In this way, with two weeks left in the summer vacation, Alvin and Harry lived in the Leaky Cauldron.
Compared to Harry's excitement, Ivan has more things to do.
In the next few days, he visited almost all the magic shops in Diagon Alley. He persuaded merchants to advertise in his own newspaper. Thanks to the increasing sales of "Hogwarts Wizardry Newspaper", many merchants were willing to do so, and the advertising cost paid was much higher than the initial one.
This gave Aiwen a lot of savings, and he bought himself a lot of things, such as potion materials that far exceeded the amount used by normal little wizards.
When preparing the compound decoction last semester, he recorded all the potion formulas in the book "Powerful Potion". There are many practical potions in it, which are very helpful for improving the combat ability. If you want to buy the finished product, you need a lot of Galleons, which is far less cost-effective than brewing it yourself.
In addition, he also bought a wonderful model of the active constellation.
With it, you don't have to take astronomy class in the future. Ivan was fed up with going to the towering astronomy tower every Wednesday night to freeze, especially considering that he still has a strong fear of heights, this feeling is even worse.
Next, he and Harry went shopping for items on the school inventory.
They first went to Mrs. Mojin's robe store to buy new robes. As soon as the two of them came out of the store, they saw a group of people crowded in front of a store.
They moved over curiously, and Ivan noticed that this was a Quidditch boutique store, and there was a beautifully made broom in the shop window.
"Firebolt represents the highest level of craftsmanship in flying broomsticks! The broom handle is made of ash wood, streamlined and extremely exquisite. It is treated with a polish as hard as diamonds and has a registration number engraved by hand... ... "
Ivan just glanced at it and lost interest, but Harry next to him almost pressed his face to the glass window.
"Let's go, Harry! You already have a very good broom, there's no need to buy another one." Ivan thought of his parents giving him a Christmas present last year, a Nimbus 2001, which seemed to have changed since he received it. Was thrown under the school bed all the time.
"But it's the Firebolt, the fastest broomstick in the world."
"It's also the most expensive!"
Harry nodded in agreement. He looked at the label, which said the price was negotiable. He didn't want to think about how much this Firebolt was worth. One thing is certain, it must not be a price he can afford.
It took a lot of effort for Ivan to pull Harry away, otherwise he would have stood here all day, just staring at a broomstick.
After leaving the Quidditch shop, they went to Lihen Bookstore to buy new textbooks.
Ivan needs to buy new Defense Against the Dark Arts books, and Harry has added two new courses, protection of magical creatures and divination.
However, they were taken aback when they entered the Lihen Bookstore. The bookstore was in a mess. The original beautifully bound spell books were gone, replaced by several large iron cages, which probably contained more than two hundred copies of "Monsters" The Book of Monsters.
Locked together, the books wrestled in a furious wrestling, belligerently biting and fighting, sending broken pages flying here and there.
"Is it from Hogwarts? Are you here to buy a new book?" The manager greeted him impatiently. When he saw Ivan, a smile appeared on his face, "Oh, so it's you, What book do you need to buy, Mr. Mason?"
In just one year, Ai Wen bought more than 200 magic books at Lihen Bookstore, which made him almost the most popular customer of Lihen Bookstore.
"Um, what are these books?" Ivan pointed to the iron cage.
"Don't mention it, these "Monster Books of Monsters" are simply the worst books I have ever seen in my life, worse than the "Book of Invisibility" I have read before, and they are so messed up. It is unimaginable, I've been bitten five times this morning."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud tearing sound from inside the cage, and the two "Monster Books of Monsters" grabbed the third book, trying to tear it apart together.
"No! Stop it, stop it!" cried the manager, thrusting his cane between the bars and opening the books, "I'm never going to store these books again, ever! It's a nightmare , if you let me know which idiot designated this kind of book as a textbook, I will definitely kill him."
Hearing his words, Harry turned his head hastily.
Hagrid gave him a copy of "Monsters' Book of Monsters" a few days ago, which made him feel a strange sense of unease. His intuition told Harry that Hagrid must have designated these books as textbooks. No professor other than Hagrid likes a book that bites.
"It's actually very easy to deal with these books." Seeing how pitiful the other party was, Ai Wen decided to tell him the trick, and he said softly, "Just touch the spine of the book lightly, and they will calm down!"
"What?!" the manager asked in surprise.
Ai Wen motioned for the other party to take out a "Monster Book of Monsters" from the cage. The book struggled to bite, but Ai Wen's index finger slid from top to bottom on the spine of the book, and the book trembled, and then It opened and lay quietly in his hands.
"My God, Mr. Mason, incredible!" exclaimed the manager, "You've really done me a favor!"
He directed several clerks to take out the "Monster Book of Monsters" one by one, and after calming them down according to Ivan's method, he immediately tied them up with a rope.
"Bundle them up, that's the right way to deal with these books!" gasped the manager.
Thanks to Ivan's suggestion, he and Harry get the lowest discount.
Ai Wen took a few books very bluntly, he thought for a while, and took a textbook for the new third-grade course one by one.
The curriculum of the second grade is exactly the same as that of the first grade, and Aiwen has already completed most of the contents by himself. It was a waste of time to go to class again. He decided to sit in on a few newly added classes in the third grade. At the end of the last semester, Professor McGonagall had agreed to his request.
Harry bought "Intermediate Transfiguration" and "Standard Spells, Level 3", as well as "Putting Through the Fog to See the Future" by Cassandra Wabraski, which is the designated introductory textbook for divination classes. It has a strong guiding effect on content such as palmistry, crystal balls, and bird viscera.
But Harry didn't look at his new book. His eyes fell on another book, which was "Omen of Death" on the small table. It was written in big red letters: When you know the worst What should you do when the event is coming
"Oh, if I were you, I wouldn't read such a book." The bookstore clerk saw Harry's gaze on the book, and said relaxedly, "When you read this book, you will see the omen of death." Everywhere, this book will scare people to death.”
But Harry was still staring at the cover of the book: there was a dog on the cover, about the size of a bear, with glowing eyes. This dog looks eerily familiar...
Harry pulled Ivan and motioned him to look at the cover.
Ivan glanced at it. This black dog, which represents the omen of death, is indeed a bit like Sirius Black. No wonder Harry felt uneasy.
"Ewen, did you say that night..."
"Don't think about it, it's just a stray dog!" Aiwen thought of being chased by the other party for several streets, he gritted his teeth and added, "Yes, a very annoying stray dog."