough papers on deformation in recent years, and I'm very famous now. They just want to use my fame to publish a book and make money." Albert didn't care about the strange looks from others around him, and said to himself: "If they don't want to pay, but still want me to work for them, how can it be so good?"
"That seems to make sense." Cedric was stunned.
"If they don't mention anything about royalties, please reply to them. I'm already famous enough and don't want to be more famous." Albert said to Professor McGonagall.
"Okay!" Professor McGonagall said in a speechless tone, "There's one more thing. The Head Boy complained to me that you threw away your job as Prefect."
"Professor, I think we should give newcomers some opportunities to train themselves. I can't do everything for them and deprive them of the opportunity to make mistakes and grow, right?" Albert quickly found an excuse for himself.
Cedric once again gained a new understanding of his good friend's shamelessness. Why could he make laziness sound so refreshing
"This will be very disadvantageous for your seventh year campaign for Student Union President," Professor McGonagall reminded with a frown.
"It's okay. We still have Cedric, a responsible and good student. I think he's quite suitable." Albert didn't care at all whether he could become the president of the student union. He also complained: "There are too many things going on recently. I always don't have enough time. I'm so busy that I feel dizzy."
"Well, you can always find excuses anyway." Professor McGonagall stared at Albert for a while and stopped talking about it because she found that Albert really didn't seem to be interested in becoming the president of the student union.
Of course, it could also be that Albert was really too busy, and after handing over the time converter, he no longer had enough time.
After they left Office 21, Cedric asked in confusion, "Are you really short of money? I heard from others that you watched the World Cup games for several days with a stack of first-class tickets."
Everyone else around was looking at Albert. It was hard to get a ticket to the top box, but this guy just went for it
"These tickets were given to me by others. I don't have the Galleons to buy such expensive tickets. It's not like I have money to spend." Albert shrugged and explained.
"Why doesn't anyone give me a ticket to the World Cup?" Cedric felt a little sour when he thought of the Galleons he and his father spent on watching the Quidditch World Cup.
"No one is giving you tickets, but someone is giving you money!" Albert smiled and patted Cedric on the shoulder. "You can submit your article to the Defense Guide. If it is accepted and published in the magazine, you will be able to get a fee. It is said that the maximum is ten Galleons, paid monthly. Think about it carefully. Make some money, and when you go out on a date with Qiu in the future, at least you will have money to buy her a gift."
"Qiu and I..."
"Haven't you gotten her yet?" Albert looked at Cedric suspiciously. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about having a girlfriend."
"What is the Defense Guide?" Cedric hurriedly changed the subject.
"Professor Lupin founded a magazine. You know, it's basically difficult for him to find a job with his identity, so I suggested that he start a magazine." Albert let Cedric go and continued, "I have a copy over there. I'll give it to you next Monday."
"No wonder you complained about Transfiguration of the Day just now." Cedric said suddenly.
"It's just that Transfiguration Today is too greedy, otherwise I don't want to care about these things at all." Albert shrugged and said, "If the other party is really sincere, they will contact me directly through owl and discuss this matter with me, instead of telling me through Professor McGonagall. There is no sincerity at all. Of course, it may also be that the editor-in-chief of Transfiguration Today is an idiot, or he doesn't want to pay me at all, so he doesn't dare to tell me about this directly."
"You see it clearly." Cedric sighed softly and changed the subject. "By the way, Gabriel wrote to me during the summer vacation. He said that you introduced him to the Muggle Liaison Office of the Ministry of Magic."
"I don't have that much ability. Gabriel entered the Ministry of Magic on his own merits, and the Muggle Liaison Office is often short of people. You know, many pure-bloods don't like Muggle-related jobs." Albert and Truman still keep in touch, writing a letter every month. Truman often complains about some bad things or news he heard in the Ministry of Magic. Recently, he followed Albert's advice and prepared to write a novel about the farce he encountered in the Muggle Liaison Office.
"My birthday is coming up, so you can just send me the Defense Guide as a birthday present." Cedric stopped and asked, "What gift do you want? A book or candy?"
"You can give me a quill, but not a brightly colored one."
Katrina, who was following behind them, heard the two asking each other for birthday presents and couldn't help but complain: "You guys are so straightforward!"
"I think sometimes if I talk it out, at least I won't receive a bunch of gifts I don't like on my birthday and Christmas. Now many people are used to giving me all kinds of books on my birthday, and most of the books on my bookshelf are gifts from others." Albert smiled and joked, "What birthday gift are you going to give me?"
