Hogwarts Crawler.

“Adam——!”

Adam paused and turned his head in surprise:

"Cologne?"

Cologne said something to the people around him, then trotted over to Adam:

"What a coincidence! Are you here to buy new textbooks for next semester as well?"

"Yeah, but it looks like there are too many people here. I plan to go somewhere else first and come back after the book signing is over."

"Is that so... I really envy you. Your parents must have never read Lockhart's books, and your grandparents probably don't like Lockhart either..."

Cologne sighed:

"My mother likes him very much. I have to wait in line for who knows how long to get Lockhart's autograph. Woohoo...."

"So pitiful?"

"Uh-huh!"

"That can't be helped. After all, she is your mother. Just wait patiently."

"Uh-huh?!"

Under Cologne's incredulous gaze, Adam sighed:

"I'm not interested in this kind of woman killer. I'm leaving now. Bye!"

After saying that, Adam turned around and ran, ignoring Cologne's tearful calls behind him.

"Take me to secret vault number four."

The fairy, who was originally busy with the things at hand, was stunned when he heard Adam's words, and looked up at Adam.

Adam stood in front of the fairy and let him look at him. A gem was floating on the top of the dark staff in his hand, shining brightly.

"……key?"

Although they had never met the other party and there was no information about this person in Gringotts, for non-private secret vaults, Gringotts only recognized the keys and not the people. As long as the corresponding secret vault key could be produced, they would not delve into the story behind it.

Adam took out the key and handed it to the goblin, who checked it and returned it to Adam:

"Please come with me."

Jumping down from the high stool, the goblin's tone was obviously full of respect. Every secret vault with single-digit numbers represented astonishing wealth and status. Even Gringotts did not dare to treat it casually.

Riding on Gringotts' mine cart, they passed through one magical protection after another, crossed the anti-thief waterfall, and came to an unknown depth underground. Adam and the goblin stopped in front of a big door.

"Please give me the key."

The goblin hung the lantern on a hook by the door, inserted the key with one hand, and tapped various parts of the door with the other hand, twisting the key from time to time.

Along with the sound of countless mechanisms turning, the door of Secret Vault No. 4 slowly opened towards Adam.

"I'll wait for you at the door."

After returning the key to Adam, the goblin bowed and retreated behind the door to a position where he could no longer see what was going on inside the secret vault.

Adam stepped into the secret vault and looked around.

It is true as Nicolas Flamel said, there are no coins in it, and about half of it is his manuscripts, but Nicolas Flamel did not say that this secret library is so big!

Adam picked up one of the single-page manuscripts. On one side were complex alchemical formulas and diagrams, while on the other side was a painting of the phoenix's rebirth process with colorful paints. Adam also felt that this phoenix looked very familiar - the more he looked at it, the more it looked like Fawkes.

Putting down the manuscripts, Adam quickly counted them. Some of the manuscripts were bound together, while some were just single pages like that manuscript. He would have to wait until the next time to move these things away and sort them out slowly.

Nicolas Flamel's collection opened Adam's eyes. With just a glance, Adam saw something that looked very familiar.

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“There’s even a Pensieve?”

Touching the stone basin that looked very similar to the one in the principal's office, Adam was not sure whether Nicolas Flamel made it himself or where he got it from.

In addition, there are many things from the Muggle world, such as dresses, armor, swords, golden cups, scepters... These things do not have any magic power, and perhaps they are collected here because they have some commemorative significance to Nicolas Flamel.

The largest collection of Nicolas Flamel was books, most of which were related to alchemy and written in all kinds of languages. In addition, there were many books on mysticism. Adam even found several Bibles in the pile of books.

With the idea that maybe the Church really had something in this world, Adam opened the Bibles, and then he was embarrassed to find that although he could not understand the words on them, he could clearly see that the contents of several Bibles seemed to be slightly different.

In the end, Adam picked out a few things to take away today, and he would sort out the rest later.

One of them was a set of swords and shields made of fairy mithril. Adam thought they were really cool and very suitable for the sword and shield in the Clow Cards, so he spent some time on the spot to cast sealing magic on the sword and shield so that he could summon them at any time in the future.

What? The Dark Staff can also be transformed into a sword directly using the magic of the Sword Card, and the Shield can be cast without a real shield?

But the gems and patterns on this sword and shield are really special and cool!

The second is a shorthand quill, an alchemical creation of Nicolas Flamel. It can record and even draw the owner's thoughts and ideas in real time, exactly as the owner wants, and even the color can be adjusted at will - Nicolas Flamel's manuscripts were completed with this shorthand quill.

It can perfectly help Adam free his hands while doing homework so that he can do more meaningful things - such as petting Xiaoke and Sibi.

The last one is a book that seems to be the notes of Nicolas Flamel when he was studying ancient scripts that are said to have mysterious powers, including Nordic runes, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Chinese cloud seal characters, etc. Adam thinks he can study it in his spare time. The only problem is that the main body of this notebook is in French, and he still needs to spend some time learning it.

Chapter 53 The regret of missing the soul testing device

After coming out of Gringotts and standing at the door of Flourish and Blotts, which was still crowded, Adam remembered that he should stay in Gringotts for a while longer.

He was so dazzled by the treasures in the secret vault that he even forgot there was a swindler here trying to cheat people out of their money.

