Chapter 30 The White House
"Please." Boginbock made a gesture of listening.
"I want to settle near the village of Autery-St. Cachpol, I don't know if you have a connection in this regard." Charlotte thought for a moment and said what she wanted.
The godfather's house is no longer suitable for him to live in for a long time, and it is very dangerous to brew potions and conduct alchemy experiments, which can easily cause trouble for the Bergs. So, Charlotte desperately needs to own her own home.
"You're asking the right person, I have the most complete range of transactions in the British wizarding world." While broadcasting the advertisement, Boginbock returned to the counter and fumbled for a large clip, "Let me look for it." β
The clip was full of bill-like things, he looked through it for a while, looked up at Charlotte and said, "I have a total of eight deeds for the village of St. Cachpole here, I don't know what you need?" β
Charlotte raised her eyebrows, it seems that she has found the right person, she can take out close to 20,000 gold Galleons without blinking her eyes, it seems that Boginbock's business is really not small.
"The location of the house needs to be relatively remote and I don't like to be in contact with people very much. Of course, the decoration of the house should not be too simple. β
"Okay, I see." Boginbock shrugged, "Highly recommend the Matera Khan family estate for you!" β
Old Bokin gushes like a salesman: "Built at the end of the 15th century on a hillside west of the village of St. Kachpol, the original Mata Khan was a powerful wizard who is said to have risen to the rank of legendary wizard. However, in the Great War more than ten years ago, the family declined. β
Boginbock waved his wand in the air, outlining the appearance of Matlakhan Manor.
"Now only a handful of descendants remain. They divided everything they could move, leaving only the land and the title deed of the manor, and two house-elves, so ......" Boginbock concluded, looking up at Charlotte, "This manor can be bought for only two thousand five hundred gold Galleons." β
"Not bad!" Charlotte thought for a moment and threw the pocket back into Bogin's hand, "This is the three thousand gold galleons you gave me just now, you help me set up the furniture and other things, I will come to you at night." β
"Of course, happy to serve you!" Boginbock nodded.
Leaving the magic shop in Bogginbock, Charlotte prepares to go to Gringotts to cash out the money.
The dark wizards on both sides of Tumbledown Alley, when they saw him appear, all hunched over, did not dare to look directly at Charlotte. They don't want to experience the pressure just now.
After exchanging all the gold coins at Gringotts, Charlotte walked to the Diagon Alley shop with her dragon skin purse in her handβhe's going to shop for the day.
At the Slug-Giggs pharmacy, Charlotte is sweeping the goods.
Yes, it's sweeping.
This potions material store is full of all kinds of potions materials. On the floor were rows of barrels of goo, and against the wall were all sorts of jars of powder and herbs, and bundles of feathers, fangs, and claws hung from the ceiling. The whole pharmacy was very unpleasant and smelled like a mixture of rotten eggs and rotten vegetables.
However, this was not a problem for Charlotte at all, and she couldn't smell it at all.
In the end, Charlotte almost bought all the potion materials in the entire store, and it cost 2,754 gold Galleons, and Yinsiko and Bronze Nat were dispensed with.
After packing all these materials in the storage box given by the store, Charlotte left the store full of strange smells with the warm welcome of all the staff.
Next, he walked into the Blotted bookstore.
Unlike just now, Charlotte only needs the most basic books, and as for advanced reading materials, where do you think it can compare to the Hogwarts library?
A total of more than 100 books, which cost Charlotte less than 70 gold Galleons. These books are meant to be read this Christmas holiday.
Although Charlotte now has a very strong strength, she does not have the knowledge to match it.
Charlotte has always felt that man should be the master of power, not the servant of power.
His own strength has been able to change the celestial phenomena, cause disasters, and defeat thousands of people. However, their foundation is not stable, so they must continue to learn knowledge, enrich themselves, understand why they can do these things, and how to use knowledge to better improve their strength.
This is called knowing what it is, and knowing why it is.
In one corner, Charlotte transforms back into her 11-year-old form and returns home using a teleportation charm.
He briefly told Mr. and Mrs. Berg about his itinerary.
