NOVEL NEXT Chapter 13 HM
"cool!"
In Gringotts, Fred, who had just got off the car, described with excitement:
"Mom and dad will not believe what we saw, it is more than he will make in his entire life!"
Percy kindly reminded: "You'd better not mention it in front of them."
Although he thinks this is true, his father will indeed not earn that much in his life.
George nodded in agreement: "Well, you will get beaten, and I will be hurt too."
Fred curled his lips: "Do I look stupid?"
George patted Fred on the shoulder with a sad look on his face:
"Although you are my brother, I still tell you this cruel fact."
"Yeah, Fred, you're stupid."
"George! We have the same IQ!"
"That's just what you think, I'm much smarter than you!"
Percy was speechless when he saw the two brothers fighting. He turned to look at Ash and asked:
"Where to go next? Honestly, you don't really need anything more than what's on your list."
As they spoke, they walked towards the outside of Gringotts.
Ash's expression moved slightly, he thought for a moment and said deliberately:
"I want to buy a broomstick, what do you think?"
George and Fred, who were pinching each other, suddenly looked over, and George said excitedly:
"I think you should buy the best broomstick, Nimbus 2000 is it!"
Fred immediately answered: "But first-year students are not allowed to use their own broomsticks!"
"But you don't have to worry because we'll be in third grade soon."
"So we can help you bring Nimbus 2000 to school!"
"Fred, George!"
Percy called out their names in such a stern tone that your abacus dropped in his face!
Percy looked down at Ash and advised kindly:
"Ash, don't listen to them, they have all joined the Gryffindor team. If you lend it to them, they will definitely take your broomstick to participate in the Quidditch match."
Having said this, Percy paused briefly and then changed the subject:
"But it's true that first years are not allowed to have their own broomsticks, but if you must buy one, I can help you bring it in. By the way, I am now... um, I will be the prefect of Gryffindor soon. Well, I'll wait for you. I’ll give it back to you when you take your first flying lesson.”
Fred and George looked at each other and muttered loudly:
"Shameless, he still has the nerve to claim to be our brother."
"And you're obviously not a prefect yet!"
Hearing his two younger brothers 'whispering' loudly, Percy's ears turned red.
"Well, let me think about it."
Ash pretended to think for a while and asked:
"What's the price of Nimbus 2000?"
"599 Galleons." George immediately replied:
"That's the most expensive broomstick."
Fred added: "The best too."
Ash was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of a couple walking towards them out of the corner of his eye.
"Sorry to bother you."
The man in the couple asked somewhat cautiously:
"I want to ask, where can we exchange for... um, gold Galleons?"
Ash glanced at the girl the couple was holding, pointed to the building beside the road, and explained:
"That's Gringotts. You can use your admission letter to go to the counter to find the goblin in exchange for gold galleons. Five pounds can be exchanged for one gold galleung, and the limit is 50 gold galleons."
"Of course, 50 Galleons is enough to buy the items on the list."
The couple looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. The man said gratefully:
"Thanks."
His wife asked curiously:
"Are you all Hogwarts students?"
"Yes."
Ash glanced at the girl they were holding. She had thick brown hair and two broad front teeth like rabbits.
Mr. Granger noticed his gaze and introduced:
"This is my daughter, Hermione Granger. She is a new student this year."
"Hello, Hermione."
Ash showed a gentle smile and took the initiative to reach out to the girl:
"I am Ash Black, and I am also a freshman this year. You can call me Ash."
"Hello, Boo...well, Ash." The girl shook hands with him and looked at him curiously with her big eyes.
Why is he so good-looking? Is it because of the wizard's blood? But the little wizards next to him looked very ordinary, or were they also descendants of Muggles?
Hermione's thoughts began to wander.
While talking, a goblin walked out of Gringotts, and Mrs. Granger was startled:
"what is that?!"
"Fairy."
Percy glanced at it and said, "Gringotts is a bank opened by goblins."
"There are at least hundreds of goblins inside."
"I guess you guys have to get used to it."
George and Fred each said one sentence.
"this……"
Mr. Granger was also a little hesitant. He looked at Ash hesitantly and asked:
"Sorry, Mr. Black. Well, could we ask you to take us to exchange for some Galleons? Of course, we'll pay, what do you think of a Galleung?"
He wasn't very clear about the purchasing power of a galleung in the wizarding world, but five pounds was a lot in Britain.
"this……"
Ash looked a little embarrassed, but he hesitated and nodded and said:
"Okay, I'll accompany you in, it won't take much time."
"Percy."
Ash looked at Percy, took out his money bag and handed it to him, saying:
"Can I ask you to buy Nimbus 2000 for me? I think we have to separate, otherwise we won't be able to go back before noon. Of course, we will still meet here later."
"sure."
Percy hesitated, took the money bag from Ash, and said solemnly:
"I will bring Nimbus 2000 over."
"Do you want us to wait for you here?" Fred asked.
Ash smiled and said:
"You can go together, I think you don't want to miss it."
George was a little moved, but he still shook his head and insisted:
"No, I'd better stay and wait for you."
Although he also wanted to witness the scene of buying Nimbus 2000, and he would look handsome spending a lot of money, and would be the focus of everyone's attention, but he couldn't leave Ash alone.
Soon the four of them separated, Percy and Fred went to buy broomsticks, while Ash took the Granger family into Gringotts.
Mr. Granger was very embarrassed, after all, it was his sudden request that disturbed Ash and the others, and silently increased the payment to five galleons.
"Admission letter." The goblin on the counter said.
Mr. Granger immediately took out the envelope and handed it over carefully.
The goblin glanced at the purple wax seal with heraldry on the envelope:
In the middle of the shield is the capital letter 'H', surrounded by a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake.
"Miss Hermione Granger."
The goblin looked down at the brown-haired girl, confirmed her identity, and then said:
"According to the regulations, you can exchange up to 250 pounds for 50 gold galleons, once a year."
"Okay." Mr. Granger had heard about this from Ash and had no objection to it.
He took out a stack of banknotes from his wallet and exchanged it from the goblin for a bag containing 50 gold galleons and a voucher for payment of tuition.
PS: According to the official setting in Pottermore, the price of first-grade textbooks is between 1 and 3 galleons.
Most are 2 galleons, 8 books will cost about 15 galleons.
While the wand costs 7 Galleons, other items such as school uniforms and crucibles should not exceed 15 Galleons, so 50 Galleons is still enough.
The premise is not to buy a broom or a pet. In the original book, Hermione only saved 10 galleons in the third grade and bought a Crookshanks.
But given Hermione's character, she would definitely buy a few more books in addition to her textbooks.
Books other than legal textbooks are usually very expensive. For example, "Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup" costs 39 Galleons and "Magic Your Cheese" costs 5 Galleons.