The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 260 The Strange Guest at Knockturn Alley

If Diagon Alley in London is the CBD of the British wizarding world, and can be equated with the Financial City, Great North Kiln, and Manhattan, then Knockturn Alley is the largest gray trading center in the British wizarding world.

Knockturn Alley is full of opportunists, weirdos, and dark wizards, and it specializes in buying and selling magical items with strange and weird properties.And this is just a cover for Knockturn Alley. The real profits here come from gray transactions, or the sale of black magic items.

In August 1992, Harry strayed into Knockturn Alley, where he saw Lucius Malfoy, who was dealing with dark magic items at home.It was Borgin & Bock's, the most famous store in Knockturn Alley, that Mr. Malfoy was going to.

Borgin-Bock, located at 13B Knockturn Lane, is a store with a long history.Mr. Borgin and Mr. Bock are the owners of the shop, and they often deal with ancient wizarding artifacts.

And because of the sinister intentions of those cunning customers who come in and out of this store, and the greedy nature of the two gentlemen, this store often handles a lot of gray business, and often sells those with black magic or other dangerous items.

If you want to say which business is the most profitable, the two gentlemen will probably immediately think of the locket.It took only 10 Galleons to buy a Slytherin relic from one woman and sell it to another woman. This business was the most profitable for this black-hearted store.

And one day in late June, Borgin-Bock store will usher in another big business.

This morning, there was no one in the store, and Mr. Borgin was busy with his greasy hair.Shops like this usually don't open for half a year, and only open for half a year, and it's not uncommon for the shop to be deserted.

Just when Mr. Bokin wanted to go to the back room to take a rest, the door of the store was opened, and a man with a suitcase walked in.This man was really too ordinary, not handsome but not ugly, not tall but not short, so ordinary that he would never be found in the crowd.

Mr. Borgin was sure that neither he nor Bock had any dealings with this man.But Mr. Borgin is as oily as his hair, and he doesn't miss a chance.

Mr. Bojin took the initiative to go up, and said respectfully: "Sir, I don't know why, but the first time I saw you, it made me feel happy. Have we met before?"

The man ignored Mr. Bokin, but looked around as if he had come to this kind of place for the first time.After a while, the man said, "No, sir. I don't think we've ever met."

"Even though we have never met, since we met today, it can be regarded as a reunion after a long absence!" Mr. Bo Jin said enthusiastically, "Do you want to buy something? Do you want me to introduce it to you?"

The shop was a little dark, and nothing in the windows and counters was legitimate.

On a cushion in a glass case, there was a withered human hand, a stack of bloodstained cards, and a glass eyeball that was motionless.A hideous mask, various human bones, and a somewhat blackened silver hairpin.

But these are just the tip of the iceberg of this store. Under the counter and in the back room of the store, there must be more unknown and dangerous products hidden in these places.

The man frowned. He didn't know if he didn't get used to Mr. Bojin's enthusiasm, or he didn't like it.The man said indifferently: "Don't bother, I have one item that I would like to ask you for an estimate."

"It's my pleasure, sir." Mr. Bo Jin's smile was less, but he still said, "Let's go inside and talk!" Mr. Bo Jin led the way to the room inside the shop, and the man followed behind him.

Mr. Bojin, who turned his back to the man, rolled his eyes. He didn't think this strange man could come up with anything good, but his professionalism still kept him respectful to the man.Mr. Bo Jin secretly decided that if the man really has some good treasures, then he must definitely hit him hard and keep the purchase price to a minimum.

Inside, Mr. Bokin poured the man a glass of wine before sitting down.Mr. Bojin said with a smile: "Sir, what is the item you want to value? Is it in the box?"

The man didn't drink the glass of wine, he put the box directly on the table.The man opened the suitcase and turned it around to show Mr. Borgin.

Mr. Bojin's face changed, he was surprised by the items in the box.He put on a pair of pince-nez and lowered his head to observe carefully. Mr. Bokin asked: "I haven't seen this thing for a long time. It won't be related to Hogwarts, right?"

