Chapter 5 Shopping
The goblin's face was as black as coal, and its sharp teeth collided up and down, eager to bite Linde's face in the next second.
Felix held Linde with one hand and the gun under his coat at his waist with the other, his face grim. However, Linde could see that the corners of his eyes were twitching, obviously unable to hold back.
The goblin obviously didn't want to reach out to take the banknotes handed down by Linde, but looking at Linde's eyes, he was unconsciously stunned, and stepped on the chair with an unwilling face, stretched his hand straight up, and almost knocked down the balance on the countertop, and finally barely reached the banknotes handed down by Linde.
"Of course, you little Muggle, 40 Galleons an ounce."
"Muggles? Is it cursing? Maybe you'd like to try a Muggle wand......"
Felix had just looked at the shopping list and had a general idea of the wizard's basic system, and although he didn't know if it was only young wizards who used wands, it didn't prevent him from using wands to describe his weapons.
"Muggles are just ordinary people who can't use magic, and nothing else." Snape hurriedly stopped Felix's thoughts.
Felix gasped, hehe, and didn't speak again. He didn't understand the meaning, but he could hear the tone.
Linde, on the other hand, didn't pay much attention to their quarrel, he was now thinking about the currency.
He wasn't surprised to be able to exchange gold for gold Galleons, although there was a magical alchemy creation that could convert gold into the Philosopher's Stone.
But he didn't think that gold could be easily converted without a cost, given how difficult it was to generate gold.
The price of gold has largely stabilized at an average of 360 pounds per ounce this year. His current income is about 3,000 pounds a month, which is not a small amount in 1991.
But Britain is a country with high welfare and high taxes, and he gets more than 2,000 pounds a month.
If you use the pound β gold β Galleon to exchange, it is equivalent to 9 pounds for 1 Galleon, of course, the price of gold is never fixed, and it will fluctuate a little.
But acceptable.
Next, none of them spoke, only the jingle of Garons.
In a few moments, the goblin ordered 50 Galleons, a heavy bag, which Linde took over, and the three of them exited Gringotts.
Felix grabbed Lind by the back of his neck and lowered him, muttering "Stinky boy!" β
Snape smiled vaguely, then pointed to an alleyway, "It's Tumbledown Alley, a gathering place for dark wizards, and it's not very peaceful inside, so you'd better not go inside." β
Then he reached out and pulled out a long piece of parchment from his robe and handed it to Linde.
Lind took the parchment and looked at it
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
γUniformγ
First-year students are required to:
1. Three sets of plain overalls (black) ...... Please note: All student attire must have a name tag on it
(Lady Morkin's Robe Shop)
γTextbookγ
All students are required to prepare the following books:
Standard Spells, Elementary, by Miranda Goshawk......
(Blotted Bookstore)
γOther Equipmentγ
A wand (Ollivanders wand shop)
A crucible......
(Patchy's Cauldron, Viszeek Magic Supplies and Diagon Alley Stationery)
Students are allowed to bring an owl or a cat or a toad
(Ella Owl Shop or Fantastic Beasts Shop)
Parents are reminded that first-year students are not allowed to bring their own broomsticks
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The entire parchment was identical to the purchase list that Linde had obtained, except that it was written in black handwriting with the various places that needed to be purchased.
Yes, although Seaver doesn't like to talk, he is very thoughtful!
Lind gave Snape a thumbs up in his heart.
However, when he looked up, he found that Snape was gone.
"Wow! Did you see that he disappeared in one fell swoop? That's how we just came to London? Felix yelled from the side.
"Uh, I guess!" Lind replied
"Let's go, let's go shopping. Don't forget we're in London. Linde urged.
The two of them walked and stopped, and in a short time they had all but wands and pets.
Felix and Lind each carried two small bags. One bag was full of books, another bag was clutter like crucibles, dragon skin gloves, and then there were bags for robes, bags for potion materials.
These bags are given by the store, and in order to make them easy to carry, they will give customers a pocket that has cast a non-marking telescopic charm that lasts for a day.
The two of them came to the door of the wand shop.
