Chapter 4: Diagon Alley

"Albert, are you sure we're not in the wrong place?" Herb was checking the map in his hand, but couldn't find the bar Professor McGonagall was talking about.

"We had to find a bookstore first, and there was a record store next door to the bookstore. Albert raised his hand and pointed to the large bookstore ahead, next door to a record store.

"Is this it? But I ......."

“...... Can't see where the bar is?" Albert finished speaking for him.

If he hadn't been observing, he wouldn't have paid attention to the small bar next to the big bookstore.

People who passed by in a hurry didn't even look at it, including, of course, his father, Herb.

"I've seen the bar, remember what Miss McGonagall said?"

"Muggles can't find a bar?" Herb muttered, "I hate the word Muggle." ”

Herb took his son's hand and was led forward by Alberta, and a few seconds later, he saw the legendary Leaky Cauldron Bar,

It was a dirty, cramped bar.

"I hate it, it's so dirty. ”

"Me too, let's go in!"

Rescuing the disgust on their faces, the father and son pushed the door one after the other and walked into the bar.

Dirty, messy, black.

This is what the two of them say about this bar, and there are some men and women who don't look normal in it, mostly elderly, and they have ridiculous top hats on their heads, which looks very funny.

If this group of people walked outside the street, they would definitely attract the attention of countless people, but now they are even more different here, as if they are as dazzling as a ray of fire in the darkness.

Herb immediately calmed down, walked towards the counter, looked at the bald old man and asked tentatively, "Mr. Tom?"

"A little wizard from a Muggle family?" Tom looked at Albert before looking up at Herb and smiling, "You want to ask how to get to Diagon Alley?"

"Yes, Mr. Tom, Professor McGonagall said you could take us to Diagon Alley. Albert also looked at the old man in front of him, barely squeezing out a polite smile on his face.

"Of course, please come with me. Tom stepped out from behind the bar and beckoned the two to follow.

The trio made their way to the bar's backyard, where there was nothing but a brick wall, a dumpster, and a couple of empty wine barrels.

"This bin is going to stay here, you have to count three pieces on it, and then two more in the horizontal mile, and that's this brick. Tom pointed to the spot he had just struck with his hand, then pulled out his wand and struck it on the brick three times, then turned to Albert and said, "When you have your own wand, you can open the entrance to Diagon Alley yourself." Remember, hit it three times with your wand. ”

The brick that Old Tom had struck began to shake, and the brick wall moved very strangely, until a small hole appeared in the middle, and the hole grew larger and larger, and in just a few seconds, it formed an archway in front of the three of them that was large enough for them to pass.

A cobblestone street stretches from the foot to the front, flanked by shops, and the streets are filled with wizards and hawkers.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley. Tom smiled at the two of them.

"Mr. Tom, how shall we go back later?" asked Herb.

"When you're done shopping, you can open the door as I just did. Tom patiently answered Herb's question, reminding, "By the way, you'd better go to Gringotts and find the elves to exchange for Galleons." Muggle coins are not usable here, and from here, the white building is the Gringotts Wizarding Bank. ”

"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Tom. ”

"Have a nice day. Tom smiled and waved at the two of them and turned back to the bar, he loved the job.

After Tom leaves, the entrance disappears, turning back into a wall.

"Let's go, go get some money. Herb took a deep breath.

"It feels so different here. Albert looked at the shops around him and smiled at Herb, "It gives me the feeling that I have gone back a century." ”

"To be honest, I'm a little skeptical about the right thing to do with letting you go to Hogwarts, maybe Daisy's insistence is the right one. Herb sighed lightly, the wizarding world, although magical, always gave him the illusion that he couldn't keep up with the times.

"Dad, I don't have to live in the wizarding world. Albert couldn't help but roll his eyes and reminded, "I went to study at Hogwarts mainly to master this magical power. ”

"Oh, you're right. Herb's mood was a little better, and the two of them made their way through the crowd to Gringotts.

As Tom said, it was a white building, and there was a small figure standing next to the bronze gate, and that was ...... Goblin.

"They're so special. Herb's facial expression stiffened slightly, and this was the first time he had seen any other humanoid than a human.

Albert didn't care, and looked at the goblin's appearance, short man, pointed beard, slender hands and feet, and a swarthy face, a creature that had no beauty to speak of.

As they entered, Albert noticed the elf bowing to them.

There was a second door in the back, silver, with inscriptions on both doors, and when Herb approached, he looked at it carefully, and said aloud: "Please enter, stranger, but beware of the fate of insatiable greed, and if you blindly take and get something for nothing, you will be punished with the severest punishment......"

"I really don't understand, how hard do wizards need to be to rob banks to carve warning signs on doors?" Herb muttered after reading it.

Albert wanted to laugh a little when he heard this, and quickly cleared his throat and asked. "How much money are you going to exchange?"

"This?" said Herb in a whisper, "a thousand pounds, if not enough." ”

1,000 pounds, which is equivalent to a month's salary for most people.

Albert estimated that it was about two hundred Galleons. He nodded, "I think it should be enough." ”

Inside, the two elves bowed to them and ushered them into a tall marble hall. Herb said he needed to get some Galleons.

The elf led them to the counter on the right, and handed Herb a piece of parchment with the exchange rate between the pound and the galleon and the concept of money in the wizarding world.

1 Galleon is equal to 4.95 pounds.

1 galleon is equal to 17 sicos, and 1 sico is equal to 29 nat.

Herb handed the parchment to his son and asked, "How many pounds does 200 Galleons cost?"

"£990. ”

"Please help me exchange 200 Galleons. Herb took £990 out of his wallet and asked the goblin to exchange it for Galleons.

"Okay, wait a minute. The goblin took the pound and began to count it.

"Excuse me, Mr. Goblin, can you exchange any pounds for Galleons here?" Albert asked curiously, asking the doubts of his previous life.

"That's true in theory, but we don't take too much Muggle currency. The elf shook the bell and summoned another elf to give him an order, and the elf took a bag of gold coins and handed it to Herb, and led them aside to verify the number of Galleons.

"I didn't expect it to be gold coins. Herb fiddled with Garon at his fingertips and couldn't help but sigh.

After counting Galleons and making sure that they were correct, the two left Gringotts with Galleons.

Walking on the sunny street, the gold coins in the pockets of the two collided and made a pleasant jingling sound, as if urging them to spend the gold coins quickly.