144. Preparation for store opening
Diagon Alley, which had been silent for a summer vacation, was lively again, familiar and unfamiliar faces abounded, and McGoth and Hermione walked towards McGoth's newly opened shop while chatting about the second-grade book list.
Like Lei, Hermione was not only not resistant to buying Gilderoy Lockhart's books, but was actually happy, and she considered him a great wizard as much as Mrs. Weasley.
"Who did you say would take over Professor Quirrell's Defence Against the Dark Arts class, he must be an admirer of Mr. Lockhart."
"Professor Quirrell isn't in the store, he should know, just ask."
"It's a shame that Professor Quirrell can't be a professor at Hogwarts anymore, everyone knows that he did everything he couldn't help himself." Speaking of Chilohmione, she shook her head, feeling sorry for him.
"There's no way around it, we know that he can't help himself, Headmaster Dumbledore can also prove it, but the Ministry of Magic and the parents of the students won't believe it, you don't know, the Ministry of Magic still thinks that Quirrell's unauthorized research on dark arts caused his insaneness, if it weren't for the headmaster, he might be locked up in Azkaban."
"I don't know how they could come up with such a reason." Hermione looked indignant.
"It's not that the top brass of the Ministry of Magic don't believe that the mysterious man is back, and bury his head in the sand to be an ostrich." As for Fudge's character, Rico described it very clearly, if it weren't for the entire wizarding world knowing about Voldemort's return, he probably would still be wishful thinking that Voldemort has hanged.
Soon they were to what had been Jessamin. The shop in Wepblington. At this time, the door of the shop is open, and the inside is no longer dark and old and strange, the new walls and floors have replaced the old rotten wood blocks, several large windows fill the large store with light, and a few neat and orderly empty shelves are waiting for the goods to be sold. McGoth saw that there were occasionally wizards who were curious about the reopening of the store that had been closed for nearly a decade, but when they saw the empty shelves inside, they knew that the store was not officially open, and took their children to the next store after a glance.
"Haven't you figured out what to sell?" Hermione asked strangely, looking at the empty shelves inside.
"I think I've thought about it, but instead of selling it now, let's go, let's go and listen to Professor Quirrell's opinion first."
Upon entering the shop, McGoth found that it was much larger than it looked from the outside, and unsurprisingly Quirrell had used the Infinity Stretch Charm. This is much more high-end than using mirrors to expand the space in the real world.
Looking at the new store, McGoth was a little embarrassed, but he, the real owner, walked in for the second time. He didn't expect Quirrell to really take opening a store as a career, which made him feel like he was shooting mosquitoes with an anti-aircraft gun, which was really too big and too useless.
They saw Quirrell sitting on a table by the fireplace, writing intently, and didn't notice two people coming in.
"Professor Quirrell, what are you writing about?"
"Ahh Magos's voice woke Quirrell and looked up to see the two of them laughing.
"I'm not a professor anymore, just call me Quirrell or Quirinus from now on. I'm wondering what this store sells well. ”
"Do you have any ideas?" Hermione was also interested.
"Magic materials and props are the most valuable, I do have a friend who makes magic props, but the magic materials are gone, this needs to be negotiated, and secondly, the books are not bad, there is currently a Blotte bookstore in Diagon Alley."
"Then let's sell some magic items and books first." McGoth wasn't interested in what he was selling right now, and seeing Quirrell's serious appearance, it was empty anyway, and he took out a 5,000 Galleon pocket and put it on the table.
"There's 5,000 Galleons in it, and that's the starting capital for our store."
"Okay." I didn't feel much about the money Quirrell that McGoth took out, and it was normal for the boss to give money to buy goods, although it was a bit too much. "What do you mean by first?"
Instead of answering his question immediately, McGoth asked, "Professor, where do the potions made in the school's potions class usually go?" ”
Quirrell knew what he meant as soon as he heard him, and said with a smile, "It's all with Professor Snape, the therapeutic Professor Snape will be in the hospital, and the others haven't paid attention, you can ask Professor Snape." ”
Hermione was also quick to react, and when she thought about it, she knew what he was thinking.
"But will Professor Snape agree?"
"It should be no problem, most potions are useless in school, you must know that many potions will gradually fail even if they are placed in sealed bottles, rather than wasting them like this, why don't you sell them to me cheaper, but I just don't know if anyone will buy low-level potions."
