177 [Disappear] Cabinet
The store was founded by two men: Borgin and Bork.
Borgin was the shopkeeper who often appeared during young Harry's time, and was also the only shopkeeper who appeared.
Bock appeared earlier.
He greedily took Slytherin's locket, but only gave her an offer of ten galleons.
In the days that followed, Merope's son, Tom Riddle, worked under him as a clerk and helped him collect antiques.
After this, very little is known about him.
Even, barely.
When Karan was suddenly stunned, Caractacus Bock was also looking him up and down.
A scrutinizing gaze shot out from Bock's thick hair. With many years of experience, he could tell at a glance that Karan's robe was finely made and valuable.
But when I think of Karan’s age…
Bock stared intently at Karan's childish face, and his expression suddenly became a little weird.
"Have I seen you somewhere?"
His tone seemed both sinister and mean.
"Have you seen me?"
Although Karan was "panicked", he acted somewhat calmly.
"You mean? I thought no one would remember this matter."
This can be regarded as the residual influence of that article. The bartender of the Three Broomsticks-Miss Rosmerta once recognized Karan because of it.
Mr. Bock thought carefully for a while, then he nodded expressionlessly and continued to urge: "Okay, get out of here quickly."
His tone was still without mercy.
This is normal, because in that report, Callan's identity was highlighted - an ordinary Muggle-born.
Not a noble pureblood, not even one.
The 28 pure-blood families refer to the 20 British wizarding families that the author of the book identified as still maintaining "true pure blood" until the 30s.
The family is one of them.
But at this time, Karan had gradually begun to become a little excited. He looked around with wide eyes, and there was a hint of surprise in his tone.
"Is this Knockturn Alley?"
"I've never been to a place like this!"
"That's great!"
Mr. Burke frowned.
"Then you should know that this is a store, not some ridiculous amusement park or museum, kid."
Just when he was about to force Karan out, a bag full of gold coins suddenly appeared in front of him, and the galleons inside were making cute collision sounds.
"Of course I know this is a store!"
Karan said arrogantly: "Otherwise, what would I be doing here?"
"However, you probably won't reveal the fact that I'm here, right?"
Not everyone knows Karan's life experience. He behaves like a child who secretly ran away from his parents.
Moreover, Caractacus Bock was not a generous man.
He is particularly greedy.
"certainly."
Mr. Bock's attitude suddenly changed. He stared closely at the bag held by Karan and said in a greasy tone: "Of course I won't tell anyone, kid."
"Let's see if there's anything you like. Maybe I'll give you a discount."
“Discounted prices specially prepared for new customers.”
His tone could no longer be fake, and he completely regarded Karan as a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, ready to take a big bite of meat from him at any time.
Karan, on the other hand, acted as if he was unaware. He ran excitedly to strange things and listened to Mr. Bock's introduction.
"Ah, this is the Hand of Glory, the best friend of thieves and robbers, worth 70 Galleons."
"This is a poison. Dangerous? No, no, no, it's just a prank. Don't you have any annoying classmates? Just one drop can make them lie in pain in the school hospital for several days! What? No? Well, we can look at other things.”
Two people with different agendas were scattered between the glass counters. Mr. Bock was full of calculations to get all of Karan's gold galleons. To this end, he had at least doubled the price of all items.
"Is that all?"
Karan asked casually while looking at a glass eyeball that was motionless.
He also weighed the bag twice very deliberately, causing the collision of Galleons to become violent.
There was a hint of suspicion in Mr. Bock's eyes, but he still acted enthusiastically.
"Yes, that's all."
As he spoke, he was about to pull Callan's arm: "How about we take a look at that deck of cards again? He can make your opponent lose everything! And it only costs a hundred Galleons!"
Karan raised his eyebrows. He shook Mr. Bock's arm away hard, and then walked out of the store without looking back, without saying any unnecessary nonsense.
Mr. Bock watched this scene helplessly, and was a little stunned for a moment.
Until the end, Karan didn’t buy anything.
Mr. Bock suddenly realized that he seemed to have been tricked by this rich little guy!
"Damn you brat!"
He cursed under his breath, his face surprisingly angry.
At the same time, Karan, who had just left the store, felt too uncomfortable.
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
In the Borgin-Bock store, Karanko never discovered the existence of any disappearing cabinet.
not a single one.
He didn't find anything, it was exactly what the disappearing cabinet in the original Borgin-Bock store looked like.
It was this vanishing cabinet that little Harry entered when he was trying to avoid the sudden appearance of Malfoy and his son because of an embarrassing situation after entering Borgin-Bock by mistake.
Fortunately, when he closed the cabinet door, he left a small crack. Otherwise, he would have appeared in Hogwarts early, and he would have discovered the secret between the two disappearing cabinets in advance.
But now, this disappearing cabinet has disappeared.
But on the other hand, Karan also did not find the opal necklace.
"It can't be that Bock hasn't collected these two items yet, right?"
Karan inexplicably thought of Voldemort's first job: persuading others to hand over treasures to the store for sale.
And he was particularly good at it, which allowed him to discover Hepbuzz Smith's most prized possessions: Slytherin's Locket, and Hufflepuff's Golden Cup.
"In that case, where is the disappearing cabinet?"