"I'll give you a book on your birthday." Katrina prepared the gift long ago. Anyway, Albert's gifts are easy to choose.
"I have something else to do later, so I'll leave first." When Cedric passed the entrance to the secret passage, he stopped to say goodbye to the two people, then reached out and pushed aside the carpet beside the wall, bent down and crawled in.
After Cedric left, the two continued walking along the corridor and reached the fifth floor via a moving staircase.
In the empty corridor leading to the library, Katrina suddenly stopped and asked Albert, "Do you think my current outfit looks like Isobel's?"
"I think you were better before." Albert had actually noticed Katrina's dress a long time ago, and said seriously: "You are you, and she is she."
"Don't you want to invite Isobel to the Christmas dance?" Katrina said with a complicated expression, "I agree."
"I'm sorry, I've given up that bad idea. I think Isobel should have told you about it." Albert apologized to Katrina straightforwardly: "I have to apologize to you for this. I hope I didn't make you unhappy."
Katrina was silent again and smiled: "You don't have to apologize. I think there are countless girls who want to compete for your dancing partner."
"Thank you." Albert was relieved. "It's really troublesome to choose a dance partner without Isobel."
For some reason, Katrina found it a little funny, and also a little sympathetic to the students who were competing with Albert for the title of Warrior, because Albert already knew the outcome of certain things before they even started.
When the two walked into the library, they met Professor Moody at the entrance. He was waiting for Madam Pince to check out the books, and he kept complaining, "… I can't find any suitable books to use as textbooks for senior students. I think it would be good to use some of the Auror training materials to teach the students."
"Professor Moody, do you have any Auror training materials?" Albert glanced at the book "Encounter with the Faceless Monster" in Moody's hand.
"Although I don't mind lending you those textbooks, doing so is against the Ministry of Magic's regulations." Moody turned his head and grinned at Albert. His magic eyes swept across Albert's face and fell on Katrina's face who entered the library with him. He then retracted his gaze and said, "The Ministry of Magic will definitely not like the Auror training content to be leaked. To be honest, they don't want students to be exposed to too much knowledge about evil spells. Even some knowledge of dark magic can only be learned in the sixth grade. It's really hell, no wonder most wizards can't recite a decent Shield Charm."
"I thought you were going to throw those rules to hell." Albert said bluntly, "Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts has always been a joke internationally."
"You are right, I think so too." Professor Moody said gruffly, "The level of defense against the dark arts of the students in the school is indeed very poor. You are probably the only exception I have found. If you can become a champion of Hogwarts, I will suggest to Dumbledore that the books in the restricted area be opened to you."
Moody didn't know that Albert actually had the "right to use" the restricted book area for a long time. Even if it was not open to him, he could still borrow books from the restricted book area.
"Okay, don't talk here. If you want to talk, go outside the library." Madam Pince finally couldn't stand the two guys in front of her who ignored the library rules. She glared at them fiercely and prepared to start chasing them away.
"With your current level, passing the Auror test is easy. What you need now is to accumulate experience rather than learning those messy spells." Moody turned and left after he finished speaking.
As for the Auror training materials, Albert had never expected to get them from Moody from the beginning. He believed that it would not be difficult to get the Auror training materials through the Wildsmith family.
Katrina found a seat for the two of them, and then went to look for information with Albert, "I heard that Professor Moody's nickname is Mad Eyes."
"It really suits him." Albert said softly, "Professor Moody was once recognized as the best Auror at the time. It is said that most of the prisoners in Azkaban prison were arrested by him. So he has a lot of enemies and is always suspicious and worried about being retaliated by others."
"He seems to be very optimistic about you becoming an Auror?" Katrina placed a few books in front of Albert and began to look through the materials needed for the Transfiguration spell thesis.
"Unfortunately, I'm not interested in Aurors. Fighting and killing are not good. I'm a pacifist." Albert took the book and began to flip through it, while also looking through the knowledge reserves in his brain, looking for knowledge about human body deformation.
Katrina didn't believe a word of it. Many strange things had happened in the school before. Some Slytherin students had suffered bad luck, but no one knew who did it, at least no evidence could be found.
Ten minutes later, Albert began to concentrate on writing his paper on human body deformation. He needed to finish the homework that had accumulated in the past period of time as soon as possible. In the afternoon, he promised Isobel that he would go to have dinner with her and take a look at the contents of the "Guide to Ancient Magic Runes" that she had recently compiled.
He also needs to keep an eye on the content of the "Defense Guide" next month. Not only that, he also has two letters and a paper on "Magic Innovation" to write. Just as Albert said before, he is busy all day long.