Ivan, Harry, and Hermione were excitedly discussing the future design and planning of the store, the products that could be sold here, their pricing, and so on.
Lupine went around the house by himself to see if there were any dangers and hidden dangers that needed to be addressed. In less than ten minutes, he found two boggarts, a dozen nests of mice and spiders, a large group of foxes, and patches of bandy awns.
Bandemans is a parasitic magical creature that is extremely easy to survive and reproduce.
They look like greenish-eyed fungi that crawl under floorboards and behind skirting boards, swarming houses.
Usually something rots and emits a foul smell, and there will be bongos.
Once bandems appear in any house, they will slowly secrete a corrosive substance, which will slowly corrode the foundation of the house.
"It's very bad, we have to deal with these bentems as soon as possible!" Lupine opened a floor and motioned Ivan, Harry, and Hermione to look inside.
Aiwen saw a large patch of bongos clinging to the rotten floor, and because they were frightened, they hurried away with countless slender legs.
"Generally speaking, the Sweeping Curse is very effective in dealing with Bandy Mounts." Lupine clapped his hands and stood up, "But there are too many Bandy Mounts here, taking action lightly may have very serious consequences , even knocked down the house. We need to contact the Ministry of Magic's Pest Advisory Committee, they will send someone to deal with this matter."
As Lupine said, this house has been abandoned for too long, and it is not protected by various magics like No. 12 Grimmauld Place, and the house is in a very bad condition.
While they were figuring out what to do with the troublesome creatures that inhabited the shop, Sirius walked in.
He had already got a new wand, a handsome black wand of hawthorn wood with a dragon's heart chord core. In addition to the new wand, he was carrying a cage in his hand. There was a beautiful little owl inside, and it kept screaming excitedly after seeing Ivan and the others.
"I just went to the owl store next door and bought this owl for that Weasley boy named Ron." Sirius said, "Maybe he would be willing to keep this owl, after all it was my fault." , he lost the mouse"
"He'll be delighted, Ron has always wanted a pet of his own."
"As long as he likes it!" Sirius said with a smile, put the cage on the ground, walked into the shop and looked around, "Ivan, how do you feel here?"
"The layout is very good, similar to what I imagined, but it needs to be cleaned up. Before you came, we also found a large patch of bongos."
"This shop hasn't been used for a long time, so it's not surprising that there are these things." Sirius opened the floor and looked at it, and said with a frown, "These things are not easy to deal with, we'd better eat first, and then visit Your friends. During this period, I will instruct Kreacher to clean up here first."
"Bendemons can be put in my charge," followed Lupine. "I have an acquaintance on the Pest Advisory Committee who is an expert in dealing with these creatures."
After discussing for a while, everyone returned to the Leaky Cauldron for lunch.
Then, they set off to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries to see Ron. This time, they didn't take the Knight bus, and Sirius and Lupine directly took Ivan, Harry, and Hermione to apparate the three of them.
There was a loud bang and they emerged on a wide Muggle street.
"Where's St. Mungo's Hospital?" Harry looked around curiously. "Why don't we just Apparate in?"
"When the hospital was first established, the people did it this way, but as the number of patients gradually increased, the Ministry of Magic banned apparition in the hospital, which is prone to accidents." Lupine explained, "As for the location, we are now Standing in front of the hospital."
In front of them is an old-fashioned red brick department store called Taotao Co., Ltd.
It looked rundown and deserted, with only a few cracked dummies in the window, with wigs on one side, in different poses, and clothes from at least ten years ago, and the dusty doors were covered with "Closed for Renovation" signs. brand.
Near a particularly ugly female dummy, Ivan felt a strange magical atmosphere.
"Go this way!" Sirius muttered, pushing Ivan, Harry, and Hermione in front of him, "There are too many Muggles here, and there is not enough land in Diagon Alley, and the Ministry of Magic finally found them." The reason for building a hospital at this address is that patients can come and go among the crowd.”
Beside them is the Muggle commercial street, with endless streams of people and cars, in stark contrast to Diagon Alley.
"Aren't these Muggles at home for Christmas?" Sirius asked strangely, "What are they all running out for?!"
"There is a commercial area near here, where people can have dinner, shop, sing, watch movies and so on during the holidays." Ivan noticed the doubts on Sirius' face, and he continued to explain, "Movies are made by a machine. People’s specific actions are recorded and then re-screened on the big screen.”
"I know, it's special Muggle magic, the effect is similar to that of a Pensieve!" Sirius looked up and looked around, with his right hand unconsciously placed on the wand at his waist, "We will discuss this issue later, the three of you had better leave I'm closer so I can take action if something happens."
Seeing Sirius' appearance, Ivan doubted whether he really understood what he said.
In fact, except for special cases like Mr. Weasley, wizards know very little about the Muggle world, and most people's knowledge is still hundreds of years ago.
Regarding the rapid and rapid development of science and technology in the Muggle world, the wizarding world basically adopts a disregarded attitude.
An idea popped up in Ivan's mind, maybe he could try to cooperate with Mr. Weasley to introduce some of the more advanced mechanical equipment from the Muggle world into the magic world, which might have unexpected effects.
It's a pity that Hogwarts' defensive magic prohibits the operation of all electronic equipment, so it can only be promoted in Diagon Alley first.
Ivan considered the feasibility of this matter in his mind, and followed Harry to the female dummy in a green nylon skirt who he just felt abnormal.
"We're going in, are you three ready?" Sirius asked.
Everyone nodded and moved closer to the center.
Ivan saw Lupine standing at the front approaching the window, looking up at the ugly dummy, his exhaled breath blurring the glass.
"Hi, we're here to see Ron Weasley."
At that moment, Ivan felt that Lupine looked funny, talking in such a small voice through the glass, and the streets behind were full of passing cars.
The same was true for Harry and Hermione. They looked up at Lupine and Sirius suspiciously, and then opened their mouths wide in surprise, only to see the dummy in front of them nodded slightly and waved their fingers together.
In the next second, they seemed to have passed through a layer of cold water, and immediately entered a warm and dry room.
With no trace of the ugly dummy or where she stood, they entered St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Illness. (.)