Chapter 70: Blackwater Street
Daphany is going to the United States to watch the game. But this holiday season in the United States is not her first stop! Before flying across the ocean, she was going to go somewhere else. The northwest corner of Europe – Greece.
If someone asks which country is the strongest country in the world in this era, the answer is undoubtedly the United States. Russia is still in the throes of federal fragmentation, and the nascent red regime is already thriving, but it will take time and effort to catch up with the United States. As for other countries, it is basically a role of standing in line and waving the flag. Europe's so-called traditional powers even had to form alliances to keep warm.
But when it comes to the world of magicians, the status of the United States is a little embarrassing, except for the number of magicians is passable, other aspects can only be regarded as a middle-class posture. And if you want to say that the magic civilization is the most prosperous, in addition to China, which is a maverick and has its own magic system, the most eye-catching countries that share the current magic wand system are Egypt and Greece.
Egypt, Greece, China, and Mexico are generally considered to be the birthplaces of the four major magical civilizations.
Among them, the magical civilization of Mexico has been annihilated in the dust of history with the colonization of the United States and a series of historical reasons.
China's magical civilization has always followed its own unique route, although it does not refuse to communicate with the outside world, but it has always been its own system, and their system has influenced the magic system of surrounding places such as Japan, Mongolia and Thailand to a certain extent. In recent decades, with the activity of the Western magic community, some countries such as Thailand and Japan have also begun to accept the Western magic system, although it is still not mainstream in China.
Therefore, among the Western magic systems today, Egypt and Greece have the longest and most traditions. In contrast, although the rising stars of Britain, France, and Germany are not inferior or even surpass the number and quality of the new generation of magicians because of the establishment of the three major magic academies, the foundation is a few points worse after all.
Unlike Greece and Britain and France today, Egypt's attitude towards black magic was ambiguous, but at least verbally resistant. This is evident from the fact that the magic schools in both countries do not teach dark arts, but defense against the dark arts.
But in Egypt and Greece, black magic was studied by all wizards. Egypt, in particular, studied not only black magic, but also the older and more evil cursed witchcraft.
For Egypt, the country with the oldest and best-preserved system of witchcraft, Daphany has always longed for it, but she did not dare to set foot lightly. No way, there are too many magical creatures and evil wizards out there. Daphine's level can still be seen in the relatively peaceful environment of Britain, and when she gets there, she can't tell who will be on her way. To be immortal like Professor Lockhart, Daphine was unwilling.
If you don't dare to go to Egypt and are curious about the world where black magic prevails, then the best place to visit is Greece.
Although Greece is also a country where black magic is prevalent, it is after all in a more 'civilized' Europe. After all, the local dark wizards are much more disciplined than those from Egypt. At least there won't be anything to do with people for magic experiments.
Just as there is a diagnomy alley in England for magicians to go shopping, France has ambergris blocks. Greece also has a commercial district, and it is the Aegean Avenue, a large wizarding commercial district that is famous in all of Europe.
The Aegean Avenue in Greece is much larger than Diagon Alley in England or Ambergris in France!
No narrower than Diagon Alley, the streets of Aegean Avenue are large enough for four cars or carriages to drive side by side. The floor was paved with stones, apparently reinforced with magic. Dafanie walked down the street and saw several carriages running over it, without the slightest bump.
There's such a thing as a horse-drawn carriage! Daphany is secretly fresh. But come to think of it, the entire wizarding world doesn't seem to use much of the things of the ordinary world. So there are definitely no cars. It doesn't seem unacceptable to use a horse-drawn carriage for transportation. After all, apparitions are not something that all mages can use casually, and broomsticks are not so easy to ride.
There are still horse-drawn carriages in English cities, but there are no on the Enchanted Streets, because the roads are too narrow.
Most of the shops on both sides of the street are elegantly decorated. It coincides with the holidays, and the streets are full of wizards, most of whom are young wizards. However, unlike the British, the wizards here don't wear much robes. Although most of their attire is far from normal, it is much better than Diagon Alley with a pointed hat.
The streets are not only wide, but also long enough. The scale is comparable to that of the later Celestial Empire.
After a few moments of spinning around, Daphine felt her eyes glaze out. It's full of new things that I've never seen before, or rare things that I have always known but can't get. For example, the horns of unicorns, which refer to the horns of adult unicorns like Daphany's, rather than the horns that were replaced as they grew up. However, this is expensive to play and expensive, Rao is Daphany is very wealthy, and seeing that string of zeros also discourages the desire to buy. Of course, the main thing is that Daphany doesn't need it, or doesn't use it. As for the one at hand, I haven't figured out how to use it yet.
Slightly more troublesome, Daphany didn't speak Greek. Most of the wizards here only speak Greek, and Daphany can only rely on Jingjing to help translate. The elf Jingjing, who has served the Lestranzi family for three generations, is fluent in most European languages. However, no matter which store it is, seeing that Daphany actually needs a house-elf to help translate, she shows disdainful eyes. There was nothing Daphany could do about it.