The gold sign on the door has been peeled off, and it reads: Ollivanders: A well-made wand since 382 BC. Felix plucked his nostrils with his little finger: "Braggart, 382 BC."
Lind smiled, he had been like this since the first day he saw Felix, and he liked to force everything he saw.
Push open the door and enter, and the space inside is not at all as cramped as the entrance of the store.
On the contrary, there are long small boxes on the high shelves, and at a glance, there are at least a thousand wand boxes, and I don't know if they all contain wands.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen!" A soft voice rang out from behind the shelves.
"You are Mr. Linde Green Augustus!
Great middle name, the Brothers Grimm is two of my favorite wizards.
My grandfather was good friends with them. It's a pity that they violated the International Wizard Secrecy Act of 1692. Because they like to tell Muggles about the wizarding events they have experienced. β
As he spoke, the old wizard in front of him still showed an expression of memory, and he didn't know if he was pretending or really recalling the good memories of getting along with his old grandfather at this moment.
"Oh yes, get down to business." Ollivander suddenly came back to his senses.
"Ah, every wizard in England has a wand from the House of Ollivander. Our family's skills are always among the best in the UK.
By the way, which hand do you use? β
"I'm right-handed." Linde raised his hand as he spoke.
Next, a tape measure flew out of Ollivander's waist pocket and began to measure Linde automatically.
Start with the shoulders to the fingertips, then from the wrists to the elbows, the shoulders to the floor, the knees to the armpits, and finally measure the circumference of the head.
As he measured it, he said, "Every Ollivander wand has a super-powerful magical substance, and that's the essence of it, Mr. Augustus." We used unicorn fur, phoenix tail feathers, dragon heart nerves, and so on, and each Ollivanders wand was unique because no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes were exactly the same. Of course, if you use a wand that is supposed to belong to another wizard, you will never have such a good effect. β
Lind reached out to block the ruler that was almost attached to his eye, and nodded at Ollivander.
Ollivander looked at the measured data, then rubbed his chin and thought for a moment before running to the back shelf and pulling out a box.
"Try this, aspen... Suitable for duelists, dragons' cranial nerves. This is a wand that loves to fight. Nine inches"
Ollivander took it out and handed it to Linde.
As soon as the wand was in his hands, Linde felt a faint force in his body rush towards the wand.
But the surge is not silky, if I have to describe it...... It's like if you pay attention to your breathing, and it turns out as if you can't breathe.
"Swing it." Seeing that Linde was stunned, Ollivanders thought that he could not use a wand, so he motioned for him to wave.
Linde didn't know which direction to go, so she simply waved it into the sky.
A faint flame poured out of the tip of the staff with thick smoke.
"Sorry, it doesn't seem to have a crush on me!"
"No, no, no, don't be sorry, it's normal, Mr. Augustus." Ollivander took the wand and swept it out of the chimney with a wave of the fog.
"What about this! Firm and independent ebony and powerful spell-casting ability of the night tail nerves, eleven and a half inches. β
"No, no, it's not this ......"
"Uh, try this again, larch wood and dragon's backbone......"
"This ......"
"What about this......
"What a fussy little wizard, but don't worry, I'm a professional." Ollivander gave Linde a confident smile.
"Well, sir. I may be freer and unregulated in my self-evaluation. This is one of Linde's basic perceptions of herself.
He feels that what he lacks most is "a lack of reverence for the system and a desire to challenge." β
Hearing Linde's words, Ollivanders nodded, few young wizards had been able to make an accurate assessment of their own psychology before, because they were still young, their minds were not well-developed, and their worldview was not perfect.
So he usually measures the body data and screens out a batch of wands first, and then he personally looks at the face to test the wands one by one.
Usually, you can find a suitable one by trying two or three roots, and the last time such trouble was Mr. Porter who came at the end of July.
He really can't stand Linde being too picky, and now he can't hold his face, and after thinking about it, he still thinks he can try his suggestion.
"Oh, of course we can give it a try if you want."
It's what you want to try, don't blame me if you don't try it......