Chapter 22: Diagon Alley
Under the strange eyes of the manager of the Blotted Bookstore, Chen Ang tired the books he wanted to buy into a large stack, about half the height of Chen Ang's waist, which not only contained the Hogwarts textbook "Standard Spells" series, but also the "100 Spells to Help You Manage Your Family" that only housewives and witches read, of course, Chen Ang would not tell him about those life magic with repetitive and similar effects, so it was easier to decipher the essence of magic.
Chen Ang pointed at the "Monster Book of the Monsters" that was constantly struggling, and the book that was constantly trying to bite something immediately collapsed, and the eyeballs that imitated the eight-eyed giant spider decorated on the cover suddenly lost their aura, and the whole book was like death.
The manager watched in surprise as Chen Ang lifted the empty glass cover, stuffed the "Invisible Book of Invisibility" under his armpit, took it away, and went to the shelf next to him to take a copy of "Forgotten Ancient Magic and Spells".
Just before Chen Ang checked out, the manager calculated for a while before calculating the price of the book he wanted to buy: "Sir, it's 1,380 gold gallons and 23 silver sikes. When Chen Ang dug into his pocket, the manager asked him with embarrassment: "Sir, I have a reluctant request...... Those spell books that have been enchanted are causing us a lot of trouble...... I see that you have subdued them very easily, especially the yokai books of the yokai, which are rarely bought, and only one copy has been found in the bookstore. It's very tenacious...... What spell did you use to subdue them? If you are willing to let us know, we will be happy to spare you a small amount of money. ”
"Uniforms?" Chen Ang raised his head and replied with interest: "No, I didn't subdue it, I killed it." This is a spell that destroys the virtual intelligence of magical items, and in the hands of some more dangerous dark wizards, it is also used to destroy people's consciousness......" Speaking of this, the manager's face had begun to turn purple, but Chen Ang added to himself: "That's right, it's the 'Imperius Curse'." ”
The manager's face had turned pale, and he began to sweat on his forehead, and his whole body trembled.
"You only have one Monster Book in your bookstore? That should be a little bit more in, because it's going to be a big sale soon. "Although it is still a year before Hagrid becomes a professor of magical creature protection, this is already a relatively short cycle for the spending power of the wizarding world, so Chen Ang is not lying when he says 'soon'.
But the manager didn't have the heart to listen to what he had to say, and his whole body trembled, almost pleading, wanting to send Chen Ang away.
As if he didn't understand his hints, Chen Ang commented to himself: "The magic attached to the Book of Monsters is entirely due to the author's bad taste and eccentric tastes, and it can be seen that he is a wizard who appreciates vicious magical animals, so he applies a vicious transfiguration to his writings, which can only cause trouble for the reader, except for attracting strange wizards (such as Hagrid) who have the same taste as him." ”
"So I just destroyed it neatly."
Unlike other spell books that have been enchanted, the invisibility magic applied in the Invisibility Book is actually a vivid demonstration of the contents of the book, and the twenty-eight invisibility spells applied on different pages vividly demonstrate the evolution of invisibility from ancient times to the present day and the origin between the various variants. It can be said that it is necessary ......"
"The only problem is that the wizard who can crack the invisibility spell on the "Invisibility Book" must already have a deep understanding of invisibility, which creates an interesting contradiction, those who can read this book have already learned the invisibility spell, and those who can't understand it can't understand it at all."
The manager wiped the sweat stains from the corners of his forehead in embarrassment, and bent down to help Chen Ang pack.
"No need!" Chen Ang refused lightly, he gently waved the umbrella in his hand that was used as a cane, and a spell book pressed under it was transformed into a blue background cloth that was enough to cover the pile of books, this blue cloth automatically packed the books, and the corners of the cloth on the diagonal flew up and tied a beautiful knot, and then the half-human-tall burden shrank into the size of Chen Ang's palm, and was carried into Chen Ang's arms.
Stretch Without a Trace!
The bookstore manager clenched his fists again, and there was no doubt that this was another time that Aang had trampled on the laws enacted by the Ministry of Magic without changing his face (before casting the Unforgivable Spell, although it was a mutant spell used on magical items, it still violated the law, the difference was to go to Azkaban or to be fined).
The Traceless Stretch Spell is a high-level spell, but it is tightly controlled due to its potential to be abused. Theoretically, a hundred wizards who are proficient in this spell can squeeze into a toilet cubicle, and the possibility of violating international wizard secrecy laws is obvious. The Ministry of Magic therefore has a strict rule on the spell: the Traceless Stretching Charm cannot be used for personal use, but only for the production of individual items (such as school suitcases and family tents) that have been approved by the relevant Ministry of Magic.
But what can the bookstore manager do to Chen Ang, a dark wizard who can modify the unforgivable spell and is undoubtedly a master of dark magic?
The manager who recognized that he was just an ordinary wizard didn't have the slightest intention of reporting Chen Ang, and in order to uphold the laws of the Ministry of Magic, he went to offend one of the most terrifying dark magic masters among dark wizards?
He's not crazy enough to do that.
The wizarding world has never been a place of fairness and justice, and while wizards and Muggles live in almost isolated worlds, they share a common experience of bureaucratic incompetence.
The Ministry of Magic has been a dog raised by the pure-blood wizard families for a long time, although through the rise of Muggle-blooded wizards and the impact of the pure-blood wizarding families, the interests and status of the large pure-blood wizards have declined irrepressibly, so that they have turned to support waste like Voldemort to clean up the Muggle-blooded wizards in the wizarding world who are vying with them for power, but because the people they support are so incompetent, they have been liquidated and their power has been greatly reduced.
But the purebloods, still with their deep-rooted influence, privilege and the power of the Golden Gallons, shelter the dark wizards to roam freely under the nose of the Ministry of Magic, although they are not as unscrupulous as they used to be, but the tradition has always continued.
Turning over to the alley, isn't it open to the surface in a small street in Diagon Alley?
Even the incompetence of the Muggle government did not allow the black market and parallel markets to be opened in the formal market...... Belch! It seems that there really was...... But it doesn't matter, what matters is that the Ministry of Magic is a bunch of pigs...... The bookstore manager agreed with this judgment very much, and then he turned a blind eye to Chen Ang's illegal behavior, and watched him walk out of the door of the bookstore.