Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 114 The new version of the ship, subverting the experience

1990.8.1. Wednesday.
Today's Diagon Alley is a bit lively, because a new store is about to open in Diagon Alley.

There's nothing new about opening a new store in Diagon Alley, but there's something special about this one...

On the opposite side of Lihen Bookstore in Diagon Alley, a new store is about to open here, and there are already circles of wizards around here, and they are all waiting for the store to open.

In fact, since a month ago, the building where the store is located has been emptied, and then hung with red satin, and people come here one after another every day... I don’t know what they are doing.

Later, someone couldn't help inquiring about it curiously, only to find out that it was Lake's family who wanted to open a store here.

I see, Lake's house, Lake...'s house? ! ? !
Then spread it to ten, ten to a hundred, and soon all the wizards who pay attention to monster cards know that the Lake family is going to open a shop in Diagon Alley.

After many inquiries and understandings, the Lake family is going to open a "magic chess and card experience store" here. This store will open at [-] am on August [-]st, and it is currently being renovated.

Although the wizards don't know what an experience store is, and they don't know why they need to decorate a store, but as long as they know that they can buy the latest monster cards here, that's enough.

So every day, many fanatical fans squatted here to "spy on the enemy's situation", but the bright red satin covered from the top to the bottom of the building was magically applied, and they couldn't see what was going on inside.

Although the wizards are very curious, they can't just force their way in, just to have a look in advance, right?So they can only endure and wait for the arrival of August [-]st.

Then... they learned to be more and more curious through patience, and the more curious they became, the more they couldn't see it, so they talked about it with others to arouse their curiosity, and finally everyone endured it together...

Although Lake's house didn't do much publicity, the news of the opening of the store today is almost known to everyone in the British wizarding world. No, early in the morning, the place was full of people.

Everyone is waiting to see the excitement, and people are curious about what novelty the Lake family has come up with.

……

Dio Joestar is a loyal fan of the monster card.

In the past, he was a hardcore chess player who loved wizard chess and won the third place in the international wizard chess competition.

After graduating from Hogwarts, he is still obsessed with playing chess and has no intention of working. His goal is to win the wizard chess competition!

Until four years ago, when his friend Jonathan Brando visited him, he brought a deck of monster cards...

Only then did he know that there was a more interesting game than Wizard Chess!

The combination of different cards is ever-changing, full of countless possibilities!This is completely incomparable to the fixed mode of Wizard Chess.

And... there are so many friends who play monster cards!He no longer has to grab Jonathan to play cards every day, he can go to the wizard bar to find anyone to play with.

Sure enough, the game is only fun when you play it with more friends!

Dior quickly became a loyal fan of Pokemon cards. Every time a new card is released, he will charge forward. He will not stop until all the new cards are drawn. Anyway, his family is not bad. How much money!
As for Wizard Chess?What is that?
As a loyal fan of the Monster card, Dior naturally knew its creators—the Lake family, and their family seemed to have business dealings with the Lake family.

Dio was overjoyed when he heard that the Lake family was going to open a store in Diagon Alley. He didn't want to buy cards in the store next door full of all kinds of messy toys.

And if a new store is opened, new cards will definitely be released... right?

Dior squatted in the new store with his friend Jonathan early in the morning, and he wanted to master the new cards first-hand!

…if so.

Most of the wizards present had the same idea as Dior, hoping to grab the first-hand new cards so that they could show off to their friends back home.

Finally, the time came to exactly nine o'clock. At this time, a house elf emerged from the red silk.

The elf bowed politely to the wizards in front of him, then grabbed the red cloth behind him with one hand, snapped his fingers, and disappeared in front of everyone together with the red silk, which was like unveiling the veil of this mysterious shop.

"Ah! It's so bright!" The wizards shouted one after another.

Dio squinted his eyes, and he saw that the exterior walls of the four-story store in front of him were replaced with floor-to-ceiling windows, and the solid walls were painted with bright colors. The whole house looks like a glowing castle .

This is indeed eye-catching, Dio was about to say that... suddenly, he felt something was wrong.

