Diagon Alley.
London time, 6:00 AM.
The first rays of dawn filtered through the thin mist, casting mottled shadows on the cobblestone streets.
The empty streets would not gradually become lively again for at least another hour or two.
And inside Gringotts, where the bronze doors were tightly closed and business had not yet begun, a difficult negotiation that had lasted all night had just ended.
"Respected Miss Kaslana, you can actually reconsider. If Hogwarts' funds are stored in Gringotts, we can even make certain concessions regarding handling fees."
A goblin elder with a wrinkled face rubbed his palms anxiously, smiling ingratiatingly, hoping to change Eileen's mind.
At this time, Eileen, accompanied by Andy Serkis and Gariweix, was standing in front of a huge "gold mountain" piled up with Galleons, carefully counting them. The goblins' unique counting magic made the whole process much easier than imagined.
"No need to say more. All loans must be kept by Hogwarts. This is one of the foundations of the entire contract."
Eileen firmly refused without budging, not even bothering to turn her head, and continued watching the two goblins count the gold coins.
Although the entire Hogwarts mortgage loan contract had various terms and conditions, if you put aside all the fancy things, the core idea was actually only four points.
[All loan funds must be kept by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]
[The currency lent and returned is the currency of the Muggle world - Rubles]
[Gringotts must convert Rubles into Galleons as much as possible when paying (according to the agreement, the shortfall can also be made up using Muggle currencies - US dollars or pounds - according to the exchange rate)]
[This content is temporarily invisible to Muggles. Wizards, please use the Revealing Charm to view it yourself]
Compared to the endless stream of business villains in later generations, in Eileen's view, the goblins at this time were still in a relatively pure and simple state. Apart from a little trickery in interest rates and handling fees, and some fancy word games, there were not too many traps and malicious clauses deliberately mixed into the contract.
Therefore, Eileen's response was also particularly simple and rude. She directly moved over most of the mature commercial mortgage contract styles and clauses from her memory.
Another result of doing so was that, in the eyes of the goblins, the mysterious and wise aura surrounding Dumbledore became even more dazzling.
"I'm sorry, because of the urgency, we only mobilized 400 million Galleons and 1.5 billion US dollars, and the rest was supplemented with pounds, totaling 730 million..."
Gariweix wiped the sweat from his forehead, holding a piece of parchment with trembling hands, glanced at Eileen somewhat cautiously, and explained quickly.
"Well, I know, you don't need to read on. After arriving at Hogwarts, someone will naturally review, count, and receive them with you."
Eileen waved her hand indifferently, interrupting Gariweix, turned around, and looked behind her.
Behind her, hundreds of fully armed goblins were waiting there. Each goblin was holding an old small money bag in his hand. Eileen knew that it was a storage bag with an Undetectable Extension Charm, "You can start teleporting in order - destination, Hogwarts Castle front gate."
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Hogwarts.
The sky in the Scottish Highlands usually brightens later, and the sky still had a hazy blue color at this time.
Huff~ Ha~
Dumbledore, wearing blue pajamas, suddenly sat up from the bed, breathing heavily a few times. For some reason, he suddenly felt a strange chest tightness.
Turning his head, Dumbledore looked at the clock on the wall, it was not yet half past six.
"Sure enough, I'm getting old... I'm not as good as when I was younger."
Dumbledore smiled self-deprecatingly. If Madam Pomfrey of the school hospital knew about this, she would definitely complain and fuss about it.
Knock, knock, knock.
At this moment, a rhythmic knocking sound came from outside the window.
Dumbledore raised his head and saw a small owl the size of a fist standing by the window, flapping its wings and anxiously tapping on the window of his bedroom. A small letter was tied to its foot.
Isn't this Eileen's owl named Vika? So urgent, could something have happened?
The old man's expression froze, he quickly stood up, quickly opened the window to let the little owl in, and took the envelope from the little owl's foot.
Dumbledore walked to the bed, put on his glasses, unfolded the letter and read softly.
[To the Honorable, Gentle, Great, Kind, and Never-Angry... Professor Dumbledore:]
[When you see this letter, the lovely little Eileen has arrived at the gate of Hogwarts Castle.]
[With me, there are also 350 goblins from Gringotts, and wealth worth approximately 750 million Galleons.]
[Because of the huge amount, in addition to you, I suggest bringing all the house-elves in the school to help count.]
[Of course, don't worry. This is a completely reasonable and legal asset that can be completely controlled by Hogwarts. In any case, you must get this money into Hogwarts!]
