Master Trainer from Hogwarts

Chapter 6 The Wizard's Peasant Economy

After quietly returning home, Allen rewarded Charmander with a few pieces of fried fish, and began to reflect on today's battle. The F score of the system actually explained the problem, and he estimated that he had not even reached the passing standard.

Although Brother Pingtou looks ferocious, he is just an ordinary animal after all, and his physical fitness is still far behind that of Charmander.

It can be seen from the back that Charmander is used to fighting and can easily avoid Pingtou's counterattack. The agility attribute of Charmander is higher than that of Pingtou, not to mention that Charmander also has three special skills.

But he wasn't useless, at least he wasn't so flustered that Charmander could use the spark skill at will.

In that woods, the clearing was surrounded by trees, and LV1's [Spark] probably had a hard time hitting the fast-moving Pingtou brother, and would put himself in real danger instead.

But this is a good start. After summing up, Allen reopened the system, and the system prompts that the store has been opened to him.

Pokémon Trainer: Alan Stuart

Spirit: 10
Constitution: 4
Title: Apprentice trainer
Talent: Elementary Charisma

Skills: none

Pokémon: Little Fire Dragon
Today's remaining battles: 0

Gold: 10
Store items: wound medicine x1, novice gift pack

I have an extra title of [Apprentice Trainer], which can increase the defense power of the Pokémon I command by 10%.

It is equivalent to an alternative innate ability, but Allen has not yet figured out how to obtain the title.

Then he looked towards the store that was open to him.

Today's store (refresh once every 24 hours, can be frozen, or spend 10 gold coins to refresh the store)

[Ordinary Poké Ball]: There is a certain probability of catching a Pokémon that has lost its resistance, and the price is 10 gold coins.

[Fire Attribute Energy Block]: Food for Fire Attribute Pokémon. Long-term food will help Pokémon grow. The price is 10 gold coins.

[Flying Kick Skill Scroll]: After using it, there is a certain probability to learn it, and the price is 10 gold coins.

[Silver powder] (one-time): After use, the power of all insect-type moves will increase, and the price is 50 gold coins.

Allen hesitated for a while and finally bought the [Flying Kick] skill scroll. This skill is not difficult to learn, but it can effectively strengthen Charmander's melee ability.

After shopping, Allen set his sights on the novice gift pack again, which is his expectation to become stronger now.

"Congratulations, you have acquired the skill [Energy Block Production]."

"Congratulations on getting the tree seed (fire)."

"Congratulations, you got [Normal Poké Ball] x3."

"Congratulations on getting [Master Ball] x1."

A total of four items were released in the novice gift pack, the most precious of which should be [Master Ball].

In theory, all mythical beasts can be captured, but whether or not the divine beast listens to you after capture is two different things, and Allen is not sure whether the Pokémon Ball has any effect on the magical animals in this world.

But fortunately, you can use ordinary poke balls to experiment.

He clicked on the energy block production skill, and a lot of knowledge appeared in his mind instantly.

The words [Energy Block Production] LV1 also appeared in the skill column, but the energy block needs tree fruit as the core raw material, and Alan only had one tree species at first.

After sorting out everything, it was almost twelve o'clock.

Allen put the little Charmander who was playing carefully in the room into the system. Maybe he learned the [Fireproof Curse] in the future and arranged it at home so that it can play freely.

The next day, Allen got up on time, went out for a morning run, and came back to feed the Charmander.

Then he went out to Diagon Alley under the leadership of Mr. Stuart.

As a speculator, Mr. Stuart certainly understood what it would mean if his son could become a powerful wizard.

Therefore, Mr. Stuart naturally puts the reasonable demands of Alan, a son who has been excellent since he was a child, first.

With the previous experience of entering Diagon Alley, Mr. Stuart behaved like an ordinary wizard.

Even though he was surprised by the things around him, he didn't show it directly.

From his conversation with Allen yesterday, he already understood that wizards despise ordinary people from the bottom of their hearts.

But this is also understandable, after all, it is absolutely impossible for any controller of power and wealth to truly treat other people as equals.

This is human nature in itself, not to mention a wizard with powerful power.

Because it was discussed at home before, the two went to buy a few sets of second-hand wizard robes for Mr. Stuart, which would help him look more like an ordinary wizard.

Then Allen and Mr. Stuart walked to Lihen Bookstore first, although this is the largest bookstore in Diagon Alley.

