Fell into a Trap

Albert has never seen the students of Gryffindor so united. Perhaps, everyone has been suppressed by Slytherin for too long!

Now, everyone is working hard to earn points for the college. Even if they can't earn points, they try not to let themselves become the reason for deducting points.

Most Gryffindor students would stop and take a few more glances when passing the huge hourglass recording the House Cup score. Even the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students wanted to see Slytherin lose to House Cup.

The atmosphere in the castle changed, it felt like a storm was coming.

The tradition of Slytherin is to win at all costs, which is why Slytherin can dominate Quidditch Cup and House Cup for a long time.

They won't give up easily.

The most direct change is that Snape's class has become more serious and depressing. This Potions Professor will always walk back and forth in class, using his stern eyes to force students with weak psychological tolerance to make mistakes. Everyone knows that Snape is looking for reasons to deduct points.

The way to deal with Potions Professor's trouble-making is to seriously admit your mistake, don't talk back, don't say more, and he won't be able to deduct more points from you.

Since the last time Gryffindor got Quidditch Cup, the smell of gunpowder with Slytherin has become stronger and stronger. Albert would not be surprised at all if the two sides suddenly started fighting one day.

However, for the sake of House Cup, everyone still tried hard not to conflict with each other and to prevent Snape from finding any opportunity to deduct points.

Because once there is a fight, Gryffindor's weak advantage will be deducted.

"They did this to Ravenclaw House." Student Council President warned everyone in Gryffindor's Common Room, "If you really have any dissatisfaction, you can wait until we get House Cup to deal with it."

The conflict between the two sides has been suppressed to a minimum. Everyone is gearing up in private, but they still hold it in for House Cup. Anyone who is not a fool can smell the smell of gunpowder between the two sides.

However, as Final Exam approached, it distracted everyone's attention and made the original smell of gunpowder fade.

As time goes by, many people have to immerse themselves in studying in the sweltering heat. When there are no classes, they even have to rush to the library to avoid being late and unable to find a seat.

However, since the end of May, Albert rarely goes to the library. He hates being in the library with everyone in the muggy weather.

In the muggy weather, Albert misses ice cream, cold drinks and air conditioning.

"Don't you need to review?" Hagrid greeted him.

"I have exam tips here." Albert shook his notes, which recorded the key points taught by the professors in class. He would look at it and then recall the relevant content, thanks to his extraordinary memory.

Anyway, Albert is not worried about the exam at all.

"Test tips?"

"Hagrid, do you know of any magic that can make ice or refrigerate?" Albert put the notebook back into his pocket and asked Hagrid about the magic of cooling.

"I don't know, what are you going to do?" Hagrid shook his head. After the last incident, the relationship between the two parties returned to normal. Both parties had a tacit understanding and did not mention those things again.

"Of course I'll get myself some cold drinks, it's too hot here." Albert said matter-of-factly.

"Cold drink? Let's go to my place. I'll treat you to an ice-cold Butterbeer. This is an early celebration for Gryffindor winning House Cup." Hagrid slapped his head with his big hand and invited Albert to drink Butterbeer at his place.

Hagrid's so-called ice-cold Butterbeer is almost the same as what Albert guessed.

Hagrid threw a Oak Barrel that contained Butterbeer into the well. When he picked it up to drink, it actually felt pretty good. Although it was not very cold, it was undoubtedly a kind of enjoyment in the hot summer.

After seeing the garlic in his vegetable garden, Hagrid suddenly asked, "I remember you seem to be growing garlic."

"It's growing well and it's almost time to harvest."

Albert I feel a little funny when I think of this. What did I say I was going to do Garlic Cross, but what happened?

As time passed, the group of people in the dormitory forgot about this matter.

Albert is not surprised. Children's patience is always very limited. It's good that they can remember to water the garlic.

"By the way, Hagrid, can you get me some alcohol?"

"What do you want alcohol for?" Hagrid asked in confusion.

"Purified allicin."

