12 Girl's Fantasy Journey (2)
This feeling is familiar to Anna, like going to climb the Great Wall during the National Day holiday - there are dense people in front of you.
Some of them were good-looking, some were scruffy, some wore black robes, some wore Muggle costumes, and a few wizards were accompanied by strange-looking cats.
There were groups of threes and twos, little couples strolling down the street holding hands, and there was no shortage of people hurrying by alone, and there was no shortage of lively little wizards, probably too lively, they looked like they were doppelgangers—they were everywhere.
Anna was in such a lively and novel street, her eyes were almost overwhelmed, and she finally knew why Harry didn't think eight eyes was enough when he first came to Diagon Alley, and Anna didn't think sixteen eyes were too many now—
Crooked masonry buildings, most of them are two-story buildings, topped with red or blue tiles. It is worth mentioning that each store has added a lot of special decorations to attract customers, such as the golden carp with protruding eyes and the silver crucible with real mist, which is absurd and a little more eerie and warm.
The goods in the glass window looked so novel, Anna led Lena and followed the crowd, some of them hung robes of different styles, not limited to black, and Anna even saw a death Barbie powder.
Some sell beauty elixirs - 'help you get rid of sarcoma and troubles', and some shop windows are filled with baskets of innards of unknown creatures and bottles of tiny eyeballs, spell books are piled up one by one and placed together with bundles of parchment paper or other skins, or large and small medicine bottles filled with colorful liquids...
"Goo... The street in front of her suddenly became noisy and the air was a little cloudy, and Anna looked at the place where the sound came from—the 'Babbling Owl Shop', and outside the shop were several iron cages, inhabited by owls of different colors, who were not afraid of the sorcerers' gaze, or squint, or arrange their feathers, or cooing with pleasure.
Looking through the window, it was so dark that if it weren't for the outlines of a few cages, Anna would almost think there was nothing inside, and that owls do like dark environments.
It is very necessary to buy an owl, in this magical age where communication is not very developed, it feels like you are not in the service area without an owl, of course Anna also saw the owl rental service store, but compared to landline and PHS, Anna chose the latter.
"Mom, I want to buy an owl." Now, as a child, Anna still needs to ask her mother for advice.
"Oh sure!" Ms. Lina's expression was mixed, some relieved and some nostalgic, "I used to want an owl too...... But we have to go to the bank to withdraw the money first, after all, 'Galleon is not omnipotent, but without Galleon is absolutely impossible'. ”
The black-robed wizard, who was sitting on a bench reading the newspaper, applauded Liana, "I'm sorry to hear you, ladies, but I couldn't agree more. ”
Lady Lena nodded to the black-robed wizard and led Anna towards the most striking building in Diagon Alley.
Gringotts Bank is a large, crooked white building with a marble staircase leading to a gleaming bronze gate. Anna was led by Lena and was able to see a creature in a scarlet and gold uniform on the other side of the gate - Anna knew it was a goblin, and despite his indescribable appearance, Anna gave him a smile.
The fairy glanced at Anna, the corners of his mouth raised an arc, but soon the smile disappeared, first of all, he could not be enthusiastic towards every customer who walked into the door, this would not reflect the nobility of those big customers, and secondly, it would be too tiring.
Entering through the bronze door of Gringotts is a slightly exaggerated inner hall with European decoration, and the floor can reflect Anna's shadow, which seems that it is not suitable to wear short skirts, but most wizards wear long robes.
Further down to the second silver door, which was inscribed:
Please come in, stranger, but watch out
What will happen to insatiable greed,
Blindly taking, not getting for nothing,
will be punished most severely,
If you want to take it from our underground vault
A wealth that never belonged to you,
Thou hast been warned, O thief,
Beware that it is not treasure but evil retribution.
It's always a few threats and warnings, like 'you're under surveillance', telling you not to be clever here, but for powerful wizards who really want to take something out of here, it might not be that difficult to deal with goblin magic and dragons.
Anna swelled a little, as if she could rob the bank in the next second, but fortunately Gringotts didn't have any equipment that could detect customers' thoughts, otherwise it would have glowed blood red by now.