Chapter 248 Home, Diagon Alley’s Famous Scene! (Ch 248)

Due to Peter’s firm resistance, Nicolas Flamel ultimately failed to realize his idea of ​​turning all the half-finished Philosopher’s Stones in the wooden box into real ones.
Although he had a happy and fulfilling time at Nicklemme, the arrival of a fourth-grade book shopping list reminded him that the start of school was approaching!
So after saying goodbye to the two old men, Peter teleported directly back to York Manor with the help of Field.
“After wandering around outside for so many days, you finally decided to come back!” As soon as Peter entered the door, his aunt Christine sat on the sofa with her hands folded, looking at him.
Christine didn’t know where Peter went, she only knew that their principal took him away.
“Aunt, I haven’t seen you for a few days and you’ve become more beautiful. This is a gift for you!” Peter walked up to her with a smile and hugged her, then took out a red gem and gave it to her.
Christine took the huge ruby, looked at it in surprise, and asked, “Did you go treasure hunting with your principal? Such a big gem is rare!”
“I was a visitor to Nick Flamel’s house. What you have in your hand is not a ruby, but the legendary Philosopher’s Stone!” Peter said with a smile.
“Nicolas Flamel? The Philosopher’s Stone? You’re not talking about Nicolas Flamel, the man who created the Philosopher’s Stone?” Christine said in disbelief, “Is he still alive?”
Then Christine looked at the ruby ​​in her hand and asked excitedly, “Is this the legendary magic stone that can make people immortal?”
“Don’t think too much, Christine. Of course it can’t be the real Philosopher’s Stone. It’s just a failed product made by Nick Flamel!” Peter poured cold water on him. This was the semi-finished Philosopher’s Stone that Peter picked out of Nick’s wooden box before leaving.
Although he was carrying a real Philosopher’s Stone, he was not prepared to take it out.
However, Christine did not show any disappointment. She said excitedly, “Of course I know it can’t be the real Philosopher’s Stone, but it’s Nicolas Flamel! This is something made by a legendary figure! Oh my God, it’s perfect! It looks like a ruby! How beautiful would it be if it was the real Philosopher’s Stone?”
“The real Philosopher’s Stone looks no different from this, so stop fantasizing!” Peter continued to complain.
“Don’t ruin my fantasy, you little brat,” Christine rolled her eyes at him, then continued to look at the Philosopher’s Stone in her hand with a dreamy look on her face, muttering to herself, “Should I collect it as a treasure, or make it into a piece of jewelry? No, making it into jewelry will destroy it!”
“Niccolò Flamel has a box of such philosopher’s stones. If you still want them, I’ll give you a few more when I go there next time!” Peter said with dissatisfaction.
“Who do you think Nicolas Flamel is to you? He’s a famous alchemist. It’s already a great achievement for me to give you one! How many more do you want? Dream on!” Christine rolled her eyes at her nephew and retorted.
Peter shook his head. He had a door key specially given to him by Nick Flamel. If he wanted to go there in the future, he just had to input magic power into the door key and it would teleport him to Nick Flamel’s house.
“By the way, your classmates sent you a letter a few days ago, saying that Owl couldn’t contact you recently, and they plan to go to Diagon Alley together on August 25th to buy school supplies. Do you want to go?” Christine suddenly remembered and quickly told Peter.
In addition to using the Fidelius Charm, Nicolas Flamel also cast various spells on the house, so that owls could not find the house at all, and people who wanted to contact Peter certainly could not find him.
Even the back-to-school checklist was sent by Dumbledore using the phoenix Fawkes.
“August 25th? Isn’t that tomorrow?” Peter said in surprise.
The next day, Peter got up early and after breakfast, Wales drove him to the Leaky Cauldron.
The Leaky Cauldron was still dirty and messy. Peter refused the drink offered by the owner Tom and entered Diagon Alley through the backyard patio.
Peter didn’t have much cash left, so he needed to go to Gringotts to withdraw money.
As soon as they entered Gringotts, the goblins greeted Peter enthusiastically as if they had seen gold Galleons.
In fact, this is true. After all, the treasury of the French Rozier family in the UK was given to Peter by Hyman Rozier!
The Rosier family was a wealthy pure-blood family. The treasury they gave to Peter alone contained a mountain of gold Galleons! Not including other treasures.
Peter came to the counter and there was a line in front of him. It was a father and daughter, both with light blond hair that looked like white hair from a distance.
The man was talking to the goblin, and the little girl next to him was looking around boredly, and then her eyes met Peter’s.
The little girl looked like a newborn, with waist-length light golden hair, a fair complexion, and long light golden eyelashes. When she blinked, she looked like a clairvoyant fairy.
When the little girl saw Peter, she did not show any fear, but looked at him curiously.
Peter smiled and winked at her.
“Okay Luna, it’s time for us to go!” After finishing his work, the man pulled the little girl and walked out.
It turned out to be Luna Lovegood. Peter raised his eyebrows and remembered that she was indeed enrolled this year.
“Ah, it’s Mr. York. Do you need any business?” The goblin at the counter asked Peter enthusiastically when he saw him.
