"So, now I should call you Her Majesty?"

Half an hour later, as they headed to the Great Hall for lunch, Hermione said.

After several times of questioning, the cunning white-haired man finally told the truth, and after the trial of Peter Pettigrew last semester, Hogwarts had to temporarily enter Gringotts in order to maintain the economic stability of the wizarding world.

And out of suspicion, as well as some of Elena's non-disclosure agreements that she said "can't say".

The little witch of their age, after Dumbledore consulted with the Gringotts elves, and instead became the empress of the Gringotts wizarding bank, acting as an intermediary between the elves and wizards, playing the role of communication and two-way supervision.

"That's what the Gringotts goblins call you, you don't have to call me that......"

Elena brushed the hair around her ears a little uncomfortably, and muttered in a sincere tone.

"Actually, I refused at first, I'm a first-year student at Hogwarts, well, I'm in my second year now, how did I suddenly become the Elven Empress of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, but Professor Dumbledore and the Elven Elders will say that they have decided...... So...... So, I ......"

"So, Miss Kaslana became the first Fairy Empress, the richest wizard in the entire wizarding world?"

Hermione continued, rubbing her temples lightly, trying to digest the information she had just learned.

"You must know in your heart that it is Professor Dumbledore and the Elders who really make the decision. ”

Elena drooped her little face, spread her hands and whispered bitterly.

"With such a huge business empire, how can it be up to me to make the decisions. In fact, I'm just making a little suggestion once in a while, and then I'm going to make it a reference for the really sensible, experienced professionals. I also have a little more pocket money, and if I want to buy something, I have more money than when I was in the orphanage. ”

"A little more, for example, a little more practical...... If you buy a book at the Blotted bookstore, how much can you buy?"

Hermione raised her eyebrows slightly, smirking at the white-haired ball beside her.

After more than a year of getting along day and night, she will not be fooled by Elena's vague quantifiers, this black-hearted little witch's skills in being ambiguous in various descriptions and secretly changing concepts are really too high.

"Hmm...... Probably ......"

Elena's eyes rolled, and the goofy hair on the top of her head swished.

She was about to estimate Hermione's economic limit, and casually responded with a few words, when her little derpy hair suddenly sounded the alarm.

"Are you making up a story? Elena, your silly hair is dangling back and forth again!"

Hermione stretched out her fingers and stroked the trembling little hair twice, narrowed her eyes and whispered.

"Don't lie! I'm not Hannah's fool, and I'll know if you're lying...... You know, according to what we just agreed on, if I directly expose the lie...... Twenty times, oh, twenty times!"

"No, no...... It's ...... wind."

Elena was startled, quickly raised her hand to protect her traitor Derpy, and sighed helplessly.

"Well, let's put it that way, all ...... Not just the Blotted Bookstore, but almost the entire Diagon Alley, the street where Gringotts' Wizarding Bank is headquartered, counts as my property - for me, the Golden Galleon doesn't make sense there. ”

"However, most of them are franchised shares, and many shops are actually leased, and they still have to pay money to buy things. ”

Glancing at Hermione Compute Granger, whose eyes lit up instantly, Elena quickly added.

"Unless it is a strategic investment project, the control of capital flow is still quite strict......"

As the invisible controller of Gringotts, she naturally does not add any privileges to her naïve business prototype.

Even if Elena "swipes" to buy something in Diagon Alley, it will be registered in Gringotts's account books - just like the presidents of those business empires in the previous life bought things on their own platforms, it will also promote the chain of funds that actually appear in the market.

"Uh-huh, I know, I'm not an idiot without measure......"

Hermione couldn't help but glance at Elena, a little happily thinking about her book list.

Although Dr. Granger is barely a middle-to-high-income group, the pocket money he gives his daughter every semester is not too much, even if you add the rewards for clearing last year's "Dark Defense Dungeon", it is far from enough in front of the dazzling array of goods in the wizarding world.

You know, just to buy a complete set of Gilderoy Lockhart's works, Hermione's small coffers went to most of it.

With Elena, a little rich woman, she can at least add the books that she had crossed out to her shopping list again, which is much more practical for Hermione Granger than any elixir and class first.

Moreover, Elena later explained the possible cost of taking the Elixir.

Perhaps for those who are relatively mediocre, sacrificing those already superfluous flashes of inspiration for a good day is a bargain, but for a little witch like Hermione Granger, it is indeed a dose of poison.

