From Azkaban to Hogwarts

From Azkaban to Hogwarts Chapter 29

2021-04-05

Chapter 29 Second-hand books are hidden vaults

The two talked a few words , Xenophilius quickly took the child away.

He might be able to hold William for a long time at another time and another place—but not now.

No father wanted to look embarrassed in front of his daughter, and someone grabbed the collar on the street and almost got into a fight, not to mention that, not long after the incident, he and William It's not too familiar, what if it's revealed?
As the father of a single parent family, he will never allow his tall image to collapse in front of his daughter.

William is also worried about how to get rid of this paparazzi leader.

Madam Malkin probably saw something, but the clever lady started taking measurements for William without even asking a question.

In a short while, all the sizes were finished. Since William was not in a hurry, he simply chose to wait a few days to get the customized version - anyway, the price of the two is not much different, although Madam Malkin's clothes are known as It is hand-sewn, but the actual operation is all magic equipment that 007 does not receive wages.

Considering that there is a high probability that he will be approached by old Tom to chat for a long time after returning home, William simply gave up his plan to go back to the pub like this, and simply moved towards the famous second-hand bookstore here.

He is not short of money for the time being, and he has an extra income today, but Flourish & Blotts is too formal, not to mention books related to dark magic, even those books that the prisoners say are all The secretive ones won't sell to new customers, and it's too hard to expect to find some useful books from there.

Crossing the best street and going around a few corners, those shabby shops are second-hand shops.

Second-hand books, second-hand clothes, second-hand cauldrons, second-hand broomsticks - only the things you can't think of, nothing you can't find here, of course, except for shared girlfriends, which Ministry of Magic doesn't allow on the surface.

These stores are not very detailed, and the businesses are a little involved with each other, but the direct relationship between several bosses is quite good.

William went straight to the one with the most used books - although he did not rule out the possibility that these stores might be able to pick up some magic props, but in his eyes, this kind of beauty is still Think about it.

"Welcome."

A hoarse sound came from a copper box, and the Boss lying on the rocking chair struggled to get up from the chair, his face not awake. Look at William.

"Good afternoon—" He covered his mouth with his hand and yawned.

"Look for yourself, 30% off novels, 40% off history books, 50% off old textbooks and magic books, and 40% off for particularly old ones."

Boss pointed to The books inside, roughly stated the number, and then lay down on the chair and continued to close his eyes.

"Can you let me read the books that you haven't picked?"

"Also, the pile at the back is there, but if you want to buy a book of four Galleons, is there a price tag? It's all this number."

"Okay, Boss, you rest first."

William cautiously bypassed the books stacked on the ground on the bookshelf in front, and moved towards the back. Go - it was only the past few days when he took notes on books that he thought of the existence of second-hand bookstores, otherwise the Boss of Flourish & Blotts wouldn't even want to take a word from him.

Although he didn't pay.

Second-hand books, you can find new books that are hardly used after a little selection. If you are lucky enough to meet someone who loves to take notes on books, it will give people a kind of digging. Treasure feeling.

But William didn't plan to do this kind of gold rush today, but to find some less legal books to read.

Compared to looking for some notes in the study tyrant, those books that were sold to the shop due to various accidents are more expected.

Especially when the magic world was in great chaos more than ten years ago, panicked people printed a lot of things that should not have been released in peacetime in order to protect themselves. Having read a book of a militia manual, it is hard to imagine that such a book would be allowed to be published on a large scale in peacetime.

But it's not very feasible to find those books now, after all, it's been a long time, and William is just looking forward to finding something missing.

After applying Bubble-Head Charm to himself, William simply used a pile of selected books of little value as stools, cleaned them with one hand, flipped through the books with the other, and began to search carefully.

The bookstore Boss obviously hasn't organized his warehouse properly for a while. Although these books are protected from rat bites and insects by magic, they are also covered with a thick layer of ash. After the newly collected textbooks are released, the books that were acquired last time are placed here.

After all, you can't use magic to sort out these books. It's really tiring to do. Reading this book piles up, and William believes that the old stuff from ten years ago is hidden.

Thinking of this, William simply gave up the pile of books in front of him, relying on the thickness of the dust accumulation to judge the book that took the longest to find.

But apparently he's not the only smart person in magic circle - because there are books published two years ago in the pile of ashes.

It took a long time for William to estimate that he found a bunch of books that had been published for a long time, and then he settled down.

"Old-fashioned picture book - the pictures are all yellow."

"The great Dark Lord, Grindelwald? This book is old, times have changed, the Dark Lord has changed ."

"An old and charming building? This Interesting -"

William flipped through it. , simply put it on the other side.

“How to use magical creatures? Use? Isn’t it edible?”

William relied on the Bubble-Head Charm and did not care about the dust brought by flipping the book. page, and threw the book aside—how did this kind of broken book pass the trial?
I searched for no pricing and no order. It is estimated that which pure-blood family broke the private books that flowed out.

“Defense Against the Dark Arts?”

This is an old version, William flipped through it and found no notes, but found that the response method mentioned in the small book seems to be In modern times, it is listed as dark magic, which is considered to be knowledge expansion, and it is placed in the pile to be taken away.

"My first half of my life? Adventure notes?"

William found a lot of illustrations in the book. — Considering a four Galleon, he simply put the book on the other side.

……

After rummaging, time was much faster than William had imagined, especially for some books that he didn’t take with him, but he was reluctant to put it down for a while and endured it. Will keep turning a few more pages.

Pick and choose, and then consider economic factors to give up a few. By the time he came out from behind holding several books, it was already a little dark.

(end of this chapter)