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Chapter 223: Gringotts, Egypt. As soon as he got off the car, Bill said apologetically:”Sorry, I have some urgent matters and have to go back to Gringotts. Everyone, please come with me first.”

Considering that everyone came to Egypt and was not familiar with the place. , Bill decided to take everyone to Gringotts to stay for a while.

No one had any objections. Avis and the others were all very curious about Gringotts in Egypt.

After all, Gringotts had emptied all the funerary objects in the pyramid, so they might have a chance to see them in Gringotts.

The Gringotts location in downtown Cairo is located in the Old City.

Unlike Gringotts in Diagon Alley in the UK, Gringotts in Egypt is not located in a commercial street that only wizards are allowed to enter. Instead, it is in an antique market that only wizards can enter.

Probably because Egypt is an uninhabited desert after all, and there are enough hidden places, the gathering places of Egyptian wizards are generally not placed in cities, but are established alone along the west bank of the Nile.

Gringotts, on the other hand, had to choose a location in the city because of its cooperation with the Muggle government.

This is because although wizards have their own means of detecting antiques found in ancient ruins, Muggle technology is also very useful.

Therefore, Gringotts made this decision.

Under the leadership of Bill, everyone walked through the old city.

The market life in the old town is bustling with activity. The cries of street vendors, the aroma of hookah wafting from traditional cafes, and the call to prayer from the minarets of ancient mosques all make people feel like they have traveled through time and space and returned to ancient times. arab world

“I’ll take you all for a walk after I finish my work,” Bill said quickly, looking at everyone’s excited eyes.

He took everyone to the opposite side of the Al-Azhar Mosque, and then turned into a dead end.

Here is the place There is a huge human-shaped stone statue with an eagle head and human body sitting on a chair, holding a scepter. There is a sun disk and a snake coiled on the sun disk on the head of the stone statue.

Ives knows that this is the Egyptian Nine. One of the pillar gods, the sun god Ra.

As Bill took out his wand and waved it in front of the stone statue, the statue stood up and waved the wand at the wall behind it.

Then, the earthy-yellow rocks that made up the wall began to shake. Standing up, a small hole appeared in the center, and then slowly expanded.

Finally, a passage for many people to pass appeared in front of everyone. Looking inside along the passage, a pyramid-like building was extremely eye-catching.

“That’s Gringotts in Egypt,” Bill pointed to the”pyramid” and introduced it to everyone,”Gringotts in Egypt is modeled after the pyramids.”

“That’s really……”George complained,”Be original.”

Bill shrugged and smiled noncommittally.

They walked along the passage towards Gringotts, which was located in the center.

As the largest wizards’ antique market in Egypt, the atmosphere here is extremely strong.

As soon as they entered, Avis and the others could hear many enthusiastic cries.

There are many stalls on the street because wizards from all over the world who come to Egypt in search of treasures choose to deal with their proceeds in this market.

Of course, whether you buy a fake or not depends on the buyer’s own discernment. Alternatively, you can pay a sum of money and take it to Gringotts for appraisal.

For this reason, Gringotts did not stop the antique market from forming.

Although you can get it to Gringotts for appraisal, the market is still filled with fakes.

After all, sometimes the thing you buy is not as expensive as the appraisal.

While passing by a stall, Ives was suddenly attracted by an exquisite item: it was a lifelike scarab amulet made of gold.

Seeing that someone was interested in the things on the stall, the wizard who set up the stall immediately smiled and introduced enthusiastically and professionally:”This was found in the tomb in the Valley of the Kings. If you are interested, you can take it at this price.”

As he spoke, he gestured with the number four

“Forty galleons?”Aves raised his eyebrows.

“Four thousand galleons!”He said with a big lion’s mouth

“You don’t know,” the wizard spoke with an authentic London accent. Only then did Ives realize that he was not a local wizard in Egypt, but a wizard who came here to hunt for treasure.

“There is a legend in ancient Egypt that when a person dies, his soul will travel to Duet, the kingdom of Anubis. There, Anubis has been waiting for a long time. He will lead people to a huge scale for the final sacred judgment ceremony – Satisfaction!”

“We have known this for a long time,” Hermione quickly interrupted him.

The stall owner smiled and was not embarrassed, and continued to introduce:”This golden scarab amulet is used in the heart-wish ceremony.”

