Hogwarts: From Luna's family to god

"This Hokklap is of good quality. It can produce at least 20 pints of juice. It is definitely a sure win!"

Vizet nodded, and after looking at the Hokklap in the cage, he labeled the vendor as a profiteer in his mind.

A pint of Hokklap juice costs three Galleons. If it can really produce 20 pints of juice, it is indeed a sure win.

It is worth affirming that the quality of this cage of Hokklap is good.

However, even if Snape operates it himself, he can't squeeze out 20 pints of juice, at most 12 pints.

Combined with the quality, his psychological price for this cage of Hokklap is 40 to 45 Galleons.

Vizet glanced at several stalls in the distance and found that the quality of the Hokklap was similar to the stall in front of him.

He stood up and asked in an inquiring tone: "Mr. Lovegood, what do you think?"

Xenophilius felt an itch on the back of his head and immediately understood.

He bent down with a gloomy face, as if to carefully examine the cage of Horkrup, "It does look good, but it's not worth the price."

"Why is it not worth the price?" As if hindered by the gloomy expression, the vendor subconsciously asked, "Then how much do you think it should be?"

Xenophilius felt the number of times his hair was touched, and made a price in a hoarse and low voice, "Um... thirty Galleons!"

"Impossible!" The vendor refused and pointed to several stalls around, "Where can you find such a good quality Horkrup?"

"Are the quality of yours about the same?" Xenophilius raised his eyebrows. He just noticed that Vizette had looked at the stall next to him.

Out of trust in Vizette, he continued, "How much juice can it squeeze out? I, a potion master, don't know? Why don't we take a step back? Forty-two Galleons, you still have something to earn!"

The vendor's eyes flickered, "Potion master?"

"If you weren't a potion master, would you buy fresh Hokklap?" Xenophilius asked back, "The child is ignorant and would ask you about the juice yield. I'm not that easy to fool!"

"To know how much Hokklap juice you can squeeze out, don't you need to see the potion master's technique? Why don't you squeeze the juice? I only want the finished Hokklap juice, and give you five more Galleons for processing fees."

"This..." The vendor hesitated, feeling that the gloomy man in front of him might really know what he was doing.

"It's already afternoon, you shouldn't have opened yet, right? It would be great to open first!" Xenophilius said calmly, "The price is negotiable, I'll add two more Galleons!"

"Forty-four Galleons..." The vendor hesitated, but finally agreed to the price.

...

Pulling up the iron cage containing the Horkrup, Vizet lowered his voice and praised: "Mr. Lovegood, I didn't expect your acting skills... to be so good."

Xenophilius touched his nose, "Ahem... I do know a potion master!"

Luna praised repeatedly: "Dad is the best! He is good at everything!"

"Of course!" Xenophilius' eyebrows were almost raised to the sky, "My baby still understands me!"

In occasions like street markets, since there is no need for store fees, the prices of items are obviously more affordable than the prices in Diagon Alley.

However, there are also corresponding risks. If the quality cannot be accurately judged, it is still easy to be deceived.

Relying on Vizet's judgment and Xenophilius's acting skills, they selected a lot of potion materials and some souvenirs, which can be regarded as a full load.

After returning to the hotel, Vizet started to deal with Horkrup and boiled it all into a stimulating potion.

He planned to wait until the return trip to collect and select a batch of horkrups by hand as a gift for Snape.

…

After a simple night's rest, even if he got up early the next day, as long as he opened the curtains, he would see the bright sunshine.

Originally, they planned to go to Zoo Island to visit the aquarium and ecological museum on it, and finally go to the Vasa Shipwreck Museum to see the difference between the model Vasa and the magic Vasa.

It's a pity that the aquarium seemed to have been stolen inexplicably and was actually closed. There was a warning sign outside.

Vizet carefully read the message announcement above and found that the aquarium had lost three sharks and was currently searching for them with all its strength.

The message announcement was not long, but it was said without a beginning or an end, as if the three sharks disappeared out of thin air, making it difficult for Vizet not to imagine the direction of wizards.

Xenophilius gave a point of view: Maybe because the Swedish Aurors were catching Obscurus, a wizard got interested and stole the three sharks for fun, which was quite a pleasant feeling.

As the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, he had heard similar news. All of them were about wizards doing all kinds of strange things to have fun with Muggles.

For example, they disguised themselves as keysmiths and cast magic on the keys. When the keys were in the hands of Muggles, they would shrink day by day until they disappeared.

Or they disguised themselves as clearance vendors and sold all kinds of magic cups. When these cups were in the hands of Muggles, they would suddenly spray hot water and scald the Muggles.

Such situations were very common, and usually the Ministry of Magic staff had to come forward to solve the problem and demand compensation from the offending wizards.

After the offending wizards heard their crimes, they would laugh and give compensation, and then continue to commit crimes after a while.

