Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

Nydia looked around this place. It was different from the bustle of Diagon Alley. It felt very dull here, and there was an unpleasant smell in the air, as if something was rotten. , the ground also looks very dirty, and your shoes will feel sticky when you step on it. Most of the passers-by walking on the street are wearing various dark cloaks, and their movements look very sneaky.

"Where should we go? Are you familiar with this place?" Nidia frowned. She didn't like this place very much.

"I've been here so many times," Sirius turned his head to look around, then pointed to the right front with his finger, "Well, I remember the potion shop is over there."

Under the leadership of Sirius, they came to a shop called 'Medea's Magic Potion Material Shop'. Through the shop window, they could see that the light inside the shop was very dark. If it hadn't been for a faint trace of With the light from the candlestick, Nidia would think that the store was not open.

"Wait for me outside, and I'll go in by myself." Nydia said to Sirius. She didn't intend to let Sirius know that what she was looking for was unicorn blood.

"The shops here are not like Diagon Alley for legitimate business. It is too dangerous for you to go in alone." Sirius disagreed with Nydia's proposal.

"Is it possible that you can still eat me? I'm not a soft persimmon!" Nidia took out her magic wand, "I went in for too long and didn't come out. Come in and look for me again! Because if we go in at the same time, we will be killed. Trapped, then no one will know we were here today.”

Sirius thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement, "Then you should be more careful when you go in. Don't touch the things inside casually. Don't pick up the things the shopkeeper hands you easily. Did you wear gloves? Really? You must wear gloves when contact is unavoidable, and never take off your gloves.”

Nydia agreed, although she thought the store did look a bit scary, but what Sirius said seemed to be a bit exaggerated. Even a store that sells dark magic props is still a store! After all, you need to sell goods to make a profit!

She gently pushed open the door of the store, and immediately there was a "clack-clack" sound above her head. Nidia looked up and saw white bones hanging above her head. The sound was caused by the bones hitting each other. from. She looked around with the help of faint light. The store was filled with all kinds of weird things, including dried animal parts, hanging bat wings, internal organs in jars, and some unknown things. A medicine bottle that contained nothing but shone brightly with fluorescent light.

"welcome!"

A hoarse female voice came from the darkness of the store. Nidia heard the sound and looked over, and saw a tall and thin figure walking out. A long dark red gauze covered her whole body, making her appearance unclear. , but the voice seems to be a bit older.

"Young girl, what do you need?" Although she couldn't see her face, Nidia could feel that this person was looking at her.

"I need a kind of material. It's very rare. I don't know if you have it here." Nidia said calmly, bearing down on the nervousness in her heart.

"If it's just ordinary classroom materials, then you've come to the wrong place, but if you're looking for some excitement... As long as you pay the starting price, I can satisfy you..." There was a hint of contempt in his tone, but he was just a person. What extraordinary things could a half-grown child need?

"I need... unicorn blood..." Although the store owner's tone made Nidia a little dissatisfied, she still hoped that this store really had unicorn blood.

The shopkeeper was silent, and the long gauze made it difficult to see her expression at the moment. Nidia felt a little nervous.

"Yes!" The shopkeeper spoke slowly after a long time.

"Really!" Nydia said excitedly, "I need unicorn blood, just a small bottle is enough."

"Hmph!" the shopkeeper snorted contemptuously, "Unicorn blood is very precious, and it is not easy to get it. Not to mention a small bottle, just one drop is worth a lot. Little girl, I I’m afraid you can’t afford this price!”

It turned out that she was worried that she didn't have enough money. Nidia stretched out her hand to take out her money bag, but then she stopped moving and her tone of voice became calmer, "How much do you need?"

The shop owner was a little disappointed. Clearly marked prices never existed in Knockturn Alley. She originally wanted to test and see how much money the little girl had with her before she quoted her own price, but she didn't expect that she didn't. Put on the suit. She carefully looked at the girl in front of her again. Although she was dressed very simply and did not wear any jewelry, it could be seen from the material of her clothes that her family should be relatively wealthy.

"Five hundred gold galleons! A small bottle!" The shopkeeper observed Nitya's expression, trying to tell her reaction to the price from the expression on her face.

