Chapter 347: Vault No. 7

Draco's return caused quite a stir at Hogwarts.

Among them, the most concerned were naturally the Slytherins, who were mainly Death Eater reserves.

And the anti-Death Eater camp mainly composed of Harry and others.

At the dinner.

Draco sat quietly by the Slytherin long table.

In the past, his side would always be full of followers fawning over him, but now the two seats on his left and right were empty, and even the opposite side was empty.

It was a picture of a plague god that everyone avoided.

He himself had no reaction, seemingly happy to be idle.

After wandering for a month with his family, being able to eat Hogwarts food again made him crave it.

And on the other side, the Gryffindor long table.

Harry and the others also stared at Draco's direction without blinking.

At this time, Professor Snape and Professor Flitwick entered the Great Hall from the side door and went to the teacher's table to take their seats.

John also followed them out from the side door.

Because he was delayed quite a bit by checking luggage with the professors, he arrived late.

He saw the strange situation in Slytherin at a glance.

Isolated.

Good.

Bullying others for so many years, it's time to taste the taste of being bullied.

Only by personally experiencing what absurd things he had done could he repent.

John didn't care about him, walking straight toward the Ravenclaw long table.

The dinner began.

Nothing happened during the period.

Until the dinner ended, Harry, Hermione, and the others couldn't wait to surround John.

"John, what exactly is the situation with Draco?"

Harry looked at Draco, who was leaving alone not far away, and asked with great confusion.

John was wiping his mouth slowly, looking at the few.

Regarding Draco's matter, except for Grindelwald, he could basically share it with them.

So he didn't hide anything, and repeated everything that happened today to them concisely.

Hearing that Draco had actually defected, and even brought a key clue to surrender.

The few were all surprised.

Because it was too sudden.

John was also very surprised at first, but he had completely accepted this fact by now.

He thought Harry would be very hard to accept, after all, his grudge with Draco wasn't a day or two, and last semester he was obsessed with trying to catch him.

As a result, Harry just fell silent for a few seconds and accepted this fact.

Ron, as expected, shouted: "Ha? You mean we are teammates with him from now on? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Then he was fiercely poked in the ribs by Ginny with an elbow: "Shut up!"

Hermione, on the other hand, was thoughtful, holding her chin.

Always felt something was wrong.

"Not right... when you executed the plan to go abroad before, they followed you abroad, just to take refuge."

"It was hard to go abroad, why do they have to rush back now?"

Hermione found the flaw in John's words at once.

Hearing this, John shrank his neck and said uncertainly: "Uh, maybe it's not easy to mix abroad?"

The reason they came back was of course because of Grindelwald.

But he couldn't tell them this....

He had to find a random reason to prevaricate.

Hermione narrowed her eyes looking at John's appearance.

She knew John too well; she could tell at a glance that he was hiding something from them.

But she didn't expose it.

Because John was directly connected to Dumbledore; if he didn't say it, it must be Dumbledore's instruction.

So she didn't continue to ask.

Everything that should be said had been said.

The rest depended on how to get along with Draco in the future.

Afterward, they temporarily put Draco's matter aside and turned to tracking the Horcrux clues.

Ron's brother Bill was quite reliable.

In less than two days.

He used his position to find Bellatrix's vault at Gringotts.

That was Vault No. 7 at the very bottom of Gringotts.

It's just that Bill, as an ordinary office-working wizard, couldn't get any closer.

Because the core permissions for managing vaults were all in the hands of those goblins who valued money above all else.

So there were a few choices for now.

Either find a way to persuade the goblins, or find Bellatrix, or break in by force.

So they first found Draco to ask about his understanding of the deepest vault area of Gringotts.

"Our family's vault is also at the very bottom of Gringotts."

"The security there is very tight, and it will pass through the Thief's Downfall."

"There is also a fire dragon guarding the front of the vault."

"And the vault door is locked by heavy magic and mechanisms, and only goblins can open it."

In the Headmaster's office, Draco slowly stated all the information about the vault.

This time, John and Harry were listening on the side.

Harry looked at Draco's appearance of knowing everything, and to be honest, he was still a bit dazed.

The Draco who used to love looking at people with his nostrils, now that he had really become their teammate, felt quite reliable...

"I can go to the deepest vault area with a few people at any time in the name of the Malfoy heir."

"But even if we get there, without the goblin's key or spell, we still can't open Bellatrix's vault."

"Unless we find some way to crack the top-level vault protection of Gringotts."

"Otherwise, even if I take you there, the result will only be the same as breaking in by force."

Draco slowed his tone, and John and Harry were both silent.

Finally, they could only make a difficult choice among those three plans.

"By the way!"

At this time, Draco spoke again, as if remembering something.

"Owners of our deepest vaults are the most distinguished guests at Gringotts."

"Every time we go to the vault, there will be a dedicated vault manager accompanying us, and that manager will be responsible for opening all mechanisms and taking us into the vault area."

"Perhaps we can use that vault manager, use the Imperius Curse or something else, to let him help us open Bellatrix's vault."

"Of course, the premise is to know whether that manager has the permission to open Vault No. 7."

"As far as I know, the top few vault managers at Gringotts do have the permission to open any vault."

Hearing this, Harry's eyes lit up, and he didn't skimp on a compliment.

"Good idea!"

Once the words were out, Draco looked at him, and he also looked at Draco.

Two people who had never interacted with each other were suddenly embarrassed, and then looked away.

John and Dumbledore exchanged a look, both feeling it was funny.

But immediately returned to the topic.

"Since that's the case, let Bill investigate which vault managers have the right to open all vaults first."

"Then we pick the day that manager is on duty and go to the vault together."

"Not as intruders, but in the name of distinguished guests of the Malfoy family."

John slowly proposed the follow-up action plan, and Draco nodded, indicating no problem.

And continued to discuss some details with John and Harry.

Dumbledore didn't interrupt the whole time, just watched the three children discussing seriously.

His gaze was gentle and deep, as if seeing a further future through them.

That tomorrow when Voldemort's shadow fades and the wizarding world regains order. ===== CHAPTER 348 =====