Chapter 21: Something is wrong
Daphany and Hermione exchanged glances, knowing they were in the right place.
This shop is very wizardy! Although the speculum mirrors at the door are all all kinds of clocks used by ordinary people, they are placed in a messy and disorderly manner. Ordinary people visit the store like this, and when they need to receive it, they will definitely find nothing. Only a magician would arrange things so messily! This style, Daphany and Hermione have seen a lot in Diagon Alley!
There are wind chimes in front of the store, and when you push the door in, there is a crisp and pleasant sound. It seemed that the shopkeeper heard the voice, and there was a sound of footsteps on the second floor, and then an old man with white hair but a straight waist walked slowly down the stairs.
This is an old man who can't tell his age at a glance, his hair and eyebrows are white, and he should be not young. But looking at the face, he doesn't look like a particularly old person. His skin is not particularly loose and he has no age spots on his face. Most importantly, he didn't grow a beard. The gaze is also the kind of clarity that is rare in the old man.
"Yo!" The old man seemed surprised to see the two. But then a happy expression appeared on his face, and he muttered a lot. But neither Hermione nor Daphany understood.
"I'm sorry, old sir, do you speak English?" Hermione asked, embarrassed. She knew that the other party was speaking Portuguese, but she didn't know what it was saying. If she had gone to an ordinary person's school, perhaps Hermione would have studied several languages at the same time, most likely Portuguese. However, there was no language teacher at the magic school, and the intensity of the homework meant that Hermione really didn't have the extra energy to study.
"Oooh!" The old man smiled and changed to English: "I really didn't expect that there would be two young magicians visiting this small place!" ”
"The old gentleman is indeed a magician!" Hermione said happily.
"Oh yes, an old magician who has been forgotten. Sit, please! The old man motioned for the two to sit at the coffee table by the door: "What to drink?" I only have black tea and green tea here, oh, and I think there's some coffee! ”
"Don't bother, old man!" Hermione waved her hand.
"It's not troublesome, it's a rare opportunity to entertain guests with magic!" The old man smiled and said, "Just black tea, my black tea is very good!" Add a little maple syrup and milk! The old man said, took out his wand and waved it gently, and easily brewed three cups of fragrant black tea.
Daphany and Hermione both thanked each other politely. Then explain your situation. However, he only said that the plane had an accident, and did not mention that someone might have deliberately framed him.
"Oh, Muggle stuff, that's a lot of problems, isn't it?" The old man called himself Ramis, and when he heard the words of the two, he couldn't help but laugh.
Hermione smashed it, smashed it, didn't know how to take it. In fact, in his opinion, the airplane is much stronger than the broomstick! Of course, it may be a little worse than the take-off road powder and the portkey.
"So, you're looking for a portkey or something, right? What a coincidence! I really have it here! The old man didn't seem to notice Hermione's embarrassment, and said very happily.
"It's going to Canada! But it doesn't make any difference to you, does it? ”
"Oh, if you're going to Canada, of course you can!" Hermione confirmed with Daphany, who nodded in affirmation. As long as you can go to the American continent, even Mexico or even Brazil. Once there, you can ask the Ministry of Magic over there for help, and then use the magic route there to travel to the United States.
"Okay, wait a minute!" Ramis said happily, then turned and walked inside the counter. I don't know where I took out a tattered wood from which drawer.
When it was brought to Dafanie and Hermione, it was opened, and inside was a football ball that could not be broken again, and had leaked and deflated.
Hermione and Daphne could tell it was a portkey!
Hermione was about to say thank you happily, but Ramis said, "A hundred Kinlar, oh, you are British, that's a hundred Galleons!" ”
Hermione was stunned for a moment, and almost subconsciously said, "You still want money?" ”
"Of course!" Ramis looked at Hermione with a look of wonder if you were stupid: "The portkey is one-way!" You will take it with you to Canada. It is a one-time consumable! ”
Hermione stammered, speechless. One hundred gold gallons, that's definitely a lot of money! She would never have been able to take it out.
Fortunately, although Hermione has no money, Daphany is a fighter among the local tyrants.
"A hundred gold gallons, no problem!" Daphany didn't care, wiped her hand from her arms, and when she took it out again, there was already a small cloth bag in her hand: "Uncle, you probably can't use checks here, so it's all in cash." ”
With that, Daphany opened the cloth bag and poured the contents out on the coffee table. A series of clanging crunching sounds. A moment later, a small pile of gold coins was placed on the small coffee table: "Count? Daphany asked with a smile.
