"Ludo Bagman doesn't have a good reputation as a wizard, but I can't help it, I can't refuse a request from a high-ranking director of the British Ministry of Magic to meet with the head of the Fairy Liaison Office, even if I realize that trouble might come my way."

Barna sighed and said,

"Ludo Bagman has brought me the inside scoop that the Department of Magical Sports and the Department of International Magical Cooperation of the British Ministry of Magic are planning to join forces to promote the resumption of the Triwizard Tournament, which is not only supported by the Ministry, but even Albus Dumbledore is willing to stand up for it."

Amosta's eyes flickered, late last year, after he returned to Hogwarts, there was a riot of Dementors from the Ministry of Magic who had been stationed at Hogwarts to capture Sirius, and at that time, all the Dementors had been captured by him.

When Cornelius Fudge came to talk to him about this, he mentioned that the Ministry of Magic was promoting a major event, and it seemed that the Triwizard Tournament was already in the making.

"With the promotion of the British Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, there is a high possibility that the Triwizard Tournament can be implemented, and Ludo Bagman also took the opportunity to make his own request - wizards who are familiar with the rules of this event know that the host school of the tournament will be voted by the International Federation of Wizards, and until then, no one knows which school will host it, but Ludo Bagman is confident that he can know the inside information, and he hopes that we can open a market and bet on the eventual host."

This time, the sighing man was replaced by Amosta Blaine.

"You agreed?"

"There's no denying that it's a good opportunity to make money, isn't it, Mr. Bryan."

Barna smiled with the elven usual shrewdness,

"The elves are indeed rich, but our wealth is not acquired overnight, but for centuries, we have grasped opportunities with a keen eye, and the accumulation of one nat after another, finally came to the present situation."

When it comes to the obsession with accumulating wealth, goblins are indeed much stronger than wizards.

The source of this matter was finally figured out, and Amosta tapped his fingers on the table, and after a slight groan,

"Which side are Bagman and Mokridge pressing, Beauxbatons or Durmstrang, how much money are they pressing?"

"Neither, Mr. Blaine—"

Barna chuckled,

"Mr. Bagman has invested twenty thousand Galleons, and Mr. Mokrich is about the same amount. According to the news from our Gringotts UK branch, this is probably their entire net worth, ah, they voted for Hogwarts. This is the choice of most people, after all, on the surface, the Triwizard Tournament is promoted by the British Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, and Hogwarts is the most likely to succeed, and Hogwarts has much lower odds than Beauxbatons and Durmstrang --"

Amosta's mind raced, and a faint coldness tugged between his lips,

"Until word comes out that I'm replacing Dumbledore as the representative of Hogwarts?"

"You're wise, Mr. Brian—"

Barna nodded, his eyes full of appreciation,

"Before you arrived in Paris, Dumbledore's decision to make you the representative of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was only a very small spread of news, most people didn't know it, they were still optimistic about Hogwarts, however, Ludo Bagman and Mokridge thought that the fierce battle for the right to host the event was beyond Albus Dumbledore's expectations, and he was afraid that his reputation would be damaged if he didn't succeed, so he sent you out to take the blame."

Amosta's cheeks twitched slightly, the summer insect can't be spoken, the ancients don't deceive me.

"Ludo Bagman and Cuthbert Mokridge have invested all their net worth, and they can't find a single gold Galleon in their coffers, and if they make a mistake, you can imagine what will happen to them, so, after knowing the news, they immediately approached me, hoping to get back the gold they put in, and switch to Beauxbatons, which is more likely to be outside of Hogwarts, which is certainly impossible, and I refused their request."

Barna said quickly,

"In order to hedge their risk, Ludo Bagman and Cuthbert Mokridge immediately borrowed fifty thousand Galleons from us as collateral in their own names and invested them in Beauxbatons—hehe, wizards are no less greedy than elves, Mr. Blaine."

"Hmph-"

Brian snorted, his face frosty

"Don't confuse the concept, Mr. Barna, in your position, you will not risk stealing Hogwarts' security plan for the sake of a mere tens of thousands of Galleons, or for the request of Ludo Bagman and Cuthbert Mockridge, and you have done it twice in succession, and the reason why you are willing to do this is because you trust Ludo's judgment and fear that your own interests will be compromised."

Barna moved his beard to say something, but eventually, he kept his mouth shut.

Cunningly, it expected to be able to direct Amosta Blaine's anger on Ludo Bagman and Cuthbert Mokridge with words, but it did not expect that Amosta Bryan would be so sophisticated and so easily see through its plans.

Gerson Barna doesn't have that kind of confidence, and Amosta won't kill him!

If this matter is exposed, although the British Ministry of Magic will inevitably lose face, but because of this, the angry British Ministry of Magic will definitely grab the pigtails of the goblins and tear a piece of flesh off their bodies, and the British Ministry of Magic will not give up.

Wizards are always very united in the face of aliens.

What's more, if Amosta Bryan chooses to kill them all tonight, Gelson Barna believes that judging from the magic that the wizard in front of him has just shown, this matter is very likely to become an unsolved case, and the wizards and goblins will not be able to find the murderer.

"How big is the amount of money in the pool now?"

Looking at the goblin who had fallen silent, Amosta asked coldly.

"It's more than two million Galleons."

Barna hesitated, but answered the question truthfully.

And its answer made Amosta raise his forehead, his eyes gloomy.

Amosta wasn't surprised that someone would take this out for a gamble, what he didn't expect was that it would be Ludo Bagman's doing, and besides, there would be so many good deeds.

With such a large pool of funds, once he opened it, it would be far from going to be a turmoil in the European magical world, but there was no doubt that he would be hated by many people.

At this moment, the wizards who can intervene or know about the Triwizard Tournament are either in high positions or have a lot of money, which makes this group of people jealous, and in peacetime, Amosta will have a hard time walking in the wizarding world under the sun, not only him, but even Dumbledore will not dare to act recklessly.

Thinking of this, Amosta frowned.

Dumbledore's intelligence network is not trivial, it was created by Ludo Bagman, and he was pushed by the goblins to gamble, maybe he had already heard the news, and perhaps, Dumbledore also had a little bit of a desire to invisibly help the abuse, so he pushed him out.

However, there is no point in dwelling on this kind of thing now, what matters is how to deal with it.

Amosta had no intention of causing a carnage here, but now that he had cracked the gamble, he would have to turn the tables if the elves didn't relent.

The most important thing is what to do with the two guys, Ludo Bagman and Cuthbert Mokridge.

Sent to Azkaban?

Sending a director and a director of the Ministry of Magic to Azkaban is no small feat, and this must be formally tried by the Wizengamot, and in this way, the matter will be known to the whole world, and the upcoming Triwizard Tournament project will inevitably be discontinued.

Not to mention, the political influence within the British Ministry of Magic, inextricably linked nepotism.

Amosta tapped on the table, silently pondering how to fix it.

And the old goblin Barna has been observing, trying to see through Amosta Bryan's inner thoughts.

"There is no doubt about it, Mr. Blaine, that we have committed a sin, that we have violated Hogwarts and your interests—"

Barna's voice was cautious,

"We're willing to pay you for this, how many Galleons do you think it will take to appease you and Hogwarts?"

(End of chapter)