HP: I'm not going to rule the wizarding world

"Malfoy, Potter asked you to return the memory ball to him, why didn't you give it to him?" His tone was full of intimidation.

Before Draco could answer, Ariana spoke first.

"The thing fell on the ground and no one saw it except Draco. He went over to pick it up and take a look. Even if a passerby wanted to get the thing back, his attitude should have been nicer, Potter, do you think your tone was good at that time?" Ariana's tone was very aggressive.

Harry retorted unconvincedly, "But Malfoy tried to snatch the Remembrall this morning, and Professor McGonagall was there, right?"

There was no way Ariana would let him lead her astray. She continued to glare at him and questioned, "That was then, and this is now. Just tell me, asking Draco to return something, is that the normal way for a person to ask someone to return something?"

Professor McGonagall had already seen clearly that Ariana was determined to favor Draco. If she continued to pester her, it would probably end badly.

Chapter 53 You Can Also Spend My Money

"Potter, don't be prejudiced against your classmates. Apologize to Malfoy now and then come to my office. Professor Hooch will definitely not let you fly so fast." McGonagall finally made a decision.

Harry is a very kind person. Even though he doesn't like Hermione's showy and nosy behavior, he will still give Ron some advice when he goes too far. In the entire Gryffindor, Harry is the only person Hermione can talk to.

Hearing this, Hermione hurriedly pleaded for Harry: "It was Malfoy who flew into the sky and provoked Harry first."

McGonagall had already made up her mind and was not willing to listen to Hermione's pleading.

"As for Malfoy, I will tell Professor Snape to deal with it. I say, Potter, apologize to Malfoy now." She glared at Harry like Ariana.

Faced with Professor McGonagall's determined look, Harry didn't have Ariana's confidence and could only bow his head.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you to return the things in that tone just now." Harry's tone was very firm, and it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the outcome.

Professor McGonagall was afraid that his attitude would make Ariana unhappy again, leading to a conflict, so she hurried away with Harry.

After the two left, Draco regained his arrogant expression and commented, "Potter will definitely be expelled."

Ron was extremely sad. Just now, facing Ariana's threat, Harry stood in front of him, but when McGonagall wanted to punish Harry, he was even worse than Hermione and didn't dare to say a word for Harry.

He was no longer afraid of Ariana. He glared at Draco and yelled, "No way. This is all your fault."

Having just won, Draco certainly didn't care about Ron's impotent rage. He gloated, "Professor McGonagall has already judged that it's Potter's fault, otherwise she wouldn't have asked him to apologize. Now he should be taken to pack his things. You should go find him quickly. Maybe you can still make it in time to say goodbye."

No one in Gryffindor dared to argue with Draco anymore, for fear that even if they were right, Ariana would say it was wrong. Her eloquence was so great that she could even turn black into white.

Seeing Gryffindor being humiliated, Draco was very proud, but unfortunately after class, Ariana poured cold water on him.

"What do you want that memory ball for?" She looked at Draco seriously.

Draco still wanted to be stubborn, "I just picked it up to take a look, I don't want it."

Ariana sneered and questioned, "We are best friends. How could I not know what you want and want to see?"

Looking at Ariana's expression that said "Don't try to lie to me", Draco could only tell the truth.

"Well, actually I wanted it very much when I was a kid, but my dad said it was a magic prop that only fools would buy. Even when I had enough pocket money to buy it, I didn't dare to buy it." He now felt that he was quite timid.

"I'm speechless. Now you're not afraid of your dad anymore. Besides, he won't know if you leave it at school. Just buy one if you like it." Ariana didn't understand his train of thought at all.

Draco said seriously, "I just wrote a letter to my mother today. I don't know how she will respond. What if she can't force my father to apologize to me? I can only spend a little over 50 Galleons for the next period of time. Don't I have to save a little?"

Ariana wanted to laugh. It turned out that he was afraid that his pocket money was not enough. If it was before, Ariana could only give him something by wishing for it, but now she had money.

"Just wait a minute. I'll be rich the day after tomorrow at the latest. Then, even if your father doesn't give in, you can spend my money." It's normal for friends to help each other if they have the ability.

