Chapter 3 Dreams Around Diagon Alley
"Wait!" Mama was a little surprised, "You mean, the school that teaches magic?" You're really not in ......."
Mama didn't say the "joke" in the back. After all, Professor McGonagall's aura and expression made people feel a lot more respectful.
This is an aura that belongs to the director of education who has served for many years.
Professor McGonagall had an extra wand in her hand and pointed at Mama lightly, as if she were reading a string of muffled pronunciations.
Then Mama's attitude changed: "Oh, welcome Professor McGonagall, I hope little Ted will be admitted to your school." That's great. You talk, I'll pour you tea. With that, he walked away.
Ted looked at Professor McGonagall's wand, "Is this magic?" It won't have a bad effect on Mama, right? β
Professor McGonagall's expression was a rare relief, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, "Don't worry, Mr. Epiphani, this magic won't have a bad effect on her. She will only feel relieved that you have entered a good school. β
She tapped the plate on the coffee table with her wand, and the plate suddenly turned into a sparrow, flew around the house, and landed on the coffee table and became a plate.
Ted showed a look of surprise and excitement, "Wow~ Amazing! β
Professor McGonagall nodded, "Mr. Epiphanie, you have special abilities that other children don't have, do you?" β
Ted looked at the guitar on the side - it wasn't supposed to be about me singing.
"You mean that?" Ted held out his hand to the cup on the table.
The cup began to shake and flew into his hand.
"Oh oh~ good job." Professor McGonagall looked at Ted again.
Very few young wizards are able to control their magic without being educated.
This is a very gifted child.
"Come with me, then, and I'll take you to buy some necessary things."
"Professor, I want to talk to Mama."
Professor McGonagall waved her hand, "No, after all, this kind of thing can't be explained to Muggles too clearly, she'll think you've been accepted to us......"
If you are a parent of a Muggle wizard, it is necessary to let them know where their children have gone.
They have this power, which is allowed even by the law of secrecy.
But if it's the grandma of the orphanage, it's a different story. She wasn't Ted's guardian, which is why she used a Confusion Charm.
Ted hurriedly asked, "Do I need to bring my luggage then?" β
"No, you don't need to, you have to come back after shopping, but there are still two months before school starts."
β¦β¦
Walking out the door, Ted said, "That...... Professor McGonagall, I don't have any money. I only had Β£22 and 16p all over my body. Is it enough? β
Professor McGonagall: "Mr. Epiphani, I don't think you have to worry about that. β
"Just call me Ted."
"Well, Ted......"
It turns out that Hogwarts has prepared an interest-free student loan for special students like Ted every year.
It's certainly not much, but it's okay to finish your studies. You can repay it after graduation.
O conscience!
Wait, the last person to take a student loan was Tom, right?
Professor McGonagall led Ted to a nearby alley, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, her expression a little subtle.
"Ted, to save time, we need to use magic to get to our destination. It may not be pleasant, you bear with it. β
"Okay."
"So, take my hand...... Phantom Shifting! β
Ted felt himself spinning and squeezing into a narrow pipe, and it took a few tosses before he stopped.
When his feet were back on the ground, he almost fell without a limp. The stomach kept churning, and it took more than ten seconds to stop the nausea.
Professor McGonagall on the side was not unusual, but looked at Ted: I didn't expect him to be quite adaptable.
Now Ted seriously suspects that he has been retaliated against!
In fact, it is true, and it is normal to come by car.
But who told Professor McGonagall to want Ted to give Ted a taste of magic in advance? Let him know that some cats can't rua!
This older cat lady doesn't have a big heart.
Ted: Did you do it on purpose, or accidentally?
Professor McGonagall: On purpose!
Ted: Then I'd better not get a Gryffindor and leave it in your hands.
But to be honest, he really wanted to give it a try! And then I will be like this, and then and that and so and so and so and so and so and so ......and so
As a little expert in death, he couldn't help but start the Spiritual Victory Method.
The system seems to feel something-
"Ding~ Trigger Task:
[But again and again, masturbate her! ] (Green)].
What's wrong with petting a cat? What's wrong with petting a cat? If you become a hedgehog, won't I stop masturbating?!
Goal: Professor McGonagall in the Animagus state again.
Reward: 250 XP, +lv1 Transfiguration.
Ma Ma Lai, Pan her! β
This...... IβI'm kidding! Why are you still serious?!
How is this going to be done?!!!
"Alright, Ted, we're here. The Leaky Cauldron on Charing Cross Street. Professor McGonagall looked at Ted, stunned, and felt that her preschool education was working well.
"Attention, there has been a Muggle expulsion spell here, and Mugglesβthat is, ordinary people can't see it."
Ted looked up, a tiny door, probably no bigger than a door.
An iron rod sticks out of the door plaque, and a wooden sign hangs from it, on which there are no words, but a large leaking cauldron is drawn. It's big enough to stew a child.
It's located between a large bookstore and a record store, and although it has a quirky and striking style, no one passing by will look at it.
