Chapter 421: Chocolate Frog Card Committee (3k)

Approaching July, the days become clear and cloudless, hot, making one just want to take a few pints of iced pumpkin juice and stroll to Diagon Alley. Perhaps also have a raspberry chocolate ice cream; the ice cream at Florean's Cold Drink Shop is always delicious.

It was on such a day at the end of June, an ordinary yet extraordinary day, that a shop that had never had any promotion opened.

The manager is a handsome but somewhat worried wizard; if there were Hogwarts students here, they would recognize this as Professor Qiluo, who resisted the evil dark wizard and succeeded.

Everyone is saying he was wounded by a dark wizard and cursed, unable to return to Hogwarts to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the rest of his life.

This made some students who had mocked Professor Qiluo feel ashamed, so when they applauded for Professor Qiluo at the year-end banquet, the sound they made was the loudest.

Morning.

Diagon Alley was still shrouded in thin mist, the Wheezes shop still had a long queue, while there wasn't a single wizard in front of the Fairy Tale Workshop.

In a few more minutes, it would be eight o'clock, the opening time.

Looking at it this way, Qiluo even doubted whether these fifty portions could be sold.

Even so, their pricing remained high, with the cheapest costing several hundred Jin Jialong.

It seemed they didn't consider whether anyone would buy them at all.

Professor Qiluo understood that these might be some powerful alchemical creations, but he really couldn't understand why cookies could have such high value.

Just like when the first mobile phone appeared, no one knew how much value this small black box could have.

There were no wizards lining up at the entrance of the Fairy Tale Workshop, but outside of Britain, the entry applications from alchemists had already filled the Ministry of Magic.

Some alchemists even said bluntly:

"Regardless of whether the Ministry of Magic agrees or not, at eight o'clock this morning, we will arrive at Diagon Alley in Britain."

The entrance to the Fairy Tale Workshop was filled in an instant; wizards with unique characteristics arrived at the shop entrance the second after eight o'clock.

Qiluo had never seen such a scene—these wizards seemed to have popped out of thin air.

He didn't even know which countries these wizards were from: some wore silk robes, sharp and capable; some wore feather headdresses and expensive leather clothing; some were simply a black panther, nimbly grabbing a front position.

However, without exception, they all recognized Professor Taila, who was sitting in charge.

"Master Taila..."

"So glad to see you, Master Taila, the weather is very bright, isn't it..."

"You really picked up a good treasure, Taila."

They greeted each other, then observed the shop window with eager eyes.

"Seizing the magical authority of magical animals, an alchemical technique like a miracle, let me see—"

The Latin-American wizard snapped her fingers, and a series of Fairy Tale Cookies floated into her hands,

"Uagadou's human transformation has reached its end, but in the vast magical world, there is always something waiting... ten portions each!"

Just as she finished speaking, the surrounding wizards glared at her:

"Do you think the alchemist here can't afford the price? I advise you to be calm, miss; if you didn't miss the notice on the entrance wooden board, you should know that each person is limited to two portions."

A wizard in a black robe said.

Everyone glanced at her coldly, and then began to choose two suitable portions from the four types of cookies.

For the vast majority of wizards present, the research significance of these cookies is greater than their use, so the choice must be extremely cautious.

Professor Qiluo's brain hadn't reacted to the series of events when he saw a group of wizards in Ministry of Magic uniforms enter.

They are wizards from the British Department of Magical Law Enforcement. The subordinate offices of this department include—the Auror Office, the Committee on Misuse of Muggle Artifacts, the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects, the Misuse of Magic Office, the Wizengamot Administration Services, etc.

It is the largest department in the British Ministry of Magic.

And at this moment, they were eager and anxious; the British Ministry of Magic spent a lot of effort to block the entry applications of other countries' Ministry of Magic staff, which means that being able to come here can almost be called a benefit for local wizards.

Mr. Wei Silai with golden-red hair was among them—he is the head of the Committee on Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.

And it was this morning that he received the great news—

That wizard, honored as the most talented in the alchemy world for six hundred years and winner of the Udala International Alchemy Conference Pioneering Gold Award, his alchemy workshop will open in Diagon Alley.

All departments of the Ministry of Magic squeezed their heads to apply to represent the Ministry of Magic to go, and finally, the qualification was taken by the British Department of Magical Law Enforcement; as mentioned before, it is the largest department in the Ministry of Magic.

"Three thousand Jin Jialong?!"

Mr. Wei Silai was shocked by the price as soon as he entered.

This is almost equal to his salary for two or three years.

He had a bitter face; the funds allocated by the Ministry of Magic were simply not enough, those cheaper categories had already been bought out, and now the funds in his hands were simply not enough to support him in completing the task assigned by the British Ministry of Magic.

On the other side of the shop.

The alchemists were incredibly bold.

"I am willing to spend three times the price to buy another one."

The wizard from Uagadou approached Qiluo, who was still dizzy—ten minutes after opening, half of the cookies were sold out.

"Rules are rules."

Qiluo came back to his senses and firmly refused,

"On the 7th of every month, the shop will have new arrivals, miss."

This was also written on the notice on the entrance door panel.

"..."

The wizard from Uagadou was silent for a while, and after seeing Taila, the strongest alchemist in Uagadou now, sitting in charge, she sighed helplessly.

"Damn Taila, won't sell even one extra portion..."

She muttered.

The Fairy Tale Workshop was in an uproar, not much worse than the Wheezes shop next door.

And more importantly, the purchasing power of the wizards in the Fairy Tale Workshop was truly formidable; thousands of Jin Jialong were more like a number to them.

They didn't even need to blink when spending it.

And the introduction of the cookies under each glass cabinet perfectly explained the reason for all this:

"Fairy Tale Cookie Series, provides the ability to transform wizards into true magical animals: currently only Thestral, Bowtruckle, Hippogriff, and Small Fire Dragon."

Seeing this introduction, Professor Qiluo himself was tempted beyond measure.

He immediately cast his gaze toward Mr. Green, who was practicing magic quietly in the shop's compartment.

He completely understood; the report in the Daily Prophet didn't have any mistakes, and neither did the thought that had flashed through his mind. ===== CHAPTER 422 =====