As they walked up the white staircase, they came across a second door with the well-known inscription on it, and although it didn't actually do much, Gringotts was still like a sieve, invaded many times.

Behind the high counter sat a row of goblins, some weighing coins with copper scales, others examining gems with eyepieces, and when they saw someone coming in, most of them looked up and turned a blind eye and went on with their work. They found an idle goblin and said to him, "I want to exchange rubies for some gold galleons." ”

Then Seamus took out the box with the rubies, and when he opened it, the eyes of all the elves were drawn to them, and they were noisy and spoke very quickly, but they were mostly "this is natural", "perfect quality" and so on. Until finally, an old-looking elf with white hair in his ears spoke, "Quiet, what does this look like?" ”

Then he turned back to them and said, "Two gentlemen, are these gems for sale?", and after receiving an affirmative answer, he turned to a goblin, "Pull the ring, go and get a scale." ”

After taking accurate measurements, he looked up and said to Lupin, "Okay, the price of these gems is about 600~700, there are 5 of them here, and the price we give is 3300 gold galleons." ”

After he finished speaking, Lupin told Seamus that although they were greedy, the price they offered was still very fair. Seamus just pouted, thinking to himself that I had spent more than £30,000 on these rubies, and now that you are obviously scarce here, it is only at this price. He thought about it for a moment, then said to the goblin, "If I can supply it in large quantities, what price can you offer?"

He didn't believe that a race with greed carved into its bones would offer a fair price when it came to business, and that was exactly what it was. Before he could finish speaking, the goblin took over: "If you can supply it in large quantities, I am willing to pay the price of 800 gold gallons." ”

"1000 gold Galleons, I guarantee that the quality will be similar to this batch in the future. "Seamus didn't want to push the price too hard, and he also wanted to take the Gringotts route, although they would rebel at any time, and they only recognized money and not people.

"Deal. The goblin readily agreed, and then took out a contract, filled it with the contents of their future cooperation, and signed his own name, Redding. Seamus asked Lupin to check it and sign his name on it.

"Happy cooperation!" After saying that, he handed over a purple handbag, which seemed to have various runes embroidered with gold thread, "This is a telescopic bag that we gifted, and all 5,000 gold galleons are in it." ”

"Until next time. With that, he walked out of Gringotts with Lupin, put his handbag into the lining of his clothes, and said to Lupin with a smile, "I'll give you 2,400 gold Galleons when I go back, and now please show me this wonderful magical world." ”

Lupin also had some emotion about what happened just now, but he didn't expect that just a few simple words would nearly double his income, and sure enough, he was really not good at making money, so he turned around and smiled and said: "No problem, your main task now is to buy a magic wand." ”

"But it's not like Ollivander only sells wands to wizards over the age of 11, I'm only 10 years old. Seamus felt a little suspicious.

"A little bit of action can help you solve this problem. Lupin took him as he walked forward, explaining to him, "All the wands of wizards in England are bought in Ollivanders, which seems to be a lot, but in fact, he can only sell more than 100 wands a year, less than 2,000 gold galleons, and he himself likes to make some strange wands, so he now has no employees in the store, so he can only be his own boss and waiter." So as long as you give a higher price, he will generally turn a blind eye, after all, to be honest, it doesn't even break the law to sell wands to a young wizard. ”

I see, Seamus said that money is not everything, but no money is everything, and people are the poorest when they are most easily defeated by money-opening tactics. But you don't even break the law, isn't it a bit too much to take the law seriously, but considering that the laws of the wizarding world are actually made by a group of people from the Ministry of Magic, it is true.

As he spoke, he walked over to Ollivanders, a small, dilapidated shop with a sign with peeling paint in several places, and the words: Ollivanders: A well-made wand since 382 BC. And it was such a place, the place where all the dreams of English wizards began, and from the outside, there was only a wand alone in the window. When they walked into the store, they found thousands of narrow cartons, almost piled up to the ceiling.

"Good morning. A soft voice rang out, and Ollivander came out of nowhere, "Oh, Lupin, I remember your wand, 10 and 1/4 inches, cypress, and the core is unicorn hair, is it still working?" ”

"Of course, your craft is still so good, it's always been obedient," Lupin said to Ollivander with a smile.

