Chapter 199: Tumbling Alley
As time passed, Locke learned more and more about the wizarding world of this world, and was no longer limited to the content of the movies he had seen, not much like many wizards who grew up in the wizarding world.
Just like the carriage that Locke and Hermione are riding in now, it seems that there are no horses pulling the cart, but it is actually a magical animal called Yeji pulling the cart.
This magical animal is special and cannot be seen in general, unless it generates great emotions or emotions.
Hogwarts House uses them to transport students for the start of school and vacation, and on the way, Locke popularized the knowledge of Yeji to Hermione, although it is invisible to the naked eye, but through mental power, it can be clearly perceived by Yeji.
Listening to Locke's prompt, Hermione tried to sense it, and then happily said that she could also sense the existence of Yeji.
In about fifteen minutes, the night carriage arrived at the train station, and the students stepped out of the carriage and boarded the train back to London.
When the train arrives in the evening, Locke helps Hermione carry her suitcase and leaves the wizarding world through the platform of nine and three-quarters.
"Hermione, Mr. Locke!" Mr. and Mrs. Granger had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw the two of them, they beckoned happily.
"Daddy!" Hermione ran over laughing and threw herself into her father's arms, and Mr. Granger laughed with relief, he missed his daughter too, and lifted Hermione in a circle.
"Ma'am." Locke smiled and greeted Mrs. Granger.
"Mr. Locke, thank you for taking care of Hermione at school." Mrs. Granger said politely.
"I just gave Hermione some pointers in her studies, and I didn't do anything else." Locke said with a smile.
"You're too modest." Mrs. Granger said, "Hermione's letter to us said a lot about you......"
"Mom!" At this time, Hermione, who was put down by her father, rushed over and hugged Mrs. Granger: "I miss you so much. ”
"We miss you too." Mrs. Granger smiled and stroked Hermione's head.
"Let's not stand here anymore, dinner is ready, and Mr. Locke will come along." Mr. Granger patted Locke on the shoulder.
"That's right, I made Hermione's favorite food." Mrs. Granger said with a smile.
As the group left the station, Hermione excitedly told her parents about the school, and kept talking about the details that could not be detailed in various letters, and the Granger couple seemed to be interested, and they were also curious and yearning for the wizarding world.
Locke left after dinner at Hermione's house, and at dinner, Hermione was looking forward to the upcoming Christmas holidays, and invited Locke to pour:
"Godfather, do you spend Christmas alone, why don't you come to our house for Christmas, Mom's Christmas dinner is the best......"
Smiling slightly, Locke listened to the little Lori's chatter, compared to Peggy, who was about the same age, Hermione was obviously more childlike, and at this time she was lively as if she was an elf.
In the end, Rock did not refuse her invitation, and a few days later spent Christmas at the Granger family, and helped the Granger family decorate it carefully, the Christmas tree and various decorations, and the Granger family was decorated as if it were a fairy tale house.
After Christmas, Locke went to some shops in Diagon Alley, and after a period of operation, Locke's potion shop became somewhat famous here.
The entire wizarding circle in Britain is not large, because of the identity of the system arrangement, many people have an impression of him, but they didn't expect that Locke, a wizard who had just graduated, and it didn't seem that he was from a pure-blood family, could run a potion shop in the wizarding world so quickly.
Recently, Locke was planning to buy a plantation to grow various potion materials, and he had also planned to invest in Hogwarts, which has always been strained.
It's a pity that you can donate, it's not so easy to become a school director, just have Garon is not qualified to become a school director of Hogwarts, Hogwarts is well run, and it is indispensable to have the connections of those school directors in the wizarding world behind it.
For example, the reason why Lucius Malfoy can become a school director, in addition to the money, is that they themselves have considerable influence in the wizarding world, and if Locke wants to become a school director, he also needs to have a reputation and connections in the wizarding world, which he does not have at this stage for the time being.
After all, he didn't have a lot of time in this world, and most of Locke's energy was focused on systematically studying this world and collecting various magic books and magic materials.
It's like the potion material plantation that Locke bought at a premium this time, after the acquisition is completed, Locke will find a way to collect various seeds and put them in the dimensional space, and when the dimensional space expands in the future, he can farm in his own dimensional space.
In order to ensure that the seeds can germinate smoothly, it is even necessary to have some knowledge of the relevant cultivation, and it is not so easy to master the magic system that has been developed over thousands of years as comprehensively as possible, but it is not only a huge number of various spells.
The plantation of ordinary potion materials is easy to say, as for the place to buy and raise those magical beasts, it is not so easy, just like the dragon training farm that Locke is most interested in, without the permission of the Ministry of Magic, Locke is not qualified to buy it at all.
In general, there is still a lot of preparation to be done in order to 'evacuate' the wizarding world as desired.
Leaving Diagon Alley, Locke came to Tumbledown Alley, the two places are only separated by a wall, but both the environment and the atmosphere are completely different.
After entering Tumbledown Alley, Locke was keenly aware that there were a lot of scrutinizing and malicious eyes on him.
Many of the wizards in Tumbledown Alley have disguised their faces, and Locke has also followed the customs, using magic to cover his faces, and wearing a wide cloak outside.
The eyes of several wizards he had seen along the way were very familiar, and Locke did not break the other party, and went straight to the store that came to Borgin Bock.
The room was poorly lit and somewhat dark, and Locke looked at the various items on the shelves, as if picking something.
"Is this guest coming for the first time?" Boginbock, who had a sly glint in his eyes, appeared in front of the counter at this time, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the tabletop, and said with a very commercial smile:
"At the Boggin Bock store, you can switch to any service you want, as long as you can afford to get out of Galleons."
"Galleon is not a problem for me, I want as much as I can on this list." Locke came up with a list of all kinds of magical items that he wanted to buy, but couldn't get through normal channels, and even magical beasts and the like.
"Sir, what is on your list......" After reading the list, Boginbock looked at Locke carefully, and even if magic obscured his appearance, he seemed to try to make an effort to identify Locke.
"Sure enough, the slogan is just a slogan." Locke pursed his lips, and some of the things in his list were indeed not so easy to find, such as unicorns, phoenixes, dragons, and other magical animals.
It's really not easy to get hold of this kind of thing, but fortunately, the other items on the list can be obtained, but it takes a certain amount of time and enough pay.
For example, the living dragon can't be obtained, but the dragon's flesh is still fine, but the phoenix and unicorn are flesh, and Locke can only figure it out at Hogwarts by himself.
For Locke, even if he can't get the dragon, it's not bad to get some flesh and blood, and it's also very useful.
Especially in the fairy tale world, Locke also got an alchemy from the old witch, which can be used to modify the bloodline of creatures, and if you have the flesh and blood of a dragon, you can try to do some special experiments.
(End of chapter)