Hogwarts: The Cat Wizard of the Moving Castle

At the entrance of Gringotts, two goblins bowed to them and led them into a tall marble hall.

There were about a hundred goblins sitting on high stools behind a row of long counters. Some used copper scales to weigh coins, some used eyepieces to examine gems, and made hasty entries in the large ledger.

In addition, there are countless doors in the hall, leading to different places, and many fairies guide visitors in and out of these doors.

"Morning." Dumbledore came to an empty counter and said, "Hello, we have a very important matter to discuss with you."

"Oh, Mr. Dumbledore." The goblin pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his big, pointed nose, as if he was surprised by the person in front of him. Then he nodded, leaned forward slightly, and stuck his head out: "Of course, please tell me."

"We want to enter a criminal's vault." Dumbledore said softly.

"Oh." The goblin nodded clearly, and then changed the topic: "Of course, do you have the key?"

"No." Dumbledore shook his head.

"We want to go to the Lestrange family's vault. According to investigation, an ancient magical item belonging to Hogwarts is stored there." Dumbledore said again.

"Oh, yes, Mr. Dumbledore, we understand." The goblin scratched his head and then said: "But without the key, Gringotts cannot open the vault for anyone. This is a rule. We protect the rights and interests of everyone."

"Criminals have no citizenship rights." Moon said, "And that thing belongs to Hogwarts."

"No, I just can't." The goblin turned his gaze to Mu En and teased: "This - human? Maybe I should tell you the rules of Gringotts?!"

Mu En's eyes gradually became interesting and she said: "You'd better——"

Dumbledore quickly stood in front of him and looked at the goblin seriously: "I think you'd better ask your superiors for instructions. I think I still have some qualifications."

The goblin on the counter also vaguely noticed that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and looked unkind.

But after a moment, he nodded: "Okay, I need to ask for permission. Mr. Dumbledore, I trust your words, but at the same time, Gringotts also has relevant rules."

"I understand." Dumbledore nodded.

After a while, the goblin came out from behind the counter and looked at the two of them.

"Mr. Dumbledore, please come this way." After saying that, he added: "You are the only one."

"You go ahead." Mu En waved her hand: "I'll get a cup of coffee."

This is not a big deal. Compared with this, it is obvious that getting a good drink is the most important thing.

"Okay." Dumbledore was glad that Moon wanted to drink a cup of coffee instead of twisting the goblin's head off.

Then, he followed the goblin's guidance and walked deeper into the lobby.

Mu En turned her head, and as soon as she walked out of the tall door of Gringotts, a familiar figure came up to her.

"Mr. Jones?!" The man was very happy to see Mu En and hurriedly walked up and stretched out his hand first.

"Kingsley, ha, our new director of the Auror Office." Moon shook hands with him.

"Thank you. If Scrimgeour hadn't been promoted, I don't know how long it would have taken me to sit in this position." Kingsley smiled and said, "Mr. Jones, why are you here?"

"We plan to enter the Lestrange family's vault. If our predictions are correct, then there will be something belonging to Riddle."

In just a few words, Mu En revealed the matter.

Kingsley, on the other hand, looked around extremely warily after listening to Mu En's words, so much so that he couldn't believe his ears.

When Moon explained who 'Riddle' was, the old Auror was so frightened that he trembled.

Is this something you can hear?

Then, he carefully brought Mu En to the side of the road and whispered: "Mr. Jones, is everything you said true?"

"Do you think I am someone who is willing to waste my brain cells hiding these things?" Mu En looked at him.

"That's true." Kingsley was speechless for a moment.

"However, I feel that the goblins will not allow you to enter the vault easily." Kingsley said.

"Why?" Mu En glanced at him.

"Those goblins are all brainless, and for people like the Lestrange family, whose entire family has entered Azkaban, the entire Gringotts is almost waiting for them to die. As long as they die, those huge amounts of money will be lost All property belongs to them.

