Suppressing the discomfort of being slightly obsessed with cleanliness, Ke Wen followed Ollivander all the way to the bar, but Ollivander obviously did not intend to sit down, but just like he has been doing since he came out of the hospital. He introduced Kewen's identity to the bar owner.
"Oh~ welcome to our lucky Mr. Quinn." After listening to Ollivander's introduction, the bar owner immediately tiptoed from behind the bar counter, crossed the bar counter with his upper body, stretched his hand in front of Ke Wen, and said very enthusiastically: " My name is Tom, you can call me Old Tom if you like."
"Hi, hello, Mr. Tom." Ke Wen didn't obediently call the other party Old Tom. His main task now is to make a first person for himself, such as well-behaved, polite, cowardly and so on. After all, he was not ready for this strange yet familiar world.
"What a polite little gentleman." Boss Tom still smiled warmly, and shook Ke Wen's outstretched little hand.
"Sorry Tom." Seeing that the two had already known each other, Ollivander interjected: "There are a lot of things to do today, next time I'm free, I'll come to your place for a drink."
"Of course." Boss Tom nodded happily, and smiled at Ollivander: "Just in time, we have been researching to add a new dish in the past few days. I hope we will have it ready when you come next time."
"I am very happy to taste it." Ollivander responded with a smile: "I hope it is as delicious as the roast suckling pig in your store."
"You won't be disappointed." Boss Tom turned and walked towards the entrance and exit of the bar, and said at the same time, "I'll take the two of you to the back alley."
"No, no, don't treat Tom like this." Ollivander waved his hand: "I'll just take him there by myself."
"Well... that's fine." Boss Tom pondered for a moment, smiled and agreed, then looked at Ke Wen and said, "Then Mr. Quinn is also welcome to visit next time."
"Okay, okay, Mr. Tom." Ke Wen quickly straightened his upper body, responding with a cautious expression.
"Let's go."
Ollivander reached out and patted Cowen on the shoulder, and pointed his other finger in the direction of the back door. But before he took a step, he glanced at a newspaper on the bar counter out of the corner of his eye...
Following Ollivander's guidance, the two passed through the back door of the bar and finally stood in front of a gray brick wall.
"Pay attention here." Ollivander took out his wand with his right hand while pointing his left hand under the brick wall and said, "Remember the location of this trash can."
"Okay sir." Cowen nodded in response.
"The position of the 'door lock' here changes every once in a while." Ollivander explained carefully: "But as long as you remember the position of this trash can, you can easily find the position of the 'door lock'."
"Count three bricks up from the bin, then count two across, and finally tap the bricks three times with your wand."
Following Ollivander's explanation, when he clicked the third time with his wand, the brick that was clicked suddenly retracted inward.
Immediately afterwards, with that brick as the center, the gray bricks on the entire brick wall were either convex or concave, and moved one after another. After three breaths, a door opening that can accommodate two adults side by side appeared in front of Ke Wen.
The scene in front of him made the already blurred movie images clear in Ke Wen's mind, and many fragments of the movie images he had seen before emerged from his memory one after another.
"Have you seen anything like this before?"
Ollivander's voice sounded, interrupting Cowen's memory.
"Ah? No, not at all." Ke Wen responded immediately after recovering.
"I thought you should be like those Muggles who saw this scene for the first time." Ollivander's tone was inexplicable: "Even if you didn't yell, you should be very shocked."
"No... I'm just..." Ke Wen just wanted to show a surprised expression fluently, but fortunately, the actor's IQ was online, and he immediately controlled the facial muscles without changing his expression, and said in a confused tone: "It's just that I have experienced too much today. Unbelievable thing, I... Am I really not dreaming now, sir?"
After the words fell, Ke Wen's eyes diverged slightly, he raised his head without focus, and looked into Ollivander's eyes.
There was a flash of surprise in Ollivander's eyes, and then he raised his hand to stroke Ke Wen's hair, and said softly: "Of course it's not a dream, I just ignored your situation."
The palm that stroked the back of Ke Wen's head finally patted Ke Wen's shoulder: "Let's go, I will take you to slowly adapt to the new environment here and your new life in the future. Follow me."
Seeing Ollivander leading the way and passing through the doorway, Ke Wen focused his eyes, let out a breath of relief, and followed with his short legs.
Following Ollivander all the way, stepping on the ground paved with fine cobblestones; squeezed through the almost shoulder-to-shoulder flow of people in the alley; looked at all kinds of shops on both sides of the alley; finally, the two met in a store He stopped in front of the door.
The shop looked small and dilapidated, with a black wooden door sandwiched between the protruding glass bay windows on both sides. The color of the golden signboard on the door had peeled off. It said Ollivander, since 380 B.C. Two years well made wand.
Ollivander unlocked and pushed the door, and with the jingle of the brass bell above the door frame, Ke Wen followed Ollivander into the store.
The shop is not big, the welcoming place is about five meters square, and there is a bench for the guests to sit and rest. And all the places where the reception area extends into the store are crowded with wooden cabinets, all of which are filled with long and narrow boxes, and there is only a meter-wide corridor between the cabinets on both sides. walk around.
"Okay, Ke Wen, sit down for a while." Ollivander said as he walked towards the checkout counter.
"Okay sir." Ke Wen sat down on the bench obediently.
Of course, the wand shop was clearly in the same vein as the wizarding world, all looking messy and unkempt. Ke Wen could only endure this, after all, now is not the time for him to express any opinions.
On the other side, Ollivander rummaged under the checkout counter for a while, stuffed a document into his pocket and walked out, saying at the same time: "There is no fireplace in the store, I have to go to the Ministry of Magic through the public fireplace, Help you with some formalities."
Seeing Ollivander approaching, Kewen quickly got up from the bench, but Ollivander pressed his shoulders and sat back down again.
Patting Cowen on the shoulder, Ollivander said softly, "I'll be back in about twenty minutes. Remember, if any customers come in, please ask them to wait a while, or go to other stores to buy things first. After all Now is the school season, and many new guests come to our door at this time of year."
"Okay." Ke Wen nodded immediately: "I wrote it down."
Ollivander smiled in satisfaction, walked towards the door, and said as he walked: "You just stay in the store and don't move around, I..."
Without waiting for Ollivander to finish speaking, Cowen responded immediately almost like a conditioned reflex: "I'll just eat two, leftover, ahem..."
"What?" Ollivander stopped in a daze and looked back at Cowen.
Ke Wen's face turned red from coughing, and he quickly responded after suppressing his cough: "No, no, it's nothing, I'm just a little distracted..."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I ignored it again." Ollivander smiled when he heard the words, stepped forward again, and disappeared through the door with his figure, and the last words came into the store at the same time: "I will bring you some food when I come back. of… "
(end of this chapter)