“......”

As the girl's declaration of the second attribute burst fell, the room fell into silence again.

It was as if someone had suddenly told a bad joke, and a slightly awkward atmosphere was slowly spreading.

Dumbledore still had the same warm smile on his face as ever, and sat down in his chair politely and politely, leaning forward slightly, as if waiting for Elena to continue her point.

Grindelwald, who was sitting next to the girl, was obviously sitting in a much more casual position, leaning against the edge of the bed in a comfortable position, the original Dark Lord poked his head out, one hand picking out the food he wanted to eat in the lunch box on the table, and it was obvious that the piece of meat-filled pizza just now did not fill him.

Glancing at Dumbledore and Grindelwald, whose expressions were not wavering, Elena felt a hint of shame in her heart - if she was not mistaken, Grindelwald's first reaction was definitely laughing at her.

It was really a mistake, in the face of these two century-old wizards, she would actually fantasize about relying solely on the hot blood mouth to mobilize their emotions, and now that she calmed down and thought about it carefully, she suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of shame.

Therefore, in the previous life, those protagonists who were able to talk eloquently in front of the old monsters who had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, and used their blood and ideals to influence and persuade each other, how did they persist in this kind of loving gaze on "preschool children's performance drama".

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Elena clenched her right fist to her mouth, slightly hiding the embarrassment on her face, and gently cleared her throat, "Well, do you have any opinions, questions, or ideas?"

While speaking, Elena secretly stretched out her foot and secretly kicked Grindelwald's calf who was watching the play happily next to her.

Syllable.

Smack, smack.

"Wow! ”

Hearing Elena's words, Grindelwald raised his hands, clapped his hands casually in an exaggerated manner, and then looked at Dumbledore with a serious face, and said with a smile:

"Albus, I think the idea that Elena just said is particularly instructive, Gringotts is indeed our henchman, I am just a sick old man, and the future of the human magic world depends on the two of you. ”

What a child......

After throwing the topic and trouble back to Dumbledore, Grindelwald rubbed his calf and smiled silently to himself, looking playfully to see what good way his old friend could cope.

Gringotts didn't just come into existence because of the war between wizards and goblins, which involved a very intricate exchange of interests and compromises, but if you look at the results alone, Elena is not wrong - the elves control the economic lifeblood of human wizards, which has almost become a problem for most of the upper echelons of the Ministry of Magic.

Due to the social system, although it has entered the modern society, in the face of the extremely scarce and fragmented wizarding world, the government department that manages and coordinates the resources of the entire wizarding world has always lacked an income section that can supplement its self-operation and circulation.

Whether it is to pay salaries and benefits to various Ministry employees in the Ministry, or to build and hold some policy facilities or activities, the Ministry of Magic needs to raise funds from various ancient pure-blood families and Gringotts elves, and in exchange for the Ministry of Magic, a number of various licenses will be signed - needless to say, the largest piece will be borne by the goblins of Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

In other words, the Ministry of Magic, which is the most hostile to the Gringotts elves, is also the most dependent on the Gringotts elves, and once the Gringotts Wizarding Bank declares a strike, within three months, the Ministries of Magic in all countries will be in a state of embarrassment of not being able to pay their salaries.

As for breaching Gringotts by force and opening the vault for the benefit of all the poor wizards, it would be much easier for pure-blood wizard families to change one, even if it was a group of disobedient Ministry of Magic officials, than to rebuild a Gringotts wizarding bank.

"Amazing idea indeed. ”

Dumbledore glanced at Grindelwald, the smile on his face still unchanged, and repeated the comments of the original Dark Lord gently and calmly, his gaze rested on Elena's somewhat nervous little face for a moment, and continued with a smile:

"In fact, as the Speaker of the International Federation of Magicians, I have the right and the channel to secretly convene a summit meeting of the ministries of magic in an emergency and important situation. But, if you need to convince me, why do you want to do this, what are the benefits of giving the wizard control over the issuance and regulation of money, and most importantly, what if I choose to do nothing?"

"Because the elves control the issuance of currency, it's not good for the ...... of the wizarding world as a whole," Elena replied with her mouth open, somewhat uncertain.

Compared to Grindelwald's attitude towards the show, Dumbledore's performance was undoubtedly much stranger.

The old wizard clearly threw out a super bait that he couldn't refuse, but then threw out a few common-sense questions that seemed to have been answered—at least, it didn't seem to match his previous privilege at all.

In this case, according to Elena's experience in business negotiations in her previous life, there are only two meanings, one is that the other party has made a stupid move, and the other is that the other party has almost no decent sincerity.

"Yes, they've been in control for thousands of years. ”

Grindelwald suddenly grinned and let out a sneer, "Little one, you don't think that you are the only one who has thought about taking back the right to issue currency from the goblins for thousands of years, right?"

"Gellert?" Dumbledore frowned slightly.

"I'm sorry, I can't help it. Grindelwald shrugged, "I think this little guy is better off telling her the answer and letting her figure it out for herself later." ”

"Don't think too much, don't pull the banner of the whole magical world at every turn. ”

Grindelwald crossed his arms, turned his face sideways to look at Elena, winked, and chuckled.

"Albus has never been a compassionate saint, he's just a quail who is afraid of trouble. If you want to convince him, it's best to give him something that will really impress him, as you did when you sold Hogwarts...... Or a threat. As for the methods and opportunities, you just need to give a naïve idea, this guy has more than 100 years of experience and experience is much better than you. ”

"Hey, is that so? I just think that an old wizard like you, like you, will talk directly about interests, some, some ......" Elena gestured with some surprise, and Grindelwald's sudden help caught her off guard.

The corners of Grindelwald's mouth raised, and he shook his head and said:

"You can impress me with your childish ideals, but you can't impress Albus. In fact, the Gringotts split, along with your deductions, was a chance to give it a try, but you made two fatal mistakes. First, you should use something more favorable to persecute Dumbledore, such as Hogwarts. Second, the dominance of the Gringotts Wizarding Bank must not be handed over to ......"

"That's enough, Gellert, you've been talking a little too much today. Dumbledore's face turned cold and he gave a rare snort, interrupting the old wizard's next words.

He walked quickly to Elena's bedside, blocked Grindelwald and Elena with his body, separated the two from eye contact, looked at the silver-haired little witch with a thoughtful look in his eyes, frowned and said:

"Frankly, as I originally thought, no matter what you say, I will keep the entire Ministry of Magic quiet in this goblin battle and not participate in the confrontation with the Magical Congress of the United States. Because, only in this way, can we ensure that in this incident, the overall balance of everything will not be accidentally broken. ”

"But, since Gellert has chosen to bet on you, I'll give you a chance to sit on the edge of the board early. As me, the headmaster of a magical school that cultivates students, why should I be like a politician and persuade the Ministry of Magic to join the fray?"

Looking up, he looked at Dumbledore's blue eyes behind the half-moon lenses.

For the first time, from behind those gentle and kind eyes, Elena clearly saw the calm and indifferent rational expression as the water at the bottom of the well—this may be some of Dumbledore's true emotions after stripping away the aura.

If she didn't guess wrong, in her previous life, there should have been the same goblin split incident around this time, but without the interference of her unexpected little butterfly, Dumbledore naturally chose to let the entire wizarding world stand by and let the Soviets and Americans play games.

And what she is doing now is to change a major historical event that was not written in the book.

"Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ”

"If you don't do anything, Ilvermorny will sooner or later replace or even annex Hogwarts. ”

"Is this reason enough?"

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Mutter~