The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

After the holiday, the corridors became obviously deserted. Most of the remaining students hid in the dormitories and lounges, and even in the auditorium, because only these places were warm.

On the way back to the auditorium, Sissy stopped, squatted in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window, wiped away the remaining ice, breathed a sigh of relief at it, and drew a small figure with her finger.

Fortunately, there is no cold wind in the basement, and the temperature has climbed a lot, but there is no fire, and it still feels freezing.

She put down her breakfast as usual, and was about to retreat into her room.

"Go get ready, I'll take you out today." Snape folded up the newspaper and said lightly.

"okay!"

She had been waiting for this day for a long time. Sissy simply tidied up the small bag, found out some things that she would not use temporarily, and then took out some money and put it in. She didn't want to use the ring in front of many people in the store.

"Done yet?"

"No, teach me right away, the cocoa is a bit hot and I haven't finished it yet." Sissy puffed up her cheeks and blew vigorously. She always felt that it would freeze in a few seconds without using spells outside, but now that she was in a hurry, the temperature seemed to drop. Very slow.

"That's all right." Snape nodded his cup helplessly.

Sissy was stunned for a moment, then raised her head and drank it all in one gulp.

There are still too few spells she knows, or she would just blow it stupidly.

There are still a few days before Christmas, and Diagon Alley is bustling with people, and it will only be empty on Christmas Eve.

Most of the people on the street were wearing wizard robes of various colors, and many of them were family members, old and young, who went out to shop. Sissy felt envious when she saw it, but fortunately she did not come alone.

"Where are you going?"

"Wizeac Magic Supply Store." Sissy thought for a while and replied, it should be easier to buy all the miscellaneous things there.

"Okay, then..."

Before Snape could finish his sentence, she was pushed aside.

Sissy squeezed back with difficulty.

At any rate, the school is full of children, but there are quite a few adult wizards here. It was just before the festival, and the alleys were even more crowded.

Fortunately, it wasn't pushed too far away, otherwise it might really be lost.

Snape stretched out his hand to grab her, and pulled her out of the crowd. He never thought that a child would be so easy to lose, and he would disappear if he didn't see it.

When he was young, he used to come to Diagon Alley alone to buy school supplies, and it wouldn't be such a trouble, maybe girls should be more delicate?

"Go ahead of me."

Sissy obediently complied. Although she couldn't remember the direction, she would be pushed away. Don't worry, just go forward and it's over.

"Here, let's go in."

The inside and outside of the store are equally crowded, except for those high-end stores, which are mostly places that rich pure-blood nobles would go to, and it seems more spacious at this time.

Cici searched for a long time according to the planned gift list, and finally queued up with a bunch of things to pay.

Snape silently followed behind, watching her buy a bunch of inexplicable things:

A storage bag is still a normal gift, and most of the junior wizards may not be able to buy a bag of their own right now.

A small low stool, not ordinary short, looks like it is for a three-year-old child, I don't know who she is giving it to, and her family has no younger siblings, so why buy this kind of thing.

There are also some gadgets that he can't even tell the purpose of. He himself should never buy such strange things in his life.

Just looking at Sissy's happy face, she didn't say the words after all.

"There are also stationery stores, bookstores, and boutiques." Sissy paid the bill and put the things into the bag. The place is too crowded, and there is no time for her to stop and tidy up slowly.

Snape nodded slightly, this place was finally a bit normal.

Sissy was taken around for a walk, her hair was all messed up, it wasn't tied up in the first place, and now the big waves that were in good shape were made like a bird's nest.

"Professor, can I go to Gringotts?"

"Don't you still have money?" Snape raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and smoothed her hair back to its original shape.

Sissy pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not about withdrawing money, I want you to go there and take a look, maybe there will be something useful."

"What's in your own vault, don't you even know?"

Sissy shook her head, tugged at the professor's sleeve, and finally said, "I can use the ring to withdraw money, but I can't get out other things. I have never gone down to that vault."

"ring?"

Snape glanced down at the camellia ring on her left hand, something unusual he had noticed earlier, it turned out to be a space key.

It's normal, Ravenclaw has some things passed down, this bloodline is a terrible trouble for her, but there are also some ancestral benefits.

There weren't too many wizards in Gringotts, and they usually didn't come to withdraw money until a few days before the festival.

But the goblins are not idle, statistics before the festival, checking bills, enough for them to be busy for a while.

And when it comes to important festivals, there are always some criminals trying to deceive with counterfeit money, so they have to be more vigilant than usual.

"Hello, hello!" Sissy ran to the counter and shouted twice, waving her arms, but no one paid any attention to her.

"We need to retrieve something from Eugenie Ravenclaw's vault." Snape stepped forward and said, his deep voice was very penetrating.

"Do you have the proof of that room, sir?" A goblin put down the balance in his hand and came over.

"This." Sissy took off the ring and handed it over.

The goblin inspected it carefully, and carefully returned the ring to her hand, "I'll take you down."

Walking into the stone corridor, a small cart is parked beside the railway.

Hmm... It seems that there is no difference. Sissy originally expected that the transportation facilities matching her treasury would be better.

She hesitated and sat on it. This thing made noise everywhere, and it had to shake a few times when sitting on it, but the passage below was like a roller coaster. Maybe when it turned too fast, the car body would become a pile of iron sheets and parts.

At first, she opened her eyes to look around, but she couldn't handle the sharp turns one after another, and felt a little nauseous...

It might be better to close your eyes, only to feel that the world is spinning, and the air whistling past becomes clammy and bitter.

……

The cart finally stopped.

"Here we are, Miss Ravenclaw." The goblin jumped out of the car and turned around to remind her.

Sissy Lai stayed on the trolley, clutching her chest, wanting to vomit but unable to vomit.

Snape sighed softly, thinking of her habit of carrying a bunch of things with her, so he asked, "Do you have scopolamine on you?"

Just as she was about to speak, her throat felt uncomfortable, so she had to wave her hand. She didn't bring a single herbal medicine today.

"Hold it, take a deep breath." Snape took out a mint and stuffed it into her mouth, not knowing why he carried such a thing with him.

After a while, Sissy finally regained her composure. This trip to the vault was too much of a treat.