After walking into the town of Hogsmeade, Ryan found that the town was still as lively as before. Especially after a large number of wizards fled here, the local market prospered a lot, which made Ryan and the others spend a little effort to squeeze out of the crowd and arrive.
Weasley Joke Shop.
The layout of Weasley's Joke Shop is completely different from before. The various joke products that used to play the leading roles are now pitifully squeezed into the corners of the store. The vacated windows and shelves are now filled with all kinds of jokes.
Defense props, from defense suits to special smoke bombs, from decoy bombs to simple tutorials on elemental magic.
"Good morning, Sirius." When he came to the door of the warehouse in the backyard of the store, Ryan met an unexpected person. "I remember that you Aurors must be very busy. Why are you free to come here today?"
"I don't want to, but this is a task assigned by the Ministry of Magic." Sirius said and raised the box in his hand. Ryan saw that the eight corners of the brown suitcase were wrapped in bronze sheets, which looked very strong.
On the front of the box is a golden capital letter M, and in the middle of the letter m is an upright wand.
"Oh, is the Ministry of Magic purchasing?" Hermione looked at the box with the Ministry of Magic logo with interest. If she guessed correctly, this should be a space box. "What do you want to buy this time?"
"A large number of defensive props, at least 100 bronze bracelets need to be purchased." Sirius turned his head to Ryan. "Ryan, these props you made are really useful. They have saved more than one life in the recent period.
.But the problem now is that your store has insufficient inventory."
"You don't have to worry about this." Ryan said, taking off the space bag from his waist and shaking it. "I just made a batch of new products, and the remaining ones in the store should be able to meet your needs."
After saying that, he took out one bracelet after another from his pocket and placed it on the table next to him. It was not until he took out the 37th bracelet that Sirius nodded to indicate that there was enough.
"I remember you bought one last time!" Sirius Lane asked puzzledly as he looked at packing bracelets into the box. "Why do you need so many again this time? Do you have so many people coming to use these things?
?.”
"There are definitely enough manpower." Sirius put all the bracelets away and counted them again, and then closed the box. "Don't you know that these bracelets have become consumables? You must know that both Aurors and Strikers are now
Not only are they full of novices, but they are also overloaded with work. As a result, they will make many more mistakes in battle than before."
"In this case, the previous batch of bracelets will naturally wear out very quickly. But correspondingly, we can use the current limited manpower to complete various complex tasks, and at the same time, it can promote everyone's rapid growth. So overall
The consumption of these bracelets is still worthwhile, the only downside is that I need to trouble you."
"This is what I should do." Ryan nodded. "After all, life is the most important thing. Being able to exchange supplies for life is always a very worthwhile thing."
"Yes, I think so too. Also, thank you for the price you quoted to the Ministry of Magic. It is only a cost price, so that more frontline soldiers can have adequate defense." After saying that, Sirius picked up the box and went to the store.
He walked forward and said, "Okay, goodbye. I have to go back to the Ministry of Magic now. By the way, that thing you did in the Ministry of Magic in London was really beautiful."
As an Auror of the Ministry of Magic, Sirius can see a lot of information that outsiders cannot see. Naturally, he also knows who the person who hung those dark wizards from the street lamps was. For Sirius, who has lived in the Black family since childhood, this kind of news
The tit-for-tat approach is what suits him best.
"Good luck!" Ryan watched Sirius carrying the box into the front room. I have to say that this job is indeed suitable for Sirius. Especially as a shareholder of the joke store, he can go directly to the warehouse to pick up what he needs.
It is enough to go to the front to check out after picking up the items. This saves a lot of time and also makes it much more efficient when picking up items.
After bidding farewell to Sirius, Ryan took Hermione upstairs to the shop. At this time, George happened to be making some kind of potion upstairs. When he saw Ryan coming in, he extinguished the fire under the still.
"Is it okay for you to stop making the potion like this? You won't waste this pot of potion, right?" Looking at George who stopped making the potion, Hermione asked with some worry, pointing to the pile of bottles and jars placed in front of them.
"Of course not, and making finished potions at my level is sheer waste." George said with a smile. "So now I am only doing deep processing of part of the potion raw materials. For example, I was distilling white fresh essential oil just now. This is the production of finished potions."
One of the essential raw materials for white essence. I hope these semi-finished raw materials can help you make more magic potions."
"Thank you then." Ryan nodded and handed over the space bag. "This is a new batch of protective props I made. You can put them on the shelves now. I was looking at the shelves when I came here just now.
There are many places with labels saying they are out of stock.”
"It is indeed out of stock." George took the space bag, opened it and looked at it before saying, "Conflicts have been going on recently, so many things that are not usually used have become consumables. In addition, ordinary people also hope to
Get some magic props to use for self-defense. So all our defense against the dark arts stuff is selling very well now."
After speaking, he took out a crystal bottle as big as a thermos bottle from his space bag. The crystal bottle was surrounded by some steel and silver frames and contained some emerald-green liquid like flowing emerald.
"Ah, is this a concentration potion?" After opening the bottle, fanning it with his hand and smelling it, George said with renewed energy. "We will accept as much of this potion as the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix have, because we need it now.
A potion that can partially play a role in the effects of the Cruciatus Curse."
Having said this, George seemed very excited and his face turned red. "Those damn Death Eaters, and some guys in the Ministry of Magic in London who are more evil than Death Eaters have been abusing the Cruciatus Curse a few days ago.
Moody led a group of Aurors to capture the manor of a pure-blood family and rescued more than a dozen people. As a result, each of them was tortured by the Cruciatus Curse and became inhuman."
"Can you believe it?" George waved his hand excitedly. "One of the little boys was only six years old, and those Death Eaters were able to use the Cruciatus Curse. The only reason they did this was because they thought
It’s fun to do that.”
"It's really——" Hermione covered her mouth with her hands. "So, what happened to the perpetrators now?"
"They all ran away." George said looking very unhappy. "Of course, this is not to blame Moody and the others. There were seven Death Eaters in that house, and Moody and the others only had five of them. After they rushed into the manor,
In order to protect the hostages after rescuing them, Moody and the others simply did not have the power to stop the fleeing Death Eaters."
"That's right." Ryan nodded slightly, "No matter what, saving innocent people is more important than punishing criminals. By the way, what is the current situation of the rescued hostages?"
"The situation is not bad." George showed a smile. "Fortunately, not every Death Eater's Cruciatus Curse is so effective, and our rescue and treatment were relatively timely. So although some of these hostages are injured,
It’s relatively heavy, but there shouldn’t be any permanent damage. Of course, the concentration potion and soothing incense you developed played an indispensable role in the treatment process.”
"That's great." Ryan pointed to the space bag in George's hand, "I have prepared a total of ten bottles of this concentration potion, which should be enough for those who need to use it now."