Chapter 3: Gringotts
"Do you have any money?"
Professor McGonagall suddenly thought of a crucial point. After all, although the clothes on Luke's body are delicate now, it is obvious that they are a little unfitting, and they should be the clothes left by adults.
Luke nodded and said, "It's rich, but you need to go to Gringotts to get it." ”
As he spoke, he took out the coat of arms in his hand: "You have to use this, this, that's our family's vault, except for us, only the goblins of Gringotts know." ”
Professor McGonagall nodded, knowing that if the money hadn't been hidden from the other Gaunt family, there would have been no money left. Whether it is the extravagance of the heyday or the downfall of the last years, they will be full of desire for these money, as for the life and death of their own ancestors, who cares?
Professor McGonagall has come into contact with many pure-blood wizards, both the so-called big families and the small ones, and their arrogance and viciousness are about to be put on their faces. The number of these fallen pure-blood wizards is enormous. Although it is undeniable that there are many pure-bloods who are very friendly. For example, the Weasleys, or the Shacklers, and so on.
But of all the nobles, the kid in front of her was the one who made Professor McGonagall feel like she had seen a nobleman.
I don't know if there are other families who have such hidden people. ’
The thought crossed Professor McGonagall's mind. But she immediately denied it herself. Is it really not good to have such an excellent talent, and it is not good to directly pull it out to stabilize his own power? The current pure-blood family is not in a very good situation, and Voldemort's defeat has caused many pure-blood families to be expelled from the center of power. Some are even on the verge of ruin. What do you want to do when you hide people at this time?
After coming back to her senses, Professor McGonagall said to Luke, "Follow me, let's go to Gringotts first." ”
So Luke followed in Professor McGonagall's footsteps and walked towards a tall white building.
Not too far away, they walked for a while to the door. In front of the bronze gate, two elven guards in scarlet and gold uniforms saluted the two and opened the gate for them. The attitude is quite respectful.
Then you saw a silver door with some words engraved on it. Luke glanced at it and saw that it was actually a warning from the elves to those who wanted to steal.
Luke was not interested in this, this warning had no effect at all, Voldemort commanded Professor Quirrell to rob it, and then Harry and they directly took the place......
So these threats are really not a deterrent.
Professor McGonagall was familiar with the place, so she walked through the silver door into the hall, and Luke quickly followed.
The halls were flanked by goblins counting money, and Luke didn't care, walking straight to the highest seat in the middle.
A leprechaun with thinning hair and half-moon glasses sat and he saw Professor McGonagall and Luke in the distance. This made him feel a little helpless, after all, he had just sent off a Hogwarts hunting ground guard, and now there was another full-fledged Hogwarts professor. What's more, he knows very well that the students who can be guided by professors are often not simple.
Therefore, there is a high probability that this person is not here to handle the service of exchanging pounds for galleons.
"Luke Gaunt is going to inherit Robert Gaunt's surviving treasury." Luke stepped forward and calmly showed the coat of arms in his hand to the goblin.
The goblin gasped. He thought this little guy would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. Damn, it's the heir to the Gaunt family in the shadows. He thought that after so many years, the people of that family were dead.
Although he quickly returned to normal, his reaction was still hidden from Professor McGonagall. Judging from this guy's reaction, I'm afraid that the money in that vault should be an unimaginable amount.
"Wait a minute."
With that, he got out of his high chair and went into a room.
The other elf immediately stepped forward and saluted the two of them, making a leading gesture. Luke and Professor McGonagall followed another elf into a room. The room was exquisite and elegant, obviously not for the average guest.
After a few moments, the Governor returned to Luke with a small box in his hand.
When the box was opened, inside was a snake carved from a dark green gemstone. The red gem is embedded in the socket of the left eye, but there is only one eye. The letter was spit out, but her mouth was closed.
"Please drop a drop of blood into your eyes."
The goblin's tone was flat and stern. Behind this is a big benefit, although there is a Hogwarts verification, but he still has to carry out this step after all, first, the process is necessary, and second, it is indeed a little unwilling.
If no one claims those treasures for another hundred years, they can be classified as ownerless, and then become the property of Gringotts......
Without hesitation, Luke immediately took out his knife from his waist and cut his fingers. A drop of blood spilled from the wound and landed in the socket of the snake's right eye.
But the snake didn't seem to react.
There was a light in the elf's eyes. Professor McGonagall frowned, too. Luke was unhurried. Sure enough, after about thirteen seconds, the blood congealed into a gem in the socket of the right eye, and the whole snake turned from dark green to emerald green. The mouth opened, and a key was revealed.
Luke calmly took out the key, smiled and said to the goblin with a clearly lost look on his face: "Please lead the way, I want to get some money to buy something, you can also see, I don't even have a well-fitting dress now." ”
The goblin's professionalism is still very good, so he nodded, and his expression returned to natural: "Please follow me." ”
Then he led the two of them towards the location of the vault.
When you get on the pulley, you will see a huge cave and a number of vaults at the edge of the cave.
This is where deposits are located for almost the entire British wizarding world. Whoever looted this place, regardless of how much money they could get, would be besieged by almost all the English wizards.
The block didn't go far and then slid down a branch. At the end, there was no gate to the treasury, but instead there was a black cave. Professor McGonagall was actually quite surprised. Luke didn't mean to dump her at all. She didn't think Luke would ignore it. This was evident from the worried face on his face now.
Luke was also negligent, he suddenly thought that today seemed to be the 31st of July on the way here...... If memory serves, today is also the time for Harry and the others to come to Gringotts. That is, it was also the day Gringotts was attacked. It's really a misfortune that grandma is a bear. So of course he didn't dare to put aside his 'thighs' and come here to make waves by himself.
Moreover, he was quite confident in Professor McGonagall's integrity. Unless the legacy left by the Gaunt family is quite exaggerated, he believes that Professor McGonagall, who has seen the world, will never be moved!
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