02. Enrollment procurement
As soon as he woke up in the morning, he hadn't even eaten breakfast, and Hagrid took Harry to London, where they were going to Diagon Alley to buy all the things on Harry's list that he had to buy when he went to Hogwarts.
According to Hagrid, the entrance to Diagon Alley is in a small patio behind a dilapidated cauldron that Muggles can't see in London, England, and can be accessed by tapping a magic wand on a specific wall tile next to the dumpster.
Harry felt distracted as he strolled around Hagrid, who had been muttering since reading the morning newspaper and Harry couldn't hear what Hagrid was saying.
It seems that the reporting of Mr. Sherlock Mephisto, known as the Prince of Spells, had a big impact on Hagrid.
When they arrived at the Cauldron Bar, all the people sitting inside were wizards in robes and pointed hats on their heads, but the voices in the Cauldron were chaotic, everyone seemed to be shouting about something in fear, among which the words 'Sherlock', Mephisto and the Prince of Charms were the three words Harry heard the most.
The first time I knew the name was in Hagrid's newspaper in the morning, the second time it was in Hagrid's mouth, and the third time I heard it in the Leaky Cauldron with so many wizards yelling.
"That Mr. Sherlock is the famous man among wizards." Harry muttered as he followed Hagrid.
It was the first time that so many wizards had gathered at the Leaky Cauldron, and it seemed like some kind of unease had brought them all together, and everyone was talking, not even Hagrid, the big guy, and Harry, the little guy, had come in.
"Sea ...... Hagrid ......"
A stammering-sounding voice called out to Hagrid, who looked over to see Professor Quirrell with a bandana wrapped around his head, and the other party was the newly hired Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, so Hagrid also introduced Professor Quirrell to Harry, and he hoped that Harry would make a good impression on all the professors in Hogwarts.
"Hello, Professor Quirrell."
Harry stretched out his hand, but Professor Quirrell said timidly, "Actually, I don't think there's any need for Mr. Potter to take this course anymore, right?" ”
Hagrid shook his head, and he asked, "What's going on?" Why is it that there are so many wizards in the Leaky Cauldron Bar, which is very uncommon, what are they all doing? ”
Hearing Hagrid ask, Quirrell stammered even more, "...... That...... Actually...... Shylock...... Sherlock's reason, they are all afraid...... It felt like Sherlock had become an executioner...... Evil wizards who kill innocents indiscriminately! ”
"Bullshit!" Hagrid scolded angrily and stamped his foot angrily.
Such a big movement and voice immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding wizards.
"You unfounded bunches...... If Mephisto knew that you were slandering the best young man of their family behind his back, he would have cleaned up you guys with open mouths but talking nonsense. ”
"Humph! The Daily Prophet is clearly written! The Prince of Charms used a powerful spell that reduced all of Tokyo to ruins, killing more than a hundred thousand people, all Muggles. ”
"The power of the earthquake is so terrifying, there is a spell that can achieve such power, besides that one, what other wizard can invent, I think he must also be a believer in the theory of pure blood, imagine Mephisto's reputation in the wizarding world, in ancient times there were many famous dark wizards."
"All of the 160,000 dead were Muggles, who knows what the Prince of Charms did in Japan during a summer vacation, and the Ministry of Magic went to Japan to negotiate, but because of the other party's policy, even the Japanese magical regime kept silent about it."
"Enough...... Sherlock was a very good student at Hogwarts! Not to mention the best professor there, Mr. Dumbledore! Hagrid stomped his foot angrily.
"Dumbledore is old!"
There are also wizards who make a lot of nonsense there.
"Besides, how can you prove that the Prince of Spells has nothing to do with the earthquake in Tokyo, Japan?"
Harry stood up and said, "Actually, Japan is located on the gap where the tectonic plates are connected, and the earth's crustal activity there is inherently unstable, and it is the country with the most frequent earthquakes in the world, even in the history of Japan, there have been many, many earthquakes in Tokyo!" It's like a spontaneous combustion, which I learned in my geography class in elementary school. ”
At this time, all the wizards looked at Harry next to Hagrid, to be honest, wizards didn't know what was called a plate, what was called crustal movement, even Hagrid couldn't understand it, but he felt that what Harry said was very reasonable and stood up.
"Look, even a child like Harry Potter understands the truth, but what newspaper do you want to believe, and even what is written in the Daily Prophet is not speculation!"
Hagrid directly said Harry's full name, and the Leaky Cauldron was quiet for a moment, and then the wizards whispered again.
At this moment, some of the more enthusiastic wizards greeted Harry, but Harry always had a strange feeling that the other party still hadn't jumped out of his worried thoughts.
"Alright, we're going to Diagon Alley, so you can continue to worry about it here!" Hegla led Harry through the Leaky Cauldron.
But Harry heard a wizard whisper, "When the Prince of Charms does become a wizard who is even more terrible than the Dark Lord, who in this world will be able to stop him." ”
And when Harry looked back, he found that all the wizards were basically worried, but Professor Quirrell's eyes were a little bright, maybe the other party was a powerful Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Hagrid led Harry to Diagon Alley, and Harry was stunned as he stared at the magical wizarding street.
Looking at the shopping list that accompanied the admission letter, Harry said to Hagrid with a frown.
"I don't think I can afford any of this, I don't have a penny."
"Do you think your parents will leave nothing for you?"
They made it to Gringotts, where Harry met the only intelligent race in the streets of Enchantment, the greedy and miserly elves.
All the goblins in Gringotts are busy at work, and there are many wizards coming and going.
"Shall we withdraw Mr. Potter's vault?" Hagrid helped Harry retrieve the golden key to the Potter vault.
The elf director who received them had a headache and said, "Really...... Are you planning to give something to the Mephisto family as a gift? Today, I don't know how many pure-blood families and some wizards have come to collect valuable things, and they are all vying to give gifts to the Mephisto family and want to visit! ”
Harry opened his mouth, "The Mephisto family, isn't that the family of the Enchanted Prince?" ”