Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1613 A war without a winner (sixty-three)

The early morning sunlight shines through the stained windows into the reopened Leaky Cauldron Bar. There are probably not many customers in the store, so Old Tom, who is idle behind the bar, is flipping through the newspaper and reading it in his mouth. Complaining that business in the Leaky Cauldron is getting harder and harder.

Since the last wizarding war, the number of customers in the bar has significantly decreased. Old Tom has always suspected that most of his customers died in that war.

Such suspicion is not unreasonable.

Most of the guys who are willing to stay in the bar and drink at night are not serious people, and it is said that the corpses of the unlucky ones who were killed in the last Battle of Hogwarts are all in the mountains.

If this continues, the Leaky Cauldron, which has finally reopened, will close down again.

Just when Old Tom was still worrying about how to generate income for the Leaky Cauldron, the few voices in the bar suddenly disappeared, as if someone had cast a spell to strangle everyone's throats, making them unable to make a sound.

When Old Tom looked up, he finally knew the reason.

Three beautiful girls who were incompatible with the Leaky Cauldron seemed to have accidentally stumbled into the place, instantly attracting the customers in the bar.

Everyone loves beautiful things, but no one dares to strike up a conversation. Even Old Tom's routine conversation was stuck in his throat and he couldn't say it out. He just watched them walk through the Leaky Cauldron and go to the other party. The small patio in Corner Alley.

"I dare to bet with all my worth that they are definitely foreign wizards." A wizard who was enjoying breakfast suddenly said.

The partner next to me said contemptuously, "Your net worth is only worth a few dollars."

"If they were really British wizards, everyone would have heard their names long ago even if they didn't know them."

The trio that people were talking about so much had already passed the entrance of Diagon Alley and were looking at the historic Diagon Alley in front of them.

"I always thought there would be chaos here for a while."

Valeria took out a simple map of Diagon Alley from her pocket. After moving her eyes back and forth between the surrounding shops, she pointed to a shop in front and said to the girl next to her: "Isobel's shop should be at the crossroads ahead. Next to the mouth, let’s go and take a look!”

"Why don't you make an appointment with Albert and ask him to pick us up on time?" Louise looked at Kathleen beside her in confusion.

"We made an appointment at ten o'clock in the morning. We were early." Kathleen glanced at the pocket watch in her hand and looked reproachfully at the blonde girl leading the way. "But Valeria said she wanted to find something." Come, I want to take some time to examine the consumption level in the UK.”

"Don't you want to wander around Wizard Street?"

Valeria stopped at a cold drink shop stall on the roadside, bought three ice creams with the siko prepared in advance, and handed one to Louise and Katherine respectively.

"Does this still need to be investigated?" Catherine was speechless. "There are only so many wizards in the whole of Britain, and a lot of people died in the previous wizard war. Unless Isobel is willing to provide supplies to other countries, there will be no profit at all. "

Having once run a witch beauty shop, she knew how to make money. Before the sales took off, Isobel and her sister could only make a small amount of money.

"They only have Northern Europe left." Louise took a bite of the ice cream and couldn't help complaining: "The British are always not very particular about food."

"There aren't many wizards in Northern Europe, but they probably don't care. They open the shop mostly to pass the time." Speaking of this, Valeria was very envious. She also wanted to live like that.

"If they want to make more money, they can consider expanding to Eastern Europe or the subcontinent. I remember that the United Kingdom also has a very good influence on the subcontinent." Louise also felt that Isobel did not open a store to make money, because Albert himself was very talented. money. (Information revealed by Kathleen)

"We should consider unifying the stores. This design idea is very good." Valeria pointed to the store in front and suddenly suggested.

"It's really beautiful, but it doesn't feel very wizard-like."

Louise's shop was also specially designed by someone, but she also felt that it was not as comfortable as the pink and white witch beauty shop in front of her.

Girls would definitely like the one in front of them, at least she herself did.

Simple and elegant, it also wins the hearts of girls.

"You're here earlier than expected."

Katrina glanced sideways at the clock on the wall and said to the three people who passed through the half-opened store door, "Fortunately we came early."

Katherine looked around at the layout of the witch's beauty shop, raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Did Albert design it?"

Along the way, it is not difficult to see the taste of British wizards.

At best it sounds retro, but at worst it sounds out of step with the times.

But this store gave the three of them an out-of-place feeling. It didn't look like a pharmacy selling beauty potions at all, but more like a cozy teahouse, a place specially prepared for couples to date.

"Albert gave us some suggestions, and later he borrowed Muggle aesthetics in some aspects." Katrina motioned for a few people to sit down, and prepared delicious cold drinks for the three of them.

"We believe that even with various beauty products, they cannot solve all problems, so we specialize in providing consultation and treatment services to customers."

"Of course, this requires an appointment in advance."

The three of them looked at each other. They were actually good at this, but not as professional.

After all, they are all businessmen, not therapists. Even if they are involved in this field, they will not be too much.

Katrina was very satisfied with the expressions of the three of them and continued to talk about another thing.

"Mrs. Primpine will be coming over later, and I need your help to convince her to join us."

"Why not make it yourself?"

Valeria didn't understand what Katrina was trying to do at all.

"This is what Albert means." Katrina explained: "In his words: money can't be earned in full. Leaving a way for others can also make yourself more relaxed."

"It really seems like something he would say." Louise sighed softly.

"Albert must have never suffered from having no money. If he had, he would definitely not say such things."

Although Valeria thought this was a bit ridiculous, she herself did not reject it and could even say that she liked it.

If you can, who wouldn't want to?

"It is said that the guy earned a lot of galleons when he first entered school." Katrina took a sip of fruit tea and recalled this impressive incident.

It was precisely because of this that his sister met him later.

"Albert is indeed not a person who is short of money. With this thing, he can open a popular cold drink shop." Kathleen looked at the cup of fruit tea in her hand and felt that this thing was There will be a huge market among young men and women.

He was indeed a treasure boy, and he had made the right choice.

However, she didn't envy Isobel, because it won't be long before this treasure boy will have her share.

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