"How could Dumbledore allow this thing to flow out of the school? I have my own channel. And where this thing came from, you shouldn't be interested." The man shook the wine in his glass and said calmly.

"Of course, we're not the Ministry of Magic, so naturally we're not interested in where it came from," Mr. Bogin said.He put down his glasses, he had already estimated the value in his mind, and began to figure out how to pay the least price to get the basilisk shed skin and the basilisk horn.

The value of snake slough is not high, but the value of basilisk skin is not.This ferocious dark creature can only be tamed with a Parselmouth, and breeding Basilisks is even more strictly forbidden, and even dark wizards will not violate this law, because it is too dangerous.In addition, England has not seen a basilisk for 400 years, and this complete basilisk skin can be sold for an extremely exaggerated price.

Basilisk skin has many functions, it can be used as medicine, it can ward off evil spirits, it can be made into black magic items and so on.In addition, the basilisk skin and the dragon skin have the same effect, both of which can defend against magic and spells.Therefore, the skin of the basilisk can also be used to make armor, and the effect of the finished product is much better than that of the dragon skin.

In addition to the complete basilisk skin, the suitcase that has been cast with the Untraceable Stretching Charm contains basilisk horns, which are said to have been made of Salazar Slytherin's wand.

When this wand was passed on to Gormley Gaunt, it was stolen by her niece Isolthel and brought to America.Furious, Gormley Gaunt went to revenge, using Parseltongue to put the wand into hibernation, and never recovered.Today the wand is buried in the ground outside the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and has grown a snakewood whose leaves have powerful magical healing properties.

Of course, Mr. Bojin has never seen this snake tree, and he doesn't know if the leaves have such powerful effects, but these all reflect the value of the basilisk horn.Moreover, this snake skin and basilisk horn will be the only ones in circulation in the market for hundreds of years, and every businessman knows what this means.

Mr. Bojin adjusted his emotions calmly, and said: "Sir, this thing is probably not as valuable as you imagined, and because of the law, there should not be many people who want to own it. "

After hearing this, the man didn't speak, but silently covered the box, picked it up and walked out directly.Mr. Bo Jin originally wanted to lower the price to prepare for the acquisition later, but he didn't expect this man to leave directly.

Seeing that the man was about to leave the shop, Mr. Bo Jin could only ask, "Sir, what are you planning to do?"

"Since it's not something valuable, there's no need to waste time." The man turned around and said, "My dog ​​just needs a kennel. This snake skin looks good, and it's very suitable for a kennel."

Hearing such reckless remarks, Mr. Bojin wished he could strangle this man to death.Mr. Bojin continued: "You are too anxious. If you don't mind, you can temporarily store the things in the store. When you find a bidder, you will receive the money, and I just need some small Hard money."

The man shook his head, he looked directly into Mr. Bojin's eyes and said slowly: "Because you lied to me in the house just now, so I have no trust in you at all, I can't take the basilisk skin and basilisk horn Put it here with you. Unless, you pay me now."

Mr. Bo Jin knew that he had misread it. This man had been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. It was not the first time he had come to such a place.Mr. Bo Jin, who admitted his failure, stretched out five fingers and gave his first quotation.

"Sir, you should be able to see that I'm not a patient person, so if you have the opportunity to meet again, don't lie to me again!" The man turned around and continued to walk out after speaking.

Mr. Bo Jin had no choice but to stop him again and make a second offer, but the man still shook his head.After several quotations in a row, the price was close to Mr. Bojin's psychological tolerance limit, and the man finally agreed to the price.

However, the transaction of basilisk skin and basilisk horns failed to proceed. Mr. Bo Jin said embarrassedly with a smile on his face: "Sir, the store can't produce so many Galleons for the time being, please give me a few days." Raise money. Three days later, come back in three days, and we'll clear both money and goods!"

The man thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Two days later, I will come back at the same time two days later."

After all, the man walked out of the Bokin-Bork store, and Mr. Bokin watched the man go away.And the moment the man left, an inconspicuous little wizard followed immediately.

(End of this chapter)