Chapter 850： Close friends

Chapter 850 Bosom friend

The next day at noon, when Albert woke up, the seat beside the bed was already empty. He got up from the bed, got dressed and went downstairs, and saw Isobel sitting in the dining room, holding today's newspaper in his hand, he didn't know what he was reading?

Albert stepped forward, hugged her shoulders from behind, and looked at the newspaper, "You don't seem very happy."

"Look at this..." Isobel handed the "Daily Prophet" to Albert. The headline on it was: "Horror at the Quidditch World Cup", with the Dark Mark hanging from the treetops flash black and white photo.

"It seems that some bad things happened in the World Cup." Although Albert said this, he didn't really care too much in his heart, because he had expected the chaos of the World Cup.

"What happened?"

Albert felt that this matter should not cause Isobel to have such a reaction, after all, this matter was known in advance.

"This morning, my mother went to help early. Our tent was not burned down, but..." There seemed to be a trace of uneasiness in Isobel's words: "Someone entered the tent after we left."

"Stranger?" Albert narrowed his eyes involuntarily.

"When Bit was recycling the tent, he used the revealing spell in the tent and found the footprints of two strangers."

Isobel is too clear about what this means.

In that kind of chaos, no one would run into their tent at all, and as long as you think about why Albert did that, you can guess that the people who broke into their tent obviously have bad intentions.

Who wants to do something to them, this is what Isobel is worried about, and those people are likely to come for Albert. As for who it is, Isobel is not difficult to guess. After all, it is not a matter of a day or two for some pure-blood wizards to dislike Albert, although no conflict broke out between the two sides.

"Don't worry, I'm a master of divination. I will find out those people and arrange a big gift for them. What you need is to protect yourself, don't worry me." Albert comforted softly, and glanced at the task by the way Panel, there are new tasks.

Having said that, going to watch the Quidditch World Cup this time is really rewarding.

"Ahem!" Katrina coughed lightly, walked in, and asked a random topic, "Where's Mom? I remember she should be on vacation today!"

"Last night, there was an accident in the camp, and many people were injured." Isobel handed the newspaper to Katrina, but didn't tell her about the footprints.

"Dark Mark?" Katrina looked at Albert with a strange expression, "I suddenly understand why you think that kind of magazine will be a hit."

"I have to take Nia back today." Albert handed a small bottle to Isobel.

"This is?" Katrina stared at the bottle curiously.

"Felix Elixir." Isobel said.

"This thing is the Felicity Elixir?" Katrina naturally heard the name of the Lucky Potion.

Albert took out another silver pocket watch and handed it to Isobel, "Don't take risks, leave temporarily if you encounter danger

, your own safety is the most important thing. "

Katrina felt that Albert was a little nervous, but she was also very envious of Albert's meticulous care of Isobel.

At this moment, a white owl flew in through the window and threw a letter in front of Albert. Albert picked up the letter, glanced at the sender, and found that it was from Hermione.

Albert stuffed the envelope into his pocket, not intending to read it right away.

"Don't you read what is written in the letter?" Katrina looked away from the "dangerous" pointer on the pocket watch, and turned her gaze to Albert again, "A letter from a certain girl."

"A friend." Albert corrected, "Okay, go get the others up for dinner, and let Catherine and Valeria arrange to return home as soon as possible. Britain is in chaos now."

"We're up."

Catherine and Valeria yawned and walked into the kitchen, and Nia got up too, and she didn't seem to sleep well.

Six people sat around the dining table, eating and chatting about what happened last night. Catherine and Valeria realized through the newspaper that the situation in Britain was chaotic, and they also believed that Albert really had the ability to predict.

Another owl flew in from the window, and Albert glanced at the sender, who was a twin brother.

Then, the owls got out of control, and one after another owls came and went in and out of the room. There was a letter from Sirius, a letter from Bud, a letter from Lee Jordan, a letter from Harry Potter, and even a letter from Grandpa Luke, to whom a lot of people were sending letters anyway.

"You are really welcome!" Catherine said with a strange expression.

"He is indeed very popular." Nia muttered, "When we go home, Grandpa Luke probably has seen today's report. If we don't go back as soon as possible, they will probably be very worried."

"Grandpa Luke has asked Shera to send us a letter." Albert pointed to the owl resting by the window, "After lunch, we will go back. You should also pay attention to safety. Starting today, the British The wizarding world is not as peaceful as it used to be."

After lunch, Albert left. Nia is also sent back in a suitcase by Bit the house-elf.

Luke and Sansa were very surprised that Albert and Nia suddenly appeared from the room, but they were relieved when they realized that it was a magic method.

"I saw the report in the "Daily Prophet" this morning." Luke still knows a little about the mysterious people, and he also knows that they are some evil guys.

"Albert took us out of the camp before the chaos last night." Nia sat beside Luke, showing them the souvenirs she bought at the World Cup.

"That's right, Albert has always been reassuring." Luke looked at the model of the Firebolt and nodded. Albert never needed them to worry.

Nia was brushing Tom, while chatting with Luke and Sansa about what she had seen and heard at the Quidditch World Cup.

Albert opened the letter he had just received, while listening to their chat, occasionally echoing a few words.

Fred and George mentioned in their letters that they were deceived. Although they saw through Bagman's attempt to repay the money with leprechaun gold coins, they were still deceived by Bagman. The bag of Galleons that the **** gave them There were a lot of replicas of Galleons in it, and there were not many real gold coins in it. From the writing on the parchment, it was not difficult to see that Fred and George were very angry.

The content of Lee Jordan's letter is similar, but they obviously haven't found any problems with the gold coins.

Grandpa Luke's letter was simply asking when the two of them would be coming home.

