There Are Always Troublemakers Out to Get Me

Albert rubbed his cheek, pretending nothing had happened, and continued walking towards the Gryffindor Common Room. He planned to go back to his dormitory to prepare, sensing that something big was about to happen.

"Didn't you go out on a date? I thought you wouldn't be back until the afternoon. Did you get dumped already?" George heard a noise coming from the entrance of the Common Room Common Room, turned around and saw Albert squeezing in through the entrance. He couldn't help but tease him.

"I'm back to get something," Albert said casually.

"Want some toffee?" Fred popped a toffee into his mouth and handed the opened Easter egg toward Albert. Eating Percy's Easter egg made him happy.

"No, see you later." Albert had just started walking towards the stairs when he suddenly stopped, turned to his roommates and said, "Can one of you lend me your wand for a moment?"

"Don't you have your own wand?" Fred asked, puzzled. Although he didn't know what Albert wanted to do with the wand, he still took out his own wand and handed it to Albert.

"I've lent my wand to some unlucky fellow for now, I'll get it back in a bit." Albert took Fred's wand, waved it lightly, and conjured a flower out of thin air. Feeling that it wasn't quite right for him, he looked at Lee Jordan beside him.

"Use mine!"

Lee Jordan reluctantly handed the wand to Albert.

"Don't be so stingy. If you break it, I'll buy you a new one from Ollivander." Albert raised his wand and waved it, feeling that it was still not as good as his own wand, but much better than Fred's wand.

"No, I quite like this wand," Lee Jordan muttered softly. "What are you planning to do with it?"

"Didn't George say he was going on a date?" Albert smiled, stuffed his wand into his pocket, and turned to go back to his dormitory down the stairs.

"His smile is a little creepy," Lee Jordan muttered. "Every time I see Albert give that smile, someone's in big trouble."

"I have a feeling he's up to something. Should I sneak over and follow him?" George had an urge to cause trouble.

"Go yourself," Fred said, shaking his head. "If he's really going on a date, you're going to get beaten up."

"You actually believe that kind of nonsense?" George couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Who knows?" Lee Jordan shook his head immediately, recalling Albert's smile just now. "Anyway, I'm not going."

At this moment, Albert had broken the Charms on the cabinet and took out the Treasure Map of the Gryffindor Secret Treasure that he had obtained last semester from the drawer.

Then, he took out the remaining Felix Felicis from his Transfiguration Lizard Skin Bag and took a small sip.

This was Albert's third use of Felix Felicis; the bottle of Felix Felicis could only be drunk once more.

However, as long as this matter can be resolved, it doesn't matter if I drink all the remaining Felix Felicis.

Albert closed his eyes to feel the changes Felix Felicis brought to his body, began to organize the items he might need, and checked the new tasks in the Task Panel.

Unforgivable.

A wizard has secretly used the Imperius Curse, Unforgivable Curses, on you. You must make him understand why these Dark Magic spells are called Unforgivable Curses.

Reward: 1500 experience points, and the Imperius Curse skill.

As solid as a rock.

Rowena Smith is a highly skilled wizard who is trying to control you with the Imperius Curse. Break free from the Imperius Curse's control and let him know that your will is incredibly strong and cannot be manipulated by the Imperius Curse at will.

Reward: 1000 experience points, +1 resistance to Imperius Curse.

Brothers in misfortune.

Your friend was also controlled by the Imperius Curse. Now that you have broken free of the control, lend a helping hand and help her out of her predicament.

Rewards: 500 experience points, Katrina's favorability +20, Isobel's favorability +20.

A wrong decision.

Rowena Smith has secretly used the Imperius Curse on you, and he has already shown you his fangs. As someone who is vengeful, you should thwart his plan, break his fangs, and make him realize that targeting you was a mistake.

Reward: 3000 experience points, and a random skill from Rowena Smith.

Including the "Other Purposes" mission from a while ago, there are a total of five missions related to Smith.

"This time I'm sure I can make a killing," Albert muttered, casually claiming the rock-solid mission reward. Then he took the contents out of the Transfiguration Lizard Skin Bag, organized them, and stuffed them into a place he could easily reach. He then touched his pocket and cast a Undetectable Extension Charm on the pocket of his robe to avoid being detected by Rowena Smith.

After all, having a magic wand in your pocket is too obvious.

"Oh right, there's also the big weapon we prepared a while ago."

Albert took out the Banshee's Howl, a weapon that could definitely take down the unsuspecting Rowena Smith.

Taking things by surprise is always the most difficult tactic to defend against, just like when he entered the Defence Against the Dark Arts office and was caught off guard by the Imperius Curse.

Albert, holding the Treasure Map to Gryffindor's Secret Treasure, was heading towards the Defence Against the Dark Arts office when he suddenly stopped, scratched the back of his head, and his gaze fell on Fred's cabinet. After a moment, he took out the Marauder's Map from the cabinet, scanning it for a spot. He spotted two familiar names heading towards the Forbidden Forest outside the castle and muttered, "I knew it wasn't my imagination. This is settled."

"Now, let's have some fun and see who comes out on top!" Albert put the Marauder's Map back into his pocket and headed toward the Defence Against the Dark Arts office.

Upon entering, Albert discovered that Katrina was gone, and only Smith was sitting alone at the table, seemingly doing nothing.

Albert stepped forward and handed the Treasure Map to Smith. However, after taking the Treasure Map, Smith cast an Imperius Curse Imperius Curse on Albert, as if worried that Albert might break free from its control.

This time, Albert was prepared, and the rewards he had just received from the panel quest came in handy immediately. His resistance to the Imperius Curse was much stronger than before.

It was only a brief moment of confusion before my mind returned to normal.

When Smith asked Albert to hand over his magical items, he readily took off the Protective Bracelet from his wrist and placed it on the table.

"He truly deserves to be the candidate they value." Rowena Smith picked up the Protective Bracelet and looked at it, unable to help but sigh, "However, this is the end of it."

As he spoke, he picked up the letter from the table and handed it to Albert, asking him to pass it on to Isobel.

There's no doubt that Rowena Smith is prepared to take them both down.

"Is it really because of the candidate?"

Albert murmured as he walked out of the Defence Against the Dark Arts office.

Heading to the library, he figured Isobel would be there; just thinking about poor Percy made him clear—that guy must have a ton of homework to do.

As for what Rowena Smith wanted to do, Albert felt he could probably guess: to have them die in the Forbidden Forest, and he even had a pretext in mind.

The two were preparing to enter the forest to search for Gryffindor's Secret Treasure, but unfortunately, they died in the Forbidden Forest.

As for Gryffindor's Secret Treasure, Rowena Smith might also be interested in finding it, just like Ravenclaw's Secret Treasure.