Hogwarts: The Wizarding World's First Capitalist

The man who said this was Gerald Leroy, the one with the whip marks on his face.

This is the Director General of Finance of the French Ministry of Magic. He was born into the Leroy family, a famous French pure-blooded magical aristocracy.

The surname Leroy is very noble and literally means "king" in the French context.

The entire family had a huge influence in the French magical world before the appearance of the previous generation Grindelwald.

The only families in the French magical world that could rival them were the Lestrange family, which had not suffered the blow, and the Rosier family.

At the same time, this name is also very meaningful. Gerald can be translated as "warrior with a spear" in the French context.

Logically, a person with such a name should be a tough person like a warrior.

But facts always like to play jokes. The young Financial Secretary looks skinny and pale.

His whole body exudes an air of excessive indulgence, and the impression he leaves on his colleagues is that he is extremely stingy.

But now it seems that this impression is wrong. When facing real threats, "this warrior" seems to be more generous than anyone else.

But the one who was even more confused was Mr. Leonard who heard this. He looked at Director Gerald and the senior officials beside him in a strange way.

He asked in a tentative tone.

“Leaders, let’s not discuss whether there are any specific requirements in the letter for now. We shouldn’t think about it first.”

"Do you need to verify the accuracy of this letter? What if it's just a ridiculous prank?"

In fact, there is no need to say such things at all. After all, if it has not been tested, how could there be a need to mobilize so many people to hold an emergency meeting?

The reason why he said this was, on the one hand, due to Mr. Leonard's own work habits. As a secretary and international Auror, he has always been very cautious in doing things.

On the other hand, the script he received never anticipated that these people from the French Ministry of Magic had never thought of resisting at all.

Not to mention the hard-line hawks, there wasn't even a dove who advocated negotiation. Almost everyone was shocked when they heard the name Grindelwald.

He had already thought of the posture in which he would surrender, and it happened so fast that he didn't even have time to react.

However, what happened next completely refreshed his horizons.

The group of senior officials immediately split into two factions. One faction supported the proposal put forward by the Financial Secretary and kept asking Mr. Leonard whether the other party had put forward any conditions.

Another group opposed this plan and demanded that more than just the other party's current conditions be met.

You should also ask the other party kindly what price they can offer if you want to maintain long-term peace.

They are willing to provide the materials the other party wants for a long time, in addition to ensuring their own long-term safety.

To put it bluntly, one side wants to kneel down and surrender, while the other side thinks that the other side has not kneeled down thoroughly enough.

The two sides immediately began a heated debate on the issue of surrender, and the two sides were on the verge of a fight, and the argument was difficult to resolve for a while.

The quarrel lasted for half an hour until Mr. Raymond, who was sitting at the head of the table, suddenly slammed the table hard and shouted loudly.

"Do you still have any sense of shame? Do you still have the dignity of being an official of the Ministry of Magic? How can you discuss such things in the meeting room?"

"I am deeply ashamed of this, and you have really let me down."

After these words were spoken, the group of senior officials could not help but look ashamed and lowered their heads, not daring to look at their minister's eyes.

Mr. Leonard, who had been standing behind Mr. Raymond, always looked at him with some surprise.

Among all the situations he had anticipated, he had never thought that his extremely lustful minister would become the last hope of the French Ministry of Magic.

I couldn't help but feel a little admiration for each other.

Unfortunately, the admiration did not last for more than a few seconds, as Mr. Raymond turned around and looked at Mr. Leonard behind him.

And the two Aurors who were responsible for maintaining order spoke righteously.

"Mr. Leonard, please lead these two Aurors on duty to investigate who sent this letter."

"If possible, go to Père Lachaise Cemetery and make the necessary inquiries."

"I authorize you to use force, even to arrest the wizard on the spot. Go now."

"ah????"

Hearing this, Mr. Leonard's face was full of question marks. He stood there for a full 10 seconds. He even wondered if there was something wrong with his hearing.

He was an international Auror himself, leading two trainee Aurors who were forced to be on duty during the holidays because they were interns.

Go to the gathering place of the largest dark wizard organization in Europe, conduct investigations, and even arrest some dark wizards.

He suddenly remembered an oriental novel he had read, in which there was a plot about an insect demon with nine heads.

He asked one of his monsters, a carp spirit, to kill the Monkey King and his three disciples who had caused chaos in the Heavenly Palace.

This isn't asking me to investigate at all, it's asking me to die.

And as a political veteran, he quickly understood the meaning behind the other party's order.

As long as he leads his men to investigate Père Lachaise Cemetery, there will be only three situations that can occur.

When he met Grindelwald, the two rookie Aurors were killed instantly by the opponent, and he luckily escaped with his rich combat experience.

After returning to the Ministry of Magic, he told the Minister everything he had seen. After hearing it, he expressed his heartache and thought deeply.

In order to save more lives, he decided to lead the crowd to surrender.

The second situation was that all three of them died. After hearing this, the minister expressed his heartache and thought carefully.

It shows that one of the only two international Aurors of the French Ministry of Magic has been killed in the battle. The French Ministry of Magic is no longer able to resist and finally decides to lead the people to surrender.

The third situation is a fantasy, where the three of them go there and find out that it is just a complete prank.

After his report, newspapers all over Europe would boast about it the next day, saying that the French Minister of Magic had a keen eye and could see through the scam.

Grindelwald has become a distant legend, and peace in the European wizarding world has finally arrived.

Anyway, resistance is for a better surrender and for the glory of the French Ministry of Magic.

As for their poor trio, it was obvious that they were not in their consideration.

Those senior officials who were discussing how to surrender a few minutes ago suddenly understood the good intentions of their leader.

They all praised Mr. Raymond's wisdom and intelligence, and began to urge Mr. Leonard to set off quickly.

Just like that, Mr. Leonard, who was already disappointed, was kicked out of the entire conference room along with the two terrified rookies.

The three people standing at the door of the conference room were silent for another 5 minutes, and then a rookie Auror asked tremblingly.

"Sir, what should we do? I don't want to die yet."