Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 167: A trip to Diagon Alley

In the early morning, just as the sun rose, Albert had already opened his eyes and woke up from his sleep. He turned his head slightly to the door, and there was a familiar sound of footsteps in the corridor.

The next moment, someone knocked on the door, and Nia's voice sounded outside the door.

"Get up, Albert, get up!"

Albert got up from the bed, just covering a yawn, raised his hand and stretched out, the door was opened, Tom got in through the crack of the door, trotted onto the chair, and then jumped again , falls on the soft cushion on the table, lying comfortably.

"It seems that Tom likes this cushion." Albert reached out and touched Tom's head, smiled and said to Nia, "You go out first, I'll change."

"Come on, Dad said we're going to be in London before ten." Nia beckoned Tom to leave, taking Tom's cushion with her before leaving.

"So early?" Albert was a little surprised.

"He said it was earlier so we would have enough time to stroll around Diagon Alley," Nia said, leaning against the wall, she clearly agreed with Herb's approach.

After all, this time it was the Anderson family who went to Diagon Alley together.

If you don't make time beforehand, the rest of the trip can get rushed.

When Albert went downstairs for dinner, Nia also proposed to bring a camera to take a few pictures, but Albert directly rejected it.

"It makes you stand out, which is not a good thing."

"They..." Daisy frowned slightly, considered her words, and said, "... 'look down' on ordinary people?"

She didn't use the word discrimination after all.

"Yes, some wizards are like this." Albert does not deny this, "They think they have extraordinary power and they are superior to others. In fact, the whole magic world is very backward, wait for you to go. Diagon Alley will know, but sometimes you can't deny that magic is really good and can solve a lot of troubles. But most wizards are too backward in thinking, or they are very inferior and afraid of being persecuted. Well , ordinary people have to bear a lot of blame in this regard."

Actually, if magic and technology could be combined...

Albert immediately shakes off this unrealistic thought.

Reformers are usually the unlucky ones who die on the front lines.

For a small person like Albert, living a short life well is the most important thing. Even if this world will explode in place in three hundred years, it has nothing to do with him.

Until the end of the meal, they didn't continue talking about the unpleasant topic, just some things to pay attention to when going to Diagon Alley.

At half past eight, Albert and his family set off for London by car.

In the UK, this time is very early for most people.

It took the Andersons a while to get to London, and Herb soon took them to the big bookstore and record store.

"Arrived?" Nia looked between the big bookstore and the record store and asked suspiciously, "Where's the bar?"

"Here it is." Albert nodded.

"I visited a few times during your time at Hogwarts, but I couldn't find the bar anyway." Herb sighed, "Magic is a magical thing. "

"Because there is a spell that blocks ordinary people nearby." Albert explained, "The effect of this spell is to make ordinary people ignore some things and prevent ordinary people from accidentally entering the Leaky Cauldron."

“How do we get in?” Daisy asked.

"Come with me." Albert took Nia's hand, "Don't be nervous, make yourself look natural."

With Albert's help, the Andersons finally enter the Leaky Cauldron.

"I didn't notice that there is a bar here!" After Nia followed Albert into the Leaky Cauldron, she was startled by the scene inside, she shrank, and hid behind Albert , grabbed his hand tightly.

No way, it's too dark and dirty here, there are a few strange guys sitting in the bar, old women with smoking bags, bald and sloppy old men, and middle-aged men who are already drunk, No matter how you look at it, these guys have a different style of painting from the people Nia comes into contact with on a daily basis.

Albert nodded slightly towards the bar owner Tom, ignoring the gazes of others, and led his family towards the backyard.

"Don't be nervous, you are here to go shopping." Albert noted that Daisy was biting his lip and comforted.

While Daisy looked calm as usual, Albert knew she had a habit of biting her lip when she was nervous.

"The environment here is more... shabby than I thought." Daisy asked, looking at the backyard, "Is the entrance right here?"

Ever since Albert visited Diagon Alley once last year, the Andersons have known that the entrance to Diagon Alley is in the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron.

"Yes." Albert took out his wand, tapped the third brick from the left above the trash can, and motioned for everyone to step back.

Looking at the archway that opened into Diagon Alley on the wall, Nia looked very excited, screaming, "It's amazing."

Albert smiled and said, "Welcome to Diagon Alley."

"I didn't expect Diagon Alley to be a street." Daisy looked at the wizards and the old shops on both sides of the alley, and understood Albert's description. , it is not too much to describe it as backward.

"Where are we going next?" Daisy asked.

"Go and buy the books first," said Albert.

Nia was disappointed not to be able to see the goblins because Herb traded a lot of galleons last year and it hasn't been spent yet, so they didn't go to Gringotts this time.

