Superman at Hogwarts

Hogwarts Superman - Chapter 002 [Diagon Alley]

What if I can't go to Diagon Alley? Should I go directly to the platform?

However, Kerry's worries did not come true. The day after he received the email, a big cat stood in front of the manor.

"I hate these Muggle buildings, they all look exactly the same, even without house numbers!"Ms. Cat made an elegant complaint, mumbling to herself in a low voice, with a hint of irritation.

In the living room, Kerry heard the voice very clearly - there was nothing he could do, because he had superhuman blood. Even if it was a whisper at a distance of 20 or 30 meters, it was like a shout in Kerry's ear.

"Ding Dong! It was the doorbell.

The housekeeper opened the door and an elegant big cat came in by itself.

"What a cute little guy! Kerry's parents came over and wanted to pet the uninvited cat.

""Sir, please don't touch a lady!" The cat spoke.

Kerry's parents are in trouble...

Am I dreaming? There is a talking cat here!

""Let me explain to my parents! Professor Minerva!" Kerry approached them and said to Professor McGonagall first, then turned to his parents:"Actually, this is why I asked you to go home. I know you are very busy, but as you can see, I think it is necessary to ask you to go home! Isn't it?"

Kerry's parents were so surprised that Kerry's father had to pick up his chin from the ground with his hands, otherwise his chin would be shattered.

"This world is magical! To put it simply, I received a letter yesterday.……"Kerry talked eloquently and spent ten minutes explaining some magic things.

At the end, Kerry ended with these words:"I know that you will definitely not believe me with empty words, and even if you do believe me, you may not be so firm. Then it's Professor McGonagall's time!"

Kerry turned his head to the tabby cat

"I think he is right!" The tabby cat leaped up and turned into a steady and elegant lady in the blink of an eye.

Professor McGonagall waved her wand, and the furniture in the room floated up like balloons. They lined up in a long line and danced on the ceiling.

Kerry's parents and the housekeeper were shocked again.

The half-hour meeting was very successful. When Professor McGonagall was about to leave, she looked at Kerry meaningfully and said,"See you at Hogwarts!"

With a bang, the cat disappeared.

Kerry, his parents, and the housekeeper who might be his"stepmother" almost did not sleep that day. They chatted and imagined excitedly until late at night.

The next morning, Kerry's family of four set off for London.

"Is this Diagon Alley?"Kerry looked at the Leaky Cauldron. Just as he guessed, his parents and the butler could not see the Leaky Cauldron at all. They were very confused as to why Kerry was standing there motionless. Didn't they agree to go to Diagon Alley?

"Now we hold hands!" Kerry held the hand of the housekeeper closest to him, and the four of them instantly stepped into a small, shabby bar... The

Leaky Cauldron, as its name suggests, is really shabby and small, and it looks like it hasn't been cleaned for hundreds of years.

Because they came too early, there was not even a single customer inside. Only the bald boss was tidying up things at the bar.

"Good morning, Mr. Tom!"Chris recalls the first big extra in the original Harry Potter book and greets him.

"Hello! It's an honor to serve you! But I think I've never seen you before. Are you a freshman at Hogwarts?"The boss smiled at the few people.

Kerry's three relatives were still confused. This was the first time they felt the power of magic in person. Although there was only a small Confusion Charm at the door of the bar,

"It's an honor to meet you! Professor McGonagall asked me to go from here to Diagon Alley. Could you please take me there? I can pay for it!"Kerry said

"Of course it's free, it's my honor to lead the way for you!" Tom pulled out his wand, and led the four of them to a wall, and tapped the wall a few times.

The brick he knocked on began to shake and move, and a small hole appeared in the middle. The hole became bigger and bigger, and soon there appeared in front of them a wide archway wide enough for Hagrid to pass through, leading to a winding, endless cobblestone street.

Diagon Alley is a shopping city for wizards. In fact, it is very small. It is really just a small alley that you can see the end of at a glance. However, each store is frighteningly small. There are dozens of shops densely packed here. Even the largest and most obvious one, Gringotts, is only the size of an ordinary storefront, which is really disappointing.

""Amazing!" Kerry's father exclaimed, and Kerry's mother and the housekeeper were also shocked.

