Harry Potter: Glory Bows to Me

I heard that the tutor that Lucius hired for them would arrive the next afternoon.

In addition to teaching them several simple dance steps that would be needed on the day of the dance, he also had to teach them some necessary etiquette.

Amanta had a comfortable sleep in the guest room.

On the second morning of the holiday, she woke up early from bed and stretched immediately. The down pillow washed away the fatigue of the whole day yesterday and made her feel energetic.

She reached for the bedside table and picked up a few pebbles she had picked up in the garden last night.

But now they are no longer the ordinary pebbles - they are small gold nuggets.

However, she still had to make sure whether the properties of these stones had really changed. Otherwise, facing the eagle eyes of the goblins of Gringotts, if they were discovered, the consequences could be serious.

What's more, if these stones suddenly lost their magic and returned to their original appearance during use... this would probably not be an embarrassing problem, but a problem that could lead to being sent to Azkaban.

She tried the Stop and Resume spell and the related Breaking Charm on the nugget—a must-have test for all the goblins at Gringotts.

However, she tried almost all the relevant spells to break the spells, but the small gold nugget didn't react at all.

It seems that at least in terms of spells, these pebbles will not simply return to their original appearance.

In addition, Amanta also used some more traditional methods.

She poured some water into the measuring cup she usually used in Potions class and sank one of the gold nuggets into it to find out its volume. She then weighed it with a brass scale to find out its mass, and then divided the mass of the gold nugget by its volume to calculate its current density.

It is known that the density of gold is generally about 19.32g/cm3.

As long as we can figure out the density of this piece of gold and compare it with the general density of gold, it can explain a lot of things.

Although this is a stupid method that Muggles and Gringotts goblins occasionally use.

But the calculation results are still accurate enough.

If the answer obtained is very different from the conventional answer, it means that this magic must have some errors in practice and is not perfect to some extent.

However, after Amanta tried various methods, she came up with only one answer.

That is - the Philosopher's Stone did it.

It makes these small gold nuggets indistinguishable from real gold nuggets, and even the density is almost the same as pure gold.

Of course, there was an error of one decimal place - but she thought it was probably due to the experimental equipment.

It seems that the hundreds of years of longevity and the lack of work of the Flamel couple are indeed due to the philosopher's stone that Flamel has devoted his life to developing.

After packing up everything and having breakfast, she, Draco and Harry got on the Thestral carriage and headed to Diagon Alley.

It wasn't long before they were out of the carriage and onto the brick pavement of Diagon Alley.

The Christmas holidays have begun, and there are many more people coming to Diagon Alley than usual.

Many shops are decorated in a Christmas style. There are Christmas trees in front of almost every shop on both sides of the street. They also hang colorful ribbons and evergreen strips with bells on their signs and roofs.

But before they were about to step into the first store, Amanta turned to Dobby beside her and asked, "Dobby, can you do me a favor?"

"Of course, Miss Merlin, I'm happy to help you."

Dobby bowed deeply.

"Dobby, can you take this gold to Gringotts and exchange it for currency in circulation in the wizarding world?"

She took the small gold nuggets from the Sage's Ring and placed them in Dobby's hands.

The reason why she suggested that Dobby go to exchange it was actually because - in addition to avoiding the sight of the Death Eaters and Voldemort, she also remembered that the goblins in Gringotts were eyeing the Philosopher's Ring.

If she stepped into Gringotts in person, it would certainly not be easy to do anything.

"No problem, Dobby will be there right away. Don't worry, I'll leave it to Dobby."

Dobby took the gold nugget and smiled happily. He seemed very happy that he could be of some help.

But before Dobby set off, she specifically told him: "If the goblins ask anything, don't mention anything about me or the origin of the gold, okay?"

"Dobby knows. Dobby will not disappoint Miss Merlin. Dobby will be back soon!"

Dobby said, and immediately ran to Gringotts.

Draco and Harry looked at Amanta and Dobby with some worry.

"Amanta, where did you get so much gold? Could it be..." Harry swallowed nervously, "Is it the function of that thing? I thought it was just a legend..."

She had already told them that Dumbledore had given her the Philosopher's Stone, but she had never shown it to them.

After all, she had to guard against Voldemort's covetousness - this was why she never mentioned the Philosopher's Stone.

"Yes." Amanta lowered her voice. "I tried it before the holiday and it worked. What it turned out was real gold."

There were many people in Diagon Alley, so she could only mention part of it vaguely.

"But... what if someone is curious about where all the gold came from? What if... he knows?" Harry looked around nervously, afraid of being discovered.

"Yeah, I thought so too, so I just took this opportunity to let Dobby go and exchange it."

Of course, Amanta is not stupid. If she goes to Gringotts frequently to exchange large amounts of gold, she will eventually be seen by others or related news will leak out.

By then, the Death Eaters or Voldemort could easily guess that the Philosopher's Stone was not destroyed, but was in Amanta's hands and was used to make a large amount of gold.

In addition, if she produced gold without restraint and exchanged it for Gringotts, it might disrupt the prices, gold reserves and transaction balance in the wizarding world.

Draco looked hesitant at her expression.

"Amanta, I know you're a little tight in life... but it's too risky to do this. If you need anything, I can give it to you."

He added the last sentence carefully, perhaps for fear of offending her self-esteem.

"Or I can lend it to you... and pay it back after you get a job?"

It was a rare moment of Draco's thoughtfulness that surprised Amanta a little.

After all, in her eyes, Draco always had low emotional intelligence...it was not surprising.

But she still refused.

"No, thank you for your kindness, Draco." Amanta replied, "You know, I have received enough care from you in my daily life, but... it can't always be like this, right?"

