days at Hogwarts

Chapter 8: Getting to Know the Scenery of Diagon Alley in the Magic World

"Hello, I'm Hermione Granger."

The little girl held out her hand to Loren.

"Hi, I'm Loren Morgan."

Loren shook hands twice. He felt that it was a bit prudish for two children to do this kind of social etiquette.

"Are you also a chosen freshman?"

The girl is now full of curiosity about everything wizard-related, and she was so excited that she almost couldn't sleep last night.

Loren's thoughts were still wandering, and the little girl wanted to ask something more.

"Let's talk later, now we're going to the Leaky Cauldron."

Professor McGonagall interrupted them both, leading them with his left hand and waving his wand with his right.

"Apparition!"

Snapped!
Loren felt much better the second time around than the first time, with much less time being squeezed in the tube.Maybe it's because I got used to it, or maybe it's because the distance is a little closer this time.

On the other side, the lively little girl burst into tears.

But before Professor McGonagall could comfort him, a sobbing voice sounded first.

"Is that a kind of magic just now?"

"Is the spell Apparation?"

"Can we learn it in the future?"

After asking three times, the little girl took a deep breath and recovered, looking straight at Professor McGonagall with bright eyes.

Professor McGonagall and Loren next to him fell silent for a while.

Loren asked if he wanted to join the queue at this time, showing due curiosity about the magical world.

Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You will know this when you enter school. Now I will take you to familiarize yourself with how to get from the Muggle world to Diagon Alley. You will have to do it yourself in the next school year."

Only then did Loren and Hermione look up and look around. In front of them was a messy, dilapidated small bar with black stains all over the outer wall.

Pedestrians passing by seem to be unable to see the bar.

Professor McGonagall led them through the bar, which was dark and dirty inside.The people inside were also dressed very strangely, some were wearing top hats, and some had their clothes dragged on the ground.

They looked at Hermione's jeans and plaid jacket, which seemed very attractive.Loren wore clothes made by a tailor in a small town. He looked a bit old-fashioned on the street outside, but the people in the bar seemed to think it was normal.

Being looked at with offensive eyes, Hermione showed an uncomfortable look and frowned tightly, but she didn't speak.

When passing by the bar, the bar owner waved to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall pursed his lips and didn't say much, and led them to a small courtyard surrounded by walls, where there was nothing but trash cans and weeds.

"Just count the bricks on the dustbin three up—and two down, and tap the wall three times with your wand, and..." Professor McGonagall said, demonstrating.

The brick vibrated, and small holes appeared in it, and finally the hole turned into an archway leading to another magical world.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley."

There was a hint of pride in Professor McGonagall's tone, even though she had to repeat this behavior many times a year, she was never impatient.It is a joyful job to unveil the wizarding world to a young wizard.

Walking along the archway, there was a rumbling sound behind him.

Hermione and Loren looked back, and the archway turned into a normal wall again.

Along the way, I saw all kinds of weird shops, selling owls, cauldrons, and strange-shaped brooms, but I didn't stop there.

"Professor McGonagall, why do wizards use owls to send messages?"

"Professor McGonagall, why are the crucibles made of different materials and models?"

"Professor McGonagall, why does the broomstick fly? Does it have an engine? What drives it?"

Hermione was a little nervous, and she kept asking questions.

When going to a strange place, children are always a little afraid, and their curiosity is at the same time to relieve their inner emotions.

Professor McGonagall could answer at the beginning, but Hermione asked questions one after another, always adding why.

Finally, Professor McGonagall said: "Some questions will be answered after you enter school, and some questions you have to find the answers yourself."

Only then did Hermione stop, and she turned her attention to the little friend next to her.

Loren was looking at the shops and pedestrians on the street with great interest, connecting the content in front of him with the memory of his previous life.

"Loren, why don't you ask anything, aren't you curious?" Hermione asked Loren.

Loren looked at the little girl in front of her, her eyes were really bright: "Hermione, do you know? I live on a ranch and have two talking kittens, one is very cute and the other is not very pretty .”