Quirrell smiled confidently at this time, "You can rest assured that there is still a great demand for low-level potions, not to mention those wizards who are not talented enough in potions, even many wizards who are proficient in potions will often buy low-level potions, and it is a waste of time for them to make low-level potions." ”
As soon as he said this, McGoth understood, this is equivalent to the online game he once played, and the low-level materials needed to make high-level equipment are rarely collected by people in person, and they are all purchased in the store, which saves time and effort.
Just as McGoth and Quirrell were discussing some details, the Weasleys walked in.
"Such a big shop." The twins fell in love with it as soon as they walked through the door, and they remembered that McGoth had said they could put their prank toys here for sale.
The Weasleys were also surprised, they knew that McGoth was a big tyrant in the Muggle world during the summer vacation, and they didn't expect him to have an industry in the wizarding world. It's just that from their anxious looks, it can be seen that they are not very interested in this store at the moment
"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked, looking around.
"We came together with Floo powder, but when we got there, we found that Harry wasn't with us." Mrs. Weasley said eagerly.
"Yes, hopefully he just missed a furnace door, and to be honest, it almost never happens, and I don't know where he is now."
McGoth had really forgotten about it, and when they said he seemed to be Dobby's troublemaker, he passed it on to Tumbledown Alley.
"Mrs. Weasley, don't worry, even if he misses a furnace door, he should be around Diagon Alley by now, have you seen it all?"
"No, we're going to come and talk to you first, and then we'll continue looking."
"We're going to help, too." Quirrell was also worried about Harry's inexplicable disappearance.
"Excuse me, Professor Quirrell." Mr. Weasley said a few words and hurriedly took Ron and the others away.
Quirrell took Magos and Hermione from the other side.
"I've heard that you took Harry to the United States this summer, it's really dangerous, I don't understand why Headmaster Dumbledore would agree with you." Quirrell said to McGoth in an unbelievable tone as he watched the crowd around him.
"I didn't expect the principal to agree." McGoth shrugged, "And we're not in any danger, and we have invisible beasts as bodyguards." ”
McGoth looked at the entrance to Tumbledown Alley not far away, but Quirrell didn't want to go in to check it out, he looked at Viadandy in the pet bag, and his heart moved.
"Professor Quirrell, Hermione, wait a minute, Viadandy seems to be able to sense where Harry is."
Unlike Hermione's suspicions, Quirrell knew the origin of Viadandy, and it was not surprising that he had a special ability for this unknown magical animal.
McGoth pretended to look at Viadandy and asked, "Little one, can you sense Harry's location and show us?" Just as McGoth was about to close his eyes and pretend to use telepathy, Viadandy gave him a strange look, then jumped out of his pet bag, meowed, and flipped his tail to the intersection of Diagon Alley and Tumbledown Alley.
Magos was holding the grass on his face, he didn't expect Viadandy to actually sense Harry's location. He doesn't know this skill yet, and he doesn't need to pretend. Quirrell walked to the door of Tumbledown Alley to stop McGoth and Hermione from moving on, and he himself followed Viadandy inside.
"How did Harry get to Tumbledown Alley?" Hermione looked like she had heard the story of Tumbledown Alley, and looked a little nervous.
Magos looked at the dim alley, he knew that it was not as exaggerated as the legend, although there were a lot of items and materials for selling dark arts, but it was just a transaction, just like the magic items he had bought in the first place, the memories that had disappeared. However, it is very unfriendly to wizards whose parents are Muggles, and it is easy to kill you, for fear that they will turn into robbers and rob people of wealth and people.
Quirrell and Harry appeared in the eyes of Magos and Hermione at about the same time as Hagrid.
"Professor Quirrell. Harry? Did you go to Tumbledown Alley? Hagrid was just about to say hello to McGoth Hermione when he saw Harry being brought out by Quirrell, and his face turned serious. That's not a good place, Harry, and don't let people see you. ”
Harry nodded sympathetically, "I'm sorry, Hagrid, I don't know why I'm there. ”
Harry didn't know how to explain his sudden appearance in Tumbledown Alley, which he thought was a mistake.
"Alright, I need to find a medicine to repel the flesh-eating slugs, they're about to spoil the cabbage in the school, see you at Hogwarts." He nodded at them, then warned Harry again that it was best not to go into Tumbledown Alley again until he became an adult, and walked into the dimly lit Tumbledown Alley.
Quirrell didn't know how to inform Arthur, and it wasn't long before they ran over out of breath.
"Harry, dear, my God, where have you been, you're worried about us to death." Mrs. Weasley quickly ran up to Harry and looked around twice before she was reassured.