Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

When Dean recovered from the surprise, he found that a wide archway had appeared in front of him, leading to a winding cobblestone street with no end in sight.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley!" Mundungus said proudly.

Just before Dean recovered from the appearance of his entourage, Mundungus had already led him through the Leaky Cauldron and opened the passage to Diagon Alley.

His hands and feet are really nimble!

Dean took a deep look at Mundungus. Every wizard who can join the Order of the Phoenix is ​​really not easy.

It seems that to enter Diagon Alley, you need to use a wand to knock the bricks on the wall. Unfortunately, when Dean remembered this, the passage had already been opened, and Mundungus had already put away the pipe that was suspected of being a wand, so he missed confirming the pipe. That's the chance of Mundungus' wand.

But it doesn’t seem like that’s a very important thing, right?

Dean sorted out his chaotic thoughts and carefully looked at this most prosperous commercial street in the magic world.

He noticed a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop.Hanging above the pot is a large pot made of copper, brass, tin plating, and silver, with a complete range of models, automatic stirring, and foldable.

"Patchy's Crucible Shop?" Dean read the cursive text on the sign: "I remember that there seemed to be a need for a crucible on the list."

As he said this, he went to look in his pants pocket, and he remembered that he put the list there casually.

"That's right, you need a crucible, made of pewter, standard size 2." Mundungus quickly dragged Dean in the other direction, "With all due respect, for a new student like you, There is no need to spend so much money on a new pot.”

"Why?" Dean asked puzzled.

"Believe me, the damage rate of first-year cauldrons is astonishingly high. Many freshmen even blew up their cauldrons in the first potion class." Mundungus said in a tone of experience. .

"So?" Dean raised his eyebrows.

"You only need a second-hand crucible. It won't be too late to get a new one after your potion skills are improved~" Mundungus suggested with a "loving" smile.

"Okay, this is indeed a constructive suggestion - where should we go next? Flourish and Blotts Bookstore?" Dean shrugged, accepted Mundungus' suggestion, and did not insist on returning to Partridge's Crucible store. Go buy a new cauldron - even though he knew that he would never blow up the cauldron as he was expert in potions, but he felt there was no need to quarrel with Mundungus over such a trivial matter.

"Well, of course we have to go to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, but..." Mundungus suggested with twinkling eyes, "Before that, we'd better go to the second-hand robe store, right there."

"Second-hand robe store?" Dean raised his eyebrows, a little doubtful. Is it really what he thought?

"If I remember correctly, your list also requires three sets of black plain work robes, a black plain pointed hat for daytime use, and a black, silver-buttoned winter cloak with a brand name." Menton. Gus said seriously.

"I think you can buy it at Madam Malkin's Robe Store." Dean said, pointing in the opposite direction.

"Believe me, the products in Madam Malkin's Robe Store are both expensive and impractical..." Before Mundungus could finish his words, he was interrupted by Dean's sneer.

"Haha, Mr. Mundungus, I guess you suggested this because you want to save money?" Dean asked with an unkind expression.

"You are overthinking, I am definitely thinking about you." Mundungus said with a serious look on his face.

"Really?" Dean asked in a long tone.

"Of course." Mundungus tried to pretend to be calm, "If you insist, of course we can go to Madam Malkin's robe store to buy..."

"Forget it, let's go to the second-hand robe store first." Dean originally wanted to insist on going to Madam Malkin's robe store, but after catching a glimpse of a few people walking into the second-hand robe store, he immediately changed his mind.

"Wise choice, I believe I won't be wrong~" Mundungus didn't see that scene and said confidently.

After a crisp ringing of the doorbell, Dean followed Mundungus into the second-hand robe store.

A lazy greeting came from deep inside the store:

"Welcome, see for yourself if you need anything."

"Damn it, why are there so many customers here today?" Mundungus muttered as several people crowded into the small shop.

"Mundungus Fletcher? Why are you here?" a middle-aged man asked in a wary voice.

"A-Arthur Weasley?" Mundungus broke into a cold sweat when he heard this voice.

If he had known Arthur was here, he wouldn't have come to his door no matter what he said.

That's right, it was the Weasley family that Dean saw entering the second-hand robe shop just now. Their iconic fiery red hair made Dean guess their identities at once.

By the way, Ron Weasley is also in first grade this year. He is Harry Potter's best friend and is known as one of the Iron Triangle.

Dean felt that he would be able to find some clues to complete the mission from him, so he changed his mind and did not expose Mundungus for the time being, but instead followed him.

Arthur Weasley was a thin, middle-aged man with a bit of baldness, wearing a green robe. He nodded towards Mundungus: "It's been a long time no see."

"Oh~Molly is here too, what a coincidence~" Mundungus said hello to a short and plump woman with a sneer.

"Arthur has been very busy recently, so he and I took some time to take Ron to buy some items. He will go to Hogwarts soon..." Molly Weasley's fat face turned slightly red, anxiously explained.

"What a coincidence, I also brought my children to do the shopping~" Mundungus said in a flattering way.

"Is this your child?" Arthur asked suspiciously, looking at Dean who was following Mundungus.

Not to mention the age difference, even the completely different skin color is enough to prove that Mundungus is lying.

"Well, of course... no." Mundungus winked at Arthur, "This is to do an old friend a favor and bring his children to buy some things."

Arthur and Molly looked at each other suspiciously, both seeing a hint of surprise in each other's eyes, and both cast a suspicious questioning look at Mundungus.

Mundungus nodded imperceptibly.

Molly Weasley immediately greeted a boy behind her who was about the same age as Dean: "Ron, come and say hello, this person may become your classmate."

Ron, who was pushed out by his mother, was thin and tall, clumsy, with freckles on his face, big hands, big feet, and a long nose. If he hadn't read the original work, it would be difficult for Dean to tell from his appearance that Ron's role would be so important.

"Hello, I'm Dean, Dean Thomas." Seeing that Ron was a little shy, Dean greeted him proactively.

"H-Hello, I'm Ron Weasley." The tips of Ron's ears were a little red, as if he was ashamed of the second-hand robes he was wearing.

"Ron, you are more familiar with this place than Dean. Take him around. Mundungus and I have something to talk about." After Mr. Weasley finished speaking, he pointed at Mundungus with a serious expression. Refers to a remote corner inside a store.