Chapter 253： My son is going to an academic gathering?

Chapter 253 My son is going to attend an academic gathering?

 Dear Mr. Anderson:

 I was very surprised when I received your letter. It is rare for you to be able to summon a physical guardian angel at your age. I am very proud of you. Regarding your concerns about the Animagus in your letter, I think they are unnecessary for the time being.

Although the animal an Animagus transforms into always seems to be the same as the Patronus they cast, it does not mean that the two are necessarily the same. As far as I know, there are no known animagus who can change their shapeshifting animal when their patronus changes. Of course, this may be related to the extremely rare number of Animagus with the ability to both transform and perform magic protection.

 If you plan to learn Animagus one day, please do not have to practice secretly on your own, I will provide you with help in this regard.

Happy Christmas holiday!

 Vice Principal Minerva McGonagall.

 After reading Professor McGonagall's letter, Albert's mood did not improve. Professor McGonagall's meaning was already obvious. She thought it was too early for Albert to consider Animagus matters. Moreover, Professor McGonagall obviously didn't know much about this matter. After all, there were too few examples that could be used as research examples.

"Perhaps, I can write and ask Principal Dumbledore." Albert had just taken out the new parchment, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea for the time being.

Perhaps, he is really too anxious. No matter what the result is, it will not change due to his will unless the panel can provide him with help.

 Throwing these thoughts aside, Albert stood up, stretched, and returned to the living room. Tom lies down on the sofa and takes a nap. When no one is at home, he always likes to lie there in a big shape and occupy the sofa.

When Albert sat down on the edge of the sofa, the lazy cat's ears finally twitched, and he came over, rubbed his head on Albert's arm, and then climbed onto his lap. Quite heavy.

"It's time to lose weight. If you eat so fat, you can't even catch a mouse." Albert was nagging, while reaching out to scratch Tom's ears and chin, and combing his hair with a comb. The guy narrowed his eyes with enjoyment. .

"Tom, do you want to go to Hogwarts? But then you will have to catch mice to fill your stomach." Albert said jokingly, "There are many students in the school who keep cats. Maybe you You can only find it if you like it.”

"Meow!" Tom seemed to sense Albert's deep malice and jumped off his knees. His short and short legs swung and he quickly hid behind someone's feet.

 “Are you going to take Tom to school?” Nia held Tom in her arms and asked curiously.

“No, just to scare Tom, this guy has become fat again recently.”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of knocking on the glass outside. Nia walked over and opened the window and found a brown owl. It flew into the room and threw a letter in front of Albert.

 “You have so many letters!” Nia looked at Albert who picked up the letters in surprise. After returning from the Christmas vacation, I received at least six letters, and each letter was not sent by the same person, and the sealing wax badge on the back was different.

"Your holiday is busier than mine!" Herb said jokingly. He put another cup of hot cocoa in front of Albert and asked curiously: "Who sent it this time, is it a pen pal? "

"Professor Broad, the professor who worked at Hogwarts last semester." Albert took a sip of hot cocoa, opened the envelope casually, glanced at the letter inside, and knew what was going on.

 “Here.” He handed the letter to Herb.

 “Is that okay?” Herb raised his eyebrows.

"Um."

"That Professor Brod invited you to a party?" Herb felt a little confused after reading the letter. A professor invited his son to a party about alchemy. What was going on? , Herb really didn’t understand.

Like inviting a junior high school student to participate in academic research conducted by a university professor?

Moreover, the other party arranged the itinerary very sincerely, asking Albert to meet up at the Leaky Cauldron first, and then the other party would pick him up to be a guest in his manor, and then go to the alchemy party together, and finally before the start of school , the professor will send Albert back to Hogwarts. There is no need to worry about Albert's safety.

"This... is just an academic gathering anyway." Albert thought for a while and replied.

"Academic gathering?" Herb's face became even weirder. He sighed softly and said nothing more, "I'll send you there then."

"What are you talking about? Don't leave me alone, okay?" Nia pouted a little angrily. Daisy came out of the kitchen and was curious about what they were talking about. After hearing Herb's explanation, she was a little confused. Daze.

“You have to go out to play by yourself again!” Nia was a little unhappy. Albert finally went home, but ended up going out again within a few days. There was no one to chat, tell stories, or watch TV with her.

 “I won’t stay too long, I’ll be back in two days.” Albert promised.

“Oh, okay, I know you are a busy person.” Nia touched Tom’s belly and said to herself: “Sure enough, Tom is the best.”

 “Meow!” Tom rubbed Nia’s hand, and the latter took out a small dried fish from somewhere and fed it to her.

 Albert was speechless immediately. No wonder this cat was so fat.

At noon on January 10th, Albert appeared at the Leaky Cauldron. The time he had agreed with Professor Brod was twelve o'clock. When he was about to have dinner at Old Tom's place, Professor Brod, who was wearing a cloak, showed up without warning. Show up at the bar.

“Good afternoon, Mr. Broad, would you like a drink?” Old Tom greeted Professor Broad with a smile.

“Oh, no need, I’ll pick you up.” Professor Brod greeted Albert, “I hope I didn’t keep you waiting too long, hold on tight, I’ll take you somewhere.”

 “Apparition?” Albert asked curiously.

"Yes, there is no Floo connection there, so we can only use this method." Professor Broad stretched out his left hand, and when Albert raised his hand to pick it up, the two of them disappeared into the Leaky Cauldron. In the backyard.

They appeared outside a villa with a very nice environment. If you insist on saying so, it can be regarded as a small manor. However, it seems that no one has lived here for a long time.

"This will be the venue for this alchemy gathering. We will stay here for the past two days." Professor Brod winked at Albert and said: "There are many interesting books in it, I think You might be interested."

“It seems like no one has lived here for a long time.” Albert asked, raising his eyebrows.

"You are right. However, it will soon have a new owner." Professor Brod didn't pay much attention and explained with a smile: "The house elves have been carefully maintained, so there is a lot of space inside." It’s clean and you can live in it as you please.”

 The two passed through a layer of mist-like protective magic and entered the manor.

A house elf stood at the door, bowed to them, and led the two into the hall.

"Noel, we will stay here for a few days and help Mr. Anderson arrange a room, which is the one next to the study." Professor Broad ordered the house elf, who secretly took a look at Albert. , then bowed slightly and left.

 (End of this chapter)