"What is that?" Hagrid became even more confused after hearing this.

"Nothing, it's just used to extract garlic... allicin, you know, we are going to make a garlic-flavored amulet, so..." Albert briefly described to Hagrid the reason for planting garlic in the first place, "Well, that's the situation, and we also need some beeswax."

"You know, vampires hate garlic, and many black Magical Creatures also hate the smell of garlic, so we plan to use Guardian Tree and garlic to make a garlic-flavored amulet to see if it can have an obvious expulsion effect on Dark Creatures."

Hagrid was dumbfounded after listening to it. It's a shame you guys came up with the idea of a garlic-flavored amulet.

"Well... if you want alcohol, I can help you ask. If Diagon Alley doesn't have it, you can try your luck at Knockturn Alley."

"Knockturn Alley?" Albert asked tentatively.

"Knockturn Alley is adjacent to Diagon Alley. It is a place where dragons and snakes are mixed. There are many Dark Magic Shop..." Hagrid suddenly realized something, looked at Albert seriously, and reminded, "Don't go to Knockturn Alley!"

"Okay, Hagrid. In fact, I knew about the existence of Knockturn Alley before I came to Hogwarts." Albert said, "I will trouble you about the alcohol problem."

With that said, Albert was going to give Hagrid a few Galleon, but the latter didn't take them.

Albert didn't bother to do anything when Hagrid didn't want to. Hagrid probably wasn't short of money either. Although the house looked a bit shabby, Forbidden Forest did have a lot of valuable things in it.

It can only be said that Hagrid has become accustomed to the current life.

After leaving Hagrid, Albert had no intention of returning to the castle. Instead, he slowly walked down the slope to the lakeside and sat under a tree to enjoy the wind.

Not far away, a Giant Squid was lying in the warm shallow water basking in the sun.

"This is how people live in summer." Albert felt the cool breeze blowing from the lake and couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that there is no comfortable hammock."

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard not far away, and a figure was reflected on his face.

Albert opened his sleepy eyes, blinked, and looked at the girl who was leaning forward and staring at him.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

"You are quite leisurely." Katrina looked at Albert sleeping in the shade of the tree and said sarcastically, "Should I say that you are truly a genius?"

"It's okay!" Albert responded casually, "Anyway, everything that should be reviewed has been reviewed, so it is useless to worry about the exam questions. It is better to relax and adjust your mentality to face the next exam."

"Everyone is studying hard, but you actually have the nerve to make sarcastic remarks here?" Katrina stared at Albert's face and suddenly said seriously, "I think if those people in the library heard what you said, they would probably want to beat you up."

"I've practiced Karate, they can't beat me."

"I heard that you have exam secrets?" Katrina sat down next to him, feeling the cool breeze blowing from the lake, and suddenly asked.

"Exam secrets?" Albert couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing this. It was probably because the other party had overheard what he had just said to Hagrid.

"Why are you laughing?" Katrina frowned dissatisfied.

"Don't you want to read it too?" Albert took out a notebook from his pocket and waved it in front of Katrina.

"No?" Katrina was indeed a little curious. She grabbed the notes and looked through the contents, but she couldn't help but frown. The notes all recorded the required test content that the professors had mentioned during class, but they only had questions.

"How is it?" Albert asked.

"Is this the thing?" Katrina suddenly felt that he was being teased by the other party.

"Otherwise, what do you think? As long as you understand the required questions given by the professors, you will definitely get high scores." Albert said matter-of-factly.

"I thought you wanted to get perfect scores." Katrina had lost interest in the so-called exam secrets.

"What to do with a perfect score? I have never specifically pursued that thing. Getting an excellent one is enough." Albert doesn't care much about perfect scores. Anyway, the school divides grades according to excellent, good... this model. A perfect score is not an excellence. Since they are all excellent, why bother so much.

Katrina suddenly felt a little angry. The guy in front of him didn't regard himself as a competitor at all.

"What's wrong with you?" Albert felt something was wrong with the aura of the girl in front of him.

