Hogwarts: I'm a model wizard

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

Unlike most of the time, there are only two people here today, the retired Dumbledore, and Snape, who just finished a Death Eater meeting.

"That Oren took a golden cup from the vault."

"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 say: "Hufflepuff's golden cup is in Kyle's hands, and he didn't even cover it up.

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

"I don't know." Snape pondered for a moment and 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 vault of Gringotts."

"Although the Dark Lord did not say it explicitly, it should be the Hufflepuff Cup."

Snape continued: "The Dark Lord was not convenient to show up at that time, so I went to Gringotts... Kyle and the dog were too careless. After taking the things, they did not even clear the goblin's memory."

"So, you helped Kyle?" Dumbledore's eyes flashed with a hint of ridicule. "It seems that you don't say it, but 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!"

"What will happen to those two people is none of my business. I just don't want them to ruin the original plan and cause trouble for myself!"

"Is that so." Dumbledore did not continue to stimulate Snape, and nodded obediently, "Go on."

"There is nothing to say after that." Snape calmed down again after a while.

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

"I guess Miss Lestrange must have 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 eyes twitched.

Yes, this traitor has deceived the Dark Lord a lot.

"Tom couldn't have gone to Gringotts to check it out in person. It should have been Miss Lestrange who found it. She didn't know how important that thing was to Tom, so she let it slip."

Dumbledore squinted his eyes and recalled what Snape had said to him before.

"Then you went to Gringotts and tampered with the goblins' memories, making them forget Kyle and Sirius, and at the same time helped Miss Lestrange."

"I helped her?" Snape frowned slightly, somewhat confused, "I just wanted to put all the blame on her."

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

"I think it is very likely, and she must have been to Gringotts again."

Snape did not speak, acquiescing.

For a while, Bella did run to Gringotts frequently, and she was not punished again after that.

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

Dumbledore looked deep and said calmly: "Tom is too arrogant, and the split soul makes him lose the judgment that a normal wizard should have. I'm afraid 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 vault, but this is also a good thing for us."

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

Besides, Bella was dead, so the truth didn't matter.

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

"I don't want to expose myself for the time being." Snape said directly, "Besides, I don't think that Kyle would be scared if he met a Death Eater when withdrawing money.

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

After that, Snape left the room without looking back.

Dumbledore didn't try to stop him. At this time, he was really not suitable to appear outside Hogwarts.

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

"Oh, Principal Dumbledore, I'm so glad to see you here. "Someone who recognized him came forward to greet him.

"Long time no see, Bob." Dumbledore said with the same enthusiasm: "But I am not the headmaster now, you can 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 in the Ministry of Magic right now, right?"

"Chris?" Bob thought for a moment, "He is not in the Ministry of Magic."

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

"Oh, you mean him, he is in the Auror's office, but..." Bob looked at Dumbledore hesitantly.

"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 around."

Bob shuddered.

If Chris heard this, he would at most smile and not get angry, but if Diana heard it, he would most likely be hung on the top of the highest tower in the Ministry of Magic tomorrow.

Fortunately, the Department of Mysteries has been very busy recently.

"No, I mean, his personality is very different from Chris's, and the same goes for Diana." He lowered his voice. "This is the first time I've seen someone who can make goblins so angry... They almost fought several times. That Kyle, is he really a Hufflepuff graduate?"

"I promise." Dumbledore said, "But there are always one or two special students in each college, right? But he is also a real Hufflepuff."

Bob laughed dryly twice.

"Thank you for telling me the location."

After saying goodbye to Bob, Dumbledore took the elevator and greeted all the way to the second floor of the Ministry of Magic.

Too many people knew him, and everyone would always come forward to say a few words and ask about his recent plans.

Of course, it is possible that greeting was just a side job.

But being too enthusiastic was a bit overwhelming, and it was not until Mr. Weasley also walked into the elevator that Dumbledore had a little time to breathe.

