time at hogwarts

7. Robe Bookstore



After walking out of Gringotts, Magos still regretted not being able to see the fire dragon again when he went back.

However, when bathing in the sun, the feeling is completely different from the feeling deep underground just now. This makes Will and his son feel like they are traveling between two different worlds...

Looking at the bright sky, Magos touched his bulging money bag with a smile on his lips. 'This is the right feeling!It feels so good not to worry about money. '

He and Count Will looked around casually, surrounded by shops that were impossible to see in the ordinary world, as well as people wearing wizard robes that were impossible to see.Magos still has some impressions of the prices in the novel. The purchasing power of gold galleons is still very high. At least he knows that his more than 300 gold galleons can still buy something, and he will exchange for some galleons in two days. He dare not When it comes to buying everything in Diagon Alley, at least buy everything you think you need!

After walking a few steps along the street, I arrived at the nearest store. I looked up at the name of the store - Lady Malkin's Robe Store.

kindness?Isn't this just selling robes worn by wizards? I just wanted to go in and take a look.

Walking into this robe shop with Earl Will, a short, fat witch with a bright smile and a woman in purple came over.

"Welcome to Mrs. Malkin's robe store. You can call me Mrs. Malkin. Do you want to buy Hogwarts uniforms?"

"Hello, Madam Malkin, yes, I need to buy two sets of summer robes and two sets of winter robes."

"Oh, okay, you guys are here really early. You usually come here to buy things when school is about to start. And you look really small, my dear. Stand here and let me help you measure your size." Then Magos stood on a footstool and a large robe was put on him, pinned to fit his length.Then he took out his magic wand and waved it, and the long robe suddenly became a perfect fit.

"It's been tried, dear, you can come and get it later, it will be ready soon."

"Okay, Mrs. Moore." When Magos and Count Will were about to walk out of the robe shop, Magos suddenly thought that the novel didn't seem to mention whether some magic materials could be added to the robes to give them some strange effects.

Thinking of this, Magos stopped. Count Will looked at his son with some doubts. Now he has become a complete foil here. Although this made him a little uncomfortable, it was still easy to suppress it. Without the curiosity before It has slowly calmed down, and it is estimated that he will not come to this world of wizards again if it is not necessary.

"Mrs. Malkin, may I ask you a question?"

"Of course, honey."

"That's right, I'm very curious. I know there are many strange items. I want to ask, if you put some magic materials in the process of making robes, will these robes have some strange effects?"

"Oh! You're so smart. You are the first little wizard to ask me such a question, but I may not be able to give you an answer. Your question belongs to the category of alchemy. It is too difficult, and there are very few people who understand it. few."

"That's it, then thank you."

"You're welcome, honey."

'Alchemy?Nico Flamel! ' Magos muttered secretly in his heart.

After leaving Madam Malkin's Robe Shop, Magos saw Earl Will's somewhat nonchalant look, which was completely different from when he first arrived, so he asked.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Earl Will looked down at Magos with doubtful eyes and shook his head. He couldn't say that he was used to being aloof and giving orders, but he suddenly became ignored and couldn't react.

Seeing Earl Will shake his head, Magos didn't think much. He looked up at the store next to the robe shop.

"Flowers and Blotts Bookstore?"

"Bookstore?" Magos's eyes lit up. This is a good place. Although it is impossible to buy secrets, powerful spells, black magic, etc., there are many ordinary books that Hogwarts needs. White magic is available here.

Thinking of this, Magos walked over directly. Displayed in the bookstore window was a spell book as big as a floor tile with golden relief.

Seeing the books on display, Magos walked into the store excitedly and said to the clerk on the side.

"I bought the books in the cupboard, and give me a copy of all the books on magic here."

The clerk wanted to hear what questions the young wizard who had just come in was going to ask him, but was stunned when he accepted his words.

"What did you say?" The clerk looked confused.

"I told you to get one of the books here that is about magic, especially the one displayed in the window." Magos said again patiently.

"Are you serious?" This is not to blame for the clerk's suspicion. Books on the wizarding world are not cheap (as can be seen in the original text), and there are only one of each kind. This is a huge expense, especially for display in the cabinet. Yes, that is specially prepared for wealthy wizards. (ps. Many of the books here are actually not important, or they are useless. Rich wizards will not buy them, they look down on them, and wizards with no money will not buy them, they cannot afford them, or they are meaningless.)

