Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 891 Game

 Order of the Phoenix Headquarters, No. 12 Grimmauld Place.

Unlike most times, there were only two people here today, Dumbledore, who had retired, and Snape, who had just finished a Death Eater meeting.

"That Oren, took a gold cup from the treasury."

"Golden cup." Hearing Snape's words, Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, "Horcrux?"

"Don't you know if it's a Horcrux?" Snape couldn't help but said, "Hufflepuff's golden cup is in Kyle's hands, and he didn't even hide it.

"So, Tom didn't know that the Horcrux had been stolen?" Dumbledore asked.

"I don't know." Snape thought for a moment and then shook his head.

"As far as I know, the Dark Lord was furious with Bellatrix and even punished her with the Cruciatus Curse.

"The reason for doing this is that she lost something, an important thing hidden in the Gringotts vault."

"Although the Dark Lord didn't say it clearly, it should be the Hufflepuff Gold Cup."

Snape continued: "It was inconvenient for the Dark Lord to show up at that time, so I went to Gringotts...Kyle and the dog were too careless. They didn't clear the goblin's memory after taking the things."

"So, you helped Kyle?" A hint of teasing flashed in Dumbledore's eyes. "It seems that even though you don't say it, you still care about him in your heart. Is it because of Miss Prince?"

"Shut up!"

Snape exploded instantly and said angrily: "I care about Kyle? Are you kidding me!"

"What happens to those two people is none of my business. I just don't want to cause trouble for myself because they ruined the original plan!"

"That's right." Dumbledore stopped irritating Snape and nodded calmly, "Go on."

"There's nothing more to say after that." It took Snape a while to calm down again.

"I don't know what Bellatrix did after that. She obtained the Dark Lord's forgiveness and that was the end of it."

"I guess Miss Lestrange told a little lie." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Impossible, no one can deceive the Dark Lord." Snape blurted out.

"Really?" Dumbledore looked at Snape and said nothing.

Snape's eye twitched.

Yes, he, a young boy, has deceived the Dark Lord quite a lot.

"Tom couldn't have gone to Gringotts to check it out in person. Miss Lestrange probably discovered it. She didn't know how important it was to Tom, so she let it slip."

Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, recalling what Snape had said to him before.

"Later, you went to Gringotts and tampered with the memories of the goblins, making them forget Kyle and Sirius. At the same time, you also helped Miss Lestrange."

"Am I helping her?" Snape frowned slightly, not understanding, "I just want to put all the responsibility on her."

"This is just your idea." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Since no one has been to the Lestrange family's vault, it is possible that the things are still in the vault, but she saw it wrong.

"I think it's very possible and she must have been to Gringotts again."

Snape said nothing and acquiesced.

Bella did go to Gringotts regularly for a while, and she was never punished again.

"Death Eaters are loyal to Tom, but they don't mind telling a little lie if necessary."

Dumbledore's eyes were deep and he said calmly: "Tom is too arrogant, and his split soul has made him lose the judgment that a normal wizard should have. I am afraid that in his opinion, Miss Lestrange will never dare to deceive him. .

"I'm afraid he still thinks that the Horcrux is still in the Lestrange family's vault, but this is also a good thing for us."

Snape still didn't speak. Although he didn't quite agree with Dumbledore's words, he also knew that Dumbledore knew the Dark Lord better than he did.

And Bella is dead, so the truth doesn't matter.

"Let's go and visit Kyle." Dumbledore stood up and said, "He must be frightened."

"I don't want to expose myself yet." Snape said directly: "Besides, I don't think Kyle will be scared by encountering a Death Eater when withdrawing money.

"Instead of worrying about him, you should worry about the goblins of Gringotts."

With that, Snape left the room without looking back.

Dumbledore didn't hold him back either. At this time, it was really not suitable for him to appear outside of Hogwarts.

After leaving No. 12 Grimmauld Place, Dumbledore went straight to the Ministry of Magic.

"Oh, Principal Dumbledore, it's so nice to see you here." Someone who recognized him came up to say hello.

