Recently, thanks to the tireless efforts of the caretaker, Filch, the nighttime tours of Hogwarts Castle have temporarily disappeared.
Fred and George had no interest in testing Filch's patience.
Of course, the main reason is that the two of them are just too busy and simply don't have enough energy to get up in the middle of the night for a night stroll.
Almost a month into the semester, the new students' courses are gradually getting on track. Although there aren't many classes each week, there's actually quite a bit of homework across all subjects. In addition, the two of them also need to find time to participate in Gryffindor Quidditch training.
There was no way around it; Fred and George were far less efficient at doing their homework than Albert, and besides their homework for each subject, they also occasionally had to find time to memorize important theoretical knowledge and practice magic.
Transfiguration is one of the most difficult skills to learn.
It took Albert's three roommates a week to fully master the trick of turning a match into a needle and successfully pass Professor McGonagall's quiz.
Compared to the Weasley brothers' busy and fulfilling lives, Albert's life was undoubtedly quite comfortable.
Albert always completed his weekly homework on time, and memorization was no problem for him. As for practicing magic, he had no problem with that either. Even Transfiguration, which is the most difficult spell for freshmen to master, did not cause Albert any trouble.
Since Albert joined the Transfiguration Club, he has become increasingly skilled in using Transfiguration.
Last time, Professor McGonagall taught Albert how to turn a stone into a teacup, and Albert mastered it completely after only a few tries.
Of course, Albert would always claim that he practiced for several days before he learned it.
As for Quidditch training, Albert would also participate in the "training".
However, he only goes once a week, and not for training, but to play Quidditch with fellow enthusiasts from the same college, enjoying the game and flying while improving his understanding of the Quidditch rules.
Time slipped away unnoticed, and Albert gradually grew to love Hogwarts campus life. It felt a lot like his college life in his previous life, doing what he loved and planning his future little by little in a leisurely lifestyle.
Aside from the lack of electricity, internet, cell phones, music, movies, and computer games, everything else was quite interesting.
In particular, after mastering the basic knowledge related to magic, I have become more and more proficient in using magic spells.
By the way, just now, Albert has mastered the basics of summoning magic. Although he only summoned a blooming chrysanthemum, he successfully made it bloom on the tip of his wand.
"Finally, it worked!" Fred reached out and took the chrysanthemum, sniffed it, and asked, "Can you conjure up other flowers?"
"Of course, the orchids are in full bloom." Albert quickly placed a few orchids on the table and muttered to himself, "With more practice, I should be able to conjure up a large bouquet of flowers."
"Impressive." Li Qiaodan was genuinely impressed; he knew that summoning magic was an extremely difficult spell.
"Look, your package," George said suddenly.
Albert looked up and saw an owl flying towards them. Fred and Lee Jordan immediately helped move the food off the table to make room for the owl to land.
"You've worked hard." Albert patted Shera on the back, opened the package and found two thick books inside.
The other gift was firmly taped to the package.
Both books were on economics. Grandfather Luke probably learned from Herb that his grandson was interested in finance, so he bought him a book called "Principles of Economics" as a birthday gift. As for the other book, Herb bought it, of course; it was called "The Nature of Finance."
Albert ignored the books and turned his attention to another square package. After tearing it open, he found an exquisitely packaged box containing small cakes.
"Wow, who sent you a cake? It's so mini!" Angelina's eyes lit up as she stared at the box in Albert's hand.
"Sent from home." Albert picked up the card, a happy smile spreading across his face. Actually, even without specifically looking at the birthday card's message, one could guess what it said.
The birthday card was written by Nia, and in addition to the usual wishes, she specifically emphasized that Nia also deserved credit for making the cake.
"Happy birthday." Shanna immediately understood what was going on and offered her blessings to Albert.
"Thank you." Albert picked up the new knife and fork, cut the chocolate cake in the box into six pieces, and distributed them to several acquaintances around him.
Birthday wishes rang in my ears.
It's better to share happiness than to enjoy it alone.
Anyway, I have to go to class later, and it's obviously inconvenient to carry this. If I put it in my backpack and it gets squashed, it would be a waste of my family's good intentions. Besides, most importantly, Albert just ate.
"Wow, you've gotten another year older, that's great," George joked, munching on his chocolate cake.
"If you were born twenty or twenty days earlier, you could have started school a year earlier."
"Yes," Albert said dismissively, "but starting school a year later isn't so bad."
None of the people present understood the meaning behind those words.
"By the way, these two books aren't your birthday presents, are they?" Angelina looked into the unwrapped package and found two thick books inside, the top one of which was titled "Principles of Economics".
"Is something wrong?" Albert asked Angelina, looking at her with a puzzled expression.
Angelina felt her lips twitch, and her gaze towards Albert became somewhat strange. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Why would this person be in Gryffindor?
"May I take a look?"
"Whatever, just don't break it." Albert didn't mind if others took a look, since they probably wouldn't understand it anyway, and wouldn't be interested in it.
Just as Albert had predicted, Angelina picked up the brand-new "Principles of Economics," flipped through a couple of pages, and felt dizzy, completely unable to understand what was written inside.
No, I should say she can understand each word individually, but not when they're put together.
"I really don't understand why your family would send you this stuff," George muttered.
"It's just out of interest." Albert didn't intend to delve any deeper, but instead changed the subject, saying, "Don't be too nervous, flying brooms are easy to pick up."
"Could it be that I'm the only one who can't ride a broom?" Shanna murmured.
"Didn't the cake suit your taste?" Albert asked, seemingly unrelated to the question.
"No, no, I quite like chocolate cake." Shanna closed Quidditch Origins and finished off the cake in front of her.
In fact, Shanna couldn't help but be nervous. She felt that among the new Gryffindor students, she was probably the only one who couldn't ride a broomstick yet, and that feeling was terrible.