The days of drawing cards at Hogwarts

"Sir, dementors are not allowed to enter Gringotts." A goblin in a scarlet and gold uniform stopped Tom and said in a polite but unquestionable tone.

Tom glanced condescendingly at the short goblin.

"Since when did Gringotts have this rule?"

"Always have, sir."

Anyway, no dementors have ever visited Gringotts, so the goblins can talk freely. If Tom insists, they will show him a copy of the newly printed rules on the spot to ensure that the system is impeccable.

"Then we can revise it now." Tom shook his head and refused to argue with the goblins. He waved his hand, and several dementors fell to the ground, easily setting up the guards at the door.

The goblins are all short in stature, and the dementors are exceptionally tall. The combination of the two creates a special comedic effect. In the hands of the dementors, the goblins of Gringotts are like dolls.

"Let go, stop!" The captured goblin struggled hard, but the dementor's arms held him tightly like iron hoops, making him unable to use any force. He kicked with his feet, but the pair of little

It is difficult for short legs to cause any substantial damage to dementors.

Tom motioned for his dementors to follow him, then swaggered up the white stone steps and walked into the door of Gringotts. The dementors followed him silently, while secretly looking at the huge treasure house in front of them.

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Truly a treasure trove!

To Dementors, gold, silver and jewelry have no meaning. What is truly precious is the endless emotions emanating from Gringotts, which is something called "desire".

Wizards all think that dementors only feed on happiness, but this is not the case. They also feed on other emotions. They are not allowed to be picky eaters in the harsh environment of Azkaban.

The dementors behind Tom were greedily swallowing air, and the entire Gringotts was soon shrouded in white mist.

Behind the first bronze door is a silver door with a line of words engraved on it:

[Come in, stranger, but you must be careful about what will happen if you are greedy. If you blindly ask for something for nothing, you will be punished the most severely. Therefore, if you want to take away a piece of wealth that has never belonged to you from our underground vault,

Thief, you have been warned, beware not of treasure but of evil retribution]

Looking at this line of writing, Tom snorted coldly. Today he was going to the underground vault to take away a piece of wealth that did not belong to him. He wanted to see what kind of evil retribution Gringotts could bring out.

This is Voldemort's Horcrux!

Even if the goblins try to stop him, he will take out the things.

Besides... a glint flashed in Tom's eyes: There are countless vaults buried under Gringotts. Wizards will store their money and other valuables here in tightly guarded vaults located several miles underground.

中. Only goblins know the location of these vaults. Except for goblins, no one knows where the winding underground passages lead.

This is where the problem lies.

Gringotts lacks the necessary supervision. Everything is easy when the owner of the vault is still alive, but what about those extinct families?

When the last heir of the family dies, what will happen to the family's inheritance? Aren't the goblins the final say on how much gold is in the vault? The property in the vault that has been sealed for centuries has in fact become the goblins'

A treasure.

In fact, the wealth of the entire magical world is flowing to Gringotts. The goblins have the right to mint money and have a monopoly on the banking industry. To put it bluntly, all wizards are working for the goblins.

Wizards earn Galleons, spend Galleons, and then resell the remaining Galleons and the Galleons earned from business and deposit them into Gringotts. Gringotts has successfully created a cycle in which all wizards must rely on Galleons.

The Ron Sico-Natt system.

Tom didn't know much about economics, but he instinctively felt that this was not a good thing for wizards. That is to say, wizards had absolute power, otherwise a simple inflation would bankrupt them.

In the past, you could buy a Nimbus for 2,000, but now you can only buy a glass of butterbeer. This kind of thing has happened in the non-magical world.

The goblins only need to copy the operations of their non-magical colleagues and they can easily harvest the leeks of the wizards.

After passing through the second door, Tom came to a tall marble hall. On normal days, there would be about a hundred goblins sitting on high stools behind the counter to handle business. But today, in this tense atmosphere

During this time, the goblins put down their work and looked at this group of uninvited guests with vigilance. As for the wizards who had entered the bank before, they all hid in the corner and watched the show.

