Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

Gringotts can be said to be the tallest building in Diagon Alley.

Leif and Tom stood in front of this towering white building, carefully examining it.

"These goblins are quite ostentatious," Tom said, curling his lip.

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"I heard that they control all the wealth of the wizarding world. It's normal for them to have an impressive facade," Leif said with a sigh.

Tom frowned and said, "I really don't understand why wizards would entrust their wealth to another species…"

"We can buy a history book later to find out about that question, as for now…"

The two didn't delay any further and quickly walked towards the door.

Gringotts has two main doors. The first door is a shiny bronze door.

Two goblin guards in scarlet and gold-trimmed uniforms stood on either side of the door.

This was the first time Leif and Tom had ever seen goblins…

They were very short, with large heads, long ears, and a pointed nose, with long hands and feet…

Leif noticed that their arms seemed to be longer than their legs.

While Leif and Tom were quickly sizing up the goblins, the goblins were politely bowing to them.

At this moment, Leif and Tom arrived in front of the second silver door.

A passage resembling a poem was engraved on the silver door.

【Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.】

Behind the silver door was a spacious marble hall, where hundreds of goblins were busy behind large counters.

Some were weighing coins with scales, some were examining gems with eyepieces, and some were receiving wizarding clients and scribbling something in large ledgers…

After looking around, Leif walked to the counter of a goblin who seemed relatively free.

"Excuse me."

Hearing the voice, the goblin put down the quill in his hand and leaned over the high counter to look at Leif and Tom.

At this moment, Leif and Tom were both dressed in smart and luxurious clothes, looking like young masters from pure-blood families.

When the goblin saw Tom and Leif's attire, a big smile immediately appeared on his originally impatient face.

"Welcome, what kind of business are you two planning to conduct?" The goblin's voice was thin and shrill.

Leif didn't take out pounds, but directly took out 5 small gold bars from his pocket, "Exchange these for some Galleons to spend."

"Ah! Okay! Okay! I'll weigh them for you right away!"

The goblin's eyes lit up when he saw the gold bars, and his tone became even more fawning.

He put the 5 small gold bars that Leif handed him on the small scales one by one to weigh them.

"Oh, the purity of these golds are very high! I can give you the highest price…"

"Well… today's gold price is 10 Galleons per gram. The weight of these 5 gold bars, each one is 100 grams. So, how about I exchange a total of 5000 Galleons for you?"

Hearing this, Tom's eyes couldn't help but light up. To be honest, for him, who currently only had 20 Galleons to his name, 5000 Galleons was already a huge sum!

However, Leif shook his head, "Only 10 Galleons per gram? Then your handling fee is a bit high, I'll just go to another counter."

Tom couldn't help but glance at Leif, 5000 Galleons was already a lot…

"Don't! Wait!" The goblin quickly stopped Leif, who was about to turn around and leave, "How about this… My name is Lockjaw, as long as you are willing to come to Gringotts for business in the future, just look for me…"

Lockjaw looked around vigilantly as he said this, then whispered, "I can offer 12 Galleons per gram, how does that sound?"

Tom quickly pretended to casually rub his face, preventing his expression management from getting out of control and ruining Leif's plan…

At this time, Leif began to pretend to hesitate.

"Oh! Sir, although the price of gold is different every day, this is already the highest price, I can't explain it to the superiors if it's any higher…" Lockjaw said helplessly.

"Alright, let's do it according to what you said…"

"Great! I'll get the money for you right away! By the way… would you like to open a vault? You know, having an extra vault can store your own pocket money, and I guarantee that your family won't find out!"

"Then open one. And, help me deposit these as well." As Leif said, he took out the remaining gold bars.

Lockjaw's eyes widened, he was right, the family of these two young masters were indeed very rich! Even their pocket money was in gold bars!

…

By the time the two walked out of the Gringotts gate, they were already wealthy people with bulging wallets.

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Tom asked in confusion, "How did you know that the greedy goblin wasn't telling the truth?"

Leif smiled and said, "Goblins are all greedy, how could they tell the truth? Do you believe that 12 Galleons per gram isn't actually the highest price, Lockjaw definitely still has a kickback to eat."

"Then you still exchanged with him?" Tom asked in shock.

"Tom, if you want others to help you wholeheartedly, you have to leak some benefits. Especially when dealing with creatures like goblins," Leif said indifferently.

"Here, this is for you." Leif took out a money bag from his pocket and threw it to Tom, which contained 500 Galleons. "Let's each take 500 Galleons, that should be enough for now, and put the rest in Gringotts first."

Tom nodded and silently put the money bag into his pocket.

"Alright, we should return the clothes. And… go buy a wand!" There was a hint of anticipation on Leif's face.

Leif had always been casting spells without a wand, and now he wanted to try what it felt like to use a wand, and Tom felt the same way.

The two returned to Mr. Malkin's to return their clothes, and after buying the school robes needed for enrollment, they quickly arrived in front of Ollivander's Wand Shop.

The store looked small and dilapidated, the gold lettering on the door had peeled off, and it read: "Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.".

In the shop's window, a single wand was displayed forlornly on a faded purple cushion.

Leif and Tom pushed open the door and walked in.

The interior of the store seemed very small, and there was nothing but a long chair in the corner.

Thousands of narrow boxes containing wands were stacked from the floor to the ceiling, and a thin layer of dust had settled everywhere.

"Welcome to Ollivander's Wand Shop! Ah… two more young wizards preparing to enter Hogwarts,"

A young man with silver-white pupils squeezed out from the dense shelves.

"I'm Garrick Ollivander. You've come to the right place to buy a wand."

"With so many wands, how do we choose?" Tom looked around at the mountains of wand boxes in confusion.

Ollivander smiled and said, "Haha, in fact, it is not the wizard who chooses the wand, but the wand that chooses the wizard! Alright… you two, who's first?"

Leif pushed Tom to the front, "He'll go first."

Tom frowned and glanced at Leif, he was starting to suspect that Leif was up to something again!

However, this time Leif really didn't mean to trick him.

He simply wanted to see if Tom would still get that destined yew wand.

The British units of measurement are a bit troublesome, so I simply switched back to "grams", it looks more convenient.