"We need to go to Gringotts Bank first!" Kerry said. Along the way, the four people including Kerry were very curious about everything they saw and heard in Diagon Alley.

Although it was small on the outside, it was very surprising that the space inside Gringotts was ridiculously large. There were rows of counters in a dome hall, and there was a goblin behind each counter.

This was far from the scenes in the movies... It was like an electric current that hit Kerry's brain in an instant!

From the moment he received the envelope, Kerry subconsciously brought himself into the Harry Potter film series. There was a huge dragon outside Gringotts, overlooking the entire street.

This was almost exactly the same as the scene in the movie. But judging from the scene inside Gringotts, this is not a movie world at all. It is very likely the world of the original novel, or the world of other fan fiction! My God! In that case, the uncertainty factor is too high! Kerry thought of countless possibilities in an instant.

"Dear Sir, are you a freshman at Hogwarts?"The goblin at the counter said politely.

"Of course!" Kerry took out the envelope and showed the Hogwarts emblem.

"OK! According to Gringotts practice, we will give you a 100 gold galleon redemption amount. Do you want to use it now?"

"I want to ask, how much is one hundred gold galleons worth?" Kerry's father asked

"Probably this much!" The little goblin used his hands to make a shape the size of two apples... This... The goblins in the magical world really have different brain circuits than Muggles.……

"I'm asking, how much purchasing power does one hundred gold Galleons have!" Kerry's father explained. He was afraid that the little goblin would misunderstand again, so he explained,"For example, how many of the crucibles at the entrance of Diagon Alley can you buy?"

The little goblin thought carefully for a few seconds, lowered his head and searched through the account book for a long time, took out a small booklet, and then buried his head in calculations for a long time.

"If it is a brass crucible, you can buy five and three quarters, and if it is a bronze crucible, you can buy exactly five!"

"Is it only so little?"Kerry's father frowned. Not to mention Kerry's father, even Kerry's mother and the housekeeper frowned. Five crucibles are just five ordinary pots. This money can only buy five broken pots. Even if it is five brand-name pots, it is a few hundred pounds. If you calculate it this way, one hundred gold galleons have a purchasing power of less than one thousand pounds. Although this is enough for an eleven-year-old child, it is obviously not a large amount.

"Can I exchange more?" asked Kerry's father.

"If you want to exchange for more gold Galleons, you can only exchange them with gold, and we need to charge a 20% casting fee!"When the elf saw that there was a big business, his expression immediately became enthusiastic, and he took out something like a brochure and handed it to Kerry's father.

Kerry's father took out five hundred pounds and said,"Exchange the one hundred first. We don't have gold now. Let me go and study it!"

"Of course you are welcome!" The elf was very respectful.

Gringotts comes from two roots, goblin and ingot. If translated literally, the root of this word is"goblin's gold ingot", which means the goblin mint. Obviously, Gringotts can certainly provide the service of casting gold into gold galleons. Gold galleons are engraved with magic patterns and have a magical aura unique to goblins. Therefore, in fact, every gold galleon, even silver Sickles and copper knuts, is a magical item or an alchemical item.

The four of them walked all over Diagon Alley together. Kerry looked at the list:"

Wizard robes, pointed hats, protective gloves, wizard cloaks... I bought a crucible, a full set of glassware, a telescope, a scale... I also bought books... This pile is all books, enough, I don't think there is anything else to buy.

Now there are only pets and wands left."

I have to say that the share that Gringotts gives to each little wizard is just right. Now there are more than 20 gold galleons left. After buying wands and pets, there are basically only a few left. Maybe I can buy some snacks.

"Ollivander's Wand Shop! Kerry stood in front of this famous wand shop, which was a must-go for every wizard.

It was a small, shabby shop with a golden sign that had almost lost its luster. It read: Ollivander's: Making Fine Wands Since 382 BC.

In the side window, a wand was placed alone on a faded purple cushion.

"Dear sir, it's a pleasure to serve you!" Ollivander stood at the door:"You are the first guest today!"

"I'm really happy to come to this famous shop!" Kerry nodded, and Kerry's parents and the housekeeper also gestured friendly behind Kerry.

"Are you a new student at Hogwarts?" Ollivander asked,"Which arm do you prefer to use?"

"Both!" Kerry explained:"I am different from most people. I am the dominant hand in both hands!"