[This asset comes from a mortgage loan I obtained at Gringotts. The mortgage is the real estate certificate of the Salazar Slytherin family, which is now the deed certificate of Hogwarts Castle.]
[Seeing this, please don't be angry. This is not only bad for your health, but it will not solve the problem. I can explain.]
[—Your loyal, lovely, Eileen Kaslana.]
Attached to the bottom of the letter was a loan contract signed by Gringotts and Eileen, flashing with magical marks.
Ugh!
After reading the letter, Dumbledore suddenly felt a darkness in front of him, and a dull, stabbing pain came from his chest, as if he had been hit by the Cruciatus Curse.
He finally realized now what the ominous premonition that had been lingering in his mind since yesterday was—Eileen Kaslana, he shouldn't have let this terrible little girl have the opportunity to contact the greedy goblins of Gringotts.
Goo goo goo~
Seeming to feel that Dumbledore's emotions were not right, the backup food, who was drinking water next to him, curiously raised his head, flapped his wings and flew to Dumbledore's side, and bumped the old man's finger with his small head.
That's right, now is not the time to be in a daze, there is still a terrifying amount of wealth piled up at the school gate.
Dumbledore quickly recovered, picked up his wand and pointed it at his throat - [Sonorus]
"All Hogwarts house-elves, please gather with me at the castle gate."
At the same time, a flash of fire flashed in the bedroom. Dumbledore nodded to the phoenix that suddenly appeared, "Fawkes, please."
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At the gate of Hogwarts Castle, the huge open space was now piled up with Galleons as high as hills. Below the gold mountain were giant money bricks composed of hundreds of bundles of pounds and dollars.
"So, how long do we have to wait? Why hasn't Mr. Dumbledore come yet?"
Andy Serkis anxiously twisted his fingers, looking at the tightly closed castle gate, and urged in a shrill voice.
After leaving Gringotts, every second of waiting was no less than a disastrous torment for it. Not only it, but the nerves of all the goblins present were stretched to the limit, all hoping that Dumbledore would appear soon.
"Relax, it will be soon. After all, Professor Dumbledore still needs to gather..."
Eileen tried to maintain a relaxed expression to comfort the goblins who were about to collapse, while repeating in her heart - the backgrounds are all movie props, all movie props.
Pa.
The air in front of the castle suddenly made a crisp popping sound, and a short figure appeared on the castle bridge.
Then, a series of dense "pa pa pa" sounds like firecrackers kept ringing.
One after another, house-elves appeared in front of the Hogwarts Castle gate.
"Eileen Kaslana!"
Accompanied by a brilliant flash of fire, Dumbledore, wearing dark blue pajamas with a pattern of stars and moons, appeared at the very front of the castle. On the back of the old man's left hand, a silver-white oath chain shone with dazzling light.
"Ah, Professor Dumbledore, I finally waited for you."
Seeing the tall figure with the silver-white beard, Eileen felt relieved and raised her smooth left hand, waving weakly towards Dumbledore - she could feel that with Dumbledore's appearance, the energy that had supported her all the way to the present was rapidly fading.
"I completed the oath in advance, this is the past, present, and future of Hogwarts."
Eileen pointed to her back, revealing a tired smile, "Let's move them into the castle first, and then you listen to my explana..."
Boom.
Before the silver-haired loli could finish speaking, a strong sense of fatigue quickly swallowed her consciousness, her eyes went black, and her small body swayed before falling straight to the ground.
"Eileen?!"
"Miss Kaslana?!"
Without thinking too much, Dumbledore's face changed, and he waved his wand with his right hand in a large motion, summoning the unconscious girl into his arms and carefully examining her.
"Huff~ Fortunately, she's just too tired and fell asleep."
The old man breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes thoughtfully swept across the girl's smooth back of the hand, and instructed the house-elves beside him, "Take Eileen back to the student dormitory and let her have a good rest."
As for the situation in front of him...
Dumbledore raised his head, looked at the hill-like Galleons, and the corner of his eyes twitched imperceptibly.
"Cough cough, it seems that the cooperation is going well."
Dumbledore coughed lightly, took out the original copy of the contract sent by Eileen and scanned it quickly, then his expression became serious, and he said in a tone of complete expectation.
"Then Mr. Goblin, let's start counting. It seems that it is not an easy project."
No matter what happened, the important thing is to transport these Galleons into Hogwarts first. This is definitely not a problem.

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I'm so tired, it's still a big chapter of 3,000 words, please vote, finally we can get on the train in the next chapter.
I drank two cans of Red Bull, I'm going to rest, I barely finished writing the plot here.