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Chapter 4053 4055 [Remove Your Weapon]

After leaving Ollivander's Wand Shop, Xiang Nan and his mother separated from the Evans family.

The Evans family went to Flourish and Blotts to buy textbooks, to Madam Malkin's robe shop to buy school uniforms, and to Partridge's Cauldron Shop to buy cauldrons...

Xiang Nan and his mother could only buy robes from a second-hand robe shop.

There is no way around it, given the financial conditions of the two families.

Irene took Xiang Nan to a second-hand robe shop, which was filled with all kinds of old robes, dresses, hats, shoes, gloves, cloaks, etc. Almost everything was outdated and exuded a weird smell.

Xiang Nan and his mother were not the only customers here. In fact, there were many customers in this store. It can be seen that there are many wizards in the magic world who are in financial difficulties.

"I want to buy three sets of plain work robes for freshmen, a black pointed hat for daytime wear, a pair of protective gloves made of dragon skin and a black winter cloak with silver buckles." Irene said to the shopkeeper.

"Go look in that pile yourself. Each piece is only one Galleon." The shopkeeper pointed to a pile of old clothes in the east. Several people were already rummaging through them.

When Irene saw this, she quickly took Xiang Nan over and started rummaging through the pile of clothes.

Try to find something in good condition and not too shabby. But it's not easy because everyone is trying to do this.

Xiang Nan was quick-witted and found a black robe that was about 80% new. He pulled it out from the pile of clothes.

Just as he was about to hand it to Irene, a dry hand like an eagle's claw grabbed the dress.

"I saw this first." The owner of the hand, a woman dressed in rags, with abscesses on her face and moss-filled teeth, said loudly to Xiang Nan.

"I got it first." Xiang Nan refused to give in.

"You little brat, do you want to snatch it from me?" The woman threatened Xiang Nan with a ferocious face.

"Let go, don't try to scare my son." Irene stepped forward and blocked her son behind her.

"Do you want to fight me?" the woman threatened, pulling out her wand.

Irene was stunned. She didn't bring her wand because Tobias didn't like her to perform magic.

Seeing this, the woman became even more smug and started to giggle, "You don't even have a wand, and you still want to protect your child? Get out of here!"

Irene blushed, but she didn't give up. Although she was gloomy and not good at socializing, her son and husband were still everything to her.

"Everything Stone..." The woman was about to cast a spell.

At this moment, Xiang Nan took the lead and shouted, "Disarm you!"

The magic wand in the woman's hand instantly slipped out of her hand, flew high up, and was caught by Xiang Nan.

Everyone present was stunned by this scene.

First, Xiang Nan was still a freshman, but he could actually use such a profound spell as "Expelliarmus"; second, a child who had not yet entered the school could actually defeat an adult; third, the child did not have a wand in his hand, and it was obvious that he had just cast a spell without a wand. Casting spells without a wand is usually only done by masters.

Irene also looked at her son in surprise. She didn't expect that her son's strength had reached such a powerful level.

The woman who was disarmed by Xiang Nan was now embarrassed and terrified. She had never expected that Xiang Nan, a child, could defeat her.

"No trouble is allowed in the store." At this time, the owner of the second-hand robe shop came over and maintained order.

Xiang Nan handed the seized wand to the shop owner, "We didn't cause any trouble. We didn't start it."

"I saw it all." The shop owner nodded, then looked at the woman, "Get out, you are not welcome here." Without her wand, the woman was like a wild dog without fangs. She dared not act arrogantly and had to walk out in disgrace. After she walked out of the store, the shop owner threw her wand back to her.

Then he looked at Xiang Nan with admiration and said, "I have never seen a child as outstanding as you. All the robes, gloves, cloaks, and hats you buy from me today will be half price."

"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded.

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Xiang Nan then selected three robes of good quality, a pointed hat, a pair of dragon-skin gloves, and a cloak. Because they were all half-price, he saved three Galleons.

After buying clothes, Xiang Nan and his mother walked out of the second-hand robe shop.

"Severus, you performed very well just now." Irene looked at her son approvingly.

Not only did her son show his extraordinary strength just now, but more importantly, when she was facing a threat, he chose to stand up bravely to protect her. This made her very happy.

"Thank you, Mom. I don't want her to hurt you." Xiang Nan nodded.

"I want to reward you." Irene touched her son's head and said, "Do you want to eat ice cream or go to the joke shop and buy some toys?"

"If possible, Mom, I'd like to go to the bookstore and have a look," Xiang Nan suggested.

He has no interest in eating or playing. He wants to learn more knowledge and work hard to improve his abilities.

"Okay, let's go to Flourish and Blotts. With the three Galleons you saved, we should be able to buy a book." Irene nodded in agreement.

Flourish and Blotts Bookstore only sells new books, and the price is more than two Galleons. You can buy a new book for three Galleons.

"Mom, let's go to the thrift store and buy some second-hand books. We can buy a few more." Xiang Nan advised. To him, it didn't matter whether the book was new or old. The key was the knowledge inside it.

And to be honest, the books published by Bloomsbury Bookstore are all published through formal channels. They are reviewed before publication, so there won’t be any books that are too powerful.

On the contrary, the books in second-hand shops are of various kinds, and there may be treasures among them.

Erin nodded.

Xiang Nan and his mother then came to the second-hand shop on the corner of the street, and saw all kinds of second-hand goods there.

For example, there are tattered wands, wobbly scales, stained cauldrons, patched cloaks, and of course piles of old books.

Xiang Nan then walked in and slowly began to search through the old books.

These old books are really varied. In addition to the textbooks needed by Hogwarts over the years, such as "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration", "Standard Spells: Level 2", "Magic Pharmacy and Potion", etc.

There are also books like "Seeing the Future through the Mist", "The Origins of Quidditch", "Guide to Raising Dragons", "Terrible Animals Deep Underground", "How Prefects Gain Power", "How to Correctly Eliminate Household Pests", and so on.

But these books were either about magical creatures, divination, or Quidditch, and none of them were what Xiang Nan was looking for.

He was looking for practical books on advanced magic, magical theory, and cutting-edge magic.

But Xiang Nan did not give up easily and continued to search. Fortunately, he carefully stacked every book he had read. So even though he kept picking, the shopkeeper did not drive him away.

As Xiang Nan was flipping through the books, he suddenly saw a bamboo slip with six big characters written in seal script on it: "The True Explanation of the Five Elements Taoism".

He hurriedly took it and unfolded it, only to see that it was densely packed with ancient seal characters. Fortunately, Xiang Nan was well-educated and basically recognized all these characters.

(End of this chapter)