Chapter 827: Launch Wings to Fight Wings

"So, I should call you Her Majesty the Queen now?"

Hermione said half an hour later as they headed to the Great Hall for lunch.

After her repeated questioning, the cunning white-haired dumpling finally told the truth. After the trial of Peter Pettigrew last semester, in order to maintain the economic stability of the wizarding world, Hogwarts had to temporarily enter Lord Gringotts.

And out of avoidance of suspicion, and some confidentiality agreements that Elena said she "can't tell".

This little witch of the same age as them, after Dumbledore discussed with the goblins of Gringotts, transformed and became the queen of Gringotts Wizarding Bank. As a bridge between goblins and wizards, she plays a role in communication and two-way supervision. .

"This is what the fairies of Gringotts call me. You don't have to call me that..."

Elena moved her hair around her ears uncomfortably, and whispered in a sincere tone.

"Actually, I refused at first. I am a first-year student at Hogwarts. Well, I am now a second-year student. Why did I suddenly become the Goblin Queen of Gringotts Wizarding Bank? But Professor Dumbledore and The Fairy Elders Council said that they have decided...so...so, I will..."

"So, Miss Kaslana became the first Fairy Queen and the richest wizard in the entire magical world?"

Hermione continued, gently rubbing her temples as she tried to digest the information she had just learned.

"You must also know in your heart that it is Professor Dumbledore and the Board of Elders who really make the decision."

Elena drooped her little face, spread her hands and complained bitterly.

"How can such a huge business empire be left entirely to me? In fact, I just occasionally make small suggestions for reference by really smart and experienced professionals. It's just a little more pocket money. , if you want to buy something, you will have more money than when you were in the orphanage before."

"A little more? For example, to be more realistic...if you buy books at Flourish and Blotts, how many can you buy?"

Hermione raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at the white-haired dumpling next to her with a half-smile.

After more than a year of getting along day and night, she would not be fooled by Elena's vague quantifiers. This evil little witch's skills in ambiguity and changing concepts in various descriptions are really too high. .

"Well...probably..."

Elena's eyes rolled, and the dull hair on her head swayed.

She was about to estimate the upper limit of Hermione's economic outlook and say a few words casually, when her little fur suddenly sounded an alarm.

"Are you making up a story? Elena, your stupid hair is shaking back and forth again!"

Hermione stretched out her fingers to play with the trembling little hair twice, narrowed her eyes and spoke softly.

"Don't lie! I'm not a fool like Hannah. If you lie, I will know sooner or later... You know, according to what we just agreed, if I expose the lie directly... twenty times, two ten times!"

"No, no... this is the wind..."

Elena was suddenly startled, quickly raised her hands to protect her traitorous little idiot, and sighed helplessly.

"Well, let's put it this way, everything...not just Flourish and Blott Bookstore, the entire Diagon Alley, the commercial street where the headquarters of Gringotts Wizarding Bank is located, is almost considered my property - for me, gold is Galleons don’t make sense there.”

"But most of them are franchises and shares. Many shops are actually leased. You still have to pay to buy things."

After glancing at Hermione Granger, whose eyes instantly lit up, Elena quickly added.

"Unless it is a strategic-level investment project, capital flow control is still quite strict..."

As the invisible controller of Gringotts, she naturally would not add any privileges to her immature business prototype.

Even if Elena "swipes" her card to buy something in Diagon Alley, it will be registered in Gringotts' account books - this is just like the presidents of business empires in previous lives buying things on their own platforms, and it will also promote the actual appearance in the market. capital chain.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not an imbecile fool..."

Hermione couldn't help but roll her eyes at Elena, and happily considered her book list in her mind.

Although Dr. Granger can barely be considered a middle-to-high-income earner, the pocket money he gives his daughter each semester is not much. Even with the rewards for clearing last year's "Dark Magic Defense Copy", it is still far behind the dazzling array of merchandise in the magical world. Not nearly enough.

You know, just to buy a complete set of Gilderoy Lockhart's works, Hermione's small coffers were used up.

With Elena as a rich little girl, she can at least add those books that she had reluctantly crossed out to her shopping list. For Hermione Granger, this is no better than a magical elixir or a classroom. The first is more practical.

Moreover, Elena later explained the possible costs of taking Felixir.

Perhaps for those relatively mediocre people, sacrificing those unnecessary flashes of inspiration in exchange for a better day is a more cost-effective deal, but for little witches like Hermione Granger, it is indeed a deal. A dose of poison.

