Chapter 23: Hogwarts and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter is here!(1/2)
Opening the passage to Diagon Alley with his own hands, Gu Xiaoheng, who had been to Diagon Alley many times in his previous life, seemed quite calm about this and was already used to it.
But Seraph Maeve, who had not been exposed to the magical world of mortal nations for several epochs, was extremely surprised by this.
After walking through the passage and truly entering Diagon Alley, a space full of magic, Maeve's joy reached its peak.
"Look, sir! They are selling flying brooms over there!"
Looking in the direction of Maeve's finger, a low and soft whine was coming from a slightly dark store. On the signboard in front of the door were written the words "Eela Owl Store" with flying phoenixes in large characters. Several heads.
The boy wearing a small beveled wizard's hat had his nose pressed against the window glass, staring longingly at the broomstick floating in the window.
"That's the latest model of Nimbus 2001!" Gu Xiaoheng heard a little wizard in front of the window say.
Passing by the Eela Owl Shop selling broomsticks, Maeve's attention was quickly attracted to the next shop as she was curious about everything.
It was a dessert shop filled with all kinds of ice cream and candies with magic tricks on them. Gu Xiaoheng just glanced at it and saw a lot of the magic candies he was familiar with - Bibi's multi-flavored beans.
, deliberately funny jelly slugs made into bug-like shapes, crucible-shaped cakes...
Maeve, who usually has a cold expression on others, seems to be unusually unable to resist these sweet and wonderful candies and ice cream.
When she walked to the door of the dessert shop, Maeve deliberately put on a pitiful posture, first shook Gu Xiaoheng's arm, and after getting his attention, she raised her finger and pointed at the candy and ice cream and begged in a low voice: "Sir, I want to eat!
"
Facing Maeve's beautiful eyes, she looked at him pitifully. After just looking at her for two seconds, Gu Xiaoheng knew that he couldn't defeat her, so he raised the white flag helplessly.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you!"
"Thank you, sir, you are the best to me!"
Geralt, who was walking in front, was speechless and choked up after hearing this.
Yep, Geralt doesn't envy the sour smell of love... After all, a cold-blooded witcher doesn't need a hug!
While complaining secretly in his heart, Geralt could not help but recall the smell of gooseberries and lilacs.
Yennefer...I don’t know if she is okay now?
"Geralt?...Geralt! Don't be stunned and keep going! I've finished buying desserts for Maeve."
"okay."
....
I don’t know why, but there are so many people in Diagon Alley today.
After squeezing past another wizard couple who brought their children to Diagon Alley for shopping countless times, Gu Xiaoheng couldn't help but curiously asked Geralt:
"Geralt, do you know why there are so many people in Diagon Alley today? The streets are filled with wizard parents and their children."
Hearing Gu Xiaoheng's question, Geralt's eyebrows slightly raised in surprise: "Don't you know? Tomorrow is the entrance day for the new school year at Hogwarts! These little wizards all come to Diagon Alley with their parents to buy new clothes.
Something for the school year.”
Oh my god!....How could I have forgotten this?
Just when Gu Xiaoheng was frantically recalling whether there were any major events in the north of this timeline that he had missed, he heard Geralt, who was leading the way, stop and say: "Gringotts is here."
As soon as Maeve raised her head, a snow-white building towering high above the surrounding shops came into view. Beside the shiny bronze door, stood a figure wearing a scarlet uniform with gold inlay - that was the ancient spirit building
The magical creatures of the pavilion, goblins.
These goblins with greedy and stingy natures are very short, almost a head shorter than the 11 or 12-year-old human wizards Gu Xiaoheng saw. On their bodies with thin arms and legs, the goblins have a face that is full of cunning.
Smart face.
Under the guidance of the fairy at the door, the group of people passed through a bronze door and a silver door one after another, and finally came to a tall and magnificent hall made of marble.
In the hall, there are about a hundred goblins sitting on high stools behind a row of long counters, doing their own work. The whole scene is like a goblin-like magic bank.
Seeing this, Maeve finally understood why Geralt called Gringotts the Wizarding Bank, because almost all of its customers were wizards, and almost all of Gringotts' businesses were related to matters such as wizards and magic.
When he got here, Gu Xiaoheng stared with interest at the "purple reminder" on Geralt's forehead that only he could see.
Yes, the reason why he gave up part of his original leveling plan and followed Geralt's footsteps and arrangements to Gringotts in Winterfell was not just because of his respect for Geralt, a demon hunter.
Golden Thigh's trust also has the guidance of the god-level reminder system for him.
At this moment, Gu Xiaoheng's inner curiosity has reached its peak. He is eager to know Geralt's true intention of bringing him to Gringotts.
"Geralt, stop being so pretentious and tell us your plans!"
"Okay, Eternal, it's time to tell you my plan. A while ago, I heard from an old friend that Hogwarts is distributing demon hunting bounties to the magical world in the north through Gringotts on a small scale. Although the mission
The specific content is not clear, but the location... I think you can guess it.
