"Bilby."

"Yes, master?" Ask the elf when he popped inside the room.

"Did you have the report that I have asked you?"

"Yes, I do." During the month he was in the manor, he had insisted that his elf at least spoke fluently English, he didn"t ask the other yet at is would be easy to spot the difference, but the old elf task has reduced with its age, thus he has minor interaction with Hogwarts residents and fewer chances to be spotted.

"The old stocks of grains are slowly being sold to the poor country for lesser than market price as master wish, some larger ones in the mainland have reached the bank for a possible contract with same prices." Say him as he pa.s.sed him a set of doc.u.ments, each for a different accord. Browsing through them, he takes a sheet of paper, and take a few notes.

"Give this to M.Higgs, ask for a market survey for those, the rest would need to buy in bulk if they want lesser prices." Say him as he divides the set into two piles.

"Yes, master." Making them vanishes with a finger snap.

"Gringotts?"

"As long as nothing happens until tonight, midnight, the ministry will lose any chance of contesting your claim." He nods at this.

"Once it"s done, have elf start to dry the main vault empty until leaving 10,000.00G inside. The secondary vault will still be emptied every two days, what of the total holding of the main vault, I didn"t ask how much I have gained from the black vaults."

Another snap and a small ledger appear in the elf hand that he gives to Alex. Being a new holder of Gringotts vaults, it"s wasn"t that thick. The first pages were of the previous material possessions taken from the black, then his current business in the mundane world with the selling of grains, fruits, and vegetables each week. The fund transit in the mundane account and slowly transferred to Gringotts and finally in the vault under the manor.

Even with their old population, clan Evans have already a surplus of production thousand years ago, added to nowadays, he has thousands of tons sitting in granaries under stasis rune cl.u.s.ters. Not wanting to keep them he has started to integrate them into the Mondial market, starting by the oldest first. While its free s.p.a.ce, it also increases his holding and bleeds the wizarding world from its gold, silver, and bronze slowly.

After the business section was the actual holding in gold for his account. The first large transaction came from the Potter vaults for the staggering sums of 89,114,596.00G (445,572,980.00 pounds.), the following lines came from all the different Blacks vaults and stack to a final of 356,458,698.00G (1,782,293,490.00 pounds) without the value of the houses that have been transferred to Narcissa and still under her name, avoiding her husband the ministry propriety taxes he would otherwise have to pay each year.

It was also the reason he was emptying his vault, even if the ministry won"t have a hold on him, they do have accords with Gringotts, and could access to his wealth through them. As he didn"t have income from the wizarding world he doesn"t have to pay taxes, another reason why he had to ask the payment from Potter and Black to swift from shares to gold.

Since he now has the Potter Lord against him, he knows he would try to do something by pa.s.sing by the Wisengamot. By leaving only the 10,000.00G in the main vault and emptying the other one, they wouldn"t act for that meager sum as he was still a Hogwarts student and would need to pay for his schooling (not that he pay anything other than his supplies have his tuition have been pay from his birth and can"t be taken back, even as he had shifted from family, it was recognized by Magic that the fees have been pay for him.)

"Good" Say him has he close the ledger and pa.s.s it back to the elf." I should soon receive the convocation for the trial. I want the Weasley"s watched and Lord Potter as well, it wouldn"t surprise me if he attempts something stupid to make me in a disfavorable situation before facing the Wisengamot. Thank for your hard work, Bilby, I count on you to see that everything goes has says."

"Yes, master, I will. Does master need something else?"

"Now that I think of it, could you got see if the twin redhead have in their possession a piece of folded parchment in their trunk?" With that, he vanishes, leaving him alone for a few seconds before appearing again with a used folded piece of parchment in hand.

Taking his wand from the desk he put the tip on the open parchment and says.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." As ink appears, Hogwarts corridors and rooms slowly trace themselves, and footprints littered it. As the feast wasn"t finished, he rapidly looks for the head table, lightly tap two times on it, and at the map zoom, two names appear above a pair of footprints.

"Quirinus Quirrell" and "Tom Marvolo Riddle."

"So he still appears then, that signifies that the stone his here too. Was it for me or James I don"t know but since Dumble is gone, it"s won"t be long before he attempts to steal it. Would he still wait for Samain before attempting to regain a body? The barrier between the plane his say to be at it thinnest at this time, it would be easier for him to regain one at this time. But he will need preparation for this... f.u.c.k that. Bilby, I need you to pop me in front of the come and go room now."

Without a word, the elf takes his hand and the two of them pop out in the seven-floors, between an empty wall and a tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy and his attempts to teach Trolls ballet. Going back and forth three times in the corridor while thinking about the room containing the stone, a wooden door appeared out of the wall.

Pushing it slowly open and taking a peek to see if there is something else inside the two of the enter.

"Bilby, do you detect anything in the room other than it?" In the center of the room was a waist-high pillar with a ruby-colored crystallin stone on it.

"No, master."

"He just didn"t think that he would be out of the game and Hogwarts less than a week in the year, but still, leaving it in the middle of an empty room, the old man either think his defense would hold anyone enough for him to appear or plainly ignorant, I don"t know with the one I want to be..." Taking the stone and tossing it in his storage, he exits the room and closes the door.

"Bilby ... Wait." Before he asks the elf to take him back an idea crosses his mind. Pa.s.sing again three-time back and forth, another door appear, this time made of stone.

"I want you to become invisible and freeze every portrait in the room, please."

"Yes, master." He opens the door slightly, just enough for him to pa.s.s in after the elf vanishes from his sight. Ten-second later he appears again with a nod.

The two made their way in the office of Dumbledore from what seems to be an already existing secret pa.s.sage. Looking around, he could see that the majority of the portraits were sleeping, as for the other, they seem frozen, their eyes unfocused. Nodding at a great job of his elf, he starts by the bookshelves, he was going to touch a book before being stopped by Bilby.

"Enchantment?" The elf nod back. "The bookshelves?" Seeing shaking his head, he grinned while saying.

"Morons." putting his hand on it, it vanishes in his storage like the stone. For the next twenty minutes, the two would go through the entire office, taking everything in. The books, the pensive, his secret stash of sweets, hidden doc.u.ments in the desk by taking the entire drawer. He even raids his personal quarters and stole all of those horrid robes, leaving nothing, not even furniture in.

On they were done, all that was left behind was a desk with odd parchment on as well as a little stack of letters, the portraits of the past headmaster and Fawkes perch, everything else had been taken away, even the carpet! His great heist done, he asks Bilby to vanishes any trace of their presence in the office, be it hairs, odor, or magical signature. Once the office clean the two take the still open secret pa.s.sage before poping in his room for the night.

"Another fulfilling day." Sigh Alex contently has he sink in his bed under his blankets with a large smile on his face.