Chapter 7： Back to Diagon Alley

"Look at this trash can, count three bricks up, two bricks in the horizontal direction, and tap three times with the wand, and you can open the passage to Diagon Alley." Tom said to Granger beside him. Mr. and Hermione said.

Mr. Granger is Hermione's father, with a kind face, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and looking very polite. Of course, as a dentist who can open a clinic in London, Mr. Granger is definitely a high-level intellectual. The clinics in the UK are different from those in China. The status of doctors in domestic public hospitals is definitely higher than that of clinics. Domestic doctors are more inclined to be attending tertiary and tertiary hospitals, rather than going to clinics to be ordinary doctors. In the UK, it is different. Those who can open private clinics are all bigwigs, while doctors in public hospitals are inferior to private ones.

As a dentist who owns a clinic, Mr. Granger is naturally stubborn, but such an identity is useless in the magical world. Whether you are a doctor or a plumber, in the eyes of wizards, there is no difference - they are all Muggles. Faced with the magic world, Mr. Granger was naturally apprehensive. So he welcomed Tom, who came to the door.

After entering Diagon Alley, the Grangers were stunned by the sight in front of them: a shop full of owls, a woman buying dragon livers, a window with broomsticks... They were like entering the Grand View Garden for the first time. Like Grandma Liu, she is curious and in awe of everything.

"Let's go to Gringotts to exchange money first?" Tom gave his suggestion. Visiting the magical world is no different from international travel. First apply for a visa and then exchange money... The process is the same.

This analogy softened the tension in the hearts of Granger and his daughter, and they suddenly calmed down.

Tom took the son and daughter to the most magnificent building in Diagon Alley - Gringotts.

Gringotts is a snow-white building that towers over the surrounding shops like a flock of chickens. Beside its bronze gate stood a goblin in a scarlet-gold uniform.

"That's right, that's a goblin." Tom explained to the Grangers in a low voice. They watched as a huge figure led a skinny boy into Gringotts ahead of them, and they followed, walking along the white stone steps to the Gringotts gate, where the goblin bowed to them . Passing through the bronze door is a silver door with verses engraved on the door.

"Is that a giant?" Hermione asked softly in Tom's ear, and she saw that the giant who got in a little earlier than them was already doing business at the counter.

"No, it's just a half-blooded giant. The real giant is taller." Tom also muttered. The three walked straight in.

Led by the two fairies, they came to a tall marble hall. There are about a hundred fairies sitting behind a long line of counters and working, some weighing coins, some examining gems, and some writing and drawing. There are countless doors in the hall, and every now and then a few goblins come out of the doors or bring clients in.

Tom went to the counter and greeted an idle goblin.

"Morning, we want to exchange some money."

The goblin raised her head and looked at the clothes of the three, revealing a hint of disappointment that was not easily discernible. "I need your identification, sir? The maximum exchange rate for students per semester is ten Galleons."

"This is my acceptance letter," Tom took out the Hogwarts acceptance letter and put it on the counter, then put out a few bills. Then, he took out three gold bars, and when that touch of gold appeared on the counter, the goblin's expression softened visibly. He took Tom's gold bars respectfully and carefully weighed them on a scale. As for the pounds, he just glanced at them and swept them into the drawer.

The gold was bought in a black market after Tom and Yuri separated. Since the source of the gold is not visible, it is cheaper than the one sold in the outside bank. 500 pounds can be exchanged for 70 grams of gold. After that, he did the same and got 180 grams of gold. In addition to his ten Galleons quota this year, Tom exchanged 46 Galleons directly from Gringotts, which was a lot of money in an instant - of course, there was 20 Galleons in the money. Long was going to return it to Hogwarts, and it had been remitted to Hogwarts' account. Tom had no habit of owing money.

Mr. Granger behind him was no exception. He directly exchanged 200 grams of gold and 50 pounds for 50 Galleons—the Hogwarts background check was well done. According to Hermione's family background, there was no need for subsidies at all. Some pure blood families None of her family has any money.

The payment of several hundred grams of gold made the goblin behind the counter laugh from ear to ear. He even handed a business card to Mr. Granger, hoping that the two sides would have the opportunity to cooperate next time. Under his gaze, the three left Gringotts.

"Okay, what are we going to buy next?" Tom asked after a few people were standing on the sunny street again.

"I want to buy a book!" Hermione's eyes were full of little stars. She had been looking forward to magic books for a long time.

"Okay, it just so happened that I didn't have all my textbooks." Tom followed Hermione to the Lichen Bookstore.

"Standard Spells, Elementary, History of Magic, Theory of Magic, A Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, Magic Potions and Potions, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2 Galleons each, Black Magic: A Guide to Self-Defense, 1 Galleon, 13 Galleons in total." The clerk handed the packaged book to Tom.

"You forgot to buy The Beginner's Guide to Transforming!" Hermione knew the book list well, and she suddenly realized that Tom forgot to buy a book.

"Professor McGonagall gave me her old book." Tom smiled at Hermione.

Hearing this news, Hermione immediately became excited: "Really! That's great, it's a professor's book, can I read it with you?"

Mr. Granger also generously invited Tom to stay at his house for a period of time during the holidays, so that everyone can go to King's Cross Station together on September 1. In this regard, Tom of course agreed - why should there be a villa to live in a bridge hole? He is not stupid.

After she came out of the bookstore, Hermione went to Madam Malkin's robe shop to buy uniforms. Then they bought a lot of other odds and ends, like quills, cauldrons, parchment and the like.

They met the big man again, and the conversation between him and the black-haired, thin child also reached Hermione's ears.

"...There are four colleges in the school. They say Hufflepuff has a lot of food, but—"

"I think I'll be assigned to Hufflepuff."

"I would rather enter Hufflepuff than Slytherin! Dark wizards are all from Slytherin, and the mysterious man is one of them..."