"Long time no see, Bob." Dumbledore said equally enthusiastically: "But I am no longer the principal, just call me by my name."

"Well, Mr. Dumbledore," Bob said, "How can I help you?"

"I really have one thing to ask." Dumbledore said, "Mr. Chopper is at the Ministry of Magic right now, right?"

"Chris?" Bob thought for a moment, "He's not at the Ministry of Magic."

"No, it's his son, Kyle," Dumbledore said.

"Oh, you said he is in the Auror's office, but..." Bob hesitated and glanced at Dumbledore.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Bob shook his head, "I'm just curious, is he really Chris's son?"

Dumbledore's eyes flashed, "Bob, you should be glad that Diana is not nearby."

Bob shuddered.

If Chris heard this, he would at most just smile and not get angry. But if Diana heard this, he would most likely be hung from the top of the tallest tower of the Ministry of Magic tomorrow.

Fortunately, the Department of Mysteries has been busy lately.

"No, what I mean is that his and Chris' personalities are too different, including Diana's." He lowered his voice. "This is the first time I've seen someone so angry at a goblin... They almost started fighting several times. That Kyle, is he really a Hufflepuff graduate?"

"I promise," said Dumbledore, "but there's always one or two special students in every house, isn't there? But he's also a real Hufflepuff."

Bob laughed dryly.

"Thank you for telling me the location."

Farewell to Bob, Dumbledore took the elevator and greeted him all the way to the second floor of the Ministry of Magic.

Too many people know him, and everyone always comes up to say hello and ask about his recent plans.

Of course, maybe saying hello is just a way of saying hello.

But it was too enthusiastic and too much to bear. It wasn't until Mr. Weasley also walked into the elevator that Dumbledore had some time to breathe.

The elevator stopped at the second floor. As soon as Dumbledore stepped out of it, he heard a familiar voice.

"I'm telling you, six thousand three hundred and fifty Galleons, that's my hard-earned money. You must compensate me in full, not even a knut!"

It was so loud that it could be heard almost across the entire floor.

Compared to his surprise, the other people in the elevator were much calmer.

"It's been two hours of quarreling." Mr. Weasley sighed. "In order to prevent them from fighting directly in the Ministry of Magic, Scrimgeour didn't go anywhere and kept watch."

Dumbledore somewhat believed Snape's words.

When he reached the door of the Auror's office, the sound got louder.

When he opened the door, he saw a man covered in bandages. He was stepping on a chair and said angrily:

"And you are trying to frame a law-abiding wizard. The mental compensation cannot be less than two thousand Galleons.

"And because of your negligence, I was tortured by the Death Eaters for half an hour. It's reasonable to ask you for a thousand galleons in medical expenses.

"In this case, I will give you a zero and compensate you for ten thousand galleons."

"Is there anyone who can erase zero like you?" The goblin opposite was trembling with anger. "The amount of zero should be nine thousand galleons, right?"

"Okay, no problem, then I'll take the nine thousand galleons you said."

"No, you lied to me!" The goblin also reacted, his face turned red, "It's impossible, stop dreaming!"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Dumbledore saw that the goblin's head was bigger, like a potato on a fork.

Finally, it got so angry that it even jumped up and wanted to hit Kyle.

"You still want to hurt someone? I'll stay with you until the end!" Kyle began to roll up his sleeves.

Next to him, Scrimgeour reached out his hand skillfully and separated them.

this…

Dumbledore smacked his lips, always feeling that he came at the wrong time, but it was already too late to leave at this time.

"Headmaster Dumbledore...Ah, sir." Scrimgeour seemed to have used apparation, and he was in front of Dumbledore in a second.

"Tea? Or butterbeer?"

Is this Scrimgeour?

Dumbledore was in a daze, suddenly wondering if the director of the Auror Office in front of him could be someone else pretending to be someone using polyjuice potion.

A normal Scrimgeour would not be so polite. "Ah, Principal Dumbledore, you came just in time." The goblin seemed to have seen the savior, "This wizard wants to blackmail Gringotts, you..."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Goblin." Dumbledore interrupted, "I am no longer the principal. I am just an ordinary retired wizard now. I may not be able to help you."

