Chapter 673： On the Importance of Thick Skin

Chapter 673 on the importance of thick skin

In the early morning, the weather was fine, the curtains were gently brushed by the breeze, and the sunlight penetrated into the room through the gap, and sprinkled on the face of the sleeping girl. For a moment, Isobel opened his eyes in a daze, raised his hand to block the glare of the sun, turned his head to look at the big boy who was still sleeping beside him, blinked, stretched out his hands secretly, and gently pulled Ai Burt's sleeping face.

Evidently she is not yet an adult, but her style is extremely mature, that is, when she is in a deep sleep, that innocent and lovely sleeping face will make the girl feel that she is older than the other party.

It has been several years since the confession, to confirming the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, and then the two started dating and falling in love, and now they have even started to talk about marriage. However, Albert was still underage, and it was unbelievable to think about it. What was even more absurd was that he had already agreed to the other party's marriage proposal.

Albert moved slightly, and slowly opened his eyes.

The eyes of the two men intersected at close range.

Isobel was taken aback, retreated in a panic, sat on the bed and looked at the boy who just sat up.

"Good morning!"

Albert rubbed his eyes, stretched lazily, turned his head to look at Isobel next to him, and said gently: "If you are not satisfied, even in the morning I will..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the pillow hit his face and made him shut up.

"It's time to get up, I overslept today, it's all your fault." Isobel got off the bed, started to pick up the clothes that were thrown away last night, and took out a beige dress from the suitcase, covering Albert head, obviously dissatisfied with the guy who kept staring at him.

"I've seen them all."

Albert curled his lips, reached out and took off his clothes. After Isobel changed into a nightgown and took the change of clothes to the bathroom, he also got up from the bed and began to put clothes on his body.

When they got up in the morning, it was already very late, and the Lemays left breakfast for the two of them: fried eggs, milk, croissants, and a cup of fragrant black tea.

"You can take advantage of today to wander around. There are many charming places in France, so don't miss them now that you're here." Mrs. Perenal said with a smile: "Besides, it's easy to get tired if you stay at home and study things all the time."

When leaving Flamel's house, Isobel blushed slightly, stared at Albert, and muttered in a low voice: "They noticed!"

"At the beginning, when we lived in the same room, they guessed it." Albert looked at the girlfriend who was a little bit annoyed, and felt that the other party's face was not thick enough. Maybe it was because of the relationship in someone else's house, and it should be in his own house. Let go.

I really don’t know how the enthusiastic French can find a place at will.

Could it be more exciting to do that?

"You tried your best to take advantage of me." Isobel was depressed to find that he had accidentally fallen into Albert's trap.

"What are you doing looking at me like that?"

"The French are more enthusiastic than you think, they won't care." Albert comforted softly.

"My skin is not as thick as yours." Isobel reached out and pulled Albert's cheek angrily, as if intending to see how thick his skin was.

"If you're not thick-skinned, how can you find a beautiful girl?" Albert was not annoyed, and comforted him with a smile, "Okay, don't be angry, it's rare that we go to a foreign wizard village, so we should walk around. Came on vacation."

It's just that, at the end of the day, I lack confidence.

During this period of time, Albert has been devoting all his energy to studying, and has no time to take Isobel around.

"I thought you had forgotten that we were actually here for vacation?" Isobel was also a little depressed, this period of time was even more tiring than being in school.

"Well, I was wrong."

As he said that, Albert took out a small bag of French magic currency from his pocket, put it on Isobel's palm, and said with a smile: "Today I will accompany you shopping, and by the way, I will go to the Wizard Street in France to buy some things , It’s a celebration that we won the big prize.”

"You are generous and don't take money as money."

Isobel couldn't help but rolled his eyes, put the money bag back into Albert's pocket, and asked, "Didn't you say that money can't be exchanged for the currency of the wizarding world? Where did you get the money from, over there?" given?"

"Of course I earned it myself. My Uncle Charlie in the Muggle world took my plan and opened a milk tea shop. He will give me a share every year. Although it is not much, the money is enough."

