Chapter 39: Charing Crossroads
Charing Cross is a street in the heart of the English Fog City!
Named for its access to Charing Cross railway station, but not connected to Charing Cross itself (note: Charing Cross is a well-known crossing, and Charing Cross Railway Station is the railway station near this crossing), and the bookstores on the street are quite far from Charing Cross and Charing Cross Railway Station, and the actual location is adjacent to Leicester Square, Cambridge Circus.
There are many bookstores and second-hand bookstores in the town, so it is also called Bookstore Street!
Sitting on the bus, Li Kuan got off the bus and saw a scene of people coming and going, endless streaming!
"This is more lively than West City!" Li Kuan sighed secretly.
However, it's normal to think about it!
After all, according to time, the English of this world has developed more than a thousand years more than Datang, whether it is population, economy or scientific and technological level, it is incomparable to Datang!
After sighing, Li Kuan did not waste time, directly entered the flow of people, and began to observe the difference between this reception!
He must rush back to the orphanage at lunchtime, or it will be another storm!
However...
Although Li Kuan searched very carefully, an hour later, he walked the Charing Crossroads from beginning to end, but he still didn't find any clues!
"Sure enough, the Muggle Expulsion Charm isn't so easy to see!" Li Kuan was a little helpless, but he could accept it!
If he could see the difference by looking at it, the Leaky Cauldron wouldn't have been in the bustling area of Charing Cross for so many years!
Li Kuan rubbed his temples and began to think again!
"I can't find the location of the Leaky Cauldron Bar by conventional means, and I didn't see any people dressed as wizards on the road today, so I couldn't follow them in, so... It's just a matter of brains! ”
Li Kuan still remembers that when Charing Crossroads was rebuilt, the wizards used the Oblivion Charm to modify the memories of the original designers in order to keep the Leaky Cauldron Bar!
However, the Oblivion Charm can modify memories, but it cannot alter actual things like blueprints.
As a result, there was still a blank space on the original design drawings.
As long as you find the original design and find the blank space on the design, you can find the place where the Leaky Cauldron Bar is located!
Thinking of this, Li Kuan had an idea in his heart!
Charing Crossroads isn't a particularly important place that has to be kept secret, and it's been decades since it was rebuilt, so its blueprints are now irrelevant!
And if you want to find this inconsequential blueprint, there are two places to look!
First, the fog is official!
There must be!
Although the drawings are irrelevant, as a neighborhood in the fog capital, the fog capital must have design drawings officially!
The second is the bookstore!
It stands to reason that the blueprints of a well-known place like Charing Cross should be studied by architects, so it is very possible to find the blueprints in the bookstore!
However, it is almost impossible for the official to check the design drawings at Li Kuan's age!
So, he had to find a bookstore to give it a try!
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The most famous of Charing Crossroads is the Mayfly Shop (Foyles).
And Li Kuan insisted that the most famous, should have the most books, and even the most likely to have design drawings, so he entered this store!
Not long after entering, following the sign of the library, Li Kuan soon came to the bookshelf where the books about architecture were located!
Outcome!
As soon as I found him, I found a surprise!
As if to promote the history of Charing Cross, the bookstore has a small bookshelf that puts some information about Charing Cross, books about it, and even maps and blueprints in front of the bookshelf where the books about architecture are located!
Okay!
There's no need to look for it now!
Li Kuan's face was full of surprise, and he did not hesitate, and stepped forward and picked up the design drawing directly.
Then, he found a spot next to it and started looking for it on the blueprint!
Stop!
The blank space is still obvious!
Almost as soon as he searched for it, Li Kuan saw the only blank space on the drawing--- on the right hand side of the Mayfly Bookstore, in the middle of the Mayfly Bookstore and another store next to it.
"This is it!"
Li Kuan's eyes lit up, and he sighed again, "I didn't expect it to be so close!" ”
When he walked in through the gate, he didn't notice anything wrong with the bookstore!
Sighing, after Li Kuan returned the design drawing, he immediately left the bookstore and came to the door of the bookstore!
"I don't see any flaws at all!"
Standing in front of the gate, looking carefully between the floating bookstore and another store, Li Kuan was stunned and didn't see any flaws!
The two stores are like they are connected, and there is nothing wrong with them!
If it weren't for the design drawings that made Li Kuan very sure that this was the location of the Leaky Cauldron Bar, he wouldn't have taken a second look at this place when he passed by!
"This place has a Muggle expulsion spell, if you go normally, you will definitely not be able to walk in, so I can't walk in in a normal way..."Li Kuan looked at the unmistakable scenery in front of him, and silently calculated in his heart, how can I get in!
But after thinking about it for a long time, Li Kuan, who really didn't know much about magic, didn't come up with any good way!
Magic...
It's not scientific!
The things that Li Kuan learned in the past are useless for this!
That's when it happened!
Li Kuan's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he thought of something!
"Wait, according to the record in the movie, the Muggle Expulsion Charm is to make Muggles constantly want to leave a certain place, unless it is maliciously changed by a dark wizard or something, it will not produce any lethality in itself!
"According to the idea here, if I keep walking towards the place I've always wanted to leave, then I'll be in the Leaky Cauldron?"
Thinking of this, Li Kuan, who didn't have a good way, adhered to the idea of experimenting to find the truth, and began to walk towards the middle of the two stores!
But just after taking two steps, Li Kuan didn't know why, and suddenly had an idea in his heart that he wanted to leave!
"Let's go, let's go, there's nothing to see here!"
As soon as the idea came out, Li Kuan unconsciously returned to the plane between the Mayfly Bookstore and the store next to him!
"Wait, why am I back again?" Li Kuan was surprised!
Immediately, he reacted!
Muggle Expulsion Charm!
He must have been under the influence of the Muggle Expulsion Charm, and he was unconsciously back to square one!
"I'm sure this is the Leaky Cauldron!" After Li Kuan showed a hint of surprise on his face, he couldn't help frowning, "But it's also troublesome now!" ”
"When I knew in advance that it was the Leaky Cauldron Bar, and subconsciously walked towards the place I had always wanted to leave, and finally came back unconsciously, this Muggle expulsion spell is not so easy to break!"
Li Kuan has a headache!
Suddenly!
A tall figure walked past him!
"There's a way!"
Li Kuan's eyes suddenly lit up, revealing a meaningful smile!