Struggling to survive at Hogwarts

Chapter 355 Pulling

"Who are these three?"

"They are my cousins, we're all together!"

Seeing the goblin peering at Thea and the others, Harry immediately stepped aside to block their view and hurriedly explained.

"Together?"

“That’s right!” Harry said righteously. “Besides, the things in the vault are trivial and valuable. If something were to happen…”

Got it!

Another wizard who doesn't trust fairies!

It's as if your vault is overflowing with Galleons!

The goblin was quite knowledgeable, and it naturally noticed the subtle wariness in Harry's tone. Immediately, it pursed its lips and drawled:

"Alright, wizard—"

"As long as you can take responsibility if they cause trouble in the vault—"

Although she really didn't want to deal with these misers, the fairy still had to walk ahead and lead the way for them.

Harry and the goblin's witty banter was only overheard by Thea. Seeing that the goblin had already led the way, she abandoned her backup plan and followed.

Only after they successfully entered the passageway did the four of them finally relax.

The initial section was a narrow stone corridor, but the torches burning on the walls illuminated it well, so there was no worry about not being able to see the way.

The stone corridor seemed to descend more and more as they walked until they reached the end, where a long railway track and a mine cart were quietly waiting for them.

"Please board, esteemed guests—"

Looking at the cramped mine cart in front of him, and then at the other party's indifferent and seemingly amused expression, Ron hardened his fist.

But in the end, the group endured it and squeezed themselves into the cramped mine cart.

The space was so limited that even though Harry was trying his best to keep his distance from Thea, he could still smell her scent.

Thea had been on high alert ever since she entered Gringotts, and naturally noticed Harry's unease. But before she could crack a joke to put Harry at ease, the goblin gave a whistle, and the minecart started moving unexpectedly.

Indeed, the greater the mass, the greater the inertia.

Her physics teacher wasn't lying to her.

That was Thea's only thought after she slammed the object into Harry.

"Well--"

Thea couldn't help but cry out in pain as her head collided violently with the muscles in Harry's arm.

"Are you made of stone?!"

Thea's complaints didn't get a reply from Harry, because there was another twist.

"Merlin—"

Hermione, who was also caught off guard by the turn, couldn't help but complain.

The howling wind hurt Thea's ears, and the fact that she couldn't even open her eyes completely ruined her plan to memorize the route.

"They set it up on purpose—"

"The purpose is... to prevent people from remembering the way..."

Thea's head ached from the wind, so she buried her entire head in her collar as much as possible, and her voice became muffled.

"Ron, can you open your eyes in the back?"

"Yes... I'm trying to remember the way—"

"But this is just playing hide-and-seek!"

Hermione, having noted down N left and right turns, angrily drew her conclusion.

"It's alright—there are always other options..."

Thea's words were vague, but the others understood what she meant: at worst, just type it out!

Even the longest road has an end.

After being blown by the wind for another five minutes, the minecart finally slowed down, and a long and wide "waterfall" came into view.

"Anti-theft Waterfall—"

The group, suppressing their nervousness, got off the mine cart with stiff legs.

The fairy who came to greet them was none other than the one who had led the way at the beginning.

It grinned smugly, clearly having anticipated Thea and her companions' ordeal.

"you--"

Ron gritted his teeth in hatred, but Hermione blocked his step forward, while Thea remained behind Harry, trying to minimize her presence as much as possible.

"Ahead lies the Thief-Proof Waterfall, the greatest creation of several Potions Masters. Since its construction, no one in history has ever been able to escape it—"

"But back in 91, someone had already managed to sneak in!"

Ron expressed his disdain without any politeness, and Hermione, after glancing at her watch, did not intend to stop him.

And so, the three of them watched as Ron and the fairy began to banter back and forth.

"No no no!"

The fairy shook his head vigorously, denying it repeatedly while frantically searching his mind for explanations.

"That's right... that despicable thief, because when he broke into the vault, it had already been emptied—that's right... so the vault only had the bare minimum of security measures in place..."

The fairy thought her reasoning was flawless, but little did she know that Ron's ability to spot details was even more impressive:

"Oh? So, you mean Gringotts' security standards are based on the value of the items stored in the vault—"

Before she could finish speaking, Yao Xin's heart tightened.

"If that's the case, then Gringotts has to protect the treasuries of those nobles very well before using its spare resources to protect our wealth?!"

"No, no, no! That's not how it is, sir—"

The fairy panicked. It never expected that this excuse, which had fooled so many people, would actually be found to have a flaw today!

"No need for further explanation!"

"Take us to the vault immediately! We're going to empty it all out today, otherwise, if we leave it here, some mysterious person might break in and rob it all!"

Ron became more and more excited as he spoke, his face turning as red as his hair.

The goblins knew that Ron was not someone to be trifled with, but they couldn't just let him leave Gringotts after angrily moving all the money from the vault.

If they go out and spout nonsense again, and those penniless bastards cause trouble in Gringotts again—

The thought of that scene made the fairy feel that her death was imminent.

Ignoring the time limit, the fairy could only try her best to calm Ron down, and for a moment even Harry and his two companions who were gathered behind her didn't notice.

"How many minutes left?"

Thea moved her lips slightly, and Hermione glanced at her watch and made a "2" gesture.

Harry and Thea understood each other and split up to do their own thing.

Harry discreetly moved behind the blushing goblin, while Hermione and Thea quietly moved towards the waterfall, with Thea even throwing some beads into it.

There is one minute left.

Ron and the fairy were struggling when suddenly, a faint commotion came from nearby, growing louder and louder.

Just as the goblin, finally realizing something was wrong, was about to cry for help, Harry immediately stunned her with a spell, and then followed up with a petrification spell.

At 13:32, Harry and his friends made it through the Thief-Proof Falls.