No one would take the stories in The Tales of Beedle the Bard seriously.
If Albert had not personally said that "The Tale of the Three Brothers" was real, Harry would not have wanted to believe something so absurd either.
But Harry trusted that Albert would not deceive him, especially not under those circumstances. He certainly would not deliberately toy with them.
The focus of the story should have been the three treasures of Death.
The Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak.
Harry already had an Invisibility Cloak. Though he could not be sure whether it was the one from the story, the cloak his father had left him had indeed been of great help to them.
So Harry did not particularly crave the Invisibility Cloak from the story.
What he wanted more was the Resurrection Stone.
If he could obtain the Resurrection Stone, he could ask Dumbledore himself instead of being troubled by that infuriating man's riddles as he was now. Nor would he need to rack his brains trying to pry answers out of Albert.
Unfortunately, Harry did not have the Resurrection Stone, nor could he get Dumbledore's help. Now, they could only rely on themselves.
Harry had already decided that when he went downstairs to meet Albert, he would take Liquid Luck and obtain as much useful information as possible.
That meant their already limited supply of Liquid Luck was about to run out.
He regretted carelessly wasting Liquid Luck before, but there was no use fretting over it now. He could only make sure the remainder was put to the best possible use.
There was another matter that greatly concerned Harry: where could the Elder Wand be hidden?
The thought was like a lit flame, impossible to drive from Harry's mind. He had