Chapter 6: Encounters
"Hey! Bill! As if inadvertently, Bernard greeted Bill with his glass.
"Hey! Bernard, long time no see, when did you come to Cairo, why didn't you come to me? Bill smiled apologetically at the beautiful woman beside him, and then stood up and led Bernard to the other side.
"I didn't have long arriving, I haven't had time to look for you, remember to look for me when I have work, is it delaying you to pick up girls?" As he spoke, Bernard glanced at the very sexy woman just now, and then winked at Bill, teasing him indescribably.
Giving Bernard a look of your own appreciation, Bill said, "It's not anymore, it's just to come out and relax, you know, to face those strange curses every day, really, alas...... I feel that I will have a nervous breakdown in a few more years, and yesterday I recruited a lot of new people to come in, and the mortality rate in the second group has been high and scary, and I heard that the pressure on the headquarters is very high, and I am already planning to send someone to investigate. ”
Hearing this, Bernard was also a little surprised, it is no secret in the wizarding world that the mortality rate of spell solvers here in the Egyptian branch of Gringotts is high, but the huge wealth generated here in Egypt every year and the large number of precious alchemy items unearthed make everyone selectively ignore this, the investigation team is the first time to hear of this kind of thing, thinking of this, Bernard asked with some confusion.
"Is something going on? Why would Gringotts headquarters send investigators down!? ”
Bill looked left and right, lowered his voice and said, "It is said that the mortality rate over there in the second group has been high because of ......" and looked carefully again before Bill spoke again. What he didn't know was that just as he was carefully looking around left and right, Bernard also gently turned the ring on his hand, so the ring brought back by Leia was actually after Bernard turned the ring, and what Bill wanted to say was no longer overheard by others.
After listening to Bill's words, Bernard couldn't help but squint his eyes, "You mean, the British side sent people to investigate is fake, their real purpose is to send people to support, you found a small pyramid, and the magic array inside you have never seen before!" ”
"That's right, it's because of this, the leader of the second group at that time was greedy for merit, so their talents were all folded in it at once, and so many wizards died at once, this matter must be impossible to hide from Egypt, coupled with the cleverness of the magic array in this pyramid, the branch of Egypt decided to ask for help from the headquarters by the way, you know, the virtue of the goblins, wealth can make them forget all the unpleasantness."
With that, Bill glanced at the two goblins in the corner of the tavern.
As for the character of the goblins, Bernard believes that any wizard who is familiar with the history of magic should know that goblins are absolutely untrustworthy allies, and their essence is greed, the law of the jungle, and it is common for goblins to defect at any time, so as Bill said, a well-protected pyramid can definitely make the ancient spirits on the British side forget about the damage to the personnel, and choose to continue to put new blood into it.
Bill took a sip of wine, smacked his mouth, looked at Bernard with a little embarrassment, it seemed that the next thing was not so easy to say, seeing Bill's appearance, Bernard asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Is there something that has to do with me? ”
"Well, you may not know, among the people looking for this time in Egypt, there are no graduates of the local Vagado School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and there are no graduates of Hogwarts, and the recruits this time are all students from other schools of magic, and the French students are the most......" Bill did not continue, but glanced at Bernard meaningfully, and then raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.
It didn't take Bill to finish speaking, Bernard fully understood what he was trying to say, Vagado and Beauxbatons were both internationally renowned magic schools in alchemy, and Vagado was completely close to the water for the Egyptian branch of Gringotts, but they were reluctant to go to France thousands of miles away to recruit people, which had to arouse suspicion.
Didn't say anything. Bernard only nodded to indicate that he understood, and Bill also smiled tacitly, and then said loudly: "My dad and they may be arriving in the evening, let's come and eat together then!" Do you still live in that store? I'll send someone to deliver it to you!" I still have something to do, so I'll go first. ”
After confirming Bernard's address, Bill hurried out of the bar, knowing that he should be at work now, and now it was time to go out and relax. In this regard, Bernard will also worry about his good friend, the job of a spell solver is not something that anyone can do, although Bill is good enough and now experienced enough in this field, but danger is always lurking in the unknown.
Thinking of the unknown danger, Bernard couldn't help but repeat in his mind what Bill had just said, and finally sneered. The stewardess asked for pen and paper, and wrote a letter to Madame Maxim, reminding her to be on the lookout for the Egyptian students who had been recruited from Beauxbatons, and that it would be better to call them all back if she could.
After sending the letter, Bernard, who had nothing to do, slowly wandered back to his small shop, waiting for the evening meeting.
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"Arthur, long time no see, raise a glass to your good luck!" Bernard raised his glass to Mr. Weasley, ignoring Bill's black face. In the wizarding world, the relationship between people is too complicated, and the boundaries between ages are very unclear, especially for wizards like Bernard, who are just in their thirties, and there are often some awkward places in communication.
This is entirely because the stability of wizard magic is around the age of thirty, so everyone generally calls the wizard in school a young wizard, and the wizard who is not yet thirty years old after graduation is called a young wizard, just like Bill belongs to the younger generation, so naturally, like Bernard and Mr. Weasley should belong to a generation, but Bernard is not so old, and he is still good friends with Bill, which has caused the current embarrassing situation.
But obviously, the Weasleys are all big grinning personalities, except for Bill and Bossie, apparently no one noticed this, smiled and greeted Bossy and George once, and when greeting Ron, Bernard looked at his bulging pockets without leaving a trace, where there should be spots!
With a slight sweep, Bernard turned around, enthusiastically introduced the special dishes on the table, and poured a little special wine for everyone present, in this lively atmosphere, Mrs. Weasley had to say that she could only drink a little, but just such a sentence made the boys present make a fuss, and Ron took the opportunity to take a big sip, which made Mrs. Weasley scream in dissatisfaction, and the dinner came to an end in this lively atmosphere.
And Bernard, too, got what he wanted.