Early the next morning, Link was woken up by Little Button.
His way of waking up was very gentle, it was using a feather to lightly tap Link's face, so Link woke up very smoothly, not at all like the jarring alarm clocks of his past life.
"Young master, master is waiting for you in the living room, you need to hurry."
Seeing Link wake up, Little Button was very excited, as if he still hadn't come out from yesterday's emotions. But that was normal, one word of "thank you" really can make house-elves excited for a long time.
And in the face of Little Button's call, Link just softly responded with an "mm," then began getting up, getting dressed, and washing up.
During this time, Little Button was watching Link eagerly with big eyes, because in the past, all these daily things were done by him for Link.
It was just a pity, that was too awkward, so Link didn't let Little Button continue his work.
After finishing washing up and going downstairs, two servings of explosively high-calorie English breakfast were already laid out on the dining table.
Seeing this breakfast, Link recalled last night's experience. Truth be told, it was really quite interesting.
Because last night, after Emily had snatched up a bunch of Muggle luxury goods from Madam Flamel, she didn't leave immediately, but stayed in the castle to enjoy dinner.
In the end, Emily stayed in the castle all the way until midnight before Madam Flamel sent her off.
And looking at how reluctant Emily was to leave, Link figured, if not for Madam Flamel, she'd definitely have wanted to stay overnight in the castle.
"Good morning, my dear Link. Come quickly and eat breakfast. After we're done, we still have to go to Diagon Alley."
By the table, Madam Flamel, wearing a pure black, fitted suit, said with a beaming smile. Upon hearing this, Link wasn't surprised and just nodded, very quickly sitting down and starting to enjoy breakfast.
The matter of going to Diagon Alley was already settled yesterday. According to Madam Flamel, this trip was specifically to help Link pick out gifts. Of course, she'd also be handling some other matters along the way.
To this, Link had no opinion.
After breakfast, Madam Flamel very naturally took Link's hand and pulled him into the giant fireplace beside them.
Then she slightly moved her palm, a string of glowing powder fell from her hand and dropped into the fireplace.
"Gringotts."
Along with Madam Flamel's words, a flash of light suddenly burst from the fireplace, followed immediately by a whirlwind-like spinning sensation.
By the time Link came back to his senses, the two of them were already in a tall marble hall.
This hall was extremely large, and what was most amazing was that there were probably more than a hundred goblins sitting on high stools behind a long counter, busy with various tasks. Some were weighing gems and coins, most were receiving customers.
This was Link's first time seeing goblins. To be honest, they looked a bit like house-elves, but the difference was these goblins usually had a mouthful of sharp teeth, and their demeanor and actions were all extremely proper, so proper that it even felt a little arrogant.
This was tied to their history. Goblins weren't as unlucky as house-elves. As a supernatural race that also possessed magical abilities, they once used their great numbers and powerful magic to completely overpower wizards in history.
This situation continued until wizards invented wands, which finally turned things around.
But this didn't mean the goblins submitted willingly. Afterwards, they launched many rebellions again and again, trying to gain the right to use wands, to enhance their strength and reclaim dominance.
As expected, they all failed.
But this earned them enough space to survive. Take the British wizarding world as an example, wizards, to appease goblins, directly handed over Gringotts, the biggest wizard bank in the country, to them. Along with that, goblins were also given the right to issue and manage currency.
This was the thing Link could not understand the most. Because this was practically like a country handing over its entire economic lifeline to a small group of other-species beings.
It made it seem like the goblins had won their rebellion. And goblins clearly didn't want to accept wizard "kindness" either, you could tell from the Gringotts lobby.
The counters and the stools behind them were far taller than the average wizard's height.
This meant the wizards who came to handle business could only look up at the goblins, this was what made Link most speechless.
But for the Flamel family, who could use the VIP Floo Network to directly enter Gringotts, there was naturally no such poor service experience.
Just as Madam Flamel and Link stepped out from the Gringotts fireplace, a goblin in a neat suit, wearing a monocle on one eye, came forward enthusiastically and said, "Madam Flamel, and Young Master Flamel, welcome. We have been waiting for you for a long time."
Hearing this, Link instinctively frowned. Though the goblin was smiling, those sharp teeth really made people uncomfortable.
Madam Flamel obviously felt the same, she coldly snorted and scolded, "Shut your mouth, you're really disgusting."
"Yes! Yes!" The goblin quickly nodded in agreement, and because he was speaking with his mouth shut, his tone even sounded a little strange.
But what surprised Link the most was that the goblin wasn't even the slightest bit angry, instead, he looked fearful and anxious.
This made Link realize his cheap mom's deposits in Gringotts were probably terrifyingly huge. Link nodded thoughtfully.
Then Madam Flamel followed the goblin into a VIP room, while Link walked toward the exit of Gringotts.
This was something they had agreed on last night.
Madam Flamel needed to retrieve something from Gringotts, as well as handle some complicated procedures. And during that time, Link could move freely in Diagon Alley. For that, Madam Flamel had even stuffed a full pouch of gold Galleons into Link. Right now, those heavy gold coins were lying inside his Undetectable Extension Charm pocket.
Of course, though the security in Diagon Alley was very good, Madam Flamel still couldn't relax, so she specifically sent Little Button to protect Link.
As a house-elf, although Little Button looked humble and a bit foolish, his strength was actually not weak at all.
What's more, house-elves had a special kind of teleportation ability that, in some ways, was even stronger than Apparition, the extremely difficult teleportation spell used by wizards.
Because it could even ignore the anti-Apparition and anti-Disapparition enchantments set inside Hogwarts.
Walking slowly out of Gringotts, Link stood on the steps and looked around at the Diagon Alley before him.
This really was a very prosperous commercial street, everywhere was crowded with people. The shops on both sides of the street, selling all kinds of magical items, were filled with heads of people, a lively scene.
But for Link, such a Diagon Alley was actually a bit disappointing.
Because Diagon Alley wasn't very big. Standing on the high steps of Gringotts, Link could glance around and see almost the whole street in one go.
As the biggest commercial center of the entire British wizarding world, that really was a bit shabby.
Shaking his head, Link finally stepped down from the stairs under the watchful eyes of two goblin guards behind him and walked into the crowd.
Coming to Diagon Alley today, he had a very clear purpose.
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