Chapter 115: Life in Diagon Alley

The latest website: Lihen Bookstore was closed in this way, and everything inside was removed by the staff of the Department of Law Enforcement for detailed investigation; now there is an Auror guarding it at the door.
Therefore, Matthew Wickfield was able to leave the dark, damp, mosquito-infested cabin in the basement.
Matthew himself naturally has no opinion on this; although his pet toad may have a different opinion on this.
In fact, Matthew now no longer needs to find a shop and go to work as a "temporary worker" in the summer.
Because he already has a lot of Kanon in his pocket
Including some of the money that Draco Malfoy gave him last semester (so when Matthew spoke the name Lucius Malfoy in front of Minister Millison Barnold, he felt a little bit guilty).
And the salary advanced by Mr. Shafik, the manager of Lihen Bookstore, and the "stolen money" for participating in smuggling (the Ministry of Magic did not recover the money).
Of course, Minister Millison Barnold, on behalf of the Ministry of Magic, gave him a reward of almost fifty gallons.
The sum of the money is more than enough, enough for Matthew to live a full life in Diagon Alley for two months until he returns to Hogwarts in September.
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Soon, Matthew got used to such a free life.
Get up whenever you want, go where you want, eat whatever you want... As long as the wizarding world does not violate the restrictions of the wizarding world on minor Muggle wizards like him, do not go out of the broken cauldron bar and touch Muggles The world can do anything!
Matthew has been living in the Broken Cauldron during this time, and it so happened that he was still in Room 13 where he lived a year ago.
Every morning he eats breakfast at the Broken Cauldron Bar, and by the way, he looks at other customers: a strange-looking witch from the country; a noisy little man; a heated debate for an article on "Today's Curse" , There seems to be some shabby wizard...
And after breakfast, sometimes he would choose to go back to room 13 to read a book; or walk into the backyard, take out his magic wand, and knock on a magic stone brick that is counted sixteen from the bottom left and twelve from the top. , Then took a step back and watched the gate of Diagon Alley open in the wall.
And some interesting shops in Diagon Alley quickly attracted the attention of Matthew
For example, a "Terrorist Journey" wizard travel agency, their office is located at No. 59 Diagon Alley.
The travel routes they launched include: renting the Transylvanian vampire castle, chasing the "zombie trail" journey, face to face with the living dead, taking a cruise across the Bermuda Triangle and so on. The price of the trip is not expensive, and it can even be called "good quality and low price"; but unlike Muggles, the "Terrorist Journey" travel agency is not responsible for any accidental death or personal injury.
And the "Joke Shop", which sells a variety of interesting and funny products.
But most of them are gadgets that are not practical. Here, Matthew once met the George/Fred Weasley brothers who are about to enter the fourth grade at Gryffindor College. They were buying a kind of magic firecracker called "Fireworks"; according to reports. , This kind of firecracker only needs to touch a little water to be ignited.
Of course, there is the most popular "Quidditch boutique".
This store has been exhibiting the latest version of the fastest "Light Wheel 2001" flying broom in the window during this time, which has attracted countless visitors.
Although flying lessons are no longer a formal course at Hogwarts, and there is no Quidditch competition in the school, this does not prevent Quidditch from being a very popular sport; of course, flying broomsticks In many cases, it is also a very practical means of transportation.
Matthew once planned to buy a flying broom for his own consideration...It doesn't have to be the latest type of "Light Wheel 2001", it's just a very ordinary one, just as a means of transportation.
But when he looked at the price, he immediately dismissed the idea.
Even the cheapest "Comet 260" has a price tag of 150 gallons, which is far beyond what Matthew can afford.
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During these long, sunny days, Matthew strolled the entire Diagon Alley, except for Knock Down Alley, which was forbidden to enter.
He likes to read a book while tasting ice cream outside the "florin cold drink shop" under a brightly colored sun umbrella. Mr. Florin Fosco's ice cream tastes great, and he claims that it does not contain any sugar and will not make you fat.
At the same time, he secretly listened to the wizards around him, eagerly discussing the two recent big cases, the "Lihen Bookstore Smuggling Case" and the "Azkaban Prison Escape Case"
"I saw it right there, Shafik, that black-hearted guy, is definitely not a good thing!"
"The Lihen Bookstore has been closed down, so what should the students at Hogwarts do, know that they bought their textbooks there."
"I'm also worried about this problem, and Shafik seems to have a daughter too, whose name seems to be'Elaine', and she seems to be at the age to go to Hogwarts!"
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"It is said that three prisoners escaped at once. It is terrible. Azkaban has never happened before."
"Personally, this is too dangerous. If the three prisoners have not returned to Azkaban, I will never allow my children to go out alone before then."
"The gossip said that the three escaped prisoners were actually black wizards... and they didn't escape by themselves, but someone responded..."
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Days passed.
The start of school is getting closer and closer, and the Jin Jialong in Matthew's wallet, UU reading www.uukahnshu.com is slowly bottoming out.
More and more Hogwarts students can be seen in Diagon Alley.
At the Quidditch boutique, Matthew once saw Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Gore. They stared at the "Light Wheel 2001" in the window, with their eyes shining; and in the sealed Lihen Outside the bookstore, Matthew saw the real Harry Evans alone. He looked at the closed door and looked a little bewildered. At the door of Mrs. Morkin's robe specialty store, Matthew saw that he was trying Penello Crevat in the new robe...
Soon, only a few days before the end of the summer vacation.
He was already in Room 13 of the Broken Cauldron Bar and packed his suitcases.
When Matthew Wickfield put down his "Standard Spell Level 2" (a summer vacation, he almost read this textbook several times), when he walked out of the room and down the stairs, he was thinking about eating at noon When you order--
"Matthew! Matthew!"
Someone yelled his name.