Chapter 008 Gringotts Robbery

Catherine looked at the blue bird, she couldn't imagine how the people who got the blue bird before her, in the face of death, had to go through a difficult choice before they could decide not to trade the blue bird's life for their own lives.

Do you just believe that I won't trade your life for your own? Catherine thought to herself.

The bluebird rubbed the girl's face affectionately.

"So, how much do I have to pay?" Catherine decided to buy it.

"The blue bird itself doesn't need money, because it came to this store by itself." The witch stood up and opened a drawer rummaging, "You'll have to pay for its food while it's here, though." ”

"Food?"

"Yes," the witch said, recovering a pile of parchment, "each of its masters sends it back here on their deathbed to wait for its next master, but the bluebird's beak is too picky to be the best food, and it never eats it, and that's probably its only drawback." Therefore, each of its owners will leave enough money for food, but unfortunately, its previous owner was an arrogant fellow, he actually thought that he would be fine, but he did not leave any money for food, so this debt now falls on your head. ”

"So, how much is that?"

"I'll see," the witch opened a piece of parchment, "seven hundred seventy seven thousand eight hundred and forty-three Galleons twelve Sico twenty-three nats." ”

"You're right!" For the first time, Catherine doubted her ears.

"Of course not, its previous owner died ninety-seven years ago."

"However, I don't have that many magic coins right now."

"It's okay! Child," the witch said as she pulled out another piece of parchment, then spread it out in front of her, "as long as you sign this magical contract." ”

Catherine saw that it read:

As long as Party A confirms the identity of the Blue Bird, then Party A will pay off the food money owed by the Blue Bird in Party B's shop during his lifetime, which is 717,843 Galleons 12 Sico 23 nats.

Party B's name has been signed: Glenda Kaotibet Apet.

"How?" Mrs. Apert said.

"I'll have to consult." Catherine took it out and asked Snape.

"There's nothing wrong with the contract itself," Snape said after examining it, "but the amount of nearly seven hundred and twenty-two thousand is too much, and it would take you a lifetime to pay it back." ”

"I guess Tracey will help me, right?" Catherine looked over her shoulder, and the little blue bird immediately puffed up her chest and threw Snape a disdainful look.

Snape ignored its taunts, and said meaningfully, "I want you to think carefully." ”

"Don't worry, I just don't have that many magic coins for the time being." The girl took the quill in Mrs. Apet's hand and signed her name, Catherine.

Satisfied, Mrs. Apace put away the magical contract and sent them both away.

"Let's go, go to Gringotts again, and I'll send you back." As soon as he left the Magical Creature Shop, Snape said impatiently.

"Why?"

"You shouldn't have that much money on you, it's not safe." Snape's tone was unmistakable.

"Is Gringotts safe?" Catherine looked at the white, crumbling-looking tall building with suspicion.

"It has never had an accident in the past." As soon as Snape finished speaking, an ultra-high decibel alarm sounded from Gringotts, which made people's eardrums hurt, causing his otherwise pale face to turn black immediately.

"You're right, it really hasn't had an accident in the past," Catherine said with a serious smile, "it's just happening now." ”

Snape glared at her and pulled her towards Gringotts, where the other wizards of Diagon Alley came out from all corners to see what was going on at Gringotts.

However, a team of goblins ran out with short swords and blocked the bronze gates.

"How quick to respond!" Catherine stood on tiptoe and stuck her head out.

"Elves have always been wary of wizards!" Snape replied with a heavy face.

"Oh." Catherine didn't say anything more, and all the wizards stared silently at the bronze gate, except for the siren still hovering back and forth over Diagon Alley.

Suddenly, Catherine heard a slight sound coming from Gringotts amid the shrill siren, and she pricked up her ears to make out that it was the howling of the wind speeding through the pipes, could it be ......

"Something's coming out of Gringotts." Catherine hurriedly took Rassnape's hand.

"I hear you." Snape didn't look down.

Catherine couldn't help but show a surprised expression, the whistling just now was not loud, almost completely muffled by the sound of the siren, if it weren't for her professional hearing training, she wouldn't be able to tell the difference, but Snape actually said that he heard, that means that his hearing is not much worse than hers, but is it necessary for a professor to maintain such sharp hearing?

The whistling grew louder and louder, finally loud enough for the others to notice, and it got closer and closer, and with a loud "pound", it broke through the two gates, knocked over the group of goblins, flew into the night sky, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, and no one had time to stop it.

"What's going on!"

"Did someone rob Gringotts?"

"He robbed something!"

"Why let him run!"

"How did you goblins do that!"

