Nine to five, living the same route every day, Malfoy's life is peaceful now.
Most of his work is behind the scenes, sparing him the annoyance of dealing with customers. He knows that whether in the Muggle or wizarding world, there are many low-quality people. Being bothered at the front desk is not only a waste of time but also spoils his mood for the day.
In the blink of an eye, most of his third vacation is already over.
Since that secret meeting with Griphook at the pub, he hasn't had any contact with Griphook in private. Firstly, to avoid suspicion after the fact, and secondly, because it wasn't necessary.
He is waiting for a reasonable opportunity to carry out his plan.
As someone who can greatly improve the efficiency of goblins and is not essentially an employee, Malfoy was exceptionally given a private office. The comfortable leather chair allows him to leisurely browse the newspaper after completing his tasks ahead of schedule, paying attention to the information he needs. As he quickly scanned through the ordinary news with little significance, a row of bold and enlarged headlines made his pupils shrink.
"Notorious wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban. This news has been confirmed by the Ministry of Magic today and he has not yet been captured." "We are working hard to recapture Black," said Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge this morning. In the photo on the newspaper, he showed an awkward smile to the reporter, his brow filled with worry. Obviously, such an event during his term is a major blow to his reputation.
"The opportunity has come," Malfoy smiled.
He opened the drawer under his desk, randomly pulled out a piece of parchment from a stack, flattened it on the desk, and slowly wrote with a quill:
Respected Branch Manager of Gringotts,
I believe you have heard of the biggest news that happened today—the notorious Sirius Black, who ended thirteen lives with one curse, has escaped from Azkaban. As everyone knows, he is the only possible heir of the noble Black family and is recognized as a loyal servant of the Dark Lord. We have sufficient reason to believe that he may come to Gringotts to retrieve his wealth. Any recruitment of forces requires money to achieve. He may still firmly believe that the Dark Lord can make a comeback. We can speculate that he wouldn't mind robbing this place again while retrieving his wealth.
Last year and this year, I was honored to have the opportunity to work here. Of course, instead of saying it's work, it's better to say that you gave me a chance to train out of consideration for my father's reputation. I am very grateful, but because of this, I should make some superficial suggestions for the bank's development.
Before Black is captured, I believe that Gringotts' defenses should be appropriately enhanced, even if it is already considered impregnable. Because even Azkaban prison, located in the North Sea and isolated from the world, cannot hold that murderer.
I believe that if Gringotts can set an example at this time, it will definitely increase the loyalty and trust of existing customers, as well as the orientation of potential customers.
Not all families are as willing to invest as my father. More ancient families trust their own private vaults more than Gringotts. This is also a good opportunity. If Black really comes and we can assist in capturing him, I think the reputation of Gringotts' British branch will definitely reach a new level, and it is unknown whether we can gain more business from it.
The above is just an immature suggestion from a non-formal employee...
After being humble and leaving his name, Malfoy prepared to submit this letter of recommendation to the current branch manager—a goblin without much foresight and who plays by the rules.
If Malfoy were just an ordinary employee, this letter would definitely sink without a trace. If he encountered a strong leader, he might even be criticized.
After all, no one wants to be bossed around by a small employee.
But he is different. Not to mention that ordinary employees cannot compare with him in terms of contribution, the most important thing is that their family is also an important financial backer of this Gringotts branch.
These are enough to make the person in charge think carefully.
Moreover, these suggestions are indeed very reasonable, and no one will think that strengthening security measures is wrong.
Just as Malfoy was lost in thought, a hooting sound of an owl and the friction sound caused by its flapping wings suddenly came from outside the window. A large owl with shiny black fur was looking inside through the window with its orange-yellow eyes, occasionally tapping the glass with its claws, hoping to attract the attention of the people inside.
Sighing, Malfoy got up and opened the window to let the owl in.
"Only this size can carry so many things," Malfoy couldn't help but think as he looked at the packages full of the eagle owl's wide claws.
These are all kinds of snacks and daily necessities sent by Narcissa, such as licorice wands, sugar quills, and other candies, a variety of chocolates, and desserts baked by her own chef, but obviously, his stomach cannot hold everything.
"This may be considered a happy trouble," Malfoy thought, looking at the pile of obviously excessive food, but he did not open these packages immediately. Instead, he returned to his seat, spread out a piece of parchment, and began to write.
He wanted to report that he was safe.
The basilisk incident made him lie in bed for a few days. When this incident reached Narcissa's ears, she immediately wanted to rush to Hogwarts to argue with Dumbledore. In her daily life, she was already extremely protective, let alone hearing that her most precious son was injured, even almost losing his life.
Apart from his close friends, the Malfoy family is very mean. It is unimaginable what Narcissa could do.
Lucius did his best to stop her at the time, so that Narcissa didn't really go to school, otherwise it could be foreseen that Hogwarts would be in chaos again.
However, after spending the last rare peaceful time, Malfoy returned to his home.
Going to the hospital for a follow-up examination again, endless nourishing food, one item after another, made Malfoy overwhelmed, but these were also unavoidable concerns.
Lucius's position in the school board has also declined due to this incident, but because Dumbledore himself also had the fault of negligence, Lucius was not removed from the board.
From a normal point of view, his decline in the board position is Malfoy's responsibility, but he has no intention of blaming Malfoy.
He just told him: "The glory of pure-bloods needs to be defended, but it does not need to be sacrificed. You must be more careful in the future when you encounter such things again."
To put it in an inappropriate analogy, Malfoy's actions are like a Chinese student studying so hard for the college entrance examination that he ends up in the hospital, and then his parents spend a lot of medical expenses for it.
Who would have the heart to blame?
In the eyes of Lucius and his wife, it is probably the nature of this matter: their precious son sacrificed his health to defend the glory of pure-bloods, suffered a lot of injuries, and then made them suffer a little impact.
Unfortunately, in the face of good and evil, life and death, they will one day know how ridiculous the beliefs they adhere to are. Even the previous Voldemort was only trying to unite all the forces he could use to win over this group of pure-blood families. Blood supremacy? He himself is a half-blood.
Imagining Voldemort coming to power and dividing and ruling, or being above ten thousand people under one person, that is really naive.
If he really came to power, maybe the first ones to be dissected would be these so-called pure-blood families.
Cooperation is not as refreshing as complete control.
His ambition is to conquer even life and death.
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