“Yes, I want to withdraw some money!” said Peter.
The goblins looked a little pale when they heard this. These goblins love money by nature. Even the money in the wizards’ vaults temporarily belongs to the wizards in their eyes. If the wizards take out a penny from it, it’s like cutting their flesh!
“How much money does Mr. York want to withdraw?” the goblin asked, still forcing a fake smile.
“Take one thousand gold galleons first, and come back later if you don’t have enough.” Peter said casually.
When the fairy heard this, his expression suddenly became tense, and he could only say depressedly, “This amount of money cannot be withdrawn from the counter for the time being. Mr. York, you can only go to the vault to withdraw it!”
Peter found the reactions of these goblins quite interesting. These goblins loved money like their lives, and taking a gold Galleon was like asking for his life!
Coming out of Gringotts again, Peter first went to Madam Malkin’s robe shop. His body was now in a stage of rapid growth, and his previous robes were no longer suitable.
“Peter, you’re here too!” Cedric, who was being measured in the robe shop, said in surprise when he saw Peter.
“Sed, long time no see!” Peter waved happily and asked, “Where are Alan and the others? Haven’t they arrived yet?”
“Alan is at Flourish and Blotts now. There’s a star writer signing books there today. His mother is a fan, so she pulled Alan aside and asked him to help get an autograph!” Cedric said with a smile, his face full of sympathy.
“As for Fred and George, we haven’t seen them yet, but they should come with the Weasleys,” Cedric said.
“Star writer? You’re not talking about that Gilderoy Lockhart!” Peter was confused at first, then he reacted and asked with a strange look on his face.
“Yes, that’s him. He’s doing a book signing at Flourish and Blotts today. There are a lot of people there right now, all of them are his fans!” Cedric nodded, then said with a complaining look on his face, “The new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year must be his loyal fan. Have you seen the book list? The Defense Against the Dark Arts textbooks are actually a series of Lockhart’s books!”
Peter said with a strange look on his face, “Then you guessed wrong, because this year’s Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is Gilderoy Lockhart!”
“What? It’s him! Merlin’s stinky socks. Even though this may feel a bit bad, I feel that it’s not appropriate for him to be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts!” Cedric was surprised, then frowned.
“Not only is he unstable, he’s a complete idiot except that he’s good at using Memory Charms!” Peter snorted coldly and said directly.
“That shouldn’t be the case. I mean, in his books, he did a lot of real things, and those experiences don’t seem to be fake.” Cedric said in surprise.
“Just wait and see, we have a semester anyway!” Peter said calmly, without choosing to tell everyone what Lockhart had done right away.
Anyway, that idiot will be exposed sooner or later. Even if he is not exposed yet, he will make him exposed!
After measuring the clothes, the two left the robe shop and went to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore to buy books.
As a result, when I arrived at the door of the bookstore, I saw that it was very chaotic inside. Two adult wizards were hugging each other and beating each other, and a group of wizards were crowded at the door to watch the fun inside.
Peter and Cedric squeezed in with great difficulty, and when they looked closely, they found that the two people fighting were Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy!
The surrounding books were knocked to the ground by the two men. The clerk shouted anxiously, wanting to stop them but not daring to step forward.
“Daddy, beat him! Give him a right hook…!” The twins shouted in support, while Ginny, Ron, and Harry all looked at Arthur on the ground with worried faces.
Peter was speechless when he looked at the scene in front of him. He didn’t see anyone nearby trying to stop him, so he had to go on stage by himself!
Peter walked up and waved his hand gently. In an instant, the two were separated by a distance of one person, and their fists aimed at each other only hit the air.
“Okay, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy, this is a bookstore, not a place for fighting, and there are so many people here!” Peter persuaded helplessly.
At this time, Lucius Malfoy had a black eye socket on his right eye and his hair was disheveled, Arthur Weasley had a red and swollen chin and a cut at the corner of his mouth.
Neither of them could hit the other, and they both snorted at each other.
Seeing that both of them had stopped attacking, Peter lifted the spell.
Lucius Malfoy picked up a second-hand book on the ground, walked up to Ginny Weasley, stuffed the book into his second-hand dry pot, and said sinisterly: “Put away your book, little girl, I’m afraid your father can only buy you second-hand books!”
Then he turned to Arthur Weasley, who was looking angry, and said, “Weasley, we are not done yet!”
“I’m waiting, Malfoy!” Arthur retorted unyieldingly.
Lucius Malfoy then dragged the terrified Draco out of the bookstore, leaving books all over the floor and a clerk who was in tears.
Peter looked at the clerk helplessly. Couldn’t he restore it to its original state? He could only be a good person and waved at the books on the ground. The books on the ground immediately returned to their original positions, and the torn pages were restored to their original state.
“Thank you, Mr. York! If it weren’t for you, the manager would have scolded me again!” The bookstore clerk said gratefully to Peter.
“You’re welcome, but you should find some time to learn this spell to restore yourself!” Peter said to the clerk.
“Hehe… I didn’t learn it well in school, and now I have forgotten it all…” the clerk said embarrassedly.
No wonder you can only be a clerk! Peter said speechlessly in his heart.