"You're ...... Don't you bargain......" Ramis was a little embarrassed. Obviously, a hundred gold Galleons was a complete overprice, just waiting for Daphany and Hermione to bargain on the spot. As a result, Daphany had no friends, so without saying a word, she took out a bag of gold coins. every day
"It's better than anything else to get to the United States as soon as possible!" Daphany waved her hand, and then said something that made Ramis and Hermione a little sad: "If you can solve it with money, then it's not a problem!" ”
Yes, the Potions Factory is already the absolute hegemon of the low-level Potions industry in the world! As the big boss behind it, Daphne is completely a gold galleon but a copper nut flower. I have lost my sense of money.
Ramis was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "This little girl, do you want to buy something?" I don't have anything particularly rare here, but there are a lot of gadgets that I don't have in the UK? How, the price is negotiable! At this moment, Ramis's originally clear eyes flashed with the brilliance of gold coins.
Daphany politely declined, and left the business of the portkey.
The two of them didn't worry that the portkey was fake, there were many robbers and thieves in the wizarding world, and there were really no frauds. Magicians aren't good at this! And with Daphany's familiarity with the portkey, that wrecking ball should indeed be a portkey from a long distance. That particular magical fluctuation is not usually felt by humans, but Daphne can detect it.
Ramis seemed to regret not being able to make another business, and kept sending the two to the door of the store, and watched them walk away before turning back to the store.
"How lucky!" On the way out of town, Hermione said happily. But then he was a little puzzled: "Daphany, don't you usually like to bargain?" So don't cut it at all this time? And you seem to have very few words! ”
"Hmm. Let's get out of here as soon as possible. I don't think there's something wrong with that Ramis! Daphany whispered. Looking left and right, he didn't notice anyone paying attention, so he grabbed Hermione, first blessed the confusion charm, then walked briskly for a while, and blessed the illusion charm.
"Something is wrong with that old gentleman?" Hermione was pulled by Daphany and asked, "What's wrong?" I think the old gentleman is not bad, although he is a little greedy for money...... Look at the ...... when he sees the gold coins," Hermione couldn't help but smile with interest as she said this.
Daphany didn't answer.
Wrong? Of course something is wrong! What a run-down town on such a remote island. Any reclusive wizard has even more magic than Snape, and may even be on par with Professor McGonagall! Can this be an ordinary person?
You know, in the whole of Britain, there are no more than twenty wizards whose magic can reach the level of Professor McGonagall! Maybe not even more than ten! This is not the case in the United Kingdom, not to mention Portugal, which is a little less magically civilized. But such a powerful wizard is in this hellish place! There's definitely something quirky in it!
If it weren't for the fact that the other party was definitely not Umlich's man - Umlich and Fudge didn't have the ability to drive a wizard of this level, and Daphany even suspected that this was the afterhand after that plane crash!
Feeling abnormal, and although Ramis showed no signs of hostility, Daphany was able to get out of the place as quickly as she could. It doesn't matter who the other person is or why they're here. As long as you hurry to the United States, it has nothing to do with you.
Daphany and Hermione didn't see it, and when they walked away, Ramis, who had been standing in front of the watch shop with a regretful expression, slowly retracted his expression, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a meaningful smile.
Turning back to the shop, where Daphany had been sitting before, another person had already been seated.
It was a middle-aged man with Nordic features, and he was quite handsome. However, one hand was apparently injured and hung around his neck in a cast. If Daphany saw this person, she would definitely recognize it, it was the top Czech dark wizard she had seen before, Alan Dimasgu!
"This is the girl who made you look like this?" Ramis closed the door and looked at Dimasgu with interest: "Your Excellency Plum Blossom King is rare to suffer such a big loss!" ”
"I really didn't expect that there are still a few of the down-and-out families in Australia." Alan pouted and said, "I was also careless to fall into their way!" ”
"Just careless?" Ramis smiled, and smiled very happily: "How did I hear that if the Red Queen hadn't arrived in time, you, who played with necromancers, would have become necromancy?" ”
"Why can't this control her mouth! Everything is bald, no wonder you can't get married! Allen's face suddenly turned red, and he seemed a little annoyed.
"You have the ability to say this in front of the popular queen, I will say it again, even if you are a man!" Ramis seemed to think it was very funny when he saw Allen's appearance, and smiled even more happily: "How can there be such a big mistake?" I couldn't believe it when I heard the news! ”
"Joker is interested in her, what can I say as an errand runner?" Alan rolled his eyes: "I can't compare with the ease of the four of you A's, we all have to do things according to orders!" ”
"Joker interested in her? Red Joker or Black Joker? Ramis seemed a little surprised.
"Both are interested! And let me give her a piece of the Philosopher's Stone refined by Black A! Can you believe it? Alan pouted.
"So important?" Ramis was even more surprised, he touched his smooth chin: "That's interesting, Queen still has a place, is it ready to recruit this girl?" ”
"A queen isn't worth a philosopher's stone, is it?"
"Well, too......"