A Hogwarts Wizard Supreme

Chapter 280 The Great Mr. Potter VS Gringotts’ Difficulties

That night, Harry and Hagrid chatted very late. They talked about Harry's parents, Dumbledore, and the "mysterious man" whose name cannot be mentioned. At Harry's strong request, Hagrid The name was spoken tremblingly—Voldemort.

If Li Fei were here, he would have to murmur that there are many strange things. If this was placed in any battle royale and poison-running game in the future, there would only be two attitudes towards "Voldemort": those who are most annoying to the group of Voldemorts and those who are most annoying not to let himself be the one. Voldemort's people.

As for the fact that Voldemort set a magic spell on his name, it can only be said that the author of the original work, Ms. Rowling, was too focused on the purely British and ignored the group of people who lived a good life.

Otherwise, you only need to spend a lot of money to get a three-person otaku girl group, a naturally cute girl, a cold and sexy aunt, and a "three-no girl" who is speechless, heartless and expressionless, and looks like a man. The threesome, who are women but have huge breasts, are named "Voldemort", which means to satirize the tabloid reporters who hold back on taking pictures of people's skirts.

As long as Voldemort wants to take action, let the three-person girl group called "Voldemort" go on a street tour or hold a concert with more than [-] people.

At that time, there won't even be a need for the Imperius Curse, just a little pollen to enhance the atmosphere, so that everyone can't help but shout "Voldemort" all the time. It is estimated that Voldemort in the UK will suddenly freeze.

What, you said that the signal cannot be transmitted across such a distance?

Li Fei could have asked several Karma Taj mages to open a portal, let the signal fly through the portal, and take the initiative to help Voldemort receive the signal.

The only thing that needs to be noted is that those otakus and otakus who are living a good life may have problems with their English pronunciation.

It would be embarrassing if you spent a long time trying to get tens of thousands of people to chant "Voldemort", but it turned out that Voldemort himself didn't understand because of pronunciation problems.

The next day, Harry woke up early. He knew it was already dawn, but he still closed his eyes tightly and refused to open them.

He was afraid that this was just a dream, a dream that only belonged to his birthday.

"Maybe this is all my fantasy," Harry said to himself, "including the giant named Hagrid, including the acceptance letter from Hogwarts, it is just a dream of mine, Oh, by the way, the cake I ate last night was just a fantasy."

"When I open my eyes, I'll be at home, in that damn cupboard."

As if to confirm this, Harry licked the corners of his mouth.

Well, it was the leftover chocolate residue from last night's meal, which Harry couldn't eat in the past.

This taste was definitely extremely high-end chocolate, and Harry's eyes suddenly widened.

Hagrid was sitting slumped against the wall in front of him. Although his sleeping position was not very elegant, Hagrid snoring at this moment made Harry feel so at ease.

Harry sat up excitedly, Hagrid's thick coat slipping from his body.

The dilapidated house was filled with sunshine, and the storm last night had passed.

Harry felt particularly happy. He looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, as if the resentment in his chest was already in his throat. As he walked straight to the window and pushed it open, a fresh and moist wind greeted him. Blow.

Taking two deep breaths, Harry looked out the window and roared for the first time since being adopted by the Dursleys:

"I, Harry Potter, am a wizard!!!"

"I'm finally free!!!"

Hagrid was also awakened by Harry's frantic shouting. At the same time, not far away from the house, a slightly obscure curse also sounded from behind the wall.

"Dursley, if you can't control your mouth anymore, I will turn your son into a pig."

There was a cry-like noise from behind the wall, and then it seemed as if someone's mouth was forcibly covered, and the whole room became quiet.

Harry suddenly thought of something and turned to Hagrid and asked: "Hagrid, are you rich?"

Although he was surprised why Harry suddenly asked this question, Hagrid still subconsciously replied: "I think I live a very poor life, but according to Li Fei, if I really want to make money, I can even ...How many dragon eggs do you want to buy?”

Harry didn't know the actual value of the "dragon egg" in Hagrid's mouth, but from the word "dragon" in Hagrid's mouth alone, he could roughly guess how precious it was.

Hagrid rubbed his head and asked in confusion: "Why do you ask?"

"Because Mr. Dursley said last night that he would not pay a penny for me to go to Hogwarts.

As for me, I don’t have any money at all, so I can only hope that you, Hagrid, can lend me some money temporarily, and I will find a way to pay it back to you bit by bit. "

"You don't have to worry about this," Hagrid said, standing up and scratching his head, "Do you think your parents left you nothing?"

"But, it is said that they have destroyed all the houses..."

"They won't keep gold at home, don't worry, kid!

Our first stop is Gringotts, the wizarding bank. We will first help you withdraw some of the money your parents left you. Are you relieved now?

Well, would you like a sausage? I've heated it up for you. Although it tastes good when eaten cold, Li Fei's talisman seal is really easy to use...

It would be even better with a piece of your birthday cake. Eat it, kid.

