Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 276 Light Wheel 2001 Super
Seeing that Ron had also changed into a new outfit, Sherlock knew that the Weasleys still had quite a few Galleons left after their trip to Egypt.

In the past, Ron would simply wear the old robes his brothers had altered.

"I have 120 Galleons left."

Just then, Hermione, having finished trying on her new clothes, glanced at her wallet and a look of delight spread across her face:
"Thanks to Sherlock! The bookstore manager gave us a 50% discount, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have had this much money left."

Do you have any new shopping plans?

Sherlock immediately saw through Hermione's thoughts.

"Yes, my 14th birthday is in September. My parents gave me some money so I could buy myself a birthday present in advance."

With the help of Mr. Holmes, Hermione's father, Mr. Granger, made a fortune by lending rubles through the breakdown of the Unbreakable Alliance and exchanging them for dollars and gold on Black Wednesday.

Now that things have come to this, it can be considered a small step up in social class.

Therefore, the funds available for buying birthday gifts for his daughter were quite ample.

Now that the bookstore owner is offering a 50% discount, I've saved some money and am more financially secure.

Ron cursed the rich man under his breath and deliberately asked:

How about buying some good books?

"No, I don't want to buy books."

Hermione glared at Ron, then looked at Sherlock with a hopeful glint in her eyes:
"Actually, I want an owl. Look, Harry has Hedwig, Ron has Errol, and you have Watson..."

"I didn't! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

Ron immediately raised his hand to explain, "Errol is the owl of our whole family, I only have Scabbers."

As he spoke, he pulled his pet mouse out of his pocket: "Speaking of which, I actually wanted to take it to get checked out; it seems to be having some trouble adjusting to the environment in Egypt."

Sherlock glanced at Scabbers and noticed that it was indeed thinner than before, and its whiskers were noticeably drooping.

It certainly looks like it's suffering from "culture shock".

Sherlock pointed to the west: "There's a magical creature shop over there."

Ever since his first visit to Diagon Alley, Sherlock had become intimately familiar with the place—something that should have been a piece of cake for him.

“Great!” Harry said happily. “Let’s go there. Ron can see what they can do about Scabbers, and Hermione can buy her owl.”

Hermione and Ron, of course, had no objection to this.

Sherlock stopped after taking only a few steps.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked curiously.

Hermione followed Sherlock's gaze and saw a beautifully crafted Galaxy Model inside a large glass sphere.

"Sherlock, do you want that?"

Seeing Sherlock nod, Harry and Ron curiously came closer.

When Harry saw the price, he wasn't particularly affected, but Ron gasped in shock:
"That's expensive! It costs over two hundred Galleons!"

Harry read the product description carefully and then suddenly realized: "This model can simulate the motion of galaxies in real time. If I buy it, I won't even need to go to astronomy class anymore."

They've chosen so many courses this year, you can imagine they must be very busy.

If you don't have to take astronomy classes, you can indeed save a lot of time.

Especially since astronomy classes are all in the evening, I always feel listless the day after class.

“Harry, I’m afraid you’ll have to lend me some money,” Sherlock said to his friend. “I’ll pay you back in pounds when we get home.”

"Sherlock, what are you talking about?"

Harry was a little annoyed by Sherlock's formality and said, "Just tell me how much you need. If it's not enough, we'll go to Gringotts and get some more!"

Seeing Harry's extravagant and wealthy demeanor, Ron couldn't help but look on with envy.

Having money really does allow you to do whatever you want!
"That won't work."

Sherlock chuckled and shook his head. "My dear Harry, it's precisely because we're good friends that we need to settle our scores."

Harry looked at Sherlock and noticed that although he was smiling, his expression was unusually firm.

Seeing this, he could only nod helplessly.

Having known Sherlock for three years, he understood him very well and knew that once Sherlock made a decision, no one could change it.

How much do you need?

"Eighty Galleons".

"no problem……"

"I'll offer a hundred!"

Sherlock and Harry both looked at Hermione.

Ron said helplessly, "Hermione, do you think this is an auction? Harry bids eighty, and you bid one hundred?"

“What I mean is, I’ll offer 100 Galleons,” Hermione said with a grin at Sherlock, “and then we can buy it together, and then none of us will have to go to astronomy class.”

"what?!"

Ron looked at Hermione in surprise, "What are you guys doing out so late at night instead of having astronomy class?"

"What did you say?"

Hermione frowned at Ron. "We've taken more new courses than you, haven't we?"
Arithmetic divination, conservation of magical creatures, divination science, ancient runes, Muggle studies...

If we could take one less course, we could save a lot of time.

"Wait, you all chose Muggle research? Seriously?!" Ron, already surprised, became even more astonished upon hearing this.

"Sherlock and Hermione, you two are Muggle-born, your parents are both Muggles, so you know everything about Muggles!"
And Harry, although your parents are wizards, you grew up in a Muggle family and know everything about Muggles!

So why did you choose to study this course as Muggles?

"Why do you seem to be only finding out now?" Harry asked, somewhat puzzled. "All three of us chose all the courses!"

