Professor, please pay the debt

Chapter 25 The Minister of Magic Part 4

After a burst of green flames, Harry, accompanied by the blond secretary, arrived at the Department of Civil Affairs on the third floor. There were more than a dozen people in this office. They were all downcast, probably because the minister discovered their mistakes in work, and they were just as worried as the secretary. own rice bowl.

Harry's arrival gave them a chance to show off. They scrambled to work one by one, ran around in a mess, and some people bumped into the table from time to time...

Not long after, Harry found himself sitting in a comfortable armchair with a cup of hot black tea in his hand and a pile of candy snacks in front of him, Sirius' will floating on his left, and two magical contracts floating on his right , one from 12 Grimmauld Place, and the other from the two vaults at Gringotts.

Harry felt puzzled: "Why two vaults?"

"One belongs to Mr. Sirius Black himself, and the other belongs to the Black family. Please sign, Mr. Potter, they are all yours now."

A quill was stuffed into Harry's hand, but Harry still hesitated.

"I remember my godfather was expelled from the family, why does he still have the Black family's treasury?"

"That's right, Mr. Sirius Black's mother made a will when she was alive, leaving all the family property to her son. You know we are a government department, we only recognize wills and contracts written on parchment, and Don't care about delisting or not delisting."

It turned out to be like this, no wonder Sirius could use Blake's old house, but he still called his mother an old witch, what an unfilial son!

But for Harry, this was an unexpected surprise. You must know that a pure-blood nobleman's treasury would not only contain Galleons, but also precious potions and out-of-print books. Those were all rare treasures.

However, Sirius didn't seem to mention it.

"But my godfather doesn't seem to know about the Black family's treasury. His own treasury was inherited from an uncle. He always thought that he only had this treasury. If he didn't even know about it, how could he leave it to me? ?”

"This is not a problem for us. Please look to your left. Your godfather's will is very clear..."

Harry looked at the magic contract, the dark red writing on the parchment—all magic contracts were written with dragon's blood.

— all I have left to my godson Harry James Potter —

Below is Sirius' signature.

It was a short will, but undoubtedly valid.

The venerable employee continued to explain to Harry: "Whether your godfather knows it or not, since he wrote it like this, we will give you all the property he deserves."

Harry couldn't help wondering if Dumbledore knew about the Black family vault, and in any case, he hadn't mentioned it.

Moreover, he must know about these legal procedures, why didn't he bring himself to the ministry to complete the procedures, could it be that Dumbledore wanted the Black family's treasury?

"Mr. Potter, do you have any dissatisfaction?"

More than a dozen employees of the Ministry of Magic looked at Harry pitifully. They stood in a semi-circle around Harry, and the minister's secretary stood next to Harry's chair. They all looked at him with begging eyes, hoping that he would sign quickly. It was time to finish this matter so that they could report to the minister. Harry sensed their worry and felt that he could use this opportunity to extract some information, so he slowly put down the quill in his hand and asked slowly:

"Usually, how long does it take you to deal with an estate matter?"

A brown-haired witch screamed, and the others looked ashen, and they all thought their prospects were bleak.

An old gray-haired wizard rubbed his hands and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Potter, we should finish these things within a month, but your address is kept secret..."

"I remember when that unfortunate incident just happened, I happened to be at school..." Harry pointed out his mistake very pointedly. "I don't think there's anything secret about this address."

The brown-haired witch was about to cry, she whispered, my job, my salary, my pension...

"It's not our fault, Mr. Potter, at least not everyone's fault..."

A tall young man stood up, he seemed a little angry and couldn't bear it anymore, "It's Snox, he's in charge of your case, we have a division of labor, we can't all be in charge of the same thing."

Harry nodded understandingly.

Everyone seemed to see hope, so more people began to criticize that person, "Snox has been in charge of legacy affairs for at least 50 years, and no one else has touched it."

"He admires Dumbledore very much, and he always talks about him, and we didn't think much about it. Who would have thought that he would do such scandalous things as leaking secrets."

"It's him who got us down. He's a disgrace to our department."

"The minister ordered him to be fired at that time, and he is now going through the formalities in the logistics department."

Harry was satisfied with this, and people felt relieved, but Harry still had no intention of signing, and he still held his tea cup firmly in his hand, "So, what will happen if I don't come to the Ministry of Magic to complete the formalities? Will the property still be mine?"

