Chapter 1111 They Are Here

? There is no doubt that Knockturn Alley is a mixed place. There's a lot of very dubious magic items for sale here, and a lot of very dubious witches and wizards coming and going.

If you're looking, you can even find something here that violates both law and morality.

In short, not only is this place a bit "unsuitable for children", even adults should not come here easily.

But, of course—since Knockturn Alley is a place directly connected to Diagon Alley, even if there is some darkness hidden here, it is by no means an extrajudicial place.

Especially in this period of time, those "gray wizards" who used to love to test the edge of the law, now have the less courage to do something out of the ordinary.

Therefore, in recent years, there is really nothing special about Knockturn Alley except for some hard-to-stop scams.

At this moment, Pansy and Iluli were following Martin all the way. After avoiding three Aurors in an alley, the two of them soon followed Martin to a narrow shop.

As soon as he entered the door, Pan Xi immediately noticed a disgusting rancid smell. Obviously, the reason why she didn't smell at all outside the door before was only because some barriers were placed at the door to prevent the smell from escaping.

However, perhaps it was precisely because of the invisible barrier that the stench could not escape at all, which made the smell in the store so amazing.

It was only when Pan Xi hurriedly pinched his nose that he was finally able to breathe a little.

"Here... are there wands for sale?"

Resisting the urge to turn around and leave immediately, she looked left and right at the layout of the store, but the shelves around the walls were full of creepy magic materials.

And when she took a closer look again, she immediately found the source of the stench—it was a water tank placed in a corner, and there was a big sack full of things in it.

As for what was contained in the sack that had already been soaked dark red, Pansy didn't want to know at all.

Hearing Pansy's question, Martin, who was standing in front, even waved his hand.

"No, it's not here," he said. "This is the magic store I told you about earlier, a friend of mine runs a magic shop. When I call my friend out, I'll have her take you to buy wands." —You know, it's easier than me taking you there, after all, the goddamn Aurors are everywhere out there now!"

Martin's explanation does make sense,

And to be honest, Pansy didn't really want to be with him at all.

"Oh, I see." She nodded immediately, "This is indeed the best choice."

Just as he was talking, Martin yelled softly towards the innermost part of the shop:

"Muriel? Are you there? It's me—Martin, and I need you to do me a favor!"

Before the words fell, Panxi and Iluli heard a sudden booming sound from inside, and immediately after, the two saw a thin figure staggering out of it.

Judging by what Martin called her, she was obviously a witch, and her messy long hair just confirmed this.

"It's been a few years since I took a bath?" Iluli, who hadn't spoken much, couldn't help thinking secretly in her heart, "It's just too scary!"

As a servant responsible for taking care of her master's daily life, Iluli also has a little bit of a cleanliness fetish. To be honest, including this shop and the owner of that shop, she really couldn't bear it.

"Muriel, did you fall again?"

Martin seems to have gotten used to this.

"Well, you seem to be okay anyway? So... take them both to Old Tim's thrift store for me! There are Aurors out there looking for me now, and our school girl needs a can An old wand that will be used."

Elementary school girl?

After hearing that, Pansy immediately looked at the dirty witch carefully again—could it be that this is also a former Hogwarts graduate?

She was thinking about it when she saw the sloppy witch Martin called "Muriel" rubbing her knees, and then she lifted her long hair and looked at Pansy and Iluli.

"Hmm... going to Old Tim's? It's okay, but every time I go to Old Tim's, I always feel that he is a little unhappy..."

At this, Martin could only grin and shake his head.

"Can't you use the cleansing spell to clean yourself up? Of course he won't give you a good face if you pass by like this!"

But who knows, Muriel immediately snapped her head like a rattle, and finally said plausibly:

"That's not necessary...I work with corpses all day long, and it's going to get dirty anyway."

After all, she stopped paying attention to Martin and waved directly to Pan Xi and the others.

"Come on! Oh, are you still at Hogwarts? Let me guess, you must be from Slytherin, am I right? Martin likes to hang out with Slytherins - although he He's a Hufflepuff himself."

