The Admiral of Hogwarts

Ten minutes later, Hugo and Hermione were already on the road to the Liliuokalani Market in Hawaii, a place mainly for local wizards to trade. They were eating ice cream sprinkled with various crushed nuts, curiously observing the shops operating on both sides of the road.

After arriving, they discovered a sign outside the surrounding jungle that read: "Danger, do not enter." Mrs. Granger, upon approaching the jungle, suddenly claimed that she felt as if the family's passports weren't in her bag, so she needed to return to the hotel to check.

"Mom, there's no need to worry. I don't think we've lost anything," Hugo said, after being dragged away by his mother for a dozen meters. "That place is actually a wizarding market, surrounded by a Muggle Repelling Charm. Anyone without magic will think of something very important to do and leave as soon as they get close."

After Hugo explained the situation, Mrs. Granger still felt uneasy. She told Hugo and Hermione a few words of caution and then returned to the hotel to check the passports. Hugo and his sister then headed to the market, where they saw people constantly coming and going.

Unlike the market on Hawaii's largest island described in the travel guide, this one catered to locals. The buildings on both sides of the street featured tropical island styles with wooden walls and thatched roofs, interspersed with Eastern and European-style buildings.

The diverse architecture, combined with colorful flags and ribbons, didn't make the market feel chaotic but rather lively.

As an important transit point in the Pacific, the goods sold in the shops naturally came from various countries. Hugo and Hermione saw that, besides goods with obvious tropical flair, most of the merchandise came from countries along the Pacific Rim.

Hugo saw various items from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the United States. Naturally, they purchased some travel souvenirs to bring back to their friends.

Fortunately, they had exchanged for some local currency, "Zhuo Ge," when they completed the procedures at the Magical Congress of the United States of America. Therefore, they didn't need to waste time at the Gringotts Wizarding Bank under the pointed roof they had seen from afar.

After some browsing, the two bought several wooden pendants and ornaments with local-style carvings, as well as some tropical-style beaded strings. According to the merchants, these items were lucky charms that could bring good fortune to the wearer.

Of course, Hugo didn't believe the merchants' words. He knew that this place, like tourist attractions in the ordinary world, was full of fake and inferior products. For example, they saw five or six silver goblets claiming to have been used by Ilvermorny founder Isolt Sayre.

If it were just that, Hugo wouldn't have found it problematic. However, five stalls within 20 meters all displayed identical silver goblets that clearly came from the same source, yet they insisted that Isolt Sayre had used them, which was insulting to one's intelligence.

Fortunately, this place wasn't like Diagon Alley, and haggling was possible. After rounding down and halving the price, Hugo bought a set of silver tea utensils, supposedly used by the founder of Ilvermorny, for three Zhuo Ge gold coins.

The tea set was a common four-piece set, including a silver teapot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, and a tray. Each piece of silverware was embossed with various exquisite patterns.

"What did you buy this for?" Hermione finally couldn't help but ask, watching Hugo happily stuff the silver tea set into a cloth bag he carried and leave the stall. "These things look dark and covered in a layer of dust. Honestly, they don't look good at all—at least, I think they're not as good as the little ornaments I bought."

Hermione held up her hand to show Hugo a pretty little bracelet she had already put on her right wrist. "Look, this string of beads has ceramic beads from China, lacquered wood beads from Japan, artistic glass beads and beads carved with adult faces from America and local, how beautiful."

"Of course, of course, your taste is naturally good," Hugo quickly praised, then leaned closer to his sister's ear and said, "I know this silver tea set doesn't look good, but they should be very valuable antiques."

"Valuable antiques?" Hermione curiously took the cloth bag and looked inside, but after looking for a long time, she couldn't see anything special about it. "Why can't I see the value you're talking about?"

"Look here," Hearing Hermione's question, Hugo immediately took out the silver sugar bowl from the cloth bag. Then, he turned the tea can over and pointed to a row of hallmarks on the bottom.

"There are five marks here. The one on the far left with the head is the 1785 George III tax stamp, the second 'F' represents 1785, the third anchor represents that this silverware was produced in Birmingham, England. The fourth lion represents that this is a 925 sterling silver item, and the fifth 'WH' represents the initials of the craftsman who made this silverware, but I don't know who it is specifically."

"And the five marks on these four tea utensils are exactly the same, and the workmanship looks very fine. They should belong to the artistic masterpieces of those high-level craftsmen. That is to say, I just spent the equivalent of 15 pounds to buy such a complete and exquisite antique silverware set, so I said I made a big profit this time."

"Sounds really impressive," Hermione said, looking Hugo up and down, and then said, "But I'm curious about one thing, how did you see that this thing is an antique? I don't remember our family having this kind of book or knowing anyone who understands this kind of thing."

"Uh—" Being asked by Hermione, Hugo suddenly realized that as twins, he and Hermione could be said to have almost identical life trajectories before, so many things couldn't be easily glossed over with a few words.

But he really couldn't tell Hermione the truth, because this thing wasn't chosen by him at all, but chosen by Victory, who had concealed her figure and followed him at this time. As a standard royal lady, she was not only good at brewing black tea, but also good at appreciating various tea sets. Therefore, she naturally recognized the value of this silver tea set very easily. Hugo was just repeating her words just now.

"I accidentally saw it once in the library before," Hugo could only say this because he really had no other way. "Fortunately, I used this unexpectedly acquired knowledge today."

"—Okay," Hermione said after staring at Hugo for a few seconds, then continued to walk forward. Obviously, she didn't believe what Hugo had just said, but out of trust in her younger brother, she didn't intend to get to the bottom of this matter.