Page 259
"If you want to buy gifts, the ornaments made of dragon teeth are good." He suggested, "Old John's craftsmanship is the best here, and the materials are also good."
After coming out of the magic props shop, they went to the potion shop, which was also the largest shop in the gathering place.
Most of the items in the shop are healing herbs; bottles of dittany essence and potions for treating burns take up an entire wall.
In addition, the store also has many local specialties and herbs.
Kyle stared curiously at a bunch of black vines hanging from the roof next to the gate.
It was covered with fist-sized black things, a bit like the knotweed vine, but the color was wrong and the fruits were smaller.
"This is Bubble Vine."
Charlie explained: "The fruit explodes when hit, filling the area with gooey bubbles."
"But it's not dangerous. In fact, locals often use it to clean their houses. It's very simple to use. Just throw the fruit against the wall and rinse it with water.
I have tried it a few times before and it has a very good cleaning effect. ”
"Oh!" Kyle was a little excited, "Can I wash my hair?"
"Wash your hair?" Charlie thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "It should be possible..."
To be honest, he really didn't know this.
"Sure!" At this time, the shop owner who had been silent all of a sudden said: "And in the original speed smoothing hair spray, there are a lot of bubble vine fruits."
"I bought it. How much is it?"
"One, two Sickles."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "I can give you ten for one Galleon."
"What about this whole one?" Kyle asked.
"There are a total of fifty-nine fruits on it."
The clerk suddenly became more enthusiastic, "If you want both, just give me five Galleons, and I'll give you this vine as well.
This vine is very strong and resilient. Even a fire dragon cannot break free for a while.
If you don't believe me, you can ask your friend, he should be a dragon breeder."
Charlie nodded.
There are many bubble vines in the reserve. When there were not enough cages before, they would use this vine to transport injured and unconscious fire dragons. It is indeed very strong.
"Okay, I'll take it." Kyle took out five Galleons.
The clerk picked it immediately and packed it together with the vine and the fruit.
Kyle also bought some other herbs, which were not rare, but were only available locally.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 350 Ministry of Magic
Overall, the gathering place of the Fire Dragon Sanctuary is pretty good, and it’s not as messy as Chris said.
At least Kyle didn't meet any strange people here.
It's just that those shop owners are so unethical. They always sell him those expensive and impractical products.
Fortunately, Charlie was with us. As a "local" who had lived here for two years, he was already familiar with every store.
Most of the shop owners sighed in disappointment when they saw him following them. They stopped trying to sell Kyle the products they were talking about as hot sellers and instead brought out the real good stuff from the corners.
All in all, Kyle had a fruitful trip and bought nearly three hundred Galleons worth of stuff.
By the end, Charlie felt a little scared every time he looked at him.
He knew Kyle was rich, but he didn't expect him to be so rich... He bought things by the box, especially those accessories, and he almost bought out all the stock in the store.
Even if there is a discount, you can't do this... More than 300 Galleons, spent without blinking an eye.
Charlie also tried to persuade Kyle to take it easy and that money should not be wasted like this.
But Kyle shook his head. "You don't understand, Charlie. This may not be enough."
If his trunk had not been borrowed by Newt to observe the Norwegian Ridgeback Norbert, and the space in the Transfiguration Lizard Skin Bag was limited, Kyle would have even wanted to buy another 200 Galleons of things to take back.
"Not enough?!" Charlie stared, "Do you have more than a hundred friends?"
"If you really want to count... it's more, not less." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "But I'm not giving it as a gift.
Many of my classmates at Hogwarts have never had the opportunity to come here, and they certainly have never seen such great specialties. It’s a rare opportunity to come here, so I bought it for them.”
"Huh?" Charlie didn't quite understand what he meant.
But Kyle didn't explain too much, Weasley was indeed not very smart in this area.
"Anyway..." He put away the pile of packages and looked up and said, "I may write to you later. When the time comes, I will have to trouble you to buy some more things for me and send them to Hogwarts."
