Chapter 5 The Wonderful Ominous
Out of the vault, Ra Ring cautiously closed the door, and he carefully checked it to make sure it was safe before leaving.
The group got back into the car, and Hagrid said, "Can you drive slower this time?"
"There's only one speed in this one. ”
Now they were going to Vault 713, which was a little deeper below Harry's vault.
After a while of progress, the car landslides and descends, and the farther down, the colder the air becomes, and the car stops after a sharp turn.
"Let's stand back. Pull Ring waved his arm and told everyone to step back.
"Hagrid, what's in there?" asked Harry.
"Can't tell you Harry, it's a Hogwarts secret. Hagrid continued, "Pull the ring, how often is it time to check here, there won't be any problems, after all, you know, this Dumbledore ordered." ”
"Cousin, I know, do you want to know. Dudley whispered in Harry's ear.
"I believe you're a ghost, you're a bad old man. Harry gave him back what Dudley had said some time ago, as it was.
"Oh yo, is it?" Dudley smirked and raised an eyebrow.
Vault 713 is keyless. Pull Ring walked to the door, he stretched out his long fingers, there was no flesh on them, almost a bone could be seen, and he used his long, sharp nails to draw a six-pointed star map on the door.
"About ten years. Ra Ring smiled a little embarrassedly, "Don't worry, anyone other than the Gringotts goblins who do this will be sucked in by the door and trapped in the door and unable to get out." ”
The door opened. Inside this super 'secure' underground vault is a small bag wrapped in somewhat dirty brown paper. Although the outside is not very good, what is placed inside can turn stones into gold, so that people can live forever. The Philosopher's Stone is famous in the wizarding world.
Hagrid quickly walked up and picked it up and put it in the pocket of his clothes, patted the place where it was and said, "Don't mention this to anyone. Let's go, get back to that damn little car. ”
After another hurried trip, they finally came out.
Vernon exchanged the Golden Galleon for Dudley. The exchange rate of the gold galleon is currently around one to five, and five pounds sterling can be exchanged for one gold galleon. Vernon originally planned to exchange only eighty gold Galleons, but later scraped together a hundred gold Galleons under Dudley's extreme shamelessness.
Don't think that a hundred gold gallons will be very little, think about how much the per capita salary is in 91 years, not to mention that there is an exchange rate between the yuan and the pound.
Dudley was back on the sun-drenched street outside Gringotts, and he wanted to shout, 'It's good to have money, buy it.' ’
Either way, Dudley and Harry both had a lot of pockets.
Dudley took out the equipment list, not knowing what to buy first.
Petunia gave advice, and she pointed in one direction and said, "Let's go buy a uniform first." Over there, Madame Morkin's robes specialty store, where the clothes are tailor-made, this will have to wait a while. ”
"Then you go first, I want to go back to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink first, Gringotts' car makes me dizzy. Hagrid's face was not very good, and he was still a little pale after coming out for a while.
As soon as they entered the shop, they were greeted by a short, stocky witch dressed in purple and greeted them with a smile, she was the owner of the shop, Mrs. Morkin.
Mrs. Morkin first made them stand on a footstool and measured them. After a long wait, the two dresses were finally ready.
Hagrid got the time card right, and as soon as Dudley and the others left the robes shop, Hagrid appeared. Then I went and bought parchment, ink, and quills. Dudley also saw a quill that could answer questions automatically, but he didn't buy it, and it was forbidden to take the exam.
Half an hour later.
Dudley looked at the list and said, "I still haven't bought wands and books." Let's go buy a wand first, after all, a wand is what you dream of. ”
"As for wands, then let's go to Ollivander's, he is the best wand maker, many foreign wizards like to buy wands from him, you will definitely be able to buy the best wands there. Hagrid said.
The Ollivanders Wand Shop was a small, dilapidated shop, with a wand lying on a slightly faded purple cushion in a small window outside the shop. The gold-lettered sign on the door was a little worn and read: Ollivander – a wand made since 382 BC.
As soon as the door was opened, a jingle bell rang. The room was dark, with only a burning candle on the table, and no one was there. The whole environment is very oppressive and silent.
"Hello. A soft voice said.
The sudden sound startled them all, and Dudley noticed that an old man had suddenly appeared in front of him, and the thief was terrified, the old man had a pair of silver-white eyes like the moon.
"Rubeus, Rubeus Hagrid, elm, sixteen inches long, a little bent, right? Everyone who buys a wand from me remembers it. ”
"Yes. Hagrid replied.
