Falsifying history is good business

With just one simple sentence, Lin You established a legendary image of the Forrest Family with unfathomable background; none of the wizards present could have imagined that this guy actually had no say at all.

Only the goddess has the right to decide who owns the holy cloth gemstones. Even Lin You, the "brother", can only make suggestions at most. The words just now were purely Earl Goff's way of using his sister's "personal property" to show off.

How shameless!
However, who would have thought that this little girl was a goddess, and who would have believed that a little kid who couldn't even speak properly could control such a precious "magic prop" on his own? The only little girl at the scene who could expose Lin You's tricks was now happy because her brother spoke for her!

Therefore, Lin You succeeded in pretending to be such a tough guy; he even planned to pretend a little more.

"Which one did you give away?" Lin You asked, touching Minerva's little head.

"Swan, swan." The little girl jumped happily; with the awakening of divinity, her eyes could see through the phenomenon and directly see the essence, and she saw through the characteristics of Fleur's Veela bloodline at a glance.

A pure-blooded Veela is a kind of elf that can transform into a bird when angry; the closest animal image to it is a swan or an eagle, so giving it the Cygnus Cloth is a perfect match.

The only pity is that it is generally impossible for wizards to undergo the same arduous training as the Saint Seiya. Holding the armor gem can at most stimulate a small amount of attached microcosmic energy, and it is highly likely that they will not see the day when the full power of the armor can be exerted.

"This gem is not that simple. In addition to emitting light to dispel people's negative emotions, it also contains greater energy. If you have time, you can try to establish a spiritual connection with it, and there will be more surprises." After all, this is the first time Minerva has taken the initiative to give away a gem, and Lin You does not want it to be completely covered in dust. "I forgot to remind you that this gem has established a special bond between you and Minerva. It can only be used by you. Others - especially those with malicious intent - will suffer terrible backlash if they try to trigger the gem's energy."

Furong was worried: "Is it dangerous?"

"If you touch it without any malicious intent, at most you'll get a flash of light in the eyes. But if you rob or steal it with malicious intent, the consequences will be much more serious." Lin You didn't specify how serious the consequences would be. "You can't even give it to someone else. If you make up your mind to give it up, or if you die, it will immediately return to my sister. So, don't rush to refuse, try to establish a connection with it first."

After Lin You finished speaking, he left with an unfathomable expression; Minerva waved her little hand to say goodbye to her beautiful sister, and happily followed her brother to the Forbidden Forest.

The "family of three" walked along the lakeshore. Less than two minutes after leaving, Lin You sensed a violent fluctuation of the energy of the small universe behind him. In an instant, there was a noise everywhere, which was more lively than the previous game when the scoring was finished.

Looking back, I saw that a large area of ​​lake water had frozen into ice within a distance of more than ten feet along the lakeshore. At this time in late February, the bright white frost was very out of place, and it was both eye-catching and irritating.

"It seems that she has some talent. She can resonate with the microcosm so quickly. But unfortunately, if she doesn't train strictly, she will maintain this level in the future. It is estimated that she will not be able to put on the holy clothes on her own initiative until she dies." Lin You is still not optimistic about the future prospects of the Cygnus holy clothes. The wizards rely too much on magic and have no awareness of physical exercise at all, let alone martial arts training.

Compared with Lin You's regret, Minerva, the serious owner of the holy cloth, seemed very happy; she had no concept of "making the best use of things" in her mind at all, she just simply liked the beautiful Furong and gave the gem away.

Strictly speaking, Furong's previous guess was not wrong. The little lady from the Forrest family had no idea how precious gems were.

As for the other people, their attitudes towards the gemstone were much more intense than those of Lin You and his sister, especially Karkaroff's voice, which could be heard clearly from a long distance away: "She will not be allowed to wear this gemstone in the next game. Never allow it!"

Minerva saw an ugly and wretched middle-aged man talking loudly. Her little brain, which was less than five years old, could not accurately understand the meaning of the other party's words. She just thought that he was saying that the gems were not good, and she immediately became angry.

If Lin You hadn't suppressed the restless little fat hand in time, the headmaster of Durmstrang would probably have been more than just being spit on in the face.

However, although the noise behind them did not affect the enjoyment of the "family of three", Dumbledore did.