The goblin choked and his whole face turned purple.

On the other side, although Kyle was wondering why Dumbledore came over, he didn't care. He waved his hand and said hello, and then continued to bargain with the goblin.

"Is this impossible? I haven't counted the others yet."

"What's going on with that fire dragon? You guys at Gringotts are so awesome. You raise fire dragons in blatant violation of Ministry of Magic regulations. What do you want to do, start a rebellion?!

"Of course, this is not my control, but you should be fully responsible for the damage caused by the fire dragon. The losses to the merchants in Diagon Alley, the burned houses and goods, are at least thirty thousand Galleons!"

"Impossible! Impossible!" The goblin's head grew bigger again.

"Impossible? Then let's get down to business."

Kyle took a sip of butterbeer and said, "How about I go to the Department of Magical Movement Management and Control now, or directly ask the Auror next to me what the crime is of raising a fire dragon privately."

"A fine, and three years in Azkaban," Scrimgeour said duly.

"Did you hear that?" Kyle raised his eyebrows, "Just a reminder, all goblins who know about it will be imprisoned. You Gringotts will be suspended for three years!"

"You...you..." the goblin began to tremble, "treacherous wizard, you are in a group!"

"Insulting wizards?" Kyle's expression changed, "Can you represent all goblins?"

Bogrod felt a sudden chill all over his body and closed his mouth tightly.

This matter, it can be big or small.

To put it in a small way, it was a mouthful and he waved his hand and passed by, but in a big way, it was a big deal, especially after the fire dragon raised by the goblin was exposed.

When it comes to fire dragons, the first thing people think of is war machines. Even if the fairies don't have this idea and just want the fire dragons to guard the treasury, who would believe it.

After all, the goblins had launched a rebellion.

If he really insists on holding on, the goblin will definitely give an explanation to the wizard. No need to think about it, Bogrod will make that explanation.

…

Taking this time, Dumbledore also learned the whole story from Scrimgeour.

The first thing is Kyle's scary bandage... His first stop after leaving Gringotts was actually St. Mungo's, but he was kicked away by the headmaster because he was arguing too loudly with the goblin.

Then they came to the Ministry of Magic.

"So you're saying that Kyle is okay?" Dumbledore asked.

Scrimgeour turned his head subconsciously.

"It's okay, they can't hear it." Dumbledore waved his hand.

Neither Kyle nor the goblin looked here.

"That's right." Scrimgeour nodded, "There's no injury at all. Those bandages are just decorations."

"I heard they just said that Kyle wanted the goblins to pay 10,000 galleons? What's going on?"

"That's it..." Scrimgeour said: "Kyle went to withdraw money, and the person who received him was a Death Eater who turned into a goblin. Then he said that the money he had just withdrawn was robbed, and asked Gringotts Responsible."

Having said this, Scrimgeour's face couldn't help but twitch.

"In addition, he also demanded that Gringotts be responsible for the damage caused by the fire dragon and compensate Diagon Alley for a total of fifty thousand galleons."

"The goblin agreed?"

"Those greedy guys, how could they agree." Scrimgeour shook his head, "Otherwise, why would they have been arguing until now."

"Tsk." Dumbledore pursed his lips and moved his fingers slightly.

The voices of Kell and Goblin were clear again.

"How do you prove that the Death Eaters took your Galleons!"

"Didn't you check it three times?" Kyle said irritably: "I only have five galleons left on me, and the remaining galleons can't be because I have wings and can fly.

"If I hadn't helped you goblins guard the treasury, my Galleons wouldn't have been robbed. I didn't expect you to be such a group of ungrateful guys."

"Forget it, forget it." Kyle suddenly waved his hand with some disinterest, "Since you don't want to compensate, let's just do business. The Aurors happen to be here. Please explain the problem of the fire dragon first."

Scrimgeour immediately leaned forward, putting on a serious face.

