There's no doubt that Tumbledown Alley is a mixed bag. There are a lot of very suspicious magical items for sale here, and there are also a lot of very suspicious witches and witches coming and going.

If you have the heart, you can even find something here that violates both law and morality.

In short, this place is not only a little "inappropriate for children", but even adults should not come here easily.

But, of course—since Tumbledown Alley is a place directly connected to Diagon Alley, even if there is some darkness hidden here, it is by no means a place outside the law.

Especially in this day and age, the more the "gray wizards" who used to love to test the edge of the law, the more they now lack the courage to do something out of the ordinary.

Therefore, in recent years, there is really nothing special about Tumbling Alley, except for some hard-to-eliminate pits and abductions.

At this moment, Pansy and Illuri were following Martin all the way, and after escaping the three Aurors in an alley, the two of them soon followed Martin to a cramped storefront.

As soon as she entered, Pansy immediately asked about a disgusting rancid smell. Obviously, the reason why she hadn't smelled anything outside the door before was because some kind of barrier had been put in place to prevent the smell from escaping.

However, perhaps it is precisely because of that invisible barrier that the stench cannot be dispersed at all, which makes the smell of the store so amazing.

It was only after Pansy hurriedly pinched her nose that she was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Here...... Got a wand for sale? ”

Resisting the urge to turn around and leave, she looked left and right in the store, but the shelves placed against the walls around her were filled with magical materials that made people look a little creepy.

When she looked closer, she immediately found the source of the stench—a water tank in the corner, and a bag of marijuana stuffed with stuff in it.

Pansy didn't know what was in the sack, which had been soaked in dark red, at all.

Pansy asked, and Martin, who was standing in front, waved his hand.

"No, not here," he said, "this is the one I told you about earlier, the magic material shop run by a friend of mine. When I call my friend out, I'll ask her to take you to buy wands—you know, it's more convenient than me taking you, after all, it's full of damn Aurors out there right now! ”

Martin's explanation does make sense, and to be honest, Pansy doesn't really want to be with him at all.

"Oh, I see," she nodded at once, "it's really the best option." ”

As he spoke, he heard Martin whisper to the innermost part of the shop:

"Muriel? Are you there? It's me, Martin, and I need you to do me a little favor! ”

Before they could finish speaking, Pansy and Illuri heard a sudden tom-tom sound from inside, and they saw a thin figure stumbling out of it.

Judging by Martin's address to the other party, it was obvious that he was a witch, and the other party's messy long hair just happened to confirm this.

"I haven't taken a shower in years?" Ilully, who had never spoken much, couldn't help but think to herself, "It's terrible! ”

As a servant who is responsible for taking care of her master's daily life, Ilully is also a little bit of a cleanliness habit. Seriously, including this shop and the owner of the shop, she really can't stand it.

"Muriel, are you falling again?"

Martin seems to have been accustomed to this for a long time.

"Well, you seem to be okay anyway? So...... Take them both to Old Tim's thrift store for me! There's an Auror out there looking for me right now, and our little girl needs an old wand that can be put to use. ”

Elementary school girl?

When Pansy heard this, she immediately took a closer look at the filthy witch - could it be that this was also a former Hogwarts graduate?

As she pondered, she saw the scruffy witch whom Martin called "Muriel" rubbing her knees, and then lifted her long split hair and glanced at Pansy and Eruly.

"Hmm...... Going to Old Tim's? Yes, it's just that every time I go to old Tim's, I think he's a little unhappy......"

To this, Martin could only grin and shake his head.

"Can't you clean yourself up with a cleansing charm? If you go over like this, of course he won't give you a good look! ”

But who knows, Muriel immediately wanted her head to be like a rattle, and at the end she said eloquently:

"There's no need for that...... I've been dealing with corpses all day, and it's still going to get dirty anyway. ”

With that, she ignored Martin and waved directly to Pansy and the two of them.

"Come on! Oh, you're still studying at Hogwarts, aren't you? Let me guess, you must be from Slytherin, am I right? Martin liked to hang out with Slytherin, even though he was a Hufflepuff himself. ”

Watching Muriel walk towards the door as she spoke, she really left Martin behind. And Martin, who was casually left aside by her, was not only annoyed, but also seemed to be a little helpless.

