"Who taught you?"
Hermione was curious about how Albert had learned Occlumency. Or rather, quite a few people were curious about Albert. The man before her was shrouded in mystery, making people unable to resist digging deeper into his secrets.
"Isabelle," Albert replied without hesitation.
Hermione froze slightly, clearly not expecting to hear that name.
"Let's go," Albert said.
"The dental clinic is some distance from here. How are we getting there?"
Hermione knew Albert had never been to her family's dental clinic and did not know its exact location, so they could not Apparate there directly.
"Oh, right, can you teach me?" Hermione asked before Albert could answer. "I want to learn Occlumency."
"You want to learn Occlumency?"
"Mhm." Hermione nodded. "I don't think it should be difficult."
"We can talk about that another day when we have time. We should get going." Albert did not refuse and motioned for Hermione to prepare to leave.
"How are we getting there?" Hermione raised her question again.
"Flying." Albert waved his wand, and with a series of pops, summoned his broomstick.
"Only one?"
The moment Hermione said it, she realized her mistake. Naturally, Albert only had one broom.
"We can probably squeeze together," she muttered.
"You should be fine with normal flying, right?"
"No problem. Isn't it..." Hermione realized she had misunderstood.
"I'm using this!"
Albert waved his wand and summoned a bicycle out of thin air.
"This is...?"
Hermione stared at the very cool-looking bicycle before turning to Albert in confusion.
"A bicycle I modified." Albert signaled for Hermione to set off. This land-sea-air bicycle was one of his earlier creations.
Under Hermione's watchful gaze, Albert twisted a switch on the handlebars, and the entire bicycle rose into the air. He stepped on the pedals and slowly rode toward the