"Then we've made an agreement. You'll cover my monthly book list, and all the deception you've done to me will be wiped out."

"Okay, okay..." Elena agreed with a grimace, "Hermione, take your time and buy it. I don't think Professor Dumbledore's monthly tolerance will exceed 100 gold galleons. Hogwart The salary of a formal professor is only so much..."

"I know, I can't finish reading so many books - I don't want to die suddenly in the library one day."

Hermione replied angrily, glanced at Elena who had a pained expression on her face, and instantly became a little happier.

I finally touched the sore spot of this black-hearted little dumpling, happy heart (*^▽^*)~

Not only because of this agreement, but more importantly, that little girl Luna Lovegood can no longer control Elena's hidden identity as mysteriously as she did before. .

This time, wisdom and reasoning finally defeated the illusory luck and intuition.

"It's so easy to deceive, this simple-minded little beaver..."

Elena hugged her schoolbag and peeked at the proud look on Hermione's face from the corner of her eye.

"Sure enough, a reasonable kid like Hermione is easy to communicate with, but a stubborn little guy like Luna doesn't know where to catch a Snorlax to make amends... I can only count on Hagrid. That unique magical animal hybrid technology."

Since starting to learn magic systematically at Hogwarts, Luna's intuition has become stronger and stronger.

So much so that Elena had to specifically tell Xenophilius Lovegood not to expose his whereabouts. If it was not necessary, it was best to communicate directly through letters, so as not to let little Luna notice anything was wrong.

After all, according to the agreement, Xenophilius should be a leisurely magazine owner at this time, not a humble worker.

Even in a strict sense, whether it is the "Tarot" status of the Foundation, or the approval of the manuscript of the expanded "The New Quibbler", or the control of public opinion involving Gringotts, Hogwarts, and the Destiny Group... …These jobs were all chosen by Xenophilius Lovegood, and no one forced the old father.

But in the eyes of a little witch who loves her father, she doesn't care about so many logics and principles.

The only good thing is that at least this time the metaphysical confrontation is still a civil war between father and daughter, and the old Lovegood is still slightly ahead of the immature classmate "Little Moon" in terms of intuition and sensitivity.

Especially now that Luna is still serving as the monitor of Class B of the second grade, it is even more difficult to disperse her energy.

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After a while, they sat down at the Gryffindor table and started eating their second lunch.

The amount of pufferfish in the Potions classroom was not large, and considering the taste and texture of the meat, the pufferfish sashimi that Elena finally made was only a little bit to satisfy her cravings. She and Hermione both took one bite and I finished it in just a few bites. Eating cleanly.

But generally speaking, this is also in line with the common serving logic in Western food.

The first course of Western food is the appetizer, also called appetizer.

The content of the appetizer is generally divided into cold dishes and hot dishes. Common varieties include caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail cups, butter chicken crisp box, baked snails, etc., followed by soups, side dishes, Main dishes are relatively large portions.

In order to stimulate appetite, appetizers are usually light appetizers with small quantity, high quality and mainly salty, fresh and sour taste.

Due to the unique delicacy of puffer fish and the fact that it does not rely on other seasonings, dishes related to it are mostly arranged in appetizers and soups in Western meals, and most of them serve as an appetizer and intestines. role.

In Elena's impression, there are several Michelin three-star restaurants in later generations that like to arrange puffer fish dishes as the first course.

Perhaps because her taste was too picky and she was too influenced by Chinese cuisine, she was a little uncomfortable with such an arrangement at the time, but Hermione's reaction showed very accurately that it was just a matter of food culture.

The little beaver, who returned to the Gryffindor table, ended the conversation in an instant and quickly devoted himself to gobbling up food.

The sight of knives and forks almost fighting each other made Elena wonder for a moment whether the pot of "nettle liver, loin and fish fillet soup" she just had had some miraculous appetizing effect. Luna came not far away. and Hannah were also a little surprised.

"Hmm - I heard that you didn't eat something during Potions class?"

Hannah asked curiously, "It is said that Elena was put in solitary confinement because of this. Did Professor Slughorn also use the intestinal evisceration spell to empty your stomach? Or did you secretly give Hermione some appetizer?" Potion?”

Class B of the second grade class ended earlier than Class A, so Luna and Hannah arrived at the auditorium half an hour ago.

