"Are house-elves scarce?"

"Not a lot, but it's basically only found in old, wealthy pure-blood wizard families. You know the Hogwarts kitchen, it's full of house-elves cooking. ”

"Oh—does Ron's have that too?" Harry was interested

"The Weasleys are old purebloods, but they are not rich. Of course, it has something to do with them being good and not wanting to enslave the house-elves. When the content doesn't involve Dobby's master, it speaks neatly.

"Then the Malfoys must have it!" Harry didn't even think to blurt it out

"Uh-yes," Dobby scratched his head. He didn't want to continue the topic: "Actually, your friends, the great Shafiq family, also have"

"Ivey's family also has? I didn't see it, it was either Ivy or the two ladies who prepared the food. ”

"That lady was a little different. She guarded Shafiq's ancestral home, not on the Muggle side. ”

"No wonder I haven't heard Ivy say it" satisfied curiosity, and Harry wasn't prepared to let Dobby stay longer. After all, Vernon didn't know when it would come up.

"Whoa," Harry handed him a piece of cake, "Thank you for coming to tell me about it today."

"Is this—for Dobby?" Dobby looked at the cake Harry handed over and asked uncertainly

"Of course"

"Woo - I didn't expect the great, benevolent Harry Potter to be so good to Dobby! It started crying again, wiping its snot with the pillowcase on its chest.

"Don't cry——! You should leave first, otherwise my uncle-in-law will not know how to explain it. "Harry just can't take it

"There's a new situation, Dobby will come back."

Dobby held the cake in both hands, and with an expression of going back to offer it, he disappeared.

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The days were quiet again

Ivey repeats boring training every day, and the benefits of being physically strong are very obvious. Just over the halfway point of the holiday, he learned a magic that he had been doing for a long time. However, it is necessary to strengthen practice and strive to be handy as soon as possible.

In order to give full play to the advantages of his body, Ivy also asked his relationship to find a very good fight club and learn how to fight.

Betty couldn't sit idle. Ivey is determined to succeed in Demon Breaker, and her mission is crucial. Now I'm learning a very important magic. It's not a forbidden technique, but it's more difficult. In addition, Ivey, a slut, also harasses her from time to time, causing progress to be very slow.

However, they are not as busy as Erin and Wendy. Erin now clocks in to work on time every day, and Wendy becomes her assistant at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.

Originally, with Wendy's strength, it was more than enough to be an Auror in the Ministry of Magic. In terms of combat alone, she's still above Erin. However, Wendy dislikes the Ministry of Magic, and in her words, "there is only a bunch of stinky fish and shrimp left in the Ministry of Magic".

As for the Philosopher's Stone, Ivy had already given it to them to study. Otherwise, you think Erin can be so active at work-

On the last day of August, Ivy and Harry made an appointment to go to Diagon Alley to buy textbooks for the new semester.

"Go by yourself, the research of the Philosopher's Stone is at a critical stage, and we have to hurry up and make the anti-aging elixir." Erin abandoned the two of them again

Ivey and Betty grew up so fast that they no longer needed to follow them all the time.

Seeing the two parents, Ivey and Betty looked at each other.

"It's almost time, let's go too." Ivy grabbed a handful of Floo powder

"To Diagon Alley?" Betty asked

"Hmm"

Ivy sprinkled Floo powder into the fireplace, and a large green flame burst out of the furnace, and the two looked at each other and got inside. With a bang, the flames went out, and the figure disappeared into the room.

Diagon Lane Gringotts

At the back of Gringotts is a row of communal fireplaces, in which green flames constantly burst and then flicker. Wizards who use Floo powder to get around will choose this node.

With a flash of green light, Ivey and Betty stepped out of the fireplace. Look at the fireplace behind him, which is still flashing

"So many people, is this fireplace enough? I'm not afraid of traffic jams," Ivy spat out

"It's just a public fireplace, and there's a lot of private ones," Betty continued

The two of them walked around to the main entrance of Gringotts

"There are so many people coming to Diagon Alley today" The street is full of wizards

"Sure—it's only been a few days since the Hogwarts pre-order list was sent out, and it's mostly around this time that everyone buys. And I just heard someone chatting about a celebrity signing books for Britain. ”

"Celebrities? - hehe" Hearing this, Ivy scoffed

"Do you know who it is?"

"Yes, Gilderoy Lockhart" talked about this man, and Ivey couldn't get the slightest interest.

"Oh~ the writer?"

"Ang"

"I've heard that it's amazing. Fought against many dangerous magical creatures."

"It's just bragging, it's just that he's better at writing."

Chatting and walking into the hall

"Looks like they're not there yet," Betty looked around, "Shall we get the money first?" ”

Ivy didn't reply, and directly handed her a small bag, "Don't open it, reach in and touch it"

Betty did "so much~"

Inside the bag, the space has been slightly expanded. Thousands of gold galleons, full of them.

