some magical Hogwarts

Chapter 6 Professional Staff Making 2000 Years

Hagrid kept chattering along the way, complaining about the various unreasonable regulations of the Ministry of Magic. It seemed that the whole world was targeting his cute dragon.

Two goblins led them into a tall marble hall.

There were about a hundred goblins, sitting on high stools behind a row of long counters, some weighing coins with copper scales, and some examining gems with eyepieces, while they were scribbling entries in the large ledger.

There are countless doors in the hall, leading to different places. Many goblins guide people in and out of these doors, and it looks extremely busy.

"I need to exchange for two hundred Galleons." Roy took out a small stack of pounds and handed it to an old goblin.

Hogwarts implements seven-year compulsory education, and the school does not charge tuition fees, but textbooks, wizard robes, and wands need to be purchased by themselves.

Then the problem is coming.

Since Hogwarts does not charge tuition fees, how to maintain daily expenses?

William learned from Hagrid that the school's funds mainly come from funding from the Ministry of Magic, funding from school managers, and donations from well-known alumni.

Of course, the income was far more than that, after all, Hagrid was just a key keeper.

The old goblin is worthy of being a good businessman. He glanced at Roy and William casually. With his vicious eyes, he immediately concluded from the clothes that they were not poor, and then began to sell products enthusiastically.

The old goblin seemed to be a comedian, he entered the play in a second and started his own performance.

"Gringotts Private Vault,

Hidden [-] meters underground,
Ukrainian Iron Belly Guardian,

Exclusive one-to-one confidential key
Automatic alarm when the money bank is separated by ten meters,

There is only a little distance between very good and excellent. This distance is called Gringotts.

Gringotts Private Vault, you deserve it! "

Roy: "..."

William: "..."

Hagrid: "(☆?☆)!!"

Roy and William looked disgusted, but the old goblin was not angry and continued to sell other financial products.

As for the excited Hagrid...he just ignored him. The other party looked like a poor guy, not his potential client.

William looked at the chattering old goblin, as if he saw the barber brother from his previous life, and talked a lot, but the core idea was still one sentence: "Brother, get a card."

Before William said anything, his father Roy refused decisively.

He has already inquired that Gallon is a magic coin, and it is not pure gold, but an alloy produced by the goblin smelting process.

Since it is not pure gold, even if it is exchanged a lot, it will be stored in Gringotts, and inflation will occur instead of maintaining its value with the price of gold.

Only fools put money in the bank, wouldn't it be nice to invest in him?
"Pity."

Walking on the road, Hagrid kept sighing.

"If it weren't for the fact that the money was used to buy a three-headed dog, I would also like to set up a private treasury.

Hey, William, what is that look on your face?Not everyone can own a private treasury, this is a symbol of a successful man!
Let me tell you, without a private treasury, in the wizarding world, it is even difficult to find a wife! "

Hey, why does this sentence sound so familiar to William?

Next, Hagrid led the two into Madam Malkin's robe store.

Mrs. Malkin was a short, fat witch with a smile on her face and dressed in purple. After measuring the size, she suggested that the three of them should go shopping for other items first.

So, they came to the wand shop first.

It was a small, dilapidated shop with peeling gold letters on the door, which read: Ollivander: Fine Wands Since 380 BC.

A wand stood alone on a faded purple upholstery in a dusty window.

It's amazing, it's been more than 2000 years of professional cane making!

When they entered the store, somewhere behind the store, there were bursts of tinkling wind chimes.

The storefront is small, save for a bench, and only a few thousand long, narrow cardboard boxes stacked almost to the ceiling.

It's full of wands.

"Good evening." A head suddenly emerged from the pile of cardboard boxes.

But this man was not Ollivander, he was very young and thin... looked only a year or two older than William.

"Oh, Merlin's beard! Cedric, why are you here?" Hagrid was taken aback.

"Hey, Hagrid, hello."

The boy named Cedric shook his apprentice uniform, and a large cloud of dust popped out.

"I'm working here as a summer job."

"Oh, really?" Hagrid looked at Cedric suspiciously.

"If you want to make money, I have posted a mission at Hogwarts. You can come to help me cultivate magical creatures during the summer vacation. There is no need to come here."

Cedric quickly waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter if it's money or not. The key is interest. I just want to learn some techniques from Mr. Ollivander."

Of course, the boy didn't say the most important reason... He didn't want to raise some Billywigs, which were fast and had a long, thin stinging needle.

It sucks!

"You can ask the Weasley brothers to help you next time, they should be short of money." Cedric suggested "friendly".

"Merlin's beard, don't mention those two bad guys!" Hagrid's beard trembled angrily.

"I spent half a semester driving them out of the Forbidden Forest...I ran to wander in the Forbidden Forest in the first grade. This is the first time I have seen such a bold student!"

Cedric nodded and shifted his gaze to William.

"This must be the new student, right? Hello, my name is Cedric Diggory, just call me Cedric."

Cedric has a high nose bridge and black hair. Although he is thin, his black pupils are piercing.

"Hello, my name is William Stark, just call me William." William reached out and shook his hand.

Hagrid smiled and said, "William, talk to Cedric more, he's the best student in the first year.

I have heard many professors praise him, especially Professor McGonagall, you know, Professor McGonagall is very strict. "

"Not at all." Cedric's face was a little red, he turned his head in embarrassment, and shouted into the room: "Mr. Ollivander, here's a guest."

After a while, accompanied by the sound of wind chimes, an old man stood in front of them. His big light-colored eyes were like two shining moons in the dim shop.

"Hello," William said. "My name is William Stark."

"Well, it's another little wizard." The old man had messy white hair, and was a little confused.

"That's great, I think those lovely wands can't wait to meet their new owners."

He stroked his hair and said in surprise, "Oh, of course, the wand chooses its owner, so it's hidden in a corner, and my duty is to find it."

Mr. Ollivander walked up to William. Although he spoke kindly, he squinted his silver eyes and looked extremely strange.

He stared into William's dark green eyes, and after a while, he turned to look at Hagrid.

As if discovering Hagrid suddenly, he said, "Oh, Rubeus Hagrid! It's great to see you again, oak, sixteen inches long, a little crooked, isn't it?"

"Yes, sir." Hagrid nodded. "That's a fine wand."

"But I think the Ministry of Magic must have broken you when you were expelled?" Ollivander suddenly became serious.

"Ah, of course, it was broken by them, yes." Hagrid moved slowly, and retreated towards Roy, as if that gave him a sense of security.

"I still have the broken wand."

"But you don't use it?" Ollivander continued.

"No need, how can the broken wand be used?"

Hagrid replied nervously, but his big hands tightly grasped the broken pink umbrella.

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(ps Ollivander Wand Boutique House reminds all young wizards, as long as they are collected and recommended, they will give a wand made of agarwood and Aobinglong tendon. (ω))

　To mention here, I found that many people thought that Cedric was one class older than the twins, but they were actually students of the first class.Hermione's birthday in September 1979.9, and Harry's birthday on July 1980.7.31, [-]. Hermione is also one year older than Harry, but if her birthday is after September [-]st, she will be enrolled in the next year.This is the case for Cedric. His birthday is between September and the beginning of the Goblet of Fire, so he meets the conditions and can participate in the Goblet of Fire. The same is true for Angelina, who is a twin in the same year.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)