Chapter 1141 The Best of Both Worlds

"The best of both worlds? How do you say that?" Custer glanced at Cornelius Fudge, then turned to look at Lockhart.

"In fact, I think people like you who are on the front lines fighting the dark arts have a better say than Minister Fudge sitting in his office."

The British wizarding world and the French wizarding world are close together. Due to some historical reasons, one of the greatest pleasures of the wizarding government officials on both sides is to watch the gossip happening "next door". Although Lockhart is not a top-notch person, he has recently been It can also be regarded as a popular "eating melon".

Especially after he showed his "devil-level" strength tonight, the British Ministry of Magic, which had previously accused Lockhart, instantly turned into a clown.

Therefore, as a friendly French wizard, he did not mind giving some eye drops to Fudge and others at this time.

"Gentlemen, perhaps we should consider the advice of the Turkish Ministry of Magic and immediately gather our forces to launch a counterattack. Although we don't know what they are going to do, but since the mysterious man and his men do not want us to return to the Ministry of Magic quickly, then our first goal is It’s clear – we must not let their plan go smoothly! As for the Armenian side, I and a small number of Aurors should be able to easily control the situation.”

"Easily...controlling the situation?" Bones asked subconsciously, and immediately came to his senses.

Gilderoy Lockhart is no longer the "liar writer" the British Ministry of Magic thought he was just a few hours ago.

It is true that Lockhart did lie in his work and publicity. But what is different from people's imagination is that the performances he described in the book in combating black magic are actually far lower than his real strength... When people are still questioning the authenticity of the story of single-handedly fighting against werewolves in his book, no one can To think that Lockhart defeated most of the werewolves in Europe by himself in real life is much more outrageous than the plot in the novel.

If the Ministry of Magic of various countries did not choose to jump ahead tonight, maybe they still don't know Lockhart's true strength.

Although I don’t know why he conceals his strength and silently fights against black magic behind the scenes, based on Lockhart’s amazing performance just now, no one will question whether this young wizard has the ability to control the overall situation—from today on, he will stand tall in the world. There is one more wizard at the top of magic.

"Werewolves? Of course, I believe that your strength can easily deal with them——"

The Italian Minister of Magic nodded, looked around at the messy woodland, frowned and continued.

"But the problem now is that the floo network has temporarily collapsed, and no one knows how they did it. Fortunately for Armenia, it's okay to just force the Apparition to break in. The dark wizards entrenched in the Armenian Ministry of Magic are not difficult to deal with. But Italy, the United Kingdom, Turkey... there are so many other countries. If we want to gather strength to fight back, we must first find a safe and stable way to move long-distance groups."

"How about a portkey?" Amelia Bones tried to suggest, pushing up her monocle.

"If there is enough time, that would be no problem, but it is obviously not possible now."

Castor from the French Ministry of Magic shook his head and said that before being promoted to the French Minister of Magic, he served as the director of the French Department of Magical Transportation. He rejected the idea at the first opportunity, "Such a number, number of people, and times Making a door key is not that simple. If you don’t want an accident to happen during the transmission, I suggest you not trust the makeshift door key... Of course, if it is Mr. Lockhart..."

As he spoke, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the incredibly young "Demon King" wizard.

Except for a very small number of "partial science" dark wizards, most "devil-level" wizards' magical attainments outside of combat should not be underestimated.

"Oh, don't look at me like that, portkeys aren't the magic stuff I'm good at - I'm better at memorizing magic and writing."

Lockhart shrugged, and before the Ministry of Magic officials surrounding him could ask questions, he changed the topic and continued with a smile.

"But I do have a way to answer your question. Since the wizard's magic is temporarily unavailable, maybe we can consider asking the goblins in Gringotts? If I remember correctly, they travel and trade around the world, and Not through the Floo Network. I heard that the newly crowned Fairy Queen is very happy to cooperate with wizards, and I think she should be able to help us."

"Goblin?" Atif asked with obvious suspicion, and several other senior officials of the Ministry of Magic around him had the same attitude.

"That's right." Lockhart nodded calmly, "Hogwarts, the British Ministry of Magic and the goblins are cooperating in many aspects. Maybe they are still cunning, greedy and shrewd, but they are never ambiguous in business. They are Now that we know how to work with wizards, as long as we give them some trivial promises and opportunities to make money, they are the Ministry's safest allies. Right? Minister Fudge."