"Oh, is that also a wizard's pet? I thought you were a child of a Muggle family like me." Hermione quickly added the question. She had already learned through Professor McGonagall that Muggles are what wizards call ordinary people.

Professor McGonagall also noticed what Loren said, talking cat?She hasn't raised it yet, why didn't she see it when I went to Loren's house before.

"The one that is not very good-looking always asks why, and was given away later?" Loren said solemnly, holding back a smile.

Professor McGonagall had already reacted when he saw Loren's expression, he was talking nonsense.

"Ah? Why, because it's not cute? Do you have any other cats, can you give them to me? Even if they are not so cute." Hermione was still immersed in the cute talking kitten, and then added: " Even if you can't speak."

Loren couldn't hold it anymore: "Because cute cats don't always ask why!" After saying this, Loren laughed out loud.

Professor McGonagall also showed a funny look.

Hermione blinked, froze for a moment, and finally came to her senses: "Bad! You're teasing me!" As she spoke, she patted Loren's shoulder with her teeth gritted, but not very hard.

"Just kidding!" Loren apologized while laughing.

When passing by Lihen Bookstore, Hermione's eyes showed excitement visible to the naked eye.She wished she could go in right away and search for the answers to all her questions in the book, but Professor McGonagall didn't stop there either.

"The currency used by wizards is different from that in the Muggle world. We have to go to Gringotts to exchange some wizard currency." Professor McGonagall explained.

Talking about the surrounding shops, they finally arrived at their destination.

This is a snow-white building, taller than other shops around, with a shiny bronze door.

In front of the door stood goblin waiters in scarlet and gold uniforms. They were about half the height of normal adults, a head shorter than Loren, but their hands and feet were long.

The goblin waiter bowed to them as they entered.Afterwards, a silver second door appeared, engraved on it: Come in, stranger, but beware of what will happen to your greed, you will be punished blindly if you ask for it, and you will receive the most severe punishment, so if you want to get it from our underground vault Take a fortune that was never yours, you have been warned, O thief, beware not treasure but evil.

Inside is a marble hall. On a row of long counters, hundreds of goblin employees sit on high benches and conduct various businesses. Some are weighing coins with copper balances, and some are examining gems...

There are countless doors in the hall, leading to different places, and the goblin leads people to shuttle back and forth directly through these doors.

With the help of Professor McGonagall, Loren and Hermione exchanged pounds for wizarding world currency.Through the introduction of the goblin and the addition of Professor McGonagall, the two learned some basic information.

Muggle currency is exchanged for wizard currency, mainly Galleons, which are exclusive to students in Muggle families at Hogwarts.

Each transaction will be specially registered, and more than a certain amount will be asked about the situation.However, there are almost no restrictions on the exchange of Galleons for Muggle currency. This is because some wizards will live in the Muggle world and there is such a demand.

Of course, there must be ways for wizards to obtain Muggle currency without exchanging it, but it would probably violate the Statute of Secrecy.

In addition, Loren found that the wizard's currency system is very simple. Even if the Muggle currency exchange gold Galleon will be specially calculated and registered, it can still be exchanged unlimitedly if it is gold.

Based on this alone, Loren has a way to directly destroy the wizard's economy, letting them eat a piece of bread costs 50 marks, ah no, Garen.

But a crude system also means a rogue, and the goblins of Gringotts have the highest power of interpretation.

Currency does not have any financial attributes, and how much is produced and how much is issued is the goblin's final say.If Loren used financial means to attack them, the result would be nothing more than goblins issuing rogue statements and rewriting the rules.

Use price means to attack, because the market is too small and there will not be much gain.Unless the wizard can sign some kind of labor contract, but this is unrealistic, because he will be hung up to eat big melons.

In addition, Loren felt very uncomfortable with the strange exchange rate of 1 Galleon to 17 Sikels and 1 Sikel to 29 Nats.

The decimal system is the best in the world! c, ah no, Java is the first...

(End of this chapter)