After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, she tapped the brick three times with her wand.
Suddenly, the brick began to shake, and a small hole appeared in it. The bustling neighborhood at the entrance was in sharp contrast to the dirty and narrow Leaky Cauldron.
"Wow, that's amazing!"
The Granger family was shocked for the first time today, and they all exclaimed that he was born.
Professor McGonagall couldn't help but smile and said:
"Welcome to Diagon Alley!"
This sentence is full of ritual feeling.
However, Professor McGonagall quickly said seriously:
"You must know, never enter that alley, it is very dangerous!"
As he spoke, he pointed to a relatively dark alley on the other side. William could vaguely see some gloomy and sinister faces inside, and he knew that it was the legendary Knockturn Alley.
Looking at the figures inside, William couldn't help but secretly thought, there are so many dark wizards in Knockturn Alley! Then his eyes lit up, and he seemed to have thought of a good way to make money, but he still needed to be more cautious and prepared!
Professor McGonagall did not explain Knockturn Alley, but took Granger to Gringotts. This is the place where gold coins can be exchanged for Galleons, but for ordinary people, the upper limit is 100 Gold Galleons.
Hermione and William exchanged 200 gold galleons together.
After that, Professor McGonagall took the Granger family to Ollivander's Wand Shop.
Ollivander's store is small and shabby, with a solitary wand placed on the faded purple cushions in the window. The gold-lettered sign on the door has peeled off, and it reads:
"Ollivander has been making exquisite wands since 382 BC."
The shop was very small, with nothing else but a bench, and thousands of wands in narrow boxes almost reaching the ceiling.
While Hermione and William were watching curiously, an old man appeared out of nowhere. It was the owner of this store: Ollivander.
I saw him smiling and saying:
"Hello, Professor McGonagall, is this this year's new student?"
Professor McGonagall said with a rare smile:
"Hello, Ollivander, these two are this year's freshmen, William Granger and Hermione Granger!"
Ollivander smiled and said:
"Okay, then who of you comes first?"
Hermione said impatiently:
"I come first, I come first!"
Ollivander looked at the excited Hermione, smiled kindly, and then said:
"Okay, Miss Granger, which hand do you prefer?"
Hermione stretched out her right hand and placed it in front of Ollivander. Ollivander began to measure the length of the arm, the length of the forearm, the height, the circumference of the head, etc., then he muttered and took out a bag from the shelf at the back.
He put a wand into Hermione's hand and said:
"Here, try this wand! It's ten inches, made of grape wood, and has a dragon heartstring. It's perfect for a clever little wizard. You know, it's the wand that chooses the wizard!"
Ollivander would say this to almost every little wizard. This is the philosophy of the Ollivander family in making wands.
William did raise his eyebrows. He remembered that Hermione had this wand in the original book, but he didn't expect that Hermione's wand had found the one that suited him the most the first time.
I just don't know if this wand is still suitable for Hermione after taking the Reader's Potion.
A white light was seen on the tip of Hermione's wand, but it did not shoot out everywhere. Hermione was able to control the wand in her hand well.
Ollivander also smiled and said:
"It seems that my choice is right. Miss Granger is indeed the most suitable for this wand. Then, Mr. Granger, it's your turn!"
William stepped forward and stretched out his right hand. After measuring it, Ollivander drew another wand from the shelf at the back, put it into William's hand and said:
"Yew, unicorn feathers, 12 inches long, give it a try!"
William raised the wand in his hand. Sure enough, this wand could be controlled by William freely, as if he regarded himself as his master.
Ollivander immediately looked at Hermione and William in surprise. He did not expect that today's two children would succeed immediately with their first wand, which was rare.
William understood why in his heart. It was not that these wands were really suitable for him and Hermione, but because both of them were extraordinary people who had taken magic potions, and the spirituality in their bodies could better control their own magic power, and could better control their own magic power.
of mastery wand.
It can be said that the two of them can achieve this level with almost all wands.
After understanding this, William had no intention of changing his wand. After all, it would be too conspicuous, so it was better to just keep at it!
Afterwards, the two of them paid 7 Galleons each and followed Professor McGonagall to buy other things.
Madam Malkin's robe store, medicine store, Flourish and Blotts Bookstore... Soon, Hermione and William had all their school equipment together. As for pets, Hermione and William had no idea yet.
Of course, part of the reason is that they don't have much gold Galleons left. Facing the unfamiliar magical world, they still plan to keep some gold Galleons for emergency use only.
However, William also discovered his fortune at this time. He had picked up a lot of gold galleons and silver coins along the way in Diagon Alley, just to prevent his special fortune from being known by Professor McGonagall.
I didn't use the money to buy anything.
After seeing off Professor McGonagall, the Grangers returned home with their two children.
After experiencing the trip to Diagon Alley, Hermione and William had a more intuitive understanding of the magical world, and they were even more looking forward to the start of school.
The Grangers also feel that since their two children have such talents, they cannot be buried, so they are very supportive.
Hermione hugged her newly bought textbook and started reading, and began to teach herself the magic spells in the textbook.
Now that she has become a "reader", these first-grade difficult knowledge is not a problem at all. One summer vacation is enough for Hermione to fully master the first-grade textbook knowledge.
And William began a plan to quickly accumulate faith and merit.
In fact, William has already been prepared in the past two years.
Nowadays, many casinos, banks, stock markets, etc. in London always have legends about the God of Wealth and Business. As long as you believe in Him and use His symbols to engrave amulets, you can obtain the protection of the gods and gain a lot of money.
As for the amulet, William used ritual magic to communicate with the power of money from the heavens, which indeed has the effect of increasing wealth.
However, William did not personally promote any gods, nor did he sell amulets.
Instead, late at night, he used the apprentice's extraordinary ability to open the door and quietly placed the amulet that had been made to erase his own breath next to some homeless people, gamblers, and bankrupt investors.
When these people earned a lot of money one by one with the help of the amulet for wealth, it naturally attracted the attention of many people. People also knew about the amulet and the symbol that symbolized the god of wealth and business.
Therefore, many people began to secretly buy or make the same amulets, hoping to make themselves richer.
Even William's adoptive father, Mr. Granger, was once given a similar amulet by a patient, which made William dumbfounded.