Chapter 4 Diagon Alley and Unexpected Acquaintances

After breakfast the next day, Mr Lambert took Lane by subway to Charing Cross Street, about half an hour from their home.

On the way, Ryan has been thinking about the world of Harry Potter.

In the novel, the magical world is not the kind of high-magic world where there are as many demigods as dogs, lich walks all over the place, and supernatural beings dominate. But from some perspectives, the otherworldly side of this world is not that simple.

For example, in the realm of life, there is a magic stone that can make you live forever. A time changer that can be used by a little girl in the time field. In the field of space, space expansion spells and teleportation popularized by adult wizards. There are even luck potions that may affect causality and fate. These things, especially some popular spells about space and mind, can be said to be hundreds of years ahead of the technology side of this world.

The magic of this world is probably not as simple as it seems. After all, what Rowling wrote was a fairy tale, just part of the wizarding world.

As for the wizard's combat power, even Peter Pettigrew, a wizard who is considered a bit lame, can blow up half a street. This only shows that the wizarding world is not incapable of fighting, but that many things related to combat have been deleted from school education, and this knowledge can only be passed down through the family.

Thinking of this, Ryan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he has a grocery store in Wanjie, which should be able to make up for the shortcomings of ordinary people who lack some knowledge. After all, he and the savior went to school in the same year. Thinking about the original text of the novel, you know this. It won't be safe for a few years.

It seems that the previous life plan needs to be changed, and now the main goal is to improve strength. After all, the magic world is still the foundation of strength, otherwise why Dumbledore is the leader of the wizards and not Fudge.

While thinking, Mr. Lambert suddenly stopped in front of him.

Come on, this is No. 24 Charing Cross... No. 28, hey, why is there no No. 26?

Ryan looked up and saw an old and dilapidated bar in front of him, with a wooden sign on it that said Leaky Cauldron, in the middle of a record store and a bookstore.

Dad, hold my hand. Ryan took his father and pushed open the door of the bar.

It's amazing, exclaimed Mr. Lambert, looking at the room in front of him. It's a medieval-style bar that doesn't look very neat, the lighting is a bit dim, and some people in robes are drinking or playing dice.

Maybe they had been standing at the door for a long time, and a man with almost stripped hair who looked like a shriveled walnut quietly appeared in front of them: I'm Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, and it looks like you need help. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Ryan: A new student at Hogwarts for the first time?

Yes, Ryan said. We've never been exposed to magic before, how do I get to Diagon Alley? I need to buy things for school.

The owner Tom showed an ugly smile: Diagonal Alley, come with me. After that, he took Ryan and his son to the backyard. Tom pulled out his wand and pointed it at the back wall. Count three on top of the trash can, then two across the trash...Three hits!

With Tom's pounding, the wall shook and began to move, and finally a wide archway appeared, leading to a winding cobbled street with no end in sight.

You'd better go to Gringotts first, that is, go straight and see the tallest white building where you can change the wizard's currency. With that, Tom put away his wand and left.

The father and son walked down the cobblestone street towards Gringotts. There were haggling sounds and some strange animal chirping from the shops on both sides of the street. Mr. Lambert showed the curiosity of a writer. He wasn't lying on the glass looking at the delicate gold-plated astronomical model.

Soon, they came to a snow-white building towering over the surrounding shops. Next to the shiny bronze gate, stood a goblin in a scarlet-gold uniform (Mr. Lambert complained in Chinese: This is a goblin? Is it a goblin that looks like a human.

”). The goblin looked up at the two of them, and then said weakly, “Hogwarts freshman, go to the special window to exchange money, there is a sign to remind you.

Entering the golden hall of Gringotts, there is indeed a counter in the corner of the hall with a sign of Hogwarts Newborn Currency Exchange.

Hello. Ryan walked over to the counter to greet the goblin.

A new student, say your name.

Ryan Liang

Confirm, you are on the list. The goblin looked at a piece of parchment and said.

New students can exchange up to 200 Galleons per year. After handing over a pocket, Mr. Lambert took out a stack of £50 notes from the bank last night and handed it to the goblin at the counter, then said to Ryan: This is a bit similar to Huaxia, your cousin told me last time that he also has a quota for each person to exchange pounds, and he has to write a lot of documents.

After the money was exchanged, the two decided to start with the familiar things first, so they went to various shops and bought magic robes, textbooks, cauldrons, scales, potions, crystal bottles and other items listed on the list. Of course, Lane declined Mr. Lambert's suggestion to give him a pet on the pretext that he was in an unfamiliar place and might need all his energy to deal with the new environment.

The shopping process went smoothly. But thinking about spending a fortune on a liar's novel next year makes Ryan feel a little depressed.

At last they came to the door of a small and broken shop, with the gold sign on the door peeling off, which read, Ollivander: Well-made wand since 382 B.C.E. In the dusty window by the door, a wand stands alone on a faded purple cushion.

Pushing open the store door, Ryan found a man in a suit and his daughter trying a wand. Their backs looked familiar.

Before he could figure out where he had seen his back, Mr. Lambert stepped forward and said softly, Mr. Granger, I didn't expect to meet you here.

Lane remembered that this Mr. Granger was a dentist, and the clinic was not far from his home. He had also visited his clinic to have his teeth checked. The most important thing was that his daughter was in the same school and grade as himself, but not In a class, every time it is the second place in the school examination grade (Lane: College students are the first in elementary school, they should not be proud, they should be humble.).

Suddenly, Ryan froze, Granger, the dentist, the curly brown girl who went to Hogwarts in '91. It was easy for him to guess who the girl was. I didn't know it before. On the one hand, I thought it was an ordinary world, and I didn't think in that direction. On the other hand, Miss Granger's appearance was a little different from that of an actor. Most importantly, the pronunciation of this young lady's name he heard at school should be close to that. Hermani is far from the Chinese Hermione pronunciation.

Ryan felt the world's malice towards him as an outsider, and it seemed that his plan for seven years had to be revised again.