In Diagon Alley, Allen and Hermione appeared on a winding cobblestone street with no end in sight.
This place was no longer as deserted as it was when the floating city took away the business. After the Umbrella and the Muggles started trading, this deserted and dilapidated Wizard Commercial Street regained some vitality, although this vitality made it no longer purely a shopping street.
The wizards took advantage of its convenient location in London and turned it into a logistics center for wizards and Muggle trade in Lunn. Large warehouses replaced all kinds of shops in the past, and floating ship docks built on the roofs almost occupied the sky of Diagon Alley.
Some of the magic shops that remained in Diagon Alley also changed the style of the products sold in the shops. After shops like bookstores and pet shops established a foothold in the floating city, the shops in Diagon Alley no longer existed, and the large space boxes with Traceless Expansion and Contraction Spells were piled under the shelves, helping to open a few open-air shops. Strange objects that could help to unload and cast powerful Levitation Spells were placed in the most popular and eye-catching display windows. Madam Morkin moved her business center to the floating city, and the shop she left in Diagon Alley sold Muggle clothes part-time. The wizards who came from Muggle enthusiastically greeted the wizards who needed to go to the Muggle World and gave them guidance on choosing clothes to avoid the situation of the Forgotten Wizard wearing women's clothes and high heels.
The stall that sold brownies that Allen and Death tasted together had also changed its owner to a fast food stall, but on the menu, the colorful cakes, chocolates, and desserts decorated with fruits and flowers were no longer on the menu. Instead, they were replaced by fast food such as burgers and hot dogs.
"Disgusting … Bah bah bah." Allen impolitely spat out the large pineapple pizza that he took a bite of.
"That's why I said that you can't buy something that you haven't seen before just based on the size. It's safer to eat something that you eat regularly." Hermione also had a piece of hamburger in her hand.
"Deal!" Allen narrowed his eyes. While Hermione wasn't paying attention, he snatched the hamburger that she had taken a bite out of and handed his pizza to her.
"Fortunately, your floating city doesn't have it, or those Italian immigrants would be mad again." Hermione watched as Allen took a bite from the place where she had just taken a bite. She then looked at the gap in the pizza in her hand and blushed. "If you're always so reckless, you'll inevitably suffer one day."
"So what? You'll suffer when the time comes." Allen swallowed the hamburger in his mouth and smiled at Hermione. "Isn't it interesting to suddenly eat bad fast food?"
Hermione looked at Allen and suddenly realized the strong Ravenclaw aura on him. She was a little absent-minded and subconsciously took a bite of the pineapple pizza in her hand. "It's worse than a hamburger … Take it back."
"No …" Allen deliberately teased Hermione by taking a big bite of the hamburger that wasn't that good. Then, when Hermione was about to go crazy, he used his mouth to point at the snow-white tower that stood high above the surrounding small shops.
On both sides of the Gringotte's bronze gate, uniformed sprites each held a slender golden rod in their hands. Since the German Gringotte was looted and burned by the Lord Voldemort, Gringotte all over the world had strengthened their defenses. The British Gringotte had a conflict with the Ministry of Magic because they stopped the Ministry of Magic's search. They were worried that the Ministry of Magic would send spies to sneak in. So, they increased the number of guards at the door and used this detection method that they thought would not hinder customers from coming in.
"That's an honest detector. It's a very primitive detection method, but it can effectively detect hidden magic spells and hidden magic items!" Hermione muttered nervously. She now realized that Delphi's mother was Bellatrix Lestrange. Allen probably wanted to use Delphi's identity to take away the Lord Voldemort's Horcrux that was stored in Gringotte. She frowned and asked worriedly, "Allen, even if we bring Delphi here, Gringotte might make things difficult for us and not let us in. Besides, we didn't bring Delphi with us this time. They will definitely make things difficult for us and create obstacles for us … After all, the sprites and Harris don't get along. Because of Harris Bank, Gringotte's business in England is very bleak … This conflict of interests is obviously impossible to reconcile."
"We're just here to scout out the environment. This place is interfered with by direct divination and teleportation spells. I haven't been here in a long time, so I have to confirm the teleportation coordinates and try to open a Otherworld Gate on the other side …" Allen took the pizza from Hermione's hand and threw the pineapple into the bin with a frown. He then took a big bite of the pizza. The slightly reduced texture made him squint his eyes. "Before we go in, we have to be prepared. There are surveillance cameras everywhere."