"You look very relaxed, Principal Dumbledore? The game over there just ended!" Lin You joked.

"Today's game went smoothly. At least compared to the problem with the dragon last time, there were no accidents in today's game." Dumbledore's eyes fell on Minerva as he spoke. The little girl was riding a unicorn through the woods, shouting happily. "No matter how big the accident is, it is not as surprising as the gems given by Miss Forrester."

"As long as she is happy." Lin You responded casually.

As if responding to Lin You's words, Minerva's laughter suddenly rose to a higher level. A few eight-eyed giant spiders emerged from the depths of the dense forest farther away. The moment they pounced on the little girl, they were burned to a crisp by the fire of the small universe. The few survivors were also chopped to pieces by Diana's sword.

Minerva had long been spoiled by her butler and her brother and was fearless. When she saw the ferocious-looking spiders, she did not retreat. Instead, she quickly fell in love with this game of "riding horses to fight monsters" and urged the unicorn to "hunt down" the fleeing spiders.

"I'm afraid Hagrid will be sad." Dumbledore said with some concern, "Miss Forrester, will she run to the spider's nest? The venom of the Acromantula is a precious potion material and an important source of income for the school."

"If you are really worried, then you might as well say it quickly. Maybe we can still save those spiders in time." Lin You spoke sincerely, not worrying about the little girl at all. For magical creatures like the eight-eyed giant spider that tend to be dark, the gem hanging on Minerva's chest is their natural nemesis.

It would be fine if Minerva, the owner, didn't feel the danger. If she sensed the danger, the gem energy would spontaneously protect the owner and could easily barbecue the entire nest of spiders.

According to some Harry Potter fan fiction, the leg meat and claw meat of the Acromantula both taste like chicken?
"Oh... well, Lord Earl, you are right. I have indeed encountered some difficulties and have to ask you for help." Dumbledore was as thick-skinned as ever, either going down the slope or climbing up the pole; "Alastor and I have been tracking the whereabouts of the Horcrux and found a valuable clue."

"Go on." Lin You's eyes followed Minerva all the time. The dense forest could not block the sight of the true god.

"I first got the inspiration from Mr. Malfoy. Since Tom gave one of the Horcruxes to Malfoy for safekeeping, would he have given the same task to other Death Eaters? So Alastor and I checked the Death Eater families that were most loyal to Tom."

"Have you found anything?" Lin You asked knowingly. Many things will inevitably leave traces once they are done. The only question is whether you want to check and whether you can find the direction to check. Just like in the original book, Dumbledore can even find the secret cave on the cliff by the sea through Voldemort's childhood experience in the orphanage.

The Horcrux that was stolen by Regulus Black in advance is probably one of the most secretive Horcruxes, second only to the Tiara in the Room of Requirement.

"We did find something." Dumbledore said in a low voice, as if he was subconsciously guarding against eavesdropping. "We have identified several families that are most likely to receive Tom's favor, and then investigated them one by one; but we encountered problems when investigating the Lestrange family."

"Hasn't the Lestrange family been imprisoned in Azkaban for the past decade? Then they died or were caught in the last prison break. Isn't there anyone left outside? If you want, you can demolish all their estates and no one will dare to say anything." Dumbledore shook his head and sighed, "We have already checked all of the Lestrange family's assets. The Ministry of Magic has changed its direction recently, and the investigation efficiency has increased a lot, but we still have nothing."

"Then what? Since you come to me, is there something that only I can solve?" Lin You quietly drew the line at providing help.

"Indeed," said Dumbledore, "Gringotts. We have checked the Lestrange family's properties more than once, but there is still one place we cannot find, that is the vault their family rented in Gringotts. If Lestrange really helped Tom keep the Horcrux, it can only be in the vault; but..."

"But those goblins are very difficult to deal with." Lin You finished speaking for the old wizard.

Dumbledore nodded slightly, and looked at the young man in front of him with expectation: "I heard that the Earl once did a favor to the Elders Council of Gringotts?"

"Where did you hear that?"

"From the Ministry of Magic. It is said that Gringotts encountered a serious crisis due to management errors two years ago, and you sold a batch of gold worth more than 20 million Galleons to Gringotts to help them fill the hole. Many officials in the Ministry of Magic heard about it, and many of them even felt sorry for it. The Ministry of Magic could have taken the opportunity to interfere with Gringotts's business activities."

