Chapter 196 Shopping in Diagon Alley (Modified)

What made Percy even more embarrassed was that Bill told him that the door was opened by the person he had spoken to this morning - Alan.

Percy had to mumble his thanks to Alan. Alan pretended not to notice Percy's discomfort and nodded with a smile. Under Arthur's disapproving gaze, Percy blushed and thanked loudly again.

On the last night before leaving Egypt, everyone went to the Nile Wizards Night Market. The night market had a dazzling array of magic items. The most popular among wizard tourists were various magic talismans.

During the visit to the pyramid, the various strange-shaped talismans hanging on the mummy's heart were impressive.

And Ron, when he saw a purple scarab amulet, he almost screamed in the downtown area.

Ron didn't even dare to stop in front of this amulet. He walked directly to another stall and became interested in something that looked like a small glass top.

"This is a pocket looking glass. If there is a suspicious person around, it will light up and rotate." The vendor wrapped in a white turban introduced enthusiastically.

"But it keeps spinning and shining now." Ron pointed out the problem unceremoniously.

"Well - oh -, look, there are people coming and going here. There might be some unreliable and untrustworthy people nearby." The vendor rolled his eyes and gave an explanation.

After some haggling, Ron got the pocket looking glass at the cost of five silver coins. When the satisfied Ron installed the spyglass, he found that Allen was still standing in front of the stall, talking to the vendor.

Ron's curiosity overpowered his fear of the Scarab Talisman and he stepped forward again. Allen has picked out many talismans, including ones with scarab patterns, cats, monkeys, and even pigs, to name a few.

"Alan, why did you buy so many amulets? How much does it cost..." Ron was really envious of Alan for having so much pocket money.

"These amulets have different functions, and some of them are very beautiful in style. They are very suitable for giving to relatives and friends as gifts." Allen chose a lot of amulets from the enthusiastic recommendations of the vendors. Big customers came to visit, and the vendor in front of him Literally grinning from ear to ear.

At the night market, they also tasted Egyptian specialties.

During this period, the speculum purchased by Ron kept lighting up. "It must be broken, Ron!" Percy suggested that Ron go back and replace it.

"There's no point in going back. The stall owner won't admit it. There are a lot of fake and shoddy goods here that are sold specifically to wizard tourists, and they are very unreliable." Bill took a big mouthful of mallow soup.

The cooked malva soup was thick green, sticky and delicious, and Bill loved it very much.

"The looking glass isn't broken," Ron said categorically to Alan, "Bill didn't realize that Fred and George put beetles in his soup."

However, Alan had a different view. He glanced calmly at Scabbers, the mouse lying on Ron's shoulder.

The looking glass was indeed not broken, but the reason why it kept shining and spinning was largely due to the discovery of this Animagus.

Allen doesn't have the confidence to attack it in Egypt now, otherwise the other party will escape or hurt someone: "And when doing good things, it's best to plan some benefits for yourself. When you return to the UK, make some preparations and arrangements. talk later."

Alan, who returned to England, rejected the Weasley family's invitation to stay at the Burrow temporarily. He couldn't wait to see his family.

Although the remaining time of the vacation is only a short week, everyone cherishes every minute and second together. Mother Morgan Le Fay tried her best to make her little son happy when he returned.

Owen and Lunn are obviously more interested in the magic of Egypt.

Daisy and Emily picked through the pile of amulets that Alan brought back. Daisy handed a bear-shaped amulet to her sister, "Sweet Bear, take this with you."

Emily happily took it and put it around her neck. "Are there bears in Egypt?"

Later, after receiving the book list from Hogwarts in the mail, Allen rejected his family's kindness to accompany him and went to Diagon Alley by himself to buy the needed items.

At Gringotts, Allen exchanged gold nuggets for large amounts of gold galleons, silver Sickles and copper Knuts.

After refilling his money bag, he happily went to the Quidditch Boutique. Alan knew that the most advanced broomstick in the world, the Firebolt, was now displayed in this boutique.

From a distance, Allen saw a large number of people surrounding the store entrance.

Allen got in sideways, squeezed past the excited wizards and wizards, and finally saw a newly erected platform with the most magnificent broom he had ever seen in his life.

"Just came out...samples..." a square-jawed wizard told his companions.

"This is the fastest broom in the world. Is it, Dad?" A boy younger than Allen asked sharply, shaking his father's arm.

"The International Club of Ireland has just placed an order to buy seven of these exquisite products!" the shop owner told everyone, "They are the most popular items for this World Cup!"