"Gringotts does not welcome creatures who do not follow the rules. You must leave! The Aurors are already on the way." An older-looking goblin walked up to Tom and yelled.

"We are here to handle business." Tom said suddenly.

Goblin:???

Tom repeated this twice, but when no goblin responded, he had no choice but to drag Rabastan, who was almost unconscious, to the counter.

"I want to enter the treasury of the Lestrange family. This is the heir of their family, Rabastan Lestrange."

All the goblins behind the counter were silent. Finally, the older goblin shouted in disbelief: "How can this make sense! You just brought someone here and you want to enter the vault that has nothing to do with you!

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"I can wake up Mr. Rabastan. He will want to get something from his vault."

"This is not allowed! We are not blind, you are threatening Mr. Rabastan!" The old goblin felt that he was communicating with an unreasonable person.

"Private property is sacred and inviolable!" Having said this, the old goblin's face seemed to be shrouded in a layer of sacred light.

"Even if there are illegal items in the property?" Tom said to him unceremoniously.

The sacred light on the old goblin's face was destroyed. He hesitated for a moment, then stiffened his neck and said that whether it was illegal or not was a matter between wizards and the Ministry of Magic. Gringotts was only responsible for keeping the property of wizards, and they were responsible for all other matters.

Don't care.

This stubborn attitude gave Tom a headache.

He was determined to directly eliminate the annoying old thing in front of him, but he did not want to use force. In his opinion, although the use of force could quickly achieve the goal, it was really based on the reality. And the blind use of violence was really a bit low, and it made him feel uncomfortable.

He looks like a bald guy with no nose.

In this case, you can only use that trick. But to use this trick, you need a little cooperation...

At this moment, Scrimgeour rushed in with a few Aurors.

"What are you doing?" The Aurors pulled out their wands and pointed at the dementors, their expressions extremely nervous.

For the Aurors, today was really a lively day. First, the Minister of Magic personally led a team to attack a dark wizard's den. Fortunately, there was no danger. When the main force attacked, the dark wizards had already escaped. But

As soon as they returned to the office, another news came from Gringotts: the dementors from Azkaban surrounded Gringotts with unknown intentions.

So they rushed here without taking a sip of water. This time it was not as good as last time. The main force of the dementors was here. If a conflict really broke out, the Aurors would be on the front line.

Seeing the Aurors arriving, the goblins present breathed a sigh of relief. In their opinion, with the intervention of the Ministry of Magic, the dementors would definitely go back obediently.

It's a pity that they can't see the happy face under Tom's mask. His tricks require enough onlookers to have the greatest effect.

Tom took the initiative to stand up. Seeing someone walking towards him, the Aurors became even more nervous and even raised their wands and pointed at Tom.

They knew that the person walking towards them was the legendary "King of Dementors". Facing such a "person", they were filled with uneasiness in their hearts.

"Please be patient," Tom, who was pointed at by the wand, didn't take it seriously. He first spoke to calm the atmosphere: "We don't have any ill intentions towards wizards. We are here just to enter the Lestrange family's treasury.

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Although they were dubious about Tom's words, the Aurors still breathed a sigh of relief. At least the dementors in front of them had a leader who could communicate with them. Scrimgeour stared at Tom and did not let down his guard because of his words.

He said carefully: "Why did the Dementors want to enter the Lestrange family's vault?"

"The Lestrange family has a close connection with the person who attacked Azkaban. So we need to seize their vault and cut off their financial support to that person. Also, we also suspect that there is that person in the vault.

Items in the care of the Lestrange family."

Scrimgeour knew exactly who the "that person" in Tom's words was. Hearing what Tom said, he felt a little moved for a moment.

He even felt that the dementors' demands were quite reasonable.

"The dementors are not interested in frivolous wealth and can be completely trusted. We are not coveting their family's wealth, we just want to seek justice." At this point, Tom turned to look at the old goblin and narrowed his eyes: "You...

