Chapter 239 The House Deed of the Black Family
"Sirius, what the hell is going on?" Harry asked in surprise.
"I don't know either, it's not the same as when I came here sixteen years ago!" Sirius looked around and said suspiciously, "In my impression, mountains of gold coins and gold products piled up the whole room, and they even settled down. There is no place..."
Now, in the empty vaults, except for all kinds of bizarre treasures and black magic items that are known to be very evil at a glance, not even a shadow of gold can be seen.
"Grip?!"
"We can't reveal the customer's secret, but it doesn't seem to be something to hide." Griphook said gloatingly, "This vault was opened thirteen years ago, according to Mrs. Walburga Black, the owner of the vault at the time. We sent people to transfer all the gold and valuables here to the personal vaults of Mrs. Bellatrix Lestrange and Mrs. Narcissa Malfoy. Because there is so much gold, We've been busy for two days."
Hearing Griphook's description, Ai Wen could imagine the scene at that time.
The goblins lined up and moved in and out of the Black family's vault, their bosoms full of gold, which they transported by dolly to their personal vaults above.
"Not surprisingly, after Regulus's death, my dear old mother redistributed the family's property." Sirius said mockingly, "My two cousins each have a share, and they are one of them. Married to Death Eaters, one of the craziest Death Eaters in their own right, my mom must be proud of them. Not surprising, I should have guessed she would, she sure doesn't want to keep anything give me."
Sirius walked over to a skull and lifted it aside with one foot.
The ancient skulls full of cracks rolled on the ground, making uncomfortable grunts, grunts, all the way to the dark corners of the room.
Ivan, Harry, and Hermione looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.
Seemingly noticing that something was wrong in the atmosphere, Sirius immediately raised his head and said, "Okay, you three don't get discouraged, no one cares about the gold, we're here to find the deed. I think they should still be there. here."
He went to a cabinet and looked for it, and Ai Wen and the others hurried over to help.
Sirius was right, all black magic items that looked dangerous and that clearly had the Black family crest were left here and not moved.
Besides no gold, there is a lot of mess.
There are many simply eccentric ornaments that belong to the personal collections of former Black family members. There are many items with magic power, and Aiwen even felt a powerful magic reaction from a few items. Unfortunately, most of the items here are black magic items, and it is impossible to use them.
In front of a spacious, dark red stone platform, Ai Wen saw a simple card.
The card shows that all the items on this table belong to Artus Black. Ivan still remembers the family tree of Black that he saw yesterday. This guy is the great grandfather of Sirius, a figure who lived about three or four years ago.
On the stone platform, the most striking thing is a cushion in a glass box, which contains a sluggish glass eyeball, stained with blood.
It looked as if it had been plucked out of someone's eyes.
There are all kinds of bones on the inside of the stone platform, most of which are the bones of magical creatures, but there are also many bones that are known to be human bones at a glance.
There could be no deed on it, Ai Wen walked to the side and opened another closed cabinet.
Under the thick dust cover, he saw dozens of large glass bottles filled with unknown liquids of yellow and green liquids.
Ai Wen narrowed his eyes, moved a little closer, and observed curiously.
The glass bottle closest to him contained a gray snake with a very slender body, the size of a relatively thick thread. It was bent at an odd angle, very similar to the fire grey snake pattern in the book.
The Fire Grey Snake is a rare magical creature born of magic.
Ash snakes are created when a fiery fire burns uncontrollably for an extended period of time. It was a red-eyed snake, slender and off-white, and it emerged from the flames and swam into the shadows of the surrounding dwellings.
Where the ash snake swam, it would leave a trail of ash.
Its lifespan is only an hour, during which it will find a hidden place to lay its eggs, and then its body will shatter and turn to dust.
The eggs of the Fire Grey Snake are dazzling red and emit a fiery glow.
If people don't spot the eggs in time, they can set homes on fire within minutes. These snake eggs have strong magic power. As long as they are frozen with magic, they can be used as materials for powerful potions, or they can be swallowed whole to treat fever.
Because of the high requirements for flames, this kind of snake is actually difficult to be born.
As for making a fire gray snake into a specimen and preserving it completely, it is even more impossible. Except for this one in the bottle, Aiwen has never seen anything similar.
Just as he was about to get closer to see what other interesting things were in the other bottles, he heard Hermione's voice.
"Come here, I found the deed!" she shouted.
Hermione took out a lot of yellow paper from a filing cabinet. It was densely covered with words, and it was very difficult to read. It was all grammar from a long time ago. On the back, there is the Black family's emblem and the seal of the Ministry of Magic, proving that the deed is valid.
"This is No. 6 Spider End Alley!" Hermione picked up the top deed and looked at it carefully, "I've never heard of this place, where is Spider End Alley?"
"On the north side of Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley, there is a large Muggle area in between." Sirius walked over and explained, "There is a very old wizard gathering area, probably more than five hundred years old, because there are Many dark wizards have gradually become deserted in recent decades, and this house has no meaning."
Below this deed is the deed for 12 Grimmauld Place. It belonged to the Black family thousands of years ago. In addition to the house, it also includes a large surrounding land. The deed bears the emblem left by the predecessor of the Ministry of Magic, the "Presbyterian Church" and the Muggle King at that time.
The fourth deed is a shop located in Knockturn Alley, and the two deeds are mixed with a long-term rental agreement.
21 Knockturn Alley was leased to an old witch for 40 years to sell things like poisoned apples and poisoned candles. As for No. 83, it was leased to the Mainai family for 100 years to sell the furs and heads of various magical creatures.
After that, the fifth deed is finally a shop on Diagon Alley, 36 Diagon Alley.
"36 Diagon Alley!" Hermione recalled carefully. "It was somewhere between the Ella's Owl and Ollivander's Wands, where..."
In Ai Wen's memory, there was indeed a large house that had been idle for a long time.
If nothing else, it should be 36 Diagon Alley. Although this location is not the best, there are a lot of people around. Especially when school is about to start every year, many young wizards have to buy a wand or buy an owl as a pet.
It's perfect for the headquarters of the newspaper, and if the place is big enough, the first floor can be fully utilized to sell things like Weasley's joke products.
In the filing cabinet, the last deed was a manor of the Black family in the countryside. It covers a very large area, and it seems that there is an abandoned castle on it. (To be continued.)