Chapter 5 Magic Wand
"But Professor McGonagall asked me to bring the money."
Lumi said hurriedly: "I'm ready, but the wizarding world can't use it?"
Facing Lumi's eagerness, Hagrid scratched his head in embarrassment and explained: "Muggle money does not circulate here. I can take you to Gringotts. Lumi, your money can go to Gringotts." The pavilion is replaced by galleons."
Lumi slowly calmed down after learning that he could exchange money.
No matter how much money you have, it's never enough, especially in this strange world before you. Lumi doesn't even know the prices. But when it comes to money, the more the better, the better.
Following the two of them along the way, Lumi figured out their personalities.
Harry was no different from the kids who came to the store in the past, and Hagrid was like a big, honest man.
At least neither of them are bad people.
Harry's vigilance level: 70%.
Hagrid's vigilance level: 50%.
He has no evil intentions. Strictly speaking, after getting along with him for a short period of time, Lumi discovered that Hagrid is a heartless guy, just like a child.
That being the case, what else could be done?
Just listen to Hagrid, this big guy has no reason to lie to himself.
When we arrived at Gringotts, the people here looked very strange. They were short in stature, with pointed ears and long noses. They looked like albino goblins.
The kind that looks dangerous.
"What are they?" Harry asked the question Lumi wanted to know.
"They're goblins, and while they're smart, they're not the friendliest."
Hagrid whispered: "Follow me."
The three of them quickly arrived at their destination.
In front of an old goblin at the end of the road.
After explaining the purpose of coming here, Hagrid and Harry went to the treasury to withdraw money, so Lumi followed a goblin to the exchange office.
The exchange rate here puzzles Lumi.
The exchange rate of gold, silver, and copper is very chaotic. Anyway, it took Lumi a long time to understand the exchange rate here.
Five pounds can be exchanged for one gold Galleons, one gold Galleons can be exchanged for seventeen silver sickles, and one gold can be exchanged for twenty-nine copper naits.
Lumi exchanged all the cash he had for galleons.
The goblins here did not mention the currency exchange limit. I think it is because some wizards living in the Muggle world will use Galleons in exchange for pounds, so the goblins do not impose restrictions.
Or is it their negligence?
Who knows?
Lumi's one hundred thousand pounds were exchanged here for twenty thousand galleons.
Looking at the Galleons in his hand, Lumi fell into deep thought.
Is this thing gold?
"Lumi, I bet you don't know how much money my parents have in their coffers."
Harry was very excited, showing off his toys like a child, looking like a silly son of a landowner who accidentally learned his worth.
"You can't tell, you are still a rich second generation."
Lumi joked, and then said to Hagrid: "Can you hold it for me? Hagrid. These are a bit heavy."
As he spoke, he pointed to Mount Garon next to him.
One galleons is about 19 to 22 grams, taking the middle value of 21, the weight of galleons is about more than kilograms, and Lumi can't lift these.
"Why don't you open a vault here?"
This weight was nothing to Hagrid, but he felt that these galleons had better places to go.
"I'm worried."
Hearing this, the goblin in charge was unhappy and retorted directly: "Gringotts is the safest place. You will never lose anything by storing Galleons here!"
Seeing the goblin so excited, Lumi became even more vigilant.
Otherwise, what would you shout? You are so safe. What are you excited about?
Excitement is a sign of guilty conscience, so Gringotts is not safe.
Lumi became even more worried and kept hiding behind Hagrid, staring at the goblin.
Until Hagrid said: "Don't worry Lumi, if anything happens, Gringotts will pay you in full. Right?"
Finally, he asked the goblin, and after receiving the goblin's affirmative reply, Lumi relaxed his vigilance slightly.
However, at this time, his level of vigilance towards Gringotts had reached 90%, which ranked him as the second most vigilant person.
By the way, this sequence specifically refers to Lumi's enemies, such as the adults who wanted to seize the store when he was a child, the temporary spy who stole the secret cake recipe, and those who tried to kidnap him after coaxing Rufu to take him to the amusement park. grown ups.
Follow the leprechaun with vigilance to open an account, deposit money, and get the keys.
Of course, Hagrid and Harry followed him through it all.
Hagrid was big and very reliable, so Lumi gradually became less wary of him.
Now I am only 30% wary of Hagrid, whose status is equivalent to that of half of the family members.
After finishing this series, Lumi patted the heavy bags and boxes and sighed slightly.
Is taking away a thousand galleons my limit?
There were more than 800 galleons stuffed in the trolley case, and Lumi placed the remaining 200 in various corners of his body.
Even if you encounter a pickpocket unfortunately, you won't be completely wiped out.
Lumi, who was ready, followed Harry to buy a bunch of props needed for the start of school, spending a lot of galleons along the way.
Especially those books, each one is more expensive than the other.
Books are measured in Galleons. Except for notebooks, no book is smaller than one Galleung.
After a while, several places on the body became empty.
Lumi sighed as he moved the things.
You've spent so much before you've even entered school. How can you still afford it if you do?
Who knows if I will have to spend money later? Even if I don’t need to, what if I don’t? Is it all in vain?
"Oh, kids, I have to run some errands. You can go to this store to buy a wand. I'll be back in a minute."
Hagrid put down these words and left in a hurry.
Hagrid's sudden departure made Lumi's vigilance immediately rebound, and he became 100% wary of his surroundings.
Almost every step I take, I have to look left and right, for fear that something will rush out from any corner.
Harry sighed and followed Lumi into the store.
There was no one at the front desk of the store. The two found a place to put their things down and began to look at the place curiously.
Lumi stood at the door, carefully watching the pedestrians passing by, always ready to run away.
"Hello?"
Harry shouted inside.
"anyone there?"
After shouting this sentence, a ladder slid out from inside. There was a man lying on the ladder. He looked at Harry carefully.
Suddenly, he laughed.
"I've been wondering when I would see you, Mr. Potter."
While talking, he was looking for the wand aside, and while looking for it, he said: "It seems like it happened yesterday that your parents came to my store to choose the first wand."
After saying that, he picked a wand and handed it to Harry.
Harry, who was holding the wand, was a little confused.
"Try waving it?"
Harry waved obediently.
As a result, the store was damaged and many items were damaged.
Seeing this, Harry slapped his wand on the table, not daring to move it again.
"It doesn't seem to be this one, it doesn't matter."
The shopkeeper seemed to be used to this scene and didn't pay attention. He handed Harry another wand.
Harry did the same, and now the lamp was shattered by him.
"Definitely not this one!"
The shopkeeper was anxious and quickly grabbed it, then picked another wand and handed it to Harry.
The moment he got the wand, Harry felt right and felt comfortable all over.
"Strange, really strange."
He wanted to say something more, but now there was a second little guest, so he started picking out a wand for Lumi.
"Try?"
Taking the wand from the shop owner, Lumi frowned and waved it cautiously.
The second lamp was broken, but returned to its original state in the next second.
"Strange, so strange."
He took back Lumi's wand and handed out a second one.
With another wave, all the lights in the next row were shattered, including their bases.
Just like before, these things returned to their original state in the blink of an eye.
"Too strange."
The shopkeeper took back the wand, thought about it carefully, and finally rummaged through the boxes and found a wand that had been dusty for a long time.
The moment he took the wand, Lumi felt the thing was unusually excited.
"It's really strange, 11 inches, mahogany, with a thunderbird feather core."
"It's strange that such a strong wand would suit you so well. It's strange."
When Lumi took out seven Galleons from his pockets and shoe soles and placed them on the table, he could see the somewhat disgusted look in the shopkeeper's eyes.