410. Wizard Street, Barcelona

Scott was invited by Lucio to visit Spain's Wizarding Street.

Out of an abundance of caution, Scott did not reveal his address, and the two finally made an appointment to meet in front of the bar where they had met before.

On the appointed day, when Scott took a taxi to the door of the bar, he saw Lucio standing in front of a black sedan waving to him.

"Good morning, Scott."

"Good morning, Lucio, thank you for having me."

After getting into the car, Scott first thanked Lucio, and then noticed something unusual-

The driver who drives the car is not human.

"Did you notice?" Lucio's expression was a little proud, "This is my alchemical work. ”

He raised his chin and gave the order to the driver, "Juan, go to Estruk Street." ”

"Roger, my master." The driver's voice was a little mechanical, but then he started the car smoothly.

Black sedans weave through the busy streets, and no one will notice that the driver is a non-human unless you look closely and carefully.

"Remarkable."

Scott used his magical perception to probe Juan's structure, and couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration.

"You're even more genius than I thought, Lucio."

Although he can construct a work of this level with Transfiguration, if it is alchemy, he is not able to do it.

"It's not a big deal, Juan can just react mechanically to the environment, plus some mechanical movements, in short, he's not smart enough."

Although Lucio waved his hand modestly, he couldn't hide the smug smile on his face.

Scott's eyes flashed, "It seems that you have studied Muggles as well." ”

"I won't let go of any knowledge that interests me." Lucio laughed, "I was inspired by the scientific conjectures and experiments of Muggle scientists on robotics and artificial intelligence. ”

Scott didn't make any effort to find out about Lucio's family background, but Lucio began to say it himself, "I come from a Muggle family like you, my parents are both university professors, and by the way, my mother is British. ”

Then he talked about his cousin.

"Gavin Part, do you have an impression of him?"

Scott shook his head, he couldn't even remember the name of every Ravenclaw student, let alone Hufflepuff.

The topic of Lucio's mouth quickly turned to alchemy.

Scott could see that he had a true love for alchemy.

"I used to meet Maestro Nicol Lemay, in the first grade, he came to Beauxbatons to give a lesson to all the students, and unfortunately, it was only that once, and now he has passed away."

"Is alchemy compulsory in Beauxbatons?" Scott asked curiously.

"Alchemy is an elective from the third grade." Lucio shook his head, "You know, you have to have some foundation to learn alchemy, and besides, not every young wizard has the talent for alchemy. ”

While the two were talking, the car drove out of downtown Madrid.

"Spanish Wizard Street is not in Madrid?" Scott asked.

"Oh......" Lucio's expression was a little subtle, "in Barcelona." ”

Scott raised an eyebrow.

There is no one in the world who does not know that Madridians and Barcelonans do not like each other.

"There are more wizards gathered in Barcelona." Lucio shrugged his shoulders, "Probably because the Spanish royal family is in Madrid?" ”

Scott nodded, not saying that the British royal family and Wizard Street were both in London, and the wizards and Muggle royal families had little to do with each other.

Lucio pouted, "Well, I don't know why, but there aren't many wizards in Spain, and we don't even have our own magic school. Most of the Spanish wizards gather in Barcelona, and of course, I mean those who have a heritage. ”

Scott nodded again.

There are only three famous magic schools in Europe, and he doesn't know where wizards from other countries go to school, he always thinks that there are still some magic schools that are not very well-known, but he didn't expect Spain to have them at all.

No wonder Lucio is going to Beauxbatons in France to go to school.

It's just that he still needs to think about another issue......

As far as he knows, Madrid is 600 kilometers from Barcelona, so it takes a bit of time to get there by car.

Is it too late for him to get out of the car and go home?

"Oh, I know what you're thinking." Lucio laughed, "Juan, speed up!" ”

"Yes, master."

Juan, who was driving, answered, and the car suddenly accelerated, and Scott's back hit the seat hard, and the view outside the window instantly became blurred.

"As an alchemist, how could I not try to modify my car?" Lucio lifted his chin, "That's what I did!" ”

Scott sat down a little tighter and raised an eyebrow, "In the UK, this kind of behavior would violate the laws of the Ministry of Magic. ”

"Oh, in Spain too." Lucio grinned, "But don't worry, this car is invisible and won't be discovered by any Muggles, and of course, not by the Spanish Ministry of Magic." ”

"That's fine." Scott smiled too.

I didn't expect this to be a bold guy, and he complained in his heart at the same time.

However, he didn't really care if he would break the law, and he was happy to spend less time on the road.

Lucio's modified car, though not as fast as the British knight buses, allowed them to reach the outskirts of Barcelona in an hour.

Then the car slowed down.

"Once you get here, you have to drive normally." Lucio blinked and explained, "Because it could be discovered by wizards at any time." ”

He begins to introduce Scott to Wizard Street where they are going.

"Muggles also call Estruk Street Wizarding Street, because of a wizard named Estruk, who used to provide divination and healing services there, so he was famous in the area."

Scott was a little surprised.

"You think it's a violation of the law of secrecy, don't you?"

Lucio laughed again.

"In fact, he's not really a wizard."

"He just used herbs to heal Muggles, divined them with all sorts of stones, and those Muggles thought of him as a real wizard and worshipped him madly."

"Later, the street became home to all sorts of 'wizards', mostly gypsies, but Catalans, none of whom were really wizards."

"It's kind of crazy." Scott said, "But where is the real Wizard Street too?" ”

"Yes, the streets where the wizards gathered were already there, much earlier than Estruk was there." Lucio shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe it's just a coincidence, maybe there's something else, who knows." ”

Lucio also told a lot of anecdotes about Muggles worshipping another group of Muggles as real wizards.