Lockhart turned his head to look at the middle-aged wizard, his smile unchanged. He knew very well how to deal with Ministry of Magic officials.

"I can attest to this." Cornelius Fudge nodded, echoing Lockhart's statement.

"Since the appearance of the Goblin Queen, the goblins in Gringotts have obviously communicated better than before - you also know that the minting rights of Gringotts have now been handed over to wizards. Facts have proved that in some cases, goblins are indeed better than Certain wizards are...well, more trustworthy."

"For example, our current tax review and accounting are entrusted to goblins, and the results are quite good."

He didn't say anything about the agreement between the British Ministry of Magic and the goblins, because Commissioner Gringotts told him that the British Ministry of Magic had special terms.

This is mainly based on the construction process of "Hawking". The British Ministry of Magic is obviously in a higher advantageous position than other magical governments in terms of financial expenditures, goblin audit commissioners, Magic Taxation Bureau, etc., so he must conceal it appropriately to avoid The goblin throws herself into the arms of others.

"According to my observation, they don't seem to care about the amount of property. They enjoy the process of calculating money -"

Lockhart interjected appropriately and added, "Minister Fudge is much more experienced than me in negotiating with Gringotts. If you negotiate in person, I believe that Gringotts Wizarding Bank will not refuse a stable negotiation." It's a profitable business. Those dark wizards would never have imagined that we could bypass the Floo network and return to the vicinity of the Ministry of Magic without anyone noticing."

"Don't forget, a few months ago, You-Know-Who and Peter Pettigrew almost bankrupted Gringotts..."

Gilderoy Lockhart raised his finger mysteriously, his smile brightening, his white teeth shining brightly.

"Fairies are quite vindictive."

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"Thinking about it carefully, goblins seem to be a good choice?"

"Gringotts Wizarding Bank? Yes, they never rely on wizards to transport gold Galleons -"

"Well, is the magic of goblins really reliable?"

Amidst the waves of discussion, several core senior officials of the Ministry of Magic seemed to be hesitant.

After all, in the eyes of most wizards, it is somewhat embarrassing for the magical government to seek "magical assistance" from the goblins of Gringotts, even with the help of the British Ministry of Magic - but the current time obviously does not allow them to hesitate for too long, after all, they are now All were stolen.

After deliberation for a while, Cornelius Fudge and others quickly reached a consensus.

"You are right. In the face of this kind of crisis, we should abandon outdated concepts. Mr. Lockhart, we will leave one or two Aurors here to help you maintain the situation, and - (" Counting werewolf arrests." Lockhart added with a smile)—Of course."

Senior officials from the Ministry of Magic in various countries raised their eyebrows tacitly. It was indeed a pleasure to work with such smart people.

At least from the current point of view, compared to those stubborn, rigid, old guys from the previous era, Gilderoy Lockhart's emotional intelligence is much higher.

"By the way, Mr. Lockhart, do you know the name of the Fairy Queen of Gringotts?"

Amid the somewhat subtle looks on the faces of the Ministers of Magic, Cornelius Fudge coughed lightly and explained calmly.

"I have too many things to do here, and the Fairy Liaison Office is usually responsible for contacting me. I remember her name seems to be Ka. To be honest, it is difficult for wizards to distinguish the names of fairies. After all, their names are too similar, such as what? Dada, Grihuan, Kaba... even the Queen..."

"Bunonia, Bunonia Zaicek."

Before Cornelius Fudge could finish speaking, Amelia Bones said with a strange expression.

"Well, that Fairy Queen gave herself a human name..."

"We'd better set off as soon as possible, Mr. Minister - we should follow the original plan and gather a large force to raid the Armenian Ministry of Magic first.

"While retaking the Ministry of Magic, see if we can catch those dark wizards and try to restore the floo network. If it is finally confirmed that the fireplace cannot be repaired for the time being, then we can only go to Gringotts together and persuade the goblins to temporarily borrow the passage and provide support. The thing about… is this, right?”

"Ahem - yes, that's right."

Cornelius Fudge's face turned red and he waved his hand roughly.

"Mr. Lockhart, in short, I leave this to you, let's go teach those damn dark wizards a lesson!"

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