…

After visiting the Vasa Shipwreck Museum, they rented a small boat and continued today's journey.

As the "Venice of the North", the waterways here are crisscrossed, which is very suitable for boating.

Vizette is proficient in using the silent and wandless floating spell, so they don't need to really row, just holding the oars and pretending to move, which is enough to cross the waterways.

They followed the waterway to the old town of Stockholm, where there are mostly two-story Swedish wooden houses, full of a calm and retro atmosphere, as if the years have settled silently here.

Entering Lake Malaren, groups of seagulls appeared in the sky, they spread their wings, and from time to time they would fly over the water, leaving a series of long calls around the boat.

Luna seemed to be particularly popular with seagulls, and several groups of seagulls circled above her head.

Seeing that the passengers around were feeding the seagulls, Xenophilius took out bread from his pocket, stuffed it into Luna's hand and said, "Baby, you should feed some too!"

Luna nodded, pinched a few pieces of bread, held them tightly, and then gently threw them into the distance.

The seagulls seemed to have been expecting this moment. They turned nimbly in the air, flapping their white wings, competing for the falling bread.

Several seagulls successfully dived and caught the bread in the air, with a proud look in their eyes...

Chapter 24 Anne Salu and the Magic Circus

After the trip to Stockholm, the three of them boarded the magic boat prepared by the guide and headed for the island of Midgard.

Unconsciously, a cloud appeared above their heads, blocking the bright sunshine and making the surroundings dim in an instant, as if covered with a layer of mist.

It was the most peculiar cloud that Vizette had ever seen. Not only would it drop snowflakes, but it would also drop ashes that flickered.

Not only that, there was also a strong wind sweeping in from the sky, stirring the snowflakes and ashes together, and finally turning them into colorful light dust.

These light dusts are like flying fireflies, hovering in the air for a while, like a rainbow, and finally slowly drifting into the lake and disappearing without a trace.

Xenophilius obviously did a lot of homework for this journey. He pointed to the strange scene in the sky and introduced it:

"A long time ago, Muggles called the clouds that never dispersed all year round the 'World Tree', and the light dusts floating down from the clouds were the so-called Rainbow Bridge."

"Muggles believe that as long as they can catch the Rainbow Bridge, they can go to 'Asgard' and obtain the qualifications to become a god. In fact, where are the gods?"

"It's just the magic left by powerful wizards. The wizards living here found the corresponding relics and thought these magics were very beautiful, so they have been preserved until now."

Vizet stretched out his hand to catch the light dust, but the light dust passed through his palm and floated into the lake and disappeared.

He suddenly felt emotional: The magic possessed by wizards, in the eyes of the Muggles in the past, might be similar to the miracles of gods?

Wizards like Dumbledore can even make clouds and mist fill the entire city. In a sense, they can be regarded as gods, right?

Although the surroundings have become dim, they feel a dreamy and blurred feeling with the company of light dust.

Especially when they just left the bustling modern city, they can feel the strong contrast.

The boat swayed forward, as if it was deliberately done so that passengers could fully experience this different scenery.

Vizet looked around and suddenly saw a vague lonely figure standing on the lake in the distance.

This is the figure of a woman, wearing a solemn black robe, and the pointed hat worn at an angle covered most of her face. Only from the exposed cheek skin can we see that the woman is very old.

She held a bouquet of flowers in her hand, which should be white lilies. She lowered her head slightly, as if she was mourning something.

Then, she threw the white lilies in her hand into the lake and watched the white lilies slowly submerged by the lake water.

After a while, the woman suddenly looked up, as if she had noticed Vizette's gaze.

Just as Vizette expected, it was indeed the face of an old woman.

The two looked at each other from a distance through the light dust, and the woman nodded.

A white mist suddenly spread, covering the woman's figure, and then quickly dissipated.

The woman left nothing behind, and even the lake did not ripple, only the light dust continued to sink into the lake.

If Vizette saw this scene in his previous life, he would probably think he had seen a ghost, an old woman standing on the lake, and then disappeared in a white mist.

Luna noticed something strange about Vizette, and came over to whisper, "What's wrong with you?"

"I seemed to see something..." Vizette rubbed his eyes, "but it disappeared in an instant."

Luna looked back at the empty lake and asked, "Maybe it was disturbed by the harassment horseflies?"

She stretched out her hands and fanned Vizette's ears, "Is this better?"

Vizette looked at Luna's serious and concerned look, smiled and nodded, "Well, it's in good condition now!"

...

The boat was very fast and arrived at the shore in a short while.

The forest on the island was very dense, and you could see hills rising and falling, as well as broken walls and ruins that appeared and disappeared in the hills.

Even if the Muggle-repelling spell was cast here, magic that could create illusions would still be added just in case.