The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

The layout of the next room is exactly the same as Mr. Pony's studio, but there is a slight difference. That is, the material cabinet is not open like the next door, but a closed whole. There is a coin slot in the lower left corner. Below the coin mouth is the material outlet.

There is also a booklet on the workbench, which records the code name and price of each material in detail. The specific operation is that Tom selects the material, then enters the code and inserts coins into the coin slot of the cabinet, and finally takes out the material - exactly the same as a Muggle vending machine.

And just like a vending machine, the items inside are a little more expensive than what is sold on the market...

Tom felt as if he had been tricked into something.

If Mr. Pony wants to pay any uniform fee, training fee or deposit, he will leave. Tom made a decision in his mind.

Fortunately, Pony didn't continue to act rudely. He even gave Tom a set of carving tools for free.

"Okay, I'll go upstairs to check out the store first, and you can get familiar with the environment here." Mr. Pony left the studio, leaving Tom alone in the room.

Just as Tom was about to do something, there was a click, and the gas lamp on the wall went out. Unlike next door, the meter here did not give advance warning.

Tom subconsciously reached for the valve and twisted the gas light switch. The sound of the gas stove sounded, but the gas lamp did not light up.

Tom patted his head, look at my memory! He found the gas meter in the dark, took a penny from his pocket and stuffed it into it.

With a clang, the coin made a crisp sound and came into close contact with the ground. The coin just leaked out.

Tom:…

This meter doesn't require the currency of the magic world, does it?

Wanting to give it a try, Tom threw a copper nut in, and this time the sound of gears turning came from the meter.

Damn! Tom never expected that Mr. Pony was waiting for him here! Does this guy like to take advantage of others so much? He is an alchemist, so short of money?

Mr. Pony is not short of money, and his hobby of taking advantage is a little quirk of his. In the alchemist profession, there are many people with quirks, and Pony's kind is considered normal.

Tom turned on the gas lamp as if he was constipated. Looking at the bright room, he felt out of breath.

But it's not a big problem... Pony has Pony's strategy, and he, Tom Yoder, also has his own methods. Let's wait and see.

Tom tidied up the studio quickly, then turned off the sconce and left the room.

In the next day, Pony's alchemy workshop did not open, and the bored Tom even had time to carve a fox mask for himself.

Mr. Pony was not in a hurry. He had a sumptuous lunch with Tom at noon. After eating, he asked Tom to take a look at the store and then went to the basement to sleep. At five o'clock in the afternoon, he appeared in the store on time and said sleepily that he could get off work.

Looking at his leisurely and contented look, no one would have thought that the sales of this store all day today would be zero.

Tom returned to Diagon Alley, and Hermione was already waiting for him at the entrance of the alley.

"Have you found your favorite job?" She looked very happy.

Tom told her what happened in Pony's alchemy workshop.

"Why does this store sound so unreliable...can you really make money?" Hermione was full of doubts, but compared to money, another thing concerned her more.

"That store is in Knockturn Alley! Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Hermione was furious after she found out the location of the alchemy workshop.

"That's Knockturn Alley, a place where dark wizards gather. How dare you find a part-time job there? Resign immediately, immediately - there are so many positions in Diagon Alley!" Hermione's impression of Knockturn Alley was extremely bad. .

Tom spread his hands and said that Knockturn Alley was not as bad as Hermione thought - the Ministry of Magic had just cleaned it up and it was very clean now.

Faced with Tom's attitude, Hermione had no choice. She subconsciously wanted to write a letter to Dumbledore or Professor Flitwick, but she felt that there was a high probability that they would not interfere. Suddenly, she found that she had no way to restrain Tom.

"It's up to you!" In the end, she could only stamp her feet fiercely. She couldn't control this Tom!

Turns out Knockturn Alley isn't that dangerous after all. Those unstable elements in the alley had been sent to Azkaban by Minister Bones and would not be able to come back for a while, so Tom's part-time trip to Knockturn Alley went quite smoothly.

Of course, this success means that no one has come to trouble him so far. As for the alchemy workshop, he didn't make any business.

Not many people come to the alchemy workshop. Even if there are guests, Mr. Pony is asked to come to the alchemy workshop by name. It has nothing to do with the newcomer Tom [Seven].

The days passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

Today may be Tom's lucky day. Mr. Pony had something to do and left the shop in a hurry, leaving Tom to take care of the shop alone. Tom felt his chance had come.

Puni is here, you look for Puni, but Puni is not here, do you want to try [Seven]? If it doesn't open again, he will consider switching to a buyout cooperation form. After all, there would be no point in this part-time job if he was in a daze all day.

A figure appeared on the street of Knockturn Alley. He walked leisurely to Puni's alchemy workshop and stopped.

"I didn't expect that the person who took over this place would be Mr. Pony..." After muttering a few words in a low voice, he pushed open the door of the alchemy workshop.

The door was pushed open with a creak, and the welcome bell hanging on the door swayed, making a crisp ringing sound.

Tom raised his head and recognized the visitor: Lucius Malfoy.

"Welcome to Pony's Alchemy Workshop. Do you have any needs?" Tom asked.

Tom's voice attracted Lucius's attention. He looked over and saw a man wearing a fox mask standing behind the cashier talking to him. This man's voice sounded very young and he was not tall. He was obviously not Mr. Pony.

Lucius Malfoy frowned. He was looking for the alchemist Mr. Pune. I heard that he was a skilled alchemist and should be able to meet his requirements.

"Where's Mr. Pony?"

"Mr. Pony is temporarily unable to welcome guests. Is there anything I can do to help you? I believe I can also satisfy you."

Lucius subconsciously wanted to roll his eyes and reject this strange guy, but after thinking about it for a moment, he felt that he couldn't spend a few copper nuts to talk about it - he had already come, so he was a little unwilling to leave directly.

"I need to customize an alchemical creation that is both offensive and defensive. Can you do it?"

"Of course!" Tom agreed.

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