Seeing that Magos was not joking, the clerk said quickly.

"Wait, sir, although I also really want to get this big business, I think I'd better introduce you to some books in our bookstore." The clerk continued before Magos could speak.

"The books we have here can be divided into several categories. One is history books about magic, then there are textbooks needed for schools, then there are family magic books, and finally there are some books about Quidditch, Muggles, literature, and magic. Spells, adventures, and some autobiographies and novels, are you sure you want to buy one?"

After listening to the clerk's introduction, Magos was a little stunned. He didn't expect that there were so many types of books in the bookstore, especially those about Muggles. He thought they were all about magic books.Magos was a little embarrassed for a moment. He really didn't need those books, but he had just said arrogantly that he had bought one. Now he was embarrassed to change his mind. Although he was not short of money, he was not willing to buy those useless books. Ah, just when he was in trouble, Earl Will spoke.

"Hello, this is our first time here, and we are very curious about everything here. My son was so excited just now, and he didn't know there were so many categories here. Can you explain it to us in more detail? Although We won’t all buy one, but I think probably most of them. What do you think, McGoss.” He winked at McGoss.

"Um, yes, I'm so sorry. I was so excited just now. I didn't expect it to be about Muggles and literature."

"It's nothing. This kind of thing has happened before." The clerk smiled. Now that there was no one else in the bookstore, the clerk started talking to Magos.

"I don't need to introduce too much about the history of magic books. They mainly cover ancient times, some major events that happened in modern times, some famous figures, etc. Some of them are textbooks. I think there will be something you need in them. I think there is really no need to buy these family magic books, because they are mainly aimed at witches and wizards who have already married, and they are all small spells for household chores, which are all mentioned in the spell book..."

The clerk talked like this for almost half an hour, and Magos understood a little bit. However, except for those family magic books, literature books, novels and Muggle books, he felt that other books were useful. Especially history books and spell books.After thinking for a while, McGoss said to the clerk.

"In addition to books about family magic, literature, novels, and Muggle novels, give me a copy of all the other books."

"Of course, but are you sure you want to buy so many books at once? In addition to requiring a large amount of gold galleons, some books also require special attention."

The clerk saw that Magos didn't understand what he meant and led them inside.

"Most of our books are here, and if you really want to buy that many books at once I think you're going to need to buy a big storage box first. And these are the books that I call need special attention. "

Only when they looked where the clerk was pointing did they understand what the clerk meant.In addition to some books that are no different from Muggles, there are also many books that are distinctive at first glance.

The bookshelves there are filled with books, even reaching the ceiling. Among them are leather-bound books as huge as paving stones, small silver-bound books as compact as stamps, and books with countless strange symbols printed on them. Magos Pick up a book.There was nothing written inside, it was a blank book without any words.Then the clerk pointed to a blank bookshelf and said that it was "The Invisible Book of Invisibility", which was invisible to the naked eye.

Now Magos fully understood what the clerk meant. It was indeed very special, especially the invisible book. Isn't this the rhythm that cannot be found if it falls on the ground?While he was very interested, Magos also blushed a little. He felt like a country bumpkin who came to the city, asking for everything regardless of whether it was really useful to him. He thought his father would help him smooth things over again this time, but in the end he just looked at it. He kept silent.As a last resort, Magos could only blush and ask the clerk if he had a list of books, and was prepared to buy books based on the list.

The clerk smiled and brought over the list very understandingly. Then Magos started seriously buying useful books based on the list of books the clerk brought over. In about half an hour, Magos settled on more than 300 books. The book order costs a total of 5500 galleons, excluding any fractions.Since they don't have so much money now, they agreed with the clerk to come and pick up the book tomorrow and gave a deposit of 100 Galleons.

After leaving the bookstore, Magos reflected on his actions just now. He felt that he was a little too exaggerated and a little self-righteous. Fortunately, this was Diagon Alley. If he had turned over to the alley or somewhere else, he would have been robbed and silenced. It's possible.

Thinking of this, Magos understood why his father had just said something to him when he was embarrassed and at a loss, but then remained silent.


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