"That's a good wand. Ollivander suddenly became serious, and he said, "I think your wand must have been broken by them when you were expelled." ”
"Hmm. I think so. Hagrid replied, clutching his pink umbrella.
Instead of talking about Hagrid's wand, Ollivander looked at Dudley and Harry and asked, "Which of you comes first." ”
Dudley raised an eyebrow at him as Harry looked over. He took a small step forward with some restraint.
"I'm still wondering when I'll see you. Mr. Potter. Ollivander took a tape measure out of his pocket and asked, "Which hand do you use?" ”
"I'm used to the right hand. ”
Ollivander began to measure Harry with a tape measure. Anyway, Dudley didn't know what the point of doing this was, now that he was measuring it, it wasn't that he wouldn't grow taller in the future, he still remembered watching the movie, Lucius pulled out the wand from the cane, and compared it a little with the wand, and suddenly the wand was really too small.
"Your eyes are like your mother's, and it seems like yesterday that your parents came to buy wands. ”
"Your mother's wand is ten and a quarter of an inch long, made of wicker, and whizzes when it is waved. ”
"Your father's is different, eleven inches long, mahogany, and powerful, and the best for Transfiguration. ”
Ollivander said as he weaved through the shelves in search.
He took a wand from a long box and handed it to Harry, saying, "Try this, it's made of beech wood and the nerves of a dragon's heart, nine inches long. ”
Harry took the wand and stared at Ollivander a little bewildered.
"Give it a try. ”
Harry reacted as he waved his wand to the side, and suddenly several drawers flew out. Frightened, Harry hurriedly put his wand on the table.
"This one doesn't seem to work. Ollivander thought for a moment, climbed up to the top of a cabinet, took down a wand, and said, "Maybe this one." Maple, phoenix feathers, seven inches long, good elasticity to try. ”
Harry took the wand, but before he could raise it, it was snatched away by Ollivanders.
"No, no, no, not this one. ”
"Try this, ebony, unicorn hair, eight and a half inches. ”
Harry took his wand and waved it, and the movement was so loud that it smashed a vase.
Harry carefully placed his wand on the table.
After a while, Ollivander pulled out another wand, "It must be it, extraordinary combination." Holly wood, phoenix feathers, eleven inches long. Pliable. ”
Harry took his wand, and before he could wave it, a pale golden glow and a breeze floated around him.
He took the wand from Harry's hand and wrapped it in brown paper, and kept saying, "Wonderful, wonderful." ”
"I'm sorry. Harry said, "What makes you wonderful?"
"That's right, there's a phoenix, and I've made two wands out of its two tail feathers, one of which you've got in your hand. The wonderful thing is that it's like fate to have this wand, and the other one is like its brother... It was its brother who left you that scar. ”
Harry gasped.
"Thirteen and a half inches, yew, you can't be wrong, it's really amazing, but you have to remember that it's the wand that chooses the wizard. One thing is clear. That is, you can do great things. Ollivander's face almost touched Harry's face, "After all, the mysterious man we can't name is doing something big, it's scary, but it's a big thing. ”
"Alright. Ollivander clapped his hands and woke everyone up, saying, "Next is a new face." Your name?"
"Dudley, Dudley Dursley, sir. ”
Ollivander said to himself as he measured Dudley, "Every wand has a super magical substance, and this is the essence of it, and if you use a wand that belongs to another wizard, it will never have such a good effect." After all..."
"After all, wands choose wizards. Dudley took the words. He said, "Mr. Ollivander, since it is the wand that chooses the wizard, why do you have to try one by one, I don't just shout 'The wand that suits me flies here.'" Isn't that the end there. ”
"You're a real bargain. ”
Dudley looked at Mr. Ollivander in embarrassment, he felt that Ollivander didn't need to roll his eyes at all, it was white enough.
At that moment, all the wands shook. One of the boxes shook the most, and the wand inside the box flew directly to Dudley's hand, and the other boxes calmed down.
Dudley felt his magic churning and cheered. The silent magic in his body was pulled out. He stretched out his wand and waved it slightly. I saw a black light fly out. Not as golden-glittering as Harry's, which he thought was definitely understated and luxurious.
"Wow, cool. Dudley looked at the wand in his hand, the color was pure black, about nine to eleven inches, the exact material was not clear.
Dudley was a little stunned, he looked at Ollivanders and said, "Yuan Fang, ahem, sir, what do you think?"
"It's amazing, it's amazing, it's ominous. ”
Dudley asked with a dark face, "Why don't you know, how cool is it to fly over by yourself." ”
"Do you know what this wand is made of?" Ollivander said.