The elevator stopped on the second floor, and Dumbledore just walked out of it when he heard a familiar voice.

"I tell you, six thousand three hundred and fifty Galleons, that's my hard-earned money, you must compensate in full, not a single Knut less!"

The voice was so loud that it could be heard by almost the entire floor.

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

"It's been two hours since they started arguing." Mr. Weasley sighed, "In order to prevent them from fighting directly in the Ministry of Magic, Scrimgeour didn't go anywhere and kept guarding by the side."

Dumbledore believed Snape's words a little.

When he walked to the door of the Auror's office, the voice was even louder.

When he pushed open the door, he saw a man wrapped in bandages, standing on a chair, and said in full force:

"Also, you tried to frame a law-abiding wizard, so the mental compensation must be at least 2,000 Galleons.

"Also, because of your negligence, I was tortured by the Death Eaters for half an hour, so it is reasonable to ask you for 1,000 Galleons for medical expenses.

"Well, I'll round off the amount and compensate you 10,000 Galleons."

"How can you round off the amount like this!" The goblin on the other side was so angry that he trembled all over, "The round off should be 9,000 Galleons, right?"

"Okay, no problem, then I'll do as you said, 9,000 Galleons."

"No, you're deceiving me!" The goblin also reacted, his face flushed, "Impossible, don't dream!"

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.

In the end, he was so angry that he even jumped up and wanted to hit Kyle.

"Still want to hurt someone? I'll keep you company!" Kyle began to roll up his sleeves.

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

This...

Dumbledore smacked his lips, feeling that he had come at the wrong time, but it was too late to leave now.

"Headmaster Dumbledore... Ah, sir." Scrimgeour appeared in front of Dumbledore in a second as if he had used Apparition.

"Would you like some tea? Or butterbeer?"

Is this Scrimgeour?

Dumbledore was a little absent-minded, and suddenly wondered if the Auror Office Director in front of him was someone else's fake using Polyjuice Potion.

A normal Scrimgeour wouldn't be so polite.

"Ah, Headmaster Dumbledore, you're just in time." The goblin seemed to have seen a savior, "This wizard wants to blackmail Gringotts, you..."

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

The goblin was choked, and his whole face turned purple.

On the other side, although Kyle was surprised why Dumbledore came, he didn't care. He waved his hand as a greeting, and then continued to bargain with the goblin.

"Impossible? I haven't counted the others."

"What's the matter with that dragon? You Gringotts are so powerful. You openly violated the regulations of the Ministry of Magic to raise dragons. What do you want to do? Start a rebellion?!

"Of course, this is not my responsibility, but you should be fully responsible for the damage caused by the dragon. The losses of merchants in Diagon Alley, the burned houses and goods, at least 30,000 Galleons!"

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

"Impossible? Then let's handle this matter in a fair and impartial manner."

Kyle took a sip of butter beer, "Should I go to the Department of Magical Control and Management right now, or just ask the Auror next to me, what is the crime of raising a dragon privately?"

"A fine, three years in Azkaban." Scrimgeour said at the right time.

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

"You...you..." The goblin began to shiver, "treacherous wizard, you are in the same group!"

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

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

This matter can be big or small.

To put it mildly, it was just a careless statement, and he just waved his hand and let it go, but to put it more seriously, it was out of bounds, especially after the dragons raised by goblins were exposed.

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

After all, goblins have launched a rebellion.

If they really insist on it, the goblins will have to give an explanation to the wizards. There is no doubt that Bogrod is the one who will give the explanation.

...

Dumbledore also learned the whole story from Scrimgeour during this time.

First of all, Kyle's terrifying bandages... His first stop after leaving Gringotts was actually St. Mungo's, but he was driven away by the dean because he was too loud when arguing with the goblins.

Then they came to the Ministry of Magic.

"So you mean, 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 at this.

"That's right." Scrimgeour nodded, "There's no injury at all, and those bandages are just for show."

"I heard them just now that Kyle wanted the goblin to compensate him with 10,000 Galleons? What's going on here?"

