Harry Potter and the Temple of Tales

"sit down."

The second floor of Jokowi's joke shop is a living room consisting of a small space. The room is not big and can only accommodate two to three people, but it looks extremely warm. The leather sofas and chairs are arranged in irregular shapes, and there is a fireplace.

It was also heard that little sparks were beating wildly.

The shop owner Zuko is an old man, the same one Louis just saw on the stairs. He really looks like a harmless person. It is impossible to imagine that this is actually a guy who makes black magic items and sells them secretly.

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"I have nothing to entertain you here, please forgive me."

Zuko sat down on the sofa, looking at Louis' slightly wary eyes, he felt a little funny.

"Sit down, I just want to talk to you about something and I won't hurt you."

He took a sip from the tea cup and savored the mellow aroma inside.

"This special drink is imported from the ancient eastern country. It tastes very good. Do you want to try it?"

Luis didn't answer, he sat down opposite Zuko.

"Looking at your expression, you seem surprised." Zuko smiled, "Do you wonder how an old man could open such a joke shop?"

"I was just surprised that you would do such a thing." Louis put the quill on the table, "Mr. Zuko, you should know the dangers of this thing."

"This is a product from my early years. I didn't expect to see it again." Zuko sighed, "Yes, as a magic joke store, we do sell dark magic items secretly. I don't deny this.

But I'm curious about how you saw it."

"The audience of joke shops is not very high, and most of the shops opened in Hogsmeade are for Hogwarts students." Lewis analyzed, "Judging from the prices in your store and the time I sat with Mrs. Pafferty,

Judging from the teahouse's observation of your customer flow for one hour, this revenue is simply not enough to support the long-term operation of your store, so it is inevitable that your source of income is a shady one."

"Pah, pah, pah."

Joko clapped his hands and looked at him with approval.

"You do have a discerning eye. If I really say it, you can see more clearly than the two little guys downstairs."

He picked up the quill and observed it carefully: "This thing was indeed made by me, but it was definitely not leaked by me. I only made black magic items to give wizards better means of self-protection."

"If my guess is correct, this thing should be leaked from my old friend, Caractacus. Oh, that guy should be named Bojinbok now."

"Bojin Bock? Are you connected to him?"

The name Louis was familiar to him, but he didn't have much contact with it. He only accidentally broke into Bojin Bock's store when he was in the first grade. He was an old man who looked very fierce, and his eyes were extremely cold.

"We were just partners when we were young, but this guy was so obsessed with black magic that thirty years ago, he secretly gave those underage wizards those extremely dangerous black magic items that had not been tested for safety, which led to great disaster. Later,

The Ministry of Magic found out that Bock also wanted to guide the dark wizards to resist. You must know that before the Dark Lord became famous and Grindelwald had fallen for more than 20 years, the dark wizards lacked someone to guide them to resist.

, Bock was naturally elected as the leader."

The result can be imagined. Although the scale of the battle at that time may not be large, even with the blessing of dark magic items, it was still no match for the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic led by Moody.

"However, the people from the Ministry of Magic did not kill them all. The existence of trading in dark magic items is also something that is tacitly approved by the entire magic. Although this kind of thing cannot be brought to the table, in the end they only locked them up in Azkaban for a few years.

They released it and set aside a special area in Diagon Alley for the underground trading of dark magic items."

"how about you?"

"Me?" Zuko smiled, "I'm just an ordinary dark alchemist."

"Are you also an alchemist?"

"Don't get me wrong, he is a dark alchemist." Zuko waved his hand, "Those who are not on the stage are just wizards who make black magic items. You also know that using black magic is to extract the energy of the dark dimension. Although I

It has not devoured my mind, but my body functions have been almost completely eroded by it."

Zuko pointed to the emerald on his chest, which seemed to be a magical ornament that maintained life.

"So I don't care at all if you expose my gray industry. You have to know that this is a disguised acquiescence of the Ministry of Magic. Even if you call Rita Skeeter over, it will be useless."

Louis' heart skipped a beat. When he entered the door, he had already let Rita out, who had turned into a bug. It seemed that it was no longer necessary.

"Then why did you call me up alone?"

"I want to entrust this shop to you." Zuko said his purpose, "I know you want the Weasley brothers to help you build a joke magic shop, and with my shop, you can completely use it as Hogg

Maude branch, put the entire store under your name."

"Why?" Louis was not very excited after hearing this, but responded extremely calmly.

This method sounds very tempting, but there is never a free lunch in the world, especially in business matters.

"Because I don't have much time. I can feel that this life magic decoration can only last me for a year at most." Zuko said, "Besides, the Dark Lord has returned, and the world will become different by then.

To make things even more confusing, you can also inherit my inventory of black magic items, which will definitely save your life at a critical moment."

"I just don't want my property to come to nothing in the end."

Joko's eyes were full of reluctance. The cause he had fought for all his life was to change people's prejudice against black magic, but in the end it did not have much effect, and in the end it cost him his own life.

"I won't take over your store because I don't like things given to me for free."

"But I can help you, maybe I can help you solve the problem of life force. Give me a year." Lewis said after thinking about it again and again, "The premise is that you must accept my franchise, and you will still manage the store.

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"What? Can you really solve this problem?" Zuko's eyes shimmered, although he didn't know what Luis meant by franchise.

"I can't guarantee it, but I'll try my best."

"good."

A little light returned to the eyes that had lost hope for life. Maybe Louis just gave him a blank check, but if he could really survive a year later, it would be okay even if he signed an unbreakable vow to Louis.