Since the big notice announced that representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang would arrive at Hogwarts at 6pm on Friday, October 30, the house elves in Hogwarts Castle have been busy. In addition to their usual work, they have to clean the entire castle thoroughly. It can only be said that no matter where you are, everyone wants to show their best to others.
Unfortunately, as it was the first time in many years that the professors were hosting guests from other schools, they were inevitably a little nervous, causing them to forget one very important thing: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang would spend the rest of the second half of the semester at Hogwarts, not just a few days at school. This was plenty of time for them to thoroughly understand the true situation at Hogwarts.
"You're right. This incident has made everyone's brains a little abnormal."
George looked at the furious Argus Filch and had to admit that Albert was right. Not only Filch, but other professors were also on edge, and the reason why the administrator in front of them was angry was that the student forgot to clean his shoes.
There have been many similar cases recently. Several girls have been frightened by him into hysterics and have been admitted to the school hospital.
"You can't expect everyone to be as clear-headed as Albert." Fred's expression was strange. "You don't know that in the Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall seemed to think that every student at Hogwarts should be as good as Albert. The representatives of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were shocked by the level of teaching at Hogwarts. I remember what Albert used to describe this matter."
"Ahem, Professor McGonagall just doesn't want to see Hogwarts being belittled by others." Albert coughed lightly and explained, "In fact, many people like to elevate themselves by belittling others."
"What you say is always very philosophical, but people usually don't like to hear that kind of talk." Lee Jordan put his hand on Albert's shoulder and suggested, "I think people would rather hear you talk about other schools."
"I don't know much." Albert shook his head.
"But you know them and you know them, don't you?"
"Now people are only talking about who will become the champion of Hogwarts, what events will be in the Triwizard Tournament, and how the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are different from us. I dare say you are definitely the one who knows them best. As long as you reveal a little information, you can satisfy everyone's curiosity." Lee Jordan persuaded. He was sure that Albert knew a lot of secret information, but rarely told them.
"In fact, we want to know too." Fred and George said in unison, "You don't know, many people are now speculating on how other schools will arrive at Hogwarts."
"What's there to guess?" Albert thought those guys were really boring.
"Just out of curiosity."
"There are many versions, such as using Apparition and Portkeys. Some say they will ride broomsticks or take trains." George felt that these speculations were unreliable. He asked tentatively, "I remember that the last time you went to participate in the Magic School Potion Championship, you seemed to take a..."
"We'll take the Thestral carriage. Hagrid will be driving for us." Albert ignored the whispering girls and went straight into the hall. He found a seat and prepared to eat. "Beauxbatons should come in a carriage. They have large Pegasus horses in their school, which are very suitable for pulling carriages."
"What about Durmstrang? I heard that they don't have a very good reputation. It is said that Durmstrang teaches courses on the dark arts." Lee Jordan recalled the information he knew.
"I heard that Viktor Krum is a student of Durmstrang." Angelina also joined the topic.
"Viktor Krum hasn't graduated from school yet?" Fred was a little surprised. Everyone thought that Krum had graduated from school a long time ago, otherwise how could he play professional football in the World Cup.
"He hasn't graduated yet. I heard from my friends at Durmstrang that Viktor Krum will also come to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. He should be a warrior of Durmstrang. You know, Durmstrang School is now counting on Viktor Krum to change the school's international image." Albert lowered his voice and secretly revealed some information to his friends, but he didn't expect that his words would directly cause the Gryffindor table to explode.
"Really? Viktor Krum will come to Hogwarts to compete in the Triwizard Cup and become a champion of Durmstrang?"
No one knew who shouted loudly, causing students from other colleges to turn their heads and look over. This spread like a plague in the hall. It was not difficult to see how popular Viktor Krum was.
"Now you know why I don't want to talk about this." Albert was speechless. He didn't expect that such a trivial matter could cause such a commotion. He pulled out his wand from his pocket and waved it gently, making the originally noisy hall quieter. People found that they could only speak in a whisper.
"Don't be angry, Minerva. Don't you think this Whispering Charm is very clever?" Professor Flitwick said to his colleague beside him with a smile in the teacher's seat.
"You're right." Professor McGonagall sighed as she looked at the whispering crowd below.
"You've been too tense lately," Professor Sprout soothed. "I'm sure other schools can't produce students as good as Mr. Anderson."
"Mr. Anderson is indeed very outstanding, but the more outstanding a person is, the more he tends to ignore school rules." Snape sneered.
"What do you mean?" Professor Moody asked.
"As far as I know, Anderson and his friends were testing magic outside the Forbidden Forest, making a mess of the forest there." Snape glared at Moody and reminded him, "If you go over there, you will find traces of their magic testing everywhere in the forest.
"In fact, there is no good place to practice magic in the school." Professor Moody disagreed with Snape's words, "At least, they don't use those magics on other students, right? I remember that there was a time when many Slytherin students liked to test their evil spells on other students. Compared with those restless guys, Mr. Anderson is just like a good baby. I really don't know what you are dissatisfied with?"
"Good boy?" Snape found this ridiculous.
In the past few years, Slytherin students have frequently suffered vicious attacks. Although there is no evidence that this incident is related to Albert, Snape is sure that this incident is definitely related to Albert. Even if it was not done by Albert, he helped plan it, because only this guy could be so flawless. The other Gryffindor students who are all muscles can't do this at all.
Moreover, Snape knew that Albert and his three friends had a bad habit of hanging out in the middle of the night.
