The Weasley Twins' Invitation

Adam found the twins by the stairs. They were surprisingly well-behaved, not waiting right at the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room.

"Did you need something from me?"

"Ah! Adam, you've finally arrived, my friend!"

One of the twins' eyes lit up when he saw Adam, and he opened his arms wide as he approached.

Faced with such an enthusiastic welcome, Adam couldn't help but take a half step back.

"Hey! Fred, you're scaring him."

George hooked his brother's collar and pulled him back.

"Ahem, alright, let's be a little more reserved."

Fred cleared his throat and, together with George, looked at Adam and said in unison:

"My dear friend, are you interested in joining Fred and George's grand enterprise?"

"...Grand enterprise?"

Adam raised an eyebrow. Weren't these two just pranksters?

"Yes!"

The two conjured up a pile of colorful candies as if by magic:

"These are Fred and George's great inventions!"

Fred picked up a piece of candy, a smug look on his face, and said:

"Just one of these, and you'll start spouting nosebleeds, giving you a perfectly legitimate excuse to skip class!"

"It's important to note that your health won't be affected in the process. Of course, it's best to feign weakness," George added.

Then the two introduced other candies, some that made you vomit, some that gave you a fever, some that made you faint… they called them Skiving Snackboxes.

"So? Isn't it a super great invention? Doesn't it make you want to buy it the moment you hear about it?"

For most students, these might be very practical tools for skipping class, but clearly, these two hadn't done much research on Adam beforehand.

"These candies are indeed... very novel. So, what do you want me for?"

Adam suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Just to be clear, I won't help you sell these things. I want the food I sell to bring people happiness."

"Our inventions bring people happiness too!"

After defending their invention, Fred waved his hand.

"But what we want to talk about isn't asking you to sell these for us. In fact, in our eyes, they're far from finished products."

"That's right. Although we've given these Skiving Snackboxes all sorts of practical effects, their taste can't be called candy at all. Even the smell can quickly reveal that something's wrong, not to mention the flavor. They completely lack the stealth we planned for."

The brothers sighed in unison.

"We've spent almost as much time on flavoring as we have on concocting their ingredients!"

"Do you want to try one?"

"No, thank you."

Adam flatly refused the candy the brothers offered. He had a rough idea of why they were looking for him.

"So, you're looking for me to... flavor these prank items?"

"Exactly! That's why we're looking for you, the candy-making expert!"

The two looked at Adam with shining eyes.

"You can even make candy in the shape of Hogwarts! What a genius ability! If we work together, these Skiving Snackboxes will definitely sell like crazy!"

"In fact, it's not just that. We have even more great ideas, but unfortunately, we've found that making these things well requires not only genius prank ideas but also some other talents, like culinary skills..."

"With you on board, we can turn more of our ideas into reality!"

After listening to the last words of the two in unison, Adam thought for a moment.

"It's not entirely impossible. It sounds like this thing would sell pretty well."

Hearing this, smiles already appeared on the brothers' faces.

"But how much are you planning to pay me? You can't expect me to work for free, can you?"

"Ahem—of course, we wouldn't do such a thing!"

Although they hadn't considered asking Adam to work for them for free, the twins, who were indeed short on cash, shifted their gazes.

Before coming, they hadn't inquired about Adam's studies, but they had clearly inquired about Adam's business. Even when Adam had only been selling within Hufflepuff and at low prices, the profitability was exaggerated in their eyes.

After all, Adam's profits were small, but his sales were high. Almost the entire Hufflepuff house was his customer, and Hufflepuff was the most populous house in Hogwarts.

"Although we don't have much money right now, we can give you a cut!"

Adam was indeed more interested when he heard this. To think of using this method to pull him in, it seemed that the twins had really thought about this issue carefully.

Were they already seriously considering turning their prank hobby into a future career at this point?

"You can see the future potential of Skiving Snackboxes, right? I believe that once this product is launched, students will rush to buy it!"

"We can make this product the first project of our collaboration, and we'll give you three... four tenths of the profit from each candy! If the cooperation goes smoothly, we can start more collaborations."

It has to be said that what the twins are doing at this time is a bit like entrepreneurs holding a PPT of pie-in-the-sky promises, trying to convince investors. But obviously, these two don't even have a PPT. They're just drawing a pie with their mouths, and they've brought the semi-finished product directly to Adam, a possible investor, without leaving any room for negotiation.

Perhaps Adam's shop stimulated them, prompting them to try to profit from prank props earlier and more eagerly.

Adam fell into thought after hearing their plan.

It has to be said that this pie is indeed attractive enough. Even putting aside the fondness he felt for these two treasures when reading the books, this business is a sure win for Adam.

After all, he knows that Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes will be quite popular in the future, especially those Skiving Snackboxes.

The only problem is that after joining, he really has to spend time taking charge of the flavoring work. Is it worth it for him to spend this time? This is not something that can be easily solved with Sweet Card's magic. He doesn't plan to teach Sweet Card's magic to others. He can't have all these candies sent to him before they leave the factory, right?

If he only considers profit, then spending time flavoring these candies is certainly profitable, but to be honest, Adam is not short of money. Even if he doesn't run a shop, his parents' restaurants and bars are enough for him to live comfortably for hundreds of years, not to mention the Sorcerer's Stone can turn stone into gold.

The twins saw him make so much money selling desserts, but in fact, his purpose in selling desserts is like cooking for himself. Getting pleasure from it is his main purpose in doing these things.

Flavoring these prank candies...

As Adam thought, his brows furrowed more and more tightly, and the twins' hearts rose higher and higher.