The wizards gathered in front of Gringotts roared angrily, and the scene was chaotic, and more goblins rushed out of Gringotts to block the doorway, which only stopped the rioting crowd.

A piece of the gate was kicked to Catherine's side, and she smelled a strange smell wafting from it, and the girl picked it up, but it was immediately taken by Snape, and in the blink of an eye he hid it.

Catherine pouted at him and asked dissatisfiedly, "Are there any other banks in the wizarding world?" ”

"Nope!" Snape frowned, "Gringotts is the only one. ”

"It seems that 'monopoly' is very popular in the wizarding world!" Catherine's exclamation drew an angry glare from Snape, and she couldn't help but chuckle, "I don't think I'll be able to put my money in until Gringotts is back to normal." ”

"Then we'll go back now." Snape said immediately.

Catherine hurriedly took Tracey in her arms, Snape grabbed her shoulders, the darkness and stress quickly appeared, quickly disappeared, and with a light on their eyes, they returned to the study of the main house of the Princes.

"Here's a ticket to Hogwarts." Snape took an envelope from his body and handed it to Catherine.

Catherine opened it and saw that the ticket read: 11 o'clock on September 11, platform 9 and three-quarters at King's Cross station.

"Platform nine and three-quarters?" Catherine read in amazement.

"Just walk through the ticket gate between platforms 9 and 10."

"No wands."

“No!” Snape's tone was a little impatient, "Any more questions?" ”

"Not yet." Catherine looked up at Snape, "If I have any questions after that, can I ask you when school starts?" ”

"You can ask your bird to carry the letter for you." Snape glanced at Tracey, who had jumped onto Catherine's shoulder.

"It's so small, can it be moved?" Catherine was a little worried, and Tracey flew straight into the air and turned into a phantom, flapping her chest with her wings, which made her chuckle.

"It's time for me to go." Snape interrupted the interaction between the two main pets with a blank expression.

"Did you just use the apparition to leave?" Catherine asked hurriedly.

Snape hesitated slightly, "I'll use it after I leave this house." ”

"Then I'll send you out." Catherine accompanied him out of the study.

Neither of them spoke, but walked quietly until the gate of the manor.

"Go back, a girl doesn't stay alone outside at night." Snape said, looking into her face.

"Goodbye, then, Professor Snape!" Catherine was a little reluctant.

Snape nodded slightly, and then walked out of the manor gate without looking back, and Catherine watched him walk into a shadow, and as soon as she turned around, the black robe was raised, and with a soft "poof" he disappeared without a trace.

Catherine stood there, she felt that what she had seen today did not seem to be true, she had never seen Severus Snape, she had not been to the dimly lit Leaky Cauldron, she had not entered Diagon Alley where all kinds of magic shops were opened, she had not heard about Harry Potter's house, she had not gotten Tracey the Bluebird, and she had not seen anyone rob Gringotts.

But when she opened her tote bag and saw the pile of gold coins, and then the various things she had bought in Diagon Alley, the wand lying on top, and Tracey standing on her shoulder rubbing her face, Catherine felt her heart rise warmly.

Back at the main house, Catherine instructed the servant to clean up the study, but when she returned to the study after dinner, she found that Snape's Muggle expulsion spell had been lifted.

Catherine immediately thought of a plan, and she called the auction house and asked them to auction off the entire Princes family by August 24 and asked for a direct cash transaction on the spot.

The next day, it triggered a financial earthquake in London.

After the last auction on the evening of August 23, Catherine invited them to the room next door to the study, and the cash was thrown directly into the study.

In the early morning of August 24, after all the transactions were over, Catherine packed all the cash into her handbag in the study, packed up some of the things she needed, and rested for a good day before quietly leaving the Butterford Manor that night.

Early in the morning of August 25, when the butler found that Catherine had not gotten up for morning exercise as usual, and was not in the place where she normally might have been, he hurriedly mobilized everyone in the manor to look around, but could not find her at all, which caused panic.

When the man who bought the Princes house received the news, he immediately rushed to the Butterfly manor, but he couldn't find the study, he called the police, and when the Ministry of Magic found out about it, he sent someone to break the spell.

When the people found the study, they found that all the cash they had traded the night before was gone, but the people who attended the auction found that they had not lost anything, and because Catherine had decided to auction off all the property of the Princes family, many of them did not have time to make a detailed appraisal, but sold at a very low price, so they did not say anything about Catherine's disappearance.

Only the Princes insisted on calling the police, hoping to find Catherine and get her the huge sum of money from the auction of all the Princes' property.

It's a pity they never found her again.