"I took a sack last time. Except for the purchase of a lot of materials when refining bone quenching elixirs, it was basically not used much. ”

"We don't have to withdraw money, so what are we doing now? Waiting? It's noisy here. ”

Gringotts was indeed noisy, and the abacus crackled. Not only Gringotts, but Diagon Alley is no place where it is not noisy.

It's really boring to wait, or go to the Leaky Cauldron Bar for a drink or two. Ivy thought to himself, and suddenly thought of a place, and his eyes lit up.

"Why don't you go and take a spin in Tumbledown Alley?"

"There are a lot of dragons and snakes in that place, what's there to see." Betty wasn't interested

"Oh - let's see, what if you need it in the future - let's go."

He pulled Betty around the corner. Tumbling Alley is in the innermost part of Diagon Alley, this place is dark and small, but there are a lot of people, and it is quite lively. Most of them don't look like good people, though.

Some of them were leaning against the wall, crouching in the corner, and some were sitting on the steps. The eyes hidden behind the long fluffy hair scanned the passing crowd back and forth. There was a sour smell in the air, like not taking a shower for many days.

"It's quite fresh to come to this place once in a while"

Frankly, Tumbledown Alley has a more dark and magical style.

The alley itself is narrow, and the sun can't shine in. The only trail, damp and moss-covered. The wooden buildings on either side were in tatters, and flocks of crows stood on the eaves and watched the passing crowd.

Most of the storefronts in the alley don't have a door. The dilapidated door frame is equipped with a strangely shaped weather vane. The windows lined with shrunken human heads, giant black spiders, withered human hands, poisoned candles, and so on, showed that there were more than one forbidden items that violated more than one wizarding law.

"yes, even the taste is fresh," Betty covered her nose with a look of disgust.

They wandered aimlessly through the streets. The two have outstanding temperament and appearance, clean and fresh clothes, and are extremely eye-catching in this environment.

People around them, who didn't know if it was a wizard, stared at them playfully, but no one moved. Perennial mixed in this kind of market place, all pay attention. I have seen a lot of situations like this when a rich young master comes out to play. It's hard to say whether it's a tiger or a fat sheep.

But once there are more people, there will always be people who can't open their eyes.

Just as Ivey and the others stepped up the steps to enter a magic shop called Borgin Burke, a dark shadow rushed up from behind. Ivey's strengthened five senses are already comparable to the blessing of the "Super Sense Spell", and he didn't even turn his head, just a cold snort ,—— bang! The shadow slammed into a wall of air.

He turned, and in front of him was a large strong man, one size smaller than Hagrid, unkempt and unkempt. Ivy turned around and grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow buckteeth.

Ivy smiled at him as well, raised his arm, and a single energy projectile knocked him several meters away, knocking him to the ground.

"Shafiq!"

"It's the Shafiq family!"

"I see!" ————

Originally, a group of people were eyeing each other and lost all interest. They can't afford to mess with the people of the Shafiq family, both before and now.

The guy who fell to the ground stood up, and ate an energy bullet from Ivey in his chest, which was slightly dented. The expression was very annoyed, but the eyes were very flat. Perhaps after some ideological struggle, he glanced at the two of them with hatred, and finally chose to turn around and flee.

"Sure enough, people with no brains can't survive here at all," Ivy thought to himself. This strong man looks at his well-developed limbs, but his mind is not simple at all.

"Hurry up if you want to see anything," Betty urged, looking at him a little stunned.

"Don't worry, just watch it and leave"

The two pushed the door open and entered

"Welcome, I wonder what you two need?" A withered, zombie-like old man came out of the inner room

"My name is Ivy Shafiq, I don't know what the boss calls him" His family's name is quite good

A hint of surprise flashed on the old guy's face, but he quickly smiled again, "What an amazing guest~ Mr. Shafiq is here in person!" You can call me Bojin, I don't know what you're here for—"

"It's a magic shop, what else do you think I'm going to do here?"

"I'm sorry, but I was stupid. But you're really open-minded. Truth be told, there are a lot of misconceptions about my shop, and I have real magic items here. ”

"Mr. Nabokin, do you have any good recommendations? Not a problem in terms of price"

"Of course! What is given to you must be the best! ”

With that, Bokin returned to the inner room. After a while, he walked out with a lot of things

"Mr. Shafiq, it is my pleasure to present to you – the Glorious Hand"

Mr. Borgin picked up a glass case. Inside, a shriveled human hand rests on a mat.

"Mr. Shafiq, just put a candle in that hand, and the light of the candle will only illuminate the person holding it. It's the perfect companion for thieves and looters. ”

"Mr. Borgin, I'm not short of money."

"Oh-I'm so sorry!" He quickly put down the box and pulled out a charm box instead. Inside lies a beautiful opal necklace with a card attached. It reads: WARNING: Do not touch! - Cursed - Nineteen Muggles have died to date for possession of it.

"Mr. Shafiq, this is a weapon that can kill your enemies without blood. If you don't like anyone, you can give it to him to make sure he doesn't live for more than a year. ”

"Don't, change another"

"Uh-well-this is the Vanishing Cabinet-"

"One more one"

"It's the Magic Ring"

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