5 Buying The Items On The List

"Are you going to buy a Hogwarts school uniform?" Just walking into the tailor's shop, a short and fat witch greeted Albert with a smile.

"Yes, ma'am," Albert said,

"What a polite young man, come on, let me measure the specific parameters for you." Madam Malkin's fingers moved, measuring tape, pins, and scissors all flew over and began to automatically help Albert measure his body size. This scene made Herb dumbfounded.

Customizing clothes is a complicated process. It took a full half an hour and Mrs Malkin asked them to come back to pick up the clothes after shopping.

"Madam, in addition to the clothes prescribed by the school, I also hope to order a black pointed cap and a normal black cloak. It will be according to my body but no name tag is required. By the way, please pack it separately." Albert sorted out his messy clothes and said to Mrs Malkin.

"A black pointed hat and an ordinary cloak?" Mrs Malkin looked at Herb suspiciously and repeated Albert's words.

"Yes." Herb nodded. He knew it was a gift for Niya.

"Okay." Mrs Malkin did not give extra thought to this strange request. She nodded to indicate that she had understood.

After paying some Galleon in advance, the two of them left Madam Malkin's cloth store. They then went to the Wiseacre wizarding supplies store not far from where they bought the brass balance on the list.

Albert gave the list to Wiseacre, stating that he needed to buy the above items.

A total of 13 galleons was spent. In addition, Albert bought an additional hourglass for 2 galleons.

Under the enthusiastic introduction of Wiseacre, Albert found the Potage's cauldron Shop easily and bought a cauldron from the shop, which cost them 15 galleons.

They asked the shop manager and found the pharmacy, where students could replenish the medicinal materials used in the potions class.

The drugstore was definitely not a pleasant place. When they approached it, they got a disgusting smell, as if it was specially prepared to drive away customers.

There were many weird things in the pharmacy. There were jars of herbs, hay roots, and various bright-coloured powders in the cabinet.

There were bundles of feathers, bunches of fangs and fluffy claws hanging on the ceiling.

'My God, how can a wizard boil these things into potions and drink them?'

Herb didn't dare to think about it anymore, because he saw a can of slugs with a price tag of 1 galleon.

It is really disgusting.

'Maybe, letting my son go to Hogwarts is really not a wise move.'

In addition to potions, Albert also bought some tools that he would use when making potions.

After paying, he took Herb with a complicated face and left the drugstore.

"Albert, or else, you can still give up." After pulling Albert away from the drugstore, Herb said with a serious face, "You can go to Eton College."

Albert's face twitched, and then he shook his head.

"But... the more I think about it, the more unreliable it is, maybe Daisy is indeed right." Herb looked at his son with a complicated expression.

"We still have to buy some books and we also need a magic wand and an owl." Albert looked at Herb and said, "At least, before you understand the magic world, don't make any conclusions."

"Okay." Herb was a little depressed but nodded in agreement.

They bought the books on the list at Flourish and Blotts and Albert bought additional books about the history of the wizarding world.

Actually, Albert wanted to stay in the bookstore for a while but considering the less time they had, he gave up and asked the manager to give him a book list so that he could order books through Owl in the future.

Then, at the Diagon Alley stationery store next to the Quality Quidditch supplies, he bought a lot of parchment paper, quill pens, and ink.

With the help of the boss, he found the Owl Shop. This shop is located on the north side of Diagon Alley. It was easy to find. After all, there were a lot of owls hanging outside the shop.

Owls must be bought, otherwise, he will not be able to contact his family in the muggle world.

Herb also helped him buy a bag of owl food and owl nuts.

Pushing the cart, Herb crossed out the purchased items on the list one by one, leaving only the wand.

The Ollivander Wand Shop is on the south side of Diagon Alley. They learned the location of the Wand Shop from the witch who sells owls.

It was a small and broken shop.

When Albert pushed the door into the shop, the jingle bell rang in the shop. It was very small and there was nothing but a bench.

When Herb pushed the cart into the shop, he felt that it was full. He sat on the bench and ate the pumpkin pie he had just bought from the stall. There were some sweets on the cart, as gifts prepared for Niya.

Albert also had a pumpkin pie in his hand, he was also hungry.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

"Good afternoon." A soft voice came and Ollivander came out from inside.

"Hello, sir, I want to buy..." Albert put down the pumpkin pie and said.

"A magic wand, oh, of course, a freshman at Hogwarts."

"Yes, sir."

"By the way, what is your name?" Ollivander probably saw the doubt in Albert's eyes and explained, "The Ministry of Magic needs to keep it for the record."

"Albert Anderson." Albert introduced himself.

"Okay, Mr Anderson." Ollivander took out the measuring tape from his pocket, "Which arm do you use?"

"I am used to using my right hand." Albert raised his right arm.

Ollivander began to measure Albert's size, starting from the shoulder to the fingertips, and then from the wrist to the elbow. The complicated measurement process made the father and son pair suspect that Ollivander was not selling wands but clothes.

"Every wand I make is unique and wizards can always get the most suitable one here," Ollivander said while measuring, but Albert was already a little sceptical of it as the tape measure was measuring the distance between his nostrils.

Albert reached out his hand, pulled the ruler away, and walked to the counter.

Ollivander had taken out a magic wand from the shelf and introduced: "It is made of holly wood and phoenix feathers, seven inches, very flexible."

Albert was about to reach out to take it but it was taken away by Ollivander.

"Try this one, made of ash and unicorn hair. It is eight and a half inches long. It's an extraordinary combination and it has good elasticity."

Albert took it, but it didn't work.

"It doesn't seem suitable." Ollivander said to himself, "Try this one then..."

Albert tried one magic wand after another. Sometimes the wand showed great destructive power. The vases on the counter were blown up, which shocked Herb.

"I like picky guests like you." Ollivander took another pile of magic wands and said with a smile, "This one is made of red cedar and phoenix feathers. It is nine inches long and has good elasticity."

Albert took the wand and felt a slight warmth on his fingertips. With a light tap, the tip of the wand glowed with red sparks, which bloomed like fireworks in the shop.

"That's it." Ollivander happily put the wand into the box and said to Albert with a smile, "It is said that a wand made of red cedar will bring luck to the user."

"Do you believe it?" Albert asked rhetorically.

"I don't believe it, I think the magic wands made by red cedar will be attracted to certain wizards, and these wizards already have the ability to turn dangers into good fortune when they encounter it."

"So, it's not that red cedar will bring luck, but its owner made it famous for luck?" Albert raised his eyebrows.

"You can say so." Ollivander nodded, "A total of 10 galleons, thank you for your patronage."