Albert took some British pounds to exchange Galleons. After all, wizards still need Muggle currency, but goblins usually don't need much foreign exchange, as long as this thing is enough.

As for the bag of French gold coins in his pocket, it was actually the prize money he won the International Wizard Chess Championship a while ago.

"Well, you are amazing."

The two held hands and walked along the streets of Nikolai's village.

This place is different from Hogsmeade Village. The village is very clean, and the streets are paved with bricks and stones, which are not as narrow as the previous streets. The only problem is that there are no shops here, most of them are residents, only a magic grocery store and a tavern.

Oh, by the way, there is also the former residence of the LeMays.

In the old residence, there are some stone carvings and clay tablets, some ancient experimental equipment, parchment, notes or some old books.

In short, it looks a bit like a museum.

The stall at the entrance is selling all kinds of peripherals related to the Philosopher's Stone, and even the formula for the elixir of life has been produced.

The middle-aged uncle saw that the two were unfamiliar, so he secretly told them in a low voice that the Nicoles and his wife lived in seclusion in Nicholas Village.

As for where to live, of course no one knows.

Albert wanted to laugh when he heard this, he knew this was the opponent's routine.

"That man is full of lies." Isobel couldn't help but said after walking a hundred meters.

"I know, there is no shortage of this kind of guy anywhere." Albert didn't care either. I saw this kind of thing a lot in my previous life.

After strolling around the village of Nicolas, the two passed the fireplace near the square and headed to the Wizard Street in Paris.

It is more suitable for dating or shopping.

Albert came to France and had to buy some souvenirs for his family.

Wizard Street in Paris is similar to Diagon Alley in London, but it is cleaner and tidy than Diagon Alley. The street is very spacious and paved with bricks. The shops on both sides are not only hung with signs, but also placed some sundries , as if telling customers what kind of shop this is.

"It's so lively here!"

Isobel looked curiously at the surrounding shops.

The closest to them is a shop that sells crucibles, and there is a bookstore farther away. There seems to be a book signing activity in the bookstore.

It was about halfway through the summer vacation, and most of the students came to Wizard Street to shop.

The two of them just looked outside the bookstore and didn't go to the queue. The person who signed the book was a handsome wizard, which reminded him of Lockhart who was still receiving treatment in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sickness.

Isobel was not interested in these things, so he dragged Albert to the clothing store, so they went directly to the Tuofan clothing store. There were already customers in the store, and they were young sisters.

After the other party turned around, Albert recognized who the other party was at a glance.

Beautiful girls with Veela blood are always impressive.

"Long time no see, Miss Delacour?" Albert greeted the other party politely.

"Oh, hello." Fu Rong's tone was stiff, her eyes swept over Albert, she looked at the red-haired woman next to him again, and raised her eyebrows slightly.

This woman is more beautiful than last time.

"Hello, Mr. Champion." Gabriel remembered who this person was, and greeted Albert shyly.

"I prefer you to call me brother."

Albert took out the candy he bought not long ago from his pocket, knelt down and corrected, "I'm still very young, it's strange to be called Mister."

"Okay, Mr. Champion." Gabriel smiled and took the candy and said.

"champion?"

The shop manager, Abel, looked at Albert up and down after hearing the words. He couldn't remember who this person was for a while, but felt that the other party looked familiar.

"We should go, Gabriel." Fleur said and nodded towards Albert, then took her sister's hand and prepared to leave.

"Sister, can I go to Cousin Louise's store?" Gabriel pleaded.

"Oh, of course, we can go to support her, otherwise Louise is too poor."

"What kind of champion are you?" the store manager asked curiously.

"That was just a joke." Albert changed the subject and asked, "Can you show me that hat?"

"Oh, okay." Sure enough, the store manager was immediately distracted and took a beret-like hat from the shelf.

"I think this hat matches you very well, and it looks good with a skirt." Albert put the hat on Isobel's head with a smile, and nodded with satisfaction.