Seamus looked at Ollivander quietly, his gray hair and silvery eyes made him feel like he didn't belong to reality. Suddenly, Ollivander turned his head and stared at him, "Yes, you have to remember that it is the wand that chooses the wizard, so today you are taking this little wizard to choose the wand." Which hand do you have in your habit?"

Seamus didn't know whether to say that he was an old man or that he had wisdom in his eyes, but he did see their intentions at a glance. So he stretched out his right hand and said to Ollivanders, "This one." ”

Ollivander shook his wand, and a mass of tape measures moved on its own, beginning to measure, first from the shoulders to the fingertips, then from the wrists to the elbows, shoulders to the floor, knees to the armpits, and finally the circumference of the head. Seamus didn't know why he was measuring so many things, and by the time the tape measure had slipped to the ground and rolled up, Ollivander was already shuttling between the shelves, busy picking out some long boxes to move down.

"Try this one, made of ebony and unicorn hair. Eight and a half inches long. Very resilient. Come on, come on, try this one. ”

There was a loud bang, and as soon as Seamus waved his wand, a large hole appeared on the counter in front of him, and Ollivander immediately snatched the wand from his hand, and then handed him another wand. After repeating it a few times, the counter in front of him was already in tatters, and finally, Ollivander picked out a cardboard box from a corner, took out his wand and handed it to him, "Try this, it will work, dragon breath, dragon nerves, twelve inches long, undoubtedly destructive." ”

He took the wand and felt a sudden heat in his fingertips. He raised his wand above his head, and with a thud he swung it downward, slashing through the dusty air, and a fireball shot forward, as if he had a heart, and he quickly shook his wand, and the fireball dissipated into the air.

Ollivander shouted, "Oh, great, oh, it's amazing, it's amazing." I've been making this wand for a long time, but no one has ever made it so obedient. You're going to be a powerful wizard, definitely. ”

Seamus held the wand as if it were an extension of his hand, not holding Daisy's wand like a wooden stick at all. He also felt very satisfied, and asked Ollivander, "How many gold galleons do you need?"

Ollivander looked a little embarrassed at this time, and he replied wryly: "Well, you're only 10 years old this year, right, so you need 130 gold gallons." ”

"No problem at all, thank you, Mr. Ollivander. Seamus happily pulled out the gold Galleon and placed it on the already tattered counter.

They then go to the Blotted bookstore, where Lupin picks out a few magic books for him to get started, "Standard Spell Elementary", "A Guide to Transfiguration for Beginners", and "A Guide to Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Defense". In between Lupin's book purchases, Seamus also picks up a few books for himself, such as Common Household Magic, Curses and Anti-Curses (tricking your friends with the latest revenge tricks and seducing your enemies: hair loss, folding legs, tying your tongue, and many more). Originally, he planned to buy a copy of all the books, but after thinking about it, he forgot it, anyway, he could store it in the warehouse by touching it with his hands. So he pretended to be selecting, and touched almost all the books with his hands.

"Let's go, Seamus. Lupin put all the books in his suitcase, and then led him out of the place, smiling at him, "I can only teach you some magic, potions and herbalists and the history of magic for you to learn after you go to Hogwarts, and don't make your school life boring." ”

Seamus expressed understanding, and then asked the question he had been most concerned about so far: "Remus, do wizards have any magic that can read through people's minds, just like Ollivander just now?" ”

"Wizards do have the magic to see through people's minds, called Remembrance, but Ollivander is not, and his long career has given him a pair of eyes that can see through people's hearts. Lupin replied after a moment's thought.

"Is there anything that can stop this magic? After all, it's embarrassing to be seen through the mind. Seamus struggled to make it look like he didn't care that much.

"Well, there is a kind of magic called Occlumency, after learning it, you can stop other people's deception thoughts, as for alchemy items, they should have similar functions, but probably only those pure-blood families will have it. Lupin replied, but thought about it again, "If you want, you can go to Gringotts, after all, almost all pure-blood families will open vaults there, and countless families have died in history, and the remaining wealth is naturally cheaper than those goblins." ”

"So what are you waiting for? Let's go!"