3. Coming to the UK
After deciding on the school, there is nothing to worry about. Life is still the same. Bill is using Avi's wand to practice spells. Bill has been very busy recently. He endured the smell of fishy smell in the basement and did some "surgery" and was taught by Avi in the laboratory to prepare potions. He accompanied the housekeeper to eat desserts in the Muggle world, and used his hands to control the spoons that kept stirring coffee in the cup while reading books in the study, splitting beans, running around the castle, and occasionally playing Quidditch with Bill and Avi's friends' children. It seemed that Hogwarts was still in a very distant future. In fact, it was July, and William was about to set off for England.
William's grandfather was obviously very unhappy about William's visit to Hogwarts. He thought Nebrongen was much better than Hogwarts, and Hogwarts was not like the school that people from the Taylor family should go to. The old guy was so angry that he didn't talk to William for two months, but after William followed behind his butt for two weeks, the old guy softened his heart. What William didn't know was that the old guy had written many letters to Dumbledore to ask him to take good care of his grandson, and the two seemed to have a good relationship.
The night before William was about to leave, a family party was held at home, and many relatives came from various countries. Of course, William was very happy because there were many gifts. William was underage and could not drink wine, but an unscrupulous uncle secretly gave William a glass of wine. French wine was indeed famous!
After the banquet, Grandpa William called him to his room. The old man's red face told William that he had drunk a lot of wine, which was not very consistent with him who usually seemed serious and wise. He called William to his desk and handed William a black cover bound notebook.
"There are some spells that I specially prepared for you, and you have to bring them with you. Your task this year is to be familiar with the spells. I don't have high requirements and be proficient in all the spells. When you come back during the summer vacation, I will test whether you are lazy." The old guy narrowed his eyes. "Now you go out for me, don't lose my face in Hogwarts, and don't blame me for not recognizing you as a grandson."
William looked at the old guy pretending to be garlic in front of him and sighed silently. He was still angry, didn’t I go to Nibrongen?
He said "I understand" and gave a family gift to the old guy.
William silently put his notebook into the space ring, walked out of the room, and quietly closed the door.
"I'll go to the UK tomorrow? I'm really looking forward to it," William said to himself.
The next morning, the house elf Kaka gently knocked on William's door
"Master William, the master said he had breakfast."
"I know, I'll go down in a while." William opened his eyes, looked at the rays of sunshine in the house, and stretched.
Breakfast is very simple. After breakfast, William put his hand on Bill's arm. In an instant, a whirlpool appeared in the space, and then the two disappeared. That's right, Bill moved with William's phantom.
The two of them appeared again and had arrived in London, England. William's face was very bad. Obviously, he was not used to the side effects of the accompanying phantoms. He felt that his stomach was twisting, no wonder breakfast was simple.
The two walked into the Broken Cauldron Bar, which was famous but was very dark and worn. The bare old bartender Tom looked at the father and son bill and walked slowly to a wall behind the small and dirty bar.
"Three pieces upwards... three pieces horizontally..." Bill whispered, "I haven't been here for a long time, I don't know if I remembered it wrong." He said that, he knocked on the wall with his cane three times.
The brick he touched began to vibrate - the middle part was squirming violently, a small hole appeared, getting bigger and bigger, and an arch two meters wide was placed in front of William. The arch led to a street made of pebbles that stretched forward windingly until it was invisible.
Bill smiled and introduced to William: "Welcome to Diagon Alley."
William looked around, all kinds of people, simple and numerous shops, noisy and chaotic sounds, crowded and narrow streets, and it was indeed a famous commercial center! Bill took William forward slowly, and his dark purple robe was leaning on a black elm crutch used by a gentleman, looking gorgeous and noble. William was not in a hurry, and browsed every shop carefully.
The Gringot Wizard Bank has a huge white marble building, and William doesn't care about the goblins inside. The first door of the Gringot is a shiny bronze gate. At the door is a fairy guard in scarlet gold uniform standing, bowing to them when the customers come. The second door is silver, with the following words engraved on the door:
"Please come in, strangers, but you have to be careful / What will be the end of greed / blindly seeking, get it for nothing / will be punished the most severely / So if you want to take it from our underground vault / a wealth that never belongs to you / thief, you have been warned / Beware that what you bring is not treasure, but evil retribution.
