Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

"Of course, those of us who do business will inevitably have some social activities and so on..." Claire said, "Curious creatures are very popular among the rich and powerful people..."

After Ross Ahrens listened, he relaxed and leaned back a little on his chair: "Oh, those people's brains are really difficult for normal people to figure out."

"But it's a good opportunity to make a lot of money, isn't it?" Claire once again emphasized the matter of making money.

Ross Ahrens nodded in approval.

"Pay half the deposit first."

Claire directly took out a bill of lading, which read "Fifteen hundred gold galleons: bat wings - quantity: 300 pairs."

This kind of bill of lading is generally used when merchants purchase certain items in large quantities. It is a commercial tool with certain legal benefits. Both users reach an agreement through a spell, and finally complete the agreement by using the spell at the same time. .If one party breaches the agreement, the Ministry of Magic can trace the person back by recalling the spell history in the agreement.

Gray glanced at the agreement and had to say that Claire was really shrewd and made a false account directly with the bill of lading. The market price of 300 pairs of bat wings was exactly 1500 gold galleons. The hunter would be fined even if he ran away with the money. Pursue punishment.

"Don't worry. But make sure you agree in advance that five-legged monsters are very hungry in winter. If a wizard breaks into their territory without permission, they will attract hordes of monsters, but summer is when underage five-legged monsters appear in large numbers," Ross Aarons He looked at the delivery list and said, "So, if you want to get the goods, you have to wait until April or May at the earliest in spring. At that time, those monsters have enough food and have just bred offspring, which is the time when they are most relaxed."

April or May?Gray felt a little anxious when he thought that it would take so long to gather the materials.He didn't care if he was asked to pretend to be a fool, and he didn't care if he spent a lot of money to investigate and collect these materials, but the waiting time made Gray feel uncomfortable.But what can be done? They can't take risks without authorization. The five-legged monster is very dangerous.The hunter in front of him named Ross Aarons is also the only person found so far who can get along with the hunting of five-legged monsters.

"You know it quite well." Claire said unhurriedly, "I am becoming more and more convinced of your ability, Mr. Ross Aarons, and I believe that this cooperation between us will be successful."

Rose Aarons was so praised that he raised the corners of his mouth and smiled proudly: "My strength is much stronger than those scoundrels in the village who only rely on connections."

He checked the bill of lading and found that there was no problem. The two of them made an agreement. That's it. A deposit of fifteen hundred gold galleons and a bill of lading with a falsified account. That was how the matter was settled for the time being. Came down.

The two people walked out of Innricks Village and walked very far. After looking around to make sure no one was following them, they got into the telescopic tent.

The effects of the Polyjuice Potion were still lingering, and Gray couldn't stand too straight or the top of his head would hit the tent.So he just sat in the tent like a stupid guy. His thick and clumsy body made it difficult for him to move, and he even knocked over the small table next to him.

Claire sat aside and couldn't help laughing when she saw Gray: "You won't blame me, will you? The role of Polyjuice Potion this time seems to be not suitable for you. But for the kind of hunter who is easy to use brute force, there is a tall man next to him. Bodyguards can really be a big deterrent.”

"Of course I won't blame you. If I can make this lady happy by pretending to be a big fool, then I will be very happy." Gray spread his hands, but he knocked over the oil lamp.

Claire smiled and said: "It seems that our Professor Morris is very gentleman."

After waiting for about an hour, the effects of the polyjuice potion finally began to wear off. Gray took off his dirty and patched clothes and put on his own clothes.

"By the way, please tell Mr. Mason about this." Claire folded up the tent and tidied her backpack, "After all, it's not convenient for me to go to Hogwarts."

"Ah, I almost forgot about this old man." Gray said.

Mr. Mason hides in his cabin every day. Some people may go to school for seven years without knowing it, like him and Claire.

"Speaking of forgetting, people...are they really easily forgotten by others?" Claire suddenly stopped what she was doing.

"Oh, of course not... but if a person refuses any social interaction, such as Mr. Mason." Gray saw Claire's sudden hesitation and wondered if he had said something wrong just now.

"Then will I be easily forgotten?" Claire looked at Gray very seriously.

"what?"

"can you?"

"of course not……"

Gray suddenly couldn't explain what he was feeling. He looked at Claire's serious eyes and her bright red lips because he forgot to take off the lipstick. A question suddenly popped up in his mind: Did he fall in love? Got her?

"But she almost forgot about me." Claire lowered her head and zipped up her backpack, completing the last step of packing the equipment.

"What?" Gray was brought back from his thoughts.

"Ms. Bertha Jorkins, my former neighbor, I met her a few days ago." Claire shook her head. "Her memory seems not to be very good. She was my mother's classmate before I moved later. , our two families are neighbors, and I often met her on the street when I was a child."

"Oh, Bertha Jorkins..." Gray felt as if he had seen this name before. "Maybe you haven't seen each other for a long time, so..."

"She is very gossipy and has a good memory. She can always remember the little gossips. She can remember the names that appear in the gossip only once. I remember clearly that I happened to meet her after I came home from the fifth grade holiday. She came to my house as a guest, but she didn't even remember her name. She only had some vague impressions of me. You can say that her memory is not as good as before, but I have only been away from home for one school year..."

As Gray listened to Clare's speech, he was thinking about Bertha Jorkins.

"Originally I was very confused about this matter, but I didn't think much about it. Later our family moved away and I graduated, so I never saw Ms. Bertha Jorkins again." Claire sighed. , "But just a few days ago, I was in the Ministry of Magic, Ms. Bertha Jorkins, and she passed me by like a passerby, and she didn't seem to be in a very good condition... but I couldn't tell what happened. Well, I heard from her colleagues that she is very forgetful."

"Ministry of Magic?" Gray suddenly remembered, "Is she the subordinate who is following Barty Crouch?"

"Oh, it is true that she worked in the Department of International Magical Cooperation a long time ago, but she was transferred to the Department of Magical Sports and Sports, headed by Ludo Bagman, seven years ago."

"Do you know her?" Claire asked.

"No, we have never crossed paths, but I have heard of such a person..."

The emergence of the name Bertha Jorkins sounded an alarm for Gray. Although Peter Pettigrew had been caught, there was still a potentially dangerous person left - Barty Crouch Jr.