In the dormitory, a group of people who had just finished their astronomy class were now crowded around George's bed, flipping through "Simple Alchemy" together and discussing the contents of the book.
Albert had never thought that "Simple Alchemy" would have such an appeal to Fred and the other two. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the author of the book was Zuko from the joke shop.
Although the title of the book is Simple Alchemy, the content of this book is not simple at all for first-year students. Without sufficient knowledge, it is still very difficult to read and understand the content of the book.
In Albert's eyes, the reason why Fred, George and Lee Jordan showed extraordinary enthusiasm for "Simple Alchemy" was that they linked alchemy with Zonko's joke props.
If an alchemist knew about this, I wonder what he would think.
The main reason why Albert had doubts about "Simple Alchemy" was that after he finished reading the book, he did not see any skills related to alchemy on the panel.
As usual, if you listen to, read, or actively learn relevant knowledge, relevant skills will appear on the panel. No skills means that the book is not alchemy, or the alchemy knowledge is not enough to form a skill.
Albert stirred the milk tea in front of him while thinking, raised his head and looked at the three people who were whispering, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Not a bad start, I guess!
I just gave them a slight push, what will happen to them in the future
I'm really curious.
"Aren't you going to eat it?" Albert shook the biscuit he had taken a bite of and asked, "By the way, do you understand that book?"
"It's just so-so. I didn't expect that Zuko is actually an expert in alchemy." Li Qiaodan was quite moved. The fact that he could publish a book showed that he had a good level in this area.
"I can't say he's an expert, but he has some understanding of alchemy, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make those joke props." Albert ate the biscuits in his hand, drank the milk tea in the cup, stood up and stretched, ready to rest.
"You've finished reading that book, ahem... water!"
Fred took a cookie from the plate, handed it to Lee Jordan, took a bite, and choked on his speech while eating.
"After you finish reading, go to the library to return the book tomorrow." Albert poured a glass of water for Fred. "If you want to read it, come with me and borrow it yourself."
Fred finally recovered after taking a big gulp of water.
"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow." George said. He picked up a biscuit from the plate handed to him by Lee Jordan, took a bite, thought for a while and asked, "Have you ever thought about..."
"No." Albert interrupted.
"I haven't even finished speaking..." George looked at his roommate speechlessly.
"It's not hard to guess your little thoughts." Albert's face showed an expression that said "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking" and reminded, "Alchemy is at least third grade content. It is too difficult for you now. I dare say you may not even understand that book."
"I don't believe you can't understand it?" Fred pouted.
If he really couldn't understand it, Albert obviously wouldn't finish reading the whole book, because reading a book that you can't understand is undoubtedly an extremely painful thing.
The guy opposite obviously doesn't have that kind of habit.
"Being able to understand and being able to read are two different things." Albert reminded, "Alchemy is not as simple as you think. That book is just a joke."
"We didn't say we wanted to learn alchemy." Fred said with a cunning look, "We just wanted to..."
"Okay, the alchemy you want..." Albert thought for a moment, took out a rough cross from the pocket of his robe, and threw it to George. "The amulet I made can protect you from the invasion of dark creatures. If you want to learn it, practice the cutting spell first, and I will teach you."
"You're trying to scare us again!" Fred said in disbelief. "Besides, don't you think this cross is too ugly?"
Albert said seriously: "This thing is worth two Galleons."
"Two Galleons." Fred and George couldn't help but raise their voices a few notches as they looked up and down at the rough cross, as if they wanted to see why this broken thing was worth that price.
"You can sell it in advance, right?" Li Jordan on the side couldn't help rolling his eyes at Albert when he heard this. After a month of getting along with each other, he also got to know his roommate's character a little bit. When it comes to fooling others, his words are six parts true and four parts false, which can fool people who are not in the know.
"That's right," Albert said. "The effect of this thing is the same as the amulet in the book, and it's made of the wood of the guardian tree. Most of the amulets sold on the market are made of the guardian tree, so they have more styles and more delicate workmanship, but in fact they are just like that."
"Does this thing work?" Fred asked suspiciously.
"On the contrary, the effect of this thing is... extremely poor." Albert paused, and then said, "According to the description in the book, as long as you soak the cross in garlic, take it out after a few days to dry it, and then pickle it several times, you can get a cross full of garlic flavor."
"That's a good idea. Just give me the cross. You can always make a bunch of them anyway."
"But where can we get garlic?" Fred seemed very interested. A garlic-flavored cross? I heard it can also resist dark creatures.
"You can write it down on parchment first, and then try it after the Christmas holiday." Albert's mouth twitched. He was just joking, but he didn't expect these guys to take it seriously.
He didn't want these guys to make the whole dorm smell like garlic.
As for what the twins do when they go home during the Christmas holiday, that is none of his business.
"There should be garlic in the school kitchen!" George suddenly said, "Maybe we can ask the house elves for some."
"If you want to eat garlic, the house elves will definitely be willing to give you some, but if you let them know..." Albert showed a malicious smile on his face, "Even if they are willing to give you garlic, do you dare to waste it like this?"
"Okay!" Fred shrank his neck. If Professor McGonagall knew that they wasted a lot of garlic in the school, their family would probably send a howler letter to the school.
George had a brilliant idea, "We can get garlic from the kitchen, and then use Hagrid's vegetable garden to grow garlic, so we don't have to worry about the problem of insufficient garlic."
"That's a good idea!" The others nodded in praise.
What kind of outrageous operation is this!
Albert was shocked when he heard the three of them preparing to plant garlic. For the first time, he felt that he and his roommates were not on the same page.
"You guys are really planning on growing... your own garlic?"
"Of course." The twins said in unison.
"Do you know how to grow garlic?" Albert asked tentatively again.
"I don't know, but Hagrid certainly does."
Albert's face twitched twice and he didn't ask any more questions. He thought Hagrid would not agree to let them mess up his vegetable garden.