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Chapter 254: Shopping Spree
Chapter 254: Shopping Spree
After some haggling, Kyle successfully purchased the Gillyweed for fifteen Galleons.
Initially, Mrs. Pringle insisted on seventeen Galleons.
However, after Kyle effortlessly cast the Bubblehead Charm, she immediately reduced the price by two Galleons and even offered to include a bag of white clover and lavender seeds as a gift.
Kyle sensed that this was her final offer, so he accepted it and concluded the transaction without hesitation.
Mrs. Pringle placed the Gillyweed in a transparent box and sighed, "I'm giving you such a large discount because I know you like magical plants. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be offering such a huge discount... Plus, with the seeds, I'm losing ten Galleons."
Kyle smiled but remained silent.
The shop owners in Diagon Alley were all shrewd, and Mrs. Pringle wouldn't let herself lose too much... At least the price she paid for the Gillyweed was definitely not twenty Galleons.
Of course, such matters were tacitly understood, and it was enough to know it in one's heart. Moreover, he had indeed made a small profit this time.
In other places, fifteen Galleons wouldn't be enough to buy Gillyweed.
After leaving Mrs. Pringle's Magical Plant Nursery, Kyle carefully placed the small box into his Transfiguring Lizard Leather Bag.
His trunk was still with Dumbledore, so he had to make do with this for now.
"Hey, Kyle!"
Hearing someone call his name, Kyle looked up and saw Harry, Hermione, and Ron standing at the entrance of the Burrow.
Each of them was holding a large strawberry peanut butter ice cream.
"The Magical Plant Nursery?" Harry asked in surprise. "I thought you'd be reading somewhere, just like Percy."
"I've been reading for over a month now. It's time to do something else," Kyle said.
"I heard from Ron that you spent a month in Mr. Niccolme's private library," Hermione said enviously. "A collection of books from six hundred years ago... It must be amazing there."
"Although I don't mean to boast..." Kyle smiled, "the experience of the past month has indeed benefited me greatly."
"That's wonderful..." Hermione became even more envious, "I'd love to see it too, even if it's just a glimpse..."
"There will be a chance," Kyle assured her.
"Hermione, aren't the school libraries enough for you?" Ron pouted and muttered, "There are hundreds of bookshelves there. I bet even Headmaster Dumbledore couldn't finish reading all those books."
Hermione glared at him in annoyance.
Although what Ron said wasn't wrong, private libraries and school libraries were two different things... And the more books one could read, the better.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Harry quickly changed the subject, "Kyle, we're about to buy parchment and ink. Do you want to come with us?"
"Sure, I need to buy those too."
The four of them entered the Burrow together.
As soon as they entered, Kyle headed straight for the counter with parchment and ink, pointing to the bottom two shelves and asking, "These should be enough for you, right?"
"More than enough," Harry nodded repeatedly. "Hermione needs them the most. Ron and I only need to buy a little."
"Okay..."
Kyle turned to the shop assistant and waved his hand, "Except for these two... Wrap up the rest for me!"
"Pat!" Harry's ice cream fell to the ground.
He stared at Kyle in disbelief, wondering if he had misheard.
"Kyle, did you just say... you want to buy all the parchment and ink here?
"Yes, is there a problem?" Kyle asked, "Oh, if you don't have enough, I can buy less."
"Plop!"
Ron's ice cream also fell.
"There are at least three thousand parchments here... Are you buying them all?"
In his opinion, even if it was for eating parchment and ink, he wouldn't use this much in an entire school year.
But Kyle simply spread his hands.
Three thousand parchments, even if used sparingly, could only copy a hundred books... and he still felt it wasn't enough.
Compared to Harry and Ron, the clerk next to them had a better mental fortitude, quickly helped Kyle move all the parchments after a brief moment of surprise.
"By the way," Kyle suddenly said, "I also want twenty gold-edged parchments."
"No, no problem!"
The clerk hurried to the back of the counter, to a very delicate shelf, and carefully opened a transparent door...
While the clerk was fetching the items, Hermione approached and whispered, "Kyle, you're buying so many parchments, are you making a map?"
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She hesitated and continued, "If that's the case, I don't think you need to buy so many... In fact, before the break, I discovered someone else making that kind of map. You might not be able to sell many this year."
"Thanks for the reminder, but you don't have to worry about that," Kyle waved his hand, "Our products are not static. This year's map will be a brand new version that you've never seen before.
And I'm not just buying these for making maps, I have other uses for them too."
Hermione was very curious, but in the end, she didn't say anything more.
She thought for a moment, then took out a few Galleons from her wallet and bought all the remaining parchments.
Harry looked at the empty shelf, "Hermione, what should we do!"
Hermione said without lifting her head, "There should be other parchments here."
"Yes."
The clerk packaged the gold-edged parchments and then tapped the counter with his wand.
New parchments and ink immediately appeared on the shelf, but there were significantly fewer than before.
...
Because of Kyle's large purchase, Harry, Hermione, and Ron also received a good discount.
After leaving the store, Hermione glanced at Kyle and asked, "The box you took out earlier, was it expanded with the Undetectable Extension Charm?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Kyle nodded, "A normal box can't hold over three thousand parchments."
"So, on Halloween..." Hermione said, but suddenly realized something and quickly closed her mouth.
"What about Halloween?" Harry turned around.
"Nothing," Hermione said vaguely, "I suddenly remembered that Kyle used magic to decorate a pumpkin on Halloween, and I wanted to ask what spell he used."
"Oh..." Harry replied casually and didn't pay much attention.
Hermione finally breathed a sigh of relief. As Harry and Ron discussed where to go next, she lowered her voice and asked, "The box you used to hold the giant on Halloween, was it also expanded with the Undetectable Extension Charm?"
"You guessed right..."
Kyle didn't deny it, "But that was another one."
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