"Aren't you still unsure whether there is any money in the vault your parents left for you?" Draco looked at her puzzled.

Ariana replied calmly, "I hadn't thought of that before. I can just ask my lawyer to send the golden key over here, and then I can send an owl to Gringotts and have the goblins take a look. If they have the money, they can just send some over to me."

Draco's eyes lit up immediately, and he patted his forehead and said, "Yeah, why didn't I think of this idea? I saw that you were always worried about money and were very unhappy, so I said I would convince my dad to buy your villa."

He knew very well how much Ariana cared about happiness and how anxious her friend was, so he had to find a way to solve it, but unfortunately his ability was limited.

The problem of ability was not the most severe blow to Draco, because Ariana said: "After I have Galleons, I will not sell that big villa to your father."

"Why? Do you think Galleon is not enough?" Draco, who was obsessed with the big villa, widened his eyes and could not accept the bad news at all.

Ariana explained as a matter of course, "There's no interest at all if I keep my money in Gringotts, but my villa appreciates in value every year. By the time I immigrate to the United States in seven years, it's estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds."

"It's increased so much?" Draco didn't expect that money in the Muggle world was so easy to make.

Making money is not that easy. It is only easy for people like Ariana who are "cheating". She doesn't want to instill wrong ideas in Draco. This childish guy already despises the Muggle world.

Ariana said conservatively, "It's not that simple. How much it can actually increase depends on the economy and the buyer's immediate needs. After all, a villa like this is unique, but it's also very valuable and not something that can be easily sold."

Draco, however, had a brainless filter for Ariana. He looked at her speechlessly and said, "Do you really need to say such polite words between friends? Is it difficult for you?"

Ariana opened her mouth, but she couldn't say it was difficult because it wasn't. She could only say, "Well, it wasn't difficult for me. I said that just to avoid making you arrogant."

"You actually know that you shouldn't be arrogant. Just ask around and see who's the most arrogant person in Hogwarts?" Draco couldn't help but teasing her.

Then he complained, "My dad is really short-sighted. If you had decided to buy it before you thought it through and sent me the golden key, just like you said before, you could have paid a deposit first and then made monthly payments. Now that big villa would be ours. Even if it increased in value by over a hundred thousand in seven years, it would still be ours."

"It's not nice for you to steal your best friend's girl and say it in front of her, right?" Ariana looked at him with amusement.

"You are rich anyway, so this little increase in salary shouldn't bother you. If only I had your ability, I wouldn't have to look at my dad's face, and you wouldn't always think I'm timid." Draco still cared a lot about his reputation.

When her friend was troubled, Ariana naturally offered a solution. She said, "There are many ways to make money."

"What method?" Draco looked at her hopefully.

Other methods are difficult to implement, but there is a very good opportunity right now, and it is more suitable for students like Draco, so he doesn't have to show up in person.

"Right now, there's a very reliable method. You use Galleons to exchange for pounds at Gringotts. Then, you open an account at a bank in London, deposit money into it as your basic credit score, and then borrow a large sum of pounds to exchange for German marks."

It is now 1991. In 1992, the British pound will be sniped, and we can take advantage of this time difference to make a lot of arbitrage.

Ariana herself does not want to make this money. After all, she is a British person in this life. The attack on the pound has dealt a heavy blow to Britain, and in the end it is not ordinary people who bear the consequences. She has many ways to make money, and there is no need to "eat human blood buns."

Draco probably doesn't have many Galleons, so using this time difference to make some money won't affect anything.

Chapter 54 How to Defeat the Dark Lord

In order to prove that this arbitrage game was not that simple, Ariana taught Draco a lot of financial knowledge and even took out a pen and paper to write down a lot of model formulas for exchange rate trends in various countries.

Draco looked at the exchange rate calculations of various countries and the principles of capital arbitrage that Ariana wrote on the paper. Although they had to be converted into US dollars in the end, they had to be transferred to German marks in the middle. The more he read, the more confused he became.

