Chapter 80 The Ministry of Magic Comes to Cause Trouble (You Need to Skip About Four Chapters,

Chapter 80 The Ministry of Magic comes to find fault (you need to skip about four chapters, a big chapter of 5,000 words)

Goblins are a smart and mysterious race. They exist in the magic world and have their own unique society and culture.

However, just as wizards are full of distrust of goblins, goblins have never trusted wizards. The relationship between the two has been full of tension since ancient times.

Especially after the Lich War, even though the huge goblin empire has been defeated, wizards have not relaxed their vigilance against goblins.

Until now, goblins have not been able to own a legal wand of their own.

Fortunately, goblins are different from wizards. Their innate magical talent allows them to not rely on the help of wands like wizards.

It is hard to say whether it is because of this talent that wizards feel threatened and become vigilant against goblins.

The difference between goblin culture and wizard culture is undoubtedly huge, such as the concept of property rights involved in the Gryffindor sword and the metal currency made by goblins.

In the wizarding world, the ownership of these things belongs to the buyer, just like in the Muggle world, but in the goblins' concept, an item always belongs to its maker.

This is why the goblins wanted to take back the Gryffindor sword after Gryffindor was judged dead.

Because in their view, the Gryffindor sword was only temporarily loaned by the goblins, and after Gryffindor's death, the wizards should exchange it to the owner who really belonged to him.

There are many other concepts that cannot be unified at all, and it can be said that they are too numerous to mention.

So as long as there is such a difference in concepts between wizards and goblins, they are destined to not achieve true integration.

Even now in the magic world, goblins have been integrated into the magic society, and the degree of integration is already very high.

It can even be said that without them, the magic society will hardly function normally.

But there seems to be a strange balance between the two.

Differences often lead to tensions between the two groups, and because of inexplicable mutual fear, they have to compromise and barely bridge the gap.

Both groups seem to be using each other as much as possible.

This kind of mutually beneficial relationship sometimes seems not so reliable.

In the end, Gret felt that it was because both sides lacked real respect for each other.

When reading the literature on the relationship between wizards and goblins, Gret felt this strong sense of tearing.

The goblins' demands for normal integration into the wizarding world were granted, but they were unwilling to give them the treatment they deserved. This kind of discrimination seemed unreasonable.

The house elves had also fought a war with wizards. As the losers, they were castrated of the spirit of pursuing freedom, which was in line with the law of war.

However, the goblins, as losers in the war, strangely retained their status.

They even monopolized many industries, such as the technical processing of metals, relying on the discrimination of wizards against their goblin identities.

With their unique metal processing skills, their metal products are even sought after by wizards.

Whether it is weapons, jewelry, or anything else processed by goblins, as long as it is related to goblins, the value of that item will soar.

Even in the development of hundreds of years, the status of goblins has become more and more important. Some wizards even have to endure the contempt of goblins behind the counter when entering Gringotts.

In ancient times, the goblins who frequently rioted and rebelled had obviously gained such great control and power in the economy.

It can even be said that a Gringotts can easily destroy the fragile economic system of wizards.

In this case, the goblins still serve wizards conscientiously. It is hard not to wonder whether they are going to use this method of boiling frogs in warm water to eat up the wizards.

Anyway, humans are best at civil wars, whether they are wizards or Muggles.

At the same time, no matter which side wins the civil war, it is always inseparable from the financial system controlled by goblins.

As immortal species, they are born with tickets to watch the fire from the other side. As long as they don't leave, one day, the magic world will belong to them.

Of course, all this is Grete's irresponsible inference. Before integrating the entire human world, he has no ability to deal with the relationship between humanoid races and wizards.

Hair, blood, real name...

Only with numerous confidentiality spells can the safety of the vault be guaranteed. With a strong light, the vault of the organization was finally tightly protected.

Compared with numbers, the piles of cash always shock many people who think they are calm.

It is hard to imagine that the appearance of 20 million gold galleons piled up into a mountain is so charming. Under the illumination of the torch, the golden light makes people unable to open their eyes.

Even though he had been firmly rejected on the road, Sherlock still wanted to buy the communication spell from Gret at this time.

Speaking of which, double standards are really everywhere. The goblins think that everything belongs to their creators, and now they want to use 100 million gold galleons to buy the wizard brain, the core of Gret's communication spell.

Needless to say, they definitely did not buy the right to use the spell. Gret did not speak, but just smiled with a little sarcasm.

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After half a year, Gret came to Godot Town again.

Because he had been to Godot Town, and with the guidance of Senidilgo, Gret finally didn't have to climb over the wall.

In the past six months, Gret had been communicating with the current mayor Estragon.

Gret knew that he regarded himself as the successor of their unfinished business. The hunched old man in front of him devoted his whole life to the liberation of wizards.

