Hogwarts.

The brightly lit main hall of the auditorium was so quiet that even the naughtiest students knew to be silent at this time, and all eyes were fixed on the group of people near the door.

"Excuse me, I may have misheard, you mean that Gringotts doesn't accept gold galleons for repayment, and instead needs us to provide us with lowly Muggle currency?!"

As one of the permanent directors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Greengrass's voice was a little sharp, and with a look of disgust on his face as if he had been humiliated, he glared at the short goblin Leos in front of him viciously, making Elena very worried that he would suddenly kick out the old goblin the next moment.

Leos raised his wrinkled cheeks and smiled maliciously.

"To be precise, it is in the payment of this contract, Gringotts cannot directly accept the golden Galleon. ”

The old goblin spread his hands and pointed to the wand at the wizard's waist, and a flash of greed and deeply hidden anger flashed in his cloudy eyes, and he replied slowly.

"Just like if you lent me a wand, I mean, I guess you wouldn't accept it. And then, will you allow me to return a pile of oak equivalents as compensation?Gringotts, of course, still likes the tinkling of gold galleons, but as you can see, it is expressly stated that the credit for this deed is to be settled in rubles. ”

In the hands of Lucius Malfoy, who was standing on the side, was a magical contract about the mortgage of the estate, the content was not complicated, and the fineness and completeness of the entire contract simply amazed the old Malfoy, without Leos to explain, Greengrass could clearly understand the situation that everyone is facing now.

Unless the wizarding world takes the initiative to start a war and force the goblins to tear up the original contract. Otherwise, according to the current rules of the wizarding world, the only way to get back the Hogwarts property certificate from Gringotts is to find a way to scrape together the Muggle currency called the ruble.

As a result, the plan previously discussed by the board of directors to use the gold gallons of each family to fill part of the vacancy and completely and legally "buy" the ownership of Hogwarts has been directly stalled. Not to mention whether the various pure-blood magical families are willing to exchange their assets for Muggle currency, just such a large amount of ruble exchange, at the moment, they simply can't do it through any channel other than Gringotts.

Cornelius Fudge's face was also not very good, and he once again realized what the previous Minister of Magic had told him before he left office, that Gringotts was like a vampire attached to the heart artery of the wizarding world.

However, for hundreds of years, countless attempts to change all this have ended in failure.

Unless the various ministries of magic in the entire human wizarding world can come to an agreement, they will not hesitate to provoke a war, completely destroy the wizarding bank, and rebuild a financial system in the ruins. Otherwise, they can only pray that one day the elves will make a major mistake or change the existing operating model, and take the initiative to share the operation of the bank with the wizards.

"Let me think about it......" Fudge reached out and took the copy of the contract from Lucius Malfoy's hand, looked at it again, frowned, and fixed his eyes firmly on the end of the text obscured by a halo of magic, and drew his wand and lit the parchment.

"Show your secrets!"

Behind, where no one noticed, Elena's pupils shrank suddenly, and she subconsciously clenched her fists.

There was not the slightest reaction, like calm water, and not even a wave rose.

"Apareciym!" Fudge poked hard at the copy of the magic contract in his hand with some annoyance, and chanted the incantation aloud.

Still nothing had changed, and the flowing magical aura still distorted all the patterns in the signature area.

Whew, well, it seems that the elves are quite reliable with Dumbledore's magic. Elena took a deep breath, forcing herself to look away from the focal point of the hall, composure, and slowly back away.

"Who is the signatory at the end of this contract document, and why can't it be revealed?! According to the description, this person should have a considerable amount of [ruble] funds in his hands. ”

Connelly Fudge raised the contract in his hand and threatened in a violent tone, "Goblin, in my capacity as Minister of Magic, I order Gringotts to cooperate with us and immediately undo the magic trick that obscures the end." ”

"Oh, no......"

Leos shook his head and whispered, "One of the few principles on which Gringotts lives is to never sell out users' information. As such, we will not tell anyone about the deposit figures of the previous Minister of Magic, Mr. Millison. ”

The elf narrowed his eyes slightly, and swept away the furious Connelly Fudge with a slightly threatening gaze. As it spoke, the little wizard closed his mouth instantly, but his face became more embarrassed and ugly, and his eyes rolled rapidly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"If you read it carefully enough, you will find that it is written in the body of the contract. Only when the signatory's touch the contract will the magic shrouded in it temporarily disappear. If you're still worried, let Mr. Dumbledore take a look. ”

The old elf behaved gracefully, and although it was not afraid of Fudge, it did not want to offend him too much, and took the initiative to lead the conversation to the old wizard with the white beard, who had been silent.

Hearing the goblin's words, Cornelius Fudge and Greengrass exchanged glances and exchanged a quick look.

In fact, there have been some doubts about Dumbledore's role in this matter, but this cannot be brought up by either of them - if something terrible happens, it may be even more terrible than the war fifty years ago.

In contrast, the Ministry of Magic and the Board of Directors would rather take it upon themselves to swallow all their liabilities in exchange for peace.

Fudge tightened the copy of the document in his hand, looked behind him with some hesitation, and after thinking for a while, he directly pinched it in his hand and unfolded it towards Dumbledore, as if he were an entourage.

"Well, is that so? Why don't you look at this magic, Mr. Dumbledore...... Huh?"

Before Fudge could finish speaking, he felt empty in his hand.

"Very clever name magic, which seems to be a combination of a part of the Loyalty Charm of Courage and the mysterious elf magic. ”

Dumbledore stepped forward, gently held his glasses, and took the end of the text from Fudge's hand without care, and glanced at it cursoryly, with a look of sudden realization on his face, and his tone was full of admiration.

"Amazing idea, this is the legendary contract magic. It's like a subtle compound potion, with countless strands of magic tightly entangled, and any attempt to brute-force it is equivalent to being attacked by all signatories. ”

Under everyone's gaze, the halo of magic that obscured the end of the document continued to flicker, showing no sign of fading away.

Whew, sure enough, Dumbledore had already admitted it himself, and they were still worried about questioning something, it was too rude and stupid. I don't know if it's an illusion, everyone present clearly heard a neat sound of relief.

"That is, you can't even unravel it, Mr. Dumbledore?"

Fudge asked, confused, his face a little brighter, he had some complications in his heart, he wanted to see Dumbledore shake his head, and he wanted to see him nod.

After all, if the most powerful wizard in the world is helpless, he naturally has enough reason to deal with the annoying media and various family questions.

"I'm sorry, Connelly. Dumbledore shook his head helplessly, and returned the copy of the document in his hand to the Minister of Magic, "The counterforce on this even contains a hint of magic from Salazar Slytherin, as well as Hogwarts Castle itself, I don't think anyone in this world can destroy it without damaging the body of the text." ”

Fudge asked one last time as he withdrew the contract with a solemn expression and returned it to the old elf.

"Mr. Leos, Gringotts really doesn't think about it, can we be a little more flexible? ”

"I'm sorry, but that's the rule we live by. Leos replied unmoved, "Of course, if you accept Vickers' offer, we can still talk." ”

"I see. ”

Cornelius Fudge replied in a deep voice, putting the top hat back on his hand and saying with a somewhat hideous expression.

"The contract will be paid on September 1 of next year, and until then, we'll get that hateful Death Eater out and recover all the rubles that belong to Hogwarts. I swear by my last name that I would take the man by the throat with my own hands and let it spit out the names of all the participants one by one. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp and loud voice rang out.

"Elena Kaslana, Hufflepuff!"

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