"us…"

"Don't say it's to protect the treasury." Just as Bogrod was about to speak, Kyle beside him said quietly.

"If this is really the reason, you can report it to the Ministry of Magic and the Fire Dragon Sanctuary. They will definitely not object, but you didn't.

"Ukraine has an iron belly...it guards the treasury when there is peace, but when there is no peace, it may not matter."

"You, you..." The goblin's eyes turned red, "That fire dragon can't escape!"

"Can't run out?" Kyle raised his eyebrows, "What is that flying over Diagon Alley, a warthog?"

"There's no way it can break free of its chains!" the goblin shouted loudly, "I'm sure of it."

"What do you mean?" Kyle glanced at it. "It can't break free. Could it be that I opened it for it?"

"Do you want to get your brain back from the troll? I released a fire dragon while dealing with the Death Eaters to make it more difficult for myself?"

The goblin's chest heaved violently, and Kyle said all the words it could say, and what else could it say.

Of course the fire dragon is to protect the treasury, but it needs the fire dragon to be absolutely obedient, which involves some necessary measures...training.

This is how the scars on its body come about. Through torture, it makes the fire dragon feel afraid, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling it.

But it is impossible to let the Fire Dragon Sanctuary know about this kind of thing, and they will definitely not agree.

Although some people knew that there was a fire dragon in Gringotts, due to the goblin's strength, they basically turned a blind eye.

Who would have thought that this fire dragon actually ran out... This also brought the originally private matter to light.

As for who released the fire dragon...the fire dragon must have been released artificially. It was either Kyle or the Death Eater. There is no doubt about this.

But Kyle's reason was so good that it couldn't refute it at all. The Death Eaters ran away again, and the goblin had no reason to say anything.

In addition, people in the Ministry of Magic are pretending to be deaf and dumb. It doesn't take much to know that they are also preparing to poach a piece of meat from Gringotts, and the person responsible for coming forward is also Kyle.

Bogrorod was not stupid, it could see that, but it had no choice. Who let Gringotts fall into trouble this time? Not only did they not recognize the Death Eater pretending to be a goblin, but they also caused such a big mess later on.

It just felt a little tired.

Scrimgeour cleared his throat, "Mr. Bogrod the Goblin, please explain the fire dragon..."

"Gringotts is willing to compensate." Bogrorod suddenly said: "We are willing to pay 10,000 Galleons to compensate for the damage to Diagon Alley."

"No, ten thousand is too little." Kyle shook his head, "At least twenty shops were damaged to varying degrees, and people from the Ministry of Magic are still responsible for tracking down the whereabouts of the fire dragon.

"What if there is a shortage of manpower due to this, and the Death Eaters take the opportunity to cause trouble... The manpower and material resources involved, plus the invisible losses, ten thousand Galleons are not enough, at least fifty thousand."

"This is impossible. Twenty thousand Galleons is our bottom line."

"The fixed price is 40,000. Just treat it as a friend."

"Twenty-five thousand, don't go too far."

"Thirty-five thousand, no more, you have to think about the Aurors." Kyle looked at Bogrorod, who was also looking at him.

The atmosphere became increasingly solemn.

I don’t know how long it took, but one person and one goblin spoke almost at the same time.

"Thirty thousand!"

"Thirty thousand."

…

"make a deal!"

They spoke at the same time again, and Kyle and Bogrod quickly reached an agreement.

While they were talking, Scrimgeour withdrew silently and stood by without saying a word.

Dumbledore was a little confused... This was not like Scrimgeour's style.

As if he noticed his doubts, Mr. Weasley, who had been ignored since he came in, leaned over and whispered.

"This part of the compensation will be paid by the Ministry of Magic."

Dumbledore suddenly realized, no wonder they were all so noisy, and only one Scrimgeour came from the Ministry of Magic, and he didn't take care of much.

But this shouldn't be the case. When did Scrimgeour become so easy to talk to and even actively cooperated with Kyle.

"The Auror Office will get 50% of this money," Mr. Weasley continued.

(End of chapter)