Hmm...
Harry had also started thinking about what he should give the professors.
Not just the professors—his classmates and Cousin Dudley should get gifts too.
Professor Snape was a bit of a problem, though. Harry only knew that he was a Potions master. If he gave him potions, they probably would not be as good as the ones Professor Snape brewed himself.
What should he do?
Harry lay in bed agonizing over it for a long time before finally coming up with a solution that barely counted as one.
Right!
Since Professor Snape had been close with his Father and Mother, why not give him a photograph of them together as a Christmas present?
With that thought, Harry made up his mind.
Hagrid had given him the photographs of his parents before. Perhaps worried that Harry might lose them, Hagrid had thoughtfully made several identical copies.
Then that would be the gift!
When they set off the next day, Harry did not forget to bring a shopping list.
Besides the gifts he needed to buy for the professors and his friends, there were also potion ingredients, such as Ageing Potion ingredients, as well as clothes suitable for wearing after ageing up.
Ageing Potion was a potion whose effects depended on the amount consumed, determining how much older the drinker became. It was crucial to Harry's next plan.
If he looked older, he would have relatively more freedom. Even if he went in and out of Knockturn Alley, he would not attract attention.
After all, Knockturn Alley was something like an underground black market. An eleven-year-old wizard could not freely enter and leave without a parent accompanying him.
There were also good things in Knockturn Alley that were not casually sold elsewhere, such as Chinese chomping cabbage seeds.
Harry did not