Mr. Budd was worried about Albert's safety, and at the same time he also mentioned the chaos last night. Some worried whether the turmoil predicted by Albert was coming.

Sirius mentioned the issue of the newspaper in his letter, because of the Dark Mark last night, someone had already approached them to inquire about the "Defense Guide" magazine. He also mentioned that the printing problem has been solved in the past two days, and he is striving to start selling the first issue of "Defense Guide" next month.

Albert was a little surprised by Hermione's letter. The content of the letter was about the unfair treatment of the house elves, and also mentioned the fact that Barty Crouch fired the house elves last night. looking angry. Hermione seemed to hope to get some support and comfort from Albert, because other people didn't care or even ignored it.

Harry mentioned in his letter that his wand was lost, and that someone held his wand to release the Dark Mark, and suspected that the person might be the man who appeared in Peter's prophecy.

Albert took some time to write back, especially Hermione's letter. He didn't try to persuade Hermione, but just told her the current situation of house-elves, and suggested that Hermione try to write a book about wizards and house-elves living in harmony To slowly guide wizards to treat house-elves correctly and treat them as loyal and reliable family members, so as to improve the bad situation of house-elves.

Everything needs to be flexible, and after Hermione finishes writing, the story can also be serialized in the magazine. This is much more useful than the "vomit" that Hermione later formed, and it can also help Sirius solve the problem of magazine content.

One stone kills many birds.

"It's really me!" After checking the contents of the letter, Albert nodded with satisfaction. What's more, to his surprise, an extra panel task was triggered. Although the rewards are not many, it is surprise.

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"Why can't there be a normal dress?"

Ron was in a very bad mood, especially after seeing his dress, he almost went crazy with anger.

After returning from watching the World Cup, he felt that everything was not going his way. First, Fred and George discovered that the gold coins given by Ludo Bagman were fake, and his 27 Galleons would have been lost. If it hadn’t been for Fred and George George still had a conscience, and if he returned the few real Galleons in his pocket, he would even lose all his savings.

But he still couldn't bear the gap in his heart, otherwise he could have ordered a new dress in Diagon Alley instead of being angry here.

Blame Fred and George?

No, they are the biggest victims. The real Galleons in their pockets can't make up for their losses at all.

Percy's face was also not good-looking, because his Garen disappeared.

Yes, Bagman used leprechaun gold to pay for his winnings.

Now, the Weasley family knows what kind of person Ludo Bagman is, but after internal discussions, they have no intention of telling their parents about it, because it will only embarrass Mr. Weasley.

Of course, maybe their father knew about it and was trying to stop them from placing the bet.

"You can buy another one, didn't you win a lot of money from gambling?" Hermione also felt that Ron's dress was a bit 'fancy'.

"Win a lot of money from gambling?" Ron couldn't help laughing, making Harry and Hermione very disturbed.

"Harry, Hermione, Fred, we have your letters." Mrs. Weasley shouted from downstairs.

"Who sent it from?" Harry asked.

Fred said: "Albert."

"What did he say?" Ron asked anxiously.

"He can't do anything." After reading the letter, Fred said with a gloomy face, "He reminded us earlier that it's our problem. Now I have to write a letter to Lee Jordan."

"And Sirius," George reminded.

"Harry, have you written to Albert too?" Ron turned his head and asked.

"Well, about the Dark Mark," Harry said, "Sirius asked me to write to him."

"What did Albert say?" Hermione asked.

"He said that I would cause trouble for myself every year." Harry curled his lips and said: "He thinks that the mysterious man's conspiracy may be aimed at me, so let me talk to Sirius and Dumbledore about it myself."

"You do have trouble every year." Even Ron had to admit that Albert's words had some truth.

Harry has gotten into trouble every year since he started school.

"It wasn't my fault." Harry said a little annoyed, as if he enjoyed causing trouble everywhere.

"We know it wasn't your fault." Ron changed the subject and asked, "Hermione, what did you write in your letter?"

"Albert suggested that I contribute to Sirius' magazine." Hermione put away the letter, thinking about the feasibility of Albert's suggestion.

The letter was very short, without consolation, just telling her the current situation and a little suggestion.

It provided her with an idea.

It is impossible to change the status quo in a short period of time. It is not difficult to see this from the attitude of the wizards towards the house elves. She even had a bad fight with Percy because of this.

After reading Albert's reply, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, Hermione was really afraid that Albert would be like other wizards.

That night, Hermione even felt that she was the abnormal one, and that feeling made her restless.

"Let wizards realize that house elves are loyal and reliable members of the family, and let them subconsciously treat those house elves kindly?" Hermione read the content in her heart repeatedly. The house elf she saw at Albert's place, It really belongs to two different worlds with the elf named Winky.

"What happened to that letter?" Ginny asked puzzled seeing Hermione staring at the letter.

"Albert's letter, I talked to him about the house elves." Hermione explained.

"House-elf?" Ginny was a little confused.

"There's a house-elf serving him," Hermione said to Ginny. "That house-elf isn't like other house-elves, and Albert is nice to house-elves, unlike other wizards. You weren't there to see how other wizards treated Winky."

"He's special, isn't he." Ginny said, "Otherwise, Anderson wouldn't be admired and loved by so many girls."

"Yeah," said Hermione softly, "he's special."

"You like him?" Ginny asked.

"He's engaged," said Hermione suddenly.

"Engaged?" Ginny was very surprised, "The one with Ravenclaw?"

"Don't say it." Hermione reminded.

"Yeah." Ginny was silent.

"What about you?" Hermione asked off topic.

"I?"

"Still like Harry?" Hermione asked.

Ginny fell silent.

"Maybe, you should try to give up Harry." Hermione suggested, "Try to get along with others, try to show your charm to everyone, maybe Harry will notice you."

(end of this chapter)