Daily Life at Hogwarts

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"Does it look good?"

After Nia fiddled with the hat on her head in the mirror in the bathroom for a long time, she came to the living room to show her new hat to her family.

"It looks good, it suits you very well."

Albert was combing Tom with a comb. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he looked up at Nia who was wearing a hat, and said gently, "If you wear it with a white dress, you will look like a little angel. By the way , would you like me to take some photos for you?"

Although Niya was very happy in her heart, she still pouted and complained: "Liar, you always say that."

Albert has been coaxing himself to be happy like this since he was a child, and now he doesn't bother to put it another way.

Obviously, he is no longer a child.

Seeing that Nia took off the hat and put it aside, Albert changed the subject, "Would you like to try this thing, so you won't need to make up in the future."

"What is this?" Nia looked at the wooden box curiously and asked, "Cosmetics, or skin care products?"

"It should be considered a skin care product."

Albert pointed to the glass medicine bottle inside the wooden box.

This is a skin care product that Isobel concocted with the help of Mrs. Perenal.

"Skin care products?"

Nia looked at the bottle in Daisy's hand, picked up a bottle from the box, and read the instructions posted on it:
Plant extracts.

How to use: Apply topically.

Efficacy: reduce swelling, quickly eliminate acne and scars on the face.

"Is it effective?" Nia asked suspiciously.

"It will take effect within a few hours at the latest."

Nia put the medicine bottle back and picked up another one.

Plant extracts.

Usage: Oral administration, ten drops at a time.

Efficacy: It can effectively prevent acne on the face.

Well, in fact, it is similar to the effect of taking vitamin C.

It can be regarded as Isobel's bribe to Nia. Adolescent girls will always encounter similar problems. Based on his own thinking and the special effects of magic plants, Albert asked Isobel to try to make... a beauty potion.

"Mom, what's the effect of your bottle?" Nia put the bottle back in her hand, staring at the bottle of potion in Daisy's hand and asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Daisy still handed the medicine bottle to Nia.

It is also some kind of plant extract.

How to use: Apply topically.

Effect: beauty.

The effects of magic plants in some aspects are indeed much stronger than those in the ordinary world.

"Is there still time for me to use it now?" Daisy couldn't help asking, looking at her son.

"It should be useful."

"I said son, you haven't been learning these things all summer, have you?" Herb looked at Albert with a strange look.

"This is made by Isobel. I just gave some suggestions. Girls are very concerned about their appearance. Although there are so-called beauty potions in the magic world, the effect of using them is different from what you think, so I suggest She uses plant extracts."

"Have you tested it?"

"Well, it's been tested." Albert brought back Tom, who was about to run away, and nodded towards the two of them, "However, the bodies of wizards and ordinary people seem to be a little different. Less, let’s see how it works.”

Throughout the next night, Daisy and Nia discussed the skin care products Albert brought to them.

As long as you are a woman, there is no one who does not want to be beautiful.

In the end, Daisy asked for the right to use the beauty potion. If it is really effective, Albert can get another bottle for Nia.

Herb naturally also received a gift.

Albert bought him a bunch of wine in the French wizarding world.

Although Herb is not a person who likes to drink, the wine in the wizarding world still aroused his interest. While tasting the wine to experience the novelty, he compared it with the various wines he had ever drunk to see which one The wine is better.

Albert was sitting on the sofa, stroking the cat, watching the TV news, and feeding Tom small dried fish from time to time.

On the TV screen, the announcer was broadcasting the news about a fugitive criminal:

...The public must be aware that Black is armed and extremely dangerous... A special hotline has been set up, and anyone who knows Black's whereabouts must report it immediately.

"It started around the beginning of August, and similar news reappeared every night." Herb said to Albert, "Those announcers never detailed the origin of that criminal named Black. I suspect that he may be from your side. Run away. By the way, do you want some?"

"That bottle of champagne is for me and Nia." Albert glanced at the bottle of honey champagne on the table, and looked at Herb resentfully.

"Sorry, sorry, I thought it was all for me, so I just took a bottle that you can drink..."

Albert put Tom aside, took the glass and asked Nia beside him, "Do you want some too?"

"Can I drink it?" Nia asked, blinking.

"As long as the right amount is fine." Albert also poured a glass for Nia and Daisy each, and explained to Herb: "That guy's name is Sirius Black, he escaped from the wizard's prison, it is said that There is currently a reward of [-] Galleons offered by the wizarding world for the first person to escape from a wizarding prison in England."

"Wizard Prison?"

"Well, it is said that on an isolated island overseas, no one can find a place. There is death and despair there, and no one can escape from the guards of the dementors. Black is the first prisoner to escape successfully in hundreds of years." Albert said calmly.

"Dementors?"

"A very terrifying monster that feeds on people's joy and brings people despair," Albert explained.

"The dementors are the wardens?"

"For now."

"Currently?"

"Dementors themselves are evil creatures. Ordinary people can't see them, but they can sense them. Once war breaks out, those monsters will turn to the evil side and roam around the UK unscrupulously. This is one of the reasons why I asked you to leave Europe. "

"The Ministry of Magic would tolerate such a monster."

"Wizards are arrogant, and... it is said that dementors cannot be killed, but can only be driven away with the Patronus Charm."

"Can't be killed? That's unreasonable. If dementors can't be killed, unless they can't reproduce, the whole world might be full of dementors." Daisy thinks this is unreasonable.

"I don't know." Albert didn't know much about dementors either, he only knew that the Patronus Charm could restrain dementors.

"However, Black is not worth as much as I imagined!" Herb estimated a little, and the reward was about 4.97 pounds.

"Ten thousand Galleons is already considered a lot of money in the wizarding world." Albert felt that Herb was a little flustered after winning the lottery, and he didn't take the money seriously.

He also understood what Herb meant. After all, it is not surprising that the reward for being the first to escape from prison is high, and he now has a wrong understanding of the probability of money in the magic world and the ordinary world.

"That wizard prison must be terrible." Nia whispered.

"Yes, it's scary."

……

While the Andersons were chatting, something similar was happening at the McDougals'.

Mrs. McDougall was looking at the headdress, necklace and earrings in front of her, with an extremely complicated expression, and she didn't even know what to say.

"I remember that Albert seems to have a vault in Gringotts. You should let him put his things in the vault, which is safer." Mrs. McDougall seemed to think of something again, and said with a soft sigh, "Take care of people." Look, don't be like me."

After talking with the Andersons, Mrs. McDougal also knew the reason why they wanted the two to get married early. Although she still didn't want to believe it, she saw the attitude of the Andersons in this regard, and Albert was Gryffindor. Students from many colleges also know that the other party is not a law-abiding person.

"If a wizarding war does break out, it would be fine to leave England."

After all, Mrs. McDougall, who has experienced that period, also knows what happened at that time.

"When the time comes, remember to take Katrina with you!"

After knowing that the two might go to the magic school potion tournament, Mrs. McDougal also understood that too dazzling Muggle wizards are not a good thing in the chaotic period that may arise.

"Aren't you going?"

"No, this is our home, and I won't leave."

"But……"

"Don't worry. I'm a pure-blood, and I spend most of my time working in St. Mungol's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries." Mrs. McDougal comforted softly, "It will be fine."

"No, please don't say such things again." Isobel couldn't help frowning, "Albert thinks setting a flag for himself is an ominous omen."

Mrs. McDougall shook her head involuntarily, apparently not understanding what Isobel meant by the flag, and continued, "Tomorrow, I'll put the things in our vault first, it's not safe to leave them at home."

(End of this chapter)