It turns out that Ariana's success cannot be replicated.

Draco said dejectedly, "I still hope my father will apologize to me. It's really too complicated. Inheriting the family business is easier."

Ariana not only laughed, but also mocked him: "You are such a big master, you don't want to use your brain at all."

Draco said as a matter of course, "I am the young master of the Malfoy family."

Ever since Ariana told him that his father had no intention of having a younger brother and that it was just a scare tactic, Draco became much bolder.

The economic theory Ariana talked about was so complicated that it immediately dampened Draco's enthusiasm, but he had already been planted with the seeds of self-reliance and self-improvement, and later he couldn't help but ask Ariana a lot about the rules of the arbitrage game.

He obviously wanted to struggle again.

Draco had no common sense of the Muggle world, and whenever Ariana mentioned an unfamiliar term, he would ask for a long time.

Ariana, who already had little patience, was in a dilemma and said directly, "That won't work. Let Thompson prepare some basic books and send them over. You can read them first."

There is no foundation at all, and it is so difficult to teach.

When learning magic, Draco was used to her showing this kind of impatient expression if she didn't understand after teaching him twice. He didn't mind being disliked, he was just a little anxious.

"Didn't you say that this arbitrage method of making money can only make quick money, and there will be no time left after I finish reading the book?" He looked at Ariana in confusion.

Ariana replied proudly, "This arbitrage game won't officially begin until next September when school starts. There's still plenty of time. Besides, you're my friend. I have many ways to do it. You don't have to worry about how to make money."

Draco now has a very thick filter for Ariana and immediately believed it, "Luckily you helped me, otherwise I would still be like my dad's puppy."

Draco, who has awakened, can hardly bear to think back on the days when he was frightened by his father all day long.

When Ariana saw Draco's current state, she obviously went too far. She was a little worried that she would really take him to the Muggle world in the end. Wouldn't the Malfoy family fight her to the death then?

"I said that to provoke your dad. Which puppy would tease others like you?" She persuaded him a little.

Draco misunderstood, reflected on his behavior, and asked her, "Do you think I shouldn't have provoked Potter?"

Ariana was still counting on Harry to help her vent Draco's excess energy, otherwise she would go crazy if she was constantly being dragged around talking about Quidditch, so how could she possibly deny it?

"No, didn't I also accuse him of being nosy?" She spoke nonsense seriously.

"Actually, what I hate most about him is his meddling in other people's business. He calls himself the savior but doesn't do what a savior should do." Draco was indignant.

"I went to make friends with him on the train with good intentions, but Weasley laughed at my name. Not only did he not handle the matter fairly, he also stood on Weasley's side. It's ridiculous that such a person became the savior." He said with a look of unwillingness on his face.

This is the reason why Draco has been targeting Harry. He thinks that since Harry considers himself the savior, he should stand on the side of justice. Just because he knew Ron first, he naturally stood on the side of Gryffindor.

It is indeed unfair from Draco's point of view, but from Harry's point of view, it is understandable.

Ron was the first friend he made after entering the wizarding world while living with his uncle. This friend also flattered him everywhere. It would be strange if he was not partial to Ron, especially in contrast to Draco's arrogant attitude.

Ariana could only advise: "You two have different values. Forcing yourself to be friends will only backfire, just like when I rejected Cedric and the others."

"You rejected them?" Draco was surprised.

That day, he didn't ask any further questions because he was worried that Ariana was siding with someone else.

Although Ariana didn't ask him not to discriminate against others because of the two Hufflepuffs, it was because of them that Draco still felt a little bothered. He didn't expect Ariana to not be friends with them.

Seeing Ariana's indifferent expression, Draco knew she didn't want to talk about it, so he changed the subject.

"Let's not talk about such unhappy things. Anyway, Potter will leave Hogwarts after today, and I won't think about what happened on the train anymore." Draco looked happy.

Hearing this, Ariana poured cold water on him and said, "Then you will be disappointed. I can see that Potter is the savior raised by Gryffindor. Dumbledore will not let him leave Hogwarts."

