Diagon Alley is the busiest commercial street in the British wizarding world. It is hidden in the Leaky Cauldron and cannot be seen by Muggles.

Professor McGonagall took Hermione and Hetty on Muggle public transport to Charing Cross Road in Westminster. They were very eye-catching along the way. Who asked this professor from the wizarding world to wear

It has to be so um, in Hermione's words: This strange robe and hat are simply out of place here, just like the old clothes that represent darkness and evil only worn by evil witches in fairy tales. Of course, this complaint can only be made by

Hetty knew that she didn't dare to let the professor who looked very fierce at first sight hear her.

The Leaky Cauldron is located between a large bookstore and a record shop. It is a small and shabby inn and bar. The inconspicuous little door was not noticed by Hermione and Hetty because they were not careful.

The two of them followed Professor McGonagall into the bar. The environment inside was a little dark, and the air was filled with smoke. There were many people drinking and chatting. If you got closer, you could see clearly that these people were all dressed up like Professor McGonagall, and they were all wizards.

Or someone who can do magic, no doubt.

Both Hermione and Hetty were visiting a place like a bar for the first time. Hermione obviously didn't like the dark and cramped environment here, and the smell in the air was a bit unpleasant. She covered her mouth and nose as soon as she entered. Hetty also

He also hated this uncomfortable place, so he had no choice but to pull Hermione and follow Professor McGonagall closely.

The three of them walked through the bar and came to the brick wall of the small patio at the back. Professor McGonagall took out a magic wand and turned to the two little girls beside him and said, "This can lead to Diagon Alley, please come next."

You remember the bricks that open the door correctly."

As she said that, she hit the trash can with her wand and counted three bricks upwards and two bricks sideways. After a pause of about two seconds, the bricks on the entire wall, which had not moved at all, began to move at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Turning to both sides, a passable door opened in front of the three people.

Hermione looked at the commercial street behind the wall in amazement. The ground was paved with cobblestones, the street was a bit narrow, and there were rows of shops on both sides. There were many people here, most of them dressed in robes and pointed hats. Although Hetty had already been in the movie

She had seen it before, but when she actually saw it, she felt as novel about everything as Hermione did.

"You need magical coins to buy things in Diagon Alley, but because you are a Muggle family, you have to go to Gringotts to exchange them first. Here, 1 gold Galleons = 17 silver Sickles, and 1 Silver Sickles = 29 coppers

Nat, and the value of 1 gold galleons = 5 pounds, I think the two Miss Granger's arithmetic should be able to understand these conversion rates, follow me." Professor McGonagall patiently explained the exchange rates of currency in the wizarding world.

, and then led the two of them towards Gringotts.

Gringotts Wizarding Bank is located at the junction of Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley. It is a three-story white building. It looks a bit rococo-style from the outside. However, the two pillars at the door do not look straight, but

This does not seem to hinder the stability of the building.

The three of them entered the first shiny bronze door. At the door stood goblin guards in scarlet and gold uniforms, bowing and saluting when they came. After passing through the second silver door, they entered the spacious marble hall, which contained about a hundred people.

A goblin sat behind the long counter and scribbled entries in the big ledger. Some used scales to weigh coins, and some used eyepieces to detect gems. These goblins were all short, with pointed ears and noses, but Professor McGonagall reminded them

They were not friendly to Hermione who wanted to get a closer look.

Some gold galleons were quickly replaced. Professor McGonagall gave Hermione a bag of gold galleons and said to the two of them with a serious expression, "Knockturn Alley next to Gringotts is not a place you should go.

Just follow what is listed on the list and go to the corresponding store in Diagon Alley to buy it. I will wait for you at the Florin Cold Drink Shop in two hours."

Hetty was of course happy that Professor McGonagall let them go shopping by themselves. After all, she always felt very restrained and uncomfortable with such a professor next to her, but she was fine now. After the two expressed their understanding to Professor McGonagall,

Then the happy shopping in Diagon Alley began.

On the right side of Gringotts is Madam Malkin's robe store. Several robes of different styles were displayed in the window. As soon as they entered the store, they found several children about their age in front of them taking measurements.

Mrs. Malkin was a short and fat witch. She approached Hermione and Hetty very friendly and smiled and asked, "Oh~ I guess you two lovely ladies must be freshmen at Hogwarts? It's your first time here.

Want to buy a robe?”

"Yes, ma'am, my sister and I each need three sets of black plain work robes, a black plain pointed hat for day use, a black winter cloak and a pair of protective gloves made of dragon skin or similar materials." He

Min generously read out the uniforms listed on the list. She didn't have any of the restraints of a child in a strange environment.

"Okay, then please come and measure the size first." Mrs. Malkin arranged for Hermione and Hetty to measure the necessary size with a moving soft ruler, and then started to do other things.

Hetty stiffly allowed the enchanted soft ruler to measure her arm length, shoulder width, etc. She glanced at Hermione next to her and saw that she seemed to be just as uncomfortable with it as she was, so she said, "Hey,

Hermione, this soft ruler that can work by itself is indeed more convenient than manual work."