"Of course it's still yours, but you'll run into a little trouble when you use it, so you'll have to come to the Ministry of Magic to go through the formalities in the end..."

"What if I don't even know they exist?"

—like the Black family vault, Harry hadn't thought of it at all.

"It's hard to say. These properties will probably stay there quietly until someone finds them."

Sirius was the last Black, and if he didn't know it, it would be a forgotten treasure.There is a possibility of being stolen.So did Dumbledore know?

"That leaky Mr. Snooks you speak of, does he know what the estate is about? That is, does he know that I will inherit a house and two—coffers?"

Harry made a point of emphasizing two vaults, he wanted certainty.

Everyone answered together: "Of course he knows!"

——That is to say, Dumbledore knew about the vault of Black's house, but he didn't want to tell Harry. Very well, old lunatic, I didn't see that you are still a money-grubber. The vault is donated to the Order of the Phoenix.

Harry picked up the quill pen and was about to sign the contract. Everyone showed expressions of relief, but Harry's hand stopped in mid-air, and everyone became nervous again.

Harry seemed to think of something suddenly, and he asked: "Just now you said that Mr. Snox has managed the affairs of the will for 50 years. Then, the will made by Mrs. Black, Sirius' mother, Does he know? Does he know that Sirius has the right to inherit the Black family's treasury?"

The nervous brown-haired witch, already in tears, screamed, "Merlin's quill! Of course he knows, he knows every last will!"

Harry didn't quite trust her. He looked at the others, and everyone nodded in unison. The tall young man seemed to have more courage than other colleagues. He said to Harry, "I don't know why you care about this. But for sure he does, and it may sound uncomfortable, but we are such a department, we know a lot of people's privates and secrets.

So we were asked to keep it a secret, and the Minister was very angry when something like this happened today, maybe we would all be fired, and if that was the case, we would also have our memory erased because we knew too much. "

—That Snox might not be the first leaker.

The portrait of the old Mrs. Black has been swearing at Sirius all the time. She probably didn't say it, or she didn't have time to say it. She wouldn't have thought that Sirius would die so soon, so Sirius didn't know that his mother died for him. What have you done.

Did Dumbledore even know?

If Dumbledore knew about the Black family vault but didn't tell Sirius, and Sirius died on a mission arranged by Dumbledore, then...

— This is too evil!

This is simply murder for money, and even the Dark Lord finds this method disgusting.

Of course, the Dark Lord used this trick too, in order to get Slytherin's locket and Hufflepuff's cup.But the Dark Lord would not harm his subordinates for money.

Forget it, don't think about it, now that important witness is in Scrimgeour's hands, I believe he will not let go of this wonderful opportunity.

"Mr Potter, would you like some more tea?"

Everyone in the room looked at Harry tremblingly. Harry felt that it was almost the same, and he would not be able to ask anything useful if he stayed any longer.

So he raised his right hand holding the quill again to approach the magic contract.Then it stopped again...

"One last question, ladies and gentlemen, the last one..." Harry emphasized that this was the last one to appease everyone, "I want to know if the Potter family has a will."

"As far as we know, there is no..." It was still the young man who replied, "The minister also asked just now, this should be a good thing for you, because only non-blood inheritance will make a will, and if there is no will, it means, Everything in the Potter family is yours."

It sounded good, but Harry didn't feel much joy, because he knew that there was nothing left of the Potter family. After James Potter got married, he donated the family mansion and some real estate to the Order of the Phoenix, which was a sensation in the past. The vault that Harry now owns is probably the Potter family's property.

Satisfied at last, Harry signed his name on the deed, and the parchment glowed faintly golden before disappearing into thin air.This shows that the magic contract has been established, and everyone is relieved.

Harry stood up and thanked everyone: "Thank you, everyone. I have completed what I want to do today. Thank you for your cooperation. In addition, please convey my respect to Your Excellency the Minister and a small message, Just say that I am very curious about that Mr. Snox, and I think that one person should do one's job, and there is no need to implicate others."

The employees were so messianic that they sent him out of the office like a moon, bowing and pledging to bring his message.

