Chapter 4: Rich Muggles Do What They Want (Part II)
On an ordinary street, Lin Xiaoan's family got out of the car.
"This is it," Professor Snape said, "the Leaky Cauldron." ”
Father Lin and Mother Lin looked around: "But...... There's no wine here...... Oh! Oh, my God! ”
In front of Lin's father and Lin's mother, between a large bookstore and a record store, a dirty, narrow bar suddenly appeared, like weeds emerging from the cracks in the stones, which was amazing.
"This ...... Is it magic? It's amazing! Mother Lin folded her hands together and was amazed.
Xiao Hei'an squatted on Lin Xiao'an's shoulder steadily, and promised with his mind: "Don't worry, host! Whether it's using [Heart's Spirit] or other skills, it won't be noticed by any wizard! They use fairy-tale magic, this system is alien black technology, and this system and the wizarding world are different dimensional existences!"
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Led by Professor Snape, Lin's father, Lin's mother, Lin Xiao'an, Xiaohei, and Mr. Butler, Yuguan entered the Leaky Cauldron Bar.
Black and dirty, this is Lin Xiaoan's first impression of the Broken Cauldron Bar.
"Oh~Welcome~Professor Snape~You're a rare guest~"
As soon as Professor Snape entered, he was chatting with others behind the bar, looking like a deflated walnut, and the middle-aged bald man, who probably probably was the owner of the bar, greeted him warmly.
"These few—" The bar owner looked at Lin Xiaoan and his party curiously, "Are they freshmen and parents?" Heading to Diagon Alley? ”
Professor Snape was expressionless: "Obviously. ”
"Okay, okay—" The barkeeper moved out of the way, "Please—"
Professor Snape led the group through the bar to a small, walled patio on all sides. There was nothing here but a garbage can and some weeds.
Lin Xiaoan's eyes moved with Professor Snape's wand, and he silently said in his heart: Count three pieces up the trash can, and then count two pieces horizontally—
Professor Snape tapped his wand three times on a wall tile—
The brick he had struck shook and began to move, and a small hole appeared in the middle, and the hole grew bigger and bigger. In a short time, a wide archway appeared that led to a cobbled street that winds and has no end in sight.
"Diagon Alley. Once you've learned how to use magic, you'll be able to do it yourself. Although he was a little impatient, Professor Snape dutifully instructed Lin Xiao'an and them, "Don't walk around, follow me." ”
Professor Snape led them along the archway, and when Lin Xiaoan looked back, he saw that the archway had suddenly narrowed, and then turned into the original solid wall.
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Dazzling sunlight casts on a stack of crucibles outside the door of the nearest shop. Above the crucible hung a sign that read:
Copper - Brass - Pewter - Silver crucible, complete variant, automatic mixing - foldable.
Walking on the street, Lin Xiaoan looked all the way -
The pungent and strange smell of rotten eggs and rotten cabbage leaves in the pharmacy had a few piles of dried herbs at the door—perhaps herbs, which Lin Xiao'an felt like dead branches and leaves. Looking through the wide open door, you can see buckets of slimy things on the floor, jars of herbs, hay roots, and all kinds of brightly colored powders along the walls, and bundles of feathers, bunches of fangs, and hairy claws hanging from the ceiling.
There was a low, soft whine from a dark shop, and the sign in front of the door read: Bella Owl Shop—Grey Owl, Hornhorn, Grass Owl, Brown Owl, Snow Owl.
The tips of the boys' noses were pressed against the glass of the window, in which broomsticks were placed. "Look," Lin Xiao'an heard a boy say, "that's the new Light Wheel 2000—the highest speed—"
Shops sold robes, some sold binoculars and odd silverware, and still others had windows filled with baskets of bat spleens and eel eyes, and piles of spell books, quills, rolls of parchment, medicine bottles, and lunar globes......
