Amid the anticipation of countless students, the Christmas holiday at Hogwarts arrived as scheduled. What is different from previous years is that this year many students chose to stay in school for Christmas.
After not having classes, no student would want to hang around in the castle on a snowy day. Most of the time, they would crowd into the warm and noisy common room, playing happily and enjoying the rare Christmas holiday.
Lee Jordan took the opportunity to open the activity room to accumulate popularity for the Wizard Card Club. The warm and comfortable environment attracted a large number of students, and he successfully became the focus of everyone's attention. Many girls came to Lee Jordan to ask about Albert because they found that they had not seen Albert during the entire Christmas vacation.
Where's Albert
Lee Jordan wasn't quite sure, but it was definitely not in the Room of Requirement. The Weasley twins had been staying there for a long time since the Christmas holidays and had started mass-producing their joke props. Magic candies and biscuits had always been selling well on the black market.
Of course, this also caused a lot of trouble for the students.
Recently, we often see students being pranked. Everyone is now very wary of food handed to them by others. Even a potato chip may make your hair stand up and become colorful, and it is more likely to make your body swell up like a balloon.
Fat Tongue Toffee is now out of fashion, and Fred and George, with the help of Albert, successfully developed an upgraded version.
An unlucky Hufflepuff student ate a potato chip and became the first victim. In full view of everyone, he swelled up like a balloon and floated up, shocking all the students who were eating.
It was also at that time that the Weasley twins became famous.
Of course, the Weasley twins' fame was not an accident, but an "accident" deliberately arranged by someone. The Hufflepuff student received 10 Galleons as the test fee, and both parties were happy. It was undoubtedly a good deal for them to become famous with just a few Galleons, and the one who secretly planned all this was naturally Albert.
Having experienced things in his previous life, Albert knew very well that many times, the so-called "accidents" and "opportunities" were actually man-made.
"How boring! Those guys are just so annoying. They always pass the problems to others!"
At the front desk of the Wizard Card Club, Lee Jordan scratched his hair frantically, his eyes flicking to the wall clock beside him. He reached out to stop the music that had been playing, picked up the microphone beside him, cleared his throat, and repeated, "This party is about to end. Please pack up your things and leave the room in an orderly manner. This party is about to end. Please pack up your things and leave the room in an orderly manner."
"It's only five o'clock in the afternoon. It's still early. Why is it over?" Angelina and Alia walked towards this side together.
"Well, it's over. I have to clean up the activity room a bit."
Facing the girls' dissatisfaction, Lee Jordan shrugged helplessly and explained, "The Wizard Card Club's activity room has become a bit messy after only a few days of opening. If you are willing to help clean it up, I don't mind extending it for a while."
"Why haven't I seen Albert recently?" Angelina changed the subject.
If that was what Albert said, they wouldn't mind helping to clean up, but forget about it if it was Lee Jordan.
"As for him, I don't know. Maybe he went home." Lee Jordan gave his speculation.
"He's going home. He's not going to attend the Christmas ball?" Angelina and Alia were stunned when they heard this.
"I'm not sure. Anyway, Albert should not be in school. Even his cat is gone. He probably won't be back until Christmas." Lee Jordan was not surprised by this. "I have never seen him stay in school during Christmas vacation. If the Warriors didn't need to lead the dance, I doubt he had any intention of attending the Christmas dance at all."
"I remember Albert signed the detention list, and how did he get back on Christmas Day, using the Floo?"
"I don't know. I think Albert must have found a way to hide from the Ministry of Magic and secretly use magic outside the school. After all, he is Albert. I am not surprised at all that he can do this." Lee Jordan shrugged. They didn't know how Albert did it, and he never mentioned it to anyone else.
The two looked at each other, no wonder they hadn't seen Albert recently, it turned out that he had left school.
"Then we'll leave first. We'll still be here tomorrow, right?"
