Chapter 172: Promotion to Mind Reader
Led by Jim Baggins, the two walked through the majestic marble hall and on the stone corridor that led to the vault, which was very narrow and dim. Because the entire Gringotts has a magic alarm system, wizards who come in cannot use magic.
So they could only walk down the steep hill under the light of Jim's torches, and soon the two of them came to a railroad track. A young leprechaun was standing in front of the cart, waiting for the two to arrive.
Jim spoke to the goblin and took Arthur into the cart.
"Hold on!"
After reminding Arthur, Jim pushed the brake valve of the cart and let the cart slowly move forward, speeding along the maze of winding roads, and it took about ten minutes or so for the cart to stop, which was more than the roller coaster experience.
"It's here!"
With Jim's reminder, Arthur looked into the distance, and countless caverns had been carved out of the dark brown rock walls, and the caverns were locked by black doors, and he couldn't see how much space there was inside.
"This is an ordinary vault, a place where ordinary customers of Gringotts store their treasures. Arthur, your vault is at the bottom, our most secure vault in Gringotts, guarded by a fire dragon. ”
Jim held up the torch and smiled at Arthur beside him.
As the manager of Gringotts, he has forgotten how many guests he has brought here. But he knew that Arthur would be their future most honored guest at Gringotts.
"Fire Dragon, you actually let a fire dragon help you guard the vault, it's really amazing!"
Arthur lamented that he didn't want to speak. But along the way, Jim gushed about Gringotts' facilities, how good and safe they were.
If you don't respond with a few words, it won't be polite.
Led by Jim, the two men walked through the narrow pass where the dragon slept and came to a vault protected by a magical waterfall. Jim told Arthur to wait where he was, while he walked over to the Enchanted Waterfall and put his hand inside.
After a while, the magic waterfall began to slowly stagnate, and as the waterfall disappeared, a pitch-black, black door that did not reflect a little light appeared in front of Arthur.
"The vault with the highest security level, except for the Enchanted Waterfall and a certified goblin to open this blackstone door."
There seemed to be some ostentation, and Jim's expression was particularly proud and proud when he said this. As he pressed his hand against the black stone door, the black door began to rise slowly.
A glittering mountain of gold made of Galleons appeared in front of Arthur. Arthur made a visual inspection, and roughly measured, this golden mountain was more than three meters high, and it was almost the whole one
"Arthur, this is your manuscript fee, a total of 2.37 million! Seriously, you're already the richest wizard in Britain. The other vaults of more than one million gold galleons are the common coffers of a certain organization. ”
Jim looked at the golden gallons, and as a goblin, he instinctively showed a greedy gaze. However, as an experienced goblin with a deep knowledge of the city, he quickly managed his expression and turned back to Arthur and said.
"Are you sure you want to take them all?" As for Arthur's decision to take all of the Golden Gallons, Jim had known about it a month ago. Although I wondered why Arthur did this.
But out of the traditional idea of goblins - Jin Gallon belongs to goblins in the end, this idea. He didn't ask Arthur about his purpose, nor did he want to refuse.
"Didn't I tell you before, the mysterious man has become extremely powerful, and I need a fund to cultivate a force that can fight against him."
After repeating his previous reasoning, Arthur walked into the vault full of gold galleons. Pretending to pull out the huge money bag that Dumbledore had given him, he communicated with the audience in his heart.
Since the last time he handed over the clay figurine to the audience, Arthur's foreign debt has instantly shrunk to 31.7 million. Now pay back another 2.37 million. Only 29.33 million foreign debts remained.
It may seem like he hasn't paid back even a tenth, but don't forget that this is only the amount Arthur earned in four months in the wizarding world. He also had more than 10 million pounds in the Muggle world, about 5.3 million gold Galleons.
Arthur had already made an appointment with Professor Snape that on the last day of the Christmas break, Professor Snape would personally take Arthur back to the Muggle world and accompany her to withdraw the more than 10 million pounds.