"I don't understand … We're just sitting here eating fast food. How are we going to scout?" Hermione noticed that by the side of Gringotts shiny bronze door, the number of Goblins wearing scarlet robes inlaid with gold seemed to have increased by several times.
"Hermione, some spells can't just be learned how to cast. You also have to know when to use them." Allen's fingers moved, and an invisible eyeball floated in the air in the eyes of most people.
Hermione tilted her head when Allen cast the spell. She felt a familiar fluctuation of magic. Hermione, who had read the Netherese Scroll, recognized the spell called Arcane Eye.
It could create an invisible magical sense. It could move without restriction and could move in any direction, even if it was out of the spellcaster's line of sight. It could provide the spellcaster with visual information. What it saw was the same as what the spellcaster saw in real life. Solid barriers would block its way, but it could pass through small holes or small spaces about an inch in diameter. The eye could not pass through Otherworld Gates or similar teleportation portals. The spellcaster had to focus to use the Arcane Eye. If the spellcaster was not focused, the eye would stop moving until the spellcaster focused again.
"But the Arcane Eye is very fragile. The slightest touch will make it disappear. Even if it enters the tunnel, it can't pass through the waterfall." Hermione took a sip of the canned tea. She was not used to the convenient drink after years of living in luxury. She frowned and suddenly looked at Allen. "Allen, you seem to want us to sneak in to get the thing. Why do you want to bring Delphie?"
"Delphie will only be brought next time. I'll tell you later. Now, let me see. This eyeball is not as good as prophecy. I need to focus to control it." Allen said as he focused on controlling the Arcane Eye. Through its vision, he controlled it to fly directly towards Gringotte's door.
Without any hesitation, the transparent eyeball swiftly flew over the heads of the short sprites, passing through the silver door engraved with the poem, 'Thieves will be repaid with evil'. The sprites were extremely confident in their internal defensive measures within the vault. Thus, even after strengthening the defensive measures, it didn't affect the main hall of Gringotts which was the first place to receive guests.
The hall was cold and cheerless. Many of the sprites were swaying on their high stools in boredom, counting the thick gold coins on their tables over and over again. The sprites kept up with the times. In order to better monitor and ensure safety, they learned from the Ministry of Magic and installed many magical surveillance devices in the corners of the hall to monitor the situation in the hall from all angles. Only a few of the counters were still occupied with proper business, serving the few customers that were present.
In front of an older sprite with round glasses was a tall, strong, and sturdy witch wearing a light blue magic robe. She was very eye-catching. The material of her magic robe was very exquisite and full of elegance that did not match her temperament. After standing in front of the counter, she took off the hood on her head and handed over a small golden key. The sprite checked it carefully and returned it to her.
"Miss Millison Bostel, please forgive my rudeness, but for the safety of your account, I have to ask. Why is Miss Bostel coming to withdraw money so often recently?" The sprite adjusted his glasses and carefully looked at the wizard in front of him. As a sprite, he was naturally stingy and did not want wizards to come and take away the money in the vault. Also, for the sake of safety, he had to be suspicious. But out of respect for the ancient family, he was very polite.
"Don't talk nonsense. I want to enter my family's vault." Millison raised her fat chin aggressively and scolded in an arrogant and overbearing tone. In her heart, however, she was angry. Her father was attacked by the Ministry of Magic. Although he was not killed, he had to spend a long time in prison after the trial. Her family's business was blatantly excluded by Harris's Umbrella Group. Now, she could only rely on the inheritance left by her ancestors in Gringotte to survive.
Ever since she was expelled from Hogwarts and transferred to the Bostel Magic Academy in France under the recommendation of Dumbledore, she did not need to spend too much money on food, accommodation, and tuition because the academy was heavily funded by Nick Lemour. But after she moved there, she learned what fashion was among the French girls. In order to dress up and keep up with them on weekends, she had to spend more time, money, and energy than she did at Hogwarts.
Therefore, Millison often had to return to the family vault in England to withdraw money when her family was in trouble. She had to maintain the appearance of the pureblood Bostel family in the eyes of the French wizards.
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