"We'll talk about it later." Lee Jordan waved his hand impatiently, and he didn't ask others to stay and help clean up. He would go to the kitchen later and ask the house elves to clean up. Albert had already talked to the house elves, and Dobby would help clean up here.
Lee Jordan still remembered the scene when Dobby went to the dormitory last time. Albert easily persuaded the house-elf Dobby to work for him in a few years. Seeing the excitement of the house-elf, Lee Jordan realized for the first time that there really was such a thing as personal charm.
"House elves don't ask for much, and they are loyal and reliable helpers, so don't be too stingy or too harsh on them."
"That guy always thinks of everything in advance." Lee Jordan admitted that Albert was right, and the house-elves could indeed provide them with great help.
After everyone left, he was the last one to walk out of the activity room. He took out his wand and waved it gently. Then he put it away and was about to put it back into his schoolbag when he heard unfamiliar footsteps behind him. When Lee Jordan turned around, he saw several Slytherin students staring at him with ill intentions.
"What's up?"
Although there were three people on the opposite side, Lee Jordan still raised his wand calmly, not taking them seriously at all. Although he often lost in the previous sparring with Albert, it did not mean that they had no gains. He was confident that he would immediately defeat the three guys in front of him.
"Is there something? How dare you ask if there is something?" Mrs. Meng's face was almost distorted.
"Oh, so you're talking about the last incident? You broke into the activity room and disturbed others, so you were thrown out. Who can you blame?" Lee Jordan shrugged.
When necessary, you must take the lead and it is best not to take the initiative to provoke trouble and let the other party take action first. Lee Jordan had no doubt that this guy was ready to attack him.
Sure enough, after hearing what Lee Jordan said, Mrs. Meng couldn't help but take action first.
A beam of red magic flew towards Lee Jordan, and when it hit him, it seemed to hit something and bounced back directly.
Meng was caught off guard and was hit by the rebounding spell. His body went limp and he fell to the ground.
"You scared me! Your extraction spell is not powerful enough!" Lee Jordan looked at Monta who was lying on the ground and mocked him rudely.
Ever since these three guys were thrown out of the activity room last time, Lee Jordan has been on guard and put on the defensive bracelet made by Albert. Unexpectedly, it really came in handy.
"Well, either you get out of here by yourselves, or I help you get out of here." Lee Jordan looked up at Warrington and Blackie. The two guys were obviously shocked by the scene just now. They turned around and slipped away, completely forgetting about Mrs. Monty who was lying on the ground.
"Your friends seem to have forgotten you. Your friendship is really cheap." Lee Jordan half-knelt down and said to Mrs. Montgomery, "If you are unwilling to duel with me, we can make an appointment. Of course, if you dare to bring people to me again, I promise to hang you up and beat you next time and hang you on the Christmas tree as decorations."
"Wow, that's really domineering of you." Fred and George appeared at the entrance of the secret passage with laughter, each dragging a person in their hands.
"We just heard that they seemed to be looking for trouble with you, so we came to check it out. We didn't expect you to handle it by yourself." George threw the man next to Mrs. Montgomery and explained.
"These guys are worse than I thought," Lee Jordan said. "I can handle them by myself."
"Be careful not to be tricked. If they dare to come again next time, just stuff them all into the toilet." Fred glanced at the three people who were a mess, lifted the spell on them, and stuffed the wands back into their hands.
Looking at the three figures fleeing in panic, Fred sighed and said, "I thought they would take the opportunity to attack us after getting their wands back."
"You don't want to beat them up again, do you?" George was speechless.
"No, I just wanted to test the effect of our fake wand on people, but unfortunately I probably won't be able to see it." Fred took out a magic wand from somewhere and said regretfully.
"You are such a sinister fellow." Lee Jordan said with a pout.
"I'm not as insidious as you." Fred glanced at Lee Jordan's defensive bracelet. No wonder this guy wanted to fight three people alone.
"Same here."
"What are you going to do with this thing?"