"That's no problem." Charlie nodded and agreed without even thinking, "But it may not be that timely. You know, we only have two days of vacation a month at most."
"That doesn't matter."
Kyle smiled and said, "Besides, I will pay you according to the original price, and you can keep the discount from the store owner..."
"How is this possible!"
Kyle was interrupted before he could finish.
Charlie seemed to feel that he was being looked down upon, and said unhappily: "No matter how much you want, I will help you get a good discount. I still have this face."
"No..." Kyle explained: "I mean, those are your rewards."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Charlie was even more unhappy. "It's just a small matter. You still want to talk about compensation? Who do you think I am?"
"That was not what I meant……"
The two argued all the way, but failed to reach a consensus until they returned to the nature reserve.
No matter what Kyle said, Charlie agreed to help buy things, but refused to ask for any compensation.
It's not that Charlie doesn't understand what Kyle means.
It's nothing more than taking the local specialties to Hogwarts and selling them to others for a little more money.
He understood the reason, but he just didn't want to take Kyle's money.
Besides, Charlie didn’t think Kyle could sell many…after all, he wasn’t the first person to do this.
There is such a shop in Diagon Alley, which specializes in selling specialties from famous places. The last time he went home, he saw Old John's handmade dragon tooth necklace in it.
But the business there... well, he had never seen more than two people inside... even at Christmas or before school started when there were the most people.
They can't even open a store in Diagon Alley, let alone in Hogwarts. Those students don't have much money.
Charlie firmly believed that the things he had bought before would be enough for Kyle to use for several years.
So once back at the reserve, he patted Kyle on the shoulder and walked away without looking back.
In response, Kyle could only smile helplessly.
Forget it, let’s talk about it then.
……
In the last few days of August, the people who had come to help began to leave the reserve one after another.
Professor Locknir also left. Before leaving, he invited Kyle to visit Beauxbatons...either to transfer to another school or just to go out and have fun.
Kyle readily agreed.
"I'll send you a copy once I've compiled the information on the new species," Professor Lockneil said, before leaving via the portkey.
There is also Edward Lima, who also said before leaving that he would send Kyle a new edition of "The Monster Book of Monsters".
……
Because Chris still had to go through one more procedure to make the final handover with the Romanian Ministry of Magic, Kyle and Newt stayed here for another day to wait for him.
The Portkey's destination was set at the Ministry of Magic.
When they arrived here, a haggard-looking wizard hurried over.
"New arrivals need to register here and have their belongings checked...Oh, Chris, it's you."
"Arnold?" Chris looked at the man and asked in confusion, "When were you transferred to the Immigration Office?"
“It’s not a transfer.”
"I'm here to help," Arnold said.
"Help?" Chris looked around.
There were indeed a lot of people, and there was a long line in front of the registration office.
"Are you here to help maintain order?"
"There's nothing we can do about it..." He sighed and said, "You know. Because of Sirius Black's incident, the investigation here has been very strict recently, and there has been a shortage of manpower."
"Thank you for your hard work." Chris said and prepared to queue up.
"Oh...Chris, you don't need that."
Arnold grabbed him and said, "The portkey shows that you came back from the Romanian Ministry of Magic. You definitely can't be related to that guy, right?"
"Of course." Chris nodded. "There were at least a dozen people present at the time."
"That's why I said no." Arnold scribbled a few times on a notebook and muttered, "Besides, the Minister seems to have something important to discuss with you. I don't think he has the patience to wait for hours. I will be the one who suffers then."
"The Minister is looking for me?"
"Yes, he came here half an hour ago." Arnold raised his head and looked at Kyle and Newt.
Chris quickly said, "This is Mr. Newt Scamander and my son Kyle. We are here together."
"Oh, Mr. Scamander..." Arnold was a little surprised, but he did not stop his hands and continued to write something in the notebook.
"Okay, there are three of us, registration is complete!"
Soon, he closed the notebook and said, "Let's go quickly. Don't keep our minister waiting anxiously."
A few minutes later, Kyle was walking down the corridor of the Ministry of Magic, looking confused.