“This way!”
As soon as Albert stepped into the hall, he saw George standing up from his seat and waving to Albert to indicate that he was here. After Albert sat down in the empty seat specially reserved by the three people, Lee Jordan, who had been talking to someone else, turned around and asked, "What were you talking about with Professor Flitwick? Why did you take so long?"
At this moment, a junior girl hurried over here, lowered her head, handed a note to Albert and said, "Professor Snape asked me to pass this note to Mr. Anderson."
"Thank you." Albert took the note and thanked the other party with a smile.
"You're welcome."
As soon as the girl's eyes met Albert's, she blushed with shame, lowered her head, stammered "You're welcome", and ran away.
"You're still as popular as ever."
"If you're envious, then go find a girlfriend." Albert glanced at the trio who were grinning, and said indifferently, "When you have a girlfriend, you won't be envious of this kind of thing."
"Hehe, don't tell me that Snape also wants to have afternoon tea with you." George coughed lightly and joked with a smile.
This kind of thing is almost impossible to happen. If Snape really invites people to tea one day, a mysterious person might jump out of the cemetery the next day.
Albert unfolded the note, quickly read what was on it, and opened his mouth slightly in surprise.
"What's wrong?"
When several people saw Albert's surprised reaction, they leaned over to see what was written on the note in Albert's hand.
"Look for yourselves!" Albert handed the note to George with a slightly strange expression.
George took the note and spread it out to share with Fred beside him. Lee Jordan also came over to read the contents with the two of them.
Afterwards, the three of them couldn't help but widen their eyes with expressions of disbelief.
"I never heard of Snape giving extra lessons," muttered Fred.
"That's not the point. The point is that Albert actually needs extra lessons. That's ridiculous." George also didn't understand what Snape meant by the letter. He just felt that the content of the note was ridiculous.
"Are you sure this isn't a deliberate prank?" Lee Jordan also felt this was fake and more like someone was playing a deliberate prank.
Albert understood the contents of the letter, but he also thought it was weird. He never thought that Dumbledore would let Snape teach him fighting skills
Unfortunately, he didn't believe the fake Moody, and didn't want to have too much contact with Snape.
What's more, Albert had just persuaded Professor Flitwick to teach him fighting skills, so why should he go to Snape and suffer his anger
Although I didn't plan to go, I still had to write back to Snape, politely refuse and explain the reasons to show my respect for the professors.
"This is not a prank."
Albert briefly told a few good friends that he had gone to see Dumbledore, hoping that the headmaster could teach him fighting skills.
"I think it would be more appropriate for Headmaster Dumbledore to let Professor Moody teach you combat skills. He is an excellent Auror himself." Fred thought this was nonsense. Asking the head of Slytherin to teach a Gryffindor student was simply looking for trouble.
"I told Headmaster Dumbledore that I don't trust Moody." Albert made no secret of his distrust of Moody. "Besides, I actually hope that Professor Dumbledore can teach me combat skills in person. You know, he has a lot of experience in this area."
"Dumbledore asked you to find someone else?" Lee Jordan asked puzzled.
"God knows what the headmaster is thinking. Anyway, I have already talked to Professor Flitwick about it." Albert shrugged.
In fact, even if they didn't reach an agreement just now, they had to negotiate it. Anyway, Albert had no intention of learning fighting skills from Snape.
"Oh, you really despise us." Fred pretended to be very sad.
"Eat your meal." Albert glanced at Fred, who was acting like a drama queen, with disdain, shook his head and said, "It's best to find a wizard with rich combat experience to teach us combat skills. Of course, it won't hurt for you to learn some Auror knowledge now, but these things are actually of no use to me."
"What level do you think we are at now?" Fred and George exchanged glances and asked.
"He should be able to be a trainee Auror." Albert said without hesitation.
In fact, Albert didn't know what level the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic were at, but he was confident that he could knock down one or two Aurors head-on, because they would not cast Unforgivable Curses at random. Many times, institutional personnel like those in the Ministry of Magic were not dangerous. They would not easily cross the bottom line, and would not suddenly appear to cast Avada Kedavra on you.
After dinner, Albert began to write a letter.
A letter to Snape, politely declining his "invitation" for extra lessons, and bluntly stating that Professor Flitwick was willing to teach him combat skills.
As for the other letter, it was written to Sirius Black, reminding him that the third project was very dangerous, and secretly hinting that Sirius should spare some time to come and teach Harry how to fight and protect himself. By then, he might also be able to find time to practice magic with Sirius.
The two letters were quickly sent out by Albert.
We encountered some troubles during the process. The owls that delivered letters were reluctant to go out because the wind in March was very cold and it was not good weather at all to deliver letters. They might be blown away by the cold wind as soon as they went out.
Therefore, Albert decisively arranged the easiest job for Sheila. As for the letter to Sirius, Albert picked the strongest owl and comforted it for a long time before the owl obediently delivered the letter to him.
Snape, who received the letter that evening, had a distorted expression on his face after reading Albert's reply. He had never expected that after agreeing to teach Albert fighting skills to Dumbledore, he would be rejected by the other party with an excuse that left Snape speechless.
After reading the letter, Snape sneered and threw the note into the fireplace to burn it.
Professor Flitwick promised to teach Albert fighting skills
Whether this is true or not, it has nothing to do with Snape.
But for some reason, Snape became angrier the more he thought about it.
All right.
He always felt that he was being tricked by Dumbledore.
The current situation seems like Albert Anderson went to learn fighting skills from Dumbledore, but Dumbledore obviously did not agree to teach him personally and planned to let himself teach him fighting skills.
Both parties did not explain the matter clearly, or rather, Dumbledore did not explain the matter clearly. As a result, Anderson was not an ordinary person either. He decisively gave up Dumbledore and found a new teacher for himself.
