Hogwarts: The Book of Magic

Chapter 12 Journey to Diagon Alley

"Welcome to Diagon Alley, where you can buy everything you need to go to school. But before that, you need to go to Gringotts to exchange some money." Professor McGonagall said to them with a smile, "Okay, okay , we need to hurry up."

After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, he led them forward.

"There are three types of coins in the magic world, gold Galleons, silver Sickles, and copper Nats. The ratio of their exchange is that one Galleon is equal to seventeen Sickles, and one Sickle is equal to 29 Nats. How about it, very good Remember."

Professor McGonagall gave them popular science as they walked.

Mr. Granger was still observing the strange shops on both sides of the street. After hearing what Professor McGonagall said, he couldn't help but said, "Professor, I don't mean to offend, but don't you think this conversion ratio is very strange?"

"Mr. Granger, I know that you Muggles use ten or multiples of ten to calculate. In fact, we don't find this conversion troublesome, but we think Muggle's calculation is very convoluted."

"Um, well, sorry, Professor." Mr. Granger thought for a while, thinking that it was caused by cultural differences, so he quickly apologized.

Professor McGonagall nodded with a smile, and then walked on.

"Gringotts is controlled by goblins, which is equivalent to a bank for Muggles. These goblins were defeated in previous wars, but to appease them, they were asked to mint gold coins for wizards." Professor McGonagall said leisurely. Nothing happened, so I continued.

"Aren't you afraid that the goblins will turn their backs one day, after all, they control the lifeblood of the economy." Mr. Granger whispered again.

However, Professor McGonagall is very powerful, so he still heard it.

"Mr. Granger, goblins don't rebel."

"That's not certain."

"Dad!" "Husband!" Hermione and Mrs. Granger expressed their dissatisfaction with Mr. Granger at the same time.

"I really hope the goblins rebel." Lean interjected nonchalantly.

Mr. Granger was surprised. He and Professor McGonagall looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"My family still lacks a few loyal house elves. Maybe they are a good choice. This is also the voice of many wizards."

Lean knew too well what the last goblin rebellion was about. The Death Eaters' stronghold contained not only magic books, but also many anecdotes.

The last goblin rebellion was not so much a goblin rebellion as a bloody feast.

In order to fill up the number of house-elves, the upper-level wizards pushed the outbreak of the war with all their strength, and countless goblins were plundered in the war.

Eventually, the goblins figured out something was wrong.In order to cover up the real reason for the outbreak of the war and appease the goblin's emotions, the upper-level wizards handed over the minting rights to the goblin.

"What is a house-elf?" Hermione asked curiously.

"You will know later, let's go to Gringotts now." Professor McGonagall knew that it was impossible for a little wizard from a Muggle to accept the existence of slavery, so he changed the subject.

Naturally, Lean would not sweep Professor McGonagall's face, and walked behind Professor McGonagall with a smile.

The Granger family looked at each other and followed Professor McGonagall.

But Mr. Granger's happy mood of entering the wizarding world at this time quickly cooled down. He realized that the wizarding world is not a fairy tale world.

He began to wonder if it was right to send his own daughter into this unknown world.

However, this kid seems to know a lot of things, maybe he can make a routine.Mr. Granger couldn't help but look at Lian's back.

It didn't matter after looking at it, he suddenly discovered that the suit on Lien's body was also handmade, and it was quite expensive.But Mr. Granger didn't see any trace of aristocratic education in him.

It's really strange, which family's child is this, could it be the illegitimate child of which family?Mr. Granger couldn't help thinking.

Lean didn't know that Mr. Granger was becoming curious about his identity at this time, and he was currently being attacked by Hermione's chatter.

"By the way, how did you know about house-elves? Is anyone in your family a wizard?"

"Can you do magic? I mean...my parents are ordinary people who can't do magic."

"By the way, where are your parents? Why don't they come today?"

Hearing this, Professor McGonagall felt a sudden.She said why she always felt like she had forgotten something, and it turned out to be this.

Hogwarts will provide a bursary fund for poor families or orphans to complete their studies, but Professor McGonagall has not informed Ryan about the money at this time.

In other words, she would have to bring this up in front of the Grangers later.

Will it make this child feel inferior? Merlin, how could I make such a mistake.Professor McGonagall kept blaming himself and thinking about solutions.

"Dead, four years ago."

"What?" Hermione asked incredulously, her eyes widening.