"A group of people who can't even do arithmetic want to interfere with financial operations?" Lin You sneered.

The "idealistic" habits brought by magic are deeply rooted, causing wizards to generally stay away from extremely rational mathematics; although Gringotts's management method has strong medieval remnants, it also requires deep mathematical knowledge as support, which is not something wizards can handle.

"So, you can really influence the attitudes of the goblins?" Dumbledore was extremely perceptive and discovered that Lin You only mocked the wishful thinking of the Ministry of Magic, but did not deny helping Gringotts.

Lin You also admitted frankly: "Yes, a sum of gold, and a favor of some size to the fairies."

"So, can you get the goblins to change their attitude a little and agree to allow the Ministry of Magic's Aurors to search the Lestrange vault? Scrimgeour and Alastor have assured me that they will not touch a single cent of the wealth in the vault, and the goblins can supervise on the spot."

Lin You smiled and said, "It's just Auror, aren't you going?"

Dumbledore shook his head and said seriously, "I am only the headmaster of a school. I do not have the power to enforce the law. However, Alastor knows how to identify Horcruxes, and Scrimgeour has agreed to hand over the Horcruxes to me for disposal."

"In fact, I have an idea that can make it easier to deal with the vault. We don't need the goblin's consent, and we don't have to owe the goblin a favor." Lin You encouraged with a smile, "You can kill all the Lestrange family members in Azkaban, and their inheritance rights will fall into the hands of a relative or collateral member. At that time, as long as you convince the heir, you can directly open the vault, right?"

Dumbledore had experienced a lot, so he no longer lost his composure easily because of Lin You's pranks. He just smiled and reminded: "Your Excellency, we are not Tom, and we can't do such a thing."

"Being a good person is trouble, right?"

"Your Excellency..."

"Okay, I get it. Tomorrow, I'll take you to see an elder of Gringotts. It's just opening a vault, which is not a big problem." Lin You looked straight at the direction deep in the dense forest and suddenly laughed out loud. "The real big problem is over there. If you don't save the eight-eyed giant spider, the gamekeeper will probably cry."

"Huh? Oh, no!" Dumbledore's face changed drastically, and he quickly Apparated towards the depths of the jungle.

After a while, the sound of "kicks and taps" of hooves was heard coming from afar; a unicorn ran to Lin You with brisk steps and returned the little girl on its back to her brother.

When Minerva jumped from the unicorn's back into Lin You's arms, she was still pouting, with the words "I'm unhappy" written all over her face.

The unicorn stretched out its head and nudged her gently, which made the little girl smile a little. She patted her silver horn and said, "I'll come to play with you next time, and we'll go burn spiders together again."

But Dumbledore's pleading voice sounded at the right time: "Miss Minerva, the Acromantulas have been frightened. Let's not hurt them anymore, okay?"

"It's him! It's him! He won't let me burn the spider." Hearing the old wizard's voice, Minerva felt even more aggrieved. She waved her chubby hands and went to complain to her brother.

Lin You looked up and almost couldn't help laughing. After just ten minutes of not seeing him, Dumbledore looked completely different; he was covered in black ash from head to toe, his long beard was half burned off, and his gray-white robe was covered with holes caused by sparks.

Literally "dirty and dusty".

"What's wrong?" Lin You looked at Diana who was walking back with Dumbledore.

"Don't say that!" Minerva shouted first, "threatening" Diana in a baby voice.

Diana touched the little girl's head and comforted her lovingly, "Okay, don't tell me, don't tell me. It's just burning half of the spiders. It's no big deal, right?"

Minerva was ashamed and annoyed after being "betrayed". She turned around and threw herself into her brother's arms and acted like a spoiled child: "Those spiders are bad spiders. They bullied Lulu's children. I was helping Lulu burn the spiders."

"Who is Lulu?" Lin You was very curious.

"It's the unicorn she rides," Diana explained. "Minerva called it Lulu, and it seemed to accept the name."

"Oh, so it's a borrowed knife to kill someone." Lin You teased the grudges and hatreds between the magical creatures. (End of this chapter)