Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 205 Jerry's Entrapment (Fourth Update)

The key point is that for ordinary wizards, house-elves are not that useful. Many things that house-elves can do, they can do themselves with magic.

For example, an ordinary person's life savings might be used to buy a house, get married, or raise and educate their children, but they would never hire a nanny to cook and clean for them.

Only the truly wealthy and aristocratic would spend an ordinary person's lifetime savings to hire a nanny to clean their villa and prepare three meals a day for them.

Therefore, only truly wealthy and powerful wizards would own a house-elf.

Looking at it this way, Hogwarts must have at least a hundred house-elves, which shows just how wealthy it is.

"Looks like I need to find a way to make some money!"

Looking at the four house-elves and the various ferocious magical creatures locked in large cages, Jerry couldn't help but sigh.

Actually, given some time, his Quidditch team salary, plus a few trips to the Forbidden Forest, would make it not too difficult for him to scrape together 40,000 Galleons.

However, the wizard who was in charge of selling house-elves just told him that rare items like house-elves are not always available.

That means every one sold is one less available.

The reason there are four now is because a once-famous wizarding family in France has fallen on hard times and is selling all of their house-elves.

Although Jerry felt this might just be a sales tactic, house-elves were exactly what he needed right now, so he really had to raise the money quickly.

Now he needs to buy at least three house-elves: Elsa, Haas, and Ms. Belle, one of each of them must protect him.

Although Elsa and Teacher Belle are currently together, Elsa will be going to high school in a few months, and they will definitely have to separate then. So he needs to prepare at least 30,000 Galleons to buy three of them.

But how can I quickly acquire Galleons?

Thirty thousand is no small sum!

Jerry, who couldn't afford anything, looked longingly at the four house-elves and a group of mighty magical creatures before turning back to the entrance of the large tent.

However, instead of using the key at the door to return to the bar, he went straight out of the tent, mounted the Thestral, and flew back on his own.

The tent, which is the size of five or six football fields, looks no different from an ordinary camping tent. Moreover, it is located in a remote area, in a forest far from the center of Paris.

Back in his hotel room, Jerry began to ponder how to quickly accumulate 30,000 Galleons.

His first thought was naturally the proper method.

For example, he makes money by buying basic herbs to make potions. His potion-making skills are quite good, and with the added benefit of "refreshing and invigorating", he can achieve almost a 100% success rate.

However, he did a rough calculation and realized that even if he worked day and night, he couldn't earn 30,000 Galleons in this way before the start of the semester.

Then he wondered if he should go back to Hogwarts, catch some giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest, and then use their venom to make money.

However, this is not safe and is very inconvenient, because as long as he is in the UK, he will be monitored by the Ministry of Magic because of his presence. When it is inconvenient to use magic, he can only use robot soldiers to deal with the eight-eyed spider.

In that case, he was worried that Dumbledore at Hogwarts would notice something amiss.

Even if the venom of the Giant Spider is valuable, if too much is sold, the market will likely become saturated. And with 30,000 Galleons, the amount of Giant Spider venom is definitely not small.

So, after much thought, he decided to use some quick and unethical methods.

Of course, it wasn't outright theft or robbery from inside the tent; that's unlikely.

Although the people in the tent were all dark wizards, he had no grudge against them. Perhaps some of them just liked to study dark magic. Besides, they were doing business with clearly marked prices.

The following night...

Having planned everything, Jerry returned to the vicinity of the tent that sold magical creatures, but this time he flew over on a Thestral instead of using the key from the bar.

"Illusion Transformation!"

After putting away the Thestrals, Jerry used the Distortion Charm to transform into a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.

"Wow, is this the legendary black market trade? This is my first time here, and it's truly an eye-opening experience!"

The moment Jerry stepped into the tent, he began his performance.

"Boss, what kind of dog is this? Its tail is forked!"

"Young sir, you have excellent taste! This is a legendary two-tailed dog, now extinct in the wizarding world. This is the last one I have. If you want it, it's only five hundred Galleons!"

The boss, dressed in a jet-black wizard's robe and wearing a mask, chuckled in a slightly sinister voice.

A young wizard who had just passed by overheard Jerry and the boss's conversation and almost lost his footing.

What legendary double-tailed dog? That's just a regular swallowtail dog, worth at most ten Galleons on the market. This boss is outrageous! Who would believe that?

But Jerry's next answer almost made his jaw drop.

"Only five hundred gold coins? That's so cheap! I thought it would cost several thousand gold coins!"

Jerry pulled out a bag, scooped it out, and immediately pulled out a handful of glittering Galleons, attracting the attention of all the wizards passing by.

I mean, that.

The young wizard closest to Jerry, seeing that Jerry seemed genuinely planning to spend 500 Galleons to buy the swallow-tailed dog, was about to speak up to remind him, but was quickly pulled aside by his companion.

"Don't cause trouble, and don't forget the rules of the black market!"

The black market has its own rules. If this young wizard reminded Jerry, he would not only offend this one wizard, but also all the wizards in the tent.

His fate will definitely be terrible.

The young wizard thought for a moment, then finally shut his mouth.

Just then, Jerry was about to hand the five hundred gold coins he had taken out to the boss, but then he seemed to suddenly remember something and put them back into his bag.

"Sorry, I forgot, my family doesn't allow me to have a dog. I'll look at other options!"

After saying that, Jerry walked over to the other stalls.

The stall owner, seeing his prize slip away, was unwilling to give up. He hurriedly called out to Jerry that he could negotiate the price, but Jerry politely waved him off and went to other stalls.

And so, Jerry used the same method to wander around the stalls in the other directions before finally stepping out of the tent.

A foolish young wizard, carrying a large sum of money, secretly wandered into the black market after hearing some rumors, and then left the black market alone with the money.

Look, what an easy target this is! Dark wizards, why don't you get moving!

(End of this chapter)