When Pansy saw this, she was quite surprised.

According to her impression of Martin, this is undoubtedly a man with a strong desire to control others, which can be seen from his performance in the past two meetings.

But when it comes to the witch named "Muriel", his tolerance is obviously much higher than usual.

"Is it 'that kind' relationship between two people?"

Pansy couldn't help but quietly look back the moment she followed the sloppy witch to the door, only to see Martin looking at Muriel's back with a complicated look in his eyes.

……

Moments later, Muriel led Pansy and Pansy to another shop a little further away.

Unlike Muriel's cramped store, it's a thrift store, but it's at least twice as big.

Standing at the door and looking inside, the interior of the store is not as eerie as Tumbledown Alley. The bright candlelight dispelled the darkness caused by the narrowness of the alley itself, and a hint of warmth could be felt outside the door.

Honestly, if Pansy hadn't known that this was Tumbledown Alley, she might have thought it was a normal Diagon Alley store!

"Good morning, old Tim!"

Muriel was the first to walk through the door, and greeted the old wizard sitting behind the counter.

But the old man seemed to have seen a ghost, and immediately turned his head away, and the disgust could be easily seen without saying.

"Hey, there's a guest, old Tim!"

After shouting at that side again, Muriel pursed her lips, and then pointed to one of the baskets inside:

"Look, there's a wand in there! If you're not satisfied, you can take a look at the small display case in the back - the cabinet is a little more expensive, but the workmanship is very good, and most of it is made by famous artists like Mr. Ollivander. ”

However, after all, this is just a thrift store, and there is an "acquaintance" led by Muriel, no matter how expensive it is, it is no more expensive than the original price of seven Galleons.

Pansy took Illuria along and picked it out, because they were short on time, they didn't be too demanding, and after finding a wand that worked, they took it to the counter and paid the bill.

But at this moment, Mu Lier, who was standing at the door, suddenly ran over, lowered his voice and said:

"Martin said the Aurors were looking for him, so it doesn't have anything to do with the two of you, right?"

When Pansy and Illuria heard this, they immediately became nervous.

"What's wrong?"

"There's an Auror out there, coming this way...... Well, maybe I'll come in and see something. ”

If the Aurors' manhunt had something to do with the two of them, the answer was a resounding yes. However, since their identities have not been revealed so far, they are not as exposed as Martin did.

Of course, if you don't meet it, it's naturally better to meet it.

"It's too late to get out," Pansy looked left and right, and then hurriedly asked the old wizard, "Excuse me, is there a back door here?" ”

"Nope."

Probably because of his dislike for Muriel, the old man didn't even want to talk to Pansy. But fortunately, the wizards in this Fallen Alley basically don't deal with the Aurors, and if he didn't have enough profit to drive, he probably wouldn't have gone out of his way to tell the truth.

Needless to say, even on the dark side of the wizarding world, there is a set of rules to follow.

After a moment's consideration, Pansy hurriedly pulled out a few more gold galleons from his pocket and put them on the counter. At the same time, she whispered:

"Forget the question I just asked, remember that we were just regular customers...... When the Aurors are gone, there will be another half. ”

The old wizard didn't even lift his eyelids when he heard this, but the small stack of gold galleons was taken away by him in an instant without a trace.

"Pansy, why don't you stay away? Just use your invisibility cloak! Illuria suddenly whispered, "I'm nothing, but you're not supposed to be in Tumbledown Alley, are you?" ”

I have to say that this fairy half-blood witch, who is usually quite introverted, can always show a very good judgment at critical moments.

Hearing her say this, Pansy couldn't help but feel that it made a lot of sense—although she didn't know if it was the same Auror from before, she did reveal her identity after all, and she specifically mentioned the purchase of a wand.

However, it doesn't make sense for a Hogwarts student to go to Tumbledown Alley to buy a second-hand old wand.

Just in case, Pansy resolutely followed Illuri's words and hid herself in an invisibility cloak and carefully hid in the corner from which she came.

"They're coming!"