Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Hagrid counted the wall tiles next to the trash can

"Remember, Harry, Tiera, if you want to enter Diagon Alley in the future, just take your wands and count three pieces up - and then two pieces across -" he muttered in a low voice. "Okay.

Yes, stand back, Harry, and Tiera...well, Tiera, when did you stand so far back?"

Hagrid tapped the head of his umbrella three times on the wall.

The brick he knocked on shook and began to move. A small hole appeared in the middle, and the hole became larger and larger. Soon, an archway wide enough for Hagrid to pass appeared in front of them, leading to a winding road.

The winding, cobbled streets with no end in sight.

"Welcome," Hagrid said, "Welcome to Diagon Alley."

After Hagrid walked along the archway, Tiera and Harry followed Hagrid through the archway, and the wall behind them became the original solid wall again.

Harry was surprised by the magical changes in the wall, while Tiera stood there blankly.

Although he had seen it countless times in movies, books, dreams and imagination in his previous life, when he was actually in Diagon Alley, he was still deprived of all his mind by this magical scene.

The dazzling sunlight shines on a stack of pots outside the door of a recent store. Hanging above the pot is a large pot made of copper, brass, tin plating, and silver. It has a complete range of models and can be stirred automatically.

fold.

A fat woman stood outside the drugstore, shook her head angrily and said: "Dragon liver, seventeen ounces per ounce, they are crazy... They are absolutely crazy, Merlin's beard, the bastards in this version of the drugstore must be

The potion I brewed made me crazy."

A low and soft whine came from a dark store, and the sign in front of the door read: Eela Owl Store—Gray Owl, Screech Owl, Grass Owl, Brown Owl, Snowy Owl.

Several boys of the same age as Harry and Tiera had their noses pressed against the window glass, and there were flying broomsticks in the window. "Look," Harry heard one boy say, "that's the new Nimbus 2000 - the highest speed."

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There is also a shop selling robes at the other corner of the street. On the shop sign is a golden pair of scissors cutting a piece of pink cloth with a shining metallic luster. The pink cloth has golden letters written on it - Lady Malkin's Robe Shop.

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Some sold telescopes and strange silverware that Harry had never seen before.

Some windows are filled with baskets of bat spleens and eel eyeballs, stacks of spell books, quills, rolls of parchment, medicine bottles, lunar instruments...

"Let's go, boys. You'll have plenty of time to look around later. We have to hurry up today. You have a lot of things to buy." Hagrid patted Harry and Tiera on the shoulders proudly.

"But Hagrid, I, I don't have any money." As soon as he heard about buying things, Harry instantly remembered the fact that he had no money, and woke up from the wonderful scene in embarrassment, "Uncle Vernon said that he wouldn't spend a whole day.

They gave me money to go to school."

"Hey, Harry, you don't think your parents really left you anything, do you?" Hagrid said with a smile.

"But you said they don't even have houses..."

"Wizards don't keep money at home. We have a special bank." Hagrid interrupted Harry, "This is our first stop - Gringotts. We have to go to get what Harry's parents left for him.

money, and Gringotts’ student loans for needy students.”

"Student loan?" Tiera never imagined that he was involved in this.

"Yes, although the goblins of Gringotts are greedy, fortunately they have not lost their minds and know their responsibilities as a member of the wizarding society." When he talked about the goblins, Hagrid's tone suddenly became harsh.

It seemed that the half-giant really disliked the money-hungry goblins in Gringotts.

"Approved by Hogwarts, the loan issued by Gringotts will provide a student loan of one hundred gold galleons per year to students who cannot afford the tuition. There is no interest, but these students who accept their help will be required to wait for five years.

Pay off the loan within 5 years, or work for them for five years."

Hagrid thought for a while and then said, "In addition, they will also open a business for Muggle-born children to exchange Muggle currency for gold galleons. It seems that five Muggle currencies can be exchanged for one gold galleons, with an upper limit of one."

One hundred gold galleons, Tiera, if you have Muggle currency, I suggest you exchange it for some extra gold galleons. On the Hogwarts Express, Mrs. Nancy's licorice sticks are very good. You should buy them.

Have a taste."

Suddenly, Hagrid stopped outside a strange candy store and stared at the dragon sausage in front of the store like a child.

"Oh, Merlin's beard." Hagrid said excitedly, "It's great. The dragon sausage here hasn't been sold out yet. Harry, Tiera, you must try it."

After saying this, Hagrid happily squeezed into the candy store and came back with three sausages and a bag of dark candies.

When Hagrid handed the sausage to Harry and Tiera, they seemed to see the pile of black candies squirming inside the transparent plastic bag.

"Oh, this." Hagrid saw that Harry seemed to be frightened and explained with a smile, "This is a lemon cockroach ball, Principal Dumbledore's favorite dessert. Mr. Principal only likes to eat lemons from this store.

Every time he comes to Diagon Alley, he asks me to bring a bag of cockroach balls back. Even though they look like cockroaches, they are actually made from lemon juice, honey syrup and licorice. Do you want some?

I think Principal Dumbledore won’t mind if his snack is missing one or two pieces.”

Harry shook his head quickly.

Tiera originally wanted to refuse, but in the end she and Harry made the opposite decision.

"One, thank you." Tiera took the black cockroach ball from Hagrid's thick fingers, carefully peeled off the outer wrapping paper, and put the light yellow candy inside that looked like a young cockroach into her mouth.

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Tiera could clearly feel that the cockroach balls that were still alive and kicking immediately calmed down as soon as they came into contact with his tongue, turning into a slightly sour sweetness that flowed into his stomach along with his saliva.

"It's delicious." Tiera smiled.

Even though Tiera said this, Harry still had no idea of ​​trying it. He just ate the fire dragon sausage quietly while wishing he had eight eyes to look at the dazzling array of products in Diagon Alley.

"We're here," Hagrid said.

They came to a snow-white building that towered over the surrounding shops.

The building has a gleaming bronze door, and standing next to the door is a figure wearing a scarlet and gold uniform.

"That is……"