Chapter 1061 Lost Maintenance Manual

Ever since Vincent and Hermione were inexplicably dragged into a small gathering of the Order of the Phoenix that day, the magic communicators they used had been upgraded specifically for this purpose.

Different from the magic base stations currently being laid out in cooperation with the magic governments of various countries, their magic communicators can connect to the base station equipment in the second-generation cellular mobile communication system that Wayne Enterprises is disguised as being built by Muggles.

Although the coverage of the magic signal is not very comprehensive, it can ensure the security of secret communications to the greatest extent possible.

The Fairy Guild's lair is located underground in a remote forest in Scotland, so there obviously won't be a strong signal.

Sirius and Lupin didn't walk too far. They got a stronger signal a few minutes after leaving the tree hole.

Vincent and Hermione were not idle while waiting for the two.

No matter how much Voldemort despised magical creatures other than wizards, he would not massacre the entire Goblin Hall for no reason. The hall here is nearly half the size of the Hogwarts Great Hall. If we look carefully, we will definitely find more clues.

Vincent checked the magical projections that he had obtained through unknown channels, while Hermione walked towards the huge pure gold round table with a diameter of ten meters.

She counted the chairs in front of the table, which were also made of pure gold. There were 56 of them, which should be the number of goblins here.

Then she stopped in front of the body that was suspected to be the curator and observed it.

The luxurious robe was woven from pure gold and even had magical runes carved by wizards on it. Judging from its level of sophistication, it seemed to be an alchemical tool.

Hermione stretched out her small hand towards the robe, then pulled it back just as it was about to touch.

Since the Fairy Guild is the top force in the magical underworld, it's not surprising that they know some alchemists.

"Hmm?" She looked at the rows of drawers next to the body in confusion.

There is only a drawer at this position on the entire round table, so it seems that it is indeed the curator here.

Hermione pulled out her wand and tapped the top drawer gently. The delicate patterns on its surface glowed faintly, and it was obvious that a special method was required to open it.

"Vincent, I found something here!"

Vincent waved his caduceus and reassembled the parts that were frozen in mid-air into a magic projection.

He came to the goblin's body lying on the round table, and squatted with Hermione to look at the rows of drawers.

She glanced at the goblin corpse next to her, "There should be something important here, should we open it and take a look?"

Vincent raised the double snake staff in his hand and said, "You called me over here just to open it and take a look."

Hermione watched him calmly as he pointed the caduceus toward the top drawer.

Not long after, the drawer opened automatically with a "click".

Inside were IOUs that incurred magical contract effects. Vincent glanced at a few and stopped reading.

The interest rate is 120% per month, and the annual interest rate is %, which is definitely usury.

The second drawer also contained IOUs, but the interest rate was slightly lower, but it still fell into the category of usury.

The third drawer did not contain the IOU, but some letters written in goblin language.

Neither Vincent nor Hermione had time to translate, so they could only hope that the last drawer would yield something useful.

When the drawer was opened, both of them widened their eyes instantly.

The thing inside was none other than the "Magic Projection Maintenance Manual" that the Ministry of Magic said was lost and later discovered was likely lost by Jorkins.

Hermione picked it up with a look of surprise on her face. "Why? Why is the manual here?"

Vincent frowned. "It seems that things are not that simple. I don't believe that the manual lost by Jorkins would be picked up by the goblin by chance."

The two of them looked at the magic projections at the same time in tacit understanding.

Do traitors really exist?

So he was bribed by the Fairy Guild?

The purpose is to get this maintenance manual?

In other words, the mysterious force that deliberately damaged the magic projection was the Fairy Hall?

Vincent stood up slowly, and several magic projections including the large one were dismantled by him in an instant.

He quickly found detailed information about the devices using the serial numbers engraved on the core components.

It was manufactured between July and August last year and was the first batch of equipment provided to the British Ministry of Magic.

Vincent narrowed his eyes at the body of the gym owner, "What exactly do you want to do?"

If they want to watch the live broadcast of the Quidditch World Cup, they can go to Diagon Alley or Gringotts. There is no need to go to the trouble of bribing officials from the Ministry of Magic and then secretly bring the magic projection and maintenance manual here.

Unless you want to do something sneaky, like smuggling magic projections.

However, Wayne Enterprises has signed cooperation agreements with magical governments around the world. Before long, there will be a large number of magical home appliance brands similar to Prongs and Nobili, and this smuggling business cannot continue for long.

Hermione also didn't think the goblins were just doing this for short-term gain.

It would cost a lot of gold Galleons just to bribe the officials of the Ministry of Magic. Even if it was smuggled abroad, how much could one earn in the end after all this trouble?

She looked down at the maintenance manual in her hand, "Could the fairies be planning to copy your magic projection?"

Vincent shook his head decisively, "Impossible, no one will be able to successfully imitate it in at least 10 years."

Magic projection and magic base station are both advanced products based on the future mobile Internet. The current Muggle Internet is still in the wired dial-up stage, and the most advanced second-generation cellular mobile communication system is still far from global communication.

In addition, there is the difficulty that electronic signals will be interfered with by magic. Unless the fairies can unite alchemists all over the world, they can only carry out the cracking work honestly.

The magic circuit was invented by the legendary alchemist Nico in recent years. Apart from the couple and Vincent, perhaps Dumbledore is the only one who knows about it.

10 years was a conservative estimate, and if the wizarding world continued to ignore Muggle technology, it would only take longer to successfully create a replica.

Besides, Vincent's identity is there. The goblins in Gringotts are all polite to him. The Goblin Guild is said to be the top force in the dark society of the wizarding world, but do they really have the courage to challenge Vincent?

So the goblins here are not trying to imitate or crack the magic projection, they should be trying to use the magic projection to do something.

The two of them each brought over a pure gold chair and sat in front of the gorgeous closet that was neatly filled with magical equipment and began to think deeply.

Until Sirius and Lupin came back, they still couldn't figure out what the goblins wanted to do with the magic projection.

"This is what you are doing?"

Vincent threw the maintenance manual over and said, "There is indeed a traitor in the Ministry of Magic, but he was bribed by the Goblin Guild."

Sirius took it and glanced at it casually, "I see... We will take care of Jorkins's matter. Do you want to stay here or go back to school?"

"Let's go back to school." Vincent stood up. "After all, Hermione and I are not official members of the Order of the Phoenix, so it's not appropriate for us to join you in the operation."

Hermione could see a strong sense of vigilance in his deep blue eyes, and she lowered her head guiltily.

She really wanted to participate in the Order of the Phoenix, and she knew that Sirius and Lupin would not reject her and Vincent, but she also knew that participating in the action meant officially joining the Order of the Phoenix.

Vincent was so resistant to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix, and as his girlfriend, she must prioritize his feelings.

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