Chapter 916 In Diagon Alley
It was a sunny morning on the 31st.
After the World Cup, there were only a few tents left in the camp.
But good weather only exists on Dartmoor in Devon.
It has rained in London for several days in a row, and it is estimated that it will continue to rain in the near future.
This year, in addition to textbooks, the Hogwarts list also includes dress robes.
Diagon Alley,
Outside Madam Malkin's robe shop.
"Lao Wen, aren't you going in?"
Vincent, who was holding an umbrella, shook his head. "We bought a suit when we were visiting Milan last month."
Alfred looked at him and Hermione and said with a sigh, "Old Wen, your luck is too good to be true."
James looked back at the dazzling array of robes in the store, "To be honest, wizards don't have very good taste."
The wizard's formal robes, regardless of gender, are all below the knee.
If you look at it from a Muggle's perspective, even the custom-made clothes from Tufan Clothing Store are not that beautiful.
To put it nicely, it's retro; to put it bluntly, it's outdated.
Milan is the world's design capital, and James, who is born a Muggle, certainly understands the value of the dresses he buys there.
His face was full of envy and jealousy. "It's all because of the Death Eaters. If the camp hadn't been blocked for so long, I would have been able to wear a stylish and handsome dress."
Alfred pulled him into the store and said, "Okay, we can come here and choose. It's good enough. Many parents don't dare to let their children go out. What kind of dress they will wear depends on their taste."
Vincent and Hermione, who remained outside the store, recalled what had just happened when they passed by the second-hand robe shop.
Although the Weasley family's situation was difficult, Percy had already graduated and could still afford new textbooks for his four children.
However, this year there is an additional expense of formal dress robes, so they can only choose second-hand as in previous years.
At that time, Vincent and Hermione heard a familiar voice from a distance.
"I'd rather be naked than wear this!"
The owner of the voice was Ron, who spread out a maroon dress robe with disgust on his face and showed it to Molly.
This purple color is actually okay, except that the length makes it look like a skirt.
The ruffled neckline is okay, but the cuffs have the same lace.
There is nothing wrong with the design elements of the entire dress, but when all of them are put together, they are not only irrelevant to fashion and handsomeness, but even give people a particularly funny feeling.
Molly thought it was okay and paid for the dress directly.
Since it was the last dress in the second-hand robe shop after the twins and Ginny had bought theirs, Ron had no choice at all.
As for what happened afterwards, no one knows, but it is estimated that Fred and George would inevitably make fun of him.
Vincent and Hermione finished their reminiscences, and Sirius came over with Harry.
"Have you already bought it?"
"Yeah." Vincent noticed that both of them looked unhappy. "What's wrong? Did something bad happen to you?"
Harry glanced at Sirius, "We just ran into the Malfoys at Tovan's Clothing Store."
Narcissa is Sirius's cousin, and he is also Harry's godfather.
However, judging from the expressions on their faces, there was definitely no warm greeting between relatives just now. Something unpleasant must have happened.
Vincent and Hermione didn't ask any more questions as Sirius led Harry into the store.
After a few more minutes, the two men came out with Alfred.
"Where's Lao Zhan?"
“Still choosing.”
Alfred shook his head, "Never mind him, let's go buy new textbooks first."
The group came to the Flourish and Blotts bookstore diagonally opposite.
They put their umbrellas away and transformed back into their original Court of Owls club emblems.
In addition to being able to be transformed into an umbrella, the badge can also be transformed into practical items such as water cups, sun hats, and sun-protective clothing.
"Hogwarts students? Which grade's textbooks?" the clerk came forward and asked.
"Fourth grade." Sirius took out his purse, "Please prepare five sets of textbooks."
Alfred wanted to refuse, but the other party's aura of a wealthy man was too strong.
Vincent and Hermione accepted the textbooks without any psychological burden.
"Ah Fu, just accept it without worry. He will be unhappy if you don't accept it."
Sirius had already led Harry out of the bookstore, not giving them a chance to refuse.
"Okay." Alfred put away James's set. "I also want to buy a new History of Magic. What about you?"
Hermione looked upstairs, "I want to buy a few books too."
Vincent took her hand and said, "Let's go."
Alfred was caught off guard and was fed a mouthful of dog food. He subconsciously opened the magic communicator and sent a text message to James.
Soon, James' video call request came.
He was wearing a silver dress robe and striking a particularly flamboyant pose.
"Afu, what do you think of this one?"
"This is it. Come to the bookstore right away after you buy it." Alfred said and ended the call.
Not long after, James arrived.
"What's going on?"
"Hey——" Alfred nodded towards the upstairs.
Vincent and Hermione were walking hand in hand through the rows of bookshelves, and they would interact intimately from time to time.
"Burp--" James burped, "Afu, should we find a girlfriend too?"
Alfred nodded heavily, "How about we compete to see who's faster?"
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"Okay."
Upstairs, Hermione suddenly pulled Vincent and walked quickly to a large bookshelf against the wall.
She stood on tiptoe and tried to reach down a book that was on the top shelf.
Vincent reached out and took it down. "'Forgotten Ancient Magic and Spells'? So you're interested in this kind of magic."
Hermione took the book and said, "I guess so. I want to learn a relatively unpopular magic."
She opened the catalog and looked through each item carefully.
After reading to the end, she closed the book with a look of disappointment.
"Didn't find it?"
"It seems that this magic is really unpopular."
Vincent glanced around, took her hand and walked to a row of empty bookshelves.
He took out Grindelwald's magic book from Flamel's ring, "Tell me what magic it is, maybe it's in there."
Hermione hesitated, "Occlumency."
Vincent paused, then understood in an instant, "Wait a minute, let me see if there is anything."
The reason why she wanted to learn Occlumency was probably because she didn't want to reveal some of his little secrets because of herself.
For example, the monopoly of the core technology of magic base stations, and the relationship between him and Grindelwald.
"There is."
Hermione came closer, but all she saw were blank pages.
Vincent took her hand again, "So you can see."
Beautiful black cursive words appeared on the blank pages:
"Occlumency is a magic used to seal one's mind and prevent it from being read by Legilimency.
Thus, the use of Occlumency prevents one from being influenced by a Legilimency master, or from reading one's thoughts and feelings..."
Learning this magic does not necessarily require the cooperation of Legilimency. Wizards with sufficient talent can learn it alone.
The two found a clean place to sit down.
Grindelwald himself is a top master of brain occlumency, and he left many related techniques and experiences in the book.
Although there was only one page of content, Hermione read it very carefully.
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