Filch could attest to that.
It’s a pity that he never managed to catch any evidence against them.
Also, he heard that books were often lost from the restricted section of the school library, and the culprit still could not be found, so it must be related to that person.
Moreover, someone actually dared to break into his storage room and steal medicinal herbs. There were not many people who could steal things from under their noses. Snape suspected that Albert was the damn thief, and he was the only one who had such ability.
Well, Snape basically pinned everything that happened in the school on Albert without finding the culprit.
However, he really did not wrongly accuse Albert. Many of the bad things were indeed related to Albert, or indirectly related to him.
But they couldn't find any evidence.
"You seem to have a problem with Mr. Anderson?" Moody stared at Snape and asked, "Is it because Mr. Anderson is a wizard born in a Muggle family? However, this does not seem to be a surprise."
"Moody." Professor McGonagall felt that Moody's tone was too harsh. Not only him, but other professors also frowned.
"You probably don't know that many people in the British wizarding world are dissatisfied with his Muggle wizard identity." Moody showed an expression that said, "You really don't know." "Some time ago, Cornelius Fudge cancelled the Wizengamot British Youth Representative Award that was supposed to be given to Mr. Anderson. Our minister's reason was that he was already an adult and did not meet the age for the award."
After saying this, a strange expression appeared on Moody's face.
Several professors couldn't help but frown. They certainly knew what the award meant. In fact, it had been a long time since a wizard from Hogwarts School had won this award.
"Because you're an adult?" Professor Sprout asked incredulously.
"It is said that the Wizengamot British Youth Representative is only awarded to underage wizards, and Mr. Anderson became an adult last month." Moody smiled, which made his face even more ferocious.
"But... the fact that Mr. Anderson was awarded the title of British Youth Representative of the Wizengamot means that he was not yet an adult at that time, right?" Professor Flitwick glanced at Snape and frowned as well. He suddenly understood why Moody was so disgusted with this kind of thing.
"The Ministry of Magic has blocked this award. If you have worked in the Ministry of Magic, you know that some things need to go through procedures, so... you know." Moody stared at Snape and said softly, "Those guys don't want a Muggle-born wizard to be too famous. They would rather not have those international champions because it would only make them look incompetent and make them feel ashamed."
"How dare he award himself the Order of Merlin, First Class," Professor McGonagall said tremblingly, "Other countries are envious of our country for having such a genius, and for winning so many international championships, and yet our Ministry of Magic treats our genius and hero like this. How dare they do this? No, I have to go find Dumbledore."
Looking at Professor McGonagall's departing back, Moody had a smile on his face.
The plan is almost ready to begin.
It is not difficult for Wormtail to return to Hogwarts School. He can simply turn into a mouse and sneak in quietly.
After all, who would pay special attention to a mouse
There is no shortage of mice at Hogwarts Castle.
Before that, he needed a magic wand, which Little Barty had secretly prepared for him and placed in a very hidden place.
So, Peter actually sneaked into the castle through the secret passage outside the school very easily and got the wand quickly.
Next, Peter needs to be patient and wait for the opportunity to cast a spell on Katrina. He not only needs to use the Imperius Curse to control Katrina, but also needs to tamper with her memory and make her fall in love with Albert.
Yes, this is what Batty did.
Because Albert's girlfriend is Katrina's sister, and Katrina wants to snatch Albert away from her sister, she uses some radical methods, using aphrodisiacs on Albert and doing some unspeakable things with him.
Because of this incident, Albert unfortunately missed the opportunity to vote in the Warriors selection.
The disappearance of both people at the same time inevitably makes people think that the students of Hogwarts must be more concerned about what happened between Albert and Katrina rather than his missing the warrior selection for the Triwizard Tournament. No one would suspect that there was any conspiracy behind this matter.
After all, the Weasley twins had sold a large amount of love potion privately, and many girls had bought it. They all wanted Albert to drink the potion and invite them to the Christmas ball.
It's just that Katrina's actions were more bold and radical.
As for how to hide the two people and prevent others from finding them, Peter also has a suitable place. This is really thanks to the information provided by the Dark Lord. There is a secret room on the eighth floor that no one knows about. Even Peter doesn't know there is such a place.
The plan was so perfect that there was hardly any flaw to be found.
If Peter had not been discovered by Albert.
Unfortunately, the moment Peter showed up at Hogwarts, Albert received a task from the panel:
Good news from heaven
There are many people in Hogwarts School who think that you will become a champion of Hogwarts, but some people do not want you to represent Hogwarts in the Triwizard Tournament and try to prevent you from participating in the competition. Qualify for the Triwizard Tournament and give those guys who try to prevent you from participating in the competition an unexpected big surprise.
Reward: 5000 experience points, 1 skill point, a random skill from the mission target (if the surprise value exceeds 70%, it will become a designated skill from the target. Surprise value: 0%), character favorability +10.
"What a blessing!" Albert stared at the Marauder's Map and raised his eyebrows. "So, Peter sneaked into the school to stop me from participating in the competition? But what are they going to do? Just knock me out and hide me, or modify my memory, or use the Imperius Curse to control me and make me give up participating in the competition?"
Albert felt that these methods were somewhat unreliable and Dumbledore would easily discover something was wrong.
"What methods will they use?" Albert really wanted to run to Peter and get the answer from that guy.
However, if he secretly tampered with Peter's memory, it would be easily exposed once Voldemort noticed something was wrong. This was not a good idea.