"The Miscalculated" Exchange Rate

It was quiet, utterly quiet. Thankfully, the breathing I could gradually hear later proved that my ears were still functioning normally.

It wasn't dinnertime yet, so I sat on the soft coral sofa, looking out the windows at the changed surroundings.

It was now almost pitch black outside, presumably having sunk very deep. Only slivers of sunlight managed to reach it. Many strange and unidentifiable fish swam around the Poseidon, seemingly oblivious to it.

That's good, then we don't have to worry about being caught by deep-sea squid and ruining our trip.

"Ryan, do you remember what it was like when everything around us was transparent?" Kate asked, tilting her head and resting her head on Ryan's left arm.

"There's nothing there." Ryan had already guessed what Kate was planning to do.

"Yes, then, will the sofa disappear if I recite the incantation?" Kate stood up beforehand. "Thetis!"

Suddenly, everything went dark, and I couldn't see anything. Then, soft light began to emanate from the ceiling, and surprisingly, the sofa was still there.

Looking down at the ground, there were all sorts of strange creatures. Ryan could barely recognize the ugly anglerfish and the viper with rake-like protrusions.

At this moment, Ryan felt as if he had entered another world, while Kate looked around with a mixture of excitement and fear.

The Poseidon swam very fast, running straight ahead. When it was about to collide with some monsters, the monsters would involuntarily dodge away without the Poseidon even noticing.

Ryan even saw a huge sperm whale, which, in Ryan's vision, was covered in wounds, showing signs of a battle with a giant squid.

The lights on the top of the Poseidon, combined with the surrounding darkness, made everything seem as if it were in a dark universe.

Kate could no longer stand and involuntarily sat down on the sofa.

"Thetis!" Kate couldn't help but call out the command again. Seeing that everything had returned to normal, Kate finally calmed down.

"Ryan, what were those Care of Magical Creatures just now? Why is it so dark at the bottom of the sea?" Kate shrank her neck and leaned closer.

"Kate, this is the deep sea, a place where sunlight cannot reach."

"And you have to understand, since it's the deep sea, most of these creatures are not usually seen on the surface, and there are many of them that I don't recognize either," Ryan replied, while playing with Kate's little hand.

After a brief moment of tenderness, their feelings for each other deepened. Could this be considered the suspension bridge effect?

Dinner time arrived, and the once flat stone table was now filled with food.

Perhaps because it's underwater, the food is still curry, but the main ingredients have been changed to lobsters as thick as an arm and octopus tentacles, and the staple food has been changed to normal rice, which is quite unusual.

Goodness, this is all the stuff you get on a 100 Galleons trip? Keep in mind that Acromantula Venom costs 100 Galleon per pint.

Although all the ingredients were local, and possibly even free, each of these three journeys was a grand spectacle.

The circulating currencies in the Britain Wizarding World are Galleons, Silver Sickle, Bronze Knut.

Since 1 Galleon = 17 Sickle and 1 Sickle = 29 Knut, then 1 Galleon = 493 Knut.

According to Ryan's recent understanding, £5 can be exchanged for approximately 1 Galleon.

If we calculate based on the exchange rate before Ryan's journey, the Terror Trips cost 500 pounds, which is equivalent to 4251.85 yuan.

Of course, the price wasn't calculated that way. After all, it's only 1988 now, Ryan is using the 2021 exchange rate. The reason he thinks this way is that Ryan didn't study economics; he time-traveled before even starting university.

If we calculate it using purchasing power, then it's a different story.

Harry's huge stash of snacks on the Hogwarts Express: 11 Sickle and 7 Knut; Knight Bus ticket: 11 Sickle.

Three Butterbeer: 6 Sickle; Advanced Potion Making Textbook: 9 Galleon (more expensive than a wand).

Based on the prices of the items mentioned above, 1 Galleon is approximately equal to 255 yuan, and 1 Sickle is approximately equal to 15 yuan.

One Knut is approximately equal to 5 cents.

So the pile of snacks Harry bought was worth about 168, a cup of Butterbeer was 30, and the "Advanced Potion-Making" textbook was 2295 (my goodness, that's really expensive).

And Galleon's wand in Harry 7 costs almost 1785.

The cost of this trip is 25,500, which is more than 10,000 per person. That's still too cheap.

However, from this perspective, it's understandable that the Weasley family were poor in the original story.

Arthur Weasley, for his own hobby, spent a total of 50 Galleons (12,750) to buy a wrecked car and modify it.

Percy even gambled with Penelope, spending 10 Galleon, which is over two thousand dollars, but shamelessly refused to pay in the end, truly befitting the least Weasley -like Weasley.

The Weasley Twins, however, were very Weasley, using their startup capital to gamble with Ludo Bagman.

However, the Weasley brothers seem to be incredibly good at making money. By the time Harry was in his third year, which was their fifth year, they had saved 37 Galleon, 15 Sickle, and 3 Knut (9661.5). No wonder they were so anxious when Ludo Bagman reneged on their debt.

Overall, the Weasley family seems to spend money as soon as they get it. When they won 700 Galleons (178,500) in the Daily Prophet, they used almost all of it to travel to Egypt.

Ryan suddenly remembered that Dobby's salary at Hogwarts was 1 Galleon per week, which is a little over a thousand dollars a month. But Dumbledore was prepared to pay 10 Galleon per week, which would be over ten thousand dollars a month.

Hogwarts is really rich, not to mention the professors' incomes.

The prize money for Harry's fourth-year Triwizard Tournament was 1,000 Galleon, which is about 200,000.

The bounty for Sirius Black was 10,000 Galleon, which is 2 million. Thinking of this, Ryan almost forgot that he was very rich. He wanted to help Black Family escape from prison quickly and discreetly, and then catch him again to get the reward.

"I have money now." Ryan strongly reminded himself that Sirius was innocent, at most a little annoying when he was young.

What's going on? The more I look at the Black Family, the more I hate him. It must be because I'm too upright and can't see his flaws.

However, this all depends on purchasing power. In reality, it shouldn't be that bad. It's unlikely that if I hadn't time-traveled, my first year's salary after graduating from university would have been Dobby I earned before the discount.

There must have been a miscalculation! Let Black Family off the hook!

"I'm such an honest wizard!" Kate looked at Ryan suddenly started boasting, with the eyes of someone looking at a fool.

"Here, this is St. Mungo's's coupon, it's 50% off." Kate solemnly pulled out a green coupon, and wow, it really was.

"Who wants it! Here, go eat your food." Ryan tossed the coupon back, picked up a lobster claw covered in curry sauce, and stuffed it into Kate's mouth.

Then, mischievously, she uttered the spell— Thetis —and watched Kate forcefully eat, despite her discomfort.