"Wizards still have banks?"

"There is only one [Gringotts], which is a wizarding bank run by goblins."

Harry was so surprised that the sausage in his hand fell to the ground.

"Fairy? Or monster?"

"It's a goblin. Listen to me, kid. These guys will value gold coins more than their own lives. If anyone dares to think of robbing a bank, he must be crazy.

Be careful not to piss off the goblins, Harry.

If you're looking for a safe and secure place to store your stuff, I think the most suitable place besides Hogwarts is Gringotts.

Actually, no matter what, I have to go to Gringotts to run some Hogwarts official business for Dumbledore. "

Having said this, Hagrid proudly puffed up his chest.

"Dumbledore always asks me to do the most important things, such as picking you up, or going to Gringotts to pick up something. He will definitely choose me to do it because Dumbledore knows he can trust me completely.

You see, Harry, it's an honor for me that Dumbledore needs me. "

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Time traveled, and in an instant Harry had arrived at Diagon Alley under the leadership of Hagrid.

Just like the year Li Fei entered school, the streets of Diagon Alley were filled with signs similar to last year's "Little Jar of Magic Potion", but this year the main ones are "Curved Folding Magic Album" and "Intelligent Magical Creatures-" —Little Fire", but in the eyes of truly knowledgeable people, all this is just a way to defraud funds.

On the way, Harry also found a group of boys with fiery red hair. One of the boys who looked like the youngest took out a lot of change and went to a magic merchant with a clay pot on his head to buy a "sealed jar" .

Ahem, everyone must have guessed the result.

There were also shops selling robes, binoculars and all kinds of weird silverware that Harry had never seen before.

Some windows are filled with baskets of bat offal and eel eyeballs. It is said that a certain Mr. Li, who does not want to be named, has ordered all the by-products - boneless and boneless eel bodies.

The windows of other shops are also filled with various spell books, quill pens, rolls of parchment, medicine bottles, cauldrons, and various styles of lunar instruments...

"Gringotts here," said Hagrid.

Walking out from behind Hagrid, Harry came to a snow-white building that towered high above the surrounding shops. Standing next to the shiny bronze door was a figure wearing a scarlet and gold uniform.

"Then, that's-"

"Yes, that's a goblin."

Hagrid whispered calmly as they walked up the white stone steps towards the man.

Of course, Hagrid thought he was quiet, which was enough to make the goblins next to him turn their disdainful eyes to Hagrid.

This goblin is about one head shorter than Harry and two heads shorter than Li Fei. He has a dark face and his wise eyes seem to be that of a "great smart".

Unlike the goblin with two small black beards who received Li Fei at that time, the guy in front of him had a pointed beard. Harry found that this goblin's hands and feet were particularly long.

The goblin bowed to them formally as they entered.

After that, they walked to the silver second door. The two doors were still engraved with those warnings to beware of gentlemen and villains.

Harry tried to read these words: "Come in, stranger, but be careful what will happen if you are greedy, blindly..."

"That's enough, Harry, don't believe what they say. For goblins, if there is an opportunity to get something for nothing, they will definitely be more proactive than any crazy thief.

Moreover, in the minds of goblins, any finances that are kept in the hands of goblins become their property, so goblins always try to take away the wealth that does not belong to them from the underground vaults.

Fortunately, with the protection of contract magic, the goblins could only watch greedily, but they were never able to take away a penny openly. "

"Ahem, Hagrid, many goblins are looking at you. You just said this morning not to anger the goblins."

"Then they also have to look at who the target is. I can guarantee that the property left by your parents is enough for them to abandon all dignity to please you."

"After so many years, how do they ensure that the property my parents left me has not been stolen by others?"

"Because there is a tamed dragon guarding Gringotts."

"dragon?"

"Yes, a giant dragon, a huge, powerful creature with surging magic power and almost endless power."

"That's terrible." Harry patted his chest with lingering fear.

"Yeah, like I said, you're crazy if you want to rob a bank," Hagrid said.

At the second door, two other goblins bowed to them and guided Hagrid and Harry into another tall marble hall.

Originally, this hall was not big, just very high. It seemed that the high ceiling could make up for the goblin's naturally short inferiority complex.

However, since Li Fei's "sea of ​​gold coins" flooded the entire hall last year, not only did the mustachioed "manager" really get punished by Gringotts' senior management by chewing a bar stool for four months, It even made Li Fei take the opportunity to despise the "narrowness" of Gringotts.

Therefore, even after hundreds of years, the goblins would not be willing to spend a sum of money to repair and expand their hall. However, because Li Fei's behavior slapped the "lifeblood" of the goblins, the goblins had to reluctantly allocate funds. Expansion of Gringotts office hall.

The lobby that originally had dozens of windows is now enough to support more than 100 people handling business at the same time.

The wizard in charge of the repairs patted his chest and said that even if two more Li Fei came over, they would not be able to fill the Gringotts hall this time.