“oh?”Aves took the Scarab Amulet into his hand and looked at it repeatedly. This was the first time he heard this statement.

“In ancient Egypt, the powerful were worried that they would not pass the trial of Anubis, so they would use scarab amulets made of gold to replace their hearts to cover up their sins during their lives. Seeing that he was very interested, the stall owner explained diligently.

Avis rubbed the carving marks on the amulet, and he cut the price in half:”Twenty Galleons!””

Of course, he cut the price he paid in half. Forty Galleons was too expensive for him to buy such a gadget!

“Sir, let’s be serious, we are not kidding.”The stall owner shook his head hurriedly, trying to snatch the amulet back from Ives.”I found this in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings after going through a lot of hardships.”

“Of course I’m serious.” Ives dodged his hand, turned the amulet over, and whispered the line of words on the back,”Made in Knockturn Alley.”

“Why, the fakes made in Knockturn Alley are worth four thousand Galleons? Ives rolled his eyes and was too lazy to continue arguing with him,”Just twenty galleons, do you want it or not?””

Speaking of it, this kind of antique seller basically follows a routine.

First use some legends to beautify the things on hand, and then offer an expensive price to let interested customers slowly bargain.

Even if they finally get the right bargain , Even at half the price, these black-hearted dealers can still make a lot of money.

“Okay, okay,” seeing that his trick was seen through, the stall owner smiled apologetically, never mentioning the sky-high price he had just offered.

After Avis took out twenty galleons and put it in his hand, the corner of his mouth almost grinned. He reached the back of his head and said,”Sir, this amulet also comes in a gift box. I’ll put it in it for you right now.”

After letting him put the talisman into the red gift box, Ives took Hermione to catch up with the large group that had gone away.

Returning to the group, Ives shook his head and said:”Oh, I lost money.”

“Indeed,” Hermione confirmed,”Looking at his expression, there must be something to be gained. You should have just shouted five galleons from the beginning!”

Looking at her frowning expression, it seemed as if Ives’s loss was her loss.

Ives stretched out his hand and quietly placed it on Hermione’s hand.

After feeling the warmth in Ives’s palm, Hermione Min’s face immediately t

urned red. She looked up to make sure no one was paying attention to them, and then she held his hand.

The two held hands like this until they separated after entering Gringotts.

Although the ancient Egyptian The appearance of Gringotts is modeled after a pyramid, but its internal structure is similar to Gringotts in Diagon Alley.

The difference is that there are many goblins in the hall here who are busy inspecting the antiques in their hands.

“You guys wait here for a while.”After Bill left a word, he hurriedly walked into the depths of Gringotts.

Probably because they did not come to Gringotts to handle business. No goblins took the initiative to provide services to them. Likewise, no one came to disturb them.

The air-conditioning in Gringotts was very strong. After using the transfiguration spell to conjure up a few chairs, everyone sat here to rest. After sitting for a while, the twins, who couldn’t rest, ran behind the goblins to watch how they inspected It’s an antique.

But they were kicked out within a few seconds of looking at it. A gray-haired old goblin said angrily:”Go, go, don’t disturb our work. If you want to learn, you have to pay, you know?””

George sat back on the chair, curled his lips and muttered:”How stingy.……”

Mrs. Weasley raised her wand and tapped his head, scolding:”Stop making trouble here, what if it affects your brother’s work?”

“knew.”The twins slumped in their chairs dejectedly.

While they were waiting for Bill to come out, a familiar wizard walked in. It was Muhammad, whom Ives and the others had met yesterday.

His expression was very anxious, and he shouted loudly to a man in a suit and tie. The goblin said:”You are moving too slowly, haven’t you figured out how to open the secret passage in the sarcophagus?”

“You have to understand,” the goblin replied unhurriedly,”the mechanism inside is written in ancient runes and ancient Egyptian, and our curse breakers are already trying their best to decipher it.”

“It’s been a day,” Muhammad said reluctantly.”If the dark wizard escapes, the responsibility will be all on you!

He shouted again:”If you ask me, why don’t we just smash that sarcophagus into pieces?””

“no. The goblin opened his eyes wide and retorted:”These sarcophagi have protective magic. If you blindly destroy the sarcophagi, the pyramid will collapse directly.”……”

The two have been quarreling over the progress of undoing the curse on the secret passage on the sarcophagus.