"Then let's say okay, you have your monthly book list, and the things that lied to me before will be written off. ”

"Okay, okay...... "Elena agreed with a bitter face, "Hermione, you buy it leisurely, I don't think Professor Dumbledore's tolerance will exceed 100 gold gallons per month, and the salary of a full professor at Hogwarts is only that......"

"I know, I can't finish reading all that many books - I don't want to die in the library one day. ”

Hermione replied angrily, glancing at Elena, who had a painful look on her face, and instantly became a little happier again.

Finally poked at the sore spot of this black-hearted little ball, happy (*^▽^*)~

Not only because of this agreement, but more importantly, Luna Lovegood's little girl, this time finally can't hold Elena's hidden identity mysteriously alone, as before.

This time, wisdom and reasoning finally triumphed over ethereal luck and intuition.

"What a deception, this simple-minded little beaver......"

Elena hugged her school bag, and the afterglow stole a smug look on Hermione's face.

"Sure enough, it's still a reasonable kid like Hermione who is easy to communicate, and if it's a tenacious little guy like Luna, he doesn't know where to catch a scimitar-horned snorer to make amends...... One can only count on Hagrid's unique magical beast hybridization technique. ”

Since systematically starting to study magic at Hogwarts, Luna's instincts have grown stronger.

So much so that Elena had to tell Xenophilius Lovegood not to reveal his whereabouts, and if it was not necessary, it was better to communicate directly by letter, so as not to let little Luna notice that something was wrong.

After all, according to the agreement, Xenophilius should be a leisurely magazine owner at this time, not a humble worker.

Even in a strict sense, whether it is the identity of the Foundation's "tarot", or the approval of the manuscript of the expanded "New Singing and Contradiction", or the control of public opinion involving Gringotts, Hogwarts, and the Destiny Group...... All these jobs were chosen by Xenophilius Lovegood himself, and no one forced the old father.

But in the eyes of a little witch who feels sorry for her father, she won't care so much about logic and truth.

The only fortunate thing is that at least this time the metaphysical confrontation is still a father-daughter civil war for the time being, and the elder Lovegood is still slightly ahead of the immature "Little Moon" classmate in terms of intuition and sensitivity for now.

Especially now that Luna is also the class president of Class B of the second grade, it is even more difficult to distract her energy.

......

After a few moments, they sat down at the Gryffindor table and began their second lunch.

The amount of puffer fish in the Potions classroom is not much, and considering the taste and meat quality, Elena's final slice of puffer fish sashimi is actually a little satisfying.

However, in general, this is also in line with the common serving logic in Western food.

The first course of Western food is the appetizer, also known as an appetizer.

The contents of the starter are generally divided into cold and hot dishes, and the common varieties are caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail cups, creamy chicken crisp boxes, baked snails, etc., followed by soups, side dishes, main dishes, and other dishes with relatively large portions.

In order to stimulate appetite, the appetizer is generally small in quantity and high in quality, and the taste is mainly salty, fresh and sour.

Due to the unique flavor of puffer fish and the fact that it does not rely on other seasonings for supplementation, most of the dishes related to it are arranged in the appetizer and soup in the main meal of Western food, and most of them play an appetizing and moisturizing role.

In Elena's memory, there are several Michelin-starred restaurants that like to arrange puffer fish dishes on the first plate.

Perhaps because her own tastes were too picky and influenced by Chinese cuisine, she was a little unimpressed by this arrangement at the time, but Hermione's reaction was very accurate, and it was just because of the food culture.

The little beaver, who returned to the Gryffindor table, ended the conversation in an instant and quickly threw himself into gobbling up.

The sight of knives and forks moving almost left and right made Elena wonder for a while if the pot of "Nettle Liver and Waist Fish Fillet Soup" she had just had some appetizing effect, and Luna and Hannah, who came not far away, were also a little surprised.

"Hmm—I heard you didn't eat something in Potions class?"

Hannah asked curiously, "Elena is said to have been locked up because of this, did Professor Slughorn emptie your stomachs with a gut-digging charm?

Class B of the second year ended earlier than Class A, so Luna and Hannah had arrived in the auditorium half an hour earlier.

If it weren't for the wait for Elena and Hermione, the two of them would have been able to go back to their respective houses' common rooms like the other students, take a short rest, recharge their batteries, and prepare for the two Potions classes in the afternoon.

