Chapter 5 On the eve of the start of school

"Oh, that's a lot of stuff!" Daphany looked at the list of Hogwarts items she had just arrived. Smash it and babble.

At this time, on the other side of the United Kingdom, Mrs. Weasley, in the Burrow, looked at the list and made similar complaints.

Although the complaints are similar, the things that the two complain about are completely different. Mrs. Weasley complained about the price of the books. In particular, Ron in the third grade and twin brothers in the fourth grade, both of whom have signed up for the Magical Beasts Conservation course, have a special textbook, the "Yokai Book of Monsters", that needs to be purchased. It's a new book, so there's nowhere to shop for second-hand ones. And British books are called one expensive. This is true even in the world of magicians. The Weasleys had a bit of a lot of children, and this expense was a bit of a headache for Mrs. Weasley.

Daphany wasn't because of the cost. After negotiating a potion supply agreement with the Meng family and the Cialiax family, Daphne had already received the contract money and the deposit for the first potion order. The Meng family hopes to become a hegemon-level existence in the American potions market, while the Healiex family is already the true leader of the potions market in Europe, Australia, and Asia. The number of orders from both companies is quite impressive, and the deposit is naturally extremely generous.

Daphany uses the puppet assembly line. The initial development cost is high, but once the development is completed, the later operating costs are significantly reduced. Therefore, the profit is not inferior to the two major families on the sales side. At this time, Daphany is definitely rich, and naturally she doesn't care about the little money in the textbook.

What annoys her is that these messy things are a very cumbersome thing to buy.

But Daphany knew that someone was more annoying than she was.

Of course, it was Hermione who was more annoyed than Stephanie. Daphne only enrolled in two electives, and there were already too many things to do in ancient runifens and magical beast protection. Hermione had enrolled in all classes except Muggle Studies. That's a lot more stuff. Daphine really didn't understand what this chick was doing with Muggle research.

Boom! There was the sound of a fire in the fireplace, and Daphany didn't have to look to know that Draco was there.

The only one who can use the Floo Powder network without contacting it in advance is the fireplace network exclusive to Malfoy Manor. Daphany can also enter Malfoy Manor without prior contact, and she can also enter the Blake family's ancestral home without contact, and Kreacher opens her exclusive network access to Floo fans. If you want to enter other estates or private areas, you need to make a reservation in advance. Only completely open places like the Gringotts Trading Hall, the Hall of the Ministry of Magic, or the public entrance to Diagon Alley are allowed to enter and exit at will.

"Cousin, cousin," Daphany deduced without error, and a moment later Draco's duck voice came out of the fireplace. Xiaolong's classmate has entered the period of voice change, and his voice is ugly.

"What's wrong?" Dafanie leaned back on the sofa and asked casually as she looked at the "Singing Contradiction" that had just been delivered. Reiki Lori Luna's Daddy's "Singing and Singing" is still very interesting if you read it as a fun magazine. At least most of the articles in it are of great interest to Daphine.

"Cousin, look!" Seeing that Daphany didn't even look up, Draco was so happy that he ran up to Daphany and showed her what he was holdingβ€”a broomstick.

Daphany looked up, and her eyes lit up - fire bolts.

"Officially launched?" Daphany asked, rather excitedly.

"Well, it was officially launched today." Draco said proudly, "You know, the largest broomstick store in the UK has a stake in our family, I told them early on, let me know as soon as it arrives!" ”

Dafanie smashed her mouth and nodded: "I'll buy one when I go back, by the way, remember to return the original one to me!" ”

"Take it, take it!" Draco nodded repeatedly, then beckoned. Only then did Daphany notice that Draco had been accompanied by a house-elf with her beta firebolt.

I don't know if Lucius learned the lesson of Dobby's betrayal before, or if he recently got in touch with the Hilliex family through Daphany, which made the Malfoy family rich. Anyway, the elf in front of him is much cleaner than the original Dobby. It's not as scarred by Dobby either.

Daphany thinks highly of Lucius. He had no idea of being kind to the house-elves at all, even if Dobby's betrayal had happened before. It was Draco, who saw the neat and tidy appearance of the elves in Daphne's house, and felt that the sloppy elves in his house were really unsightly, so he proposed to change them.

For her only beloved son, Mrs. Malfoy is absolutely obedient. As a well-known rake ear in the circle of magical families, Lucius is what his wife says.

However, the official fire bolt in Draco's hand was really because of the recent good income, and Lucius happily bought it for Draco. You must know that the price of fire bolts is as high as 8,000 gold Galleons. Even for the wealthy Malfoy family, it is not a small amount of money.

Daphine asks Ruka to put away the trial version of the Firebolt and put it in the storage room after maintenance. She didn't plan to use the broomstick, but kept it for her collection. This is a truly limited edition, and there are only seven beta firebolts available in the world!

Seeing that Ruka carefully left with the beta firebolt, Draco also taught his firebolt to his house-elves, and then asked Daphany, "Cousin, when are you going to go shopping in Diagon Alley?" "Zero-One Reading Network

"Just for these two days, right?" Daphany thought to herself that yesterday was Harry's birthday, if her memory was correct and nothing else had happened. Today was supposed to be the day Harry used one of his aunts as a balloon to blow it up and fly into the sky. He then takes the Knight Bus to Diagon Alley and stays at the Leaky Cauldron Bar. Fudge will take care of him personally.

