Chapter 42: Thoughts on the Robbery of Gringotts

After another week in St. Mary's life, Ike said goodbye to Julianne and the little peas in the orphanage and left for London alone.

This was something that had been planned for a long time, and Julianne knew that even if she was still a little reluctant, she went with Ike.

He dragged his luggage far away, and until he couldn't see St. Mary, Ike took out his wand and held it flat forward when there was no one around.

After a deafening bang, a three-story bus suddenly stopped in front of Ike.

The door opened, and a young man with a pimple on his face leaned against the door frame, without raising his head, and said while pulling his ticket: "Welcome to the Knight Bus, an emergency passenger for witches or wizards in distress." Just stretch out your wand and get in the car and we'll take you wherever you want to go. My name is Stan Sanpark, your conductor. ”

"Eleven Xike, Tong Su is not bullied, no matter where you want to go, it is this price. Of course, if you pay 14 sico, you get chocolate, and fifteen sicos you get a thermos and a toothbrush, and you can choose the color. Stan Sanpak raised his head slightly and stretched out his right hand, "Pay first, get in the car later, we have a good work ethic." ”

Ike took eleven sike out of his pocket and handed it over, and Thornpark pouted and helped Ike carry all his luggage into the car.

"Hold on to your stuff, the trip will be a bit bumpy. By the way, where are you going? ”

"Leaky Cauldron, thank you." Ike sat on the bed, his suitcase resting next to him, tucked between the two beds.

"Oh, London, it's a long way." "The Ministry of Magic should really raise the price, like the Muggles, how can it cost a Galleon to travel so far." ”

Tapping the glass, Sampak shouted, "Ernne! Leaky Cauldron Bar! ”

Hearing the sound, Erne Puran put down the handbrake, stepped on the clutch and put his right hand in gear, and started with the floor oil on his right foot, and the three-story bus slammed out, and the strong inertia made Ike's body fall backwards unconsciously.

Sitting up with both hands on the bed, the scenery flashing backwards quickly outside the window, and I felt a little dizzy after only looking at it for a few seconds. Sampak leaned in again, holding a large piece of chocolate in his hand and shaking it.

"Would you like a piece now?"

"No, thank you." Ike shook his head slightly and refused.

"Okay, but don't throw up on the bed, it's a hassle to clean up." Sampark shrugged his shoulders and knocked on the glass behind Erne, "Hurry up, there's someone waiting for us in Manchester!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ike felt his body lean forward sharply, and the bus stopped.

The door opened, and Sampak leaned against the door frame again: "The Leaky Cauldron Bar has arrived, thanks for the rider bus!" ”

Ike waved his hand and saluted and floated out of the car. As soon as his foot touched the ground, there was another deafening sound, and the shadow of the knight's bus was no longer behind him.

"It's interesting, there's a chance to dismantle one and take a look." Ike sighed, put this in his future plans, and pushed open the door of the bar.

The Leaky Cauldron Bar is still the same, as if it has never changed. Ike walked over to the counter and said to Old Tom, who was always wiping his glasses, "I want a room." ”

Old Tom glanced at Ike, put down his glass, and took out a key from under the table: "One Galleon, you can stay until the first of September, the room is upstairs, and the room number is on the key." ”

Ike picked up the key, which said 203, and pushed a gold galleon over, turned and went upstairs.

The rooms at the Leaky Cauldron continue its overall style, very simple, with only a bed and a bedside table, not even a chair. The hygiene of the room can be trusted, or rather trusted by the cleaning charm, and it still looks very clean.

Opening the suitcase, Ike took out a small suitcase from inside, changed into his robes and left the room, heading straight for Gringotts.

The goblins of Gringotts were still the same, ignoring everyone, but when they saw the gold items in Ike's chest, their attitude was much better.

"You need to exchange them for Galleons, don't you?" A goblin pushed the glasses off his nose and looked at Ike scrutinantly.

"Yes." Ike nodded.

The goblin took out the gold objects in the box one by one and tested them, and then put them on the scales and weighed them. After a while, he took out a bag and pushed it to Ike: "The gold is 672 ounces in total, and it can be exchanged for 1224 Galleons and 13 Sican 120 nats, please keep it." ”

Ike took the bag and poured out all the money inside, and with a light touch of his wand on one Galleon, the scattered coins were naturally arranged according to Galleons, Sicos, and Nat, and reported the number: "1224 Galleons, 12 Sico, 100 Nat!" ”

looked at the goblin in front of him with a smile, the goblin's face did not change, and he took out 1 Xike 20 Nat and handed it over. Ike took it and was about to put the money back in his bag when he heard the goblin say, "Money bag 1 Si Ke 20 nat." ”

Looking up, the goblin didn't shy away from it, reaching out and motioning for Ike to give him the bag. Ike threw it over, took out his money bag from his robe, put it away, and went to the place where he received the bursary to receive 20 Galleons and put it in the money bag.

"Black, really black!" Leaving Gringotts, Ike couldn't help but curse.

672 ounces of gold is equivalent to 19 kilograms, and the current price of gold is almost 28,000 pounds per kilogram of gold, and 19 kilograms is 532,000 pounds. At present, the exchange rate between Galleons and the pound is almost 1:5, which means that these gold should be able to be exchanged for 106,400 Galleons, even if the exchange rate is not so accurate, 100,000 Galleons are still available, and the result is only 1224Galleons!

"Sooner or later, I robbed you." Even if he knew that he couldn't convert it like this, it didn't affect Ike's plan. If it weren't for the trouble of taking the gold to a gold shop in London to exchange pounds, Ike wouldn't want to find this group of money-hungry goblins.

With his hard-earned money, Ike first bought a box with the Traceless Stretching Spell cast, and used up 20 Galleons for Ike for 3 cubic meters of space, and then bought the textbooks for the new semester, and Ike only had 1200 Galleons left.

It's really like spending money.

Carrying the box back to the room of the Leaky Cauldron, Ike put all his things into the new box, and then applied a recognition magic on the box, which was able to identify Ike's magic, only he could open the space of 3 cubic meters, and the others could only see things in Muggle mode.

That is, a few pieces of clothing.

"In the new semester, I will learn the Stretching Spell without a Trace." Ike has a new plan, not to mention making the boxes the same size as Newt's zoo, at least the size of a house.

If he could, Ike would even want to cast a traceless stretching spell on a personal object, such as a watch or something, but that would require knowledge of alchemy, and he could only think about it now.