Chapter 39 Sorry, We Don’t Sell Love Potions to Little Wizards Here

After a long walk, when Ivan reached the end and opened the trap door there, he found that he had arrived in a cellar full of cardboard boxes.

Ivan knew clearly in his heart that this should be the Honeydukes Candy Shop in Hogsmeade Village.

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Ivan carefully pushed open the cellar door, but did not see the crowded scene he had imagined. Instead, the wide storefront was somewhat empty.

That's right, it's not Christmas yet, nor is it the weekend. Those little wizards in third grade and above don't have much time to come here, Ivan thought.

Due to the lack of cover, Ivan was caught before his plan to sneak away quietly could be implemented.

"Hey boy over there, when did you come in?" Honeydukes' boss is a kind wizard who always wears loose robes, but when he saw Ivan wandering around his cellar, he immediately yelled .

"Just now, maybe you didn't see it?" Ivan didn't panic, but joked casually.

Ivan's casual attitude made the boss of Honeydukes give up the idea that he was here to steal candy, and his tone became much better, and he joked again.

"You must have sneaked out of Hogwarts, right? The little devils in the third grade are not as short as you. No wonder I didn't see you just now."

The corner of Ivan's mouth twitched, regretting that he didn't learn a magic spell like the Silencing Curse. He was already considered a high-ranking student in the first grade, okay?

Ivan depressedly took out a silver coin from his pocket and put it on the table.

"So, you're not going to sell me candy?"

"Of course," the boss of Honeydukes put away Yin Xi Ke at a speed that Ivan couldn't see clearly. He took out many snacks from the cabinet and introduced them one by one.

"What are you going to buy? Sizzling Honey Candies? Chocolate Frogs? Bibi's Multi-Flavour Beans? How about some cockroach piles? That's your principal's favorite."

Ivan also bought some, and out of curiosity, he mustered up the courage to try Dumbledore's favorite. I have to say that the pile of cockroaches looked really disgusting, and it really looked like a large cockroach.

Ivan carefully broke off his legs, endured the nausea and tasted it, only to realize that it was sweet. It was obviously made of syrup, but it was a bit crunchy when he bit it, as if he was really chewing a bug.

"By the way, do you know any places in Hogsmeade that sell potion ingredients?" Ivan took a few more bites of chocolate frogs and Bibi multi-flavored beans, and then asked casually.

"There is only one potion shop in Hogsmeade." The boss of Honeydukes suddenly became serious and looked around.

Ivan was beating a drum in his heart. Just when he was wondering if he had said the wrong thing, he saw his boss leaning down and lowering his voice.

"If you want to buy love potions, it's best to go to Diagon Alley. The inspections here are very strict recently. Old Rick doesn't sell those contraband."

Love potion? Ivan rolled his eyes, why did he buy that thing?

He is only eleven years old, and he has no willpower, okay?

Ignoring the obscene smile on the Honeydukes boss's face when he left, Ivan turned all the way into the alley and saw a half-empty sign with the word "potion" faintly visible on it, and it was full of weird and unpleasant smells. The smell of potion.

Ivan held his nose and entered it. He didn't see the boss here. He could only faintly see green smoke coming out of the room at the end.

Just when Ivan was about to say something to attract the other party's attention, he heard a voice coming from the room.

"The basic potion ingredients are placed at the door. The polyjuice potion and height-increasing potion are in the cabinet next to it. The combination of love potion and vitality tonic are not sold to young wizards who have not graduated! No matter how much money they have!"

Ivan was too lazy to complain about the love potion anymore. How many little wizards had to come here to ask questions before he could answer it so skillfully.

Ivan consciously walked towards the place where the potion ingredients were placed.

Fortunately, his potion science has been successfully upgraded to the fourth level in these days, and he quickly sorted out the materials needed to configure the blood fusion potion.

In case someone could guess the potion formula based on the materials he selected, Ivan also selected some additional unnecessary herbs and made some adjustments in quantity.

After Ivan made his selection, Old Rick, wearing a patchwork coat, opened the door, and there was a faint smell of pungent potion on his body, which Ivan had smelled at the door of the store before.

"Why did you buy so many materials?" Old Rick thought Ivan was here to buy height-enhancing agent, but unexpectedly he picked out a lot of materials.

"You have money to practice." Ivan took out nine gold galleons and placed them on the table.

Old Rick stopped talking for a moment, silently collected the money, and then took out twelve silver coins and handed them to Ivan.

"Where are the bone-bearing grass and the hemolytic grass?" Ivan asked aloud as he took the remaining Yinxico.

Old Rick's expression changed. He leaned down and looked at Ivan with his bloodshot eyes. After a while, he said to Ivan.

"I don't know what weird formula you found in the Hogwarts library, but I advise you not to try it at will. Bonewort and Hemolytic Grass are both banned materials, and only a very few advanced potions can Will use it.”

"What if I pay double the gold galleons?" Ivan asked.

"One ounce of Bone Grass, three Gold Galleons, and one ounce of Hemolytic Grass, two Gold Galleons and seven Silver Sickles." Old Rick's eyes were full of sarcasm.

"After doubling?" Ivan frowned.

"No, it was before that" Old Rick said with a smile.

Why don't you go and grab it? Ivan almost blurted out, you know, an ounce of dragon liver costs seventeen silver sikols in Diagon Alley, and the price of dragon blood is probably about the same.

Even if the price plummets due to dragon breeding, this is still top-notch material after all.

Why is a bone-eating grass and a hemolytic grass so expensive?

"I told you, it's contraband. There must be corresponding records for every sale. No place will sell it to a little wizard like you." Old Rick saw that the little wizard in front of him did not have so many gold coins. Long, suddenly lost interest, but still reminded him.

"And even if you pay, I can't give it to you now. It will take a while."

Ivan sighed and mentally gave up the idea of ​​purchasing the bone-curing grass and hemolytic grass.

He had made a lot of money from gambling before, and including what he already had in hand, the total was only eleven gold galleons, and there was still a long way to go to purchase all the materials.

Ivan also considered whether to use Floo powder to teleport to Diagon Alley to confirm the price, so as not to be cheated by Old Rick.

But Diagon Alley is much more dangerous than Hogsmeade.

After all, there are often third-year wizards wandering here alone, so both the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts School have strict supervision here, and the safety is self-evident. This is why Ivan dares to come here alone. reason.