Chapter 196: 27 Galleons

Carl held a cup of freshly brewed black tea and looked at the sulking Cedric nonchalantly.

Cedric was completely furious at such a perfunctory apology. He turned around and scolded loudly.

"You actually took advantage of my privacy, set up a trap to deceive me, and even used this to gamble with others."

"You've really gone too far. This is betrayal, naked betrayal."

"Betrayal?" Carl took a sip of the black tea in the cup and said to the pumpkin head with ruffled hair in front of him with a funny look.

"What did I betray? From the perspective of classmates, we are best friends. I didn't betray our friendship."

"From the perspective of the organization, I am your superior and you are my subordinate. The only way for betrayal to happen is for you to betray me."

"How can this word be used on me? Apart from this, is there any other relationship between you and me that could be betrayed?"

“You??” Cedric pointed at Karl angrily, but couldn’t say a word for a long time. In the end, he could only cross his arms across his chest.

Sitting on the luxurious sofa beside him, sulking.

Karl picked up the teapot, poured the other person a cup of freshly brewed black tea, and carefully added milk.

He opened the sugar bowl beside him and scooped two large spoonfuls of sugar into it with a silver spoon.

After stirring evenly, push the teacup in front of the other person.

"Okay, stop being a child. It's you who was too stupid to fall into someone else's trap so easily."

"This is not Hogwarts. You should have been cautious about everything if I hadn't delivered the breakfast."

"You might have taken some strange potion and fell asleep, and were taken to some strange place."

"You believe everything a waiter you've never met tells you. You're so naive and cute."

"That's because he said you arranged it." Cedric muttered dissatisfiedly.

Hearing this, Karl looked at the other person awkwardly. With his sharp hearing, he certainly heard what the other person muttered.

An inexplicable feeling of guilt appeared in his heart, but it was impossible to apologize.

So he changed the subject and pointed at the cup of black tea.

"Okay, the black tea shipped from the Eastern country of Wuyi Mountain is very mellow and rich, add whole milk and two spoons of sugar."

"This is a reward for you. Stop acting like a child."

Looking at the steaming, sweet-smelling black tea in front of him, Cedric snorted coldly, reluctantly accepting the other party's apology.

As soon as I picked it up, before I had a chance to drink it, the annoying guy held his face and said something deliberately.

"You really don't have any vigilance at all. Are you so sure that what I added was sugar and not some special potion?"

"Even if it's a potion, I'll drink it." Cedric was completely furious and drank the tea in one gulp.

But he forgot one thing. It was freshly brewed black tea. The scalding hot tea burned him so much that he couldn't hold the cup.

He was almost scalded on the chest by the tea, but fortunately Karl was quick-witted and pulled the other person to his sofa.

"What's wrong with you today? It's like your brain is not working. I'm warning you, we still have a lot of work to do."

"Your current state is totally unacceptable."

Looking at the spilled black tea on the table, Karl said with some complaints.

Cedric, who was dragged to another sofa and fell, was still frightened and felt a little guilty.

He looked at Karl, whose face was filled with anger, and his mind became confused, which was getting worse.

He could no longer look directly at Carl's face, so he could only sit back on his sofa quietly.

He asked, changing the subject.

"I'm still a little sleepy, so let's not talk about this for now. I've reluctantly forgiven you for what you did before."

"Now tell me, who is that gentleman who used magic in public just now, and why is he here?"

"Are you talking about Mr. John Macduff?" Carl didn't pay much attention to Cedric's little action, and said calmly while sipping tea.

"If you have read some history books about the Magical Congress of the United States of America, you should have heard of the last name Macduff."

"Their family is one of the founders of the Magical Congress of the United States and enjoys a high status in the American wizarding world."

"He used to be the director of the United States Magical Enforcement Bureau. The first time I was arrested for magic, it was him who brought people to arrest me."

"We have been in contact since then. This time he came here to discuss the sales of the new batch of potions with me."

"As well as the issue of the distribution of benefits. After all, I still have to go back to Hogwarts to go to school, and I can't stay in the United States for a long time."

"We have to find a professional and reliable person to take charge of this side of the business."

"Yes, yes, he is indeed a professional and reliable person." Cedric said sarcastically.

"Mr. Hohenzollern's way of interacting with others is also so unique. Other people's friends are at most classmates or strangers with similar interests."

"You are so good. Your way of interacting with others is to rely on being arrested. It's really eye-opening."

Carl looked at Cedric in confusion, wondering what had happened to this kid, why did he speak so much like an old acquaintance (Professor Snape).

Unable to figure it out, he stood up and walked to Cedric, stretched out his right hand and touched his forehead.

Then I used it on my own forehead for comparison.

"I don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

After he finished speaking, he slapped the other person on the back of the head, stood up and sat back in his seat, then spoke seriously.

"Put away those negative emotions in your heart. I am in the working period now and I am not in the mood to care about your trivial matters."

"Enjoy your last day in New York. We're flying to Germany tomorrow."

"Why are you going to Germany?" Cedric, who was hit on the head, asked in confusion, touching the back of his head.

Karl took a deep breath and said angrily.

"I told you yesterday that we were going to Germany to pass the drug testing there. How come you forgot everything?"

"Didn't you sleep well last night? Your snoring was deafening. How come when you woke up it was as if you were drugged with some kind of magic potion."

"Is it possible that he has lost his memory?"

After saying this, Carl finished his tea, stood up again, walked to Cedric, and lifted him up directly from the sofa.

She began to carefully tidy up the other person's clothes while complaining.

"Be a little more cautious in the future. There's no need to be so anxious. As my subordinate, you must pay attention to the details of your clothes."

"Don't make it seem like I'm treating you unfairly."

Cedric, who was enjoying Karl’s service, couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice while listening to the other party’s complaints.

"I always helped you organize your clothes before, so what's wrong with you helping me once?"

Having said that, Mr. Hohenzollern's service is still very considerate, and he takes care of every detail of the clothes.

After finishing the clothes, Carl took out an envelope and handed it to Cedric.

"What's this?" Cedric took the envelope.

"It's your reward. After all, I asked you to accompany me to the United States during these few days, so of course I have to pay you a salary."

"Open it and take a look. Are you satisfied?"

Carl said with a smile.

Cedric quickly opened the envelope, and inside was a promissory note from the First Savings Bank in the Wizarding World. The numbers on it were so familiar.

"27,650 Galleons"

Looking at that line of numbers, Cedric felt an unknown warmth in his heart, while Carl on the side looked at the expression on the other's face.

I asked with some curiosity.

"By the way, I have already given you the money you wanted. Can you tell me what you want to buy with the money?"