Chapter 93: Fengyue Treasure Mirror and Vanishing Cabinet
It's true that Rolf didn't carry a lot of Galleons with him.
The Borkin-Bock store is a first-class gold-selling cave. It sells either black magic items or those magic items passed down by ancestors of ancient families.
Those old items cost thousands of galleons in any case. Luofu's family was of an ordinary family, so he really didn't have that much spare money to buy these things.
Well, their family is actually quite wealthy... As an ancient pure-blood family, Scamander has accumulated some wealth from its ancestors.
Newt is also a best-selling author. His "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is popular all over the world and is the designated textbook for all magic schools...
But what does it have to do with Rolf? He is a twelve-year-old little wizard, and it is impossible to leave the key to the family vault to him for safekeeping!
The annual living expenses given to Luofu are enough to raise the magical creatures in the box...anything more is an additional expense, and you need to find a way on your own.
Newt also encountered this situation when he was young... When he saw those smuggled magical creatures, he could not help but want to buy them, but he was really short of money.
Later, Newt deliberately let down his guard and "accidentally" exposed precious magical creatures, specifically to seduce the dark wizard to rob him.
He then captures them and asks them to pay him to protect magical creatures... This process is euphemistically called "funding".
Of course, Newt's fishing behavior can not only catch dark wizards, but also his wife.
Tina is the biggest fish he has ever caught!
Luofu also followed suit and wanted others to "subsidize" him.
He and Shirley, the two little wizards, were walking in a dangerous place like Knockturn Alley, and there was a high probability that they would encounter a dark wizard looking for trouble... Help would be coming!
The old witch was unlucky, or rather very lucky, and was caught by Rolf, who planned to use her as an emotionless ATM machine!
The three of them continued walking towards the depths of Knockturn Alley. Shirley tugged at the corner of the boy's clothes and asked quietly: "Rolph, will you really let her go later?"
"How could such a dark wizard be let go? There's no telling how many children she might have captured behind her back." Luofu lowered his voice and said:
"You will write a letter for me later, and when you arrive at the Borgin-Bock store, you can send it quietly at the door."
"To whom should I send it?"
"A trainee Auror who is going crazy because he wants to improve his performance!"
Luofu leaned into the girl's ear and whispered an address.
The old witch was walking in the front. From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the two people behind her talking to each other. She twisted her neck uncomfortably, feeling that they were plotting something.
But she didn't run away, not because she didn't want to, but because she didn't dare.
Standing on her shoulder was a salamander with a tongue of fire, staring at her intently, threatening to bite her if she disagreed.
The back of my neck was also chilly... I was holding a knife made of snow and water.
Are all the little wizards nowadays so cruel? The old witch cursed secretly.
They soon arrived at the entrance of the Bojin-Blog store. Luo Fe stepped up the steps. He turned around and looked down at the old witch, smiling and saying:
"You'd better be honest and spend some money... If you want to escape, I can't guarantee whether your head and neck will separate.
Ever heard of Nearly Headless Nico? I don’t want to see you become like him!”
Luofu clearly had a warm smile on his face, but the old witch didn't feel any warmth at all. She only felt cold all over, and was so afraid that she didn't dare to look at him.
She seemed to be looking at a demon... She even cursed in her heart, the Dark Lord in his youth was nothing more than this, right?!
Luofu turned around and pushed open the door, followed closely by the old witch.
Shirley took a slow step and stood at the door, taking out paper and pen from her wallet, preparing to write a letter to the Ministry of Magic.
Rolf walked into Borgin-Bock's store. The room was large and filled with all kinds of magic items.
A withered human hand placed on the cushion of a glass box; a stack of blood-stained playing cards; a glass eyeball that was motionless.
Feral masks peered down from the walls; various human bones lay on the counter; rusty, tooth-like instruments hung from the ceiling.
Luo Fu's attention was suddenly attracted by a mirror, which was suspended on a shelf by a rope.
There was a stunning beauty in the mirror. She was wearing silk clothes and her long hair was flowing. After seeing Luo Fu, she gently took off her silk clothes, revealing a beautiful scenery of white flowers. She danced, her chest rose and fell, and she swayed.
shake……
There were such exciting things in the Bojin-Boker store, and Roof almost thought he was in the wrong place.
The boy was observing the mirror purely academically, studying the types of dance purely academically. At this moment, a gust of wind blew and the hanging mirror flipped over to its back.
It is still a portrait of a witch, but the witch's flesh and blood are bloody, her face is rotten, bones are exposed in many places, and there are even white maggots rolling around...
"..."
What a romantic treasure mirror!
Luofu immediately lost interest. He pulled down the curtain and blocked the mirror to prevent Shirley from coming in later and seeing something inappropriate for children.
He walked to the counter and rang the bell on the counter, causing a tinkling sound to be heard in the room.
Soon, a hunched man appeared behind the counter. His face was wrinkled and there were countless warts on the sagging skin on his chin.
He smoothed back his shiny hair with his hand, looked at the old witch, and asked in a low voice:
"Madam, what can I do for you?"
The old witch said nothing, but looked at Luo Fu humbly.
Rove did not ask the Smith family at the beginning. This kind of matter should be done in a hurry and should be done step by step. He pointed to a cabinet in the corner and said: "Take it and take a look."
Mr. Borgin glanced at the old witch and then at the young man. After a moment, he slowly walked over and carried the cabinet to the counter.
It was a black and gold cabinet with runes engraved on the surface and a crow emblem on the door. Although it was small, it was extremely clear.
"How much does this disappearing cabinet cost?" Luo Fu asked.
Bo Jin glanced at the young man, grinned his toothless mouth, and said with a smile:
"Sir, you are really discerning. You immediately recognized it as a vanishing cabinet...it only costs four thousand galleons."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Four thousand galleons is the price of a pair of disappearing cabinets." Rolf smiled and said: "Mr. Borgin, you only have one disappearing cabinet, which is very valuable.
It’s too expensive even if it’s half off…”
He was right. The disappearing cabinet is really valuable because a pair of cabinets can communicate with each other. You can get in from one cabinet and get out of the other cabinet... faster than any door.
But if there is only one cabinet, it is useless and not very valuable. This is why it has never been sold... Just like a shoe, no matter how beautiful it is, if there is only one left, no one will buy it.
But of course Borgin couldn't admit this, boasting:
"Hey, sir, you can't say that. Look, this crow is the coat of arms of the Lestrange family."
"This is an object from the 16th century AD. Take a look at the craftsmanship and the carvings... I can assure you that there is no vanishing cabinet with more artistic flavor than this in Knockturn Alley... This is a work of art.
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"That's useless. It's just a decoration at most. Let's just put a zero on it..." Luofu said softly: "Four hundred galleons, I want it."
"Oh, sir." Bo Jin said with a wry smile: "How can there be such a zero? The minimum is three thousand Galleons, it can't be lower."
"Eight hundred, do you want it?" Luofu started to pull.
"Two thousand Galleons." Borgin took another step back.
Luofu turned around and left. He counted down five times, and when he reached three, he heard Bo Jin hurriedly say:
"Okay, I sold it at a loss...just treat me as your friend."
Luofu stopped and sighed. It seemed that he was still too impatient and the bid was too high... and he didn't pull it in place.
But it doesn’t matter, it’s not his money anyway, so I don’t feel bad about spending it!
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