Chapter 529 What? Was that What I Thought at First?

kindness? What? Was that what I thought at first?

Ivan was confused and couldn't turn around for a while. He didn't expect that his accidental mistake would be misunderstood like this.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and swallowed his original apology words abruptly.

Now that the matter has come to this, of course Ivan will not take the initiative to expose the truth. That would be a completely thankless act, which would not only damage his tall image in the minds of everyone, but also make old Rozier dissatisfied.

Therefore, Ivan had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue following Old Rozier's words.

"Cough, that's good. It seems you understood my intention!" Ivan coughed lightly, spoke slowly, and then continued with a playful look, pretending to be dissatisfied.

"But I thought you would be smarter and not expose your identity. You probably wouldn't need this back-up plan, but I didn't expect that they would still find out the clues in the end."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hals. I've been as careful as possible. But it's just that Foley was too cunning and bribed my servant. He only became suspicious when he knew that I went out frequently these days." Old Rozier was very annoyed. explained.

Before, he was a little confused as to why Ivan didn't just say it outright if he had such an arrangement. If he didn't think of this at all and even felt resentful, wouldn't all this hard work be in vain?

Only now did old Rozier realize that it was the other party who thought he was too smart!

But the facts prove that he is obviously not worthy!

Thinking of this, old Rozier was very ashamed. He only thought of the first and second levels of meaning and secretly rejoiced in his heart, but did not realize that there was actually a third level of meaning. It seemed that he was still not good enough. far away!

Facing such a master of brainstorming, Ivan didn't dare to pretend too much, so he hurriedly offered a few words of comfort, and even praised the old Rozier for his quick wit in the conference room.

Without prior notice, Old Rozier was able to instantly realize the meaning of turning off the lights and directly stir up chaos. This performance made Ivan very satisfied.

After verbally praising him, Ivan took out his magic wand and cast a counter-spell to eliminate the scars on old Rozier's waist and abdomen.

Seeing that the scar that had troubled him for a long time was gradually healing, old Rozier was really relieved. In the past two days, he was really worried that he would bleed to death, so that he was not at ease when sleeping.

"Anyway, you did a good job this time. Is there anything you want?" Ivan looked at old Rozier and asked casually.

Based on his experience of watching TV series for many years, if the other party has just surrendered and made a meritorious service, it would not be good to not reward him.

But after speaking, Ivan felt a little regretful, because he found that he seemed to have nothing to reward the other party.

How about a hundred galleons?

Isn't that too little? One hundred more?

Ivan was troubled and worried that old Rozier would say some conditions that he couldn't meet, which would be embarrassing.

"I would like to ask Mr. Hals to forgive Foley and the others!" Old Rozier hesitated for a while and then said.

"Are you sure?" Ivan was stunned, a little surprised.

He remembered that when old Rozier betrayed those pure-blood wizards, he was very straightforward, and now he actually came to plead for mercy. Ivan really couldn't figure out what he was doing.

"Although we have some minor conflicts in our daily lives, we have been old friends for decades after all, so I want to try to persuade them to work for you together. Please give me this opportunity!" Old Rozier looked sad. Expression, said with emotion.

Ivan raised his eyebrows. He didn't believe that old Rozier did this thankless job for the sake of so-called friendship.

Because you can even think with your knees that Foley and others got rid of their status as prisoners, and they were probably going to settle the score with old Rozier, the betrayer.

However, the problem of dealing with these pure-blood wizards gave him a headache, so if old Rozier could persuade these people to surrender, he wouldn't mind.

The only question is whether old Rozier can do this, and whether those pure-blood wizards are really willing to submit, instead of pretending to surrender and secretly causing trouble.

"Do you know Rhys Nott?" Ivan asked suddenly.

Old Rozier paused and didn't quite understand why Ivan suddenly mentioned this, but he still hurriedly replied. "Of course I know. He is Old Nott's nephew. He was taken away by your werewolf wizard during the battle at the manor two days ago."

"Then what's his relationship with Old Nott?" Ivan asked again.

