Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

Mike walked out of Gringotts. In fact, he was very puzzled about the fact that the magic world actually handed over the economic power to the goblins, but after getting to know Gringotts and the goblins, Mike felt that he seemed to understand.

Most wizards are not very good at math and logical reasoning, or even stupid. This makes them incompetent for the Gringotts job, which goblins are gifted with.

1 gold galleon is equal to 17 silver sik, and 1 silver sik is equal to 29 copper nat.

Such a strange and complicated exchange ratio even those wizards with powerful magical powers cannot guarantee that every transaction they make will be counted correctly, so this is very profitable.

Shaking his head to dispel these strange thoughts, Mike still has the most important place to go.

...

Following the memory of when he came, Mike came to a small and broken shop.

The store's sign had fallen off, and the lettering, which had been painted with gold paint, had faded and read:

Ollivander: Well-made wands since 382 BC.

Mike pushed open the door and entered. In the small room, a thin old man was cleaning up a mess of wand boxes at the counter. It was estimated that he had just finished a business.

"Welcome, young gentleman." Ollivander saw Mike. "Unfamiliar face, I guess you must be a freshman at Hogwarts, right? I remember every wand I've ever sold, and it's obviously your first time here. What's your name, little one."

"Mike, Mike Townley, sir."

"Then Mr. Townley, may I ask which hand do you usually like to use?"

With a wave of Ollivander's wand, a tape measure climbed up Mike's body like a snake.

"Right hand."

"Okay, then try this one. 11 inches, cherry wood and unicorn hair, a powerful combination."

After measuring Mike's body data, the tape measure quickly flew back to Ollivander's hands.

Mike took the wand, and before he could wave it, the tip emitted a soft white light.

"Great! Um, no. . . . suitable but not the most suitable."

Ollivander snatched the wand, searched behind him for a while, and took out a black wand.

"Thirteen inches, blackthorn pear wood with dragon heartstrings. Strong together, a wand for warriors."

Mike stretched out his hand to take the wand, but Mike's hand just got close to the wand before he could grab it. The wand broke free from Ollivander's hand and flew into Mike's hand.

The moment he held the wand, the tip of the wand emitted an orange-red light ball, which exploded shortly after it flew out, and turned into orange-red light dust and flew down, turning the small shop into a bright red.

"It's amazing! This is the first time I've seen a wand choose its owner so eagerly." Ollivander almost jumped up in excitement. "You will definitely do something great in the future!"

Mike stroked the lines on the wand, though he doubted Ollivander would say that to everyone who went to his shop to buy a wand. But Mike was still very happy, and nobody likes to hear compliments, even if you know he might be lying. And getting the wand means that Mike has officially become a member of the wizarding world.

After giving the Hogwarts wand voucher to Ollivander, Mike walked out of the shop. Ollivander's wand shop cooperates with Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic, and every wand sold to the little wizard Ollivander was able to get a subsidy so that little wizards could get their wands cheaply.

Of course this is only for the first purchase, if you lose your wand later. So sorry, you can buy it at the original price. The original price of each wand is about 50 gold Galleons, and the custom price of special materials is even higher.

Mike, who bought the wand, was in a happy mood and walked into the Lishen Bookstore.

Although Mike had guessed that magic books would be expensive,

But I didn't expect it to be so expensive.

A copy of "Advanced Potions Making" costs 9 Galleons, and the salary of the Muggle wizard clerk in Lishen Bookstore is only 42 Galleons a month.

And this is because this book belongs to the Hogwarts textbook, and all have subsidies.

The price of other books of the same level as "Advanced Potions Making" is almost twice his price. No wonder Ron can only use old books from his brothers, otherwise he can't buy them at all.

On the recommendation of the store clerk, Mike bought a few books suitable for first-year wizards. The high price made Mike a bit painful, but he knew that this was a necessary investment. There is no investment in the world that is more cost-effective than investing in yourself.

Of course, there are second-hand bookstores in the wizarding world, and almost all of the Weasleys' textbooks are bought at a second-hand bookstore on the corner of Diagon Alley. The books here are only about one-third the price of new books, but most of these books have the problem of missing pages.

Books with good student notes and well-preserved are even more expensive than new ones.

This is also one of the reasons for Ron's poor grades. Just imagine, these originally broken second-hand books first fell into the hands of his brothers, and when Ron got these books, he didn't know which hands they were in.

It is really difficult for Ron to learn magic with such a book that lacks a lot of content, and Ron is really pitiful when he thinks about it.

By the time Mike returned to the Leaky Cauldron with a large suitcase, it was already dark.

Instead of going back to the junk house, he rented a room upstairs from Tom.

Seeing that Mike was still young, Tom gave him a discounted price, charging him only 18 Galleons a month, including lunch and dinner.

Mike just got the book and can't wait to study the magic in the book, and he vaguely remembers that the little wizard will be warned when using magic in the Muggle world.

Although I can't remember if this is true, it is safer to stay in the Leaky Cauldron and learn magic to be on the safe side.

Mike had just put his luggage in his room, and Harry and Hagrid had also arrived at the Leaky Cauldron.

Harry put his hands behind his back, as if hiding something.

"Mike, I heard about you from Hagrid. I just happened to find out that my parents left me a lot of Galleons." Harry blushed and rubbed his hands behind his back. "I think we are friends, although we only met today, but...if you need money, this is for you."

After bowing his head and saying, Harry stuffed the cloth bag hidden behind his back into Mike's hand, which was full of gold Galleons.

Poor Harry, trying to use money to make friends.

Mike felt the weight of the pocket in his hand, and he didn't know what to say for a while. He never expected Harry to send him money.

Seeing that Mike didn't speak for a long time, Harry became anxious.

"I...I don't mean anything else, just like helping you. I know how you feel, and I'm an orphan too."

Poor Harry, in order not to make his friend uncomfortable, would rather reveal his scar to him.

Mike thought about it this way, and he was indeed touched at this moment. Harry in this period is indeed kind and lovely, and Mike would not do this.

"I know Harry, I know it. I admit that I need the money." Mike gave a gentle smile. "But I'll take it for nothing, and I'll give you an IOU. Although I may be in for a long time. The money won't be repaid until later, but I swear I will."

"You don't need... we are friends, between friends..."

"No, it's the principle. I'm not like turning your kindness into a charity for me," Mike interrupted Harry.

Hearing Mike's words, Harry also smiled.

No matter what, Mike can just accept the money. As for the loan? Go back and tear him up.

Harry thought so.

At night, watching Harry gradually disappearing into the street, Mike couldn't help but tossed the pocket of Jin Galleon in his hand. He didn't tell Harry that he didn't really need the money to buy the cauldron or anything, but accepted Harry's kindness.

Because one of the ways to quickly increase the relationship between people is to seek help from each other, in other words, to find a way to owe someone else's favor.

Most adult friendships are like this, you owe me a favor, and I pay you back.

In this way, the feelings that the two people only saw deepened.

Mike's past life experience tells him that this method works very well.

Feeling the cool air outside, Mike returned to his room, and he couldn't wait to start trying to learn magic.