It turns out that the upper three floors of the building are not windows!
But three huge mirrors!
From top to bottom, the contents of the three mirrors are constantly changing! !
【Warm congratulations, Lake Magic Chess and Chess Workshop, Diagon Alley brand experience store, grand opening! ! 】

[In the first week of opening, you can get a generous gift coupon if you spend [-] Gold Galleons in this store, you can get a membership card if you spend [-] Gold Galleons, and you can get a Lake Gold Card if you spend [-] Gold Galleons or more! ! 】

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[Like Chess, create happiness with your heart! 】

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"This is! What the hell??!" The wizards in the whole street were attracted by the three huge mirrors above the building, and various messages were constantly scrolling on the three mirrors.

Some messages were electrified by Pikachu, some messages were dragged by a little fox, and some messages were read out by those familiar Yokai card characters...

Ingenious conception, gorgeous special effects, novel design, refreshing!
"This...is this an advertisement?" Dio's eyes were full of astonishment, and he asked Jonathan.

"Ah, obviously, the Lake family can always bring surprises to people. This is a double-sided mirror, right? So can the double-sided mirror be used like this?" Jonathan nodded and said, he was also amazed.

"Don't talk about it, let's go in and have a look first, I believe the things inside will be more interesting." Dio pulled Jonathan straight to the store door.

Stepping through the gate with the sign [Lake Magic Chess and Chess Workshop Diagon Alley Brand Experience Store], Dior and Jonathan squeezed into the store.

As soon as I entered the door, I found that the inside was surprisingly spacious. After dozens of people crowded outside the door just came in, I found that the place was much larger than the street outside, and there was no feeling of crowding at all.

"Huh? Where's the counter?" Dio was stunned, because he found that it didn't look like a store at all, but rather... a Muggle cafe?
There was soothing music playing in the store, and looking around the store, there were several counters, but they didn't look like they were selling cards!
Isn't that the bar counter over there! ?That waiter...was shaking the bar!I go!Why are you all happily sitting on the sofa and playing cards?Aren't you here to buy a new card?Hey, it turns out that these tables are chessboards!Then I also...

Dior couldn't bear it, and was about to fight for [-] rounds, when a handsome guy with a fat body in a suit came over and said, "Hello, gentlemen, I'm the guide here, Ansel. Norman, how can I help you?"

"Oh, hey, you're a squib? Oh! Sorry, no offense intended." Dio looked at the guide who was about the same age but he didn't know him and said.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm indeed a squib." Norman waved his hand and said indifferently, he was used to this kind of thing: "I'm just an ordinary guide in Lake Workshop, the two gentlemen have You can ask me anything you don’t understand.”

Dio and Jonathan looked at each other, and they both felt that the Squib is really suitable for this kind of work. Dio said, "Well, I actually wanted to buy a new Yo-Kai card...but... I don't seem to see a Yo-Kai card counter?"

"It's like this. If you want to buy cards, you need to go to the second or third floor. The first floor is only for customers to experience our new products and rest and entertainment." Norman pointed to the elevator next to him and said:
"Also, we don't have any new cards on sale today."

"Ah? No?" Dio said dejectedly.

"Going to take this? Then... if the new card is released... won't it be crowded?" Jonathan paid attention to this.

"This... is actually the elevator that is only used to limit the flow of people. In fact, when the new card is released, you can buy our products in other stores. We are just an experience store here, and sales are not our main business." Nuo Man explained with a smile.

Dior and Jonathan looked at each other again, with a meaning in their eyes: Are there any shops that don't want to make money?

At this time, Dio noticed that a counter was full of people, and some people screamed from time to time.

He pointed over there and asked, "What's going on there?"

"That's the exhibition counter of our new product Facebook. Do you want to know more about it? In fact, there is also a Facebook exhibition counter on the third floor. There are too many people here. Why don't we... go upstairs and have a look?" Norman kept smiling. , palms towards the elevator door, made a "please" gesture.

Dio looked at Jonathan again, and said, "I don't know why, but I always feel that the elevator door is full of temptation."

"I think so too."

"Jonathan..."

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"Although there are no new cards on sale today..."

"But I feel... I'm going to get high..."

(End of this chapter)