"Would you like to compete with me to see whose final grade is better?" Katrina suggested.

"No." Albert simply refused.

Although there was a mission to completely crush them, he still didn't want to get entangled with the opponent in this regard.

"Why?" Katrina asked, "Are you afraid?"

"No reason." Albert completely ignored the other party's excitement, "I just feel more tired than this kind of thing."

"Very tired?" Katrina felt that he could not understand Albert's thinking at all, and he would actually reject him for this reason.

"If you want to bet..." Albert thought for a while, and after secretly changing the concept, he was ready to dig a hole for the other party, "How about we gamble in a different way!"

"What kind of gambling method?" Katrina asked immediately.

"You Common Room who enter Ravenclaw need to answer riddles, right?" Albert said with a smile, "If you can answer a hundred riddles, even if you win, I admit that you are better than me..."

"Answer one hundred riddles correctly?" Katrina's voice raised a pitch. She looked Albert up and down, as if she wanted to know if the other party was deliberately entertaining her.

"Why didn't you answer a hundred riddles correctly?"

"Of course." Albert seduced, "If you win, I will give you a gift of about 10 Galleon as a prize."

"Are you rich?" Katrina looked at Albert suspiciously and asked.

"Yes, the last time I bet on who would be Minister of Magic, I won a hundred Galleon." Albert just slapped his chest and promised. In fact, Albert doesn't mind spending some money to buy Eagle Ring Riddle. The problems that Galleon can solve are not problems at all.

Katrina fell silent immediately. She found that the guy in front of her seemed to be surprisingly rich. He said 10 Galleon?

"How about a bet?" Albert asked with a smile.

"Your smile is very hypocritical." Katrina asked, "What if I lose?"

"If you fail, you can continue the challenge." Albert continued, "It doesn't require you to do anything anyway. Of course, the premise is that you don't come to compete with me on other things during this period."

"Are you really going to give me a prize?" Katrina asked again.

"You can find a notary, the ghost of your college, or I can find Nearly Headless Nick." Albert added, "Of course, when you challenge Eagle Ring, I need to be there. You can win if you answer a hundred riddles correctly."

"Could it be Dungbombs?" Katrina looked at Albert suspiciously.

"Then I will directly give you 10 Galleon and admit that you are better than me."

"Of course I'm better than you. I don't think you can answer 100 riddles." Katrina suddenly said, "If you can answer 10 riddles, you will win and I will give you a gift. Of course, I am not as rich as you. But you can only try once, and it must be before me."

"Okay, I agree." Albert just agreed, but the next sentence changed to, "I gave up, I guess I can't answer any of them."

"No." Katrina said seriously, "You have to try, I don't believe you can't answer any of them."

"Okay, okay." Albert said perfunctorily.

"Let's go find the Grey Lady now." Katrina took Albert to the west side of Hogwarts Castle and found the Grey Lady at the end of a corridor.

Katrina briefly explained the situation to the lady and asked her to be the notary of the bet.

The Grey Lady agreed. In her opinion, this was undoubtedly an interesting thing.

Even Ravenclaw students rarely answer 100 riddles correctly in a row. As for students who are not Ravenclaw, it is even more difficult to answer 10 riddles correctly in a row.

"Are you going to start now?" The Grey Lady asked.

"No, I think we should give Miss McDougal more time to prepare. We can wait until the end of the exam or next semester." Albert is not in a hurry. He needs Katrina to provide him with questions and answers, and he must make the other party fully prepared. Otherwise, Miss McDougal is just a matter of a few problems and would be meaningless.

As for victory or defeat?

Albert doesn't care at all.

At this moment, he suddenly wanted to give himself a thumbs up for his wit.

Yes, this method is really good.

Solve the Eagle Ring problem simply, easily and conveniently.

Katrina was unwilling at all. Albert thought in her mind and walked away happily. She was ready to defeat Albert in this jam and win 10 Galleon.

However, before that, you still need to practice hard, Katrina will never allow failure.