Fortunately, there were fewer people in the bookstore at this time, so at least it didn't delay his normal book purchase. Just as Adam picked up a new textbook and was checking out, a figure jumped out from the darkness -

"what!"

"Cologne, you haven't left yet."

Adam was not surprised at all when Cologne grabbed his shoulders. If he hadn't noticed, he would have been bounced away by the shield at this moment.

"Of course not, my mom is still waiting in line over there!"

"...Auntie is still waiting in line?"

"Yes, all those who have signed in now are the ones who lined up here early in the morning."

Ah this...

Adam had a clearer idea of ​​Lockhart's popularity.

"Eh? Adam, why did you only buy one?"

“I’ve already bought the other ones.”

Cologne was shocked:

"You like Lockhart too?"

“These plots in his books are still very exciting.”

"Then I have some good news, do you want to know?"

"good news?"

Adam raised his eyebrows:

"Did your Niffler give birth?"

"Oh, not yet. It will take a few months. Don't worry... No, not this. It's good news about Lockhart!"

"Oh……"

Adam's tone was somewhat disappointed:

"what is that?"

"Lockhart is our next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor!"

"Oh……"

Seeing Adam's reaction, Cologne was a little disappointed:

"What? You really don't seem to have any interest in Lockhart... Then do you want to hear the gossip that happened here before?"

"Gossip? Tell me in detail!"

"Just now, in this bookstore, the twins' father and old Malfoy had a fight!"

"oh?!"

Adam's eyes widened slightly.

He had actually guessed it when he saw the banner, but thinking about it, it shouldn't be such a coincidence. He didn't expect it to be today...

What a pity, I missed the opportunity to see the Horcrux up close.

In fact, he has always had a question: what would happen if magic like the Gan card, which can directly change matter, was cast on a Horcrux?

Will Voldemort's soul also turn into sweets?

Or what kind of impact will the other Clow Cards have on the Horcruxes?

Can the counter-curse of the Horcrux be analyzed?

Etc., etc……

The diary Horcrux should be in Ginny's hands now, which also foreshadows that there will be an uncontrollable danger in Hogwarts in the future - the basilisk!

Unlike the challenge of Professor Quirrell and the trapdoor on the fourth floor in the first year, where you can basically avoid danger as long as you stay out of danger, the basilisk in the second year will move along the drainage pipes of the entire castle. Adam can't guarantee that no one will encounter a basilisk or that any place will be safe.

If he hadn't gotten the Clow Cards, Adam should have considered dropping out of school, but now...

Adam couldn't help but start to wonder if killing the basilisk in advance would lead to something uncontrollable. Professor Dumbledore is still in good health, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?

Hiss, when I think about it, if I catch this snake monster in advance... there shouldn't be any problem, right?

You have to know that the basilisk is not a magical animal born through normal reproduction. In this era, there may be only one basilisk left in the world. The knowledgeable senior Newt may not have seen this!

"It sounds exciting, doesn't it? And they just used their fists to fight! They even knocked down a few bookshelves!"

"It's really exciting."

Adam sighed, feeling a little regretful that he wasn't there at the time. If he had the diary in his hands, many things would be more controllable.

Speaking of Malfoy, Draco and his followers are frequent customers of his shop. After all, Draco is rich and his followers are greedy.

In the novel, this guy is a total bad guy, and is forced to reform in the end. However, the movie may have taken into consideration that it is aimed at children and the influence of the movie is greater than the novel, or perhaps the actor's appearance brought popularity to the character, so in the end the plot of this character was slightly changed.

For example, when assassinating Dumbledore, in the novel Draco simply did not have the ability to do so, but the movie showed his inner struggle.

All in all, Adam's impression of him wasn't too bad.

Especially when he opens a restaurant in the future, he can often charge a large amount of extra fees by providing these vain nobles with some additional services that have no practical meaning or value.

After quickly paying the bill, Adam was about to go back, but Cologne stopped him:

"It's really boring here. Come chat with me and I'll treat you to ice cream!"

Adam had no choice but to stay with Cologne in Flourish and Blotts for a while. After that, the two of them ate a bowl of ice cream sprinkled with chopped nuts together before saying goodbye and parting.

“Maybe the convenience store can also sell ice cream and other frozen products.”

Adam thought so on the way back.

……

After that day, time seemed to be controlled by a clock and flew forward rapidly. When Adam buried his head in Spi's belly, it seemed like it was only the last second, but when he raised his head, school was about to start.

Oh, you can still pet cats when you go to Hogwarts, that’s fine.

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After declining his grandparents' idea of ​​coming here specially to send Adam to school, Adam took Mr. Reed's car to King's Cross Station.

"Adam, study hard in school and make your business prosperous~"

Mr. Reed joked before getting off the car.

Because of Adam, Mr. Reed and Ms. Li were a little busy some time ago. Many people in strange clothes came to their store. They were very skilled in ordering food, but many of the dishes they ordered were not available in their store, and in the end, they didn’t know how to record the money they paid and how to file taxes.

After some inquiries, the two learned that their son's business was booming at school.

"You are worthy of being my cub!"

While feeling proud, Ms. Li was also somewhat worried about whether it was a bad idea for her son to do business while in school.