Seeing Muriel walking towards the door while talking, she really just left Martin behind. And Martin, who was left aside casually by her, was not only not annoyed, but seemed a little helpless.

When Pan Xi saw this, he was quite surprised immediately.

According to her impression of Martin, this is undoubtedly a man who has a strong desire to control others, which can be seen from his performance in the two rallies.

But when facing this witch named "Muriel", his tolerance was obviously much higher than usual.

"Is it 'that' relationship between two people?"

The moment Pansy followed the sloppy witch to the door, she couldn't help turning her head back quietly, but saw Martin looking at Muriel's back with a complicated look in his eyes.

...

After a while, Muriel brought Pansy and the others to another shop a little further away.

Unlike Muriel's cramped shop, although this is just a thrift shop, its frontage is at least twice as big as the previous one.

Standing at the door and looking inside, the decoration inside the store is not like the gloomy feeling of Knockturn Alley. The bright candlelight dispelled the darkness caused by the narrowness of the alley itself, and one could feel a little warmth just outside the door.

To be honest, if Pansy didn't know very well that this was indeed Knockturn Alley, she might have thought it was an ordinary store in Diagon Alley!

"Good morning, old Tim!"

Muriel walked into the store first, and greeted the old wizard sitting behind the counter by the way.

But the old man seemed to have seen a ghost, and immediately turned his head away, and the disgust was easy to see without saying anything.

"Hey, there's a visitor, old Tim!"

After yelling at that side again, Muriel pouted, then pointed to a basket inside and said:

"Look, there are magic wands in there! If you are not satisfied, you can also go to the small display case at the back-although the ones in the cabinet are a little more expensive, but the workmanship is very good, most of them are from A master hand like Mr. Ollivander."

However, after all, this place is just a second-hand goods store, and it is led by an "acquaintance" Muriel. No matter how expensive it is, it can't be more expensive than the original price of seven Galleons.

Pansy took Iluli to choose it together, because time was tight, they were not too demanding, and after finding a usable wand, they took it to the counter to pay.

But just at this moment, Muriel who was standing at the door suddenly ran over and said in a low voice:

"Before Martin said that the Aurors were looking for him, so it has nothing to do with you two?"

When Pansy and Yi Luli heard this, they immediately became nervous.

"What's wrong?"

"There are Aurors outside, coming this way... Well, maybe they will come in to see something."

To ask whether the Auror manhunt had anything to do with them, the answer is clearly yes. However, since their identities have not been exposed so far, they are not exposed as soon as they meet like Martin.

Of course, if you can't meet it, then it's better not to meet it.

"It's too late to go out," Pansy looked around, and then hurriedly asked the old wizard, "Excuse me, is there a back door here?"

"No."

Mostly because of his distaste for Muriel, the old man didn't even think much of talking to Pansy. But fortunately, the wizards in Knockturn Alley basically didn't deal with Aurors very much, and if he wasn't driven by sufficient interests, he probably wouldn't deliberately inform them.

Needless to say, even in the dark side of the wizarding world, there is a corresponding set of rules to follow.

After thinking about it for a while, Pansy quickly took out a few more Galleons from his pocket, and put them on the counter. At the same time, she whispered in her mouth:

"Forget the question I just asked, remember that we are just ordinary customers... After the Auror is gone, there will be another half."

The old wizard didn't even lift his eyelids when he heard the sound, but he took the small stack of Galleons away without a trace in an instant.

"Pansy, why don't you avoid it for a while? Just use your invisibility cloak!" Iluli suddenly whispered, "I'm fine, but you shouldn't be in Knockturn Alley, right?"

It has to be said that this half-blood witch, who is usually quite introverted, can always show excellent judgment at critical moments.

Hearing what she said, Pansy couldn't help but feel that it made sense—although she didn't know if it was the Auror from before, she had indeed revealed her identity after all, and she also specifically mentioned the purchase of a wand.

However, it doesn't make sense for a Hogwarts student to come to Knockturn Alley to buy an old second-hand wand.

Just in case, Panxi decisively hid his figure with the invisibility cloak according to Iluli's words, and carefully hid in a corner beside him.

"They are coming!"