CH 86

Chapter 86 “Big Purchase at Diagon Alley”

Fifty minutes later.

Jerry pushed Hermione’s bulky suitcase to the far corner of the room, and the Hogwarts Express gently began to move. The number of young wizards riding the Hogwarts Express was significantly lower than when the school first started because several wizards, particularly older wizards, decided to stay in school to study for the exam.

There were only Jerry and Hermione inside this room. The two nearly simultaneously pulled a magic book out of their suitcases after setting the suitcase down. Then they conversed while reading a book while sitting side by side.

As the train proceeded on, the mountains and woodlands outside the car window transformed into snow-covered meadows and wizard villages. The train arrived at London’s King’s Cross Station just before noon.

The young wizards were led by their parents as they passed via Platform 9 3/4, through the space magic-opened passage, and changed back into Muggle clothing before vanishing into the crowd.

The Grangers had already arrived in their car early at the King’s Cross platform gate and were waiting because they had previously gotten a letter from Hermione using the school owl.

“Jerry, remember to send me a letter.” Hermione popped her head out the window as the car accelerated and waved to Jerry who was waiting outside.

“Yes, I will.” Jerry pulled a bottle from his pocket as he watched the car drive off into the street. He added a few hair strands that he had just sneakily plucked off Hermione to the bottle.

“No one will ever doubt me again after I create a potion!” Jerry walked directly to the subway door after pulling his small suitcase.

He most certainly won’t return to the orphanage. After all, why would he? He has no choice except to waste time trying to return to the orphanage.

He has a tiny amount of red stars left after being in this world for more than three months and constantly using the “Refreshing” ability. He intends to spend the two weeks of his Christmas break in Diagon Alley this time.

He must make a purchase in Diagon Alley first. Although there are numerous books in the Hogwarts library, many of the magic books that are harmful or for adult wizards are essentially placed in the restricted area because they are all not intended for young wizards.

However, none of these restrictions apply to those bookstores in Diagon Alley. He cannot prevent you from purchasing books as long as you have Galleons.

Second, the only area where he may use magic freely throughout the holidays is Diagon Alley since there is a Trace in his body and he is powerless to get rid of them.

Several senior Slytherins said that. The Ministry of Magic can only keep track of whether magic is present nearby, it cannot precisely track if you utilize magic. Even if magic is employed, the Ministry of Magic cannot judge you if you are in a location with many wizards.

In the same way that their wizard parents enable them to utilize magic at home. If their parents don’t notify them, the Ministry of Magic will assume that the child wizard’s parents’ magic is to blame.

Young wizards born to Muggle parents are thus subject to significantly more restrictions than those that apply to wizards from wizarding families. The Ministry of Magic will begin monitoring Muggle families’ wizards as soon as they use magic because there aren’t really any other wizards in the area.

The Ministry of Magic would therefore believe that Harry broke the laws after Dobby performed magic at Harry’s home. Since Harry was the only wizard in the entire neighborhood, the Ministry of Magic deemed him to have casted magic.

Jerry immediately located the Leaky Cauldron that Professor McGonagall had brought him earlier after taking the subway to Cross Road. Tom sent him to an old room on the second floor with a distinctive design after paying fourteen Galleons.

He will then stay in this room for two weeks. Jerry didn’t head to Diagon Alley right away after stowing his bags. Instead, he placed an order for a lavish meal below.

He started to take a stroll down Diagon Alley after lunch. Professor McGonagall didn’t do much shopping while he was there last. He will undoubtedly visit every store this time, excluding Knockturn Alley.

Given the relative level of danger in Knockturn Alley, he has no immediate plans to take chances.

“Lacewings, leeches, fluxweed, knotgrass, shredded boomslang skin, and powdered bicorn horn.”

In his head, Jerry recalled the recipe for a potion from a book, so he first went to the herbal store in Diagon Alley. Making a potion takes around a month. Jerry intends to produce a few additional items to avoid accidents.

This is a complicated and unusual potion. Few people are aware of it, and even fewer use it, because it uses a variety of herbs and is expensive.

Jerry saved a lot of herbs by carrying Professor Quirrell’s supplies in his bag, but he still had to spend more than 200 Galleons to purchase the rest of the supplies.

Jerry gave a ballpark figure. It will take at least 200 Galleons to buy all the components for the potion. It is approximately the same as a month’s pay for a regular Ministry of Magic employee.

No wizard would spend a month’s salary on these pricey medicinal ingredients to create a potion that would only last a few hours, unless there were exceptional circumstances.

After making some purchases, he immediately walked to Flourish and Blotts, the biggest bookstore in Diagon Alley.

“What book do you want to purchase?” An employee rushed up exuberantly as soon as they saw Jerry enter the entrance.

Jerry didn’t bluff; he immediately pulled out a bag of Galleons he had prepared earlier and placed it on the table.

“I need “Standard Spells, Grade 2”, “Standard Spells, Grade 3”, “Standard Spells, Grade 4”, “Standard Spells, Grade 5”, “Standard Spells, Grade 6”, “Standard Spells, Grade 7”, “Intermediate Transfiguration Guide”, “Advanced Transfiguration Guide”.”

Jerry explained everything he had learned about spells, potions, and magic from grades one through seven in a single breath.

Now that he is wealthy, he has no reason to proceed step by step. Instead, he would prefer to get everything at once and then go back and study leisurely.

He now has some basis, so even while the effect of self-study is unquestionably not as excellent as that of class, it can still be useful with “Refreshing”.

Like some powerful spells, sometimes the power he employs—as long as he uses it successfully—can save lives even if it falls short of expectations.

He intends to buy back some books, including some that are unavailable at the library, store them at the villa in the suitcase and read them carefully when he returns to the real world.

Particularly in the wizarding realm, so-called knowledge truly is power. The real valuables are these magical books, therefore it’s unfortunate that his Galleons would not be sufficient.