She spread her hands.

Even as a best friend, Draco had no obligation to meet her needs, not to mention that she would not always rely on asking Draco for things to make a living.

The living expenses the dean gave her were enough to buy the necessary school supplies, but that was all.

If she wanted to do some research and purchase some other magic supplies and books, she would need more money to sustain herself.

But using the Philosopher's Stone to make gold and then exchanging it at Gringotts was not safe.

Even if Dobby, the house-elf of Malfoy Manor, went to Gringotts to make the exchange, it would inevitably arouse some people's suspicion if the transactions were carried out too frequently.

By then, someone might guess that the Philosopher's Stone was not destroyed, and through some channels and guesses, they could find her who used the Philosopher's Stone to make gold.

So Amanta only plans to make this transaction for the time being.

But it doesn't matter, she has found a way to make money.

She got her inspiration from Snape.

Every time they went to Snape's office, Snape was busy making some potion.

Of course, this is his part-time job.

Snape often tailored potions for some shops or some private requests that were not very reasonable or legal.

In order to earn the necessary living expenses and purchase expensive potion ingredients and equipment to maintain research in potions and spells.

So Amanta had thought of it a long time ago.

She could certainly make money in a similar way.

Stationery stores and potion material stores sell some ready-made potions, and of course they also purchase some common and commonly used potions.

Magic joke shops and magic supply stores also recruit pharmacists, who are required to strictly follow their own unique methods to make the specific potions they need.

But the one she had her eyes on was Mrs. Primpianer's Beauty Pharmacy.

This is a beauty pharmacy located at 275 Diagon Alley. Not long ago, she saw the store advertise in the Daily Prophet, looking for several junior potion mixers.

Of course, what attracted Amanta was the high reward for selling beauty potions.

Making beauty potions is much more profitable than selling them to a potion material shop.

After all, in shops like potion material shops, the price of a dose of potion is relatively low.

If a pharmacist chooses to sell to these shops, they usually use a huge cauldron like the one in Snape's office that can hold several people, and make large quantities of potions at one time for bulk sale.

Amanta does not have the conditions for the time being, nor does she have the space to store so many potion materials or place such a huge crucible.

So she first rejected the potion material store and the stationery store.

When she saw the job posting, her eyes lit up.

Beauty potions are low-cost, high-priced, and small in quantity, making them her best choice at the moment.

Not only are beauty potions expensive, but the cost of a dose of beauty potion alone may be more than 50 percent of the price just for the pharmacist.

For every potion sold, the pharmacist would receive at least five to ten Galleons.

The cost of manufacturing beauty potions is extremely low.

Just making beauty potions requires extremely high craftsmanship and aesthetic standards from the pharmacist. If the pharmacist is not careful, he may not be able to prepare the potion that the customer requires exactly.

Dissatisfying customers is already an acceptable outcome.

If the pharmacist did a terrible job, or accidentally added something that shouldn't have been added, ruining the customer's appearance or causing other personal injury - it would be enough to get the pharmacist sent to Azkaban or bankrupt him.

Occasionally, there are news reports about a pharmacist being abused, beaten, or even murdered by a customer because the beauty potion he made did not satisfy the customer.

In other words, the risk is high and the reward is high.

After reading the news in the Daily Prophet, Amanta contacted Madam Primpynell by letter, enclosing a dose of hair growth potion she had made, and asked if she could work part-time as a junior pharmacist for her, but did not disclose that she was a first-year student at Hogwarts.

Mrs. Primpianer graciously agreed.

She expressed her admiration for Amanta's hair-growing potion, and she applied a few drops to an old, half-bald, scabby dog ​​at home, and the next day its hair grew so long that it tangled around the legs of a chair.

Of course, the effect is too dramatic on the dog, probably because the standard Amanta made is based on the length of an average human female.

In short, Mrs. Primpianier was very satisfied with this. She explained that as long as the medicine that met the requirements and standards was sent to her by owl, she would give the corresponding reward to her by owl, or pay her the salary she deserved in any way acceptable to Amanta.

In this way, Amanta finally found a part-time job that was satisfactory and affordable for her living expenses.

But of course, it costs some money to purchase the raw materials for making beauty potions.

The gold she asked Dobby to exchange was to be used as start-up capital to purchase magical materials for making beauty potions.

Dobby returned soon.

It happily covered its body with the pillowcase, which was bulging with stuff.

"Ms. Merlin, Dobby exchanged a lot of gold Galleons. The goblins also told Dobby that if Malfoy Manor still had gold of such high purity that needed to be exchanged, they would be happy to make the deal."

Amanta breathed a sigh of relief.

Apparently, when the goblins at Gringotts saw Dobby, they had no suspicion at all and simply thought that Malfoy Manor had asked it to exchange for some extra gold.

"Thank you, Dobby."

Dobby loosened his hand that was covering the pillowcase, revealing a handful of glittering gold Galleons, and gave all of them to Amanta.

Amanta's hands were almost full, and Draco and Harry hurried over to help, also filling their hands.

They counted them and found a total of eighty gold galleons.

It was better than she thought, as she had expected only about fifty gold Galleons.

I guess in addition to the reason that these gold bars are of higher purity and quality, another reason is probably because of the Malfoy family's face.

She counted them and put the gold galleons into the Sage's Ring.

"Well...Amanta has finished exchanging money. So, where should we go first?" Harry asked.

Draco looked at the streets of Diagon Alley that were filled with the Christmas atmosphere, and couldn't wait to suggest: "Then... shall we go to the Tufan Clothing Store first?"