"I only looked at the two courses I wanted to take; I didn't look at the other courses."

Seeing Ron's self-righteous demeanor, Harry was speechless.

As expected of you!

Hermione replied irritably, "Because we think it's interesting to study Muggles from a wizarding perspective."

So now you understand why Sherlock and I bought this model, right?

"Buy, buy, buy!"

Ron waved his hand arrogantly, "Only you guys can skip class without worry. If it were me, I would still go to class even if I had it. Professor Sinister would never allow someone like me to miss class."

Harry nodded, agreeing with Ron.

Even if Ron bought this, he'd probably still have to go to astronomy class.

Even if the astronomy teacher agreed, his self-learning ability was far from comparable to Sherlock and Hermione's.

Sherlock looked at Hermione with some confusion. "Weren't you planning to buy an owl?"

“The remaining money is more than enough to buy an owl,” Hermione said sassily. “We have you to thank for that. If you hadn’t found a way to deal with the monster book, the manager wouldn’t have given us a 50% discount.”

Hearing Hermione's words, Sherlock said no more and took the hundred Galleons from Hermione's hand.

He then negotiated a lower price and bought the exquisite model, which floats on a glass sphere and can simulate the motion of galaxies in real time, for two hundred gallons.

"He looked like he'd been ripped off," Harry recalled the pained expression on his boss's face.

“For him, earning less is a loss,” Sherlock laughed. “My dear Harry, you can make a fortune in front of these businessmen, but he never loses.”

Hermione was all smiles.

Not having to attend astronomy class is secondary; the key point is—this is something that belongs only to Sherlock and her!
Ron was completely bewildered, not understanding what his three friends were thinking. Just as he was about to ask, he noticed that Harry had also stopped, just like Sherlock had earlier.

"What are you all doing, one by one..."

Ron muttered to himself as he followed Harry's gaze.

He was captivated when he saw the new merchandise on display at the Quidditch boutique.

"The Nimbus series has released a new flying broom!"

Ron and Harry leaned forward together and began reading the sign next to the broom:

Following the Nimbus 2000 and Nimbus 2001, our company is launching a brand new product: the Nimbus 2001 Super.

Following the brief textual introduction, there is a data comparison of the three Nimbus series flying brooms:

Compared to the Nimbus 2000, the Nimbus 2001 has an approximately 5% increase in speed, an approximately 3% increase in stability, and a 30% increase in price.

The Nimbus 2001 Super is based on the Nimbus 2001, with a 3% increase in speed, a 5% increase in stability, and a price increase of only 15%!

Not only that, but the merchants are also running a promotion right now. If you have a Nimbus 2000 or Nimbus 2001, you can sell it at a discount and trade it in for a new one.

"It looks like it can save a lot of money!"

After reading these signs, Ron couldn't help but let out a heartfelt sigh:
"Harry, why don't we take advantage of this event and upgrade your Nimbus 2000 to a Nimbus 2001 Super?"
You've only used it for two years, the broom should be about 80% new, this is definitely a good deal!

Harry was also somewhat tempted upon hearing this.

Although Gryffindor did defeat Slytherin, who had seven Nimbus 2001s, last year, the advantages of the Nimbus 2001s were fully utilized in that match.

If it weren't for their successful use of tactics and their superior strength compared to Malfoy, Slytherin would have won for sure.

Now that we have the even more powerful Nimbus 2001 Super, it seems like it's definitely worth it.

Hermione, meanwhile, was mentally calculating the boost Harry would receive after purchasing the Nimbus 2001 Super.

速度方面是1+（1+5%）×（1+3%）=1.081，提升率是8.15%
稳定性方面是1+（1+3%）×（1+5%），提升率也是8.15%
价格方面的提升率最大，1+（1+30%）×（1+15%）=1.495，足足提升了49.5%。

However, is it really worth spending half as much again as the Nimbus 2000 to get a flying broom with 8% more speed and stability?
If you take advantage of the summer promotions and sell the Nimbus 2000 at an 80% discount, then the actual cost will be 70% of the original price of the Nimbus 2001 Super.

Ron was thrilled to hear Hermione share her analysis.

If he were Harry, he wouldn't hesitate at this point and would have already bought everything.

However, after thinking for a moment, Harry shook his head.

The new flying broom is great, but the Nimbus 2000 is very comfortable to use, so there's really no need to spend money to buy a new one.

In fact, deep down he really wanted to upgrade his equipment.

However, he kept reminding himself that he still had five years of schooling at Hogwarts.

Although relations with the Dursleys have been repaired, I should still refrain from asking them for money to buy spellbooks, as long as I am able to afford it.

Seeing Harry shake his head, Ron felt a little disappointed. He turned to Sherlock and asked, "Sherlock, what do you think?"

"It's all up to Harry to choose."

Sherlock smiled and said, "Buy early and enjoy early, buy late and enjoy a discount."

Compared to the question of whether or not to replace Nimbus 2000 with Nimbus 2001 Super, Sherlock is more concerned about the CEO of Nimbus Corporation.

Well, this swordsmanship is simply too exquisite.

(End of this chapter)