"Oh, honestly, I hate this place. ”

Gringotts, an empty conference room.

Dirk Chryswell, who was the head of the Ministry of Magic's "Fairy Liaison Office", muttered discontentedly, removing his thickly lensed eyes from the bridge of his nose and wiping them.

"I thought you'd get used to it, Dirk. Isn't your job to connect with the elves, after all?"

Beside the wizard, Arthur Weasley, wearing glasses, shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "Of course, I don't like it either, I think maybe only the rich people think the bank is a wonderful place." ”

"Dealing with goblins isn't a good job, Arthur. Believe me, you'll feel how polite the goblins were before that after you today. ”

Dirk Chryswell sighed, many people thought that dealing with Gringotts might be a fat problem, but only he knew that the miserly goblins had a completely different face when facing the officials of the Ministry of Magic.

According to the previous director of the Elven Liaison Office, goblins are a group of clever magical "bastards/beasts" who hide their cunning and ferocity behind their greed for wealth.

"In fact, I already feel it. ”

Arthur Weasley pulled out his pocket watch and looked at it, they had been hanging here for almost an hour, but until now they had not seen the so-called Gringotts Elven Commissioner.

Obviously, the Gringotts goblins who had grasped the weakness of the Ministry of Magic couldn't have been clearer.

The long-standing isolation between the wizarding and non-magical worlds, coupled with the political barriers between countries, has allowed the goblins to block the channel of exchanging gold galleons for rubles, and all the initiative is in their hands, and the so-called negotiation intention is just to give the Ministry of Magic a decent step on the surface.

This was clear to all the officials of the Ministry of Magic, including Cornelius Fudge, and in this silent contest, unless the British Ministry of Magic dared to risk the world's condemnation to start a war first, this dumb loss would definitely be a certainty.

To be precise, since the Muggle Liaison Office officials compiled non-magical press commentary and assessed the difficulty of obtaining rubles, the entire Ministry of Magic has almost unanimously agreed to abandon the plan to take over the Hogwarts debt and instead focus on investigating the remaining Death Eaters to recover the funds.

It's just that as a government department responsible for all affairs in the British wizarding world, the necessary efforts need to be maintained. Fudge had no doubt that if he dared to give up on Hogwarts, he would be ousted by the angry wizards the next day.

Therefore, after the meeting in the Minister's Office, Mr. Weasley, one of the few "Muggles" in the Ministry of Magic, and Dirk Kleswell, the head of the "Goblin Liaison Office", were assigned to Gringotts to negotiate with the goblins on behalf of the Ministry of Magic about the reopening of the ruble exchange window.

Of course, in the eyes of the discerning people in the ministry, this actually has another meaning.

The Ministry of Magic needs to have enough officials to get out in front of the public, attract anger and suspicion for them, and take responsibility for them - if Hogwarts Castle is really controlled by the goblins because they can't pay their debts, then Arthur and Dirk are another group of "incompetent and stupid" Ministry of Magic officials.

However, according to the usual practice, the ministry will usually give a few symbolic criticisms afterwards, and secretly give a small additional salary subsidy to appease these "back-to-back heroes", this kind of task is naturally a deadly poison for those officials who want to be promoted, but it is perfect for Mr. Weasley.

However, understanding is understanding, and the two of them will still have some resentment in their hearts.

"It's too much, these arrogant goblins! we're the same officials representing the Ministry of Magic. Is it true that you can do whatever you want with money?"

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, even a good-natured man like Mr. Weasley was a little angry, and he got up angrily, walked to the door, and confronted a fairy attendant dissatisfiedly.

"I'm sorry, but please be patient, sir. The elven commissioners in charge of this matter are still in session, and they will come over as soon as the meeting is over. ”

The goblin in Gringotts' black uniform bowed respectfully and continued to repeat his previous answer, his tone stern and impeccable, making Arthur a little suspicious of whether it was a magical creature or a living goblin in front of him.

"You ......"

"Thanks, we see, then let's wait. ”

Just as Mr. Weasley was about to explode, Dirk's hand reached out from behind the door and put his arm around his shoulder, pulling him back back, whispering in his ear, "Hold on, Arthur, now is the time for patience." In my opinion, there is good news. ”

"Good news?"

Arthur Weasley looked at the young man behind him a little strangely, didn't this kid deal with goblins for too long and become confused?

"If you say that you were left out in the cold for half an hour, it can also be interpreted as an act of demonstration. As time went on, I became more and more sure that Gringotts must be in some kind of trouble. ”

Elves with long lifespans have a much heavier concept of time than humans, and even one of Gringotts' wise sayings is "Time is the most precious treasure".

Based on Dirk Chryswell's long contact, the purpose of these elves is usually terrifyingly clear, and bureaucracy may exist, but it definitely does not affect their most important efficiency.

There is no doubt that the meeting with the Ministry of Magic is an official act that cannot be avoided, and the time cost of the negotiation itself is inevitable. If the outcome is true that the Ministry of Magic had envisioned that it could not be changed, then theoretically the most reasonable thing to do is to end the negotiation as soon as possible, rather than using this childish trick to delay time.

The youth director of the "Goblin Liaison Office" pushed the thick glasses and summed it up in a determined tone.

"And at this particular time, there is a high probability that the things that can cause trouble to Gringotts will only be related to what we are about to talk about. I don't know why, but I'm sure of one thing – the longer we wait, the better it will be for us. ”

"In other words, they're really meeting to discuss what to do with us?"

Mr. Weasley frowned, a flash of surprise in his eyes, and muttered, "Speaking of which, the goblins of Gringotts aren't as fearless as they appear. Things may turn around, if we figure out what the elves are worried about. ”

Dirk Chryswell touched his chin, and both of them fell into deep thought at the same time.

"Yes, there must be something bad about this contract for the elfs, but where ......"

......

Arthur and Dirk's guess was right, and the goblins did have a very tricky problem.

At the same time, just under the feet of the two, the Gringotts Venture Office Office.

"Guys, an hour has passed! Even the most stupid wizard can sense that something is wrong!"

Douglas, the fairy supervisor with neatly combed hair, slammed his cane on the table and roared loudly, "Solution! I need a plan! Instead of listening to you tell me that the ruble exchange rate has fallen by a few points, and the losses in our contract, I can calculate these things when I was ten years old!"

Beneath Douglas's cane lay several illustrated reports from the Soviet Union.

[Azerbaijan declares independence today]

[Uzbekistan declares independence today]

[Kyrgyzstan declares independence today]

......

At the very top was a white-haired muggle with glasses, a dark brown birthmark on his balding Mediterranean scalp, and a man sitting at a wooden table repeating a phrase using a magical camera.

"I, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, announce my resignation from Генеральныйсекретарьцккпсс and propose that КПСС dissolve itself!"

"Bastard!"

Douglas's cane slammed on the table, causing a circle of goblins around him to shrink their heads, "This Muggle must have been caught under the Imperius Curse! Are the wizards of the Soviet Ministry of Magical and Internal Affairs all fools?! ”

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Yesterday's two chapters were not successful in feeding~ Sure enough, it was close to the New Year, and everyone had no intention of reading the book~

Goo~ I'm a cute round-faced fat chicken again~ or more than 1000 respectively on ~rua~