Chapter 588: A New Beginning

The early nineties of the twentieth century were perhaps the last age of innocence.

And the wizards who live in the wizarding world are more simple and simple than Elena imagined.

In the weeks that followed, the financial turmoil in the wizarding world, as turbulent as it had been, quickly dissipated, and people quickly went back to normal and normal life, except for the occasional curse on the damn Dark Devil remnants, and there was no worst group out of control.

This was mainly due to the joint statement of Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts, which stabilized the situation in a timely manner

Under the negotiation of Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, the huge wealth obtained by mortgedging Hogwarts was injected into the Gringotts Wizarding Bank in the form of a debt-to-equity swap to make up for the capital chain.

At the same time, the wizarding world began to promote the exchange of [Hogwarts-Golden Gallons] and [Gringotts Original Golden Gallons], and from then on, the elves could no longer issue gold Galleons indiscriminately, and each new "Hawking" represented a share of Gringotts' equity.

On the other hand, he secretly colluded with the Dark Devil forces and signed a contract with Peter Pettigrew to mortgage the Gringotts Elven Elders' Council at Hogwarts, and publicly announced the dissolution of the council on the second day of the public trial, and the young Elven Queen took charge of the new Gringotts.

There wasn't much information available to the wizarding world about the details of the Fairy Empress, as if the Ministry of Magic had previously known about the Gringotts Elven Elders, and it was limited to the names of individual elders.

Based on the information revealed by Gringotts, and the photos provided by the elves of the Elven Empress's throne, what one can deduce can be roughly summarized as follows: women, dwarves, foreigners.

Of course, the Minister of Magic and a handful of high-ranking officials would know a little more about it, such as the Elven Queen's name is "Bronya", and she is not a goblin born in England, but from a more mysterious place.

Judging from the reaction of the Gringotts Wizarding Bank, the young Goblin Empress obviously has the same IQ and authority as the former Council of Elders, and almost overnight she was unanimously supported by all the Gringotts goblins, and there was no discordant voice throughout the restructuring of the Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

The most important thing is that the new Goblin Empress showed a completely different friendly attitude from the former Gringotts as soon as she took office, and an amazing courage that was greatly appreciated by the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding world - Her Majesty's first order was to "turn back time" to the afternoon of April 1, and the deposit amount of all wizards in the wizarding world in Gringotts would be reset according to the records at that time.

At the same time, Gringotts Wizarding Bank also officially severed from the Gringotts Americas Division, which had been "renamed" as the "National Federal Magical Reserve System", recognized the independent identity of the other party in the international and financial fields, and declared war.

Unless the "Magic Fed" returns all the gold galleons that were swindled from the continent, Gringotts Wizarding Bank will do whatever it takes to impose financial sanctions on the world domain, even if the process may be extraordinarily tortuous and long, but with the support of the Manifest Destiny, Hogwarts, and the wizarding community throughout Europe, it is believed that justice will come one day.

Peter Pettigrew, the culprit of financial fraud, Voldemort's secret strategist, and the most forgiving conspirator in the wizarding world, was sentenced to life in prison by the Wizengamot court, and at the suggestion of Albus Dumbledore, he was given a special restraint suit to prevent him from escaping prison by transforming into a rat.

After the Lestrange family's treasury was voted on, Gringotts decided to follow the advice of the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts to confiscate all the property in the vault to compensate Peter Pettigrew, Bellatrix Lestrange and others for the damage and sequelae caused to the wizarding world.

With a large sum of gold Galleons in his account and a reputation for turning the tide in times of crisis, Cornelius Fudge has been in a particularly good mood these days, with a big smile on his face every time he meets other employees at the Ministry of Magic.

The decision on Sirius Black's compensation has finally been finalized.

In addition to cascading his sentence, the Ministry of Magic originally intended to award him a medal of the Order of Merlin 1st Class as a reward, but Blake refused on the grounds that he "did not contribute, but was at fault, so he deserved it", and after some discussion, the Ministry of Magic decided to grant Blake an immunity from a "non-major criminal case".

In other words, Sirius Black has the right to use this immunity to drop a Ministry of Magic indictment against him unless Sirius Black uses the Unforgivable Curse in public, or in other serious criminal cases, and in other cases where the law is violated.

Of course, Dumbledore had privately warned Sirius that sneaking into Azkaban to murder the criminals in its custody was not within the scope of this immunity, and that he would have to shoulder the duties of a godfather.

In addition, there is also a surprise that with the fact that Tom Riddle is Voldemort was publicly revealed, and after the subsequent investigation and questioning of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, all the honors that once fell on Tom Riddle were also revoked at the same time, and Rubeus Hagrid, who was framed by him, became the first hero to fight against Voldemort.

It's just that for Hagrid, this beauty not only came a little later, but also ......

"Mr. Hagrid, please don't get distracted! These, these, and these are all things that must be remembered, and if you don't want to start in the first grade next year, then at least you can't fall too far behind in the basic written exam. ”

In the cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Hermione patted the wooden table in front of her with some dissatisfaction, which was piled up with notes from various subjects that had been marked with various colors, as well as a detailed review plan that made people a little worried when they looked at it.

As one of the school's most recognized top students and the few young wizards with whom Hagrid had the best relationship, Hermione offered to help Hagrid with a revision plan after learning that Hagrid would need to take a comprehensive written exam to determine the grade in which he would be returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry next year.

After all, in terms of the curriculum of the senior year, she has barely finished the content of the second grade, and many of the knowledge points are not fully understood, and there is no way to repeat it with a good punctuation mark like a first-grade textbook.

"Oh, Hermione, spare me...... Anyway, Professor Dumbledore said that it is okay to pass if you fail......"

"P or above, to be exact," Hermione quickly retorted, "Hogwarts grades are graded on six scales, Excellent (O), Good (E), Pass (A), Poor (P), Very Poor (D), and Very Poor (T). ”

As she spoke, the girl looked at the large hunting ground guard in front of her with a stern look that made Rubeus Hagrid seem to see a miniature version of Professor McGonagall in a trance.

Hagrid hesitated, looked at Hermione Granger, and whispered with some uncertainty on his face.

"But...... But I heard that little girl from Elena say that there is actually an easier way to cope with the exam......"