"I didn't think about it, Headmaster Dumbledore thinks so highly of you. Actually gave you such a large money bag. ”
Seeing the mountain of gold in the vault disappear in an instant, Jim sighed with a pained face. The traditional ideas of the goblins are never questioned, but seeing the gold galleons in the vault disappear with his own eyes, Jim still has some difficulty accepting in his heart.
"Thank you, Mr. Baggins. We can leave! ”
Arthur nodded at Jim Baggins.
"You're welcome, cooperating with you is the right choice for me this year."
Jim Baggins shook his head and smiled in response.
The Knights of the Round Table made a profit in these four months, but more than 700,000 yuan was distributed to Gringotts. This directly boosted Gringotts' performance by 3%. Make Gringotts UK the most profitable Gringotts of all Gringotts this year.
As the manager of Gringotts in England, he should be more grateful to Arthur than Arthur's thanks.
"Let's go, I'll take you to my office. There's also a gift for you. ”
With that, Jim Baggins closed the black stone door of Arthur's vault again, activated the Enchanted Waterfall, and took Arthur back to the office hall above Gringotts in a small cart again.
In Jim Baggins' inhuman office, Arthur sat on the couch quietly savoring fresh milk from a Norwegian steppe cow until a young leprechaun walked into the house with a large box.
"This is the material that you wrote about in your letter. I've got it all ready for you. ”
Jim Baggins opened the box, and the items inside were exactly the ingredients Arthur needed for Sequence 8: Mind Reader's potion - a glass bottle of the intact pituitary gland of an adult Colorful Lizard, 5 grams of chestnut spores, 8 grams of dragon tooth powder, and 3 petals of pure white elf flowers.
"How much?"
Arthur carefully examined the contents of the box, and after confirming that they were correct, he suppressed the joy in his heart and asked Jim Baggins.
"No money, this is my Christmas present to you as a friend."
Jim Baggins sat down on the couch with his cane and his tired body moving, smiling kindly.
"Thank you so much."
Packing the contents of the box into his money bag, Arthur sat down across from Jim Baggins again, sipping the milk in the cup while chatting with Jim Baggins about the recent changes in the wizarding world.
Knowing that the sky outside Diagon Alley was starting to darken, Arthur said goodbye to Jim Baggins and returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on a Gringotts night bike.
"First boil 100 ml of pure water, then add chestnut spores, dragon's tooth powder, pure white elf petals...."
"Slowly put the spinal fluid of the Farsman rabbit into the pot......"
"Finally, the complete pituitary gland of an adult colorful lizard dragon ......"
Hogwarts Castle, inside the Room of Need, Arthur began to brew Sequence 8: Mind Reader Potions according to the recipe given to him by the audience.
It took almost two hours, and Arthur looked at the gray "broth" in the crucible, frowning slightly.
The color of this potion is disgusting. Arthur complained in his heart, and even wondered if he had made a mistake.
To confirm the success of the potion, he began to communicate with the audience in his diary. After getting a very successful reply to the potion.
He closed his eyes, pinched his nose, and began to pour the pot of potion into his stomach one by one.
With Sequence 8: The Mind Reader potion all entering Arthur's body, Arthur finally lets go of his nose and begins to gasp for air.
"Gourp~ This potion is too bad to drink, not even a little salt...."
After retching on the table for a long time, Arthur complained again.
But then, Arthur suddenly felt his senses sharpen, his thinking speed was a little faster than before, and he could clearly feel a stream of heat flowing from his abdomen to his limbs.
Potions are transforming his body!
"Next, it's time to follow the rules of play and start consuming the extraordinary characteristics in your body."
Feeling the power of his palm increase a few more points, Arthur smiled with joy.
He found that not only did his physical fitness, mental speed, and senses become stronger, but his casting speed was also a little faster than before.
By the standards of the wizarding world, Arthur's casting speed was now as fast as that of the Aurors who had just entered the Ministry of Magic.
"In the process of guiding others, try not to appear abrupt, illogical and unreasonable behavior, only all the details are soft enough, reasonable enough, so that the target does not realize that he is being guided and arranged, it is qualified."
"The two most important words are soft and reasonable."