As a result, he foolishly wrote a letter to the other party. Snape was very annoyed when he thought about this. Finally, he felt that he could not bear the pain on his own, so he went to find Dumbledore and share the good news with him.
Dumbledore was a little helpless after receiving the news. He did not expect Albert to be so efficient and find a teacher who was willing to teach combat skills so quickly.
Professor Flitwick is undoubtedly suitable. He was once a duelling champion and he is also a professor, so he is definitely capable of doing the job.
However, when it comes to dealing with dark wizards, Moody and Snape are obviously more suitable.
After getting the news from Snape, Dumbledore also realized that Albert had never expected that he could teach the other party combat skills from the beginning. The other party came to him just to try his luck. Even the backup candidates had been selected. There might be more than one candidate, Professor Flitwick.
Honestly speaking, Dumbledore regretted not making things clear at the time. Just as Phineas said, Albert was indeed a very good person to make friends with, and he even considered the possibility of bringing him into the Order of the Phoenix. But Dumbledore never expected that after Albert received the signal that he did not intend to teach him, he intuitively left without hesitation. He left so cleanly that Dumbledore almost didn't even mention the suitable candidate that he had originally intended to recommend to Albert.
What Dumbledore didn't expect was that Professor Moody, whom he thought was the most suitable person to teach Albert, ended up receiving disbelief from Albert.
"Don't believe Alastor, is this an excuse, or... do you really not believe it?"
After careful consideration, Dumbledore felt that the latter possibility was more likely. People like Albert would be more willing to trust his own judgment, so Alastor has always been a suspicious guy in the eyes of the other party
But what's suspicious? What have I overlooked
Dumbledore and Moody had known each other for half a century and did not find anything suspicious about each other.
Is it a prophecy
No, if the prophecy really pointed to Alastor, he would have told me about it.
Looking at the conflicted Dumbledore, Snape turned and left, and suddenly felt that his bad mood seemed to have improved.
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The next day at noon, Sirius finally received a letter from Albert.
When Sirius learned that Dumbledore might let Harry learn fighting skills from Snape, he became very annoyed.
Well, of course Albert didn't tell Sirius so directly, he just hinted that he had received a "make-up lesson" note from Snape, and pointed out the fact that he had a hunch that the third project was dangerous. The meaning was very clear, anyway, Sirius could definitely see what Albert wanted him to understand.
Just as Albert expected, Sirius' first thought after reading the letter was: How can Harry learn from a slug? What if he is bullied by a slug
I'm not dead yet!
Moreover, Sirius had also heard about Harry's glorious deeds in recent years, and that he was even more fond of causing trouble than James.
Moreover, the things they encountered were all thrilling scenes: for example, in the first year, they confronted Voldemort head-on to protect the Philosopher's Stone. In the second year, they went to the Chamber of Secrets and killed a basilisk. In the third year, Harry encountered himself, the prisoner, and Peter, the traitor. In the end, Lupin turned into a werewolf. If Albert hadn't been there, God knows how it would have ended.
Who knows what will happen this year
Albert mentioned in the letter that the third task of the Triwizard Tournament was very dangerous, and God knew what kind of big deal it would be.
Even a powerful guy like Albert felt his life was threatened, so something else was bound to happen, and it was very likely that it would be directed at Harry.
If possible, Sirius really wanted Harry to give up participating in the Triwizard Tournament, but due to the contract, Harry could not give up the competition, so Sirius could only make Harry fully prepared before going to the "battlefield". Their goal was not to win the championship, but to stay alive until the end of the competition, so things were easier than expected.
Also, Sirius felt it necessary for him to write to Dumbledore, reminding them to strengthen the security measures for the third project so that Harry could be rescued in a short time.
If it were in the past, Sirius would definitely not believe Albert's words, thinking that most fortune tellers were liars. But after being awakened by Albert with the truth one after another, Sirius would rather believe it now, and he also doesn't think there is any need for Albert to lie to him. He must be so bored to do that.
"Remus, I have something to discuss with you." Sirius called to Lupin who was preparing food for the owl in the kitchen. He thought it would be best to discuss this with Lupin. Lupin had been a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and was obviously better at teaching people than him. It would be more reliable for the two of them to teach Harry fighting skills together than for him to go alone.
For Harry, Sirius unknowingly became reliable. After all, Harry himself was unreliable, and if his godfather was not reliable, he would be even more unreliable.
Sirius helped the owl smooth out its feathers that were blown all over the place by the wind, and then let it return to Hogwarts with the letter.
After receiving Sirius' letter, Harry was very happy that Sirius actually planned to come and teach him magic.
But Harry was a little confused. Sirius seemed very worried that he would be in danger in the third task of the Triwizard Tournament
"It's no accident that your name appears in the Goblet of Fire. So far, there have been no accidents. If someone really wants to do something, this is their last chance." Hermione frowned after reading Sirius' letter and said, "But why is Sirius so sure that there will be accidents in the third project?"
"Don't you think that's cool?" Ron said excitedly, "Can we go with you then? I think Sirius is right. You should receive training and not go into the third event unprepared. Even if you're not competing for the championship, at least you should be able to protect yourself."
"Hermione, do you want to go with us then?" Harry looked at Hermione.
"Of course, together then." Hermione nodded. She always felt that this matter was a bit abnormal, especially the letter from Sirius. He seemed to be sure that Harry would be attacked.
Compared to Harry, Dumbledore was a little confused after receiving Sirius's letter, because Sirius wrote that he and Lupin planned to take time out to come to Hogwarts on the weekend, hoping to train Harry in the Forbidden Forest so that Harry could successfully pass the third project. Sirius also secretly hinted to Dumbledore that there was no need to prepare additional professors for Harry.