The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

"Hello, I'm Hermione Granger."

The little girl reached out to Loren.

"Hello, I'm Loren Morgan."

Loren shook his hand twice. He felt that it was a bit prudish for two children to perform such social etiquette.

"Are you also the chosen freshman?"

The girl is now very curious about everything related to wizards. She was so excited last night that she almost couldn't sleep.

Loren's thoughts were still wandering, and the little girl wanted to ask something else.

"We'll talk later, now we're going to the Leaky Cauldron."

Professor McGonagall interrupted them, holding the two of them with her left hand and waving her wand with her right hand.

"Apparition!"

Snapped!

Loren felt much better the second time than the first time, and the time she was squeezed in the tube was much shorter. Maybe it's because I'm getting used to it, or maybe it's because the distance is a little closer this time.

The lively little girl on the other side burst into tears.

But before Professor McGonagall could comfort him, a whimpering voice sounded first.

"Was that also a kind of magic just now?"

"Is the spell Apparition?"

"Can we learn from it in the future?"

After three consecutive questions, the little girl took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked directly at Professor McGonagall with bright eyes.

Professor McGonagall and Loren next to them fell silent for a moment.

Loren asked if he wanted to join the queue at this time, showing due curiosity about the magical world.

Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You will know this after you enter school. Now I will show you how to get from the Muggle world to Diagon Alley. You will have to do it yourself in the next school year."

Loren and Hermione then looked up and looked around. In front of them was a dirty, dilapidated small bar, with black stains on the outer wall.

It seems like no one passing by can see this bar.

Professor McGonagall led them through the bar, which was even more dark and dirty. The people inside were also dressed very strangely, some were wearing top hats, and some had their clothes trailing on the ground.

They looked at Hermione's jeans and plaid jacket, which seemed very attractive. Loren was wearing clothes made by a tailor in a small town. He looked a bit old-fashioned on the street outside, but the people inside the bar seemed to think it was normal.

Being looked at with offensive looks, Hermione looked uncomfortable and frowned tightly, but she didn't speak.

When passing by the bar, the bar owner waved to say hello to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips without saying much, and led them to a small courtyard with walls on all sides. There was nothing here except trash cans and weeds.

"Just count the wall tiles on the trash can three upwards and two across the bin, and tap the wall three times with the wand, and then..." Professor McGonagall said as she demonstrated.

The brick shook, and a small hole appeared from it. Finally, the hole turned into an archway leading to another magical world.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley."

There was a trace of pride in Professor McGonagall's tone. Even though she had to repeat this behavior many times every year, she was never impatient. Unveiling the curtain of the magical world to a young wizard is a joyful job.

As I walked along the archway, I heard a rumbling sound behind me.

Hermione and Loren looked back and saw that the archway had turned into an ordinary wall again.

Along the way, I saw all kinds of strange shops, selling owls, crucibles, and strange-shaped brooms, but I didn't stop at any of them.

"Professor McGonagall, why do wizards use owls to deliver messages?"

"Professor McGonagall, why are the crucibles made of different materials and models?"

"Professor McGonagall, why can a broomstick fly? Does it have an engine? What is the power?"

Hermione was a little nervous, and she kept asking questions.

Children are always a little afraid when going to strange places. Their curiosity is not only a way to relieve their inner emotions.

Professor McGonagall would answer questions at first, but Hermione kept asking questions one after another, always adding why.

Finally, Professor McGonagall said: "Some questions will be answered after you enroll, and some questions you have to find the answers yourself."

Hermione stopped then and turned her attention to the little friend next to her.

Loren was looking at the shops and pedestrians on the street with interest, connecting what he saw in front of him with the memories of his previous life.

"Loren, why don't you ask anything? Are you not curious at all?" Hermione asked Loren.

Loren looked at the little girl in front of her, her eyes were really bright: "Hermione, do you know? I live on a ranch and have two talking kittens. One is very cute, and the other is not very pretty. .”