Five hundred gold galleons? The price of a Firebolt is indeed a bit high for just a small bottle, but compared to her own needs, it is not that high. Nidia was thinking this in her heart, and the expression on her face was a bit like In a daze, no emotion can be seen.

"The price can be considered, but I have to see the thing first!" There is no need to accept the price before seeing the thing.

"...Okay, you wait."

The shopkeeper's tone was a little hesitant, but she still agreed and walked into the depths of the shop. After waiting for about three or four minutes, the shopkeeper appeared again.

"This is what you want." The shopkeeper took out a small crystal bottle containing a gray-white liquid.

Nitya frowned, this is wrong! I have seen unicorn blood before, and I was very impressed. It is silvery white with a layer of light. The blood in this bottle is definitely not unicorn blood. This person is trying to lie to himself!

"Please put it away first! I need to think about it again, and come back after thinking about it!" Nidia did not expose her directly because she felt there was no need to waste time entangled with such profiteers.

"Do you think the price is inappropriate?" The shop owner sounded a little unhappy. She didn't want Nidia to leave just now. "You know that unicorn blood is very precious. You risk your life just to get this thing. If you go elsewhere, you may not be able to buy it no matter how rich you are, so this is the only bottle I have!”

"For real unicorn blood, this price is indeed not expensive at all." Nidia smiled and said this. She hoped that the shop owner could understand that she had already seen that this was a fake and stop continuing. Lobbyed.

"Wait!" The shopkeeper grabbed Nidia's arm as she turned around to leave. The fat in her mouth flew away just like that. "Four hundred Galleons, this is my bottom line. I want this." There are a lot of people buying things, and if you walk out of this store now, you might turn around and someone else will buy it.”

Nitya shook off the shopkeeper's hand in displeasure, "Then just wait and sell your bottle of so-called unicorn blood to others!"

"Are you teasing me?"

The shopkeeper's tone also became angry and her voice became sharper. She took out her wand and wanted to point it at Nidia, but the wand quickly flew out of her hand as soon as she took it out.

It turned out that Nydia had noticed the movements in her hand, so as soon as her wand was revealed, Nydia had already cast a disarming spell to snatch her wand away.

The shop owner was startled and took a few steps back. The long crimson veil that had been covering her whole body slipped off her body in panic. Only then did Nidia realize that the person making the hoarse female voice was actually a man. His His face was horribly thin, and it looked as if there was only a thin layer of skin attached to the bones. His eyeballs were extremely protruding, but on his head he had thick, long hair that was extremely inconsistent with his appearance.

"What do you want to do? This is not a place where you can do whatever you want. If you dare to cause any trouble in my store, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get out of Knockturn Alley today!" Although he said threatening words in his mouth , but it was obvious that he was already panicked.

"This is not because I want to cause trouble. I have already hinted to you that I know the unicorn blood in your hand is fake, but you refuse to give up." Nidia said angrily.

"You..." The shop owner finally realized the meaning of Nidia's words before. He blamed himself for being too greedy and thought that the person in front of him was just a little girl who had never seen much of the world. "Since you know so much about unicorn blood, Then you should know that harming a unicorn will be cursed! Even the most greedy person will not exchange his life for money that cannot be spent. "

Nitya was silent. She knew what the shopkeeper said. She just came here with the mentality of giving it a try. Maybe there really is the kind of person who would risk his life for money!

"I don't want to cause trouble. I can return the wand to you, but if you still dare to mess around, I will never be polite to you again," Nidia warned. "I didn't come here alone. If I If you haven't been able to get out of this shop for a long time, people outside will probably demolish your shop. Anyway, people from the Ministry of Magic have already wanted him. For him, one more crime is not enough. It doesn't matter."

"I won't be stupid enough to cause a commotion in my store! All the losses are my goods!" the store owner said through gritted teeth.

Originally, Nidia considered waiting until she retreated to the door before returning the wand to the shop owner, but when she thought that her cautious approach would only make her previous words less credible, she simply pretended not to care and returned the wand directly. She threw it to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper felt nervous when he saw her returning the wand so simply. He felt that there was indeed someone behind this little girl. No wonder she dared to walk into Knockturn Alley so arrogantly at such a young age.

After Nydia successfully walked out of this black-hearted potion shop, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, another unexpected incident immediately made her completely confused. Sirius was missing!