But there are not as many books as imagined, and they are all regular publications.

Like those powerful black magic books, there is a monopoly in the wizarding world.

It is not surprising that only those pure-blood families have orphan copies.

For wizards, knowledge is power.

Fortunately, Allen doesn't need those dangerous black magic books, Hogwarts is the only school of magic in England that has been passed down for thousands of years.

The black magic in it is estimated to exceed the sum of all pure-blood families, and even Voldemort found the method of making Horcruxes in it.

There is still one and a half months before leaving school, and my time is limited, so I don't need many books.

"Advanced Theory of Magic Explained" by Adbe Woflin
Basic Alchemy by Nicole Flamel
The Potion Catalog by Colinda Eck

Plus a "Monster Book of Monsters" and "A Brief Analysis of Potions".

Although Hagrid looked stupid, his talent in raising magical creatures was comparable to Senior Newt's.

You must know that the latter is one of the few bosses who can confront Grinwald head-on, and he is even more proficient in using the Untrace Stretch Curse.

So the magical creature books recommended by Hagrid are definitely worth reading.

After purchasing the books, Allen and Mr. Stuart went to Partage's Crucible Store to buy the remaining alchemy and pharmacy instruments.

Bought some basic herbs at the herbal store and left the owl address for future purchases.

Allen took Mr. Stuart to the Magic Zoo, which is a place where pets are sold in Diagon Alley.

Although Hogwarts reminds first-year little wizards to only bring small common animals to school.

But in fact, wizards in England can raise magical animals privately, which is not as strict as the United States.

So these magical animals are graded by them, from X to 5X, of which X and 2X are both tameable.

And it just so happens that Sniff is at the level of 2X.

Sniff: A magical animal that looks like a platypus and is about the size of a mouse. It has a keen sense of treasure, and the space bag in its abdomen has a huge capacity.

This kind of treasure-hunting mouse-type magical animal also comes with a storage space in the early stage, and of course Allen will not let it go.

"Do you want to buy a sniff?" The clerk looked at Mr. Stuart, "But this kind of magical animal is extremely rare now..."

Mr. Stuart breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that wizards are also human beings. As long as the other party is willing to trade, he can afford the price. He took out a heavy bag of money from the wizard's robe and weighed it.

The sound of metal colliding made the clerk smile involuntarily. You must know that not all the wizarding world is rich.

Instead, their self-sufficient lifestyle makes wizards often appear 'poor'.

No thriving business, only meager salaries, not even a good job for many.

The gap between rich and poor is huge, and wealth is largely monopolized by pure-blood families.

Mr. Stuart took out a Galleon from it and slipped it into the clerk's hand.

"I want to know the specific price and sale of Xixiu. This Gold Galleon belongs to you. It's a gain other than the transaction."

The clerk carefully looked around, as if worried about the boss appearing.

Then he put the hand holding Jin Jialong into his pocket, and the person in front of him was a big customer.

"200 Galleons, but you don't want to loot Muggle shops with Niu Niu, the Ministry of Magic doesn't allow it." The clerk whispered.

Mr. Stuart was slightly taken aback, it was cheaper than expected, this is a magical animal that can find treasure!
And 200 Gold Galleons were only 1000 pounds. Although it was indeed not a small sum, he could easily take it out.

Seeing this scene, Allen sighed slightly. It seems that his father still did not understand the barren financial system of the wizarding world. The wizarding world that has not experienced industrialization is completely self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy.

The convenience of magic allows them to grow food on barren land, use the Restoration Charm to refresh an item, carry heavy objects leisurely, prepare food,

And these are things that an ordinary wizard can do, and naturally they don't have the motivation to develop complex economic activities.

Therefore, the purchasing power of precious metals is extremely high. You must know that the bounty price of Sirius was only 1 Galleons at the beginning, and it is now in the 20s of the 90th century.

If the financial system between ordinary people and the wizarding world is open, it will be a real war for wizards, just like the industrial society impacted the small peasant economy back then.

Fortunately, wizards tried their best to prevent communication with ordinary people, so that this fragile financial system could be preserved.

And this also gave an ambitious Muggle family wizard like Allen the confidence to buy, buy, buy.

"Deal!" Mr. Stuart regained the confidence of financial professionals in the wizarding world.

(End of this chapter)