Chapter 16: A Big Profit! I'm So Reassured
After hearing what Ciel said, Professor McGonagall, who was about to walk towards the Leaky Cauldron, stopped in her tracks, and a look of confusion and doubt appeared on her serious face.
For a moment she wondered if she had heard it wrongly.
Apparition, fun, love to play?
Is it fun to be flushed back and forth by a flushing toilet?
Is this how kids in the Muggle world like to play now?
Although she didn't know what the roller coaster and Ferris wheel that Charles mentioned were, Professor McGonagall had already decided that if she entered the Muggle world in the future, she would stay away from these two things.
Then, Professor McGonagall felt embarrassed.
It was already late, and she still had two houses to visit...
But when she saw Ciel's eager expression, Professor McGonagall's heart softened.
According to the information, the child is an orphan who has never received parental love since childhood. He even has to rely on the prize money he won from participating in competitions to eat.
How pitiful.
Not to mention that his recent eleventh birthday was spent in such terrible circumstances, which made Professor McGonagall even more distressed.
So after a moment, Professor McGonagall nodded.
"Okay, let's Apparate again."
Immediately, she grabbed Ciel's hand again, and the two of them Apparated back outside St. Mungo's Hospital.
During this time of apparition, Charles consciously concentrated his mind, observing the distorted space and the rapidly receding scene.
He felt as if he was looking at an oil painting with indescribably chaotic lines.
The dizziness this brought was even stronger than the first time he Apparated.
This time, as soon as he landed on the ground, Charles couldn't help but scream and vomited violently to the side.
As he was vomiting, the voice of the Deep Blue System rang in Charles' mind, reminding him that he had obtained more references this time, and the points required for the first deduction of Apparition were directly reduced by 10,000 points.
The initial deduction that originally required 50,000 points now only requires 35,000 points!
Rounding off, it is equivalent to directly saving Charles the deduction points equivalent to a bottle of sublimation potion!
Think about the disgusting experience of drinking sublimation potion, and the feeling of being thrown into the toilet after Apparition is much better.
Blood earned!
So after finishing vomiting, Ciel raised his head and looked at Professor McGonagall.
"Professor, let's do it again. It's fun. It's really fun."
Professor McGonagall was completely confused and felt that she seemed to no longer understand the young wizard now.
Isn't this just asking for trouble when you have done nothing wrong?
But under Ciel's earnest request, Professor McGonagall reluctantly agreed to take Ciel back and forth a few more times.
In Charles' mind, the reminder sound of the Deep Blue System kept ringing.
But unfortunately, even though he was concentrating on staring at the distorted space, the reduction in deduction points each time it sounded was gradually getting smaller.
Until the last time, it was simply pointed out that it had no reference value and could not be reduced any further.
At this point, the points required for the first deduction of Apparition have dropped to 20,000 points!
Only then did Charles stand up on his trembling legs, indicating that he had really had enough fun.
Professor McGonagall finally breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, even if she was an adult wizard, it would be disgusting enough to Apparate so many times.
She was afraid that she would vomit in front of Charles and her image would be ruined. Fortunately, Charles finally had enough fun.
After calming down the feeling of nausea, Professor McGonagall was finally able to take Ciel into the famous Leaky Cauldron.
The Leaky Cauldron was now full of wizards.
Many people are talking about the death of the vicious dark wizard Dark.
Some people called Ciel "another Boy-Who-Lived". Speaking of this, more people were excitedly discussing another topic, which was when Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, would enter the wizarding world through the Leaky Cauldron.
Charles didn't care at all about these discussions.
His entire focus was on the food he saw as he made his way through the Leaky Cauldron.
Unfortunately, all you can see with the naked eye are some ordinary foods.
Even though some dishes are different, the ingredients used are ingredients that can be found in the Muggle world.
Relying on these foods, eating eight meals a day can only increase a few deduction points, which is far inferior to the recovery meals with magic herbs added to St. Mungo's Hospital.
"It seems that until I find a more suitable source of magical food, I can only use St. Mungo's Hospital as my canteen."
With these thoughts in his mind, Ciel followed Professor McGonagall through the Leaky Cauldron and arrived at the famous wall in the original book.
Professor McGonagall took out her wand and demonstrated to Ciel how to find the brick he needed to knock on based on the position of the trash cans on the wall in order to enter Diagon Alley.
Ciel asked Professor McGonagall another question that took her by surprise.
"Professor, why do you go through so much trouble to get into Diagon Alley?"
"And this method seems very unreliable."
"What if someone plays a prank and puts a lot of identical trash cans on the wall?"
"Or maybe someone has tampered with the wall, using paint or some other magic to cover the entire wall. If we lose the reference point, wouldn't we be unable to open the door?"
After hearing these questions raised by Ciel, Professor McGonagall's expression suddenly became very interesting, and she even gnashed her teeth, as if she remembered something in the past that made her furious.
Then, she looked at Ciel and asked with some hesitation.
"Charles, why are you asking this?"
"You're not the kind of kid who likes to play pranks, are you?"
Charles shook his head repeatedly.
"I swear I have no interest in pranks. My only hobby might be eating."
Professor McGonagall was relieved a little, but she still reminded Charles.
"When you enter Hogwarts in the future, you must be careful of the Weasley brothers. They did something like what you described, and it almost drove Mrs. Weasley crazy at the time."
"It took Mr. and Mrs. Weasley three full days to restore this wall!"
After giving the instructions, Professor McGonagall showed some confidence.
"However, after that prank, in order to ensure that the traditional way of entering Diagon Alley was not destroyed in any way, the Ministry of Magic invited someone to cast various spells on this wall to ensure that it could not be modified or deformed."
Hearing Professor McGonagall's words, Ciel's eyes lit up.
"In other words, every brick on this wall has magical power and is a magical item, and the magic attached to it is very advanced?"
Professor McGonagall nodded with a hint of pride.
"I am also involved in this project, and there are also many powerful wizards. We have all brought out our best skills."
"In addition, personnel from the Ministry of Magic will come regularly to maintain and replenish the magic power of the spells."
"So you can rest assured that there will be no accidents with this wall!"
Ciel also smiled in relief.
"So this is ah."
"These bricks are placed here. No one can take them away or move them. The Ministry of Magic will also maintain them regularly. I feel very relieved."
(End of this chapter)
