Hogwarts on the tip of the tongue

"Yes, that's a goblin. How could Gringotts Wizarding Bank be short of money?"

Cornelius Fudge was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief.

"It seems to be an unreliable fake news. If the goblins of Gringotts are really short of money, why not just make another batch of gold galleons themselves? Why should they appropriate the gold galleons that the wizards have? You fool You can all think of this way..."

"But having said that, I do remember the time half a year ago when the goblins claimed that someone went to Gringotts to defraud a high loan by relying on Slytherin's land deed. It seems that these goblins have learned how to deal with all kinds of bad things. Are the things blamed on the mysterious people and the Death Eaters? These rumors this time may also be false news put out by themselves."

Speaking of this, everyone showed a strange expression.

Regarding the "Hogwarts Mortgage Incident" last September, after repeated investigations, it finally turned into an unsolved case.

Morfin Gaunt, the last member of the Gaunt family with the blood of Salazar Slytherin, was imprisoned in Azka in the summer of 1943 after causing three horrific murders of Muggles. Ban soon died of illness inside, and all clues and investigations stopped here.

What's more, everyone at the Ministry of Magic has also carefully studied the so-called mortgage and the subsequent situation.

The huge amount of money involved is impossible for one person or several people to carry away. Even if the goblins really piled a mountain of gold in front of the "mortgagor", there would be no joint spellcasting by hundreds of wizards. , it is also difficult to transfer funds without attracting the attention of the Ministry of Magic, not even Dumbledore can do it.

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic finally concluded that this was just a farce written, directed and performed by the Gringotts goblins in order to increase their bargaining chips. The so-called huge mortgage funds had never actually left the bank underground at all. .

In addition, when he went to Hogwarts to discuss the "Slytherin Chamber of Secrets", Dumbledore inadvertently revealed that "the sale is not broken and the lease" made Cornelius Fudge and others completely relieved.

This farce performance in Gringotts has naturally become a joke within the Ministry of Magic that cannot be announced for the time being.

Everyone smiled tacitly and once again had a good laugh at the goblins whose performance was exposed.

After a moment, Amelia Bones, Director of the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic, pondered for a moment and asked softly.

"But what if, I mean what if... all of this is true?"

"Well……"

Cornelius Fudge's eyes flickered, and the cheerful atmosphere in the room gradually became a little stagnant. Several Ministry of Magic officials looked at each other, their expressions changed, and they all entered into a period of thought.

After a moment of silence, Cornelius Fudge tapped his fingers on the table.

"Speaking of which, there is actually another possibility in all this. Before "The Quibbler" was revised into "The New Quibbler," I remember seeing a somewhat ridiculous guess. In fact, the person who wrote, directed, and starred in "The Quibbler" was not Goblin, but It's Hogwarts. In addition to the descendant of Salazar Slytherin, Dumbledore, as the principal of Hogwarts, seems to be able to resist.

Take down the castle. "

"If we start from this direction, the huge wizard organization that can't be found at all can also be explained, because Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has the largest number of house elves in the wizarding world. Hogwarts is fully capable of All funds were received in a very short period of time... Then Dumbledore's calm reaction afterwards, as well as the crisis encountered by the goblins, and some specious rumors these days seem to be connected."

"After all, all the gold is in Hogwarts, and besides gold, if there is any non-magical currency, that would be the most critical. Gringotts can't print banknotes, and the goblins don't dare We don’t have the ability to rush into a school full of wizards and snatch back the gold. Maybe the current economic stability is the result of them constantly minting new coins.”

Following Cornelius Fudge's assumption, the faces of everyone present gradually became serious.

In the past six months, the huge shadow that straddles the turbulent magical and non-magical worlds seems to have gradually exposed some of its fangs in the darkness. Everyone is thinking about how to use the crisis to attack Dumbledore. credibility, or trying to further strengthen their control over Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Faced with the threat of the Gringotts goblins and the Ministry of Magic's repeated requests for government intervention, Dumbledore and Hogwarts responded in a very low-key, but just right way, without giving up anything. Substantial interests.

Half a year later, when Gringotts was involved in the economic whirlpool of the former Soviet Union and was suspected of experiencing a cash flow rupture, Hogwarts remained unmoved and stayed away from all struggles, and even had some remaining strength. To recruit Muggle scholars from the former Soviet Union and enter the school to participate in some educational reform.

Amelia Borth, who had stood up unconsciously, her eyes flickered, and she added softly and thoughtfully.

"It looks like this... if the ruble bet is executed again now, the mortgagor can make almost one-third of the profit even if he does nothing. And in order to maintain the value of the ruble, Gringotts used to The money lost may be more than four or five times, right? However, if it is really Dumbledore, what is he doing for..."

"Of course for the gold... Galleons?" Umbridge subconsciously answered, then shook her head quickly.

As a friend of "Paracelsus", "Nicolas Flamel" and other great alchemists who own the Philosopher's Stone, money means nothing to Albus Dumbledore, and the power of the Ministry of Magic It is even more boring for the old man. If he wants to be the Minister of Magic, he only needs to stand in front of the public and say a few words, and he can become the Minister immediately.

Not to mention, Dumbledore, who had personally ended the ambitions of the Dark Lord Grindelwald, was himself a staunch guardian of the wizarding world, and it was impossible for him to be deeply involved in any political changes in the Muggle world.

Cornelius Fudge looked around at the hesitant officials, walked to the desk and poured himself a small glass of champagne. He raised the glass and shook it. After taking a sip to calm down, he took the initiative to lighten the atmosphere. Said with a smile.

"Perhaps, for the sales of "The New Quibbler"? After all, Hogwarts also invested in it."

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Chapter 3! (Oh my god!!!)