Even if he had failed, his fiery heart was still not extinguished.

In the first half of the year, the mobile phone market was stirred up by pirates to the craziest, and everyone was smearing Gret like crazy.

This hot-tempered old man almost rushed out of Godot with his wand.

Fortunately, he was detained by Grindelwald before the action.

After learning the news, Gret's sincere and confident letter dispelled the old man's idea.

Not to mention that he didn't need help, even if he really needed it, he didn't dare to let this old man who had fought all his life stand up for him.

The saint's return to the magic world is not something he can handle now. The old man who sits firmly in Hogwarts will definitely not miss this news.

If Estragon goes to the magic world for Gretel, Dumbledore will definitely put aside the pursuit of Voldemort for the time being and instead strangle the saint who once wreaked havoc on the entire magic world.

By the way, Gretel, the culprit, will be imprisoned in Nurmengard, or even Azkaban.

Gretel's main purpose in coming to Godot Town is to thank Estragon and his group of old people who are desperately ready to help him.

If it was just Grindelwald's invitation, he would not come here at all. The two people have different ideas and don't get along.

Grindelwald has never thought of respecting Muggles, just like wizards have never thought of respecting goblins, centaurs and other half-humans.

After centuries of strangling wizards by Muggles, the two groups of humans have long seemed to be divided into two races.

The long and arduous road ahead is not enough to describe the difficulties that Gret will encounter in the future. If a word is really needed, it can probably be described as a needle picking up soil and a bucket moving mountains.

The conditions in Nurmengard are much better than Gret imagined.

It seems that the Dark Lord, who once dominated the entire magic world, did not intend to torture those who opposed him when he built the prison of Nurmengard Castle.

Although the cell is not big, all the necessary living facilities are fully prepared.

Independent bathroom storage rack, ventilation window single bed.

Grindelwald's cell is on the top floor of Nurmengard. When Gret came up, he was playing an exciting game of wizard chess with Vladimir.

Grindelwald has gotten rid of the withered look in the video half a year ago. His face is ruddy and his eyes are smart, just like an old tree that has sprouted again, full of vitality.

Vladimir's face is less bitter and vengeful, and his face is full of ease and joy. Obviously, this pair of former companions have let go of their past grudges.

Seeing Gretel coming in, the old Grindelwald pushed all the chess pieces down, "Okay, okay, the guests are here, Vladimir, can you help me make a cup of tea?"

"Gellert, this is the nth time you've cheated, what's the point of doing this all the time."

Vladimir jumped up with a glare and left the cell angrily.

Grindelwald also called out in a funny way, "If it doesn't work, you can switch with Estragon?

He told me many times that Godot is so annoying that his brain is about to explode."

Vladimir had already walked down the stairs, but the roar still came up, "No way~"

...

"Mr. McGretel, please sit down. Speaking of which, this should be the first time we talk face to face."

Grindelwald slowly put away the chess pieces on the small coffee table, cleared the table, and solemnly invited Gretel to sit down.

It must be said that the calm Grindelwald has a strange magic.

Even though it was just an ordinary conversation, Gretel still felt the pressure emanating from the first generation of the Dark Lord.

"Don't be nervous, maybe you can treat me as a professor at Hogwarts, a professor like Albus. I heard that he values ​​you very much."

The two looked at each other in silence. After a moment, Grindelwald suddenly laughed out loud.

"Sure enough, just like what Vladimir said, you are a natural anti-Legislence. No wonder you can get away with it under Albus's nose."

Gretel's eyes widened. He really couldn't understand these old guys. They always wanted to peek into other people's minds. Don't they know how to respect other people's privacy at all?

"Don't be surprised. I can tell you clearly that Albus must have used Legilimency on you. We have studied all these spells together.

He is not a pedantic person. He even studied some dark spells more thoroughly than me."

Grindelwald seemed to be lost in memories, staring blankly out the window.

Grete did not disturb the old man who was lost in his memories, and cast his eyes on the small desk beside the bed.

Unlike other objects in the cell that were full of traces of time, this small desk was moved here recently.

Several used feather pens were casually inserted into the pen holder, and different colors of ink were lined up and quietly placed next to the pen holder.

In the corner not far away, several ink bottles that had been used up not long ago lay proudly.

There was an open notebook on the table. Judging from the ink marks, it should have been written recently, and ideas were marked with various colors next to it.

It seemed familiar. Grete looked closely and vaguely saw a lot of familiar configurations.

"Very interesting stuff," Grete was still observing, and the old man who was reminiscing about the past finally woke up.

Seeing that he was a little curious, Grindelwald picked up the notebook and handed it to him.

Grete's feeling was right. He should be familiar with it. The notebook recorded the communication spell that earned him his first pot of gold.

