At the same time, Harry and Ron on the other side also met Hermione in Diagon Alley, who had returned from vacation in France. She was sitting outside the Florin Volkswagen ice cream shop.
Harry felt that Hermione looked much darker than what he had seen more than a month ago. During the more than a month in Dijon, her skin had tanned to a light brown, completely losing her original appearance. White and tender.
However, Harry was extremely self-conscious and did not mention this matter.
"Harry, Ron." Hermione was the first to say hello. She stood up and looked behind the two boys, "Where are Wright and the others? Why didn't they come with you two?"
"Chang Chu and Wright met her father when they entered the Leaky Cauldron just now." Harry said, "The two of them and Villetta stayed there at this time."
"Mr. Chang is there too?" Hermione looked a little nervous for some reason, "Then should I go visit him now?"
"I don't think so. He drank a lot. I've never seen a wizard drink as much as him. Empty wine bottles are piled everywhere." Ron shrugged, "So the three of Wright and the others They are all left there, and it will probably take a while before they come. Drunk people are not easy to deal with. "
Hermione glanced at Ron speechlessly. Among the three of them, Ron was the one who had the least confidence to say this! Ron had been drunk once before when Rupert, the little fire-breathing dragon raised by Hagrid, died.
Hermione still remembered Ron's appearance at that time, his face was red, he was mumbling randomly, and he was shouting loudly, he looked like a drunken maniac.
"Hermione, have you bought everything?" Harry asked.
"No." Hermione shook her head, "I just arrived not long ago, and I just exchanged some galleons from Gringotts. Seeing that you haven't arrived yet, I ordered a cup of ice cream here."
"Gallons!" Ron clicked his tongue meaninglessly, "I spent a total of seven hundred galleons during the summer vacation! Seven hundred! But my mother gave me some money just now and asked me to buy books by myself later. Also need to buy a new wand."
"I'm going to Gringotts now to get some money." Harry said, "Can you wait for me here for a while?"
"no problem."
"good."
Harry quickly finished withdrawing the money from the underground vault of Gringotts. The trio was not in a hurry and began to wander around Diagon Alley with ice cream.
"What happened in front? Why are everyone gathered together?" Ron saw a bunch of people crowded there from a distance, talking excitedly about something.
"That's the Quidditch Boutique." Hermione glanced over there and immediately turned around. "I heard what those people were saying when I passed by just now. It seemed like a new broom was released. What's it called? Rocket Crossbow.”
"What does 'broomstick' mean?" Ron said dissatisfied, "Your tone is really disappointing. Everyone is gathered there, which means it must be a very good broom."
"Would it be as good as the Chuyue made by Wright?" Hermione asked in return.
"What? Wright made another broom?" Ron was shocked. "Fred and George are still making flying skateboards. The flying brooms they made always malfunctioned. Either the brakes broke or they suddenly lost control. . It’s like they are both in conflict with stability!”
Just as Hermione and Ron were arguing again, a panting Harry emerged from among the wizards.
"Ron! Come here! I promise you won't regret it!" Harry took a long breath and said loudly, "And Hermione, the name of that broom is not Rocket Crossbow, it's Firebolt!"
However, the screams of the crowd had followed him.
"It's out! The Firebolt is out!"
"This is the fastest broom in the world!"
"They are a hot item for this World Cup! Many Quidditch clubs have already placed orders!"
"Represents the highest level of craftsmanship at present!"
Harry and Ron left Hermione behind and immediately got into the crowd, admiring the magnificent Firebolt sample with them. Among the crowd, the two also met their school roommates: Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas. The two good friends were also there, staring at the Firebolt greedily.
By the time Wright and Villita arrived, Harry and Ron hadn't come out yet.
"Hermione, didn't you see Harry and the others?"
Hermione pointed helplessly at the crowd, indicating that the two people were inside.
"Where's Senior Sister Chang Chu? Didn't she come with you?" Hermione asked.
"No, Uncle Chang got drunk. I opened a room on the second floor of the Leaky Cauldron. Chang Chu is staying there to take care of him." Wright explained.
Hermione looked a little disappointed, but immediately adjusted: "Then what should we do now? Stay here and wait for Harry and the others, or should we go buy books first?"
"Wait a moment." Wright's shadow perception was fully activated, and two thin shadow energy cords emerged from the shadow under his feet and penetrated into the crowd.
Harry and Ron, who were in the crowd, looking at the Firebolt with fascination, suddenly felt something tugging at their waists, and couldn't help but struggle.
Wright increased his strength, and the energy cord immediately dragged the two boys out.
Ron, who was originally horrified, knew what was going on the moment he saw Wright. He complained loudly: "Wright! You can't do this! That's a Firebolt! I haven't seen enough! I think. So is Harry!"
"That may be true, but let's go shopping first." Wright said neatly.
The group first went to Ollivander's Wand Store, where Ron bought a new wand: willow, unicorn hair, fourteen inches long.
When Ollivander wrapped Ron's wand, he specifically warned him to treat his wand carefully.
Then, they went to the drugstore together to buy some ingredients for potions class, and then went to Madam Malkin's robe store to buy new robes.
Although Wright and Villita have not received the admission notice to Hogwarts until now, in order to avoid accidents, he still bought one for each of them, and also bought one for Chang Chu.
Finally, the group arrived at Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore.
Harry and Ron took two new courses. Although Hermione listened to a lot of Chang Chu's suggestions, she finally chose all the courses. As for Wright and Villita, they had to buy the textbooks they already had for their grade.
Flourish and Blotts at this time was very different from what it had been before.
The bookstore usually displays gilded magic books as thick as paving stones, but now these books are gone, replaced by a large iron cage, which contains about hundreds of "Monster Books of Monsters". The books were all tangled together, fighting each other menacingly, with broken pieces of paper flying everywhere.
When several people walked in, the staff of the bookstore took two steps in three steps and came forward.
"From Hogwarts? Already in the third year?" he asked a little abruptly, "Are you here to buy new textbooks?"
Harry and Ron nodded confusedly.
Hermione frowned. This employee's attitude was a bit bad, wasn't it
"We want the Monster Book of Monsters." Wright said with a smile, "Five copies."
The clerk almost staggered.
"You want five copies?" He glanced at the noisy iron cage over there and swallowed hard, "Then this may need to be handled by our manager."