The thought of getting stronger now is only part of the potions' properties. When all the extraordinary properties in his body are absorbed, he will become stronger. Arthur couldn't wait to start playing.
According to the interpretation of the cosplay code, Arthur found that this was very similar to the conditions under which he activated his writing ability, both of which were based on sound logic and reason. It's just a guide, and a direct formulation of the plot of the development of events.
"The Wizarding World Student Exchange... Holy Grail War Game Closed Beta... Maybe I can do a little bit about these two things..."
Asking Wes to come to the Twins to participate in the Wizarding World Student Exchange Meeting before was too deliberate to be counted!
So Arthur needs to arrange for him to do something from today onwards, very covertly, without others noticing.
For example, getting Neville into the Gryffindor Quidditch team and making Harry decide to participate in the team selection before these are all "guides" described in the Acting Code.
However, these petty things still have too little impact on this world, not enough for him to quickly digest the extraordinary properties in his body. So he set his sights on the Wizarding World Student Exchange in a month's time.
It was late at night, and after Arthur had initially selected some people who might be "guided" by him, he left the Room of Requirement and headed for the Slytherin common room.
Back in the break room, Arthur finds Pansy lying on the couch asleep, and the Intermediate Transfiguration and wand that have fallen at her feet represent that Pansy has not fished during his absence, but is very serious about learning Transfiguration.
After carrying Pansy back to her dorm room and covering her with the quilt, Arthur returns to his dorm room as well.
......
The next morning, after a night of heavy snowfall, outside Hogwarts Castle, led by Hagrid, several Gryffindor students began to build snowmen.
Arthur looked through the window and saw familiar first-year classmates in the crowd, such as Harry, Neville, Seamus, Ron, and Sister Patil.
"Arthur, I was really sorry that day. I ......"
At this moment, Hermione walked over and stood behind Arthur, her head bowed, her hands unconsciously gesturing to her chest, and her tone was low and full of self-reproach.
"It's fine if you're okay. Next time, just don't be deceived by the professor who has no teacher ethics. ”
Arthur turned around and comforted in a calm tone.
Arthur already knew everything that happened that night, because he had rejected Lilith's invitation to represent Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Defence Against the Dark Arts Tournament at the Wizarding World Exchange, and Lilith held a grudge against him and wanted to make a fool of him.
"Did I have that night..."
Hermione looked up and stole a glance at Arthur's gaze, realizing that he wasn't angry at his recklessness that day. He plucked up the courage to probe.
"Don't worry, you slept soundly that day. By the way, why didn't you go down and build a snowman with them? ”
Arthur didn't want to reminisce too much about that night, so he casually responded and turned the conversation to the group of students who were having a snowball fight outside the house.
"I don't like... I'm going to go to the library to study now... Arthur, are you going? ”
Hermione came to Arthur's side, leaned on the balcony and glanced at the classmates who were chasing and fighting outside, then shook her head and said to Arthur.
"I think you're going home tomorrow. Still going to study today? ”
Today is Monday, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Christmas officially ends at noon tomorrow. Hermione didn't pack her bags in advance and had to study, which made Arthur a little admired.
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"I had enough clothes at home for the whole Christmas, so I didn't have to bring my luggage home. Arthur, I heard you're not going back? ”
"yes, not going back. The wizarding world has been chaotic lately. Headmaster Dumbledore was afraid that I would be targeted by the Death Eaters when I went out, so he asked me to stay at the school. ”
Arthur sighed and said, Regarding the frequent appearance of Death Eaters in England recently, Dumbledore has not been back to school for a long time. Dumbledore was not there, and Arthur had no access to the Death Eaters.
Not knowing what plot Voldemort was planning, he was a little irritable.
"Well, I'll go to the library first."
Hearing that Arthur was not returning to London, Hermione was a little disappointed. Today, she was still thinking about waiting for Arthur to return to London and inviting Arthur to her house to spend Christmas together.
Seeing that the plan in her heart was in vain, Hermione didn't want to stay here either, so she said goodbye and walked in the direction of the library.