Wizards of Hogwarts

According to the book A History of Magic in North America, wizards knew of the existence of America long before European explorers first arrived and called it the "New World."The magical groups among the Native Americans and the magical communities in Europe and Africa also knew each other's existence before the arrival of European Muggle immigrants in the 17th century.

In fact, as early as the Middle Ages, magical societies around the world had begun to form connections with each other.

Of course, although all parts of the world have their own magical societies, this does not mean that magical societies around the world have the same level of development.

As No-Maj Europeans began to immigrate to the "New World", that is, the Americas, many European wizards and witches decided to settle in the Americas in order to escape the increasingly fierce persecution of wizards on the European continent.

These European wizards brought a large amount of magical knowledge, legal system, and advanced technology to the Americas, and even the now world-famous Ilvermorny School, whose core founder Isolt Thayer is an Irish pure-blood witch from England. , she almost went to Hogwarts.

By the way, Elrohir remembered that Hogwarts is a magic school in the UK. It is said that the school has a history of nearly a thousand years.

Back to Diagon Alley.

As the only large-scale trading center in the British wizarding world, Diagon Alley has a much longer history than the wizarding trading streets in New York, USA. Some magical items that are strictly prohibited from being sold by American wizards can even be sold openly in Diagon Alley.

For example, Elrohir heard this hawking cry: "Ukrainian iron-belly dragon's liver, eighty ounces."

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There are actually wizards trading dragon body parts here. Elrohir has never seen such a scene in New York, so she thought Newt was writing it in a book for fun.

Elrohir looked in the direction where the hawking sound came from. It was not an ordinary street stall, but a wizard pharmacy where families came and went. The sign read "Bobin Chain Pharmacy".

Although it was a pity that he could not see the true appearance of the dragon liver, Elrohir was still attracted by other bizarre sights.

The shop called "Eela Owl Shop" is full of all kinds of owls. According to the billboard outside the shop, the owls of this shop are the best messengers in the British wizarding world; near the north side, there is a shop named A store called "Quidditch Boutique" sells broomsticks that allow people to fly, but the price is very expensive, and Elrohir can't afford it at the moment; the Magic Stationery Store sells an automatic quill pen, which is said to be You can read the thoughts in the wizard's mind and record those contents on paper yourself. Maybe you can buy one to write about the Lord of the Rings in the future.

The two stores that are most worthy of Elrohir's attention are one called "Floor and Blott Bookstore". The bookshelves inside are filled with magic books, stacked from the floor to the ceiling; the other is called "Olivan Bookstore". "De Wand Shop" is the best wand shop in Britain. The gold sign on the door shows that the history of this shop can be traced back to 382 BC.

The reason Elrohir pays special attention to these two shops is because one represents knowledge and the other represents weapons, and their combined power is amazing.

But it's obvious that Newt is not ready to let Elrohir visit Diagon Alley, at least not now. Business is more important.

He first took Elrohir to the Gringotts Bank opened in Diagon Alley, and exchanged all 50 Drokau for 50 Gold Galleons.For consumption reasons, Elrohir chose to redeem the full 49 Galleons and 17 Sicor.

Then, Newt took Elrohir to the book company he had been commissioned a few years ago. This book company had a very interesting name.

"Oscurus Book Company" Elrohir stopped at the door, "Is this the Obscurus I know?"

"It's the Obscurus you know." Newt fumbled in his pocket for a while, took out the handwritten first draft of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and held it in his hand, "But August Worm is definitely not an Obscurus. Of course, he is the boss of this publishing company, and he is already in his forties, he should be in his 50s this year."

"We have also seen the adult Obscurus." Elrohir reminded.

"Credence Barebone is just a special situation, a unique special situation." Newt was speechless and could only say this.

Speaking of Credence, Newt suddenly thought of something. This "Super Obscurus" has gone to unknown places with those who followed the mysterious circus. Perhaps he can entrust intelligence personnel from the Ministry of Magic to pay attention to them in the future. position, it would be too dangerous to let them roam around the world.

Fortunately, according to what Elrohir said before, Credence has not fully recovered from the previous Auror fire at the Magic Congress, and cannot even maintain his human form, otherwise it will be really troublesome.

Elrohir and Newt met the owner of Obscurus Books quite smoothly: August Worm.

The wizard, who is in his 50s, looks ordinary. He wears a pair of rather old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses and has quite sparse hair on top of his head.

"Newt" August gave Newt a big hug, "I thought it would take you a few more years to write the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It's been eight years. I've been waiting for you for eight years." "

Newt obviously couldn't accept August's enthusiasm and was a little embarrassed. He stuffed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them into August's arms and pushed him away: "August, this is the first draft. You can check it. Check out the contents."

August was not upset. He held the book in his hand with a smile, and then looked at Elrohir who was standing next to Newt: "Who is this gentleman, Newt?"

"Hello, I am Elrohir." Elrohir stretched out her right hand towards August. "Newt's friend is also planning to write a book to make some money recently and is looking for a partner."

August held Elrohir's right hand and shook it vigorously: "Hello, Mr. Elrohir, Obscurus Book Company warmly welcomes any wizard who is interested in writing."

The group of people came to August's office, and an old house elf wearing shabby sheets brought tea and snacks to the three of them.

August sat down behind his desk and began reading Newt's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Obscurus Books is a newly established book company, almost incomparable to the well-established Whizhard Books. August was aiming at the content gap in the market and commissioned a book with special features on magical zoology. The highly talented Newt came to write this book about magical beasts.

The first magical animal under the classification level A of the Ministry of Magic: aantula, billywig, bowtruckle, vixen, poison-horned beast, soft-clawed land shrimp, moon-crazy beast, Motera Rat, sniffing venomous leopard, bird snake, thunderbird, big-headed monster, velvet

Each novel and interesting magical animal image seems to come to life in Newt's writing, and paired with vivid animation illustrations, August seems to have transcended the limitations of time and space, following Newt to see magical animals from all over the world. .

The idea that this book would be the "hit product" of Obscurus Books instantly took root in August's mind.

"This book is really great, Newt." August jumped up from his chair and walked back and forth in the office happily. "I can guarantee that this book will become a hit once it is released."

"This is the best." Newt breathed a sigh of relief and smiled easily.

"I guarantee you that this book will appear on the market in March or February. The purchasing manager of Flourish and Blott Bookstore will never miss this book," August said confidently.

"August," Newt said sheepishly, "I wonder if you are still interested in taking on another book?"

"what book"

"A very long fantasy novel." Elrohir said with a smile.

"Fantasy novel type" August touched his precious hair, "There seems to be no such book on the market. Maybe you can give it a try. I don't know when Mr. Elohir can deliver the first draft."

"It's not urgent at the moment. We have to go to the market to do some research first." Elrohir replied.