That's right, it's at Hogwarts! I think this is a good time for us to enter Hogwarts and let those powerful wizards help identify and guide your wizarding talents. You know, looking at all the unsecluded wizards in the North
Almost all of the legendary wizards are in Hogwarts! I believe they will find a way to deal with your talent."
As soon as Geralt finished speaking, the familiar system prompt sounded in Gu Xiaoheng's mind.
[Ding! A new mission from Geralt has been activated! 】
[Large-scale regional mission "Winter Nights" branch mission - "Hogwarts and the Chamber of Secrets"]
Background narrative: In order to help the newcomer "Eternity" of the Wolf School identify the wizard talent he obtained from the Trial of Green Grass, Geralt decided to take him to Hogwarts as a demon hunter on a demon hunting mission.
However, what Geralt didn't know was that the demon hunting mission issued by Hogwarts to the outside world was about to cause a huge sensation in the entire North.
Please follow Geralt's footsteps and explore the legend of the secret chamber that was deeply hidden in Hogwarts and spread decades ago!
The current mission has reached the preliminary stage: go to Gringotts to accept the demon hunting bounty mission from Hogwarts.
Expected rewards from the mission: Unlocking the wizard’s talent, level magic props (at least Mithril level), opening the camp reputation and plot quest line of the legendary northern force “Hogwarts”
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The Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts!!
I really didn't expect that the target of the demon hunting bounty from Hogwarts was actually the Chamber of Secrets.
Thinking of the powerful monster in the Chamber of Secrets raised by Hogwarts' number one enemy, the evil wizard and Dark Lord Voldemort, who was notorious throughout the North, Gu Xiaoheng felt a headache.
How did Hogwarts come up with the idea to use this super boss that can only be killed through plot killing as a bounty on a monster hunting mission?
Could it be that... the principal of Hogwarts and the legendary wizard of the North, Dumbledore, wants to use this to play a big game again?
Just when Gu Xiaoheng was thinking hard about how to complete the next task while maximizing his profits, he heard Geralt walking up to the counter and chatting with the goblin teller.
"I am Geralt of Rivia, a demon hunter." After showing his Wolf School demon hunter badge to the elf teller, Geralt took the initiative to tell the purpose of his trip: "I want to pick up
Hogwarts Monster Hunting Bounty!”
"Oh, Mr. Geralt... According to the request of Hogwarts, can I conduct a test of your strength?"
Just when the demon hunter was about to nod in agreement, an inappropriate voice suddenly sounded.
"Just you, an unseemly demon hunter from Rivia? According to my father, the mission of Hogwarts is not something that just an unknown person can be qualified to take on!"
Hearing such undisguised sarcasm, Geralt couldn't help but turn his head and look at the young man standing aside who had just sarcasticly mocked him, or it could be said to be a young wizard who was only in his early 12s.
This rude little boy is pale, thin and has blond hair. On his neat and decent black robe is a snake-shaped emblem of the famous Hogwarts house - Slytherin.
There is no doubt that he is a student from Hogwarts.
"Draco Malfoy! You have no right to speak harshly to this Mr. Witcher!"
Just when Gu Xiaoheng was about to take action to provide Geralt with some support, another group of uninvited guests suddenly joined the dispute.
But unlike the blond young man, the Slytherin student known as Malfoy, this group of uninvited guests was quite large. There were four boys with the same red hair, and the girl stood together, and there was another one in front of them.
Little girl with brown hair.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the black-haired boy who was the first to speak out against Malfoy's despicable words. Under his long bangs, there was a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
"It's you again, Harry Potter!" To express his anger, Malfoy deliberately emphasized the word "Potter" so hard that he almost broke his voice: "You must really like this way of helping people.
You want to be in the limelight, right, our savior?"
"Don't talk nonsense, Malfoy, that's what only a despicable villain like you would think!" The brown-haired girl responded to Malfoy's words.
"Hermione is right!" Geralt heard the boys and girls who also had red hair say in unison. Obviously, judging from their tacit understanding and appearance, the four of them should be brothers and sisters from the same family.
Just as Geralt and Gu Xiaoheng, the three of them, looked helplessly at the origin of the topic, they had successfully become marginalized spectators, a new group of uninvited guests arrived from a distance.
Wait, again...?
After seeing the person coming, Gu Xiaoheng was completely dumbfounded.
This time it was two adults who came, but they obviously had a tit-for-tat relationship with Harry Potter and Malfoy in front of them. Even when they walked over, they walked separately, and they were clearly different from each other.
"Harry, Hermione, Ron. What are you doing standing here?" A middle-aged man with the same red hair as the quadruplets squeezed in.
"Hey, Arthur Weasley. It seems that your child is not very polite to our Draco. Is it a problem with your tutoring?"
On the other side, a blond middle-aged man who looked like an enlarged version of Malfoy also walked into the dispute wearing a majestic wizard robe and holding a black cane.
"Lucius! You're going too far!" The angry blond man blushed and tried to fight back.
Just when Geralt thought that the two adults were about to quarrel with the children behind them, a huge black shadow covered him.
The next moment, a loud voice as loud as a bell suddenly rang in the ears of everyone present.
To be continued...