v3 Chapter 234： Pony's Alchemy Workshop

Latest website: In the end, Tom failed to find his favorite part-time job in Diagon Alley. So, he turned his attention to that place: Knockturn Alley.

When it comes to Knockturn Alley, he is not as disgusted or disgusted as other wizards. In his opinion, Knockturn Alley is nothing more than a special business scope, involving the gray area of ​​the magic world. Going to such a place for a part-time job will help increase your knowledge!

And... maybe it's because I "hand" checked the place, and I don't have any fear of Knockturn Alley - the current Knockturn Alley, which has just been hit by the Ministry of Magic once, is still very "clean".

As soon as he said it, Tom went directly into Knockturn Alley.

As he thought, the Ministry of Magic's copy inspection did not make this place deserted. There are still many wizards of all kinds going in and out of various shops, doing some shameful or shameful deeds.

The flow of people is the same as before the copy inspection, but a lot of new faces have been changed, and the ground seems to be a lot cleaner.

Tom passed by where the Borgin-Bock Magic Item Shop used to be - an antique shop that had been resold and now a shop called Penny's Alchemy Workshop. It is said that after the copy inspection, a group of creditors came here to block Mr. Bock, one of the two shop owners, and force him to pay the debt, and there are two versions of what happened next.

Some people say that Mr. Bock has long been prepared, and he has stored many rare magic items in the underground secret room. Just as he was about to take the items out of the secret room, a careless creditor accidentally triggered the As a result, the secret room was engulfed in flames, Boke was burned to ashes on the spot, and the treasures stored in the secret room were also destroyed.

However, some people think that this is completely a farce directed and performed by Boke. These are just tricks he tried to get out of. At this time, Boke has long since taken his savings and flew away.

There is a market for both claims. Bock's whereabouts are actually pretty well established, if Gringotts wishes. Gringotts has the flow of funds in various accounts. If the goblins are willing to disclose it, everyone can naturally confirm his status from the dynamics of the blog account.

If a lot of money was suddenly transferred from his account, then he must be alive, but he just absconded with the money. If there was no movement in his account, then he might have died in the fire.

But the goblins at Gringotts certainly don't make their accounts public, it's their old trick. Historically, there have been wizarding families who suddenly died out - like in the days of Grindelwald's rise, or during Voldemort's wizarding wars. For those wizarding families who were extinct overnight, if they could not find someone to inherit the property they left, they would be locked up in the underground vault of Gringotts. Gringotts' external caliber is: Gringotts will never misappropriate your wealth. Gringotts is simply the custodian of the property.

But who can tell the truth? Gringotts refused to disclose the status of these vaults anyway.

And whether Bock lives or dies, the store has changed hands. Those creditors who survived the death, with the idea that it is a little bit to recover a little of the capital, sold the shop.

"Aren't you going to come in and have a look?" Maybe Tom was standing outside the store for too long, which attracted the attention of the store owner, so he walked out from behind the counter, came outside the store, and invited Tom to come in and take a look.

"Ah, I'm not here to shop." Tom, the shopkeeper misunderstood, took the initiative to explain. He noticed the name "Alchemy Workshop" on the signboard, and his heart moved.

Seems like this is a good fit for you?

He pardoned the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was wearing a gray robe. He was tall and had gray hair, but there were no wrinkles on his face, and he looked like he was in his early fifties.

"Didn't you come to shop? Then you came to be an alchemist apprentice?" The shop owner glanced at Tom's age and thought he must not have graduated. Then he came here for a very clear purpose: to find a part-time job during the summer vacation.

Thinking of this, the shop owner frowned, "I have no shortage of apprentices here, and I can give you a free piece of advice: don't do summer part-time jobs here, you kids should go to Diagon Alley to find work."

The shop owner's words made Tom feel a little good about him.

"I'm not here to be an apprentice. I'm an alchemist. I wonder if you're short of people here?" Tom's answer surprised the shop owner.

"Alchemist, you?!" He carefully looked at Tom's appearance twice, and felt that he had nothing to do with the profession of alchemist: he was too young.

Tom nodded.

boss:……

"If you are really an alchemist, then I do need you here - come in, if you pass my test, you can stay. But I must remind you that you need to pay for the materials consumed during the test. ."

"That's reasonable." Tom didn't think there was any problem, and followed the boss into Pony's alchemy workshop.

There are no fancy decorations in the store, wooden floors, red brick walls, and several lamps that look like kerosene lamps are hanging on the walls, which are acting as light sources - the overall lighting of Knockturn Alley is extremely poor, and indoor lighting is required to have it. plenty of light.

There are not many things in the store, there are only two display stands, and there are all kinds of alchemy creations. Other than that, there is only one cashier left. Of course, there is also a door on the wall that leads to the alchemy workshop at the back.

The boss took Tom straight to his studio.

After opening the door, a dark room appeared in front of Tom - the lighting in the storefront was already poor, and this completely windowless studio was as dark as a basement.

"Please wait a moment - don't use fluorescent flashing." The owner did not use fluorescent flashing for lighting, and also specifically told Tom.

He groped for a while on the walls of the room in the dark, and then there was a tinkling sound, as if coins were rolling. Immediately afterwards, there was the mechanical sound of the rattling gears turning.

After doing this, the owner of changed positions, found a switch in the dark, twisted it, and the sound of "da da da" sounded.

Tom: ?

This sound reminded him of gas stoves in the non-magical world.

With this strange sound, light came.

A clump of flames appeared in a wall lamp, and then quickly expanded, bursting out the light of the flame, and also showed the interior situation: the arrangement here is very similar to the room of the nineteenth century in the movie.

In front of Tom is a cabinet with countless small boxes neatly placed on it, and labels are attached to the boxes to indicate the contents of the boxes.

On one side of the cabinet is a huge table with a wall lamp just above it. Compared with the cabinet, the table is undoubtedly a lot messier, and there are many tools on it.

When Tom looked at the shop owner, he couldn't help smashing his mouth.

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