Hermione’s exclamation came from beside her, interrupting Avis’s thoughts.

Let’s go back tonight and see what’s in the novice gift pack, he thought.

“Let’s go to Gringotts first,” Avis suggested.

Rosent touched his chin and agreed:”Good idea, wizards should have their own special currency. Just like when our family traveled to the United States last year, when traveling to different places, we should change the local currency first.”

Fortunately, Tom had just told them about the characteristics of Gringotts. Everyone poured into the group and walked towards the huge white building at the end of the road.

Gringotts has two doors. The first door is a shiny bronze door. There are goblin guards in scarlet and gold uniforms standing at the door, bowing and saluting after someone walks in.

The second door is silver, with the following words engraved on it:

“Come in, stranger, but beware of the consequences of greed. Those who blindly ask for something without any effort will be severely punished. So if you want to take a share of our underground vaults, wealth that was never yours. Thief, you have been warned, beware not of treasure but of evil retribution.”

Going through the second silver door and entering the spacious marble hall, about a hundred goblins sat behind the long counter and scribbled entries in the big ledger. Some used scales to weigh coins, and some used eyepieces to detect gems.

An old goblin walked in He came up and asked enthusiastically:”Guys, what business do you want to handle?”

“Well, this is our first time in Diagon Alley and we want to exchange some wizard currency,” Iris replied.

The old goblin’s face visibly fell, and he pointed to a counter unhappily and said:”Hogwarts New student? Go there to handle business.”

Everyone walked in the direction he pointed out, and Hermione muttered unhappily:”The service attitude is really bad.……”

Avis couldn’t help but smile a little.

Fortunately, there was no problem with the location pointed by the old goblin. There was indeed a counter there with a sign for currency exchange for new students at Hogwarts.

Avis approached the counter and said hello,”Hello, we are here to exchange currency.”

The goblin behind the counter yawned and said slowly:”New student? Please tell me your name.”

“Elvis Evans and Hermione Granger.”Avis pulled Hermione to his side and said

“Make sure your name is on the freshman list.”The goblin took a piece of parchment and checked it carefully. He continued:”New students can exchange up to 200 gold galleons each year.”

“Five pounds can be exchanged for one gold Galleons, one Galleons can be exchanged for seventeen silver Sickles, and one Silver Sickle can be exchanged for 29 copper Nats.” He lazily introduced the currency exchange ratio.

Rosente frowned,”Can we only exchange so much?”

On the way to Gringotts, he roughly wrote down the prices of some products. The book”Gilderoy Lockhart Teaches You How to Get Rid of Household Pests” that is currently on sale in the bookstore costs six galleons, and two hundred galleons only. It’s enough to buy a few books, but how can this be enough money?

The goblin showed an ugly smile,”Of course, Muggle currency is of no use to us, and it feels hard to wipe our butts with. In fact, Muggle wizards’ annual exchange quota is subsidized by Hogwarts, otherwise why would we do this kind of loss-making business.”

Rocente took out a bag and placed it on the counter. The mouth of the bag was slightl

y opened, revealing the golden gold inside.

“Can gold be exchanged for gold galleons?”He cleared his throat and asked.

Because he didn’t know what the currency of the wizarding world was, Rosent not only brought pounds, but also some gold. After all, gold is also a hard currency in the Muggle world.

The goblin’s copper bell-like eyes His eyes widened and his tone became enthusiastic,”Of course! sure! Gringotts welcomes the trade of all precious metals and gemstones! Our exchange ratio is absolutely fair and just!”

Half an hour later, Ives and Hermione each had a wallet in their hands, and they were followed by two enthusiastic goblins. Among them was the old goblin who had a very poor service attitude just now.

The old goblin flattered and handed over Everyone left. Along the way, he enthusiastically introduced Gringotts’ special offers and answered everyone’s questions. The old goblin was still frightened. If the manager knew that he had neglected important customers, it would be over. The two goblins stood at the door enthusiastically. Farewell,”Looking forward to your visit again.”

The wallets in the hands of Ivis and Hermione are filled with gold galleons. This wallet is a leather wallet made by a deformed lizard given by Gringotts. It also has a traceless stretching spell cast inside. The deformed lizard skin is a kind of leather wallet that can be used A precious material used to make wallets or purses. The deformed lizard skin wallet can shrink when a stranger approaches, making it difficult to detect. Once the owner puts an item in the bag, only he can take it out.After applying the Seamless Stretching Charm, this wallet, which seemed to be only about the size of a palm, could actually hold a lot of things. At least after Avis put hundreds of gold galleons in it, it was still not full.

Gringotts was naturally not For charity, in addition to the money they carry, Ivis and Hermione each opened an account at Gringotts, and there are more Galleons lying in their underground vault. This account requires a certain maintenance fee every year , after they paid ten years of storage fees in advance, the money-grubbing goblin gave him two wallets made of deformed lizard skin.

After walking a little further, Hermione complained:”Attitudes change so quickly! Ives laughed,”Hermione, you have to know that in various stories, goblins are synonymous with greed.””

Ignoring Hermione’s eyes, Ives asked:”Where should we go next?”

“Let’s buy a wand first,” Hermione said impatiently, recalling the magic demonstrated by Professor McGonagall yesterday,”Now that we have a wand, we can also use magic!”

Avis nodded, took out the simple map of Diagon Alley he just got from the goblin, pointed his finger on it and said,”Let’s go, the wand shop is not far away.”

Everyone followed the directions on the map and came to the door of a store. The store looked small and shabby, and the gold sign on the door had peeled off. It read:”Ollivander: Made since 382 BC.”Exquisite wand”.

In the shop window, there was a solitary wand on a faded purple cushion.

Hermione took the lead and reached out to gently push open the old wooden door.

“Jingle Bell……”

The wind chime on the door rang, and when I walked into the store, I saw that the store was very small, with nothing else except a bench in the corner.

Thousands of long, narrow cardboard boxes containing wands were stacked from floor to ceiling, with a thin layer of dust settling everywhere.

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