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Lin Xiaoan was full of joy when he saw it, and was about to wave his hand, and said with a momentum: "Buy, buy, buy!" I announce that today the entire Diagon Alley has been contracted by me, Lin Xiaoan! At that time, Mr. Spirit Butler came out again:
"Little master, I consulted with the staff of several merchants, and at the wizarding bank called Gringotts, the exchange fee between raw gold and wizard currency is extremely low. Given that you'll need to study and live in the wizarding world for a longer period of time, I recommend going to Gringotts to open a private account. ”
Lin Xiaoan nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Sebastian." ”
Mr. Butler touched his chest with one hand and bowed gracefully: "It is my pleasure – allow me to remind you again – that my surname is pronounced 'Spencer', little master. ”
Lin Xiao'an didn't hear it, how could the old-fashioned and boring Mr. Housekeeper understand the meaning of the house: "Professor Snape, please take us to Gringotts." ”
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"Gringotts has arrived." Professor Snape said.
They came to a snow-white building that stood tall above the surrounding shops, and next to the gleaming bronze gate, stood a figure in a scarlet gold uniform, wasn't that—
"Don't be nervous, it's a goblin." As they walked up the white stone steps towards the man, Professor Snape said.
This goblin was about a head shorter than Lin Xiao'an, with a swarthy face that revealed intelligence, a pointed beard, and extremely long hands and feet. As they entered, the elf bowed to them. Then a second door appeared in front of them, silver, with the following inscriptions engraved on both doors:
Please come in, stranger, but watch out
What will happen to insatiable greed,
Blindly taking, not getting for nothing,
will be punished most severely,
So if you want to take it from our underground vault
A wealth that never belonged to you,
Thou hast been warned, O thief,
Beware that it is not the treasure that beckons,
It's bad retribution.
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Two elves bowed to them and led them into a tall marble hall. About a hundred or so elves sat on high stools behind a long row of counters, some weighing coins on copper scales, others examining gems with eyepieces, and hastily registering them on large ledgers. There were countless doors in the hall, leading to different places, and many elves were guiding people in and out of them.
Lin Xiaoan put his hands behind his back, walked to the counter with his small belly and stood still, turned his head and lifted his eyelids to give Professor Snape a fluttering look-
Professor Snape actually understood Lin Xiao'an's eyes, and magically took out his wand and lifted the magic to the four shrunken suitcases that were floating around Lin Xiao'an, circling around the earth like satellites—
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
Regardless of Professor Snape's inner groove, Lin Xiao'an patted one of the suitcases that had fallen on the counter and said to an idle goblin, "Early, I want to exchange these for-huh?" What is the wizard's currency called? ”
Lin Xiaoan gave himself a big thumbs up in his heart! Although he has read the original book, this life ...... Well, at least for now, he's a simple and harmless Muggle child, how could he possibly know what Garon Sikonate is!
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There was no expression on the elf's face, and he tried to lift one of the suitcases—too heavy to lift—so he stretched out a long finger and flicked it, and the suitcase lay flat on its own.
In the glittering golden light, the goblin bent down and bowed deeply to Lin Xiaoan: "Please follow me to the VIP room." ”
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"The gold coin is Galleons, seventeen silver sirls can be combined into one Galleon, and twenty-nine copper nats can be combined with one sinister ......" Out of Gringotts, Mother Lin was still muttering to herself, "It's really complicated, such a strange way of conversion." ”
Lin Xiao'an touched the ring engraved with intricate magic patterns on his hand - this is a free gift from Gringotts to the VIPs, connected to the VIPs' private underground vault, and can directly take out the coins in his vault (limited to coins) through the exclusive ring, so that the VIPs can avoid the suffering of the cloud cart, the ring with magic power - said indifferently: "Mother, don't be so troublesome, just know that one galleon is equal to five pounds." A rich family like us, not to mention Nat, is a loser with Xike! ”
When Mother Lin and Father Lin heard this, they couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Mr. Butler still had a standard smile.
It was the unimaginable sense of responsibility that made Professor Snape stand still and not walk away: "......"