Chapter 6 Entering Diagon Alley
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"are you OK?"
Professor McGonagall asked with some concern.
Jerry smiled and waved his hand:
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy, where is it?"
He knew that what Professor McGonagall had just cast should be the advanced magic that only adult wizards can learn, the Apparition of Apparition and its offshoots.
The simple point of Phantom Appearance is teleportation. As long as it is a place that has been visited, memories can be teleported in the mind. It is one of the ways for wizards to travel.
However, it is not easy to learn Apparition. Many adult wizards cannot perform Apparition perfectly, and one might be torn apart by the force of space.
Moreover, the distance of Apparition is also related to the magic power in the wizard's body and the proficiency of this magic. Some wizards may only be able to Apparate for hundreds or thousands of kilometers, while others can directly Apparate from one city to another.
Professor McGonagall obviously belongs to the latter, but at the same time as the Apparition she just used, she also used the Apparition of the Follower, which can not only teleport directly, but also lead people to teleport.
However, Jerry thought that Professor McGonagall would take him directly to Diagon Alley, but now it seems that he appeared on a Muggle street.
"Charing Cross Street, London, this is an entrance to Diagon Alley from Muggle Street. You have to remember the name and location of this street, because next time you come to Diagon Alley, you need to come over by yourself!"
It turned out that in the eyes of Professor McGonagall, Jerry was a child who knew nothing about the wizarding world. Naturally, he had to take him to experience the process of entering Diagon Alley as a normal wizard, so that he could enter Diagon Alley independently in the future.
"Look at that bar over there, it's the entrance to Diagon Alley here!"
Following the direction of Professor McGonagall's fingers, Jerry's eyes crossed a luxury movie theater, a popular burger restaurant, and finally settled in the middle of a big bookstore and a record store on the other side.
It was a very dirty, cramped bar, with only an old wooden door, and a cracked sign on the door, with the words crookedly written on it - Leaky Cauldron!
Although this little bar, in the middle of a neat and tidy bookstore and record label, is quite out of the way. But all the pedestrians passing by turned a blind eye to it, as if they could not see it at all.
Jerry knew that ordinary Muggles really couldn't see this little bar, because it was cast by wizards with the Muggle Banishing Charm, a spell that made Muggles without wizard blood unable to detect and approach.
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"jingle!"
As the bell rang when the wooden door was pushed open, Jerry was pulled by Professor McGonagall and walked into the Leaky Cauldron.
The entire bar is very dark, and there are not too many guests. After a brief glance, there are only seven or eight wizards in wizard robes drinking and chatting.
When the bell rang, all the wizards in the bar looked over.
When they saw that it was Professor McGonagall, they all nodded politely.
As the vice-principal of Hogwarts and the dean of Gryffindor House, Professor McGonagall is quite famous in the entire magical world, and many wizards now can actually be regarded as her students.
Jerry remembered that when he watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in his previous life, in Newt's memory, Professor McGonagall was already a teacher at Hogwarts at that time.
In other words, Professor McGonagall has been a teacher at Hogwarts for at least fifty years and has taught countless students.
"Oh, it's Professor McGonagall, do you need something to drink?"
At this moment, an old wizard with almost stripped hair and a shriveled walnut-like appearance on the counter greeted Professor McGonagall with a smile.
"No, Tom, I'm sending the freshman to Diagon Alley!"
Professor McGonagall waved her hand in rejection.
Since her husband Elphinstone died unexpectedly from a poisonous tentacle bite, she has hardly ever left Hogwarts except for home visits before school every year, let alone staying outside.
"This guy shouldn't be too young!"
When Jerry followed Professor McGonagall through the bar to the backyard, he glanced at Tom, the bar owner, and thought to himself.
He remembered in the movie that when Voldemort entered the school, this guy was already the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, and he also had the same name as Voldemort, both called Tom.
The backyard of the Leaky Cauldron, under the blue brick wall next to the trash can.
Professor McGonagall tapped the wall three times with his wand and explained to Jerry:
"Look, like this, count the third block along the top of the trash can, count two more to the left, then tap your wand three times, and the entrance to Diagon Alley appears!"
As Professor McGonagall retracted his wand, the knocked blue brick suddenly shook, and the entire wall began to reorganize quickly with the shaking of the blue brick, as if some mechanism had been triggered.
Soon, a small hole appeared in the middle of the blue brick wall, and then the hole got bigger and bigger.
Before long they had an archway wide enough for four or five people to pass at the same time, leading to a winding cobblestone street with no end in sight.
It is the magic shopping mecca of London - Diagon Alley!
Following Professor McGonagall across the archway and into Diagon Alley, Jerry couldn't help but feel a little more excited.
The scene in the movie was brought into reality, and even though he was mentally prepared, his eyes widened because of the magical scene in front of him.
Different from ordinary people who wear cool summer clothes outside, UU reading www.uukanshu.com dress up fashionably and carry bags. Almost most of the street is full of wizards wearing various colored wizard robes and holding wands in their hands.
Of course, there are various wizard pets, as well as individual house-elves and goblins.
"Copper, brass, pewter, silver crucibles, complete models, automatic stirring, foldable, retractable, come and see!"
"Grey forest owl, horn owl, grass owl, brown owl, snow owl, all kinds of owls!"
"The latest Nimbus 2000, the fastest broomstick, you deserve it!"
"Dragon liver, bat spleen, eel eyeballs, spell book, quill pen, parchment, medicine bottle, moon instrument, cheap price!"
In front of the shops on both sides of the street, there are all kinds of small advertising signs, and it is also crowded with many excited little wizards.
"Have you brought your letter?"
When he came to a shop called Pattage's Crucible Shop, McGonagall lowered his head and asked Jerry, who was already dazzled.
"Carry!"
Jerry took out of his pocket the parchment envelope he had received yesterday and showed it to Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall nodded:
"Okay, there's a list of necessary supplies in there, and I'll take you to buy them one by one!"
Hearing this, Jerry took out the second page of letter paper from the envelope, then unfolded it to read:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Essentials:
1. Uniform: ......
2. Textbook: ......
3. Other equipment: ......
4. Pet description: ......
Parents are reminded here that first-year students are not allowed to bring their own brooms.
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