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Chapter 190 The Big Purchase

Bringing the Granger family to Gringotts, the Grangers were taken aback by the goblins coming and going in Gringotts, but Hermione was eager to touch it, but was held back by Locke.

Leading the Granger family to the front of the counter, Locke said: "You take Hermione's admission letter and hand it to them, and you will be able to get the corresponding exchange amount."

After hearing this, Mr. Granger quickly flipped through the bag he was carrying, took out the Hogwarts acceptance letter and handed it to the goblin in front.

"The current exchange ratio is five pounds to one galleon, and students can exchange two hundred pounds per year." After checking the admission notice, the goblin in front of the service counter said so.

In other words, each student can exchange forty Galleons a year, which is barely enough for new students.

Generally speaking, the most expensive things are wands and textbooks. Other than that, clothing and some magic props and materials are not expensive for freshmen.

If you want to exchange more Galleons, you need to use gold.

To Gringott, the British pound is basically useless and needs to be dealt with separately, so only students will have the corresponding exchange line.

After the Granger family finished, Locke directly took out twenty gold bars and exchanged them for a thousand Galleons, planning to buy some needed things later.

Gringotts did not refuse gold comers, because it exchanged too much at one time, and upgraded Locke to a major customer, and presented Locke with a traceless extension wallet.

The non-traceable extended items are strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic, except for a few permitted organizations, private production and sales are prohibited.

Gringotts' purse has about three cubic meters of space, and it's not cheap to buy it alone. Gringotts is completely based on Locke's local tyrant style, and it was given away for the purpose of attracting big dogs. .

Walking out of Gringotts, Locke led the Granger family of three to purchase all the school supplies Hermione needed.

During this process, he fully displayed his acting skills, giving detailed instructions and explanations, which quickly brought him and the Granger family closer.

After buying the last piece of school supplies, the group walked out of the shop, and it was time to part ways.

Hermione clearly showed a look of reluctance, her small face hesitated for a moment, like a mother said: "Mom, can we invite Mr. Locke to our house?"

Mrs. Granger listened with a look that had been expected: "Of course, Mr. Locke knows a lot. If you spend more time with him, you can understand and get used to the magic world as soon as possible."

"Really? That's great!" Hermione cheered happily, then looked at her father again, and when she saw him nodding, she immediately turned to Locke:
"Hey, Mr. Locke, can you come to our house as a guest? I still have a lot of questions I want to ask you."

"It's my honor. I will pay a special visit in the afternoon when I finish my business here," Locke responded.

"Then I'll be waiting for you!" Hermione said to Locke with a smile, "You can also have dinner at our house, my mother's cooking is delicious.

When you come over in the afternoon, I can show you the fairy tale books and dolls I collected, and I still have many questions about magic to ask you..."

"Okay." Locke smiled and agreed one by one.

After making an appointment with the Grangers and seeing them off, Locke started shopping in Diagon Alley.

Diagon Alley is a long and narrow alley with Gringotts at the end and Knockturn Alley on the other side. The whole range is really not that big.

He went to Lihen Bookstore first.

The identity assigned to Locke by the system only gave some basic information. He now needs to quickly understand the current status of the magic world, and at the same time buy some magic books from the world of Harry Potter.

These general-purpose magic books can be purchased at the Lihen Bookstore, and they are all available for sale.

After arriving at the bookstore, Locke waved his hand and bought a set of all books related to magic. There were more than 100 books, and he also packed the Daily Prophet for the past few years.

After such a purchase, the bookstore directly presented Locke, a big customer, with a non-marking extended suitcase, so that Locke could pack these things away.

After leaving the bookstore, Locke visited several nearby pharmacies and material stores, bought a lot of magic potions and various magic materials, and even exchanged them for Galleons because he didn't have enough money.

After such a big purchase, Locke became the favorite big customer of many shops in Diagon Alley.

After tasting an ice cream from Florin's Cold Drink Shop, Locke came to the wand shop and met Ollivander, the acquaintance he first saw when he came to this world.

"Hello, what do you need?" Ollivander asked when he saw Locke.

"My previous wand was broken, and I'm going to buy a new one," Locke said.

"No problem." Ollivander nodded: "Please open your arms, I need to measure."

Unfolding the tape measure, Ollivander said while measuring the length of Locke's arm, "I really didn't expect you to be able to kill a Death Eater while being attacked by surprise after just graduating for two years."

"I'm just lucky." Locke said casually.

"Okay, but you really need to be more careful in the future, those guys are very vengeful." Ollivander continued nagging, picked up a piece of paper, and wrote down a few numbers on it.

Then he asked again: "If my observation is correct, you are right-handed, right?"

"Yes." Locke nodded.

"I happen to have a more suitable one here." Speaking, Ollivander selected a box from the densely packed 'magic wand boxes' on the shelf, and took out the wand inside.

"It's made of willow, the unicorn tail feather."

Locke took the wand and tried to communicate with the magic power. It felt very similar to the function of the Lord of the Rings. It allowed him to sense and control the magic power more clearly and reduce the consumption of casting spells.

Casting a floating technique casually, the books on the counter next to him floated up and moved with Locke's mind.

In terms of effect, the wand and the Lord of the Rings are almost the same, and the ultimate quality depends on the materials used in the production and the craftsmanship of the maker. In terms of convenience, Locke still thinks the Lord of the Rings is better.

"Very good, just this one." Locke nodded, manipulating magic to put the book back in place, ready to buy it back and study it.

"Very well, it seems that you have chosen the right wand, and the wand has also chosen you." Ollivander said with a satisfied smile.

After completing this big purchase, he left Diagon Alley through the Leaky Cauldron, and Locke returned to his residence in London.

If you pay attention, this place is not far from Granger's house, and it is a villa specially selected by Locke.

After sorting the magic books bought today, Locke began to read one by one from the beginning.

(End of this chapter)