Anna was very familiar with this feeling. It was like climbing the Great Wall during the National Day holiday. She saw a lot of people in front of her.
Some of them were very good-looking, some were very sloppy, some were wearing black robes, and some were wearing Muggle clothes. A few wizards were accompanied by some strange-looking cats.
There were groups of twos and threes, young couples strolling on the streets with their arms around each other. There was also no shortage of people hurrying by alone, and there was no shortage of lively little wizards. Perhaps they were too lively, they looked as if they had clones — they were everywhere.
Anna was in such a lively and novel street. She could not take her eyes in. She finally understood why Harry felt that eight eyes were not enough when he came to Diagon Alley for the first time. Now, Anna felt that sixteen eyes were not too many.
The crooked brick buildings were tightly packed together. Most of them were two-story buildings with red or blue tiles on top.
It was worth mentioning that each shop had added a lot of special decorations to the building to attract customers. There was a golden carp with eyes protruding out, a silver crucible that emitted real fog. Although it was absurd, it was also a little strange and warm.
The goods in the glass display windows looked so novel. Anna held Lena's hand and followed the crowd. Some of them had different styles of robes hanging on the wall. Anna even saw a Death Barbie pink robe.
Some of them sold beauty potions – 'Help you get rid of your sarcoma and troubles'. Some of them had baskets of internal organs of unknown creatures and bottles of small eyeballs in their display windows. Books of spells were piled up one by one and placed together with scrolls made of parchment or other skins. Some of them had medicine bottles of various sizes that were filled with colorful liquids …
"Coo coo … coo …" The street in front of them suddenly became noisy, and the air was a little turbid. Anna looked at the place where the noise came from. It was' Ee-La Owl Shop '. There were a few iron cages outside the shop. The residents in the cages were owls of different colors. They were not afraid of the wizards at all. Some of them were squinting their eyes to rest, some were tidying their feathers, and some were happily cooing.
Anna looked into the shop through the window. It was too dark inside. If she could not see the outline of the cages, she would have thought that there was nothing inside. Speaking of which, owls really liked dark environments.
It was necessary to buy an owl. In this magical era where communication was not very advanced, it would feel like you were not in a service area without an owl. Of course, Anna also saw an owl rental service shop. But between a fixed phone and a portable PHS, Anna chose the latter.
"Mother, I want to buy an owl." As a child, Anna still needed to ask her mother's opinion.
"Oh, of course!"
Madam Liana had a complicated expression on her face. She felt gratified and nostalgic at the same time. "I used to want an owl too … But we have to go to the bank to withdraw money first. After all, 'Garen isn't omnipotent, but we can't do anything without Garen.'"
. "The black robed wizard who was sitting on the bench reading the newspaper applauded Lena." Sorry for overhearing your conversation, ladies. But I agree. "
Madam Lena nodded towards the black robed wizard. She held Anna's hand and walked towards the most eye-catching building in Diagon Alley.
Gringotts bank was a large, crooked white building. A marble staircase led to a glittering bronze door.
Anna was held by Lena. On the other side of the door, there was a creature wearing a scarlet red uniform. Anna knew that it was a fairy. Although he looked indescribable, Anna still gave him a smile.
The fairy glanced at Anna. The corner of his mouth lifted, but the smile quickly disappeared. First of all, he couldn't greet every customer who walked through the door with a warm attitude. That would not reflect the nobility of those big clients. Secondly, that would be too tiring.
After entering Gringotts through the bronze door, there was an extravagant European-style hall. The floor reflected Anna's shadow. It seemed that wearing a short skirt wasn't suitable here. However, most of the wizards wore long robes, so there wasn't a problem of exposing herself.
Walking further in, there was a second silver door. On the door, there was an engraving:
Enter, stranger. But you must be careful
What will happen to those who are insatiable,
Blindly demanding, reaping without sowing,
You will receive the harshest punishment,
If you want to take from our underground vault,
A fortune that never belonged to you,
Thief, you have received a warning,
Beware not of the treasure, but of retribution.
After all, it was a threat and a warning. It was similar to 'You have entered the surveillance area', telling you not to try to play tricks here. But for those powerful wizards who really wanted to take something from here, dealing with the fairy's magic and the dragon might not be that difficult.
Anna was a little arrogant, as if she could rob a bank in the next second. Fortunately, Gringotts didn't have any device that could detect the thoughts of customers. Otherwise, the device would have turned blood red.