"Yes, I just don't know what kind of magic was cast on this soft ruler." Hermione looked down at the soft ruler going back and forth on her body, and couldn't help but start to think about whether it could be applied to other things.

Hermione had just finished speaking when an inappropriate sneer suddenly came from the side. Hetty looked for the sound subconsciously and saw a little boy about the same age as them. His pale blond hair looked like it had been combed with something similar to hairspray.

He was quite neat, and his skin could already be described as pale. He had a pair of gray eyes, but at the moment he was looking at them with a hint of ridicule.

"Two muddy Muggles?" The boy's eyes swept over their clothes, and then his expression suddenly changed to one of disgust, as if he had seen something unclean.

Hetty didn't miss the words he almost blurted out, Mudblood, even though he changed his words. She became even more angry. After turning her head and looking at Hermione who didn't know anything about it, Hetty glared at him again before saying, "What does it have to do with you?"

Hermione had finished measuring, and she stared at her sister and this unfriendly strange boy strangely. The subtle atmosphere between the two made her confused. "Hetty? What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, Hermione, let's go find the shopkeeper. There are still a lot of things to buy next." Hetty had just finished measuring. She didn't intend to tell Hermione here what the boy actually wanted to say.

Not wanting to have anything to do with this inexplicable boy, he pulled Hermione towards Mrs. Malkin.

Madam Malkin told them to come back in an hour to pick up the robes, and the two planned to buy other things first. Hetty followed Hermione, and when she walked to the door, she was caught off guard and was bumped into by someone from behind. When she turned around, she realized it was

The boy knew immediately that he did it on purpose.

"Don't block the road!" The boy glanced at Hetty contemptuously, with a look of ridicule and disgust on his face. Then when he passed her, he said in a very low voice, "You mudblood!" and left first.

Hetty resisted the urge to rush to "reason" and returned to Hermione, but she was still very angry after passing by her just now. She gritted her teeth and said, "That little guy with light blond hair is really annoying!"

Hermione didn't see the scene just now. She looked at her sister in confusion and asked, "Is that boy? He seems to be unfriendly. Hetty, please ignore him. It will affect your mood. Let's go buy books first?"

"

Hetty nodded and calmed down a bit. Although she was still a little angry, she was much better than before. g: Don't let her meet that kid again!

After the two of them came out of Madam Malkin's Robe Store, they went to the Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore next door. The bookshelves in the store were filled with books, even reaching the ceiling. There were leather-bound books as huge as paving stones, and some as big as postage stamps.

There are also pocket-sized silver-covered books, books with countless strange symbols printed on them, and wordless heavenly books with nothing written inside.

Hermione liked this place very much. She always loved books. There was a bookshelf in her room filled with her favorite books.

With the help of the clerk, the two found textbooks for each subject listed on the list. However, Hermione lingered in the bookstore and refused to leave. She also wanted to pick a few more books to take away with her. Looking at

Hermione and Hetty could only shake their heads helplessly as they walked in front of the bookshelf, and secretly sighed that she was worthy of being Gryffindor's know-it-all.

So, at Hetty's urging, Hermione had no choice but to pick out a few more books that interested her, including "Hogwarts: A History of the School", "Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century" and Hetty discovered

There are several books in the Gilderoy Lockhart series such as "Breaking with the Goblin", "Walking with Ghouls", "Holiday with the Dominatrix", etc.

Thinking of the author's stupid behavior in the second part, and Hermione was his girlfriend, Hetty looked at Hermione who was full of joy, and hesitated for a while whether to remind her, but finally gave up.

Next, the two bought several other pieces of equipment on the list at Partridge's Cauldron, the store closest to the Leaky Cauldron, and then only the wand and a pet were left.

Ollivander's Wand Shop is located in a corner of Diagon Alley. The shop sign has the words 'Wand Shop Founded in 382 BC'. There is a wand on display in front of the window on a faded purple mat. It is a shop

It was a crowded, narrow, and shabby little store. Hermione and Hetty stood dumbfounded at the door of the store, looking at the old and outdated store. Hermione once wondered if she had come to the wrong place. The cabinets in the store that reached the ceiling were full of stuff.

Thousands of wands were packed into long, narrow boxes, some of them covered in dust.

As soon as the two of them came in, they saw the gray-haired old man behind the front desk. He greeted them shakily and then began to test the wands for them one by one.

Hermione easily chose hers, a fourteen-inch stick made of vine wood with a dragon's heart cord as its core.

Hetty was in some trouble. She tried three sticks in a row before finally choosing the one that belonged to her on the fourth stick. It was twelve inches, made of red bean wood, and the core of the stick was unicorn hair. According to Ollivander's explanation, this stick was

The core of one wand came from the same unicorn as the core of the other wand, but that wand had been sold.

Although Hetty didn't pay any attention to what Ollivander said, the latter showed a meaningful smile after receiving 15 gold galleons.
Chapter completed!