After today's class, although Ariana admitted that Harry was very talented in flying, he was very ordinary in other aspects. After thinking about the information she had gained during this period, she concluded that Harry was just a Gryffindor, raising a flag to restore confidence in the wizarding world.

Otherwise, how could a little kid defeat the Dark Lord, and why is there such news everywhere?

Draco heard this and asked unwillingly, "The problem had already been resolved, but Professor McGonagall still angrily took him away. Isn't that expulsion?"

"The Head of Gryffindor expelled the savior of Gryffindor. Listen, is this possible?" She reminded Draco to think for himself.

"Well, it seems I have to continue to tolerate him and pretend to be a disgusting savior all day long." Draco sighed.

The headmaster and vice-headmaster of Gryffindor, even the savior are all Gryffindors. If it weren't for Ariana, Slytherin would have been bullied to no end.

Draco just didn't think comprehensively, but he was not a fool. He had already vaguely realized that his godfather also leaned towards Gryffindor.

Although the number of students entering Slytherin is decreasing, there are still some, and there was Slytherin in its heyday decades ago. Why did so many pure-blood Slytherins not become deans, but half-blood godfathers finally took over the position? He absolutely did not believe that there was no behind-the-scenes manipulation by Dumbledore.

In the past, even if Draco occasionally had such thoughts, he had no one to discuss them with and would quickly forget about them, but now he has Ariana.

"I feel that if Slytherin continues to be led by my godfather, it will sooner or later cease to exist." Draco said this very abruptly.

Chapter 55: Fighting at the drop of a hat

Ariana had no idea that Draco would think so deeply about it, and she even teased him about his courage.

"You just threatened your father, and now you're going to challenge your godfather's authority?" She looked at Draco with amusement.

"Don't you think my godfather listens to Dumbledore very much?" Draco ignored Ariana's teasing.

Ariana shrugged and said, "He's a professor, shouldn't he listen to the principal?"

"Well, I just think it's strange that the Slytherin headmaster, who advocates pure blood, is actually a half-blood. Maybe it's Dumbledore's conspiracy." He looked serious, as if he had discovered something big.

Ariana said, "Oh, about that. I heard Cedric and the others on the train say that Professor Snape, being a half-blood, usually favors pure-bloods in order to gain the support of the aristocratic families. Perhaps his appointment as headmaster was a deal between Dumbledore and the aristocratic families, and Snape is Dumbledore's man. That's my guess."

There is no simple right or wrong in the adult world; it’s all about the exchange of interests.

Draco was a man of few words and didn't want to think about these complicated issues anymore, so he said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about Quidditch."

Ariana's alarm bells rang, and she quickly used Harry as a banner, saying, "Broomsticks aren't as fun as you say. Hogwarts is pretty boring except for the magic. It's better to watch you mock Potter."

Unfortunately for Draco right now, he cared more about his good friend than Harry.

"Do you think flying brooms are boring? I guess I have to take you to see a Quidditch game. It will definitely spark your passion." He looked determined.

Ariana refused to talk about Quidditch and could only keep talking about Harry. "I'm sure Potter isn't playing dumb. Are you still planning to challenge him to a duel?"

Draco had no idea what Ariana was thinking and immediately fell for it, following her lead and saying, "I really want to crush that hypocritical savior of his to the ground, but if I tell him you're my assistant, he definitely won't agree to a duel. Not only him, but no one in all of Hogwarts is willing to fight you."

When this matter was mentioned, Ariana became unhappy and began to feel indignant like Draco.

"I've become a demon in everyone's eyes. I pull out my wand at every turn and start a fight at the slightest disagreement. I'm obviously a peace-loving person." She complained in a sonorous voice.

Draco really wanted to complain about Ariana. If people like her loved peace, then everyone in the world would be quails.

As long as Ariana wasn't involved, Harry could still divert Draco's attention. During dinner, Ron completely forgot Wood's request for confidentiality and announced in the hall that Harry had joined the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Draco's face darkened after hearing this, and he said angrily, "I'm going to find Professor Snape. My flying skills are no worse than Potter's. If he can join the school team, why can't I?"