039- Shopping!

After a long walk through the corridor, Ivan reached the end and when he opened the trap door, he found himself in a cellar full of cardboard boxes.

Ivan knew that this should be the cellar of the Honeydukes Candy Shop of Hogsmeade Village.

Squeak...

Ivan carefully pushed open the trapdoor, but he didn't see the overcrowded scene that he expected. On the contrary, the spacious storefront was a little empty.

'That's right, it's not Christmas, it's not the weekend, and the students above the third year don't have time to come here.'

Due to the lack of students to cover his adventure, Ivan was caught before his plan of slipping away quietly could be implemented.

"Hey... boy over there, when did you come in?" The boss of the Honeydukes was a kind wizard, always wearing loose robes, but when he saw Ivan wandering around his cellar, he immediately scolded him.

"Just now, you didn't see it?" Ivan didn't panic, but joked very casually.

Ivan's casual attitude made Honeyduke's boss dispel the idea that he was here to steal candy, his tone became much better, but then he ridiculed him.

"You should have sneaked out of Hogwarts right? even third-year students are not as short as you. No wonder I didn't see you just now."

Ivan frustratedly took out a silver sickle from his pocket and put it on the table.

"So, don't you plan to sell me some candy?"

"Of course," the boss of the Honeydukes quickly collected the sickle, and took out a lot of snacks from the cabinet, and introduced them one by one.

"What are you going to buy? Fizzing Whizzbees candy? Chocolate frogs? Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans? How about some Cockroach Clusters? That was your headmaster's favorite."

Ivan bought some Cockroach Clusters, he was curious to try Dumbledore's favorite candy. The pile of cockroaches looks really disgusting, and it looks like a large cockroach.

Ivan carefully broke off its legs, endured nausea, and tasted it, only to find that it was sweet, obviously made from syrup, but it was a bit crispy when bitten as if he was really chewing on bugs.

"By the way, do you know where can I find potion ingredients in Hogsmeade?" Ivan took a few more bites of chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavour beans before asking casually.

"There is only one potion shop in Hogsmeade." The boss of the Honeydukes suddenly became serious and looked around.

Ivan's heart was beating loudly, as he was wondering if he had said something wrong, he saw the boss leaned down and lowered his voice.

"If you want to buy ecstasy, you'd better go to Diagon Alley. Recently, the investigation here is very strict. Old Rick doesn't sell those contraband."

Ecstasy? Ivan rolled his eyes. Why would he buy that?

He was only eleven years old, did he look that demotivated and powerless?

Ignoring the wretched smile on the boss of the Honeyduke's face when he left, Ivan went through all the way into the alley, only to see a half-downed sign on which the word potion could be seen faintly, it was full of weird and unpleasant smells.

Ivan covered his nose and entered. He didn't see the boss here. He could only faintly see green smoke and gas floating out of the room at the end.

Just as Ivan was about to say something to attract his attention, he heard a voice coming from the room.

"The basic potion ingredients are at the door, and the Pepper up Potion is in the cabinet next to it... In addition, the combination of ecstasy and vitality tonic will not be sold to students who have not graduated for no amount of money!"

Ivan was too lazy to complain about ecstasy. How many students have come here to buy that, for him to incorporate it into the speech. Ivan consciously walked to the place where the potion material was placed, fortunately, his potions skill had been successfully upgraded to level four these days, and the materials needed to configure the blood fusion potions were identified soon.

It is inevitable that someone could guess the potion formula based on the materials he selected. So Ivan also selected some unnecessary ingredients and made some adjustments in the quantity.

After Ivan was finished selecting everything, old Rick wearing a patched coat opened the door, and there was a faint smell of potion on his body, which was what Ivan had smelled at the entrance of the store before.

"Why do you want to buy so many materials for?" Old Rick thought that Ivan was here to buy the Pepper up Potion, so he did not expect him to buy a lot of materials.

"Here's the money..." Ivan took out nine galleons and put them on the table.

Old Rick stopped talking in an instant, and quietly collected the money, he then took out twelve silver sickles and handed it to Ivan.

"Where are Fluxweed and Lacewig Flies?" Ivan asked aloud after taking the remaining sickles.

Old Rick's face changed, he leaned forward, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Ivan, and it took a while before he said to Ivan.

"I don't know what weird formula you found in the Hogwarts library, but I advise you not to try it. Both the Fluxweed and the Lacewig Flies are prohibited materials. Only a few high-level potions use it as ingredients."

"What if I double the amount?" Ivan asked.

"One ounce of Fluxweed, three galleons... One ounce of Lacewig Flies, two Jgalleons, seven silver Sickles..." Old Rick's eyes were full of sarcasm.

"After doubling?" Ivan frowned.

"No, before that..." Old Rick smiled.

Why don't you grab and squeeze the money out of me? Ivan almost blurted out, knowing that in Diagon Alley, one ounce of dragon liver was priced at seventeen silver sickles, and the price of dragon blood was estimated to be in a similar range.

Even if there was dragon farming, and the price plummets, but it was still a top-notch material.

Why are Fluxweed and Lacewig Flies so expensive?

"Also it is a controlled ingredients, and every time it is sold, there must be a corresponding record. Nowhere will it be sold to a student like you." Old Rick could see that the little wizard in front of him did not have so many gold galleons. So he lost interest at once, but he still reminded him.

"And even if you pay, I can't give it to you now, it will take a while."

Ivan sighed, and dispelled the idea of ​​obtaining Fluxweed and Lacewig Flies by purchasing.

Earlier, he had made a lot of money from gambling, it was only eleven gold gallons in total, and he already had to buy all these materials.

Ivan briefly considered whether to use Floo powder to go to Diagon Alley to confirm the price, so as not to be scammed by Old Rick.

But sneaking to Diagon Alley was much more dangerous than Hogsmeade Village.

At any rate, there were often students wandering here alone, so both the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts have strict supervision around Hogsmeade and safety was guaranteed. This was why Ivan dares to come here alone.