Fudge took off his top hat and rubbed it between his hands with some annoyance. He looked at the students with curious faces and asked a little hesitantly. Gradually, he realized that he might be facing a more complicated problem.
"It doesn't matter, they are all members of Hogwarts and have the right to know about all the important events that have occurred or may occur in this school." Dumbledore shook his head and replied.
"Well, since you insist, although I don't think this matter is appropriate for the children to know. But tomorrow, The Daily Prophet will also publish this news, so it doesn't matter."
Connelly Fudge absentmindedly waved his hands, looking seriously at Dumbledore and said, "Just now, the goblins of the Gu Ling Pavilion gathered in the major newspapers of the magical world and held a press conference. They displayed the real estate certification documents of Hogwarts Castle and declared it to be a huge mortgage contract."
"So, did the fairies not reveal the person who signed the contract and the details of the content?"
Dumbledore knocked his knuckles thoughtfully and asked with skepticism.
"No." The Minister of Magic solemnly denied, frowning. "They only revealed that the total amount of the mortgage was about 800 million gold galleons. However, the strangest thing is that the loan was obtained in a Muggle currency called ruble. If it wasn't for you, who else could have gained the trust of the goblins?"
As Minister of Magic, Fudge knew the intransigence of the group of ancient elves from the Gu Lin Pavilion. Unless they were absolutely sure or driven by huge interests, the group of cunning magical creatures would not generously produce so much money.
"The strange things don't stop there."
At this point, Mr. Greengrass next to Fudge suddenly added, "As far as I know, the board has never been aware that Hogwarts Castle has real estate certification documents for so many years. Regarding the authenticity of something like this, we also want to confirm it from the mouth of Director Dumbledore."
"I understand, but if there is a seal of Salazar on that certificate, it probably isn't a forgery."
Dumbledore nodded solemnly, "According to the literature and school history records, before Hogwarts was established, this castle belonged to Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders."
"But, that was a long time ago... wait! So, are there other executors of this contract, only descendants of Slytherin?"
Connelly Fudge suddenly changed his expression, turned his head to look at the powerful wizard who pushed aside Filch and shouted, "Delux, go quickly and check the recent situation of the Gunter family."
"No need to check."
Greengrass suddenly interrupted, looking at Fudge, showing a trace of sarcasm, "Didn't you throw the last heir of the Gunter family into Azkaban? If I remember correctly, he should be dead there now. Shouldn't you know very well about his relics and the last person he contacted in life?"
Upon hearing Greengrass's voice, Fudge seemed to be burned by a hot iron, his thick neck reddened.
"Are you saying that the Hogwarts estate that appeared in the hands of the Gu Lingge goblins turned out to be the work of our Ministry of Magic?!"
"I didn't say that... But think about it, who would need a amount of Muggle currency other than the Ministry of Magic?"
Greengrass muttered with disgust, his eyes crossed Fudge and casually scanned the Ministry staff behind him.
"Slander! This is an unfounded accusation and would never happen in our Ministry of Magic."
Hearing the angry words of the men around him, Connelly Fudge.
"In my opinion, if there is a real estate certification, would the Hogwarts board really not know for so many years? Will the Gunter family fall to that level? I've heard that many of their family's businesses have appeared recently after the decline. I don't think they don't know that they secretly want to communicate with the non-magical world. The informant in my hand..."
"Minister, can I consider this as an insult to the noble pure-blood families?! How can we cooperate with those stupid Muggles?!"
Greenglass narrowed his eyes and said unpleasantly.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Seeing the dispute between the two wizarding schools intensify, almost reaching the ears of the teachers and students of the school, when an ugly fight was about to break out, Dumbledore, who had been standing on the side, coughed forcefully and gathering his arms, the stack of parchment painted with figures and patterns flickered and said:
"Gentlemen, in fact, apart from the Gunter family, there is another person who claims to have the blood of the Slytherin family."
"Impossible, the ancient Gunter family is the sole descendant of Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts. There is no one else but them."
Greengrass shook his head and replied without hesitation.
"No, in fact, there is another one." The ruddy-faced Fuji, who had been arguing, changed his expression with a trace of panic on his face, turned to look at Dumbledore. "You don't mean that person, but hadn't he disappeared before?"
"But obviously not everyone thinks so," Greengrass sighed softly. "It seems there are still some mice hiding in the dark. If I remember correctly, it's the son of the Director of the Magical Law Enforcement Division."
"And it seems that someone has seen a mysterious black shadow in Albania, and I told you..." Dumbledore looked at Fudge with a serious expression.
"So, is this a conspiracy against the entire magical world?"
Fuji's face turned particularly ugly, like a piece of pig liver that had been left for a long time, pretending not to hear Dumbledore's words, and said to the assistant beside him.
"Delux, report to the records, understand the origin of that person as soon as possible, damn it, you know who I'm talking about, I don't want to repeat it a second time. And let the team in the Auror office all move, in the next few months, I'm going to capture the delusional Death Eaters and throw them all into Azkaban!"
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