Moreover, the degree of protection of the treasury has always been their biggest slogan for conducting banking business, and they will not destroy their own brand. "

"Continue." Mu En said calmly.

"And those goblins have the backing of the law, they do have control over Gringotts in a legal sense, but as for the criminals' ownership of the vault, there is no such thing.

In addition, the goblins may not have that high respect for Mr. Dumbledore. "

After speaking, Kingsley carefully observed Mu En's expression.

“In other words, whether we can enter it depends on whether they are willing.

And according to the attitude of goblins - they are probably unwilling.

I can understand it that way. "

"Probably." Kingsley couldn't handle the question thrown back.

"Don't be so formal." Mu En smiled. He was not Riddle, so it didn't matter if he said the wrong thing.

And he had to say that Kingsley's inference might make some sense.

"By the way, what was the attitude of the goblins towards Voldemort's faction during the war?" Moon suddenly asked.

"Neutral. At least the goblins in Gringotts remained neutral." Kingsley said quickly: "The Death Eaters of You-Know-Who even killed a few goblins, but they tolerated these actions of the Death Eaters.

Perhaps it was because they knew that these Death Eaters had a wizard-first attitude and were unwilling to cooperate with them.

Or maybe it was because they didn't know whether You-Know-Who or Dumbledore would win. In short, they didn't make a clear choice of side until the end of the war."

"I see." Moon nodded: "They are still cautious."

As he was talking, Dumbledore walked out of Gringotts.

Generally speaking, people like Kingsley who respect Dumbledore will only see kindness and wisdom on Dumbledore's face, and sometimes he may be naughty like an old child.

But Moon's words

"Look at his miserable look." He pointed at Dumbledore and laughed unabashedly.

Kingsley couldn't laugh.

"." Dumbledore smiled helplessly and shook his head.

Coming closer, he explained: "They don't want to, and said that there is absolutely no problem with the goblin's security inspection, and there can be no prohibited items in the Lestrange family's vault."

"The goblins do have a certain authority in the identification of various gold and silver products." Kingsley added: "Then now Dumbledore will teach you."

"Now? Now I can only take a back seat." Dumbledore put his hands behind his back and looked at Moon: "After all, those methods are not my forte."

Gringotts, outside the meeting room, a hand gently raised.

Dongdong——

"Please come in."

Dingling——

As the hanging bell rang, the door was pushed open, and Moon walked slowly into it.

The meeting room was spacious and covered with luxurious and exquisite carpets. Due to the use of goblins, there was no high desk, but a thick marble coffee table, which was only about calf-high.

Behind the coffee table was a long sofa, on which sat a somewhat bloated goblin. His nose was very long, and there were old bristles on his forehead and chin. He had a monocle in his deep left eye socket, and his slender fingers held a cigar.

The goblin slowly exhaled thick smoke and looked up and down at Mu En.

At the same time, Mu En was also looking at them.

In addition to the goblin on the main seat, there was another goblin leaning on the side. At the same time, there was another goblin who had just opened the door for him.

Three old guys.

"Welcome, if you are here to negotiate a large commercial loan, I would be very happy."

"Then I'm sorry that I can't make you happy." Mu En smiled and took the lead to sit on a sofa opposite him.

"But the good news is that I don't care whether you are happy or not."

There are two single sofas opposite the old goblin.

The goblin who opened the door just now followed Mu En's footsteps and walked to the sofa next to him.

The next moment, in his eyes, a pair of feet gently put on it.

Mu En didn't even look at the face of the old goblin next to him. After putting his feet, he leaned on the sofa and chuckled: "Sorry, do you mind preparing a drink for me?"

"Of course." The old goblin's fingers holding the cigar became a little stiff because of anger.

"Laven, pour him a glass." He said.

"Okay." The old goblin's eyes wandered over Mu En's feet, as if thinking about how to cut it off.

After a while, a glass of orange whiskey was placed in front of Mu En.

"Thank you, it seems that you have changed my view of goblins."

Click--

The glass wine glass was immediately cracked.

