After packing all the spoils of war and finishing the handover with the attorney, Leonard Ethan said a temporary farewell to Pierce. As Pierce had collected all he wanted in one go, he was eager to return to London to complete the transaction.
"I'm really sorry, but this business is too important," Pierce told Leonard Ethan in a roadside car park on the highway. "So, I have to sell our batch of goods before anyone else."
"So it seems you'll be hunting for treasure alone from now on, but I promise you, I'll do my best to sell this furniture and the things we found at a high price, and then give you your share."
"Well, it seems I'll be on my own from now on." Leonard Ethan seemed a bit helpless. Even though they were good friends, they each had their own careers and often needed to take care of their own affairs.
After a mutual embrace, they each started their cars and headed in opposite directions. Pierce was heading south back to London, while Leonard Ethan continued north.
Leonard Ethan's target this time was Lewis Island in the Hebrides Islands of northern Scotland. In his memory, a famous treasure that had not been discovered in this world had been unearthed there in the previous world.
Of course, one of the main reasons for thinking about going for this treasure is the association formed after getting the "Harry Potter" series of books.
What's even better is that after looking it up on the internet, he found that the destination he was looking for was very suitable for treasure hunting from a policy perspective.
The United Kingdom and the United States both have a tradition of regional autonomy, so different regions have different laws.
For example, according to the treasure laws of the England region, the purchase money or reward money for the treasure should be evenly shared by the finder and the landowner. But according to Scotland's treasure law, the allocation of funds between the two parties is determined by the finder.
Of course, according to the industry rules, treasure finders in Scotland usually also give half of the treasure to the landowners, at most taking a little more. This can make more landowners willing to let treasure hunters into their land.
The place where Leonard Ethan is going is even more interesting. As a private estate, the owner directly opens his land to all treasure hunters and allows them to take away all the things they find on his land.
However, each treasure hunter needs to buy a treasure hunting ticket from him when entering his territory. One treasure hunting ticket costs 120 Pounds, and if you bring a metal detector, it's an additional 60 pounds.
And these treasure hunting tickets have a time limit, one ticket only allows one person to move around in the territory for two days. If you want to continue, you need to buy another one.
This does not prevent Leonard Ethan from considering Lewis Island as his search target. So, four hours after setting off from Edinburgh, he arrived at the port in the northwestern part of the Scottish Highlands: Alp.
This small town is the most remote town in Cromarty County, but also an important port to the outer Hebrides Islands. If you want to drive to Stornoway, the largest city on Lewis Island, you have to go through here.
As soon as he reached the seaside in Alp, the beautiful scenery in front of him stunned him. With mountains all around, a blue lake dotted with countless yachts, quiet all around, just clouds flying low, it looked like a fairyland on earth.
It was already past 5 PM when he arrived in town, so Leonard Ethan went straight to a youth hostel to stay. After all, compared to the island, the cost of both living and commodity prices here are just a little more than half of there.
After settling down, seeing that there was still some time before it got dark, Leonard Ethan simply took his mobile phone and power bank for a walk around the town.
Given that this is a seaside town, the wind is quite strong. Therefore, the buildings in the town basically all have thick stone walls, narrow windows and double-glazed windows. However, the flowers hanging on the walls and planted in front of and behind the houses give the entire town a much livelier atmosphere.
Upon reaching the seaside, Leonard Ethan found that the town was located in a bay. Many seagulls circled the pier and were not afraid of humans. Occasionally, they would swoop down and snatch food from people's hands.
The bay is surrounded by tall mountains, and every winter people from all over the United Kingdom come here for mountain climbing. This is why the town has so many good family inns. Besides, near the seaside, there is also a large camping site.
After wandering around for a while, Leonard Ethan, feeling a bit hungry, went to the only large supermarket in town to buy some cold food for dinner by the sea. Unexpectedly, he saw quite a few people who were planning to go to the same place as him the next day.
Although they didn't seem any different from ordinary tourists upon first glance, Leonard Ethan, who had been in this business for nearly three months, could tell there was something unique about them.
There were quite a few people sitting on the long benches on the beach, and several people stood there strumming guitars and singing songs.
While shopping just now, Ethan learned that a one-time annual Guitar Music Festival had just taken place a few days ago, hence these artists were probably here for the festival.
"--I'm going to sing a song now, to commemorate Ron Taylor who sacrificed himself in the final battle of Hogwarts." A voice came from a nearby sandy beach.
"What the hell?" Looking at the guitarist in the Gryffindor uniform, Ethan suddenly felt a bit stuck, because he instinctively felt this was nonsense.
However, after recalling for a good while, he realized this was just one of the many differences between these two worlds.
For example, the first six books of the "Harry Potter" series in this world do not differ much from the ones Ethan read in his previous world. But in the seventh book of this world, Ron Taylor was killed in the final battle of Hogwarts.
When Ethan returned to the Youth Hostel and turned to the final chapter of the last book of Harry Potter, he did indeed find the scene of Harry and his wife Hermione sending their children to school. At the same time, their little boy was called James Ronald Potter.
"This is indeed another world." After reading "It's been nineteen years since the scar last hurt, all is well", Ethan sighed softly, then turned off the light and went to sleep.
Early the next morning, he took his car onboard the first ferry to Lewis Island and headed northwest.
After a journey of two hours and forty minutes, Ethan arrived at the largest city on Lewis Island, Stornoway. This is also a beautiful small city, but he didn't have much time to waste here.
After quickly obtaining the excavation permit for the island and paying 180 pounds and receiving a GPS locator the size of a car key, he drove straight to the target location, the beach.
The roads on the island are very narrow and in many places, only one-way traffic is possible. Fortunately, there were not many vehicles in the area, so he managed to cover several kilometers smoothly and reach his destination.
As he saw the sea, Ethan also saw the small hill that had once been featured in a travel magazine. But unlike the magazine photo that showed the hill with a chess sculpture, the hill now was just an ordinary hillside covered with weeds.
"Alright, finally arrived." After arriving on the beach in a light drizzle, Ethan looked at this familiar bay and let out a long sigh. "Now it's time to work."