As Minister of Magic, it is definitely not unscrupulous to pay attention to a thirteen-year-old child. But Fudge was facing tremendous pressure from public opinion at this time. Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban Prison, where it was said that it was impossible to escape, and he had not been able to recover it for half a month. This was a huge blow to Fudge's prestige. In this case, if the high-profile Harry Potter is injured by the fugitive again, Fudge's Minister of Magic is probably the end.

Fudge attaches great importance to the position of Minister of Magic. So he certainly wouldn't want Harry Potter to be hurt. Even Daphany knew that Harry could save a lot of money this year, because to prevent Harry from going out and running around. Fudge helped him buy all the useful and useless things for this semester in advance, and asked him to review them in advance. As Minister of Magic, Fudge certainly didn't lack this little money.

Thinking about it carefully, there didn't seem to be anything important during this period that needed to be maintained and promoted, and Daphany was free to do so.

"And how about tomorrow?" Draco didn't know what Daphany was thinking, and asked with great interest, "After buying the school's stuff, go buy a fire bolt?" ”

"I will definitely buy the fire crossbow arrows, but even if I do, I will keep them in my home collection, and I won't use them during the competition." Daphany said casually.

"Why?" Draco looked puzzled.

"It's not necessary, in a college-level game, it's too exaggerated for chasers to use fire crossbow arrows!" Daphne said as a matter of course, "And if I use fire bolts, what will Terrance and Pansy do?" The two of them couldn't keep up with my speed, and our attack formation dispersed. ”

"Okay......" Draco pursed his lips, knowing that Daphany was right. Even if his family had money, it was impossible to say that everyone in the team should be equipped with a fire crossbow arrow. It's not a professional club.

The next day, after the morning exercise, Dafanie was sweating profusely and took a shower, and Jingjing, who rushed back, took her to Diagon Alley. Daphany doesn't like to use Floo powder, she doesn't like to get ashes on her body. Although it can be removed with a cleansing charm, I still don't like it. So it's usually Jingjing who takes her phantom into shape.

Once in Diagon Alley, Daphany went to buy some other things, such as some materials and tools for Potions class. Sent home by Jingjing before going to the Broomstick Shop to wait for Draco,

Outside the shop window, a group of young wizards were drooling over the fire bolts.

Some Hogwarts students saw Daphany and hurriedly greeted, "Hello big sister!" ”

Daphany didn't recognize who it was, so she nodded and smiled and walked into the store.

The Malfoys have a stake in the broomstick and are the majority shareholder. Last year, during the holidays, Draco and Daphne came here to hang out and look at the broomsticks, mainly to study the merits of the Light Wheel 2001 versus the sweep of the six generations. At the time, it was concluded that the light wheel was faster and the acceleration was faster, but in terms of agility compared to the sweep of the sixth generation. Eventually, Slytherin was dressed up in Halo 2001 and won the Quidditch House Cup for the second consecutive year.

Although this year's Light Wheel 2002 came as scheduled, the sweep also withdrew from the sweep seven generations. The sweep of the seventh generation has been greatly improved compared with the sixth generation, and it can basically compete with the light wheel 2002 in all aspects. However, the fire crossbow arrow was born and stole all the limelight at once. Especially after the England national team announced that the players would use the firebow arrow as the standard broomstick, the pressure on the light wheel and sweep can be described as a lot. As for the others, they are about to stand on the street and scold their mothers.

The staff at the store recognized Daphany, a good friend of the majority shareholder's young master, Draco. At the same time, as a member of the shopping street, he also vaguely knew that Daphany was also a partner of one of the most powerful families in Europe, the Cilliax family.

Of course, the most important thing is that Daphany is a real big customer! At this time last year, Daphany came to the door, and the direct light wheel was the same as the latest model, and the price was not discussed.

As the leading lady in the whole of the United Kingdom, she is still a big customer, and she does not dare to slack off, please sit down with tea and water, and she is very enthusiastic.

"Prepare a firebow arrow, as well as a Halo of Light and the latest model of the Sweep series," Daphne said casually, sipping black tea and eating a snack, "I'll wait here for Draco for a while." As he spoke, he took out his checkbook and wrote a check for 11,300 gold Galleons to the clerk.

Although the financial system of the wizarding world is backward, due to the existence of Gringotts, wizards still don't have to go shopping with a bag of gold coins all day. Although there is no credit card system, checks are available. Otherwise, those wizards who are not skilled enough to use the space folding spell will have to jingle coins in their robes all day long.

The clerk's eyes lit up. Yesterday Young Master Draco just bought a fire crossbow arrow, and today Miss Daphine actually bought one, and that's not all, Miss Dafanie is actually the same as last year, the light wheel and the sweep new model are still one each. He is worthy of being the top rich man in the entire British wizarding world.

The clerk suddenly turned into a licking dog, and he was more enthusiastic than before.