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"A complete set of broomstick care tools for two Galleons, plus a bottle of wood wax oil and a portable briefcase.
"which one you want?"
"A full set of tools, it's a better deal..." Cedric counted out two Galleons and placed them on the counter.
"Thank you for your patronage." The owner looked at Kyle again, "So, what do you need?"
"Before that, I want to ask you something." Kyle pointed in the direction of the store door and asked, "Is that dog outside yours?"
"what?"
The owner looked up and saw that there was indeed a big black dog lying outside, right next to the door, and he could see it through the glass.
"Of course not. To be honest, few wizards would choose a large, pure black dog as a pet."
The owner shook his head and said, "I think it might have come from the Hog's Head Pub next door. The guests there are always all kinds of strange. I wouldn't be surprised by anything they bring."
When talking about this, the owner suddenly laughed.
"Remember the last time a runespoor snake escaped, I could hear Lady Rosmerta's screams clearly from here."
"I see...it seems that Ms. Rosmerta doesn't like snakes with three heads."
Kyle withdrew his gaze and asked as usual, "Do you have any novelties here?"
"You came at the right time."
The shopkeeper took out a gray bead and said, "I just got this good stuff yesterday, the Mist Gem... When you crush it, it will form a thick fog that cannot be blown away. It will last for about two hours."
"Can't the whirlwind spell blow it away?" Kyle asked.
"Unless it was Mr. Dumbledore himself who cast the Whirlwind Charm," the shopkeeper said half-jokingly, "you will find that the thick fog will only swirl in a specific area instead of being blown to other places."
Kyle's eyes lit up, "How much?"
"Twenty Galleons," the shopkeeper said, "maybe a little expensive, but this is something only available in Vagado, and we managed to get three of them with great difficulty."
……
After some bargaining, Kyle bought all the mist gems for fifty-five Galleons.
The shopkeeper only agreed to give him a discount of five Galleons, but gave him a pair of anti-monster glasses and a few irregular opals.
Although Kyle suspected that he just wanted to take the opportunity to clear out unsold inventory, he should never refuse something that is given for free.
Half an hour later, the two left the Davis-Bance store with a full harvest.
The black dog seen before was still lying at the door, its pair of gray eyes constantly scanning the little wizards coming and going on the main road, as if looking for something.
As Kyle walked past it, he suddenly stopped and pressed his tongue against his upper teeth...
"Uh-huh!"
Without any hesitation, the black dog turned its head subconsciously.
Sure enough, this trick works for all dogs.
Kyle squatted down and raised a finger, "Sit!"
The black dog showed a hint of human-like sneer on its face, ignored him, swung its tail and continued to lie there.
"Pfft..." Cedric covered his mouth with his hand.
He was quite resistant to the dog just now. After all, in the wizarding world, the ominous image that all wizards avoid is the image of a big black dog.
But now he couldn't help laughing when he saw Kyle being taunted by a dog... Well, it was a good dog.
Kyle didn't care. He took out a bag of jerky and shook it in his hand, then said again, "Sit!"
This time, the black dog straightened up instantly, put its front paws on the ground, stuck out its tongue, and stared at Kyle's hand with burning eyes.
"Roll around..."
The black dog hesitated... until Kyle opened the bag.
After smelling the strong meaty aroma, it rolled on the ground without hesitation.
Kyle then tried several other passwords.
Run...spin in place...jump from a standing position...go through a ring of fire...Thomas spin...
Black Dog completed them all one by one.
"Not bad, not bad. This is a reward." Kyle put the jerky in front of it and said, "Eat it."
"It's really smart." Cedric squatted beside him and said in surprise, "It seems to understand your words completely."
The black dog paused for a moment, but then started to chew the jerky in big mouthfuls as if nothing had happened.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 377: Misty Gem
Because they were obsessed with playing with the dog, by the time Kyle and Cedric arrived at the Three Broomsticks, everyone else had already arrived.
After the two sat down, Fred pushed two bottles of butterbeer in front of them and asked curiously, "How much did you buy and why did you take so long?"
"If it had been a little later, we would have gone to look for you two."
"We didn't buy much," Cedric said, "but when we came out, we found a very interesting big black dog, which delayed us for some time."
“Black dog…” George frowned and whispered, “Could it be, unknown?”
"It's probably just a stray dog outside that accidentally ran here." Cedric said, "It could also be brought by a customer of the Hog's Head Bar. Davis's is right next to the bar."
"That should be the case." Fred nodded and said, "There are all kinds of people in there. George and I saw someone hide a five-foot-long bone in his robe last time."
"We think it might be a troll..."
"That smell is so disgusting..."
Fred put down the cup in his hand. "We always wanted to go in and take a look, but after that time we gave up the idea for the time being."
"Because of the giant monster bone?" Qiu asked.
"No, because we were kicked out by the bar owner." George shrugged. "The old guy has a terrible temper..."
Several people chatted and drank butterbeer.
When Kyle passed by Davis' store again, the black dog was gone, and it did not appear again until the end of the visiting day.
When the allotted time was up, everyone followed Professor McGonagall back to the castle.
Kyle didn't even go back to the common room, but ran directly to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor, and the others followed him.
Cedric mentioned the Misty Gem before, and everyone was curious.
Coincidentally, Kyle was also planning to test its effects, so they simply followed along.
"I need a big, windy room."
Kyle walked back and forth in the corridor three times, and a door appeared.
As soon as they walked in, they were blown to and fro by a strong wind.
Kanna was almost blown away, but fortunately Kyle pulled her in time.
"The wind here is too strong...you should have spoken more clearly..." Fred shouted at the top of his voice.
Only in this way can his voice be heard.
"Since we're here... let's just leave it at that... and it would be better if the wind was a little stronger..."
Kyle had no intention of moving forward, so he reached into his pocket, took out a mist gem and crushed it.
The fragments began to decompose and turned into large patches of thick fog in the air, filling the surroundings.
In just a few seconds, they found themselves in a hazy white world.
The howling wind disappeared, as if blocked outside by the thick fog.
Fred rubbed his eyes and found that he could only see George, who was closest to him, and a little shadow of Cedric.
"It's worth twenty Galleons..." George's voice came from my ear, "Kyle, where are you?"
"Here." Kyle and Connor walked over, followed by Qiu and Cedric.
"It's amazing..." Cedric exclaimed, "The wind that almost blew me away was actually blocked by this fog..."
"You get what you pay for." Fred said with a smile, "This is twenty Galleons... If a little wind can blow it away, then Kyle can go to Davis to return it."
"I'll try again." Kyle took out his wand.
"Whirlwind Sweep!"
"The water is as clear as a spring!"
"The flames are blazing!"
……
Kyle kept changing various spells, but the thick fog around him did not change at all. Even if it did, it would quickly return to its original state, and visibility remained at less than one meter.
George also tried a few spells and asked curiously, "Kyle, how big do you think this area is?"
"I don't know." Kyle shook his head: "The owner didn't say."
"How about we test it?" Fred said.
His idea was also agreed by everyone.
Without hesitation, since he had nothing to do anyway, Kyle used his wand to conjure a long rope and tied it to the door handle. Then he walked forward along the lines on the floor with everyone else.
Half an hour later, they stopped in front of a wall.
"Is it over?"
Kyle felt the wall and changed direction again.
But this time it was faster, they stopped again in just over ten minutes.
Kyle discovered with some embarrassment that he seemed to have underestimated the extent of the thick fog.
He just asked for a very big room, but a room, no matter how big it is, has an end.
“I should have said something bigger, like a forest or something…” Kyle patted his head.