Chapter 94: Gringotts

Seeing off Professor Quirrell, Merlin headed for the Gringotts Wizarding Bank on the north side of Diagon Alley.

Soon, they came to a tall snow-white marble building, which stood out in the middle of the diagon alley shops.

Walk through a shiny bronze gate, where elf guards in scarlet and gold uniforms stand, bowing politely to visitors.

Merlin habitually nodded in response, and walked through the second silver door with many words inscribed.

As far as the eye can see, there is a spacious marble hall, with dozens of goblins sitting behind a long counter and hastily registering on a large ledger, some weighing coins with scales, others examining gems with eyepieces.

Merlin, who didn't come in, and some of the wizards who came to handle the obligation, went about their own business.

Merlin walked straight to the front desk in the center, looked at the old goblin on the stage writing and drawing, and spoke.

"Hello, I'm going to open an account in your bank and exchange some gold Galleons."

After speaking, he directly took out a large piece of gold, which weighed about six or seven catties, and threw it in his hand, shocking the surrounding goblins.

They could see that Merlin did not use magic power, but directly used the power of his body to throw the gold, and at the same time, they could also see how heavy the gold was due to his sensitivity to money.

Merlin had made some Noland gold coins with his magic, and he didn't know how much his wand and other things would cost, so he would just pinch them a little more and get them first.

Merlin vaguely remembered the exchange ratio of Gringotts, and it was actually a loss to exchange gold for gold Galleons directly.

But for Merlin, who has the ability to travel through the world, gold is not worth much, and he doesn't mind losing a little.

If you lack gold, go directly to the Pacific Rim World, pry open the bank's vault, and take it casually, anyway, I was blamed again, there is a lack of gold in the bank, who knows.

"Welcome, what do you call me?"

When the old goblin saw such a large piece of gold, he put down his pen in an instant, and walked out with a kind face and said to Merlin.

The elves have very good memories and can remember every guest they have served, but they don't have a piece of gold wizarding information in front of them.

"My name is Merlin, I need to open an account to store some very valuable things, I heard that you are the safest place in the wizarding world, may I be on the wrong path, right?"

Merlin picked up the gold and shook it in front of the goblin, and said slowly.

"Mr. Merlin, you can put a hundred hearts, in the wizarding world, if we Gringotts dare not say that it is the safest place, there is no place to dare to say so.

The Ministry of Magic is no one to say that it is safer than we are, and neither Hogwarts school is better able to protect the property of wizards than we are. ”

The old elf patted his short, flat chest and raised his hand high for Merlin to come with him.

"Mr. Merlin, can you go to the VIP room behind our bank lobby to have a detailed discussion, I am sure our service will satisfy you."

"Okay, I hope it won't take me too long."

Merlin nodded and put away the gold, then followed the dwarf goblin past the busy elf to a room.

At the same time, a few goblins were called to prepare some desserts and drinks.

"Mr. Merlin, can you give me a measure of the weight and purity of your gold?"

The old demon's delicate mouth cracked open to reveal a somewhat penetrating smile, although it was quite polite.

But this pointed nose, long and pointed ears, and wrinkles on the face are quite penetrating when combined.

"Okay, by the way, let's exchange it for gold galleons of equal value."

The old goblin's smile became kinder, and he casually called a younger goblin to take the gold away, and then talked about other things.

"Mr. Merlin, you want to store some valuables with us, may I ask what they are?"

Merlin glanced at him and said in a somewhat unpleasant tone.

"Gringotts still has the requirement to know the guest's belongings, you just need to open a treasure trove for me and take me to put it away."

The old goblin was a little embarrassed by Merlin's words, and the person who could take out such a large piece of gold casually, he was a little curious, and the ghost envoy asked the exit in a moment.

"No, no, no, it's out of my personal curiosity, then, I'll help you with the formalities now."

Soon, with the old goblin's skillful business handling experience, he quickly helped Merlin complete a series of procedures.

"Mr. Merlin, this is your key to the vault, please keep it, someone will take you there later."

"Okay, as soon as possible if you can."

Merlin took the key, glanced at it, and put it away.

As soon as he finished speaking, a young goblin came over with a plate of gold gallons.

"Mr. Merlin, your gold is worth 3,869 gold galleons, and it has been exchanged for the equivalent of gold gallons.

Also, we take it upon ourselves to help you with a small portion of silver sico, copper nat, for your convenience, of course, if you don't need it, we can also exchange it all for gold gallons.

At the same time, we have also deducted the corresponding service fee, as well as the management fee for opening the vault, we hope you understand. ”

After the young goblin finished speaking, he stood respectfully beside him, waiting for the next step.

Merlin took it and looked at it, there were probably a few hundred gold gallons missing, and there were less than 3,400 left, and he couldn't help but sigh that the management fee was really high.

But luckily, Merlin didn't really want to save something, but came here to steal something, but not now, but later.

"Very well, Bosie, you can now take Mr. Merlin to Vault 10086."

The old goblin commanded the goblin named Bosie, and motioned for Merlin to follow him.

"Okay, then I won't bother you, the dessert is very good."

Merlin was idle and bored while waiting here, and ate a few bites of the elves' dessert, which he thought was not bad, and the sweet taste was slightly sour with a hint of lemon, and the taste was great.

"It's good if you're satisfied."

The old goblin sent him out of the room and bowed politely.

Soon, Merlin followed the elf named Bossi through the door of the hall and into the narrow stone corridor.

Riding on a small cart through a labyrinth of winding paths, Merlin also saw an underground lake filled with huge stalactites and stalagmites.

"Hello Mr. Bosi, I heard that there is a dragon guarding the vault of your bank, right?"

Bosi, who was driving the cart seriously, was suddenly asked by Merlin, but he didn't dare to slack off, and answered quickly.

"Yes, some of the most important vaults are guarded by dragons, Mr. Merlin, your vaults are closer to dragons, and you may be able to see them from afar."

"That's good, I've admired dragons for a long time."

Merlin smiled harmlessly, it was good to be close, just what he wanted.

"Click"

The cart suddenly braked and stopped in front of a cave.

"Mr. Merlin, vault 10086 has arrived, please follow me."

Bossi stepped into the cave with his short body, holding a lamp about the size of his head to light up the surroundings.

"Don't worry, is that a dragon, it's really fierce, have you seen it with your own eyes, Bosi."

Merlin looked to the other side and could see a zigzag railway stretching underneath.

Although it was still a little far away, a dragon looked like it was locked in several chains.

"No, the dragon is too ferocious for us to get close to it, and it once burned some of our feeders."

Bosie looked frightened and advised Merlin to stay away from the terrifying creature.

"Okay, then open the door for me, I'll store my things and go out."

Merlin took out the key and handed it to him, indicating that he would not open the door.

"Okay, Mr. Merlin, this is my job."

Bosie took the key, and as soon as he turned around, Merlin silently took out a branch, threw it straight back, and used the snake charm to cast a stealth on the branch.

"That's it."

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To be continued