"No, I guess it's just a better appetite, plus hungry, right?"

Elena said, handing Hermione a glass of juice so she wouldn't choke, and then looked at the other two little wings.

"You'll find out later, Professor Slughorn should be substitute for your Potions class in the afternoon anyway. Professor Slughorn was actually a little easier to get along with than Professor Snape - I was just a little out of line. ”

Elena didn't have any particular feelings about her confinement.

As the Weasley twins famously said, no Hogwarts career is complete without being locked up. Because she had been so high-profile before, she almost thought that she would have regrets forever.

Moreover, in Elena's view, the confined and solitary confinement environment is an excellent place to take the oath of employment.

"A little out of line?" Luna sighed helplessly, "Elena-the first point deduction of the new semester of Ravenclaw Academy was born on you! Many people in the academy are talking about it, saying that you are deliberately revenge and smear the academy!"

"yes, then why didn't anyone say that I was the first time to add points?" Elena snorted with some dissatisfaction.

"Bonus points for the first time...... Hmm, it's me......"

Luna blinked, a little embarrassed, and pointed to the hourglass at the back of the auditorium.

Due to the inheritance of last semester's bonus scores, Ravenclaw College is now in the absolute lead, and compared to the other empty hourglasses, the aqua blue gem pile stands out.

"Well, it looks like I've been labeled as an iron ghost......"

Elena shrugged her shoulders and said unfazed as she ate on the delicious and juicy back-cut beef tongue on her plate.

Anyway, she had already offended most of the Ravenclaw College in the morning, and it was okay to carry some more black pots, after all, as the villain Great Demon King who forced people to unite to crusade, the deeper and stronger the hatred attracted, the better the effect.

Casually glancing at the eaglets pointing not far away, Elena withdrew her gaze and looked at the head and deputy squad leader of Class B.

"Don't talk about that, I forgot to ask just now...... How were the two squad leaders doing this morning?"

"Hmm...... It's not great—"

Hannah and Luna looked at each other, drooping their little faces, and said sullenly.

"Professor Umbridge has so many rules that it's like treating us like children, and homework is memorization and writing notes, and there's very little place to use spells and wands. ”

"You're ...... children"

Hermione said, her mouth bulging with sprouts, but she tried to make sure she spoke clearly.

"As a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Magic, I think there must be some truth to Professor Umbridge's approach, at least in my opinion, increasing the knowledge base is more important than mere spell-casting practice at our age. ”

"Maybe, I don't think she's a good person anyway......"

Luna shrugged her shoulders noncommittally, tilted her head for a few seconds, and commented softly.

"Professor Umbridge, hmm...... She smiled hypocritically, unlike any other professor. She doesn't seem to like school very much. ”

Of course, she knew what Hermione said, but Luna still trusted her own feelings more than objective logical analysis - besides, her father had commented early on, but when it came to ministers and vice-ministers, there were few clean people.

Hermione raised her eyebrows and tried to swallow the food in her mouth, as if she was ready to argue with her.

Luna stuck out her tongue, pulled Hannah's sleeve, and said, "See you at dinner!" and ran away.

As long as she said her conclusions ahead of time and didn't give Hermione a chance to organize a verbal rebuttal, then she would always be invincible.

This is still the "Hermione Restraint Manual" that Elena quietly taught her, and in exchange, Luna also promised that she would not help the other two little wings in the future, and directly provide "see-through" services when Elena casts illusion magic.

"Hmm, you wait...... Hmm-hmm...... Uh......"

Hermione's eyes widened, she tried to swallow the food in her mouth, and reached out to scoop it up at Luna's back.

When did this little "luck" bewilderment become so slippery, similar to this kind of situation of running away directly in the middle of the sentence, it has happened several times in the past few days, and every time it makes her feel an indescribable chest tightness.

"Alright, alright, Luna and the others are also in a hurry to get to class......

Elena patted Hermione on the back as she kindly handed Hermione the refill of chilled orange juice.

"You concentrate on lunch first, don't choke...... If you have a chance in the evening, talk slowly. ”

Combined vertical and horizontal, long-distance and close-range attack......

Woo one faction, divide one faction, and suppress one faction......

These are the thousand-year-old wisdom inheritance of ancient oriental civilization.

The little wings want to secretly form a gang, their wings are knotted, and they play with her in the nest - too young and immature.

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