Harry took the opportunity to ask the tall young man's name, Xavier Smith, an ordinary clerk in the Home Affairs Department, a young man with soft brown hair and big gray eyes, his appearance was not outstanding.

But he has the courage to take responsibility, and he is stronger than other colleagues. Harry will always develop his own power in the future, and this Smith can be wooed.Harry expressed his willingness to correspond, and Mr. Smith accepted with surprise but pleasure.

When Harry was walking towards the elevator, he suddenly asked Jerry, the minister secretary beside him, "If I want to avoid the countless wizards in the hall, do you have any good suggestions?"

Harry didn't want to go into the hall, because he didn't want to be crowded with so many people, and he was also on guard against what Dumbledore might do. Harry wanted to see his property now, and he didn't want to be disturbed by the old lunatic.

"You, you ask me?" Jerry was not confident.

"Yes, since the minister asked you to accompany me on business, of course I have to ask you."

"Where do you want to go then? We have some special channels, like the Muggle government, or the German Ministry of Magic..."

"I want to go to Gringotts, or Diagon Alley, can you help me?"

"Of course, Mr. Potter..." The blond Jerry finally found his confidence, "Although the goblins are not very friendly, we managed to get a dedicated passage, come with me, these passages are all on the fourth floor, Guarded by the Aurors, but I don't think they'll turn you down."

Jerry was right in guessing that the Aurors liked the Savior better than the rest of the Ministry of Magic employees, but they were a little wary, at least they cast a spell on Harry to detect Polyjuice Potion, while Jerry muttered, Harry had been at the Ministry for almost three hours, so the check was completely unnecessary.

After the Aurors confirmed that Harry was the real savior, they pulled him to ask what happened in the Hall of Prophecy a few months ago.

Harry thought there was no need to hide it, so he described the situation in detail, especially after Sirius was sacrificed, he chased and killed Bellatrix Lestrange, and the Aurors were all violently Infected by the fighting atmosphere, I was heartbroken.

One in particular was an elderly grizzled wizard who patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "We'll catch her and we'll avenge Sirius."

It was only later that Harry found out that this was the director of the Auror Office, Woodrow Johnson, and Sirius had been his Auror before he was imprisoned.

When entering the fireplace, Harry summed up his trip to the Ministry of Magic. The good thing is that he met Scrimgeour, established a preliminary friendship with him, solved the problem of inheritance, and unexpectedly got a blood The treasury of a noble family, which inadvertently exposed a scandal involving Dumbledore.

Although the witness is not in his hands, he can also watch the excitement and meet a brave young man, who may be able to develop into his subordinates, as well as the Aurors, who are very useful people.

After summarizing this, I found that this trip was very fruitful, the only downside was that it aroused Dumbledore's suspicion, and he would be watched closely in the future. After doing the math, it was quite a good deal.

……

Arthur Weasley stood looking around in the hall of the Ministry of Magic, his neck was about to break, and it was not an easy job to keep an eye on more than a dozen elevators at the same time.

Mr. Weasley is also an employee of the Ministry of Magic. He works in the Anti-Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Division. Dumbledore had notified him a few hours ago to help take Harry from the Ministry to the Burrow. Mr. Weasley would not I understand why Harry is in the Ministry of Magic, but he still agreed to the old headmaster's request.But he never got to see Harry.

When he went to the lobby to find someone, Exon, who was in charge of the security check, told him that the savior had gone to the minister's office, and the minister came to greet him in person.

Mr. Weasley was even more surprised. He couldn't think of anything Harry could say to the Minister.He couldn't directly knock on the minister's door, but could only go to the minister's blond secretary. The young man told him that the minister and the savior had something important to talk about, and he couldn't see anyone now.Mr. Weasley had no choice but to inform Dumbledore of the news through the fireplace, in secret, of course.

It didn't take long for Dumbledore to arrive at the Ministry of Magic. He was very anxious. It seemed that Harry would be in danger. Mr. Weasley was also anxious, because Harry was almost his other son.

Dumbledore decided to meet the Minister himself, keeping Arthur waiting in the hall, and taking Harry to the Burrow once he emerged.

However, until Dumbledore came out of the minister's office with a gloomy face, Arthur couldn't wait for Harry.

Dumbledore seemed to be in a hurry, he left in a hurry, Arthur didn't know whether he should continue to wait, where is Harry?

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