"I think Warrington will be very surprised when the Christmas present is sent to him."
"Alas, after spending so much time with Albert, even the kind-hearted us have begun to become bad."
The three of them looked at each other, linked their arms and laughed, scaring a junior student who had just passed through the secret passage so much that he ran away in panic.
...
At the same time, thousands of miles away, Albert, who was sharing interesting stories about the Triwizard Tournament with Nia, suddenly sneezed.
"Did you catch a cold?" Nia, who was flipping through the photo album, looked up and asked.
"No, I guess someone is saying something bad about me." Albert rubbed his nose and moved Tom away from the dragon model to prevent it from dismantling it.
"The Triwizard Tournament looks very dangerous." Nia said as she flipped through the photo album of the dragon. "You are amazing. You were able to handle a monster like that with ease?"
"I'm fully prepared before I go on stage," Albert consoled him. "They are just a few fire-breathing lizards. It won't be hard to subdue them if we find their weaknesses."
"You should be careful, fire dragons are not that easy to subdue. Even if you are indeed strong enough to face them calmly, we still hope that you can pay attention to safety. Nothing is more important than your safety. Don't let those who care about you worry." ** was well aware of the danger of fire dragons and was very shocked that Albert could easily kill a dragon, but he still reminded Albert to pay attention to safety, so as not to be careless and capsize in the ditch.
"I will," Albert nodded.
"By the way, did you bring back the clothes in the photo? I bet you must have charmed a lot of girls in it!" Nia's eyes fell on the last photo of Albert and the fire dragon.
"No, the clothes were taken back by those people." Albert explained, "They just wanted to use it for publicity."
Nia showed a regretful expression. She seemed to want to see with her own eyes how handsome Albert would look in the fire dragon costume.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
When Albert went to open the door, he found Isobel standing outside.
"Why are you here?" Albert gave the girl a hug.
He actually wanted to invite Isobel to his home, but was worried that she was not used to getting along with ordinary people, so he gave up in the end to avoid embarrassing her.
"Mom is working overtime again, and I'm bored staying at home alone, so I came to see you. Do you mind?" Isobel said.
"Albert, who was that just now?" Sansa walked towards the entrance and said happily when she saw Isobel, "Don't stay at the door, come in."
"Excuse me."
Isobel and Albert entered the living room.
When Nia looked up and saw Isobel, she raised her eyebrows slightly and felt a little unhappy, but she didn't say much and just flipped through the photo album.
The few of them chatted animatedly. At dinner, Isobel and Sansa made a large plate of fried dumplings and talked about the dietary issues in the wizarding world. Sansa was very interested in the wizarding world's butterbeer. They went to the kitchen together to make a portion of butterbeer. Although it was not as authentic as the one sold in the bar, it was generally quite smooth and tasty.
"I suddenly feel a little useless." Nia said depressedly.
"Are you talking about cooking?" Albert put Tom in Nia's arms and comforted him, "If you like it, you can learn it slowly. If you don't like it, it's useless to force yourself. And don't compare yourself with Isobel."
"When do you plan to go back?"
"Christmas."
"Do you have a party on Christmas?" Nia nodded. "That's right. Because of the competition, your school has foreign guests, so there will definitely be a dance. And you are a warrior of the school, so you have to go and dance?"
"How clever." Albert reached out and ruffled Nia's hair. "There is indeed a Christmas ball."
"Your partner is Isobel?"
"No, it's my sister Katrina." Isobel put the eggnog in front of Nia. "I've already graduated. If I go and take Albert's dance partner position, the girls in school will probably resent me." (mentioned in Chapter 859)
"He must be very popular with the girls at school." Nia took a sip of eggnog and found that the taste was a little different this time. It was much sweeter than before and there was almost no taste of alcohol.
"Yes, he is very popular." Isobel said with a smile, "I defeated many girls in a row before I finally got Albert."
Cough cough, Albert was choked and started coughing dryly.