"No matter what I said, they all agreed. I still used the negotiation skills Cassandra taught me..."
Upon hearing this name, Vivi's eyelid twitched, but she didn't say much.
"Anyway, they all agreed in the end." Harry concluded, pointing the base of his magic wand toward Vivi and asked, "By the way, when was this 'Vivi' engraved?"
"Don't you like it?" Vivi asked softly.
"I like it, of course I like it." Harry said.
A joyful smile appeared on Vivi's delicate face. She felt delighted by Harry's acknowledgment.
"However... after listening to what you just said, I have a pretty good idea." She suddenly said.
"What idea?" Harry asked, looking up.
"Since you said the fairies at Gringotts are willing to bear any cost to purchase the Angel's Feather and Snake Monster Poison Fang, and you're worried that Principal Dumbledore might be biased because of my surname—why don't you pass this information to the fairies at Gringotts? Just say that Mr. Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, has an Angel's Feather."
Vivi's gentle words suddenly enlightened Harry's thinking.
He smacked his palm with joy, "Right, why didn't I think of that?"
Harry felt extremely happy. Ever since opening the Map Secret Room, he felt that he had become smarter.
At the same time, he was a bit regretful—why hadn't he thought of this sooner?
If he had, perhaps he wouldn't have been troubled for so long?
"Yeah, why didn't you think of it?" Vivi's eyes curved into beautiful crescents, "Silly Harry."
Harry made a funny face at her and then said, "If that's the case, the problem with the Angel's Feather should be solvable—the remaining issue is the Snake Monster Poison Fang. Mr. Leme said the last time there was news about a Snake Monster, it was during the Tsarist Russia period."
"Tsarist Russia period?" Vivi raised her brows and asked, "Why say 'period'? Has Tsarist Russia ceased to exist?"
"It's been gone for about eighty years now, right?" Harry said, "Actually, Austria-Hungary is also gone, lasting only a bit longer than Tsarist Russia..."
"I'm more pleased with the demise of Tsarist Russia compared to that." Vivi showed a schadenfreude smile.
As everyone knows, Austria-Hungary has always been at odds with Tsarist Russia. In the four years before Vivi entered the Slytherin's Study, Austria-Hungary had a fierce conflict with Tsarist Russia in the Balkan Region, and relations between the two countries rapidly deteriorated.
Not knowing how to continue this conversation, Harry said, "When I contact Gringotts, I'll urge them to find the Snake Monster Poison Fang quickly."
"Alright." Vivi nodded with a smile.
After chatting for a while, Vivi urged Harry to leave and head back to his dormitory to rest.
Harry was somewhat reluctant but had no choice. He had to stand up, leave the Map Secret Room, and return to the Gryffindor Common Room.
After Harry left, Principal Fitzgerald and the other two returned to the picture frame.
Unexpectedly, Vivi was squatting on the ground, staring blankly ahead.
"Hey, young lady?" Professor Luke Wood asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Vivi didn't answer, just staring into space.
"Vivi?" Principal Fitzgerald asked gently, "What's wrong? Did that Potter kid say something he shouldn't have?"
"My money... my money..." Vivi murmured.
"Ah, it lost its color." Professor Lachham suddenly said.
Only then did the three notice that Vivi's picture frame had turned black and white.
"Young lady, it's just some money after all," Professor Luke Wood began to console Vivi, "You said it yourself, it's just a little money, gone is gone—Wait, did that Potter spend all your money?"
Vivi lifted her head, and color returned to the picture frame.
"It's not just a little money..." She said softly, "That's what I... gathered in the Forbidden Forest, in the villages, in the highlands, in the mountains, throughout the United Kingdom... from one poacher's base, one bandit's base, one Fire Ash Snake Faction base, and one elf treasure chest after another... all taken by Gellert, that thief..."
Hearing Vivi's words, the three were all taken aback.
It seemed this money was no small amount; otherwise, the young lady wouldn't be like this.
Moreover, this was all accumulated bit by bit by her.
They already knew of this girl's formidable reputation, but they didn't expect that all the Dark Wizards, Fire Ash Snake Faction members, rebel fairies, and poachers throughout England were wiped out by this little witch in front of them.
"Then... how much money are we talking about?" Principal Fitzgerald asked tentatively, "And the Gellert you mentioned, I remember he's your brother, isn't he?"
"A total of 2,763,215 Golden Galleons," Vivi murmured, "All this money... I accumulated bit by bit, and it was all looted by Gellert..."
"Two hundred?" Professor Luke Wood shouted in shock, "Million?!"
He could hardly believe that what Vivi referred to as 'a little money' was actually this astronomical figure of two million.
By Merlin's beard, even the entire wealth accumulated over generations by the Luke Wood family wouldn't reach this number, would it?
He moaned from his throat. Girl... how many Dark Wizards have you taken out...?
With this number of over two million Golden Galleons, it definitely wasn't few...
"Since the money is already lost, perhaps you should look to the future." Principal Fitzgerald could only console, "You're still young, even when Potter manages to rescue you, you'll only be seventeen. There's plenty of time to make money, isn't there?"
"Yes." Professor Lachham and Professor Luke Wood both echoed.
This young lady had grown under their watchful eyes, just like their own daughter, and they didn't want her to suffer too much.
"But I..."
Vivi murmured.
"Among those Galleons are what I saved before I was fifteen..."
"That was the only thing I could do back then..."
"Before fifteen?"
The three professors exchanged glances.
"Yes, before fifteen."
Vivi showed a somewhat broken smile, with a hint of desolation.
"At that time, I was a Dud..."
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(The last four thousand words of this chapter include an extra update for the Alliance Leader Wanroutine as a reward.)