Chapter 176 At Flourish and Blotts Bookstore

"You are the first wizard who is satisfied with our minecart service!"

Fizzle Babu said pleasantly: "Other wizards always complain that they are too fast, but..."

"Time is money, my friend!"

The goblin shook his head, very dissatisfied with the wizards' behavior of not cherishing time.

Professor McGonagall twitched her mouth and interrupted the conversation between the two, "In this case, let's not waste time, quickly take out my money."

Then she turned to Feishi and said, "We can take it again when we go back."

Professor McGonagall's voice did not sound very happy, but she still forced a smile and said, "After we go out, we will buy you new clothes and textbooks first, and then go to Florin's Ice Cream Shop for ice cream."

In addition to this being promised to Feishi a long time ago, Professor McGonagall also felt that she needed something cold to calm her surging stomach.

"Okay, meow!" (●ΦωΦ●)

Compared to ice cream, the speedy minecart is not so important. If he wants to "drive fast", Fitz can also go to the Forbidden Forest to find thestrals and unicorns.

At this time, Fitzbab also opened the door lock, and a green smoke sprayed out from the door. It can make people who break into the vault fall into a coma and alert the guards of Gringotts. This is one of Gringotts's defense methods.

But in fact, this smoke has more symbolic meaning, because as long as the wizards who have a little ability or know something about Gringotts will not fall into such a simple trap, and its effect is not even as good as the vault door itself.

This is also related to the fact that Professor McGonagall's vault belongs to the group with low security level.

In Gringotts, the more important the vault is, the lower it is located, and the vault door no longer uses a key, but requires a certified goblin to knock on the door gently to make it disappear bit by bit.

In addition to the goblins of Gringotts, anyone else who touches the door will be sucked in by the door and trapped in the door and unable to get out.

The vaults of the ancient families that have been passed down to this day are guarded by fire dragons and sphinxes. In addition, there are a series of anti-theft measures such as waterfalls to prevent thieves, and the use of duplication spells and fire spells on the vaults.

Of course, these all cost extra money. The goblins will not provide free services just because of the status of the wizards - even Voldemort in the past could not do such a thing.

When the smoke dissipated, Fish followed Professor McGonagall into the vault. The inside was full of gold and silver, and there were basically no copper knuts.

Professor McGonagall did not spend much money on weekdays, and her savings over the years were still considerable.

She casually grabbed a handful of gold galleons and a handful of silver Sickles from the vault, put them in her small handbag, and then pulled Fish, who was rummaging in the pile of gold coins, out of the vault.

After another thrilling mine cart run, the two returned to the hall of Gringotts and walked out of the door with the two goblin guards at the door.

They first came to Madam Malkin's robe shop, where the short and plump Madam Malkin warmly entertained them.

"Your ears and tail are so cute."

Like everyone else, Madam Malkin could not resist the temptation of Fish's cat ears. She took the opportunity to touch Fish's ears and tail several times while measuring Fish's size.

Then when the kitten began to get impatient and the tail hair was slightly blown up, she decisively ended the measurement.

You can't do business without a good eye.

After finishing the completely unnecessary measurement, Madam Malkin took out two sets of clothes with slightly different sizes and said to Professor McGonagall: "If you feel uncomfortable wearing them, please feel free to bring Fish here and I will make some changes for him."

Then they went to buy some potion materials, as well as consumables such as parchment, quills, and ink, and finally entered Flourish and Blotts.

There were no customers in Flourish and Blotts at this time, but the manager and the staff were busy. They kept moving a large number of the same books to the most conspicuous position in the bookstore and pasted posters on the surrounding walls.

The posters all showed the same person, a handsome man with wavy blond hair and blue eyes like Dumbledore. He wore a very sophisticated lilac robe and a pointed wizard hat of the same color, which was playfully tilted on his head.

