Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

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Listening to Charlie's blunt words without any ambiguity, for a moment, the strong man named Katie finally changed his color.

"Boom"

He slowly placed the hookah on the old counter, making an inconspicuous muffled sound. Most of the original smile disappeared from his face, leaving only a hint of reluctance.

"This..." Katie frowned slightly, her voice pondering, as if she was thinking about the pros and cons of this business.

Charlie, on the other hand, was not in a hurry. After seeing the other party, he still had to think for a while. He simply turned his head again and looked at the bottles and jars around him that had been gathering dust for an unknown amount of time. With a bit of curiosity in his eyes, he leaned down.

He turned around and began to carefully identify the vague labels on the can, as if he wanted to find something interesting in it.

Thanks to the solid knowledge that Charlie accumulated in the Restricted Book Area while studying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Charlie can roughly recognize most of the things here.

I have to say that you can actually find some good magic materials in seemingly ordinary bottles and jars.

While thinking about it, he carefully pulled out a glass jar filled with turbid green liquid from the bottom of the shelf.

Shake the jar gently, and you can vaguely see a shriveled horn with a spiral pattern between the turbid liquid, which is being soaked in it.

Charlie raised his eyebrows and reached out to wipe away the stains on the label of the glass jar so that he could see the text clearly.

Sure enough, as he expected. On the label, words like spiders crawling out clearly marked "unicorn horns"

"You actually have such a thing?"

He couldn't help turning his head and looked at Katie at the counter shaking the jar, with a bit of surprise in her tone.

"That is a private collection and is not for sale. Please put it back for me."

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After thinking for a while, Katie finally seemed to have made a decision.

The frowned brows relaxed a little, he sighed, and the expression on his face returned to the same smile as before.

"There are wands that are not registered with the Magic Congress..."

After hearing these words, Charlie, who was still observing everywhere, finally withdrew his gaze. He looked at Katie again, but he did not speak. Instead, he raised his chin to signal the other party to continue talking.

"Five hundred gold galleons!" Katie didn't talk too much. She just finished it and took the lead in telling a price. But after saying that, as if she was afraid that Charlie would be scared off by the astonishing price, he quickly added another sentence.

"These five hundred Galleons are not just money to buy the wand. I will also take risks when I sell the wand to you. If the Auror from the Ministry of Magic comes to investigate me..."

After Katie finished her words, she stopped talking.

He laughed twice and blinked.

"You understand what I mean?"

"certainly."

Charlie spoke. He patted the dust on his clothes. He nodded naturally, his expression unchanged from the beginning to the end.

"I've heard about your credibility."

He walked slowly to the counter, the ring on his finger suddenly flashed, and he put a heavy money bag into his palm.

Gu Wei

"For these five hundred galleons, I believe it will be well worth the money."

After saying that, Charlie threw the money bag in his hand casually, and with a crisp sound of galleons colliding with each other, it landed directly on the old counter.

"I just like dealing with generous guests like you."

Katie was stunned for a moment, and then the smile on her face became even brighter.

"Don't worry, you won't be disappointed."

He continued talking, and without adding more ink marks, he bent down and took out a crumpled cardboard box from the drawer under the counter.

With a sound of "Hoo!", the dust all over it was blown away, and the cover was opened, and a crooked, unattractive, even ugly wand appeared in front of the two of them.

"Here, try your new wand!"

Katie enthusiastically pushed the box containing the wand forward.

However, looking at the wand in the box, Charlie couldn't help but pursed his lips and frowned. For him who was born to like beautiful things... it was ridiculous to use such an ugly wand.

wand, it was obvious that he was resisting it in his heart.

But considering the current basic situation, after hesitating for a moment, he still reached out and picked up the wand, closed his eyes and began to try to establish a short-term connection with the other party.

"etc......"

Suddenly, Charlie's eyes opened, and the muscles on his face twitched faintly. He looked at the innocent-looking Katie behind the counter, and his expression became ugly.

"Five hundred galleons... I don't ask you to make the inner core of your wand a unicorn tail hair, or a dragon's sinew, etc. You give me a wand filled with the mane of a horse-shaped water monster."

It doesn’t matter...the troll’s hair is a bit too much, isn’t it?”

"There's no way...you know how strict the Magical Congress is on this investigation."

Katie explained with a sneer, while calmly taking two steps back to prevent the man in front of her from throwing the wand in his face.

"..." Charlie said no more. After being silent for a long time, he finally turned around and walked towards the exit with his wand.

Just when he was about to go out, Charlie stopped.

He half-turned his head and looked at Katie behind him faintly.

"I hope your after-sales service can really make me feel that it is worth the money."

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The Blind Pig is still as crowded as it is every night.

People from all walks of life mingled in this low and high bar, venting their inner pressure and desires, enjoying the long-lost pleasure and tenderness on the run.

In the smoke-filled and noisy bar, various characters gathered, whether they were fugitives carrying serious crimes, businessmen selling intelligence, or even the remnants of the purgers who had disappeared in recent years, they all mingled freely in the bar.

this......

According to the popular saying, "There's everyone in the Blind Pig Bar, but there's just no one who's good."

As the owner of the bar, the mixed-race goblin Fields sat slumped on a huge sofa with a wild smile on his face. He took a deep breath of the cigar between his fingers and looked around, seeming to be admiring what he had created.

The "grand occasion".

Compared with his ancestor, Fields is undoubtedly much better. He has extraordinary cunning and ambition. After re-acquiring the Blind Pig Bar a few years ago, he began to use his connections and wealth to build bunk beds.

Over and over again, all kinds of relationships have been opened up. This allows the Blind Pig Bar to be independent and unaffected even when the Magic Congress is severely raiding it. It has truly become a default gray area where no one cares, much better than the original Blind Pig Bar.

It’s even stronger by more than a little bit!

Unfortunately, what Fields didn't know was that the kingdom he had painstakingly built would be destroyed tonight.