And the reason why I have been prevented from entering the Lestrange vault again and again is because there are some shady secrets there, right? For example, the huge vault has actually been emptied."

Tom's words caused great harm to the goblins, and many goblins broke their guard one after another. The old goblin even cursed: "There is no way that we at Gringotts can embezzle the wealth of depositors! We -"

"Then prove it to us!" Tom sneered, "You keep saying it's not allowed to misappropriate it, but you prohibit us from going in to check it out. Your actions don't seem to support what you say."

The old goblin felt as if his throat was being strangled, and he was speechless for a moment.

Tom's words caused the other wizards present to think. Whether they were the Aurors who came to mediate or the ordinary wizards who were accidentally trapped here, they were all thinking about one question: If Gringotts embezzled their money, what would they do?

manage?

They ask themselves that they cannot remember the balance of their treasury. Even if they remember it clearly, they still cannot count it when they withdraw money!

One thousand galleons are piled together, and nine hundred and ninety-nine galleons are piled together. The difference is almost invisible to the naked eye! What's more, there are two kinds of coins, silver Sickles and copper Nats, making trouble. If you want to see it at once

It is simply a dream to reveal how much money you have in your own vault.

Who can guarantee that there are as many gold coins in their vault as there are on the books? A seed of doubt was planted in the hearts of the wizards. More than one person began to recall the scene when he last entered the vault to withdraw money.

After thinking about it, their hearts were gradually shaken: Have I lost my money? Is that pile of gold coins really worth a hundred galleons? And I do feel that the location of the money has changed...

If you spread rumors, you will open your mouth, but if you refute them, you will lose your legs.

The goblins are faced with a dilemma. On the one hand, they do not want other wizards to enter the Lestrange family's vault, and on the other hand, rumors are spreading wildly. Both of these are extremely difficult problems.

Maybe the decision can only be made by the big shots. In the end, the goblins chose to let the top brass of Gringotts make the decision.

At this time, there was already a huge quarrel in the office of the President of Gringotts. Several goblins who usually held high positions were arguing with each other with red faces, trying to use their voices to overwhelm each other and win the debate.

"Just let them see it. We didn't embezzle the Lestrange family's gold. We are not afraid of shadows! As long as we let those damn dark creatures take a look, the masked man's argument will be self-defeating.

." shouted a goblin wearing a bowler hat and monocle.

A fat goblin opposite him had a different opinion. He poked the cigar in his mouth into the ashtray: "We can't break the rules and let these people who have nothing to do with the Lestrange family enter the vault.

This will cause a devastating blow to our reputation. What will other pure-blood families think of you like this?"

"Ragno, it's not you who embezzled the gold in the vault, right?"

"Slander!" The fat goblin punched the table, causing the water glass to jump.

"Enough!" The leader of the goblins, the legendary god of investment, and the president of Gringotts spoke. He made it clear that he would let the dementors and Aurors in and watch the goblins count Lestland.

The Qi family's treasury.

"President!" The goblin named Ragno still wanted to struggle, but the president had made up his mind.

"Solve the matter quickly, check the Lestrange family's accounts, and don't cause any problems." The president warned. As a goblin who is old enough and has seen enough, he is very clear about the current number one.

The top priority is to maintain stability and calm things down quickly. Many times, making a loud enough noise can actually get benefits. Tom used this method to obtain something that would never be obtained through negotiation.

Ragnow showed a desperate expression: He didn't expect that the treasury would actually be counted!

After the directors passed the order, the hall of Gringotts became busy again. The goblins went to the archives one after another, retrieved ancient archive records, and calculated the balance of the Lestrange family's treasure house and the number of treasures.

After hearing the news, Tom laughed.

He said to Scrimgeour: "The wind can come in, the rain can come in, and so can I. No bank is absolutely neutral."

As long as the pressure is high enough, banks will always back down.

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