After saying this, the contractor left Gringotts, turned around and sent Li Fei a "kickback" of one hundred gold galleons.

As for the reason, of course Li Fei entrusted the transaction to the other party in advance, allowing the other party to annex all other wizard construction teams half a year in advance and establish a monopoly.

The consequence of this is that if the goblins don't find this contractor to do the construction, they will have no choice but to expand it themselves.

Hundreds of years ago, goblins skilled in forging might be able to create such an artistically styled hall in minutes, and expansion would be a piece of cake.

After all, even the legendary "Gryffindor Sword" was forged by this group of goblins.

Unfortunately, hundreds of years have passed. Since the Goblin Rebellion War ended in victory, this group of goblins who are not engaged in production have completely given up on the crafts passed down by their ancestors. Even the expansion of a hall requires an additional construction team to handle it. .

No matter what methods the goblins of Gringotts used to lower the price, the other party would not drop a penny. In desperation, Gringotts actually tried to find some Muggle construction teams to do the construction.

But when they discovered that the Muggle construction team was unable to realize some structures, and their quotation was even higher than that of the wizarding construction team, Gringotts panicked.

Is inflation starting to happen in the wizarding world?

In a panic, Gringotts hurriedly hired the wizard contractor again, trying to lower the price again.

It's a pity that the contractor who had benefited from Li Fei a long time ago refused to let go. In the end, Gringotts spent almost double the amount of its own budget.

If Gringotts knew about the project that was intended to slap Li Fei in the face next year, but ended up helping Li Fei earn a net profit of 100 gold galleons, those goblins would probably be pissed off.

Today, there are about a hundred goblins sitting on high stools behind a row of long counters. Some use copper scales to weigh coins, some use eyepieces to inspect gems, while making hasty entries in a large ledger.

There are countless doors in the hall, leading to different places, and many goblins use their bows to guide people in and out of these doors.

Hagrid and Harry walked towards the counter.

"Morning," Hagrid said to an idle goblin, "we're going to get some money from Mr. Harry Potter's vault."

"Do you have his key, sir?" the goblin said in a businesslike manner.

"Brought it."

Hagrid said as he took out everything from his pockets and put them on the counter. He accidentally put a stack of moldy dog ​​biscuits on the goblin's ledger. They were snacks for the big hound Tooth.

Poor Yaya, because of Hagrid's carelessness, he can only eat moldy food.

Lu Wei is luckier, because he has three heads. At least the left and right dog heads can pick out the moldy biscuits and force the final dog head to eat them.

Hey, I digressed, let’s continue talking about Hagrid helping Harry withdraw money.

The goblin wrinkled his nose and looked extremely impatient.

Harry suddenly interrupted: "What would have happened if Hagrid had come without my key?"

The goblin looked at Harry with contempt, but when he saw the terrifying lightning-shaped scar on the boy's forehead, his eyes completely changed:

"God of Gold Galleons, if he tries to help you withdraw money without carrying the key or proof of property transfer, he will definitely be arrested by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic."

"That means, if there is someone who has my key in his hand, he can take out all my property?"

"Strictly speaking, large transactions of more than fifty galleons must be done in person or with a signed asset transfer certificate. Gringotts has always only recognized the key and not the person when withdrawing money."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Hagrid with a vague look, and muttered casually: "For example, a certain unlucky guy who is known as the Golden Galleons in the cat litter box, his vault seems to have been robbed. Clean."

"Didn't he take it himself?" Harry was completely shocked.

"Oh, of course, it's definitely not the case. The person who took the money looked like he was the enemy of the owner of the vault."

"Then you will also withdraw money for him?"

"Of course, as I said before, Gringotts only recognizes keys, not people. After all, there is no name written on the gold Galleons, but there is no owner."

"But that is the property of the owner of the vault?"

"Then try calling the gold coin in your hand and see if it responds to you."

As he was talking, a tall and thin figure suddenly appeared next to Harry: "If I call you the gold coin in your hand, it will naturally ignore me, but what if I call you with the gold coin in my hand?"

The goblin was shocked. Li Fei, who had just said bad words behind his back, actually appeared in front of him: "Mr. Li Fei, your vault has an asset transfer authorization and a vault key. You can't even think about causing trouble with Gringotts. …”

"No, on the contrary, I'm here to save money."

As he said that, Li Fei threw the money bag in his hand, and the gold coins in the money bag made a crisp clanging sound.

Harry's eyes were dazzled when the goblin inside the counter suddenly appeared outside the counter. No one could see how the other person appeared in front of the two of them.

"Hello, dear Mr. Li Fei, please let me serve you. If you are willing, I can change my name to [Gold Coin] now. If you call me, I will definitely answer your call~~~"

Just kidding, after working as a counter for so many years, he discovered for the first time that the money bag that could only hold up to 500 gold coins actually made the sound of thousands of gold coins clattering.

My God of Wealth is here again.