Chapter 187: Delayed Mission

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On the day after receiving the apology letter from the Ministry of Magic, Albert quietly went to the Room of Requirement to retrieve the Gold Card and return it to Hertock, now that the matter had been cleared up for him.

Keeping the Gold Card would only bring trouble, given Hertock's clarification.

As he picked up the Gold Card, Albert absentmindedly looked in a certain direction and casually placed the Gold Card into the pocket of his robe. Slowly, he walked to the right and noticed an old cabinet with bubbling patches on its surface. He raised his head and squinted his eyes, where he saw a wizard half-statue covered in freckles, and on his head, there was a dusty, old hairpiece, and... an ancient and faded crown-like object.

Stunned, he stood before the old cabinet, and once again, he faintly heard a whisper from the crown. He lifted his hand hesitantly, then slowly withdrew it and quickly turned away.

After leaving the Room of Requirement, Albert stared at the Gold Card in his hand and whispered to himself, "This memory should be enough, right!"

He then placed the Gold Card into a pre-prepared envelope and sent it back to its original owner, Hertock, using the school owl.

As for why he didn't use his own owl?

Well, Hedwig was still on her way delivering the letter.

Watching the owl fly away with the Gold Card, Albert took a deep breath. This matter could be considered closed now. The troublesome task of returning lost property could be considered completed.

When Albert was about to claim a new task, he suddenly noticed a new one on his task panel.

The Struggle of Underage Wizards.

Over the past few years, the Ministry of Magic's tracking spells have occasionally been erroneous. The Improper Use of Magic Office never admits to their mistakes. Use your own method to make them realize their errors and apologize or pay the price. Show them that even underage wizards, who have little power and say, can express their dissatisfaction in other ways.

Reward: 3000 experience points, Dolores Umbridge's favorability -10.

Albert stood outside the owlery, murmuring to himself, "Strange, why did this task trigger at this moment? And once triggered, the task is already completed."

"Perhaps it's because I returned the Gold Card," Albert speculated in his mind. He continued down the stairs and returned to the castle. As he reached the entrance hall, he noticed a new task on his panel.

The Potion Master's Gratitude.

The Gold Membership Card is very important to the Potion Master Hertock, and he is grateful that you have returned the Gold Membership Card as agreed. Your integrity has earned his acknowledgment.

Reward: 100 experience points, 1 skill point, Hertock's favorability +5, randomly gain one skill from the task target, Reward item: A vial of Felix Felicis.

Entering the Great Hall, Albert was surprised again. He didn't expect this matter to have a follow-up, and the rewards were unexpectedly generous.

He had thought that returning the lost property was just the beginning.

However, Albert was curious about what would have happened if he had returned the Gold Card to Hertock right away.

Would he have received a Galleon reward?

Albert had a feeling that difficult tasks usually came with better rewards.

But this time, he seemed to have struck gold. After all, he had spent so much time and effort on this matter.

However, how did Hertock receive his owl's letter so quickly?

It was only ten minutes from the owlery to the Great Hall, even with the time he spent pondering.

Was Hertock waiting for his owl at Hogwarts?

Albert felt that was the only possibility.

It seemed that the Gold Card was even more important than he had anticipated.

He casually sighed in his heart, refocusing his attention on the task at hand.

Albert had no intention of claiming the reward for "The Struggle of Underage Wizards" right now. Decreasing Dolores Umbridge's favorability towards him wasn't something he wanted to deal with.

However, he did directly claim the rewards for the "Return Lost Property" and "Potion Master's Gratitude" tasks.

Then, he found a place in the Great Hall, took out his little notebook, pretended to be reading something, and started to review his skill panel to see what skill rewards he had received from Hertock.

The reward was a bit random; it depended on luck.

Last time, with Dumbledore's task, there was a similar reward, and Albert couldn't find it on his skill panel.

Albert realized he had quite a few skills, most of them being level one or zero. Scrolling through the long list of skills wasn't an easy task.

After carefully checking three times, Albert finally found a skill he had never seen before: "Potion Mastery."

Yes, the skill was called "Potion Mastery."

What caught Albert's attention was that this skill couldn't be upgraded with experience points.

In his impression, skills that required skill points to upgrade were usually good.

This was really exciting news!

...

In the Great Hall, several Gryffindor students were gathered around Albert, whispering to each other.

"What's wrong with Albert?" Angelina looked confusedly at the motionless Albert and asked her brothers, the Weasley twins, "Is he under a full-body-bind curse?"

As she spoke, Fred actually snatched the notebook from Albert's hand and waved it in front of him, but Albert didn't react. He sat there like a living statue, quietly contemplating something.

"No, it's intermittent daydreaming," George explained while taking the notebook from Fred and placing it back into Albert's hand.

"He looks quite eerie like this," Angelina murmured.

"That's why Albert decided to use the notebook as a disguise," George chuckled, "He's probably pondering something important. But you're right; if you don't know what's going on, it can be quite scary."

"Even if you do that, he won't react, you know!" Fred reached out to pinch Albert's cheek, but unexpectedly, Albert suddenly stood up and bumped his head straight into Fred's chin, causing Fred to groan in pain, covering his chin while crouching on the ground.

The collision was solid, and Fred's facial expression was twisted with pain.

Angelina's face twitched. Honestly, she was startled by Albert's sudden movement when he stood up.

Lee Jordan shook his head and said, "You wouldn't suffer if you didn't act recklessly. How come you don't know that?"

"Fred, are you still alive?" George asked with malicious glee.

"It hurts like hell."

"But you're still alive, right?"

"We're twins, aren't we?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll share some of this pain with you." Fred reached out, covering his chin, and then suddenly swung his fist at his own twin brother.

"You bastard, you ambushed me."

They ended up fighting each other.

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