"Honey, you're only 11 years old, how can you take care of yourself when you live alone at such a young age?" Angela's eyes turned red when she heard that Charlotte was going to move out on her own, and the couple did treat Charlotte as their own child.
Zitra also looked at Charlotte with a sad face.
Charlotte stood up and hugged the two of them: "Don't be sad, I will come to see you often, and you can also move in with me when you are on vacation." β
People are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless!
Over the past two years, the Bergs have taken great care of themselves, and Charlotte knows it very well. Although he did not regard them as his parents, he also regarded them as relatives.
Because of this, I should live separately from them. The wizarding world is not a society governed by the rule of law, and a nervous wizard is not able to deal with two Muggles? As long as I didn't live with them, I think the Bergs would still be safe.
Don't you see, isn't Lily Potter's sister's family alive and well?
Although the Bergs were sad, they also supported Charlotte's decision.
In the evening, Charlotte, who came to the magic shop of Boginbock again, got her own title deed and house deed.
Thanks to the power of magic, the transfer process is very simple. From then on, the Matlahan estate belonged to Charlotte.
Charlotte and Old Bokin teleported to the gate of the manor, and as the new owner, Charlotte immediately felt her connection to the manor. Every plant and tree is under their control, and no one can enter the manor without their own permission - the storming does not count.
Two small house-elves stood at the gate of the manor, dressed in linen ancient Greek costumes, neatly waiting for their new owners.
"Toto/Lara, have met the master!" The two elves almost touched their heads to the ground and saluted Charlotte.
Charlotte nodded to get them to their feet, then looked at the manor's sign, Matlahan Manor, and wiped them out with a gentle wave of her hand.
After thinking for a while, "Since my surname in this life is White, then ......", with a wave of his hand, a new manor name appeared, "Just call it, White House!" β
Charlotte, who had completed the handover formalities, sent Boginbork away. Teleport back to the godfather's house and take the Bergs on a tour of their estate.
The next day, after sending the godfather and his wife back, Charlotte went into a state of study, spending more than eight hours a day reading books and making potions.
Everything else is kept running with the help of house-elves.
In addition to resting, Charlotte not only returned to her original home to accompany the Berg couple, but also shared a phone call with Miss Xueba...... Mirror porridge.
After reading the basic alchemy books, Charlotte began her first alchemy experiment and made a very practical alchemy item - a pair of two-way mirrors.
The double-sided mirror is complex in workmanship, and the requirements for the control of magic power are excellent, and ordinary alchemy apprentices can't make it at all, so there are not many finished products on the market. It is the equivalent of a wizard's phone. The two parties holding the mirror can see each other and hear what the other person is saying, much like a video call on a smartphone.
After that, Charlotte had her owl Jerry send one of the mirrors to the little witch.
This is my first time...... 's alchemy works, of course, have to be given to the girlfriend who is determined.
Towards the end of the holiday, Charlotte crafted a second alchemical item, a ring, which concealed a person's magic and made it impossible for others to perceive the wearer's true magic.
Charlotte's lie that she named the ring Apate.
In Greek mythology, the goddess of the night, one of the original five gods, gave birth to Apat, the goddess of deception.
Although she can disguise her strength by using magic, Charlotte made such a ring just to be on the safe side.
As the stressful and pleasant Christmas holidays come to an end, Charlotte goes to Tumbledown Alley once again to dispose of the "defective" potions she has brewed.
Those potions were made in the process of improving and optimizing the original formula, and the effect did not meet Charlotte's expectations.
However, for Charlotte, it is a "defective product", and for other wizards, it is a rare high-quality potion, a magic elixir, a magic enhancement potion, and a quenching potion...... Ten of each kind, for a total of fifty.
While shocked, Boginbock once again raised Charlotte's status in his heart to a notch. It's not a matter of strength anymore, such a prolific potions master is the target that any wizard should chase to befriend.
Bokin Bock, who had made up his mind, waved his hand and gave a very generous price - 80,000 gold Galleons.
He hopes to establish a long-term, in-depth and friendly cooperative relationship with Charlotte.
Charlotte did not give a clear answer, only saying that she might be traveling for a while, and it was not certain when she would return.
After that, Charlotte swept a large pile of alchemy materials in Diagon Alley, and then returned to her manor contentedly.