People come and go at the entrance of the Prophet Daily. William liked this newspaper very much when he was a child.
At the place where the Magic Zoo sells pets, there is a bat hanging upside down at the door. It is obviously during the day.
The inside and outside of the Ira Owl Store was filled with owl cages, and the smell was a bit scent when I approached.
The students from Lihen Bookstore came and went to Hogwarts. From the window, you could see that the bookshelf inside were full of books, and even reached the ceiling. William couldn't help but think of Avi's clothes hanger.
Take out Hogwarts' letter, William is buying textbooks here
"Book: All students must have each of the books listed below.
"Spell Standard" (Volume 1) "Magic History" by Mirada Guoshak, Basilda Baishat, "Principles of Magic" by Addabert Wolflin, "Introduction to Transformation for Beginners", "A Thousands of Magical Plants and Fungi" by Ferida Spoel, "Magic Pictures and Magic Prescriptions" by Arsenis Giger, "Fischerishing Beasts and How to Find Them" by Newt Scarmend, "The Power of Darkness - Self-Protection Guide" by "The Power of Darkness" by "The Power of Self-Protection" by "
I checked the book one by one with the boss, and William put it in the ring.
There are also many medicinal materials stores, which seem to be almost becoming Taylor's flagship store.
After a while, they came to Ollivando, a magic wand shop founded in 382 BC. Here, many wizards in the UK got their wands, and their signs were very loud. Originally, Bill wanted to choose a wand for William in France, but William did not agree. William wanted to come to Ollivando to choose his wand, which was a magic place. There was a wand alone on the faded purple cushion in Ollivando's window.
I pushed the door and heard the bells jingling on the table. This should be a magic like a barrier.
It was a very small place with nothing but a chair, like a very tight library. The shelves were filled with hundreds of narrow boxes, almost piled up to the ceiling. William walked into the house. Ollifando slowly got off the ladder.
"Good morning, young sir, you are the freshman of Hogwarts, do you need a magic wand?"
I smiled and nodded, and bill stood by and looked at Ollifando with big, blue eyes.
"Which hand is the young gentleman used to?" Olivando asked
"It's the right hand, Mr. Olivando," said William.
Ollifando took out long silver markings from his pocket and began to measure William, his fingertips, from his wrist to his elbow, shoulder to ground, knee to armpits, and the entire head.
"Each Olivandes wand has a core, made of the powerful magic object. We use unicorn hair, feathers on the phoenix's tail and dragon's heartstrings. No two Olivando wands are the same, just as if there are no two unicorns at all, and the phoenix or dragon are exactly the same. Of course, if you use other magicians' wands, you won't have a good result." After that, he put away the ruler.
"Okay, let's try this, the heartstrings of the beech and lizard dragon, 11-inch size. You can try it out with a swing."
"Merlin, no, no," Olivando said, looking at the unresponsive wand.
"This one, ebony and unicorn hair, ten and a half inches, elastic"
"Obviously not this" the wand on the shelf was sucked in a mess.
"Maple trees and phoenix feathers, 9 inches are extremely elastic, try it."
"This is also wrong"
......
"I'm really a picky customer, but don't worry, Olivando must have a magic wand suitable for you."
Looking at the boxes piled up into hills, William with a sore shoulder, smiled helplessly,
"It seems that choosing a magic wand is not an easy task. Since it is the magic wand that chooses a wizard, then maybe the magic wand will respond to my call, if it works," William thought.
William relaxed all over, and then silently recited the wand in his heart, and let his magic power fluctuate. William did this in hopes to have a sense of induction with the wand that chose him. Bill obviously noticed this. He did not expect William to use such an interesting way to attract the wand that suits him. Just when William felt a little tired, Ollifando's uppermost shelf was restless, as if something was about to jump out. Of course, this would not be a mouse. Ollifando frowned and took out the white box of the cube-like, white box? This surprised William because all Ollifando's wands were filled with black or brown boxes.
"A lot of interesting things happened this year," Ollifando wiped off the dust from the box and slowly opened the box.
"I didn't expect it would be this box," Olivando said cherishingly as he looked at the boy with deep eyes in front of him.
Chapter completed!