A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 954 The Great Gold Robbery

Estimate scores is a technical skill.

In his previous life, when William took the college entrance exam, his roommate checked the standard answers and estimated his score to be over 600 points, and was excited for several weeks.

He doesn't like living in dormitories, and he even rented a house near Wudaokou Vocational and Technical College in advance, just waiting to move in.

When his final score came out, it was 450.

Goodness, a full two hundred points short.

The house wasn't wasted, though, because he went to the neighboring Imperial City College.

This is truly a sad story.

Ron made this serious left-leaning mistake by overestimating his own abilities.

However, Mrs. Weasley did not reprimand her too much.

When you have five outstanding sons in a row, and then finally a fool comes along, from a probability point of view, you'll feel really lost.

Anyway, there's also a smaller version of Ginny, who is visibly excellent.

It's not a big deal to lose a secondary account.

However, Mrs. Weasley also bought several of Akali's latest magical items—the Procrastination Stickers.

This is something specifically designed to help with procrastination.

That's right, it's Hermione's Little Curse, which has been snapped up by parents since its recent release.

Mrs. Weasley was preparing to give Ron some medicine in an attempt to save her youngest son.

At the very least, we can't let him lead Harry astray, right?

Harry did better than Ron; he only failed Divination and History of Magic, but earned seven certificates.

His Defense Against the Dark Arts was rated O, the only Excellent out of the nine grades.

Harry felt a little disappointed... his dream of becoming an Auror was shattered because his Potions grades didn't meet the requirements.

But it didn't matter, Harry knew that William was already buying up the Quidditch club.

After he graduates, he can join William's team and become a Quidditch player.

In the future, he can play Brothers Quidditch with Wood and win more club championships.

He also has a good relationship with Krum.

If all else fails, the three of them can band together and form the "Three Musketeers of the Wind and Dust." Not only can they establish a dynasty, they could become the Lord of the Rings!

Maybe he can even join the national team and win glory for the country.

Hopefully, he will have the courage to confess his feelings to Qiu at that time.

"Autumn, I want to drink your bathwater!"

Hermione's OWL results, like William's last year, have earned her the utmost admiration from everyone.

She gave up one divination class but took eleven, and then got eleven Os.

Another academic genius with all "O"s.

This put a lot of pressure on Annie.

Since 1995, the Stark family's OWL record has been entirely O.

This is also her OWL year, she can't break this record, right?

Everyone was talking about grades when Harry walked over.

"William, can I speak with you alone?"

"No problem." William was a little surprised, but he still followed Harry to a place where no one else could hear him.

"Is there something you need?"

William thought Harry wanted to ask Sirius, but he instead whispered about what had just happened.

"Ron and I ran into Draco Malfoy in Diagon Alley."

He deliberately shook off his mother and headed towards Flip-Over Alley, looking rather furtive.

Ron and I secretly followed him.

Seeing William's look, Harry quickly explained, "We wore invisibility cloaks and weren't detected."

"The Invisibility Cloak isn't completely safe, Harry," William warned.

"Now that we are at war, things are different from before. You have to be careful in everything you do, instead of secretly leaving the Order of the Phoenix who is protecting you."

He said in a somewhat stern tone:

"Not to mention, there are many dark wizards in Knockturn Alley, all of whom are Voldemort's followers."

It's Draco. His father was arrested by the Department of Mysteries, and now he hates us terribly.

He knows you so well, what if he deliberately tries to seduce you?

Harry quickly apologized, explaining that he hadn't thought that far ahead and had only wanted to see what Malfoy was doing.

William was speechless.

I never expected Harry to be so reckless even after the Department of Mysteries.

"So, what exactly did you discover that made you come all the way to see me?"

"I saw Malfoy go into Borgin Burke's shop," Harry said. "He was giving the guy in the shop, Borgin, a nasty order, telling him to buy something."

But Bokin said that everything was sold out and they couldn't acquire any more recently.

"That doesn't prove anything," William shook his head. "Sea transport is blocked, shops are closed, and supplies are already scarce."

"There's more." Harry took a deep breath.

"At Madam Malkin's shop, when Madam Malkin was taking Malfoy's measurements and tried to touch his left arm, he jumped several meters away."

"You believe he was branded with the Dark Mark and replaced his father as a Death Eater?" William said.

"Yes," Harry said cautiously.

"Malfoy also showed Borgin something that Ron and I didn't see, but it terrified Borgin."

Aside from the Dark Mark, I really can't think of anything that could frighten Borgin.

"That's quite possible." William glanced at Harry and said, "After Lucius goes to prison, Voldemort might become a younger Malfoy and a Death Eater."

"You think so too?" Harry immediately perked up.

He had just told Ron this, but Ron dismissed it, thinking it impossible.

"I was just saying maybe," William said calmly. "But there has never been a sixteen-year-old Death Eater before."

"But Malfoy definitely has something in mind, and I think we should take it seriously," Harry insisted.

"Malfoy threatening Borgin to buy him things is likely related to dark magic, which is dangerous, isn't it?"

"So you should stay even further away," William said.

"What you need to do is protect yourself and learn more magic, instead of getting distracted by worrying about Malfoy."

"But I need to investigate this thoroughly; I can't let him..."

"Professor Snape will investigate this matter," William interrupted.

"As long as Malfoy is at Hogwarts, he will be in no danger, whether he is a Death Eater or not."

Your attention shouldn't be on this.

"But……"

"You don't believe in Professor Snape or Dumbledore?" William asked sharply.

"Okay," Harry nodded.

He suddenly remembered that it was because of his curiosity that he had been lured by Voldemort, which led to the ambush of the Department of Mysteries.

Ron and his men almost died because of his stupidity.

As it turned out, Snape was right; if they had listened to him, none of that mess would have happened.

Harry decided to listen to William and study magic properly.

He left quickly, and William didn't pay much attention.

As he said, whatever problems Malfoy has, the little spy Snape and the little bird Rita will find out.

Back then, Quirrell, Tom Cruise, and even Barty Jr. didn't cause any big waves at Hogwarts, so what use was Draco?

After inspecting Akali's Mystery Shop, William took Hermione and Anne to Gringotts.

Since the Death Eaters attacked Diagon Alley, the goblins have increased security and are on high alert.

It takes an average person about five hours to withdraw money.

However, as a major customer, William naturally didn't need to wait that long.

The fairy appeared respectful, but her attitude was actually incredibly ambiguous.

Neither siding with the Ministry of Magic nor with the Death Eaters, he wants to have his cake and eat it too—the ultimate swing.

Therefore, William had already withdrawn his millions of Galleons and did not keep them here.

Otherwise, what will happen if Galon is gone?

However, he still left a considerable amount of gold... just to preserve the vault.

One of Voldemort's Horcruxes is in Bellatrix's vault.

The fairies are still neutral and won't let William into Bella's vault, so we'll have to force our way in.

However, forcing their way in would inevitably alert Voldemort.

William did not intend to alert the enemy before determining how many Horcruxes he still possessed, or even before the final battle.

But that didn't stop William from doing some pre-emptive work.

For example... leaving a disappearing safe in your own vault, so you can sneak in at any time.

This is the real gold heist.

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