Hogwarts, where the stars shine

Knockturn Alley is another magical business district in London besides Diagon Alley.

This alley is full of dark magic shops that buy and sell magical items with strange and strange properties.Usually, there are some weird, scary people walking around here.

Because of this, Knockturn Alley is despised by many decent wizards, and they even warn their children not to go near it.Even Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, often reminds Mesa not to go to Knockturn Alley.

This was the first time Mesa had been so close to the legendary Knockturn Alley. In the past, he had only glanced at it from afar, but today he had forgotten Old Tom's warning.

If you want to buy items that will stay out of sight of the Ministry of Magic, there's no better place than Knockturn Alley.

Just standing at the dark entrance, Mesa could feel the difference between the two streets.The sun is shining brightly in Diagon Alley behind you, but the Knockturn Alley in front of you is dark and gloomy.

Slowly exhaling a breath, Mesa was mentally prepared and walked into Knockturn Alley, which was full of darkness and danger.

As soon as I walked into the dirty alley, the light in front of me dimmed instantly, as if someone suddenly turned off the light at night.

An old wooden street sign hangs in front of a store selling poisonous candles. The old wooden sign and peeling paint remind Mesa that this is Knockturn Alley.

Mesa did not rush into Knockturn Alley, but stood there and looked around.

On both sides of the dirty streets, you can see all the black magic shops, the largest of which is a magic shop called "Bojin-Bock".

In the window of a store opposite, some shrunken human heads were eerily displayed, and in another store there was a large cage, which was filled with huge black spiders.

The products displayed in the store are eerie, but what is more terrifying than the products are the people living here.Not only do the people here dress strangely, some of them also look very strange.

Some people are in ragged clothes, with dark and gray complexions, like dead people; some people's faces under the cloak are pale and red, and their eyes are red and swollen, like banshees reporting death; some people are ugly, with their faces covered with Warts, exactly like a dominatrix.

These weirdos are just a small part of the alley, and although they look scary, they don't make Mesa feel creepy.What really concerned Mesa was the normal-looking people.

From the second Mesa entered Knockturn Alley, someone had been watching him.

In a dark doorway, there were several people looking at Mesa and whispering.His naked eyes were full of greed, as if he wanted to take possession of the young man with tender skin and tender flesh.

The 12-year-old boy who appeared in the dirty Knockturn Alley was like a tender lamb that accidentally entered the territory occupied by hungry wolves in the wind and snow.

"Can I help you, dear?" Mesa's ears suddenly remembered a sweet voice, like a deliberately fake voice, which sounded very uncomfortable.

An old witch wearing a shabby black cloak stood in front of him. He didn't know whether the witch had warts on her face or a face on the warts. In short, she looked like an ugly old witch.

"Please step aside, I don't need any help," Mesa said in a steady tone.

In the dark alleys full of dangers, if Mesa shows any signs of weakness, those eyes hidden in the dark will turn into hungry wolves, bite him together, and tear him into pieces.

Knockturn Alley has always been outside the control of the Ministry of Magic. In other words, the Ministry of Magic has acquiesced in the existence of Knockturn Alley, giving some people the soil to breed darkness.

This alley is a place for thieves and bandits to sell stolen goods and a center for trading black magic items. Crime and evil are the main themes in the alley.Here you can even buy the lives of others, as long as you can afford the price of hiring a dark wizard.

"You look lost, my dear," the old witch said with a smile.

With the old witch's smile, the round and rough warts were crowded together, as if they would explode at any time.

Mesa rudely slapped away the old witch's paw that was reaching for him.The old witch's hands were so thin that they seemed to have only bones and a layer of dull skin covered with pimples.

"Get out of the way while I can still speak." Mesa said indifferently. He turned his right hand and found that the ebony wand was already in his hand.

The old witch was startled by Mesa's actions, and her cloudy eyes looked at Mesa in surprise.Even those people hiding in the dark places stopped and stopped their preparations to see what would happen next.

"Oh, dear, I just want to help you!" the old witch said disgustingly, with an aggrieved look on her face, as if Mesa had betrayed her for the rest of her life.

Mesa didn't want to tangle with the old witch anymore. The more time he spent with the old witch, the more people in the alley would lower their evaluation of him and regard him as a commodity that could be sold.

"Back off the enemy three feet!" Mesa raised his wand and pointed it at the old witch standing in front of him. His movements were so fast that the old witch had no time to react.

The bright light bursting from the tip of the wand illuminated the dim streets, directly knocking the old witch who looked disgusting, had a disgusting voice, and was even more disgusting in her heart away, and fell heavily onto the dirty street.

Mesa originally thought that the old witch or someone else would rush up, but he was already ready to escape.But when Mesa recited the magic spell, the group of weirdos who were eager to see him did not take any action. Instead, they hid themselves in the shadows again.

The old witch was knocked down and cursed Mesa loudly. The words were so vicious that Mesa felt that her knowledge of English was far from enough.Then the old witch screamed and rushed towards Mesa.

She stopped pretending, she showed her cards, she was greedy for Mesa's body.A handsome boy with tender skin and tender flesh will definitely fetch a particularly good price.

However, the old witch kicked the iron plate today. Although this is Mesa's first time entering Knockturn Alley, he is very suitable here.Like Salazar Slytherin coming from a mire.

"Silent! Fainted!" Mesa's wand lit up again.

The magic made the ear-piercing scream disappear into the twists and turns of the streets, and the dazzling red light hit the old witch, causing her to collapse softly to the ground.

Mesa did not put away the ebony wand. He looked around unscrupulously, as if telling the people in the shadow: You can also try it.If you want to die, I will help you!

The dark, dirty Knockturn Alley is completely different from Diagon Alley. It is more like the home of beasts, where the law of the jungle is the law of the jungle.

If you want to gain a foothold in Knockturn Alley, you must show your toughness and your own methods. You must make others fear you and not dare to attack you easily, and extinguish those hidden arrows that want to shoot at you.

Ignoring the weaklings at the bottom of Knockturn Alley, Mesa continued deeper into Knockturn Alley, looking for Hope Edmund, whom Mundungus Fletcher had mentioned.This is the most important thing when entering a dark alley.

After Mesa left, no one woke up the unconscious old witch. Instead, a few people boldly stepped forward and groped around the old witch, trying to get her belongings.

Probably because the old witch was also in a dilemma, these people returned to the shadows cursing, with the word "bad luck" clearly printed on their faces.

As Mesa progresses deeper into Knockturn Alley, the people on both sides of the street gradually become normal and no longer look strange and intimidating.

The more this happened, the more careful Mesa became. Dogs that don't bark are the most vicious biters.

The people on both sides of the street who look lazy or smiling are the most dangerous people in the alley.

Soon, Mesa saw a man wearing a black pointed hat at a doorway. He was surrounded by several wizards in shabby clothes. Everyone was very respectful.

The man wearing the hat looked tall and strong, and his matte black skin color added a bit of power to him, but the pointed hat that was longer than his arms looked a little funny.

Seeing Mesa coming over, all the wizards at the door looked up at him, except for the man in the hat.

"Who are you?" one of the male wizards said, "This is not a place for children, go back to your Diagon Alley!"

Mesa didn't care about the male wizard's rudeness. This was the best treatment he had ever encountered in Knockturn Alley.Mesa turned his attention to the man in the hat and asked, "Is this Mr. Hope Edmund?"

The man lazily raised his eyes and looked at Mesa with disdain.