Trap

At the Wizard Card Game gathering at the end of November, Lee Jordan finally took over the task of organizing the Wizard Card Competition for the second half of the semester from Albert. Having already organized two tournaments, he was quite adept at organizing a successful event.

However, the number of participants this year was somewhat disappointing. Even though Albert offered an "expensive" amulet as the prize for the champion, he could only barely gather thirty-two participants, which frustrated Lee Jordan for a while. He wondered if it was because he was not as charming as Albert, and not a single girl signed up for this year's Wizard Card Competition.

He couldn't help but complain to Albert, "Am I just unlucky, or did my bad luck scare all the girls away?"

Although Lee Jordan knew it wasn't his fault, he still felt that he had messed up the task Albert had assigned him as soon as he officially took over.

Albert didn't seem to care at all and casually offered a few words of comfort to the other person.

As December arrived, Hogwarts Castle was shrouded in snow, and even the messenger owls had grown thin. However, there was always an exception: Shera had gained a considerable amount of weight.

Daisy and Herb wrote to him that their Christmas Holiday plans had changed; they would first go to France and stay there for two days, and then go on vacation to Italy together after he attended the wedding.

Albert suspects that Morg told his parents about it, and given Daisy and Herb's open-mindedness, it's not hard to understand why they would make such a choice.

Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that Morg altered their memories. To be honest, Albert has little respect for the integrity of wizards.

That afternoon, on Albert's way to the library, Hermione rushed over with good news: Harry had ultimately failed to make a deal with Mundungus Fletcher.

Hermione was very unhappy with Mr. Mundungus, the thief who was always trying to cheat them, and she preferred to risk dealing with Snape instead.

The failed deal can only be considered as following the trend of history; the world is sometimes so strange. But it was tough on Harry and Ron, as causing trouble in Potions Class required taking a great risk.

It's said that Mr. Mundungus, the thief, ran into some trouble a few days before the deal. He broke into a house and stole something, which made someone hold a grudge. Even without evidence, it didn't matter. For those old wizards with Galleon and connections, taking revenge on a thief who operated in the gray area was too easy.

As a result, Mundungus was targeted by employees of the Ministry of Magic, who confiscated Mundungus suitcase on the grounds of operating without a license, and all the goods inside were lost.

Next, the process of collecting evidence is quite simple.

For the sake of losing certain prohibited items, Ministry of Magic employees fined Mundungus a large sum of Galleon and planned to send him to Azkaban Prison for a few days.

Mundungus Fletcher was naturally unwilling to surrender. He originally wanted to use Confundus Charm on the Ministry of Magic employee when he wasn't paying attention, hoping to fool him. However, the spell bounced back.

As a result, the Mr. Thief was charged with assaulting a Ministry of Magic employee, fined two hundred Galleon, and sentenced to six months in Azkaban.

This is truly something to celebrate.

The deal between Mundungus Fletcher and Hermione (Harry) fell through, and the incident even landed him on the second page of the Daily Prophet.

I wonder what Mundungus would think if he knew he'd fallen for Albert's lucky charm.

However, he also made Albert's amulet famous with his Galleon, because of this, wizards who went out on missions for the Ministry of Magic wanted to purchase similar amulets to ward off some unexpected attacks.

Mr. Towler made a fortune from this and planned to continue buying from Albert, even hoping to establish a long-term partnership with the Ministry of Magic. Unfortunately, he was unable to achieve his goal in the end.

The Defence Against the Dark Arts field was Albert's cash cow, how could he be so generous as to share it with others?

Even if it's supposed to be a win-win situation, it's the same as everyone else getting the meat while others only get the soup.

Initially, he let Kenneth Toller exploit his loopholes, since the other party was able to sell the amulet at a high price through his connections, which was his own skill and he wouldn't care.

Most amulets do not last very long.

At the latest, within a year, the amulet will become completely ineffective and will not affect Albert's future plans to sell amulets. The amulet will continue to be upgraded and improved.

"You have no idea, even the people working at the Ministry of Magic can't recite a decent Shield Charm. Although the Auror are much better at it after training, they still can't defend against sneak attacks anytime, anywhere." Kenneth Toller was talking excitedly to Albert about the prospects of amulets, his spittle flying everywhere.

In their eyes, it was a money tree! Of course, they needed amulets made by Albert himself, and the Ministry of Magic knew that was the only reliable thing.

Kenneth Toller was also quite sincere, willing to give half of the profits to Albert.

"I'm sorry, although the deal you mentioned is indeed very tempting, but... making those amulets is a waste of time, and as you know, I'm always busy at school, I simply don't have any extra time to waste on these things."

Albert yawned lazily, politely declining.

Kenneth Toller's desire to continue earning Galleon through him was naturally out of the question.

After all, Albert was planning to open a Defence Against the Dark Arts Store and wasn't in a hurry to make this money. Once Voldemort returned, if he managed things properly, he was confident that after the Second Wizarding War ended, Albert would have Ministry Auror coming to him to make purchases. At that point, why would he be afraid of not making money? Of course, when Albert generously offered to sell his technology, Kenneth Toller immediately shut up.

Without the corresponding skill, the finished product would be a completely different story. After all, Kenneth had already learned his lesson once, with the Baruffio's Brain Elixir incident leaving him utterly humiliated.

Kenneth Toller bluntly rejected this "kind offer" and had no reason to complain about Albert anymore.

This was exactly what Albert expected. Some things may seem simple, but without a solid foundation, they are not a simple matter at all.

Although the business deal fell through, Hogwarts continued its business, and students would still come to him to buy inexpensive amulets.

One day, Albert learned from Fred and George that Kenneth had been beaten up.

In George's words: Kenneth was selling counterfeit goods, and as a result, others found out.

After the partnership ended, Kenneth somehow acquired a batch of identical amulets and sold them to other Muggle-born wizard, only to discover they were counterfeit.

The amulet cost two Galleon, and the other party was naturally not going to let it go. They contacted several students who had also bought counterfeit goods, dragged Kenneth into the bathroom and beat him up, and then asked him to return the goods.