There was no more time to discuss anything, Barchoke was back - and looked as if he had run the entire way. "Please follow me, and try to keep up. The Director hates being kept waiting, almost as much as unscheduled appointments. Not a good way to start a meeting."
Harry tried to reassure the goblin, along with Sirius and Remus. "Don't worry, Barchoke, we got this covered. You are about to become a very busy, and a very rich, goblin."
There was no time for any more, they had arrived. The instant Harry and Hermione spotted Ragnock, both bowed deeply. Remus and Sirius followed their lead but also kept their mouths firmly closed, the wrong word here could literally see them losing their heads.
"Sincere apologies for the interruption, Director, but this is not something that could be written down. You of course know what's in that vault, and will have guessed what I'm about to do. You will also understand secrecy in this matter is paramount."
Glancing around the large room, Ragnock nodded that he trusted every goblin here. Harry then got right to the point.
"The half-blood bastard Tom Marvolo Riddle arranged with you to lease vault seven. He set the password as 'pure-blood supremacy' and I require the objects he placed in there to be brought to your office - as per the security arrangements you both put in place."
Acknowledging that phase one of the security had been complied with, Ragnok barked out orders that saw a swift response from his staff to carry them out. Four seats appeared and the group was invited to sit, with Barchoke standing behind them. Refreshments were politely refused as they waited on the contents of vault seven being delivered.
At the side of the room, a long table was made ready for the items. It probably felt much longer than it actually was before some small bejewelled chests, about the size of a loaf of bread, were being arranged on the table provided.
After the fourteenth such chest was placed upon the table, Harry and Hermione rose and walked over. The first chest in line just happened to bare the Malfoy crest. Harry used his parseltongue abilities to hiss the password, resulting on the chest springing open. Harry lifted out the Gringotts vault key that was stored inside.
"Having complied with all the security arrangements put in place, this key now gives me unlimited access to the Malfoy vaults. Is that correct?"
A shocked Ragnok could only nod. Sitting on that table was the means to control fourteen of the richest, and darkest, families in Britain. This Potter boy clearly had the knowledge needed to claim the vault keys, would he possess the balls to use that power was the question the Director was asking himself. He didn't have to wait long for his answer.
"I want this vault emptied of everything except one knut, and a note my betrothed will supply. Every coin is to be placed in a new vault, set up as the Potter Institute of Sorcery and Spells account. Unrestricted access to me and my betrothed, Remus Lupin is allowed access on transactions with a hundred thousand galleon limit. More names will follow as the Institute gains a staff."
Harry stopped to give everyone else a chance to catch their breath. He'd managed to even surprise Hermione by giving her unrestricted access to the new vault.
"Jewellery, furniture, family heirlooms - that kind of thing - placed in a separate vault. All property deeds will be claimed, any shares in businesses too. When Barchoke has information on the lists of items involved, we can then sit down and see where we go from here. Please understand, it is more important to me to crush my enemies, rather than squeeze each last knut out of every transaction."
Barchoke was sweating again, and this time the Director's eyes were on him too. He was quickly writing down Lord Potter's instructions, helped by them being the same for each vault. His betrothed had all the notes prewritten for each as Barchoke discovered Lord Potter was a man of his word, he was going to be a very busy, and very rich, goblin.
Harry stopped at a particular chest, he turned to address Ragnok. "Director, we know why Riddle didn't die that Halloween night. I would like to say his method is as abhorrent to us as we know it is to the goblin nation. I am hesitant to claim this vault, as I suspect the owners are crazy enough to have stored one of these abominations in their vault - in clear breach of Gringotts laws."
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