"Oh, they are indeed a race that specializes in smelting." Mu En exclaimed seriously.

Just when the wine glass was about to burst, the goblin on the main seat suddenly spoke, speaking in an inexplicable language.

For a moment, the reception room was filled with goblin language.

"Huh." Mu En took the wine glass with satisfaction, and the cracks on the glass began to heal, and at the same time a touch of frost appeared on the wall of the glass.

He gently raised the glass in a certain direction, as if he was a little proud.

"Huh, it's only been a minute since we came in, and they have spoken their own bird language."

As these words fell, the goblin on the main seat stood up, put out his cigar, and stared at Mu En.

"Mu En Jones." He said word by word: "If you have something to talk about, then do it now, while - I still have patience."

"My request, I think Albus has already told you." Mu En chuckled, slowly put down the wine glass.

Bang!

The goblin slammed the table and growled: "I have already given the answer!"

"I am not satisfied." Mu En just spread his hands casually, forming a sharp contrast with the angry goblin.

"Without the key and the token, Gringotts can't open the vault door for outsiders. We don't care if they are criminals or not, even if they are dead, we can't open it for you without the key!!

Gringotts can't have what you want. Goblins can recognize and distinguish any magical creation. You humans are even proud to own our creations!" He said.

"You don't count." Mu En just leaned back in his chair: "What I say counts!"

"That's enough! You damn human being!" The old goblin who was leaning against the wall could no longer bear it, and crackling lightning appeared in his palms: "Pay the price for your arrogance!"

Several lightning bolts as thick as fists suddenly struck Mu En.

The next moment, when the lightning was about to hit an inch behind Mu En, it suddenly rebounded, transformed into a dragon head, and attacked the goblin who made the move even faster.

crackling——

A charred figure slowly fell onto the luxurious sofa.

"What's wrong?" Mu En didn't look back, just picked up the cup and took another sip of whiskey, enjoying the alcohol blooming on the tip of his tongue.

A strong atmosphere of chilling appeared in the entire meeting room.

"Huh, absolutely impossible." The old goblin on the main seat shook his head.

Even if he had this right before, he would never let Mu En and others investigate the treasury now.

This is the only right that goblins have had in this magical world for hundreds of years, and it is also their only [face].

"We had a contract with the Ministry of Magic a hundred years ago, and you don't have my—"

At this moment, two parchments flashed out of Mu En's hand. He didn't care what the goblin said, he just smashed the parchment on the coffee table.

The old goblin's words were interrupted. He raised his fingers slightly, and one of the parchments floated in front of him and was opened.

"To protect the millennium-old rights of Hogwarts, Albus Percival Dumbledore, the current Chartered Headmaster of Hogwarts School, and Moon Jones, Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, went to Gringotts Investigate the vault belonging to the Azkaban criminals Lestrange and his wife.

This investigation can be followed and recorded by the Gringotts team, and is monitored by the Legal Enforcement Department of the British Ministry of Magic.

Minister of Magic:

Day.Month.Year"

"Haha." He threw the parchment on the carpet.

"The minister didn't sign. Do you think I'm a fool?" he said sharply.

Dong Dong——

"Come in." Mu En said directly.

Then, the door opened and Kingsley walked in, holding a parchment in his hand.

"Mr. Jones." He handed the parchment to Mu En and then left the reception room.

"Now we have it." Mu En smiled and threw the parchment to the other party.

After the goblin unfolded it, his pupils trembled in disbelief.

The minister had already signed his name and date, and stamped it with a magic seal that could not be disguised.

With just a touch of finger, even the handwriting and seal were not completely dry.

Then, he remembered another parchment.

"No need to open it." Mu En drank the last sip of the drink, and the cup landed on the coffee table with a crisp sound.

"That is a document about [Anti-Gringotts Economic Monopoly]." He said: "It is also not stamped, but you can stamp it if you want."

As he spoke, he stood up, straightened his clothes slightly, took out an exquisite pocket watch, and turned around.

"I only give you thirty seconds."