Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1751 A War Without Winners (Two Hundred and One)

The goblin plan to occupy Hogsmeade was a crude lie from the beginning to the end. It should be said that this matter was a rumor spread by Kenneth from the beginning in order to seek the interests of Hogsmeade.

The goblins are not fools. Even if they really occupy Hogsmeade, what's the point, just because the previous two goblin rebellions were near Hogsmeade?

Don't make an international joke!

There is nothing in Hogsmeade!

The highest "wall" is not necessarily knee-high.

Could it be that they really chose to cause trouble near Hogsmeade to attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic?

Although the relationship between wizards and goblins is very tense now, neither side is ready to cross the bottom line first.

No one is a fool, they are all smart!

Of course, the villagers of Hogsmeade, who are isolated from the news and backward in intelligence, had their own little calculations after accidentally learning the news. Some villagers even planned to sell their settlement quota directly to Kenneth who had approached them before.

The price was not high, only a few hundred Galleons.

But it was just a quota, nothing, so they didn't lose anything.

There was no way. Now Hogsmeade Village only had a foundation. God knew how many years it would take to rebuild the village. The most important thing was that the whole process would require a lot of Galleons and energy to rebuild. Now that the goblins were making such a fuss, the construction progress of Hogsmeade Village would only be slower.

If it couldn't be exchanged, the chips were just chips. It would be better to exchange them for gold Galleons.

Those villagers had the intention of treating Kenneth as a sucker.

But who was Kenneth?

How could such a guy suffer a loss?

After all, the most valuable thing about Hogsmeade Village was that it was close to Hogwarts. As long as the magic school was still there and Hogwarts students were still allowed to go shopping in Hogsmeade Village on weekends, the commercial value of this wizarding village would not be low.

However, Kenneth did not want to be a sucker, so he approached Albert, and after the negotiation, Albert took out Galleons from Voldemort's bounty to solve the problem.

Since Hogsmeade was destroyed by Voldemort and the Death Eaters, Albert did not refuse to pay the Galleons, which was considered a good deed.

As for this store, it will become one of their stores rooted in Hogsmeade in the future.

This is actually related to Albert's initial positioning of Avalon.

Since Avalon did not intend to open to the outside world from the beginning, there would be no stores, let alone irrelevant outsiders.

So they need to choose another place to open a store. Although Diagon Alley is very good, the rent of the store is too expensive, and the good location has been occupied by others in advance. Hogsmeade, which is just about to be rebuilt, is a good choice.

However, Albert did not care about this. After discussing with Kenneth, he threw the matter to the other party to handle it himself.

After Kenneth's operation, Albert was a little confused.

I wonder if the Auror of the Ministry of Magic got his head stuck in the door, and actually believed that the goblin brotherhood was going to do something in Hogsmeade?

The most puzzling thing is that the goblins seem to be paying attention to this side, and even sent goblins to Hogsmeade.

In short, the situation suddenly became quite delicate.

Albert's expression was also quite delicate when he learned about this. He was too lazy to take care of this pile of shit, and he couldn't take care of it.

Since entering mid-March, Albert's hands have become more and more things.

During this period, he secretly went to France to see Louise, who was already pregnant. This beautiful girl didn't seem to expect that Albert would secretly come to France to see her, and she warmly entertained her lover.

However, Louise's family was not very welcoming to Albert.

After all, it was the stinky boy who made their daughter pregnant before marriage. What made them most angry was that Albert was already married and there was no way he could marry their daughter.

It's okay for their daughter to be someone else's lover, but she was actually pregnant.

Even though the French culture is very open, being pregnant before marriage will still damage Louise's reputation.

Fortunately, the problem is not as serious as imagined.

Louise had already dealt with this matter with the help of Catherine.

It is undeniable.

If it were not for the issue of the child's ownership, Louise's family would definitely come to trouble Albert collectively.

Even if Albert is very generous and excellent!

Katrina was extremely shocked that Albert was not driven out by Louise's family using magic.

Among Albert's lovers, Louise's family is more difficult to deal with, and the rest are not difficult.

But Albert obviously did not intend to talk more and shifted the topic to his own family.

"Little Alice has inherited your talent very well. She can already fly around on the toy broom that her mother bought last Christmas."

"Dad, fly!"

A little kid ran over, stretched out his hand to hug Albert's thigh, and was then lifted high by Albert.

Little Alice was not afraid at all, but smiled happily.

This is a little noisy kid.

I and Isobel are not noisy either!

"I hope Alice can be more like Isobel, so I can worry less." Albert kissed his daughter's cheek, lifted her up again, and finally put her in Isobel's arms.

"I thought you would stay in France for a few more days, and then go to Spain to see Yanila?" Isobel put Alice next to Tom Cat. The fat girl now knows how to take care of children.

"There will be opportunities, and you need to come back to teach students." Albert knows very well what is too much.

There are also a lot of things in the UK that he needs to deal with, whether it is the school or Avalon, he can never do it just because he wants to be a hands-off boss.

Moreover, there are a lot of international conferences to be held in late March. Albert learned from the letter that he will be one of the representatives of the UK.

After checking the full list of meetings for several pages, Albert suspected that these guys were simply too idle and had nothing to do.

"I have marked the meetings you need to attend for you." Bud pointed to the red line on the parchment.

"This time, the minister will lead the team personally."

"Werewolf matter?"

Albert just saw a meeting related to werewolves.

"Yes, that's probably it. Kingsley may need your help." Bard could see that Albert was not interested in the international conference, but he still patiently comforted him, "You will have to go sooner or later. It's good to have a chance to adapt now."

Okay, Albert understood what was going on.

It's nothing more than someone needs to fight for the interests and face of the British Ministry of Magic.

This is the sequelae of Fudge and his gang pulling Dumbledore down from the position of President of the International Confederation of Wizards. That operation shocked countless people at the time and made the British Ministry of Magic completely an international laughing stock.