A day at Hogwarts.

On the podium of the venue, a well-known alchemist, about 60 years old, was speaking in broken English about the slow development and decline of alchemy in recent years, and Albert's eyelids trembled when he heard it. , I almost fell asleep with my eyes closed.

This morning, Albert still got up in the dark. Even after drinking a large cup of strong tea, he still couldn't stop his sleepiness and yawned.

Isobel, who was sitting beside him, was not much better, and Catherine and Valeria looked like they might fall asleep at any time.

It seems that in order to keep himself awake, many wizards who came to this meeting were whispering and whispering, and it was also the middle-aged wizard on the stage who used the microphone to amplify his voice, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

"Mr. Serra, has Professor Dumbledore basically stopped participating in the International Alchemy Conference since he won the Gold Medal for Pioneering Contributions at the Cairo International Alchemy Conference?"

In order not to fall asleep, Albert planned to find someone to chat with, and he also heard something from the words of the middle-aged wizard on the stage.

"I'm not sure. However, in recent decades, I have never seen Dumbledore participate in the International Alchemy Conference." Sera was not too surprised. He could actually guess the reason.

The guy on the stage was talking about how to promote the development of alchemy, but are those words really useful?

In Albert's view, the group of old guys on the stage should bear most of the responsibility for the decline of alchemy.

Moreover, just nagging there for a long time, the result is just a bunch of nonsense, the leader does not fulfill his responsibilities, and does all kinds of disgusting things over there, and alchemy will naturally become what it is now. It looks like a ghost.

Especially like to suppress newcomers. Many older and experienced wizards like this kind of shit, but they forget that they are old, and a large part of them are not very able to accept new things, and their ability to innovate is insufficient.

Without innovation and enterprising people to open up the way for everyone, the development of alchemy will naturally become very slow.

The group of people on the stage naturally knew it well, but sometimes for their own benefit, sometimes even if they knew it was wrong, some people would do it.

Take the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting that Albert received not long ago. Someone shamelessly filed a formal complaint with the International Federation of Wizards.If it were an ordinary wizard, it would probably be very embarrassing.

There is a saying: Underage wizards are not wizards.

Moreover, Albert is still underage, and underage wizards basically have no right to speak.

It's just that he has a lot of halos on his head, and he has just announced the humanoid recovery spell that will help wizards and werewolves solve their problems.The Wilder Smith family used their contacts to help him get it done, and this matter ended quietly, otherwise God knows what would happen.

While a few people were chatting, several staff members were distributing a new alchemy book to the members in the venue. Obviously, the International Alchemy Conference was not just shouting slogans from the sidelines, they rewrote alchemy-related books. textbooks.

However, after seeing the price of this book, Albert wondered if this group of people made a fortune by selling books, because this book is not cheap, at least not as cheap as textbooks.

If you really want to popularize alchemy, the price should be at least cheaper.

Although it is undeniable that the writing of this book is actually okay, and it is basically more formal than the one Albert bought the day before yesterday, but that's all.

I don't know when, the speaker on the stage changed to a wizard who was around 50 years old, and this time the topic was the use of alchemy.However, I don't know whether it was due to lack of preparation or other reasons. The topic of the speech was very fragmented, and the speech was very short, about a quarter of an hour, which was indeed short compared to the previous one who spoke for almost an hour.

Albert thinks that what this person probably wants to express is to make alchemy practical and apply it to life, not just stay on the records on parchment. He thinks that when alchemy is better used, It can better promote the development of alchemy.

However, in the eyes of most people, they are empty words, because everyone will try their best to turn their alchemy achievements into tangible benefits that can be seen and touched.

After this one finished speaking, there were also the third, fourth, and fifth ones who finished their nonsense. Everyone's patience was almost exhausted by them. The organizers themselves seem to know this very well. .Therefore, the meeting was finally suspended, and everyone was asked to eat something, chat with others and take a rest for a while, before continuing to announce the outstanding works that emerged at this year's International Alchemy Conference.

"Ha, it's so boring, I almost fell asleep." Valeria muttered softly.

In fact, she didn't intend to come to attend today's meeting, but it turned out that she was forcibly dragged here by Catherine this morning.

"Is it boring?" Catherine asked back.

"Aren't you bored?" Valeria asked Albert and Isobel.

"It's fine," Albert said.

"What do you mean?" Valeria dissatisfied, "I almost fell asleep when I saw you."

"Actually, if you can understand, you will actually find it quite interesting." Catherine said meaningfully.

"Understand what?" Valeria asked suspiciously.

"The shamelessness of adults." Albert stretched out his hand to cover his face and said, "Oh, I almost forgot, I am the only one here who is not yet an adult, what a hell. However, the opportunity to witness the shameless faces of those people is actually Pretty rare."

"Are you trying to imply that we are old?" Valeria asked, pursing her lips.

At this moment, an old man came over here.

"Congratulations, Mr. Anderson, you have won the Gold Medal for Pioneering Contributions at this year's Cairo International Alchemy Conference." The old man smiled and congratulated Albert, but Albert felt that the old man's smile in front of him was hypocritical for some reason, "But , please keep this secret first, and prepare the speech scripts that will be used on stage next time, everyone hopes that you can share some of your personal insights on alchemy, and contribute to broaden everyone's thinking."