"Old Nott has no son. If nothing else happens, Rhys Nott will be his successor after he dies!" Old Rozier explained to Ivan.

The Nott family is sparsely populated. Several brothers all joined the Death Eaters during the last wizarding war. They either died at the hands of Aurors or were squatting in Azkaban. The only direct member of the family still alive is Reese. And old Nott too.

Old Rozier also vaguely reminded Ivan that it might be a good idea to use Reese to coerce Old Nott.

"Is that so?" Ivan nodded, indicating that he understood, and then added.

"Rhys Nott died two days ago!"

"Dead? How did he die?" Old Rozier asked doubtfully at first, and soon guessed what he was talking about. He quickly changed his words and pretended to be disgusted, and shouted loudly.

"A good death! Rhys Nott dared to offend Your Excellency. He really deserves to die!"

Ivan rolled his eyes, he really didn't know what to say to this flatterer.

At the same time, Ivan also keenly noticed that old Rozier seemed to be very happy after learning about Rhys Nott's death, and his expression did not look like he was pretending.

Is there any grudge between them?

Ivan frowned, really couldn't understand.

After guessing that Rhys Nott died at the hands of Ivan, old Rozier was indeed very happy.

Because Nott has a lot of prestige in their small group, if this thing hadn't happened, it's not sure who Foley, Aibo and others would listen to after they surrendered.

Old Rozier didn't want to have put in so much effort, only to have the results stolen by others.

It's different now. Once Reese Nott dies, the conflict between the two parties is almost irreconcilable. Even if the old Nott is willing to compromise, Ivan will always remember this incident in his heart.

This means that his biggest obstacle no longer exists, how can old Rozier not be happy?

"Sir Hals, Nott is actually easy to handle, we might as well." Old Rozier cleared his throat and planned to give Ivan some suggestions, but before he finished speaking, Aisia came with a large group of people in a hurry. Walked in from outside the door.

Ivan gave old Rozier a look and told him to go back later.

Old Rozier thought that Ivan didn't want Asia to know too much, so he nodded and closed his mouth.

That's how heroes are, even their loved ones have to be on guard, he understands!

Ivan was secretly relieved. He knew too little now and could not make a judgment on old Rozier's proposal. Who knew whether this old boy was trying to harm him.

It's better to delay it for a while and wait until he learns more information from Doggett or Asia before making a decision!

"It seems that we are a little late. The fight here is already over." Aisia looked around and looked at the conference room that had been repaired after the fight, and said with a smile.

"Well, this is much easier than I thought." Ivan spread his hands.

Before coming here, he thought that this place was some kind of dragon's pond and tiger's den, and that he would have to go through a lot of twists and turns before he could win with difficulty, but he didn't expect that he would encounter almost no obstacles all the way through.

With that said, Ivan turned his head to look at old Rozier and praised him in front of everyone. "Of course, it's all so smooth thanks to Mr. Rozier's help!"

"Thank you for your praise, Mr. Hals. I just did some minor work according to your instructions." Old Rozier said very charmingly.

Past experiences have taught Old Rozier that the fastest way to get promoted is often not to work hard, but to flatter and please people!

He knows this truth very well, so he is determined to be a capable dog leg!

Ivan ignored him at all, looked at Asia strangely, and asked. "Where's Docter? He probably came in through a secret passage. There shouldn't be many guards there. Hasn't it been settled yet?"

"It has been dealt with a long time ago. He is guarding the prisoners outside now!" Asia said.

Ivan nodded, and then asked about the casualties.

"A total of four people were slightly injured and two were seriously injured. One of the werewolves was caught in a trap and almost died. Fortunately, Doggett rushed over in time to provide him with some temporary treatment." Asia explained, and then solemnly said. "No one died!"

"That's good!" Ivan felt more relieved.

He said so much before starting the war, and gave everyone a protective ring in order to reduce casualties as much as possible.

This is not only to save the pension, but more importantly, he does not want to see the people who follow him die again.

He could still never forget the look in Mrs. Grint's eyes when he held Elver's funeral.

As for whether the enemy is dead or alive, and whether there are close relatives who are sad for him, Ivan can't control it. After all, kindness to the enemy is often cruelty to oneself.