"My parents died four years ago, in a gang fight." Lien said calmly.

But it was this calm tone that shocked everyone, including Professor McGonagall, who turned around and looked at him.

"Hold...Sorry, I...I'm not...I'm sorry..." Hermione was the first to react, she kept apologizing with a blushing face, and even tears appeared in the corners of her eyes.

The little girl was crying.

"Don't be so concerned, maybe you don't know that there is a resurrection stone in the magic world." Lean dropped a big bomb again in a flat tone.

Hermione opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

The Grangers were also shocked. After all, it was a resurrection stone, and they knew it could resurrect people just by hearing its name.

"Mr. Zell, I have to remind you that the Resurrection Stone is just a legend in the magic world." Professor McGonagall turned around and said.

Ryan smiled and nodded to show that he knew.

"Okay, here we are. This is Gringotts." Professor McGonagall led the crowd and stopped in front of a tall white house.

The short, ugly goblin standing at the door came running on short legs, and said in its shrill voice, "Dear Professor McGonagall, welcome to Gringotts. And of course you, if you Bring gold instead of Muggle currency."

Mr. Granger couldn't help frowning, he could feel more and more malice from the wizarding world now.

Mrs. Granger also squeezed her husband's arm, and Mr. Granger patted her hand on his arm, signaling that he would take care of it.

"That's enough, this is a new little wizard, please get out of the way." Professor McGonagall couldn't help being stricter, and the majesty accumulated over the years of teaching instantly spread out.

"Okay, okay, please come in." The goblin moved away tremblingly, and made a gesture to invite in.

Professor McGonagall snorted coldly, and walked in first.

Lean followed, followed by the Grangers.

"Excuse me, I need to exchange currency here." Professor McGonagall walked to the innermost counter, knocked on the table and said.

The goblin raised his wrinkled face, looked at Rian and Hermione, and said slowly, "Oh, well, it's time for little wizards to go to school again."

As he spoke, he took out a book from a pile of ledgers beside him, flipped through it and said, "The current exchange rate is five pounds to one Galleon, and each little wizard can only exchange up to 200 coins a year."

Turning to the correct position, the goblin picked up the quill and dipped it in the ink bottle, and said, "Who will come first? By the way, I still need to show me your admission notice."

Hermione looked at Rin, Rin took half a step back, meaning you go first.

"This is my admission notice." Hermione took out a neatly stacked letter paper from her pocket, unfolded it and placed it on the counter.

The goblin pinched it up with her slender and thick fingers, looked at it, and put it down again.

"Miss Granger, how much do you want to exchange?" the goblin asked.

"Two hundred Galleons." Mr. Granger said, and then took out ten one-hundred-pound coins from his wallet and placed them on the counter.

"Okay, okay, two hundred Galleons." The goblin counted out two hundred Galleons and weighed them on the balance. After the amount was good, he casually threw the pound into the box behind him.

"Please order, I will not be responsible for leaving the closet." The goblin put two hundred Galleons in a pocket and handed them to Mr. Granger.

"Then what about you? Little Mister." After completing Hermione's formalities, the goblin turned to ask Lean again.

"This child needs to apply for a student loan. This is the explanation from Hogwarts."

With that said, Professor McGonagall took out a piece of paper and was about to put it on the counter, but was stopped by Lean.

"Zell, this is not the time to be strong, and this is not given to you, but will need to be repaid in the future." Professor McGonagall said, she thought that Lean did not accept the funds out of self-esteem.

"Professor McGonagall, I have money myself." He said, throwing the non-traceable stretch bag around his waist on the counter.

"Mr. Fairy, is there an exchange limit for gold and gemstones?" Lean always had a constant smile on his face.

"Of course not!" The goblin became a little interested after hearing Lien's words.

He picked up the bag on the counter, weighed it, and turned it over to empty the contents.

This pocket is not big, and the goblin didn't consider the factor of the non-marking stretch bag, because just now Professor McGonagall wanted to apply for a student loan for the little wizard.

But the fact was beyond everyone's expectations. A lot of gold and precious stones fell out of his pockets, covering the entire counter.

Fortunately, the goblin reacted quickly, otherwise some of them would fall to the ground.

"Oh, look at this little cutie." The fairy held up a golden bead and said, "By the way, my name is Kebi. Hello, what's your name?"

Seeing Lien's money, Kebi immediately changed his face.

(End of this chapter)