"Of course, the Muggle government in Barcelona knew that there were real wizards hidden there, and they deliberately kept the name and appearance of that street."

The car drove to a stop near Estruk Street, where Scott and Lucio got out of the car and walked to the Wizarding Street, which was also famous among Muggles.

It is said that it is a street, but in fact it is just an alley sandwiched between the rooms of the building, and even vehicles cannot drive on this street.

Probably due to the high-rise buildings on both sides, the whole street does not see sunlight and looks a little gloomy.

When you walk into this street, it's like entering another world.

It's summer, the sun is hot, the ground is dry, but the inside of Wizard Street is very cool, and even the ground is wet.

Lucio excitedly explained, "The street has always been so wet, and Muggles have all kinds of explanations. ”

"Some people think it's a natural phenomenon because the moisture from the ground keeps rising to the ground. Some people think that because the street is narrow, the buildings on both sides block the sunlight, and it is difficult for moisture to evaporate. Of course, there are also people who say that it is the witchcraft of a sorcerer and believe in it. ”

He smiled mysteriously, "Of course, this is not the real reason, the real reason will be known later." ”

Scott nodded, then looked up again and looked left and right.

He found the street signs on the street to have a special design, all the fonts were crooked, like a gathering of insects, and like a wizard's spell symbol.

"The text is written in Catalan, which is not yet intelligible to the average person." Lucio said.

In addition, Scott also found that the design of each house number was different, and each number was made in a mutilated state, which was very mysterious.

The two walked down the wet street until they came to the door of an old apartment.

"This is it."

Lucio walked in first, and Scott followed him up.

In the hall of the apartment, a groggy and balding apartment keeper raised his eyelids and glanced at them, the heavy eyelids hanging back again.

"This gentleman is a wizard from the Spanish Ministry of Magic, and he is in charge of guarding this place." Lucio whispered to Scott.

Scott withdrew his gaze, and of course he could sense the identity of the other wizard.

He followed Lucio past a row of elevators, turned a few corners and walked down the stairwell, then down the stairs to the ground.

He glanced at Lucio suspiciously, and Lucio immediately replied in the affirmative, "Yes, the real Wizard Street is underground." ”

As they spoke, the two came to a large underground parking lot.

Although it is a large area, there is not a single car parked here.

The lights flickered faintly, and the ground was puddles of stagnant water, coupled with rows of thick concrete columns, making the whole space look empty and dilapidated and gloomy.

"This parking lot doesn't belong to Muggles." As Lucio spoke, an echo sounded in the space, "The staircase just now was actually equipped with a Muggle Expulsion Charm, as for why it was arranged as a parking lot, I heard that it was to prevent Muggles from accidentally entering." ”

He strode forward, taking Scott around a few more times.

Gradually, they heard voices talking.

Two ladies dressed in wizard costumes stepped out from behind a row of pillars, carrying paper bags in their hands, and chatted happily with each other.

"Today's Bo Si Stone is a little cheaper than last time......"

The moment they saw Lucio and Scott, the two witches immediately stopped and looked at the two boys in Muggle costumes with wary eyes.

Lucio was fine, he was dressed more simply, but Scott's costume was made by Emilia, which was too trendy and seemed to fit in with this dark, damp underground parking lot.

"Muggles?"

"No, we're wizards, ma'am."

Lucio said with a smile.

The two witches looked them up and down a few more times before leaving.

Scott also heard the two muttering, "Is it fashionable to wear Muggle clothes now......

“……”

Scott looked down at the outfit in which Emilia was in charge, a little helpless.

As he thought, as the two of them continued to move forward, more and more wizards were encountered, and more and more people would focus their eyes on him.

"I'm like a Muggle who broke into the wizarding world." He said to Lucio.

Lucio laughed when he heard this.

Bypassing the dense row of concrete columns, Scott saw a rough stone wall in front of him, and a crooked Muggle security booth outside the stone wall.

In the booth sat another sorcerer, drowsy and napping.

The gentleman raised his eyelids and looked at them in the same posture as the "apartment manager".

"This is the entrance." Lucio said to Scott, "We can just go in." ”

As he spoke, he strode forward, straight through the wall.

Scott followed in his footsteps, also through the stone wall.

After the darkness, Scott heard a loud noise and opened his eyes to a bright light.

The sun-drenched Wizard Street in front of you is densely populated with buildings, shops, and crowds, and it doesn't seem to be much different from Diagon Alley in England.

But the biggest difference between this and Diagon Alley is the river.

This modest river weaves through buildings, with countless stone bridges of various styles erected over the river, and wizards moving across the river in small boats.

"Look, that's why that wizard street up there is always wet." Lucio pointed to the river and said, "Because there is an underground river hidden by the wizards." ”

He pointed to the blue sky and white clouds above him, the dazzling sun.

"Of course, the sky here is fake, and the Ministry of Magic has cast a weather spell here, which can simulate all kinds of weather."

Scott glanced up, "It's the same ceiling in Hogwarts' Great Hall and the windows of the British Ministry of Magic." ”

"Oh, probably wizards all over the world like to do that."

Lucio stepped forward.

"Let's go rent a boat that sails automatically and takes us to any shop we want."

Scott has no opinion.

The two came to a small dock, and Lucio quickly rented a boat from an old wizard with gray hair.

When they were seated, Lucio flicked the brass rudder at the bow of the boat, and the boat staggered.