Since you are eating this bowl of rice and receiving a relatively high salary, you must be prepared to die!

"Rozier, where is the vault in this underground secret room?" Ivan quickly calmed down and asked expectantly.

He felt that it was built like a small fortress, and it was located underground in the wizard market. It should have a small treasury, and maybe there would be some good stuff.

"Please come with me, Mr. Hals!" Old Rozier was not surprised by this. He stretched out his hand and bowed.

Ivan nodded and walked in the direction guided by old Rozier, and after a while of twists and turns, he arrived at a small hidden room.

There was a large landscape painting hanging in the center of the room, which seemed to be firmly nailed to the wall. Old Rozier quickly stepped forward, tapped the painting lightly with his wand, and read A string of spells.

The landscape painting opened with a "click", and behind it was a hollow secret room, which looked square. There were a lot of gold Galleons, Silver Sickles and Copper Nats placed in it, as well as Some weird looking magic items.

The werewolf wizards who came with them and had not seen much of the world were dazzled by the shining golden light.

Ivan was very dissatisfied when he saw this small treasury. It was too little!

He raised his wand and waved it in the air, and the gold Galleons, Silver Sickles and Copper Nuts in the vault all flew up, spinning in mid-air, and piled up regularly in a fixed arrangement.

After a while, Ivan calculated the exact amount.

"Nineteen thousand six hundred and thirty-seven Galleons, eight thousand four hundred and thirteen silver Sickles, and thirty-two thousand and four copper Nats!"

All converted into gold Galleons, it was just over 20,000 Galleons. This was not in line with his expectations. The wizard market had been operating in Knockturn Alley for hundreds of years, so it was impossible to have only such a small amount of wealth.

Ivan looked at old Rozier in surprise, waiting for his answer.

"It's not very safe here recently. Nott and the others have moved most of their wealth back because they are worried about being breached. The rest is to ensure that the wizard market can operate normally." Old Rozier immediately answered Ivan's question. Confuse.

Only then did Ivan understand, no wonder there was only this little left.

"How many Galleons were there before?" Ivan continued to ask with a grudge.

"About 50,000 Galleons!" Old Rozier hesitated for a moment and finally said truthfully.

Usually at the end of each year, they get together to divide their interests.

They were unlucky this year. They were targeted for no reason and their income plummeted, so they divided the money in advance. What was left was to hire a large number of wizard guards and ensure the normal operation of the wizard market.

Ivan felt like his heart was bleeding, and he suddenly lost 30,000 galleons! A normal wizard would never make so much money in his lifetime!

After all, he didn't plan to kill those pure-blood wizards, and he was too embarrassed to force them to take out the money. Otherwise, these pure-blood wizards might be dissatisfied. It seems that these 30,000 Galleons will not come back.

On the side, old Rozier secretly watched Ivan's words and deeds, vaguely feeling that the little wizard in front of him seemed to be a money man.

No, absolutely impossible!

Old Rozier shook his head and rejected this. He used five hundred galleons to let Ivan perform magic once, but the other party regarded it as an insult. How could such a young wizard be greedy for money?

There is only one explanation now, and that is that the other party is short of money!

And it’s a hole that even 20,000 gold galleons are not enough to fill!

There are not many places to use so many Galleons!

Are you preparing to massively expand manpower to deal with the Ministry of Magic?

Old Rozier could only make such a guess, but this did not prevent him from having some other thoughts.

These pure-blood families are not short of money and are also very good at investing.

If they can spend tens of thousands of galleons in exchange for Ivan's favor and favor, it wouldn't be a loss. As long as this little wizard can take charge of the magic world in the future, they can earn back several times or even dozens of times!

When the Dark Lord first rose, many of the pure-blood wizards who supported him had this idea in mind, and many even lost their entire fortune on bets, even losing their own family members.

Thanks to Xiao Xiaoxiao Cat for the 1,000 starting coins, There Are Ghosts in the World for the 600 starting coins, and Wanshi Wuwu Never Ending for the 200 starting coins.