Isobel raised her eyebrows slightly, she didn't have the habit of wearing a hat.

However, she probably guessed that Albert wanted to buy a hat as a gift for his sister, so she helped choose the hat.

"I think girls should like this style more, it suits Nia very well. And you forgot to buy it for yourself." Isobel picked a men's hat for Albert.

Finally, when they left the Tufan clothing store, Albert took three packages, Nia's hat, Isobel's skirt, and a slightly larger dress robe.

"What are you buying the dress for?" Isobel asked puzzled.

"It will come in handy in the sixth grade." Albert sighed lightly, and said with regret, "Unfortunately, you have already graduated by then, and I will have to find another dance partner by then."

"Are you afraid that you won't be able to find a dance partner?" Isobel said angrily.

"By the way, you can pretend to be Katrina and sneak into the school to participate in the Christmas ball. Anyway, your sisters look alike, and no one will recognize you."

"Did you predict something again?" Isobel raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Uh, a very lively Christmas ball."

As they spoke, the two turned into a cold drink shop and found that the owner here was actually an acquaintance.

"Louis, I didn't expect to meet you here." Albert looked at Miss Veeva in front of him in surprise.

"No, I own this store." Louise asked with a smile, "What do you want?"

"Two servings of strawberry ice cream." Albert looked at Isobel and said to Louise, "Why do you want to open a cold drink shop?"

"I didn't think about what to do for the time being, so I just found something for myself." Louise brought two large cups of strawberry ice cream in front of the two, and then she went to Albert and said, "How dare you come to France?" If you don’t tell me, I can be your tour guide for a few days.”

"No, thank you." Isobel said calmly, "We are the teacher who came to find Albert, and invited him to be our witness."

"Witness?" Louise asked dumbfounded, "You are going to get married, isn't that right, I remember Albert is not yet of age?"

"No, we just got engaged first." Isobel took a bite of ice cream and explained calmly, "We have to wait until we get married."

"By the way, do you have a newspaper here?" Albert quickly changed the subject. He felt that if he continued talking, he might be finished.

"Congratulations." Louise said tentatively.

"Thank you." Albert took the newspaper and said.

Louis walked away quite annoyed. She couldn't believe it. The two men didn't wear rings on their hands. Isobel was obviously lying.

Isobel looked up at Louise who was walking away, then at Albert who was flipping through the newspaper, and said softly, "You are really welcome."

"You know, I actually don't want to." Albert changed the subject again, "Look this way."

On a certain page of the newspaper, Albert saw members of the International Federation of Wizards criticizing Fudge for not informing the Muggle Prime Minister of Black's escape.

"Black escaped from prison." Albert handed the newspaper to Isobel.

"So, your prophecy has come true again?" Isobel raised his eyebrows and said, "No one has ever escaped from Azkaban Prison. It is not a good thing to have such a precedent."

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem." Albert comforted softly.

"You seem to predict many things?" Isobel held Albert's face with both hands and rubbed vigorously, "It's always mysterious."

"Blake's target should be Potter?" Albert scooped up a scoop of ice cream and stretched it out in front of Isobel, "everything weird happens, it has something to do with Harry Potter, something that I can't understand Just put it on Potter."

"..." Isobel.

"Oh, it really is you."

A voice suddenly sounded from outside.

Both of them turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound, and saw Hetok walking towards this side.

"Mr. Hetok, why are you here." Albert looked at the acquaintance sitting opposite them in some surprise.

"I came to France to do something. When I just passed by, I thought it looked familiar, so I came in to see it." Hetok suddenly said, "By the way, do you want to join the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists?"

"Isn't it true that ungraduated wizards cannot join?" Albert asked suspiciously.

"It used to be true, but the conditions for membership have been changed a while ago. As long as you are invited by a member of the association and pass the entrance examination, you can become a member of the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association." Hetok said with a smile, "Okay, come with me Bar!"

The two looked at each other, and after greeting Louise, they followed Hetok to the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association.

(end of this chapter)