016 Ollivander's Wand Shop
The lead fairy walked directly along the road to the right side of the hall, then led the Granger family to a fenced counter and left. In front of them, a woman in fashionable clothes and ordinary people's clothing was leaving with a boy with curly hair.
"Hello, we need to exchange for some pounds." Looking at the now empty counter, Mr. Granger walked forward a few steps to the counter and said. "Because my kids are going to school in Hogwarts, so-"
"I understand." Before Mr. Granger finished speaking, the fairy sitting behind the counter pushed the glasses on his nose and looked at him, "Now please report the new student's name, we need to make sure."
"Hermione Granger and Hugo Granger." Gran's child asked after his name. "Why do you need to check the list if you want to exchange currency? Are there any restrictions on exchange?"
"Of course there are restrictions. After all, your Muggle money is not very useful to us. So according to regulations, each wizard can only exchange pounds for no more than 150 Gallons. Of course, if there are such new students in your family, the amount will be increased to 200 Gallons." The fairy said while searching for the list in his hand, and he pointed his finger at a certain position on the parchment scroll in his hand.
"Finished, Hermione Granger and Hugo Granger," said the goblin raised his head. "You are their guardian. Today you can exchange 400 Gallons for your children, which is 2,000 pounds."
"Okay." Considering that the bank did not open a magic world, Mr. Granger went to the bank to withdraw a lot of cash and brought it with him last night, and it happened to be able to use it at this time.
After counting a stack of banknotes handed over by Mr. Granger, the fairy took out two small leather pockets under the counter. After taking the pocket and opening it, Mr. Granger saw some gold coins the size of beer bottle caps in his pocket.
"Is this a gold coin?" Mr. Granger asked curiously after taking out a gold coin and weighing it in his palm. "It always feels like it is not as heavy as pure gold."
"Don't use your Muggle thinking to guess the power of our fairies." These fairies' ears are much more sensitive as you imagine, so after hearing Mr. Granger's words, he immediately retorted excitedly. "The most valuable thing on these real gold gallons is the magical magic we attach to, not the gold."
"Sorry, because I didn't know about this before." Looking at the excited goblin in front of me, Mr. Granger quickly apologized. After confirming Mr. Granger's identity as Muggles, the goblin quickly calmed down, and then waved his hand to signal them to leave. At the same time, he muttered, "Oh, these Muggles--"
Fortunately, after walking out of the Guring Pavilion gate, the sunshine on the street made everyone feel a lot excited, and at the same time, I forgot the unhappiness I had when I withdraw money just now.
"Where should we go next?" Hermione asked the first question. "I remember that the first item on that list was to buy three black plain work gowns, so let's go to the clothing store first?"
"No." Mr. Granger shook his head and said. "Don't forget that the owner of the tavern just now repeatedly emphasized the importance of the wand, so I think the first thing we should buy is the wand."
After discussing the plan, everyone walked deep into the alley under the leadership of Mr. Granger, because in my memory, none of the shops they had just passed by sold wands. Because Diagon Alley was not very long, they quickly visited the entire commercial street, and then walked back a little to the door of the only wand shop on the street.
The store is old and broken, with the golden sign on the door peeling off, and it says: Ollivander: A well-made wand has been made since 382 BC. In the dusty window, a wand is placed alone on the faded purple cushion.
"Look, this is the disadvantage of monopoly." said Mr. Granger, who was standing at the door of the store. "After all, wizards can do magic, but they are still humans and like clean and tidy environments. So although the store on this street is not big, most of them are clean and tidy."
"But as a necessity for wizards, this place is the only place to sell on the street. I think that's why the boss here lets his shop become so messy."
"Well, you should be right. But now the children should buy their wands, not listen to your long talk here." Seeing Mr. Granger wanting to say something more, Mrs. Granger immediately interrupted him and walked up the steps and pushed open the door. Seeing this, Mr. Granger could only shake his head and lead the children into the wand shop.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen." Just as Lawrence and his friends walked into the shop, a gentle voice came from behind the piles of magic wand boxes. Then an old man with big silver-white eyes walked out of the darkness of the room, then looked down at Lawrence and Hermione.
"Okay, who are you two new students in Hogwarts this year?" Ollivand asked with his head down. "Only wizards can use the wand, and it is impossible for Muggles to use that mysterious power."
"We are all, sir." Lawrence said, and Mrs. Granger also took out two identical Hogwarts admission notices from her handbag to prove that what her child said was true.
"Ah, the twin brothers and sisters from Muggle family became wizards at the same time. Yes, yes, I should know." Perhaps because Lawrence took the initiative to speak just now, Ollivand mistakenly thought Lawrence was the elder brother of the family. "I think I should have a magic wand suitable for you here."
"You should know? But you don't even know which of us is clear!" Lawrence complained in his heart when Ollivand turned around and took out a ruler from the shelf to measure Hermione's physical data. However, considering the importance of the wand to the wizards in this world, Ollivand, as a master of wand making, pretending to be a magician, should be very beneficial to his business.
After measuring the data of the two people, Ollivand quickly turned around and walked into the pile of boxes behind him and searched. A few minutes later, he walked over from the back of the room with more than a dozen boxes.
"I think there should be a wand for you." He said, opening a box and handing the wand inside to Hermione. "Try this, ten inches, made of olive wood and unicorn tail hair-"
Chapter completed!