Gringotts.

A slightly strangely furnished VIP room.

The reason why it is strange is that unlike the VIP room layout of most banks, in the middle of the room is a small circular platform with high steps.

At this moment, a dark-faced elf was waving its slender arms, anxiously screaming at the waiters beside him.

"Are the tea and biscuits ready? Hurry up, don't rub in, time is money...... Oh my gosh, they've arrived!"

With a distortion of light, two figures, one tall and one short, appeared on the small circular platform.

"Dear Mr. Dumbledore, welcome to Gringotts, is there anything I can do for you?"

The elf bowed deeply, its spiky whiskers hitting the floor.

As the most powerful wizard of this era, and the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore is undoubtedly one of the few people at the forefront of the entire wizarding world in terms of personal wealth. (Although there is some speculation that a large part of his wealth came from the loot he received after defeating Grindelwald.) ）

For the elves, the most intuitive feeling is that almost every time Dumbledore visits Gringotts, it means another commission contract with a considerable income.

"Maybe I'm going to disappoint you this time, but it's not me who is the customer. ”

Dumbledore shrugged as he placed the small worn cloth bag in his hand on the metal tray beside him.

"Please help this Miss Elena Kaslana exchange money so that she can procure some supplies for school in the future. ”

Through Professor McGonagall's messages and his observations, Dumbledore did not mention any more about the orphan sponsorship, and explained to the elves with his palm, pointing to Elena, who was still standing on the small round platform and looking left and right.

"It's just currency exchange, aren't you going to go to the vault and have a look?"

The elf's voice grew faster and sharper, and Elena noticed that its two slender hands were tightly twisted together, obviously very tangled.

"No, it's just a redemption. Dumbledore smiled and shook his head.

After receiving Dumbledore's reply, the elf's excited face almost instantly collapsed - you must know that he had paid a lot of price to get this opportunity to receive Dumbledore.

It was expected to earn a good commission like its former companions.

The goblin carefully looked at the little witch in front of him, who seemed to be about ten years old, and showed a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"Uh, okay. My name is Gary Vickers...... Miss Elena, please follow me here. ”

However, as the only top salesman in the wizarding world, Wix quickly adjusted his mentality.

With an impeccable bow, Vickers ushered the two into a tall marble hall.

It was an extraordinarily noisy space, with about a hundred or so elves sitting on high stools behind a long row of counters, some weighing coins with copper scales, others examining gems with eyepieces, and hastily registering them on large ledgers.

There were countless doors in the hall, leading to different places, and many elves were guiding people in and out of these doors, and Elena and her party walked out of one of them.

With Dumbledore's appearance, the noise of the entire hall disappeared little by little.

As if by magic, everyone turned their heads silently and stared blankly at the silvery-white bearded old wizard who had walked through the hall.

Feeling the gaze around him, Vickers puffed out his chest proudly and led the two to an empty counter.

Then in the anxious and excited gaze of the goblin in the counter, Goblin Vickers cleared his throat, let go of his body to reveal the silver-haired little Lori behind him, and whispered.

"Ahem, man, help exchange this little girl for a gold galleon......"

"Just exchanging gold Galleons?"

The goblin behind the counter smiled strangely, looked at Vickers, who was a little embarrassed, and suddenly let out a sneer, turned his head and shrieked at the counter next door.

"Guess what kind of big deal the shrewd Garry Vix got this time to help one of Dumbledore's students exchange money, hahahaha-"

"Oh my God, the future Prince of Trade is really not what we think. ”

"It scared me to death, looking at his expression, I almost thought that Vickers had negotiated a big deal of 100,000 Galleons, hahaha~"

As if the play button had been pressed suddenly, the surrounding goblins all showed a smile on their faces and let out a series of mocking sounds.

And the people in the hall also looked away and started their business again, although they were a little surprised that Dumbledore would personally bring the new students to Diagon Alley, but exchanging money or something, there was really nothing to pay attention to.

"Are you still on business, if you can't work, quit your job and leave, don't affect Gringotts' reputation. ”

Hearing the ridicule around him, Vickers's face was also a little unbearable, and there was some shame on his dark face, and his slender fingers tapped the wooden table.

"Do it...... Of course, I will take care of the business that the shrewd Vickers advises. ”

"According to the contract signed between Gringotts and human wizards, young wizards who are in school have a limit of 10,000 gold gallons per year. ”

The goblin behind the counter shook his head, looked at the tiny Elena with playful eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled.

"Excuse me, young lady, how much do you want to exchange?"

"Huh, exchange limit?"

Elena, who was looking at the counter next to her, turned her head and blinked in confusion - this was not mentioned in the original book.

"Of course, you wouldn't think that Muggle currency can be exchanged for gold galleons without any restrictions, do you?"

The goblin grinded his nails and said slowly with a haughty arrogance.

"Muggles' paper money, how can they be compared to the noble Golden Galleons. The Golden Galleon can be easily exchanged for all the currencies of the Muggle world. ”

Can you exchange all currencies?, a vague thought flashed through Elena's mind.

She seems to have forgotten something very important, but what is it......

Just as Lori was pondering, a series of strange tongue snapping sounds came from the counter next door, attracting her attention.

"Oh, Davarich, Daknemozh Twe......"

Several stout wizards with beards were also exchanging gold gallons, and at this time they seemed to be arguing with each other over how much to exchange.

The extremely characteristic pronunciation, as well as the appearance of a fierce Nordic strong man, made Elena instantly realize where they came from.

"It's a wizard from Russia? The goblins at Gringotts are pretty good at foreign languages. ”

Elena looked curiously at the goblin at the counter next door, who was also fluent in Russian, and let out a sigh of amazement.

"Russia? no, they are Soviet wizards, a fairly vast wizarding country. Okay, let's redeem the gold galleons as soon as possible and go to Diagon Alley to buy them. ”

Dumbledore patted the head of the silver-haired little Lori, who was looking around like a curious baby, and said helplessly.

"Wait, Professor Dumbledore, what did you just say?!"

The silver-haired little Lori turned her head suddenly, looked at Dumbledore and asked, her long silver hair fluttering because of the violent movements.

"Let's hurry up and exchange it for gold galleons, and then go buy ......"

Dumbledore was startled and subconsciously repeated.

"No, no, one more sentence!"

Elena shook her head quickly.

“...... Soviet-witch?"

Dumbledore's azure eyes were full of confusion, and he replied with some uncertainty.

Not Russia, but the Soviet Union.

A bolt of lightning sliced through the girl's brain, and she realized in an instant that she had almost missed one of the most shocking times in human history.

It is July 31, 1991, and on December 25 of this year, the most shocking event in human history will take place - the collapse of the Soviet Union!

In the years that followed, finance capital would rob the entire Soviet people of all the wealth accumulated over sixty-nine years in a very brutal way.

Because of the lack of qualifications to enter the competition, Elena had not paid much attention to this matter before this, but if it was the wizarding world......

Bang!

Elena slammed her hands on the wooden table on the counter in front of her, making a loud noise, her eyes looking forward with some fiery, her voice hoarse and trembling with too much excitement.

"Can Gringotts offer a ruble exchange service?!"

In the face of the coming era, witnessing and participating in it is the right way to open the world!

Human civilization can never be truly separated.

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Welcome to A Bite of Hogwarts Volume 1 - The Collapse and the Beginning.

Volume 1, officially begins. All the puzzles are in place, and as I promised, this won't be another Harry Potter playthrough, it's another world.

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