dumb wizard

On the street, Snape pointed to a small and dirty pub on the opposite street, and said to Hugh White: "The entrance to the wizarding world, the Leaky Cauldron."

The bar, sandwiched between a record store and a bookstore, seemed so inconspicuous.People around came and went, and no one cast their eyes on it, as if it didn't exist.

Hugh White was a little curious. After all, it was one thing to read in a book, but another to see it with his own eyes.

"Only wizards can see the Leaky Cauldron." Snape's voice came from above his head. Although his tone was still flat and cold, Xiu was moved by his thoughtful explanation.

The two walked into the Leaky Cauldron.

The inside of the bar looked worse than the outside, dark and messy, and Xiu frowned, stealthily dodging a drunk who nearly ran into him.

A shriveled old man with almost bare hair on the bar was wiping his wine glass. He noticed Snape's arrival, and shouted with surprise and pleasure: "Oh! Professor Snape, what a rarity!" His eyes shifted Xiu came to Snape's side, "What a beautiful boy, this is the freshman at Hogwarts this year, right?"

Snape's face was gloomy, and his terrifying aura of not getting close to strangers made him shy away. Apart from Hugh White, there was a vacuum zone with a diameter of three meters around him.

To the bar owner's greeting, Snape just nodded in response, and left the bar rudely pulling Xiu's arm.

The two came to a small courtyard surrounded by walls, and there were only some weeds on the ground except for an old trash can.

Snape stood in front of the wall where the trash cans were, took out his wand, and said to Hugh White, "Look clearly, Mr White, I hope your pitifully small brain won't fail to remember this .”

He said, "Count up to three blocks, and then count down to two blocks." Snape tapped the brick with his wand, and the brick trembled under Xiu's gaze, and began to move, revealing a hole in the middle, the hole Slowly it grew larger, and finally became a wide archway, and beyond the archway was a winding and ancient street.

So much fun!

"This is Diagon Alley, Mr. White, follow!" Snape strode away, and Xiu quickly followed closely.

Diagon Alley is very lively.

Dense shops lined both sides of the street, wizards and wizards in strange clothes came and went, with different expressions on their faces.

"Dragon liver, seventeen Sickles an ounce." A fat woman yelled feebly. Xiu looked over and saw that it was a pharmacy.

The black-robed man walked very quickly, and he had already gone a long way in the time Xiu glanced at, Xiu trotted to keep up, not daring to be distracted.Anyway, he will come by himself in the future, and it won't be too late to look at it then.

"Mr. White," Snape said coldly to Xiu who was running after him, panting slightly, "please watch your eyes and follow me closely, I don't have so much time to spend here with you."

Xiu nodded quickly, and Snape strode forward, "Now, Mr. White, you need to go to Gringotts to exchange the pound for wizard's coin."

They came to a snow-white building much higher than the other buildings in Diagon Alley. Beside the bronze gate stood an ugly creature in a uniform of scarlet and gold.

Snape explained succinctly: "Gringotts is the property of goblins."

Xiu only took one look at the goblin guarding the gate and didn't want to look at it any more. This really ruined the image of goblins in his mind.Although he already had no expectations for the appearance of the goblin because of the original book, the appearance of the goblin in Gringotts is beyond his imagination.

They walked up the white steps to the goblin, who bowed to them as they entered.

Entering the gate, they saw a silver door.A few words were engraved on the door: Come in, stranger, but be careful what will happen to your greed,

Blindly ask for, get for nothing,

will be severely punished,

So if you seek to take from our subterranean vaults a fortune that was never yours, you have been warned, O thief, that you will bring evil, not treasure.

They were led into a marble hall by two goblins.Xiu saw many goblins busy on the counter.Some of them were using copper balance coins, some were checking the color of gemstones with eyepieces, and some were serving some wizards.

Snape led him to the counter and said to an idle goblin, "Give him some money."

"Okay, sir." The goblin said respectfully, but Xiu always felt that there was malice in his eyes.

"How much do you want in exchange? The current exchange rate between galleons and pounds is 1:5. One galleon is equal to seventeen silver Sickles, and one Sickle is equal to twenty-nine copper nats."

Hugh White took out five hundred pounds from his pocket and handed it to the goblin, then took out a pen and paper and wrote quickly: "Please exchange fifty gold Galleons, and the rest will be exchanged for silver Sickles and copper Knuts."

The goblin gave him a strange look, then quickly looked away under Snape's death light, and neatly changed the money according to Xiu's request.

Dragging the heavy purse, Xiu followed Snape and left Gringotts.

"Mr. White, if you'd like to save a little time for your future Potions Master, I think you can order your own school uniform at Madam Malkin's Robe Shop, and I will help you buy textbooks and other utensils."

Xiu nodded in agreement, and Snape took him to the robe shop, ordered Madam Malkin to order school uniforms, and then left.

"Honey, do you want to buy a Hogwarts school uniform? I think you must be a freshman at Hogwarts." Madam Malkin, who was wearing a purple robe, said to the somewhat reserved Xiu with a smile on her face.

Xiu smiled shyly and nodded.

"We have a lot here, dear, can you tell me your name?" Mrs. Malkin stepped out of the counter, clutching a wriggling ruler.

Xiu took out a pen and paper, opened a new page, and quickly wrote: "Ma'am, my name is Hugh White. I can't speak, please forgive me for not being able to talk to you. I want to buy a Hogwarts school uniform, Sorry to trouble you."

Mrs. Malkin read what he wrote with surprise, pity appeared on her face, and her eyes were a little moist, "Oh, poor child! Merlin! Of course, Mr. White, no one will have the heart to blame you for not speaking."

Xiu wrote: "Ma'am, you can call me Xiu, it will be my honor."

"Of course, oh, of course, dear Xiu." Mrs. Malkin wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and her tone became a little relaxed.

"Ma'am, maybe we can start with the measurements, you know Mr. Snape who took me shopping is not very patient," Hugh wrote, with a smile on his face.

"Yes, of course. Professor Snape, I know, I always advise him to change into another color of clothes. As you can see, dear Xiu, he is always dressed in black." Morkin As Madam said, she let go of the ruler in her hand, and the ruler couldn't wait to move around Hugh White.

This notoriously lewd ruler repeatedly measured Xiu's chest three times and his hips five times. Madam Mojin grabbed him when he wanted to continue eating tender tofu, "I'm sorry, Xiu, you know, it I can't control myself when I see cute children."

Xiu pursed his lips and smiled, trying his best to suppress the urge to tear that damn broken ruler into pieces.

"It only takes an hour, Xiu. During this time, you can go shopping for other items." Mrs. Malkin said with a smile, Xiu nodded, and then wrote in the notebook: "Excuse me, ma'am, please use it for me." The best ingredients."

"Oh, of course, the best material." Madam Malkin picked cloth from the rack behind her.

"Mr. White, I'm glad to see you here and not running around like some little troll who can't control his feet." Snape's silky and deep voice said, "Put your something, Mr. White."

Snape brought the shrinking spelled books and other equipment in front of Xiu, Xiu took it and smiled at him to express his thanks.

"Then, in the meantime," Snape glanced at Madam Malkin who was cutting the cloth, "Mr. White, we can fill your poor stomach first, and then go buy your wand."

They went to Florin's for a quick bite, which Hugh thought was terrible except for the cold drinks.