Harry Potter's Bastard

"What are you doing?" the goblin on the high platform poked out a big ugly nose and looked at them condescendingly.

"I'm going to enter our family vault. Sirius said.

"Do you have a key?"

Sirius showed a silver-white key with the Black family crest engraved on the handle. The elf took it and looked under its nose, then took a pair of monocles from the table and clipped them to its nose, turning his gaze to Sirius.

"Looks fine, Mr. Black. The elf returned the key to Sirius, "I'll arrange for someone to take you down." "

It was understandable that the goblins knew their master's surname from the key, but how could they be sure that the person in front of them was a member of the Black family?, Solim thought as he looked at the goblin on the high platform. Solim knew that what worked for human wizards sometimes didn't work for goblins, and he couldn't say if the wizard robes they wore had an effect on goblins.

Sensing Solim's gaze, the elf turned its head to look at him.

"Mr. Black, may I ask if you brought this young gentleman next to you?"

"Yes. Sirius replied crisply.

"Good. Follow him and he will lead you to your destination. "

A goblin with a slightly shorter nose came over with a bunch of keys and a jingle bell.

"Please follow me. "

It was the first time Solim had been to the underground of Gringotts, and it wasn't what he had imagined. After leaving the hall, the elaborate decoration was gone, and the place where Solim now stood was more like an abandoned mine cave - or rather, it was a mine in the first place.

"You're going into a special area, so please control your behavior. The goblin who led the way jumped onto a cart on the tracks, hung up the oil lamp, and then routinely memorized the line: "If any loss is caused by the customer's behavior, the customer himself will bear it." "

Solim and Sirius sat in the back of the carts, and Solim didn't know what the space in front was, but he knew that the legroom in the back was simply torturous, and maybe the carts were made without considering the size of the wizard.

"Sit down, we'll be off right away. The goblins in front of them began fiddling with the joysticks, the rusty machinery creaking and squeaking, and the cart moved.

"Are you sure this thing we're sitting on won't flip?" Solim hated the feeling that his body was out of his control, he couldn't touch things like roller coasters, jumping machines, etc., he hated that weightlessness, maybe this would explain why Solim hated flying, he didn't hate riding a broomstick at all, but he hated the feeling of relying on foreign objects to move for long periods of time.

"Relax, it's going to be fine. Sirius said nonchalantly, "At least I haven't had an accident a few times I've been here." "

As soon as he finished speaking, the cart shook violently on the track. Solim's knee slammed into the back of the seat in front of him.

"Shhhh

The underground of Gringotts is something that many people have never seen before, because in order to open a vault here, you must have a certain amount of property. It's not about tens of Galleons or hundreds of Galleons, it's about having at least a thousand Galleons of property, and the goblins of Gringotts will agree to you opening a vault here, and unlike Muggle banks that give depositors interest to them, Gringotts charges depositors an annual management fee and security premium.

Yes, you read that right. The money you have in Gringotts is getting less and less, even if you don't spend it. Ever since Solim knew that saving less and less money in Gringotts, he had made up his mind that he would rather bury it in his yard than put it in Gringotts.

The Black family's treasury - is the Black family's treasury, not Sirius' personal treasury. The vault of an ancient family like this was at the lowest level of Gringotts, and Solim was sure that this was the lowest level - because the Black family's vault was on a floating island, held in place by thick chains, and the lava was underneath - there would be no further depth, because the cart's track had come to an end.

"I remember when I came over, wasn't there supposed to be a waterfall?" Solim asked, was it because of his memory problems, or was Gringotts equipment upgraded, and the thief-proof waterfall was deactivated today?

"Thief Falls, the gateway to another road. My personal vault is down that road. Sirius said, "It's all the old family vaults, and very few people are coming down here now." "

"Yes, I remember the last time it was Bock, and that was decades ago. The elf led the way with an oil lamp in front, "Many of the vaults here will never be opened again. "

It will never be opened again - that is, many families have broken off their inheritance and have no descendants. And the treasures and galleons they kept in the vault naturally became Gringotts' wealth.

There is only one building on the entire floating island, and the gate of the building is carved with a huge emblem - the coat of arms of the Black family: a shield decorated with a mountain symbol, two five-pointed stars, and a short sword, flanked by two leaping greyhounds. This is the Black family's vault. It is completely different from the general personal small treasury.

"Please give me the key. The fairy held out his hand in front of the door.

The vault was built by the elves, so the keyhole was very low, and after a series of complicated operations, Sirius finally cut his finger and wiped the blood on the door, and finally opened the door.

"Please hurry. The elf stepped out of the way and reminded, "In fifteen minutes, the gate will close." "

Solim wanted to ask why, but Sirius had already walked in first, and he had to follow. The situation inside the gate was nothing like Solim had imagined, not piles of gold gallons, no gems and treasure chests scattered around, but a statue with a passage under the statue leading inside.

"The vaults here are not the same as those ordinary vaults. Sirius said, "There are two ways to open the door to the vault here, one is to place items or retrieve them, and this way is time-limited. There is also a way to open it completely, which is used to facilitate the transfer of wealth by those elves. "

Speaking of which, Sirius became a little disdainful.

"My dear mother moved a lot of things out of the family coffers when my two sisters got married. It is said that the elves moved for a day. "

As he walked out of the passage, Solim was a little dazed by what he saw.