"I see." Albert nodded to show that he knew.

"My name is Richard." The old man didn't seem to intend to leave immediately, but took the initiative to chat with Albert, "Maybe, you don't know me, but I heard other French colleagues mention you."

"Hello, Mr. Charles." Albert raised his eyebrows slightly, as if recalling seeing the name there.

When he saw Isobel pointing to the book in his hand, Albert remembered who this person was.

Charles Brick.

The author of the textbook "Development and Research of Modern Alchemy".

""Development and Research of Modern Alchemy"?" Albert asked with raised eyebrows.

"Yes, that's what I wrote. What do you think of that book?" Charles was satisfied that Albert recognized him.

"There is no alchemy course at Hogwarts." Albert suddenly said, "Although most wizards have heard of alchemy, they don't know what alchemy is, just like wizards who have never learned transfiguration , mixing enchantments with transfiguration."

Charles raised his eyebrows slightly, but he was still ready to finish listening to Albert's words. Maybe the other party's words were not flattering, but at least they expressed his views clearly.

""Modern Alchemy Development and Research" is too superficial for those who understand alchemy, but it is really difficult for those who have not even started to understand alchemy." Albert simply said that he read that The feel of the book.

"Do you think "Modern Alchemy Development and Research" is tasteless?" Charles' expression became a little subtle, "I don't know if you have any suggestions?"

"I suggest you publish a simpler alchemy book, introduce alchemy to wizards who don't understand alchemy, and lead them to push open the door of alchemy, then this book can be placed in the middle, and then published A more difficult alchemy book can be regarded as a set of teaching materials."

"You seem to know a lot about this matter." Charles was a little curious, and was not angry at Albert's words. He was also considering the feasibility of that suggestion.

"My girlfriend is currently compiling ancient magic text textbooks, and I'm helping her organize these things." Albert said with a smile.

Charles glanced at Isobel, nodded slightly towards Albert and said, "I will carefully consider your suggestion."

Richard had to admit that what Albert said was very reasonable, because apart from the countries around Egypt, many schools actually did not have alchemy classes, even in France, where there were master alchemists like Nicole Mailer, it was the same. There is no such thing as alchemy.

"You don't seem to like him very much." Sera asked with interest, looking at Richard's leaving back.

"He feels very hypocritical to me." Albert commented without thinking.

"You're right, that guy is indeed a hypocrite. In fact, most people are very hypocritical." Nicholas was not surprised by this at all, "As long as you have value, they never mind being hypocritical. That guy is also the honorary vice president of the Alchemy Research Center, and he helped write the "Modern Alchemy Development and Research". Although it looks more formal, to be honest, that book is really ordinary. However, you can get I have to thank him for the pioneering contribution gold award, and they originally wanted to award that Aria."

The others were no longer sleepy, and all of a sudden their curiosity arose, and they all leaned over to listen to the twists and turns of the story.

"Mr. Richard thinks that your alchemy achievements are valuable, and may be used in some places in the future, but it is difficult for Aria's magic transmitter to be widely used. Of course, it is also related to what happened yesterday, They all realize that you have known many famous alchemists, and there are countless dazzling halos on your head. I will give you the gold medal for the pioneering contribution of the Cairo International Alchemy Conference. It can be used as a gimmick for publicity. The youngest winner in history Just like you won the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting last time, you can use this to increase the popularity of the International Alchemy Congress."

"Of course, the most important thing is that you are still young and have investment value. At least you are a good friend candidate. It is undeniable that you can actually make friends with Mr. Richard."

"The world of adults is really complicated!" Albert couldn't help teasing.

In the afternoon, no one continued to waste everyone's precious time on the stage. They showed the alchemy results of the twelve contestants very neatly.

Albert was seventh.

The first contestant was a middle-aged man. He used alchemy to extract a small pill that was similar to a tranquilizer. It was not as effective as a tranquilizer, but the pill was easier to store and carry, and it was also effective. It could be used to deal with some comparisons. emergency.

The second contestant is a man in his thirties. He used alchemy to create a pair of multifunctional glasses, which can enable the wearer to see objects clearly in the dark. It is said that he also has the ability to see through invisibility.However, these technologies have already existed for a long time, and many people do not consider them to be alchemy achievements.

The third is a witch under the age of 30. She extracted the essence from the gill sac grass and formulated an alchemy potion that was said to allow people to breathe underwater.As a result, many people think that this method is extremely wasteful of gills, and it is completely unnecessary to take off your pants and fart.

The fourth place is Aria. His magic communication machine is favored by many people, because it seems that it can transmit information across a long distance, which is very helpful for cross-border communication.

The fifth, the sixth, and the seventh Albert, his portrait and alchemy results were played on the projector, and there was a whisper in the audience. The flying oil is indeed relatively new, but that's all, because This thing doesn't seem to have any use at all at the moment, but there is no doubt that it is useful.

However, what most people pay attention to is not the flying oil, but Albert's age, because he is actually underage.