However, the magic shops lining the pebble street quickly caught Nia's attention.

Albert was dragged into Lishen Bookstore by Nia. Herb and Daisy looked at each other and walked in behind.

Nia's eyes were immediately drawn to the different magic books.

After entering the bookstore, Herb communicated briefly with the store owner and purchased the books Albert needed.

Well, actually just need to buy one, and that is the Standard Spells, Level 2 used in the Charms class. The remaining textbooks will continue to be used from the previous semester.

"Is this book not for sale?" Albert asked the shopkeeper, pointing to the books on the display shelf.

"Yes, not for sale." The owner explained, "This is a new work by Mr. Mog McDougall. It is said that he has only printed one hundred copies."

"A hundred copies sold out?" Albert was a little surprised. He had thought that Mr. Mog McDougall's book would not sell. "Why not continue printing?"

"I heard that the content inside is difficult, and ordinary people can't understand it at all, so Mr. Mog McDougall thinks that it can't be sold in print, so it won't be printed." The shop owner explained, "If you are right If you are interested in Rune, I recommend you to purchase the Complete Basics of Rune by Mr. Mog McDougall, which is simple and easy to understand."

"So, most of the hundred books that Mr. McDougall printed were mostly used as gifts?" Albert muttered softly. That's right, no one else can understand this book, so how can you buy it, and spend five Galleons to buy it back for collection?

"Don't you have a copy of this?" Nia asked in confusion.

"Okay, let's go!" Albert took the book, paid him a Galleon, and left with Nia.

There are a lot of things to buy.

For example, go to a pharmacy to replenish various ingredients of a medicine.

By the way, Nia doesn't like drugstores very much, and the weird ingredients in them frighten her enough.

Before leaving the pharmacy, Albert asked Herb to buy a bottle of white fresh essence. With this, if you accidentally get hurt in the future, you can use white fresh essence to heal quickly without leaving scars.

After being introduced by Albert, Anderson and his wife were quite emotional, and bought another bottle to give to Grandpa Luke, which is a good thing that the Muggle world can't buy.

Because the school uniform is a few inches shorter than the limbs, Albert needs to go to Mrs. Malkin's Robe Shop to order some new robes.

Albert met acquaintances here, the McDoug sisters, and their mother, who had come to pick up custom robes.

The two sides never spoke, and Mrs. McDougall paid and left with her daughter.

"You know each other." Daisy asked curiously.

"It's an acquaintance, in the same club." Albert replied casually.

This time, Nia didn't clamor for a custom one for herself, just watched the whole process of Mrs. Mulkin's customizing clothes for Albert with curiosity.

While Albert was refilling ink, quills and parchment at the Wieserac Magic Store, Nia was drawn to a wonderful model of an active constellation, a large glass sphere containing the solar system Model.

However, Herb didn't buy it for her because he thought it was worthless except as a decoration, and it cost 15 Galleons, which was too expensive.

Nia is a little depressed.

However, Albert secretly told her that as long as Nia did well in school, he would help convince the family to buy it for her.

Nia's face immediately turned cloudy and she smiled happily, expressing that she would study hard.

After purchasing the required items ~IndoMTL.com~ The Andersons continued to wander around Diagon Alley and went in to buy some rations for Tom as they passed the store at the Wonder Zoo.

If you get tired, grab a bite to eat under an umbrella outside the coffee shop and chat with your family about Diagon Alley.

During this period, Albert also met Wood, who was shopping at Diagon Alley with his family, and the goalkeeper reminded him to buy a broom.

"Broomstick?"

Albert briefly explained the game of Quidditch to his family, and Herb asked Albert if he needed to visit the Quidditch boutique, which they had passed by earlier.

In Herb and Daisy's opinion, their son is the best, simple Quidditch is obviously not difficult for him, and listening to the tone just now, thinks Albert is qualified to join the Quidditch team .

"No need." Albert politely declined, "If you successfully join the team, it will not be too late to buy a broom."

"Oh, okay." Herb respected Albert's opinion, but on the way back, he couldn't help but ask, "You don't seem to like Quidditch very much?"

"Accurately speaking, I don't like Quidditch training very much." Albert thought about it and answered honestly, "It's a waste of time, I think I can do other things."

"I think Albert just thinks that Quidditch training is troublesome." Nia couldn't help complaining, "Before, he simply gave up basketball and tennis, and he only insisted on taking the initiative to learn karate. months."

The Andersons were silent. They all knew this. Albert knew a lot of things, but he was too lazy. Many of them gave up without in-depth study. Otherwise, they should have achieved good results in a certain field.

Well, the Andersons' brains seem to be actively blocking Albert's desire to enter the financial world.