If it weren't for waiting for Elena and Hermione, the two of them could have returned to the common room of their respective colleges just like other students, rested for a while, recharged their batteries, and prepared for the two students in the afternoon. It’s time for a Potions lesson.

"No, I guess it's just that you have a better appetite and you're hungry, right?"

Elena said, handing Hermione a glass of juice to prevent her from choking, and then looked at the other two little wings.

"You'll know later. Anyway, your afternoon potions class should be taught by Professor Slughorn. Compared to Professor Snape, Professor Slughorn is actually easier to get along with - I just A little bit out of line.”

Elena didn't have any special feelings about her being imprisoned.

Just like the famous saying of the Weasley twins - a Hogwarts career without being locked up is incomplete. Because she had been too high-profile before, she almost thought she would always have regrets.

Moreover, in Elena's view, a closed and solitary confinement environment is an excellent place to take the oath of office.

"A little bit out of line?" Luna sighed helplessly, "Elena—the first deduction of points in the new semester of Ravenclaw Academy was born on you! Many people in the academy are talking about it. Say you are deliberately retaliating and discrediting the academy!"

"Really? Then why didn't anyone say that it was me who got the first extra point?" Elena snorted with some dissatisfaction.

"Extra points for the first time...well, it's me..."

Luna blinked and pointed to the hourglass at the back of the auditorium with some embarrassment.

Due to the inheritance of bonus points from last semester, Ravenclaw House's scores are now in an absolutely leading position. Compared with the other empty hourglasses, the small pile of aqua blue gems looks particularly conspicuous.

"Well, it looks like I've been marked as a traitor..."

Elena shrugged her shoulders and said unmoved while eating the delicious and juicy back-cut beef tongue on the dinner plate.

Anyway, she had already offended most of Ravenclaw House in the morning, so it would be okay to take more blame. After all, as the villain who forces people to unite to fight, the deeper and stronger the hatred is attracted, the better the effect will be.

After casually glancing at the little eagles pointing not far away, Elena looked back at the squad leader and deputy squad leader of Class B.

"Not to mention this, I forgot to ask you just now...how are the two monitors doing this morning?"

"Well... not very good-"

Hannah and Luna looked at each other, drooped their little faces, and said gloomily.

"Professor Umbridge has too many rules, as if she treats us as children. After-school homework is to recite and write reading notes. There is almost no place where magic spells and wands can be used."

"You are just children..."

Hermione said, her mouth bulging with sprouts, but she tried to speak clearly.

"As a senior official from the Ministry of Magic, I think Professor Umbridge's method must make sense. At least in my opinion, at our age, increasing our knowledge base is more important than pure spellcasting practice."

"Maybe, anyway, I don't think she is a good person..."

Luna shrugged her shoulders noncommittally, tilted her head to think for a few seconds, and commented softly.

"Professor Umbridge, well...she smiles very fakely, which is different from other professors. She doesn't seem to like school very much."

Of course she knew what Hermione said, but compared to objective logical analysis, Luna still believed in her own feelings - besides, her father had commented very early on that there were not many officials at the ministerial or deputy ministerial level. A clean person.

Seeing Hermione raising her eyebrows, trying hard to swallow the food in her mouth, she seemed ready to argue with her.

Luna stuck out her tongue, pulled Hannah's sleeve, said, "See you at dinner!" and ran away.

As long as the conclusion is stated in advance and Hermione is not given a chance to formulate a verbal rebuttal, she will always be invincible.

This is the "Hermione Restraint Manual" that Elena quietly taught her, and in exchange, Luna also promised that she would not help the other two little wings in the future, and directly provided " See through” service.

"Um, wait a minute... Um, um... uh..."

Hermione's eyes widened, she struggled to swallow the food in her mouth, and reached out her hand to fish for Luna's back.

When did this little "luck" guy become so slippery? Similar to this situation where he ran away in the middle of a sentence. It had happened several times in the past few days, and every time she felt unspeakable. Chest tightness.

"Okay, okay, Luna and the others also have to rush to class..."

Elena patted Hermione's back gently and kindly handed the refill of ice-cold orange juice to Hermione's hand.

"Concentrate on your lunch first and don't choke... If you have a chance in the evening, please speak slowly."

Combine vertically and horizontally, make friends from far away and attack at close range...

Win over one faction, divide another faction, suppress another faction...

These are the wisdom inheritance of thousands of years of ancient Eastern civilization.

The little wings want to form cliques secretly, knot their wings, and play in the nest with her - they are too young and immature.

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