"Oh, is that also a wizard's pet? I thought you were a child of a Muggle family like me." Hermione quickly added the question. She already knew through Professor McGonagall that Muggle was the wizard's name for ordinary people.

Professor McGonagall also noticed what Loren said, a talking cat? She hasn't raised one yet, why didn't she see it when she went to Loren's house before?

"The not-so-good-looking one kept asking why, and then it was given away?" Loren said seriously, holding back a smile.

Professor McGonagall had already realized when she saw Loren's expression that he was talking nonsense.

"Ah? Why, because it's not cute? Do you have any other cats that you can give to me? Even if they are not so cute." Hermione was still immersed in the cute talking kitten, and then added: " Even if you can’t speak, it’s okay.”

Loren couldn't hold it anymore: "Because cute cats don't always ask why!" After saying this, Loren laughed out loud.

Professor McGonagall also looked amused.

Hermione blinked, stunned for a moment, and finally reacted: "That's bad! You're teasing me!" She slapped Loren's shoulder with her hand, but not very hard.

"Just kidding!" Loren laughed and apologized.

When passing by Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, Hermione's eyes showed visible excitement. She was eager to go in right away and rummage through the books to find the answers to all her questions, but Professor McGonagall didn't stop.

"The currency used by wizards is different from the Muggle world. We have to go to Gringotts first to exchange for some wizard currency." Professor McGonagall explained.

After discussing the surrounding shops, several people finally arrived at their destination.

This is a snow-white building, taller than other shops around it, with a shiny bronze door.

Standing in front of the door were goblin waiters in scarlet and gold uniforms. They were about less than half the height of normal adults, a head shorter than Loren, but their hands and feet were very long.

When they entered, the goblin waiter bowed to them. Then a second silver door appeared, with the words engraved on it: Please come in, stranger, but you have to be careful about what will happen if you are greedy. If you blindly ask for something for nothing, you will be punished the most severely. Therefore, if you want to get something from our underground vault, Take a treasure that was never yours, and you have been warned, O thief, that you will be rewarded not with treasure but with retribution.

Inside is a marble hall. On a long row of counters, hundreds of goblin employees are sitting on high benches and conducting various businesses. Some are weighing coins with copper scales, and some are inspecting gems...

There are countless doors in the hall, leading to different places. The goblin leads people to shuttle directly back and forth through these doors.

With the help of Professor McGonagall, Loren and Hermione exchanged pounds for wizarding world currency. Through the goblin's introduction and Professor McGonagall's supplement, the two learned some basic information.

Muggle currency is exchanged for wizarding currency, mainly gold galleons, which are exclusive to students from Muggle families at Hogwarts.

Each transaction will be specially registered, and if it exceeds a certain amount, you will be asked about the situation. However, there is almost no restriction on the exchange of gold galleons for Muggle currency. This is considering that some wizards will live in the Muggle world and have this demand.

Of course, wizards must have ways to obtain Muggle currency without exchanging it, but most of these would violate the Statute of Secrecy.

In addition, Loren discovered that the wizard's currency system was very crude. Even though Muggle currency exchange gold galleons were specially registered and calculated, gold could still be exchanged without restrictions.

Based on this alone, Loren can directly destroy the wizarding economy, and let them eat bread for 500,000 marks, ah, no, galleons.

But a crude system also means rogues, and the goblins of Gringotts have the highest authority to explain.

Currency does not have any financial attributes. How much is made and how much is issued is decided by the goblin. If Loren attacks them with financial means, the result will be nothing more than the goblins issuing rogue statements and re-writing the rules.

Using price means to impact will not yield much gains because the market is too small. Unless the wizard can be made to sign some kind of labor contract, but this is unrealistic, because he will be hung up and chewed on.

In addition, Loren said he was very uncomfortable with the strange exchange rates of 1 galleon for 17 siekos and 1 sieko for 29 nat.

Number one in the world in decimal system! c, ah no, Java is number one...