Hogwarts: Where the Pokémon Are

Knockturn Alley.

As the largest wizarding commercial street where dark wizards gather in the British wizarding world, it is almost as famous as Diagon Alley. Even the young wizards at Hogwarts know how dangerous it can be.

Of course, compared to Diagon Alley, this place seems a bit messy.

Many dark wizards hang out here. They are dressed in rags and are as dirty as beggars. In fact, they also stink. In comparison, Snape is considered clean.

These dark wizards usually wander in the alleys, or simply lie on the ground or on street corners. He looked at everyone passing by with his eyes hidden behind his messy hair.

If they are lucky enough to meet such a misguided little wizard, it will be a rare and beautiful thing for them.

To the immature little wizard, in the eyes of many wizards who pursue black magic, it is a very delicious food.

Of course, eating it directly is a bit wasteful. In fact, the wizard itself is one of the materials they use to conduct dark magic experiments, just like some magical animals.

Although the Ministry of Magic knew that this was a gathering place for dark wizards, it did not have the ability to completely clean Knockturn Alley.

Not only because many pure-blood families and even high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Magic are secretly colluding with these dark wizards, but more importantly, the existence of Knockturn Alley itself is equivalent to providing a gathering place for dark wizards.

Just like garbage classification, if the garbage from the magical world is not concentrated here but scattered everywhere, it will only cause greater chaos.

Karkaroff wrapped himself in a large robe and looked at the homeless people with some disgust. His steps were cautious, showing great disgust, for fear of accidentally stepping on something dirty.

After not being in the UK for so long, Knockturn Alley still smells as bad as ever. What made him even more unbearable was that those dirty, vile, humble wizards looked at him unscrupulously, as if they regarded him as prey.

Dirty thing!

He ignored those glances and walked slowly towards a potion store according to his memory.

When he opened the door, a nauseating smell of medicine hit his face.

The shop was very dark, and the shelves were densely packed with low-end potions. In fact, many of them were failed products, otherwise they wouldn't have such an unpleasant smell.

When doing business here, the shopkeepers don't dare to expose the real thing, not to mention that most of the people who come here to buy potions want contraband.

Karkaroff didn't even look at the shelves and walked straight to the counter.

Behind the counter was a rickety witch with gray and sparse hair, and her whole face looked as if acid had been poured on it.

"What do you want?"

The witch raised her droopy eyelids, as if there was a pipe stuck in her throat.

"The compound potion," Karkaroff said in a low voice.

"Ninety galleons, please pay a deposit of twenty galleons first and come back to pick it up in a month." The witch said without thinking.

Ninety galleons is not cheap, but in fact, the materials for the compound potion cost a lot of money, not to mention that not many people can actually brew such a complicated potion.

"We need it now, and the time limit must be more than three hours!" Karkaroff is not a rookie.

He knew that it was common to find substandard products in Knockturn Alley. The effects of compound potions ranged from ten minutes to twelve hours depending on the level. If you don't know how to do it, you might buy an inferior product that only lasts for ten minutes.

When that time comes, no one will accept my explanation.

Hearing what Karkaroff said, the witch behind the counter looked at him a few more times, but didn't say anything more. She just responded coldly:

"That's another price. If you want it now, it's not cheap."

Compound potions are difficult to refine and not easy to store. Generally speaking, it will be much more expensive to get them in stock. But in Knockturn Alley, the price will at least double.

"——Five hundred gold galleons!"

Five hundred gold galleons?

Karkaroff almost stopped breathing.

The Daily Prophet's grand prize is only seven hundred gold Galleons. You dare to buy me five hundred for a small bottle of magic potion. Are you a black shop?

Well, it is actually a black shop.

Although Karkaroff was annoyed, he was not furious. In fact, although five hundred gold galleons was a lot, it was just a small amount of money to him.

In fact, the "grand prize" of the Daily Prophet's nature is only ten thousand dollars in reality, and the Weasley family would spend almost all of it on a trip.

Karkaroff is now the headmaster, but he is quite greedy at the Scandinavian Ministry of Magic.

In order not to delay the master's plan, he took out a bag of Galleons and threw it on the counter without hesitation.

"Go get the goods quickly, if the quality is not right -" He sneered and picked up the wand, his threat undisguised.

But the witch just picked up the bag of gold galleons and counted them. Karkaroff's strength is not enough to intimidate anyone. When doing business in Knockturn Alley, there are many opportunities for someone to point a wand at the head.

After confirming that the number of galleons was correct and that they were all genuine, she grinned. He walked inside with his sloping feet, and after a while, he took out a bottle of potion.

"The compound potion is effective for four hours. It only needs to be added to the body tissue of the target, such as toenails, hehehe." The witch said deliberately disgustingly.

Karkaroff didn't say anything, he just pretended to pick up the potion and checked it.

In fact, his level of potion was not very good. The one who was really checking the quality of the potion was Voldemort. In the sleeve of Karkaroff's hand when he picked up the potion, there was a black snake with a gap on its head. Get out of your head.

'It's only effective for about three hours, but it's enough. ’

Voldemort's voice rang directly inside Karkaroff's head. After saying this, Voldemort retracted his head and continued to hide.

After confirming the effectiveness of the potion, Karkaroff did not intend to pursue the four-hour time limit mentioned by the other party. He simply put the potion away and turned around and left.

'Karkaroff, there is a tail following you -'

Suddenly, Voldemort's voice sounded again.

"Please rest assured my master, I have discovered them." Karkaroff naturally discovered the dirty bugs hanging behind his back. If he can become the principal of Durmstrang, he cannot be a parallel importer.

"If you dare to put your thoughts on us, I will deal with them all!"

‘Very good, I almost forgot, you are different from that good-for-nothing Quirrell. Get rid of them quickly and get Harry Potter's blood. I can't wait to be resurrected! ’