"It's like this..." Scrimgeour said, "Kyle went to get the money, and he was received by a Death Eater who turned into a goblin. Then he said that the money he had just withdrawn was robbed, and he asked Gringotts to be responsible."

At this point, Scrimgeour's face couldn't help but twitch.

"In addition, he also asked Gringotts to be responsible for the damage caused by the dragon, and to compensate Diagon Alley for a total of 50,000 Galleons."

"Did the goblins agree?"

"How could those greedy guys 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 Kyle and the 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. Where are the remaining Galleons? It's impossible that they grew wings and flew away.

"If it weren't for helping you goblins to guard the vault, my Galleons wouldn't have been stolen. I didn't expect you to be such an ungrateful bunch."

"Forget it." Kyle suddenly waved his hand with some disinterest, "Since you don't want to compensate, let's do it in a fair manner. The Auror is here, so you can explain the dragon issue first."

Scrimgeour immediately came over and put on a serious face.

"We..."

"Don't say it's to protect the vault." Bogrod was about to speak when Kyle on the side said faintly.

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

"Ukraine has an iron belly... It guards the vault during peacetime, but it's hard to say when it's not."

"You, you..." The goblin's eyes were red, "That dragon can't get out!"

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

"It can't break free of its chains at all!" The goblin shouted loudly: "I can guarantee it."

"What do you mean." Kyle glanced at it, "It can't break free, did I open it for it?"

"Do you want to get your brain back from the troll? I released a dragon while dealing with the Death Eaters to increase my difficulty?"

The goblin's chest rose and fell violently. Kyle said all its words, what else could it say.

The dragon is of course to protect the vault, but it needs to be absolutely obedient, which involves some necessary measures... training.

That's how it got its scars. Through torture, the dragon is scared, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling it.

But it's impossible to let the Dragon Sanctuary know about this, they will definitely not agree.

Although some people knew that there was a dragon in Gringotts, due to the strength of the goblins, they basically turned a blind eye.

Who would have thought that this dragon would actually run away... This also made the original private things exposed.

As for who released the dragon... The dragon must have been released by someone, either Kyle or the Death Eater, there is no doubt about this.

But Kyle's reasons were too sufficient, it couldn't refute it at all. The Death Eater ran away again, and the goblin had no reason to say.

In addition, the people in the Ministry of Magic were playing deaf and dumb. It was obvious that they were also going to dig a piece of meat from Gringotts, and the person in charge was also Kyle.

Bogrod was not stupid, he could see it, but there was nothing he could do. Who made Gringotts fall this time? Not only did he not recognize the Death Eater pretending to be a goblin, but he also caused such a big mess afterwards.

He just felt tired.

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

"Gringo's willing to compensate." Bogrod suddenly said, "We are willing to pay 10,000 Galleons to compensate for the losses in Diagon Alley."

"No, 10,000 is too little." Kyle shook his head, "At least 20 shops have been damaged to varying degrees, and the Ministry of Magic is also responsible for tracking down the whereabouts of the dragon.

"What if this leads to a shortage of manpower and the Death Eaters take the opportunity to cause trouble... The manpower and material resources involved, plus the invisible losses, 10,000 Galleons are not enough, at least 50,000."

"This is impossible. 20,000 Galleons is our bottom line."

"One price, 40,000. Just make friends."

"25,000. Don't go too far."

"35,000. No less. You have to think about the Aurors." Kyle looked at Bogrod, and the other party was also looking at him.

The atmosphere became more and more solemn.

I don't know how long it took, but the man and the goblin spoke almost at the same time.

"30,000!"

"30,000."

...

"Deal!"

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

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

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

As if seeing his confusion, 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 that it was no wonder that they were arguing so much. There was only one Scrimgeour in the Ministry of Magic, and he didn't take care of it.

But this shouldn't be the case. When did Scrimgeour become so easy to talk to? He even took the initiative to cooperate with Kyle.

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