After shopping for a long time, Daphany bought a lot of materials. Most of them are relatively rare potion materials in the UK, such as bits and pieces from some high-level magical creatures. The United Kingdom is an island nation, and there are very few species except for birds and reptiles. Some of the larger high-level demonic creatures don't even have. The imbalance between supply and demand naturally leads to high prices, and there are few potions masters in England, so there may be reasons for this.
Naturally, Greece does not have such a problem, and the price is naturally slightly lower. 1800 Literature
After a morning of shopping, Daphany found a restaurant for lunch. There are wizard restaurants on the Aegean Strip, and there are quite a few. However, the taste can only be said to be unsatisfactory. It's about the same as the earliest Hogwarts, but it's much worse than after being influenced by Daphany and others to reform the system. However, it is still better than the traditional British meal.
Daphany, who was satisfied with her meal, rested for a while and got up. Take out a map from the bag.
The map is very clear, but the Aegean Avenue is really not small, and Daphany looked for a while before finding a small alley marked on the map - Blackwater Street!
Blackwater Street is the equivalent of the English night alley in the Greek magical world. But it's bigger and there's not so much of a mess of taboos. Anyway, when Daphany walked in, she saw a lot of young wizards.
Daphany frequented the Night Alley, and wasn't much interested in Blackwater Street. Follow the map and walk towards the main objective.
Blackwater Street is nowhere near as ornate as the Aegean Drive. Let Daphne find a little bit of the feeling of a wizard's world. The streets are lined with old wooden buildings. The lacquer color of the inscriptions on many signboards has fallen off.
Although it was much smaller than the Aegean Avenue, Dafanie searched for a while before settling on a very humble shop.
There were no signboards on the shop front, and the crimson curtains were drawn inside the huge windows, so you couldn't see anything. I don't know what to do with the windows. In front of the door, there was a skull pendant with bat wings, which looked quite evil.
Daphany stepped forward, and there were five steps in front of the door, which were wooden. It creaked and creaked, and the sound made Daphne frown for a moment.
When I walked to the door, I was about to knock on it, but the same wooden door opened by itself. Well, it seems that the creaking steps still have a bit of a role, and can be used as a doorbell, huh? Daphany thought mockingly.
The door opened, and Daphany looked in to see that there was a thick red curtain. Pursing his lips, he said to Jingjing, who was following closely with a vigilant face: "Don't move without my order for a while." It may be dark inside, but don't use any lighting magic. ”
"Yes, Miss, Jingjing knows!" Jingjing hurriedly nodded her brain and agreed.
Daphine lifted the curtain and walked into the room with Crystal.
The room was as dark as Daphany had expected. It took a while for Daphany to adjust her eyes to the darkness.
The curtains and curtains behind him finally let in a faint glimmer of light, allowing Daphany to barely see some of the outlines of the room. Faintly I could see that there was a large case in the room, and a person was sitting in the back. I can't see clearly whether people are male or female, old or young, only a pair of eyes, faintly emitting red light in the dark.
Daphany knew she was in the right place. Gently stepped forward: "The British Lestrants, Dafanie Lestrants!" ”
"I said how could a little hairy kid dare to enter my store, and it seems that he still knows the rules." A slightly tired voice sounded from behind the case, also in English, but with a strange emphasis: "It turned out to be you." ”
As he spoke, the man snapped his fingers slightly. Suddenly a fire lit up by the wall. It turned out that there was a row of candlesticks on the wall, which were made of copper and looked very old, with emerald green rust spots on them. The light of the candle flame shines on it, and the green light is a little frightening. But compared to the other furnishings in the room, the candlestick is the most harmless!
Next to the door, there was a large leather sofa, on which climbed a monster more than two meters long and three points like a dog. The monster was covered in scaly armor and had a row of bone spurs on its back. The limbs and head are a bit like a dog, but the tail is a crocodile tail. The dog's head had a pair of threaded corners, and four sharp fangs protruding from its mouth and growing upwards, making its already unsightly head even more hideous.
It turned out to be a Macedonian alligator-tailed fang. It's a magical creature that's rarely seen these days. In the Middle Ages, Macedonian magicians domesticated it as a war pet to catch small beasts. It's amazingly powerful, and it's tough, amphibious and agile, and has a good physique that can resist beatings. The point is, its teeth are also highly toxic. However, because the meat of this thing is very delicious, the scales are also very useful. So it was once killed to the brink of extinction. Daphany had only seen it in books.
In addition to the hideous-looking Macedonian crocodile-tailed fang, there is also a large cabinet with a lot of utensils containing skeletons, large centipedes, and all kinds of disgusting monsters. Rao is Daphne's soul is a rough man, and she is also disgusted to watch. Especially in the dim candlelight, it is extremely eerie.
However, in such a hideous room, its owner is incompatible with it.