A True Story of a Wizard's Life

Gabriel stood on the streets of London in 1892, and how to get to Diagon Alley became an urgent problem to be solved.If she has a wand, she can just take it out and summon the Knight Bus. In 1865, the then Minister of Magic, Dugard MacPhail, thought of imitating the new bus service system of the Muggles, and invented the Knight Bus to make it appear. On the streets of London.

It's a pity that she doesn't have a magic wand now, and she has no interest in trying such a high-profile thing as a little wizard using wandless magic to summon a knight bus.

So remember that the knight bus is suitable to appear. This kind of trivial incident is not very helpful to Gabriel. She hopes that before Holmes leaves in a hurry, he can kindly throw her a map of London to let her know the distance. How far is Charing Cross Road.

In the end, Gabriel chose to stop a carriage. She was unwilling to use the guiding spell and walk all the way to Diagon Alley. "Go to Charing Cross Road."

"Your guest, are you sure it's Charing Cross Road?" The carriage driver looked at Gabriel, and his mind flashed through various options such as running away from home, shopping for his parents, and finding friends to play with, but he shouldn't go to Charing Crossing at this time. Ling Cross Road, "It has been included in the municipal planning, and construction is about to start now. The area has been razed to the ground, and there is no place to visit and play at all. Could it be that you have misremembered the place?"

Gabriel was taken aback. The Leaky Cauldron at the entrance of Diagon Alley is on Charing Cross Road. If the Muggles want to build there, then the preservation of the Leaky Cauldron will become a big problem.The Leaky Cauldron was built in the 16th century and has existed until later generations. How did it escape the forced demolition by the Muggle government?

"Excuse me, it's Charing Cross Road, my father asked me to wait for him there." Gabriel didn't care about the Muggles' municipal works either, so he found the location of the Leaky Cauldron when he got there.

Hearing the incomparably certain answer, the coachman headed to Charing Cross Road without saying much.

Gabriel couldn't help but want to say that this coachman's driving skills are really not as good as the non-professional McCoff's, but sitting in the carriage driven by McCoff really can't relax his nerves, lest he suddenly I have seen some secrets, but sitting in this carriage does not have such troubles.

Gabriel also looked at London at the end of the 19th century for the first time. The fog always lingers. Breathing this kind of air is not a pleasant thing, and because of the fog, it is indeed true to want to see the true face of London. is difficult.

The driving time is not long, and we arrived at our destination in less than half an hour.

Only then did Gabriel know why the coachman said that there was no place to play in this area, all the old buildings here had disappeared, and the whole street was full of potholes, with Muggle construction teams working in between.In this way, the most striking thing is the solitary Leaky Cauldron, which cannot be seen by Muggles, but it can be seen by wizards at a glance, standing so prominently in the clearing.

The Leaky Cauldron was extremely lively today, and no one noticed that a young wizard came alone.

"Why are the Muggles blocking the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron? That damned council plan doesn't even have a place for the Leaky Cauldron on Charing Cross Road. We have to unite to protect the Leaky Cauldron, you see In today's newspaper, Minister Faris Spaven finally said one right thing this time, we don't care about the Muggles' motion, in short, we must keep the Leaky Cauldron, we are the earliest owners here , why make way for them!"

As soon as Gabriel entered the door, he heard a bearded man shouting. He was holding a copy of the Daily Prophet in his hand. He didn't know if it was because he drank too much wine, but he looked very excited.And the bearded man was not the only one who was excited. After his words fell, the wizards around were enraged. Gabriel heard many people talking about imposing the Imperius Curse on the Muggles!

In such a noisy scene, Gabriel asked a witch who seemed to be more talkative to borrow a copy of the Daily Prophet. The headline on the front page was a speech by a heavy-faced man at the Supreme Court of the Wizengamot.Minister Faris Spaven is the current Minister of Magic. Gabriel read this lengthy speech. The central point is that Faris Spavin described a major problem facing the British wizarding world today. The bar will be forcibly demolished by the Muggle government.

Of course, the Muggle government couldn't see the existence of the Leaky Cauldron, and it was impossible to force it to be demolished. It's just that Charing Cross Road's municipal planning did not consider reserving a berth for the Leaky Cauldron at all.

Charing Cross Road is the heart of London, and it can be said that every inch of land is very expensive. As long as the planning Muggles have no problem with their brains, they will not specifically leave a gap in the architectural plan.

But this is not only the territory of Muggles, but also of wizards. The Leaky Cauldron Bar is No. [-] Diagon Alley. It can be said that Diagon Alley crosses Charing Cross Road.If the Muggle government built one of their buildings here, how would wizards get in and out easily?

It's like going in and out of your house normally, but now suddenly someone comes and says they are going to seal your door and block all the roads in front of your house. How do you go out? You have to find a way to find another exit. .

No wonder these wizards refused to agree, but due to the existence of the "International Statute of Secrecy" and the inability to easily cast spells on Muggles and other reasons, it is not up to the British Minister of Magic to make the decision for the Muggle government to modify the plan. matter.

And now we are waiting for the Wizengamot's verdict, whether it is necessary to cast memory spells on a large area of ​​Muggles, this is a bit conservative, I did not hear that the wizards around are shouting in bad mood to go directly The Imperius Curse, to defend the existence of the Leaky Cauldron.

Gabriel frowned, and she hurried to the back of the bar, deciding to enter Diagon Alley first, rather than stay in this raging place.Here she can clearly feel one thing, wizards of this era really don't like Muggles.

And just as Gabriel was about to knock on the wall bricks to enter Diagon Alley, she heard footsteps from behind. The little wizard who escaped from Azkaban with her.

Snape was also taken aback, he thought about seeing each other again one day, but he didn't expect it to be so soon and by such a coincidence.