"A church wizard? This is a rare visitor. I wonder what the customer is doing here? Want a drink, or do you want to go to Diagon Alley?" Just when the whole bar fell into silence and the Granger family felt a little uneasy, a bartender dressed up and said, The little old man with a touching hairline came out and asked John.
"John Capet, who was appointed by the church to have academic exchanges with Hogwarts, may teach at Hogwarts. Now he plans to go to Diagon Alley to have a look!" Faced with countless questioning looks, John was very surprised. He calmly stated his name.
There are few wizards in the church, but they have always been relatively well-established in the magic circles of various countries, and John has seen many big scenes.
Therefore, the gazes of these Thames country bumpkins had no impact on him at all.
It's just that Hogwarts has agreed to him teaching. Only the administrators and the system of Hogwarts know about it, so he used the word "possible".
After hearing that John's appearance here was related to Hogwarts, all the guests in the bar looked away... except for one person.
John followed this line of sight and saw a young man wearing a turban who looked harmless.
Seeing that John noticed his gaze, the other party immediately responded to John with a kind smile.
Seeing this, John nodded and then turned his head calmly. No one saw the flash of disgust on his face.
The dark magic power on the back of his head was smoking strongly. John would be a pure idiot if he didn't know who this guy was.
In addition to this guy, John could also feel the strong dark magic power of several guys in the bar, but none of them were as strong as this guy.
There is no way, these guys who master dark magic may not be easy to distinguish for ordinary wizards, but to a holy light professional like John, they are as conspicuous as a kilowatt light bulb in the dark.
It's just that John has no interest in being a messenger of justice, so he just pretends he doesn't see it.
And it is really better than darkness. These so-called dark wizards are far worse than the warlocks, shadow priests, shadow mages and the like in the Holy Light profession source world.
"I see, come with me!" After listening to John's self-introduction, Old Tom was sensible and didn't ask any more questions. He turned around and planned to take John and the others to the patio.
"Thank you, but no, I know the way!" John declined Old John's kindness, motioned for the Grangers to follow, and then walked towards the patio.
"Little angel, please remember, count three bricks up here and two bricks horizontally, and you can do it by yourself in the future!" Standing in the small patio, John took out his wand and tapped on the corresponding bricks. Then, he taught Hermione how to open the wall.
As he finished hammering, the originally tight brick wall began to move piece by piece, gradually separating, and turned into a passage that was large enough for two people of normal stature to pass through.
On the other side of the passage is a lively and winding cobbled street with no end in sight.
Seeing most of the people on the street wearing robes and classical costumes, the Granger family couldn't help but feel like they had traveled to the last century.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley!" John announced to the Granger family with a smile.
The Granger family looked at the strange shops on both sides of the street and felt that their eyes were a bit exhausted.
"Don't worry, we have plenty of time to take a look, but before that, we have to go to Gringotts, which is the bank of the wizarding world. The currency of the outside world, whether it is pounds or dollars, or francs or marks, None of them can be used here. The currencies used here are gold Galleons, silver Sickles and copper Nats. To put it more simply, they are actually gold coins, silver coins and copper coins. They are blessed by magic and basically cannot be counterfeited. Of course, gold can also be used The silver is exchanged, but it is not an exchange of equal weight. As I said, the currency here is magically blessed, so its value will be higher than that of precious metals of equal weight." John led the Granger family towards the ancient spirit Ge walked over and introduced them to some common sense in the magical world. "Under normal circumstances, not only can outside currencies not be used in the magical world, they cannot even be exchanged. However, in order to take care of young wizards like Hermione who were born in ordinary families, During the opening season of Hogwarts every year, Gringotts will temporarily provide a small amount of exchange quota. The exchange ratio will follow the international gold price, so there is no need to worry about Hermione running out of money to live in the wizarding world, and it’s not just me. Woolen cloth!"
After hearing John's introduction, Mr. Granger, who was originally planning to spend his money here, gave up the idea in an instant.
While walking and talking, several people soon arrived in front of a tall white building.
This is Gringotts.
"Is this a goblin? It looks a bit..." Mr. Granger asked, looking at the goblin guard at the door.
"Yes, it is indeed not in line with human aesthetics, but we are not here to date them, are we?" John joked.
Entering Gringotts, John went straight to an empty goblin counter.
The Grangers thought that John was coming to withdraw money, but instead they saw him take out three gold coins from his sleeves and then flick them onto the counter.
"Does the guest want to exchange for Sickle or Nat?" Looking at the solitary gold Galleons in front of him, the goblin asked with some disgust, decisively classifying John as a poor person... He could just buy something outside. You can exchange galleons for Sickle and Nat for just one thing, but this person has to come to Gringotts to exchange them. What is this if he isn't a poor man?
It can only be said that this goblin has been in the British magic world for a long time and has never seen the arrogance of a church priest before he has such a stupid idea.
"Idiot, take a good look at the number above. What I want to exchange is Galleons!" John, who guessed the goblin's idea, sneered and scolded.
Galleons for Galleons? The goblin's mind buzzed, and then he quickly picked up one of the three galleons in front of him, checked the number on the edge of the gold coin, and after seeing the number on it clearly, he took a breath of cold air. , making a small contribution to climate warming.
Then he checked the other two, and there were two more gasps.
"Dear guest, please wait a moment, I will get you some money!" After saying this, the goblin turned around and ran towards the treasury.
"There are 20,031 Galleons in total, please keep it!" About ten minutes later, the goblin led several other goblins and pushed a cart full of gold coins to John.
Seeing this cart full of gold coins, the Granger family gasped.
Some wizards who came to Gringotts for business also had inquiring eyes.
But John didn't care about the looks of these guys. He calmly took out a small bag and put all the gold coins in it.
Yes, this is a pocket with a Seamless Stretch Charm on it.
"John, I see there is no difference between the three gold coins you gave them and these gold coins. Why can one be exchanged for so many?" Mr. Granger couldn't help but ask again after walking out of Gringotts.
"Because that was the Galleons of the 13th century. Just like you can't expect the noble gold coins of the 14th century to be equal to today's pounds, the Galleons of that time cannot be the same as the Galleons of today. In the church's treasury There are quite a lot of these things, but I only brought a few dozen when I returned to England this time." John said casually.
Facing John's Versailles, Hermione was doing better, but the Grangers' mentality was a bit unstable.
A few dozen old galleons from the 13th century, wouldn't that be equivalent to hundreds of thousands of new galleons?
Because although they bought things along the way, they also heard some prices, and had a certain understanding of the purchasing power of Galleons. They estimated that one Galleung should be about five or six pounds.
So dozens of old galleons are equivalent to millions of pounds?
Although they knew the church was rich, they really didn’t expect the church to be so rich.
Why don't you, Hermione, stop going to Hogwarts and join the church with your cousin...