"Last time I heard Estragon say that your spell was leaked, and he asked me to see if I could help you improve it.

After getting this spell, I knew that those people would suffer a great loss.

It seems that my speculation is correct. There is no reason for those who can add so many redundant configurations to prevent decryption to make mistakes in keeping secrets."

Grindelwald's index finger rubbed the edge of the most core information processing configuration as if by chance.

There is a configuration for receiving and releasing information that Grete specially installed there.

Without this configuration, the mobile phone can improve its efficiency while bypassing the wizard's brain to transmit information, but this also means that Gret will lose the biggest weapon to threaten pirates.

Grindelwald has been observing Gret's expression. When he saw Gret's eyebrows jump, he laughed instantly.

"This is indeed the trap you dug for them.

Mike, you don't mind me calling you that."

Grindelwald talked to himself and didn't give Gret a chance to interrupt.

"Mike, there is a saying in that mysterious ancient Eastern country, 'Taishan collapses in front of you and your face does not change, and a deer rises on your left and your eyes do not blink'. I think a leader should have such a bearing.

In fact, I failed to decipher your spell, it was just a guess.

But it is obvious that your Qi cultivation skills are not good enough. A simple test allowed me to determine the direction of research.

But it is understandable that even if you are mature at a young age, you are still just a child.

If you really do not change your face, then I will either praise you for being confident in your design.

Or I can only doubt whether you are an old guy who has rejuvenated.

If you have the opportunity, you can learn more about the mysterious East.

Although they also have confidentiality laws, the way they get along with Muggles should be very inspiring to you."

When Gretel left Nurmengard Castle, he took a stack of notebooks with him.

Different from Dumbledore's vague statement about the notebooks he gave him, Grindelwald told him clearly that these notebooks contained the common ideas he and Dumbledore had when they were young.

He had understood many ideas over the years, and those extra notebooks were the analysis he recorded when he was killing time these days.

At the same time, he told Gretel that he didn't have to worry about someone else trying to decipher his spell.

In the wizarding world today, no one dared to risk their lives to decipher other people's spells, except Gretel, a newborn calf.

When he received the invitation, Gretel thought Grindelwald wanted to teach him his failed rebellion experience, and even prepared a lot of rebuttals for it.

Who would have thought that he would provide him with a bunch of research materials.

He flipped through it roughly, and there were many bold ideas in it, such as Dumbledore trying to combine the configuration of quick recovery and recovery to create a spell that can quickly help people recover from injuries.

Of course, it was obvious that they failed. The poor mouse used as the experimental material was pierced into a sieve by the surging bone stump when the spell reached it.

The combination of the rapid growth and the blazing flames almost melted the cave where they lived into magma.

Of course, the two of them also produced a lot of results, such as the improved version of the traceless extension spell.

That was the crystallization of their wisdom.

Even because Dumbledore did not obtain Grindelwald's consent, he gave this spell to Newt, causing an unexpected disaster to Little Freckles.

It is hard to say whether it was destined or not, Grindelwald finally fell into the hands of Newt and Dumbledore.

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Grete lived in Godot for a month and then left.

The reason was that in August, a vicious prisoner escaped from Azkaban.

All shop owners in Diagon Alley must accept routine interrogation by the Ministry of Magic, especially Grete's Communication Store, which started with communications.

It is necessary to assist the Ministry of Magic and monitor the prisoner's communication information.

Without thinking, Grete knew that it was the group of pirates who coveted the core of communications.

There was not even a trace of doubt. Looking back at the history of the wizarding world, there had never been a situation where merchants were needed to help the Ministry of Magic catch criminals.

No matter how stupid Sirius was, he would never show up in such a place where wizards gathered.

This group of idle Ministry of Magic officials were undoubtedly the white gloves of some well-connected pirates.

But since he still wanted to stay in England, he could not ignore the demands of the Ministry of Magic.

Gretel had to leave the peaceful Godot and return to the messy England.

At the Leaky Cauldron, Harry proudly swung his feet while doing his homework, feeling the freedom he had never felt before.

He had never thought that one day he would get up whenever he wanted, without worries, and go wherever he wanted, as long as he did not leave Diagon Alley.

Gretel pushed the door outside the bar and asked Tom for a glass of ice water. He really hated the Knight Bus.

The store manager, Seney, accepted the management of the communication store in early July.

If Senny was there, Gretel wouldn't have to suffer the torture of the Knight Bus.

Although his apparition skills were not very good, it depended on who he was compared with. At least compared with the Knight Bus, it was definitely comfortable.

Harry didn't expect that he could meet acquaintances living in a bar. He thought he could only enjoy this freedom by himself before school started.

He knew that Tom's niece was in the same grade as him, but the two of them were not really familiar with each other.

Unlike Gretel, they were going to be friends forever.

He thought so from the day he met Gretel.