Luke somehow managed to soothe Nia, bringing his temperamental granddaughter back to normal.
For the next few days, Herb and Daisy returned to work, while Albert and Nia continued to stay on CharlesStreet for their summer vacation.
Albert would share content from History of Magic and other books with the two elderly people, demonstrating the magic he had mastered in front of them. He also spent a Galleon to order a set of wizard chess from Wiseacre's, and began studying how to play with Luke.
At first, Nia was startled by wizard chess, but she quickly grew to like the game.
Of course, the result was that no one played chess with Albert anymore, as his chess skills had clearly surpassed everyone else's.
wizard chess is actually the same as international chess, but its pieces are alive. You usually need to command the pieces with spoken words, more like directing an army in battle.
If you reach out to grab them, the pieces will stab your hand with their weapons.
Of course, ordinary people can also use them, but they cannot command them very well. The pieces seem to have a will of their own, constantly grumbling and complaining, saying things like, "Do you even know how to play chess? Don't send me there, send a pawn, it's okay to sacrifice it."
Albert's progress in learning magic was very fast. During this period, he also completed the "Luke's Regret" quest, gaining 1500 experience points.
The experience pool had accumulated to 30,000 again. Although the experience seemed like a lot, it was actually not enough.
The higher the skill level, the more difficult it is to improve the skill. In the later stages, you can only consume experience points or skill points to upgrade.
"Albert, are you sure this leaf will float?" Nia kept staring at the leaf, but it remained unresponsive.
"I think the gesture is wrong," Albert said, a little frustrated. When casting spells, wrist movements are also very important. Sometimes a wrong movement or an imprecise incantation can lead to magic failure. This is a common mistake for beginners.
Without anyone to teach him, he could only slowly figure it out on his own, or use the experience in the experience pool to raise the skill to Level 1 and master it directly.
Albert would choose the former, and only consider the latter if he truly couldn't master it. He didn't care much about a Levitation Charm; mastering this spell was not too difficult to learn.
"It turns out that magic really isn't that easy to learn." Nia admired Albert's patience a little; at least she didn't have that much patience for this.
"Of course, it's like learning mathematics, you need to take it step by step," Albert said casually, pushing his sister on the swing, comforting her, "Don't give up until the very end."
"Ugh, it's that same comforting talk again, I'm tired of hearing it." Nia pouted, but she was still happy.
In fact, Nia guessed that she might not truly have the talent to become a Wizard. After talking with her grandfather last time, she no longer cared as much about this matter.
When there were few people left in the park, Alberttried the Levitation Charm again. This time, he succeeded. After reciting Wingardium Leviosa, the leaf successfully floated into the air.
At this moment, Albert noticed someone watching them, so he put away his wand and followed his feeling to look over, staring at the person who was looking their way. It was a boy slightly older than him.
"Can I help you?" Albert raised an eyebrow and asked the boy who was walking towards them.
To be honest, Albert wasn't afraid of the other party causing trouble at all. His karate had reached Level 2, and even without using his wand, he could still knock out an ordinary person.
Albert learned karate when he was eight, specifically for those troublesome brats. Especially after he made three children cry at school last time, everyone in the school knew that Albert Anderson knew karate and was very good at it.
Because of this, Daisy was called to the school by the teacher and lectured, but she still firmly stood by Albertand even called her husband with a single phone call.
The couple fully utilized their lawyer's talents, leaving everyone speechless.
There was no way around it; all three children were older than Albert. If you couldn't win, how could you have the nerve to cry and find the teacher?
In the end, the matter was left unresolved.
It was also then that Albert formally accepted this family.
"You are... a Hogwarts freshman? Don't try magic in a place like this, you'll be discovered. Muggle fear the power of magic." The boy looked at the leaf floating in mid-air in surprise. He hadn't expected to encounter a freshman who was about to enter school, and the other party had actually managed to make the leaf float.
"Thank you, I'll be careful." Albert felt that the other party had no ill intentions, so he thanked him and prepared to leave with his sister.
"I am Gabriel, Gabriel Truman, a Hufflepuff student, and I live nearby." Gabriel Truman friendly shook Albert's hand and said, "You're a first-year student, right? I hope you can come to Hufflepuff."
"Hufflepuff?" Albert asked, feigning confusion.
"Oh, right, you don't know about the four houses and the Sorting Ceremony yet." Truman was about to say something when he saw an owl flying towards them, dropping a letter at his feet.
"Why would there be an owl at this time?" Trumanpicked up the letter in confusion, opened it in front of Albert, and his expression froze, his face suddenly becoming very ugly.
Nia also noticed the change in atmosphere and quickly hid behind Albert.
"Is something wrong?" Albert also felt that something was amiss and asked tentatively.
"Trial... expulsion... how could this be... why is this happening?" Truman's face was full of confusion and bewilderment. He didn't understand why the Ministry of Magic would send a letter saying that he had violated the decree for the reasonable restriction of underage sorcery by using the Levitation Charm in front of a Muggle, and needed to be tried at the Ministry of Magic, also facing the risk of being expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Yes, it's you, it must be you." Truman saw Albert and instantly understood what was going on. He frantically lunged at the freshman in front of him, but suddenly felt the world spin, and he was actually knocked down by the child who was even younger than him.
The next moment, Truman felt a pain in his wrist and couldn't help but scream out in pain.
"Calm down, things aren't as bad as you think." Alberthad already guessed the reason from Truman's words. This unlucky fellow might be facing the risk of being expelled from school.
"I didn't even use the Levitation Charm!" Truman roared angrily, "I didn't even bring my wand."
"I know, I used that spell," Albert calmly reminded him, "Perhaps we should write to the school, explain the situation, and if necessary, I will testify for you. Don't worry, they won't easily expel you. We'd best write letters now, one each, to the Principal to explain the current situation. Do you have an owl?"
"No." Truman was a little depressed; he found that he was not as calm as the other party.
"Brother, it's Shera." Nia pointed to the owl flying towards them.
"It seems Shera knows we need her. Owls truly are amazing creatures," Albert couldn't help but exclaim.