Professor McGonagall pushed the door open and walked in with Ted.
The bar was a little dim, and there were oil lamps lit, no wonder it was dark and swarthy, like a nightclub.
By the way, it seems that the wizarding world can't use electrical appliances.
How many magic lamps do you have? Oil lamps and candlesticks are too outdated.
Some long, square or round wooden tables are arranged in a cluttered manner. There are some wizards in fancy dress who look weird and drink and gossip.
Many people took the initiative to greet Professor McGonagall.
Tom Abbott, the balding boss behind the bar, put down his glass and greeted Professor McGonagall, "Oh, Professor McGonagall, it's been a long time since I've seen you, to pick up this year's newborn?" β
Professor McGonagall nodded, "Yes. I took him to Diagon Alley to buy something. β
"Oh, that's great. My granddaughter is also a new student this year. β
After a few pleasantries, Professor McGonagall walked out the back door of the Leaky Cauldron with Ted, which looked like a dead end. There was a garbage bin next to the wall.
"Remember how to open it." Professor McGonagall said, "With a wand, start from the bin and count three pieces up and two pieces in the cross. Knock on it~"
Then the very thick brick wall began to change, and with a gurgling sound, the bricks began to recede and overlap, and an arched door appeared.
Inside the door was an alley about four or five meters wide, with a cobblestone floor that had been ground down and strange shops on either side.
The streets were lined with all sorts of incomprehensible goods, wizards in wizards' robes in and out of the shops, and owls flying around......
This is Diagon Alley, the starting point of the wizarding world!
Even Ted, who has seen it many times in movies and videos, is still shocked by this scene. Even the system in my head was almost ignored.
"Ding~ Trigger Task:
γExplore Diagon Alley (Green)γ.
Britain's most famous wizarding shopping street, which is not a good place to visit? Every store can't be spared!
Goal: Complete 100% Diagon Alley exploration.
Progress: 1%.
Rewards: 100 experience, random cards.
Fighting is much more fun than going to the store~"
Looking at the stunned Ted, Professor McGonagall smiled slightly, "Okay Ted, I'll have a lot of time to surprise you later." Let's go get the money first. You've got a lot of things to buy......"
Professor McGonagall was not slow, pulling Ted forward.
Ted looked left and right, his eyes couldn't see at all, and he was dazzled and could only follow along.
After walking for five or six minutes, the two came to a fork in the road, and Professor McGonagall finally stopped.
On the opposite side of the fork in the road is a three-story white building.
Other shops are two floors at most, and most of them are wooden, but this building is made of white stone, which looks quite imposing from a distance.
Of course, it is limited to seeing from a distance.
Because if you look closely, you'll see: Oh my God! The white marble pillars outside Gringotts are crooked!
And the crooked ones have their own characteristics, the pillars on the first, second and third floors are not a line, they are not in the same direction!
As a construction cow and horse who used to run away with a bucket, this scene hurts too much!
Ted had the urge to run over and straighten the pillar!
On either side of Gringotts' bronze gate, there are arrogant fairy guards in crimson and gold-trimmed uniforms, and the eyes of people are not very pleasant.
Further inside is a silver-colored gate, on which is engraved a very eye-catching row of large characters:
Come in, stranger, but beware of what happens to insatiable greed.
Blindly taking, unearning, will be punished the severest.
If you want to take a piece of wealth from our underground vaults that never belonged to you.
Thief, you have been warned that it is not treasure but evil retribution.
Ted pursed his lips and said, "They seem to be very insecure. β
Professor McGonagall nodded her head, "Indeed." β
When ordinary people see this, they probably think that the goblins have a bad attitude towards wizards.
But Ted saw the elves' lust and guilt.
They are weak and afraid, but greed and pride make them save face.
Professor McGonagall quickly retrieved Ted's student loans from the high counters on either side of the hall.
In order to highlight their condescension, the goblins made a one-meter-and-a-half-high chair behind the counter. I guess you have to step on a small ladder to get up and down.
Actually, they are supposed to be a type of goblin?
In the early years of the West, it was very unliterate and had a limited vocabulary, and many similar things were called by one name - Goblin.
This has led to goblins, goblins, goblins, goblins, gnomes, silly and indistinguishable.
The appearance of the goblin is really far away from human aesthetics, and it really can't be put on the stage. In Ted's view, calling a monster is more appropriate than a goblin.
There are poems that say: The body is like a dwarf and five points thin, the body is like half a height of three inches, the broad face is concave and the nose is amber, the sharp ears and fangs are hanging down the knees, the hammer stirs the sun and the moon, the wolf travels through the weeping ghosts and gods, Kyushu is full of brothers, and the name is called a goblin.
They have a very peculiar concept that what they make is their own, and as for the fees paid to them, they are treated as rent. As long as the first generation of owners is dead, they have the right to take back something.
At the beginning, the Gryffindoto goblins made swords, and they were all falsely attacked, and they were beaten badly.
Ted: Don't force me to be a goblin killer~