Allen concentrated and read the sign next to the broom carefully:

Firebolt

This latest high-speed broomstick features a streamlined design, high-quality ash wood handle, diamond polishing, and hand-engraved registration number. Each carefully selected birch branch at the end of the broom is ground into a streamlined shape, giving the broom unparalleled balance and exquisite accuracy. The Firebolt can accelerate from 0 to 150 miles per hour in ten seconds and can brake like magic. Price negotiable.

Allen walked into the store without hesitation, and under the incredulous look of the clerk, ordered a Firebolt.

After Allen filled in the delivery address, the clerk promised again and again with a smile on his face: As soon as the Firebolt arrived at the store, it would be carefully and properly packaged and mailed to Allen.

"Alan!" As soon as he left the door of the Quidditch boutique, a familiar voice came from behind - it was Harry Potter.

"Alan, are you here to see the Firebolt too?" Harry asked.

Allen nodded, "After I came back, Albert kept talking about it every time I met him. You know this broom made him miss the time when he used to play Quidditch at Hogwarts..."

"This broomstick is amazingly charming. Many people come to see it every day." Harry looked in the direction of the Firebolt booth with fiery eyes.

"You are obviously one of them." Allen smiled.

"Yes, the Firebolt, the fastest broomstick in the world! But it is too expensive. My uncle can't buy it for me..." Harry has never wanted something so long in his life, but as long as it's The thought of asking Uncle Vernon for money, especially when he needed so much money, made Harry give up the idea of ​​buying a Firebolt.

When Allen heard this, he thought that Dumbledore was a little dissatisfied with Dumbledore's approach in this matter. He felt that he could have easily made Harry's life normal but did not do so. In the end, he said that he had no choice but to know that he would be abused. The reason why you still have to do this: "As far as I know, your grandfather Fleamund Potter invented the quick-smoothing hair spray after graduation. Well... it's the kind Hermione occasionally uses when dressing up for festivals. This best-selling merchandise supposedly quadrupled the Potter family's wealth at the time, and upon his retirement, he sold the company for a huge profit. Your Potter family also has a private vault at Gringotts, Harry You should be quite wealthy, and I want to buy a broom - even the most expensive broom nowadays shouldn't be a problem?"

Harry still vividly remembered the piles of gold coins, silver bars and mountains of bronze Knuts in his family's vault, "Well, but Dumbledore thinks I shouldn't spend money recklessly. He and Hagrid think my aunt and uncle are right." They must know nothing about this, otherwise they will take it all for themselves in the blink of an eye. Alan, you know, they often complain that it costs a lot of money to adopt me..."

Allen saw that he had led the conversation, so he said what he really wanted to say, "Well, no matter what the reason was, your aunt still adopted you at the risk of being discovered and retaliated by the mysterious force. Although it was not chaotic, Spending money is the right thing to do, UUReadingwww.uukｎshu.net Harry, but why didn't Dumbledore let Hagrid take some money and convert it into Muggle money to pay the adoption fee to the Dursleys? He didn't want other wizards to pay more If I come into contact with your house, I can let you take it back. I believe that as long as you have a fixed income, your life in their house will not be so miserable...Don't believe the nonsense that they will keep it for themselves if they know you have money, Harry. They are not first-year students anymore. Those Muggles who can enter Gringotts or dare to enter Gringotts are the devil..."

Harry was speechless. He found that he had never thought about these things. "Dumbledore probably doesn't have time to think about me. He is busy enough... I don't want to bother him with this kind of thing..."

"Okay, Harry, I still haven't bought a lot of things for the start of school, shall we?" Allen did not continue to discuss this topic with Harry, but he still couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Dumbledore actually has almost no time to pay attention to other things except thinking about you...Father said that there are already graduates in the last school year who can't even use Expelliarmus...Dumbledore is actually not in a hurry... "

Next, Harry accompanied Alan to the pharmacy to buy the ingredients needed for the Potions class.

Ellen's favorite bookstore looks very different than it did in the past.

The store usually displays gilded magic books as thick as paving stones, but now there is a large iron cage behind the glass, which contains about a hundred "Monster Books of Monsters".

The books were all tangled together, fighting each other fiercely, like a fierce wrestling match, with broken pieces of paper flying everywhere.

"Why does the boss want to include this kind of book?" Harry asked strangely.

"Because it is listed as a textbook for Care of Magical Creatures," Alan replied.