Chapter 111: Consumption, Consumption, and Reconsumption
360 Galleons, this price is actually not very high, if you go to Tumbledown Alley, it is likely to become 500 Galleons.
However, Ike had no plans to go to that smoky place.
Galleons are good, but not a necessity.
After leaving the pig's head bar, Ike turned straight into another alley, hid himself with the illusion charm, and put a levitation charm on himself, and jumped out of the fence with all his might.
After jumping three streets in a row, Ike stopped.
first lifted the disguise magic on his face, and then looked around, and then lifted the illusion spell on his body, and quietly blended into the crowd on the avenue outside.
Looking at the time, Stewart and they should still be in Duke Honey, and Ike has no intention of going to them. Knowing the direction a little, we headed straight for the Deves and Bans stores.
As a shop that sells magical items, Deves and Bans's shop has fewer people than Duke Honey and Jokowi's joke shop, but it's not much less, with three or five little wizards lingering on each shelf.
When the door was opened, the doorbell rang pleasantly, and the clerk at the cash register only looked up. Ike walked over from shelf to shelf, slowly looking at the magic items on sale.
In fact, this was the first time Ike had seen so many magical items, even in Diagon Alley, where there weren't as many types as here.
Pick up a memory ball, this is his goal, take it first, and then check out when it is all over.
It is not enough to study alchemy all the time behind closed doors, even if there are alchemical books such as the Hermes Book as a reference. This kind of knowledge requires not only strong hands-on ability, but also rich imagination.
To be honest, Ike consciously has no shortage of both, but he still has a feeling of powerlessness when he starts making alchemy items, like there are countless inspirations in his head, but after he really gets started, he realizes that they are all unrealistic conjectures.
On the one hand, there is the fault line of alchemy inheritance, and the powerful and mysterious ancient alchemy has not been handed down much after the turmoil of the Middle Ages; On the other hand, there was no teacher to show Ike the way.
Speaking of which, Ike also wanted to go to Devon to find Nicol Lemay, and he didn't believe that this old man would really die calmly. But if no one introduced him, even if he knew that Nicol Lemay was living in seclusion in Devon, Ike would not be sure to find him.
Countless people have tried to find the reclusive Nick Lemay for centuries, but none of them have succeeded, and Ike doesn't think he'll succeed easily.
As for asking Dumbledore for help, forget it, Ike doesn't want to be a very bad favor by Dumbledore again.
With neither of these paths going through, Ike had to try his best. Ordering alchemy magazines and collecting alchemy literature can be done on campus, but researching mature alchemy items needs to be done outside the school.
The magic items in Devis and Bans' shops are just simple mass-produced gadgets, but they can also provide Ike with enough ideas.
Seeing the big from the small, and then analyzing and solving the problem, this set of Ike is still very proficient.
Picking out a crystal ball that changes color depending on the person's mood, and a pair of headphones that are said to be able to hear sounds that they wouldn't normally hear, Ike leaves the Deves and Bans store.
The next stop Ike chose the literati house quill shop, his quill has always worn out quickly, and he simply bought a whole box of ten quills, which is almost enough.
There were magic quill pens like Rita Skeeter's, which were still expensive, but Ike didn't even look at them.
This thing is actually not complicated, and it can be easily made with Ike's current level.
Cost...... Probably two cockroach piles?
Before I knew it, it was noon, and Ike was carrying a paper bag of things and walking towards the three-broom bar. It was made with Stuart and the others, and they would enjoy a meal there that was different from Hogwarts.
After waiting at the door for a while, I saw Stewart and their big bags walking over with a big bag and a smile.
"Well, that's what you want." Terry handed over a bag with some disgust, Ike took it with a smile and casually pinched out a cockroach pile and threw it into his mouth, the pleasure of bursting pulp exploded in his mouth, and his face once again showed the smile that still made Stewart and the others uncomfortable even after watching it for more than two years.
"Okay, okay, don't show that expression here!" Stewart bumped Ike on the shoulder and slammed him against the bar door, "Let's go to dinner, we're going to Jokowi's joke shop later!" ”
"So you've been Duke Honey all morning?"
"Of course! You don't know, there's so much candy in there, we all ......"
A few people said and entered the door, and the business of the bar was better than a few people expected, and they still waited for a while to find a seat.
Almost all of them were students who had come to Hogsmeade today, as well as professors who had a rare break, and Ike saw Professor Flitwick and Professor Snape sitting together, each with a cup full of butterbeer in front of them.
This combination obviously surprised everyone, and they all turned their heads from time to time to take a look, even during meals.
The Three Broomsticks Bar doesn't have a lot of variety, Ike asks for a beef risotto and a small pork cutlet, plus a glass of iced lemon tea, and the others are pretty much the same, either risotto or burgers.
Rather a butterbeer, the barkeeper, Ms. Rosmerta, would not sell it to a third-year wizard.
Of course, if the professors weren't there, it wouldn't have been......
After eating, I sat in the bar for a while before I got up and left. This time, Ike and Stewart went to Jokowi's joke shop together, and they were really entertained.
As the most popular shop in Hogsmeade, Jokowi's joke shop naturally has its own reasons for success. There are more prank props in it than in the bouncing and frolicking magic joke shop in Diagon Alley, and a large part of it is self-researched, and the bizarre effects are an eye-opener for Ike.
In a way, these prank props can also be regarded as alchemy items, and some of the props have a lot of technical content. Ike also consumed a handful, bought seven or eight gadgets, and when he had time to crack it later, it would be a new way.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, several people left the Jokowi joke shop to prepare to go back to school. Even though it was only a few hours, it was really fun.
There was no choice of carriage, and the five of them walked back together talking and laughing, and it was difficult to get out, and everyone didn't want to stay outside for a while. Along the way, there were many other people who were walking the same way, obviously with the same idea.
After walking for about half an hour, the Hogwarts school gate appeared in front of everyone's eyes, but it was more obvious that they were the Dementors hovering around the gate.
"Damn! How did this bunch of guys end up here! Terry said angrily, "Not in the morning!" ”
"Obviously, for Sirius." Stewart's tone wasn't very good, "They're afraid Sirius will sneak in while we're back!" ”
"It's useless, Sirius was able to escape from Azkaban, there are so many more Dementors there than here!"
"Alright, don't discuss that." "Don't let this get dampened. ”
"That's right, that's right, don't say it, don't say it......"
Several people snorted a few times, as if they wanted to suck out the bad luck. At this time, Stewart's role is reflected, and the atmosphere is good in just three or two sentences.
Passing through the gate with a smile and a smile, the Dementors were visibly restless, and this happy mood was extremely appealing to them. However, it was just a restlessness, and there was no sudden attack, which made Ike who was secretly preparing a little disappointed.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to study this thing again, so it seemed that he had to find another chance.