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Chapter 8: Diagon Alley Revisited

Diagon Alley is a great place.

A month after his first visit, Andrew had finally saved enough money for the round-trip fare to London and his stay in Diagon Alley.

As a price, his study of textbooks and experiments with magic were not as fast as he would have liked, but it was necessary.

When he got off at King's Cross Station, he was even interested in taking a look at the station sign - according to Professor McGonagall, he would get on the train from Platform 9 3/4 to go to Hogwarts, but at this point he was not interested in using his brain to test whether the platform was open.

He took the train and then the subway, and around noon, he successfully arrived at the entrance to Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron.

“What a great place.”

He looked at the door of the bar and exclaimed in admiration, then took off the backpack from his back, took out the cloak and covered himself with it, then took out a glass of ice cubes from the backpack and put it in his arms.

He had been helpless the last time Professor McGonagall brought him here, but this time he would not stand out by wandering around in this wizard-infested place wearing an outfit that didn't fit in. He suspected that most of the wizards shopping on the street had mastered a spell to lower the temperature inside their wizard robes, but he hadn't found a similar spell in his first-year textbooks.

Due to the special circumstances brought on by Professor McGonagall last time, he had not yet mastered the skills of greeting ordinary wizards, but it was not a big problem - before Hogwarts opened, there were quite a few people entering and leaving Diagon Alley, so he only needed to put on his hood.

Everything was going well except for the stuffiness and heat.

So, after leaving the Leaky Cauldron, he decisively took off his hood, gave up his stupid disguise, bought a large ice cream, and then walked quickly towards the second-hand bookstore.

After a brief negotiation with his boss, he was given the right to browse all the books except the fine second-hand book section for one Sickle per hour - he could even take his unfinished ice cream with him.

But more things are gone. Discrimination caused by age can often only be erased by time. At his age, adults are only willing to communicate with him seriously when they don’t meet each other.

"That's why I chose plagiarism as my first pot of gold..."

Andrew quickly finished his ice cream, put on his mask, and then began to flip through some old books.

Unlike the last time when he mainly chose teaching books, this time he was mainly looking for entertainment books.

It is human nature to have fun, whether you are a Muggle or a wizard.

To put it simply, we are all fun-loving people, just with different ways of having fun.

He didn't dare to say that he could guide everyone to have fun, but he was sure that after finding out what the wizards liked, he could do something appropriate that would be popular in the wizarding world.

There is a flaw in investigating this in a second-hand bookstore - the owner will not accept reading materials with a strong timeliness, nor will he accept second-hand books in the wizarding world that are suitable for adult wizards to read, but other aspects should be sufficient.

Fairy tale collections and bedtime stories are all good things. The Ruined Childhood series is considered a classic hidden reading material. As long as it does not deviate too much from the original, readers will be very happy to read it...

"Seriously, Andrew... You thought before you came here that as your grammar improved, you would write books that would appeal to a wider audience."

He reminded himself to change his identity, and then started reading the biographies again.

Biographies that can be bought and resold by second-hand bookstores are generally widely circulated, and are also highly accepted for a different plagiarism model - changing them into an adventure story series is a good choice.

Then insert some fantasy magic changes, exaggerate the magic effects, and as long as the characters don't appear in a negative image, you can get extremely high praise. After roughly investigating popular magazine series, understanding the types of fairy tales that wizards often read, and learning about the biographies of some famous wizards, Andrew felt that he had gotten started. He picked out the books he liked, and touched his pocket only to find that he didn't even have time to go to Gringotts to change money.

After paying for the books, he asked his boss to keep the books for him, and immediately rushed to Gringotts to exchange them for Galleons (because he had chosen a good day, Gringotts's business was handled very quickly).

"Actually, there are many storybooks in the Hogwarts library."

Perhaps seeing how hurriedly he was running back and forth, the shop owner kindly reminded him that his main source of income was second-hand textbooks, and he could buy them at a much lower price every year when the Hogwarts school closings or graduations came.

"That's what I want, sir," Andrew nodded. "Can I go to the boutique section and look for second-hand copies of the most popular books at the moment?"

"I really don't have any of that," the store manager spread out his hands. "Lockhart's books are very popular. It's hard to get his second-hand books, and they're very popular. Many people have reserved them."

"Lockhart?"

"Of course, the most famous adventurer, his story is so vivid."

The boss praised him - he also had an adventurous heart, but the Galleons he earned from purchasing second-hand books at Hogwarts held him back.

"Well, it seems I have to get another set of Lockhart books... Fortunately, the financial pressure is not that great." Andrew was packing and selecting classic books while thinking, "Also, I need an owl, an ordinary and common owl."

About ten minutes later, he arrived at the famous Eeyore Owl Shop.

Ten minutes later, he left the store carrying a straw owl - according to the books he had read, this kind of owl was the most common owl in the entire wizarding world, and even most of the owls in schools were straw owls.

"But," he glanced at his owl, "I always feel like the clerk is lying to me. You're ugly but very unique... Oh, don't!"

The owl's beak had already reached his finger, and although it only pecked it lightly, there was a strong warning in its eyes. It was obvious that if Andrew said something impudent again, it would bite him harder.

This incident made Andrew realize one thing all of a sudden: when the clerk said that the dog was very smart, it was definitely not an exaggeration to increase its value.

"So, the spell that reduces the sense of presence in the birdcage is also real?" Andrew looked at the owl. "Well, considering that you didn't bite hard, I decided to give you a nice name, but not now. We have to go back."

It nodded slightly, which surprised Andrew, who thought he had adapted to the existence of magic.

"The right book, the right goal, and the right owl..."

Andrew nodded. This operation was perfect. What he had to do next was to find a reasonably priced hotel to stay for one night, and then set off from London back to the orphanage the next day.

"Hey man, I have a great idea."

Andrew said to his owl, "How about the Leaky Cauldron? It's a good opportunity for us to get some information about the wizarding world."

"Goo."

(End of this chapter)