Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 17 Gringotts

Gringotts is arguably the tallest building in Diagon Alley.

Li Weide and Tom stood in front of the towering white building and looked at it carefully.

"They are quite a noble bunch of goblins," said Tom, curling his lips.

"I heard that they are in charge of all the wealth in the wizarding world. It's normal for them to have a grand facade." Levid said with emotion.

Tom frowned and said, "I really don't understand why wizards would hand over their wealth to another creature..."

"We can find out the answer to this question by reading a history book later. As for now..."

The two of them didn't delay any longer and walked quickly towards the gate.

There are two gates in Gringotts. The first gate is a shiny bronze gate.

Two goblin guards in scarlet and gold uniforms stood at each door.

This was the first time that Li Weide and Tom had seen a creature like a goblin...

They are short, with a big head, a pair of long ears, a pointed nose, and long hands and feet...

Levitra noticed that their arms seemed to be longer than their legs.

As Levi and Tom took a quick look at the goblins, they were bowing to them politely.

At this time, Li Weide and Tom walked to the second silver door.

A poem-like text was engraved on the silver door.

[Come in, stranger, but be careful
What will happen if you are greedy?

Asking blindly and getting something for nothing
Will be punished most severely

So if you want to take it from our underground vault
A fortune that never belonged to you
Thief, you have been warned

Be careful not to attract treasure, but evil retribution. 】

Behind the silver door was a spacious marble hall where hundreds of goblins were busy working behind a large counter.

Some of them were weighing coins with scales, some were examining gems with eyepieces, and some were receiving wizard clients and scribbling something in a large account book...

After looking around, Li Wei De walked to the counter of a fairy who seemed to be relatively free.

"excuse me."

When the goblin heard the voice, he put down the quill in his hand, leaned over the high counter and looked at Levi and Tom.

At this time, Li Weide and Tom were both wearing decent and gorgeous clothes, looking like young masters from pure-blood families.

When the goblin saw how Tom and the others were dressed, a big smile immediately appeared on his impatient face.

"Welcome, what business would you two like to handle?" The fairy's voice was shrill and harsh.

Li Weide did not take out the pounds, but directly took out 5 small gold bars from his pocket, "Exchange for some gold Galleons."

"Ah! All right! All right! I'll weigh it for you right away!"

When the goblin saw the gold bars, his eyes suddenly lit up and his tone became more flattering.

He placed the five small gold bars that Li Weide handed him on the small scale and weighed them.

"Oh, the purity of this gold is very high! I can offer the highest price..."

“嗯……今天的金价是10枚金加隆1克。你这5根金条的重量，每根都是100克的。所以，我总共给您兑换5000金加隆怎么样？”

Tom's eyes lit up when he heard this. To be honest, for him, who only had 20 gold galleons in his entire fortune, 5000 gold galleons was already a huge sum of money!

However, Li Weide shook his head. "Only 1 gold galleons for 10 gram? Your handling fee is a bit high. I'd better change to another counter."

Tom couldn't help but glance at Levitra. 5000 gold Galleons was already a lot... "No! Wait!" The goblin quickly stopped Levitra who was about to leave, "How about this... My name is Ziplock. If you want to come to Gringotts to handle business in the future, just come to me..."

When Ziplock said this, he looked around cautiously, then whispered, "I can offer 12 gold galleons per gram. What do you think?"

Tom hurriedly rubbed his face pretending to be careless, to prevent himself from losing control of his expression and delaying Li Weide's business...

At this time, Li Weide began to pretend to hesitate.

"Oh! Sir, although the price of gold is different every day, this is already the highest price. If it is higher, I won't be able to explain to my superiors..." Ziplock said helplessly.

"Okay, let's do as you say..."

"Great! I'll give you the money right away! By the way... do you want to open a safe? You know, with an extra safe, you can store your own pocket money. I guarantee that no one in your family will find out!"

"Then make one. And then, help me deposit these in as well." Li Weide said as he took out the remaining gold bars.

Ziplock's eyes widened. He was right. The two young masters' families were indeed very rich! Even their pocket money was gold bars!

……

By the time the two men walked out of the door of Gringotts, they had become wealthy men with bulging wallets.

Tom asked in confusion, "How do you know that the greedy goblin didn't tell the truth?"

Li Weide laughed and said, "All goblins are greedy. How can they tell the truth? Believe it or not, 12 gold galleons per gram is not the highest price. There is definitely a kickback for the zipper."

"Then why did you trade with him?" Tom asked in shock.

"Tom, if you want others to work hard for you, you have to give them some benefits. Especially when dealing with creatures like goblins." Levitra said indifferently.

"Here, this is for you." Levitra took out a purse from his pocket and threw it to Tom. There were 500 gold galleons in it. "We each take 500 gold galleons. It should be enough for the time being. Put the rest in Gringotts first."

Tom nodded and silently put the purse into his pocket.

"Okay, it's time for us to return the clothes. Then... go buy a wand!" There was a hint of anticipation on Li Weide's face.

Levitra has always cast spells without a wand, and now he wants to try what it feels like to use a wand, and Tom feels the same way.

After they returned their clothes to Mr. Malkin and bought the school robes they needed for school, they quickly came to the door of Ollivander's Wand Shop.

The shop was small and shabby, with a peeling gold sign above the door that read: "Olivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC".

In the shop window, a solitary wand sat on a faded purple cushion.

Li Weide and Tom pushed open the door and walked in.

The interior of the store seemed small and there was nothing inside except a bench in the corner.

Thousands of narrow cardboard boxes containing magic wands were piled from floor to ceiling, and a thin layer of dust settled everywhere.

"Welcome to Ollivander's Wand Shop! Ah... two more little wizards preparing to attend Hogwarts."

A young man with silver-white pupils squeezed out from the dense shelves.

"My name is Garrick Ollivander. You have come to the right place to buy your wands."

"With so many wands, how are we going to choose?" Tom looked puzzledly at the piles of wand boxes around him.

Ollivander laughed and said, "Haha, in fact, it's not the wizard who chooses the wand, but the wand that chooses the wizard! All right... who will go first, you two?"

Li Weide pushed Tom to the front, "He goes first."

Tom frowned and glanced at Li Weide. He had begun to suspect whether Li Weide was up to something bad again!
However, Li Weide really had no intention of cheating him this time.

He simply wanted to see if Tom would still get the destined yew wand.

　The British measurement unit is a bit troublesome, so I just changed back to "grams", which seems to be more convenient.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)