They argued for several minutes before making peace.

Just when Muhammad was about to turn around and leave Gringotts, he noticed Avis and others sitting in the corner of the hall.

His eyes lit up and he approached them with a smile.

“Mr. Black, Mr. Evans, we meet again.” He took the initiative to say hello.

When he met them yesterday, Muhammad felt that the faces of Sirius and Ivis looked familiar. After he went back and flipped through past issues of the newspaper, he discovered that one of these two people was a first-class Merlin. One of the recipients of the medal is the savior of New York City who was very famous some time ago and the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin.

Being associated with these two famous wizards will definitely not harm his career.

Speaking of which , ,”Al-Ahram” once reported that Avis also won the championship of the youth group of this duel competition.

Muhammad thought about the upcoming alchemy conference that was mentioned in the ministry meeting, and his eyes were unconsciously on On the young man’s handsome face, he secretly guessed: I wonder if this talented little wizard will participate?

He shook his head and threw this outrageous idea to the back of his mind. The Alchemy Conference is not like the Duel Competition. It is not divided into age groups.. Who can win the championship at the Alchemy Conference decades ago? Who is not an alchemy master who has been famous for a long time and is over sixty years old?

“Hello, Mr. Mohammed.”The two responded

“Why are you here?”Muhammad asked curiously.

After Sirius briefly explained the cause and effect, he asked his own question:”Hasn’t the dark wizard who escaped yesterday been caught?”

“……”No,” Mohammed sighed.”The mechanism on the sarcophagus is driven by a very complicated spell. The spell breakers from Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic have been working overtime, but there is no way to get it for a while. Produce results.

There was a hint of helplessness in his tone,”I just don’t know how the dark wizard knew how to use that mechanism.””

No way, that’s how it is when it comes to ancient spells, not to mention that there are some ancient Egyptian texts mixed in.

Didn’t you see, Gringotts’ branch in Egypt has been established for more than two hundred years, and the Giza Pyramids still exist. Many secrets they failed to discover

“Okay,” Sirius nodded clearly, and then asked,”When you catch that dark wizard, please let us know. After all, we have all fought against him.”

If the dark wizard escapes by chance, Sirius and the others will have to be careful about possible revenge.

“I understand,” Muhammad agreed without hesitation,”There is still work in the ministry, so I will leave first.”

“Goodbye Mr. Mohammed”

“I wish you all a pleasant journey.”After saying goodbye, he left Gringotts quickly. It seemed that his work was really important.

“Egypt is not at peace either.”Aves couldn’t help but sigh. He thought of his experience in the United States again.

It seemed that wherever he went, there were dark wizards doing trouble in that country…

It was probably a coincidence. Aves’ eyes were erratic..After a while, Bill finally came out

“Is the work over? asked Mr. Weasley

“Well,” Bill nodded, and then added,”It’s not a big deal, I just asked about the details of our fight with the dark wizard yesterday.”

It sounds like the Egyptian Ministry of Magic and Gringotts are having a headache over this matter.

“Let’s go,” he waved his hand,”let’s go shopping in downtown Cairo.”

George and Fred, whose buttocks ached from sitting down, cheered, which once again attracted scoldings from the goblins.

“Gringotts was silent and loud!”

“George, Fred!”Mrs. Weasley shouted in a low voice, then grabbed one of the twins’ ears with each hand and pulled them outward.

In this happy atmosphere, everyone began their day of traveling in Cairo.

At the end of the day , they visited the Egyptian Museum and saw Tutankhamun’s golden mask. Then they visited Saladin Castle. On the ancient walls of the castle, they could overlook the entire city of Cairo…

Listening to Bill’s stories from the wizarding and Muggle worlds Explaining the history of these cultural relics from two different angles, the group deeply felt the charm of ancient Egypt’s magic and reality.

For a long time, the Weasleys did not understand that Bill came to Egypt to work as a curse breaker. , finally understood why their eldest son was obsessed with these historical relics.

If this is Bill’s dream…

The Weasleys looked at the light in Bill’s eyes when he told everyone about the history of the Narmer Palette, and couldn’t help but think : Then we parents must support him.

Of course, forget about the dream of opening a joke toy store like George and Fred.

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After learning from the pain, I coded a chapter all night, and the update time has since been changed to four or five in the morning.

(End of this chapter)