Thanks to his superhuman blood, Kerry's hands are very flexible. He can use either hand to write at will.

""Okay!" Ollivander took out a tape measure and measured every dimension of Kerry, first from the shoulder to the fingertips, then from the wrist to the elbow, shoulder to the floor, knee to armpit, and finally the head circumference. As he measured, he said:"Each Ollivander wand has a super magical substance, which is its essence. Each Ollivander wand is unique. Of course, if you use a wand that should belong to other wizards, it will never have such a good effect."

"Five feet five inches!" Ollivander looked at Kerry:"You should be a big man like Hagrid in the future!"

"Do you know Hagrid?" Kerry asked

"Of course! Rubeus Hagrid, use a sixteen-inch wand, a little bent!"Olivander took a wand from the shelf:"Try it!" Kerry held one end of the wand, but before he could raise it, Ollivander took it back.

""No! Try this one!"

Kerry smiled helplessly. Although he had seen this wand shop owner countless times in movies and the original book, seeing is believing. He was really a bit neurotic.

Ollivander tried one wand after another for Kerry, but he put them back immediately after he got them.

""Damn it! I've never seen such a picky customer!" Ollivander was a little frustrated, but also a little excited.

He waited until the sun rose to noon, and there were already two more little wizards waiting in the wand shop, but Ollivander still hadn't chosen a suitable wand for Kerry.

"Oh! I remember! I still have a wand!"Olivander trotted to the basement and came back ten minutes later.

"That's her!" Ollivander took out a silver wand from a silver metal box.

Kerry was a little dazed when he saw the wand. It turned out to be a metal wand! There was no metal wand in the original Harry Potter book!

""It was made by my grandfather's grandfather in the 19th century!

It uses phoenix blood as its core!

It is made of magic alloy and phoenix blood, and its length reaches 19 inches!

" Ollivander explained excitedly.

The main body of this metal wand is silver-white, the top of the wand is completely smooth, and the semicircular part of the top is plated with gold.

The handle at the end uses a letter"L"The magic part is that the holding part of this thing uses the thread shape of a bevel gear, which makes the whole wand look like a thin, oversized screw.

Kerry thought to himself: [I think I know how your great-grandfather got the inspiration]

Picking up the wand, an indescribable feeling emerged from the palm of his hand, and Kerry felt something leaving his body.

"puff……"A light spot slowly and shimmeringly rushed out from the top of the wand.

"My God! Kerry's parents exclaimed

"Over a hundred years! Someone can actually use it!"Olivander himself was stunned.

When everyone came to their senses, Ollivander took out an envelope from the box.

"This is the letter my grandfather's grandfather left for you. Of course, in fact, every member of our Ollivander family has read it. I'm sorry!"

Kerry came back to his senses and opened the envelope. Inside was a neat letter written on old parchment.

"My most respected guest:

His name is"Hercules". Although he is very wild, I hope you can control him!

"——Hercules! In ancient Greek mythology, it represents infinite power, a magic wand with a name! Kerry likes her very much!

"That's it!" Kerry said,"How much should I pay you?"

"Free!" Ollivander said lightly:"But you need to give me feedback in a few years. I want to know what it feels like!"

Ollivander opened the box, and a line of words was written on the inside of the lid:"After my death, this wand will be given for free to those who can use it! If others want to buy it, it will cost one million gold galleons!"

"My God! It's worth one million gold Galleons!"A young wizard who was waiting to buy a wand also saw this scene.

"It's certainly not worth a million gold Galleons!" Ollivander explained:"It's just to prevent others from buying her. In fact, she has been stored in the basement for more than fifty years. The first time I saw her, she was no longer in demand."

"Hello! Mr. Ollivander, I am Kerry's father, my name is Henry!" Kerry's father came up and said,"I can't take such a fine wand for free. I have a small suggestion. Why don't you sell us two more wands? I will pay the corresponding fees for those two wands. Do you think it's okay?" What

Kerry's father meant was that if I bought two more wands, you would make more money, which could be used as compensation for this"Hercules"

"Bad idea!" Ollivander said, frowning.

"Dad!" Kerry stopped his father and whispered in his parents' ears:"In the eyes of wizards, every wand has its own life. It is not the wizard who chooses the wand, but the wand that chooses the user! What you said just now is a huge disrespect!"