When Fish and Professor McGonagall just stepped into the store, the man on all the posters winked and smiled at him and Minerva at the same time, showing a mouthful of neat and white teeth.

However, when Professor McGonagall saw this handsome man, she showed an extremely disgusted expression on her face.

And Fish didn't care whether the other person was handsome or not. To be precise, he didn't think this person was any different from other humans. The only thing that made Fish a little interested was... this person's teeth were very white, and he might be very good at fighting.

Although the other person's teeth were not sharp, they looked strong and healthy enough. In the evaluation system of cats, cats with good teeth are generally very good at fighting, otherwise they would not take the initiative to show their fangs to deter the enemy when fighting.

Professor McGonagall knocked on the bookshelf beside her irritably, reminding the customers in the store while trying to avoid the posters that seemed like spiritual pollution - this was obviously difficult because Gilderoy Lockhart's posters were posted everywhere.

And if she kept staring at the ground, it would be too rude. Professor McGonagall's upbringing did not allow her to do so, so she could only hope to finish this shopping trip as soon as possible.

"Professor McGonagall! Welcome!"

The manager of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore heard the noise and came to Professor McGonagall and Fish.

"Fisch is here too!" The manager rubbed his hands excitedly, forced his eyes away from the trembling cat ears, and then asked in rapid succession: "How do you feel about campus life at Hogwarts? Are you here to buy new textbooks today? Do you want a poster of Mr. Lockhart? I can give you one."

Unfortunately, Professor McGonagall did not appreciate his kindness.

"Thank you, but you don't have to."

Professor McGonagall decisively rejected the manager's gift for Fish and said quickly: "I have to take Fish to eat later. Please hurry up, a copy of "Standard Spells, Level 2" and... seven books by Lockhart."

"Okay, please wait."

The manager was very perceptive and noticed Professor McGonagall's attitude towards Lockhart, so he stopped talking about the poster and turned to search in the bookshelf.

Lockhart's seven books were easy to find, and they were all placed in the most conspicuous position, but the other books were piled in the corner because they had not had time to sort them out to make room for Lockhart's book signing.

The manager called two clerks and took a lot of effort to find "Standard Spells, Level 2" in the pile of books.

"Sincerely, 36 Galleons."

Putting a thick stack of books in front of Professor McGonagall, the manager wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Then Professor McGonagall's expression became more disdainful.

Miranda Goshawk's Standard Spells series has always been one Galleon per book, and it has not changed for many years, and Gilderoy Lockhart, this unlearned guy, actually sold a book for five Galleons...

What on earth was Dumbledore thinking, why did he invite such a bastard to be a teacher!

Professor McGonagall took out 36 gold coins from her bag and gave them to the manager. Then she stuffed the eight books into her small handbag with the traceless stretch spell, and shouted to Fish: "Fish, let's go, let's go eat ice cream!"

"Coming, meow!" (●≧≦●)

Fish threw the book "I Am Magical" in his hand and quickly jumped to Professor McGonagall's side. However, his behavior caused dissatisfaction among all the Lockharts on the posters.

But at this time, Professor McGonagall had already left Flourish and Blotts with Fish, leaving only the group of Lockharts on the posters sulking.

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I couldn't find the name of the manager of Flourish and Blotts. I wanted to use William Sack. (The male protagonist in the movie "Notting Hill", also the owner of the bookstore)

But after thinking about it, I felt that it was not very appropriate, so I just called him the manager according to the original book.

The English name of Flourish and Blotts is Flourish and Blotts, which literally means "florid words and ink stains". Renwen Publishing House simplified it to "Flourish and Blotts".

But there is another saying that Flourish and Blotts is actually the name of the two shop owners, because this naming method is very popular in Diagon Alley and even Knockturn Alley.

And there are many shops with puns in their names in Diagon Alley.

For example, Malkin means sloppy women, and Slug and Jiggers means slugs and a small measuring cup, which are also related to potions.

So this guess is also reasonable.

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