His patience was reaching its limit, and I knew I couldn't delay any longer and had to take action quickly.
Quirrell warned himself in his heart.
Long ago, Quirrell had privately made many plans to invade Gringotts in preparation for successfully stealing the Philosopher's Stone.
On the last day of July, Quirrell got up early, dressed in his usual clothes, and went to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink.
He would spend some time at the Leaky Cauldron every day to conceal his movements.
Quirrell told Tom, the owner of the bar, that he came to Diagon Alley to buy a new book about vampires, and that he would also go buy a book about vampires later. He wanted to create a fait accompli so that others would not associate himself with the thief who broke into Gringotts and stole. Otherwise, regardless of whether he succeeded or not, he would have to hide everywhere to avoid the pursuit of the Ministry of Magic and the goblins.
After drinking a little, Quirrell found that the lively bar suddenly fell into silence. He followed the line of sight and saw Hagrid leading a thin boy into the bar and casually introduced the boy to Tom.
This was the first time Quirrell met the famous Harry Potter.
It is said that when this savior was still a baby, he had defeated the most powerful dark wizard at that time. No one knows how Harry Potter did it. However, in Quirrell's opinion, this savior did not seem to be living a good life. He looked quite... thin.
It was hard to imagine that Dumbledore would give the famous Harry Potter to Muggles to raise. To Quirrell, this matter was indeed strange in every way.
With Hagrid's introduction, Quirrell and Harry officially met. The two shook hands and stuttered a few words.
He played his role very well.
Quirrell knew that the Dark Lord might ask him to find an opportunity to kill the savior while he was teaching at Hogwarts.
It is too easy to murder a child who knows nothing. Even the savior, the legendary Harry Potter, is now just an eleven-year-old boy who knows nothing and is so vulnerable to dark magic.
After Harry Potter left, everyone was still talking about him. Tom was even generous enough to offer a free drink to all the guests to celebrate Harry Potter's return.
Quirrell naturally joined in the celebration. After people finished celebrating, Quirrell found an excuse to leave the bar and actually bought a new book about vampires in Flourish and Blotts.
Then, he inadvertently turned into a tourist shop on the corner called Horror Tours, pretending to chat with the owner about the Transylvanian vampire castle.
In fact, the owner of this shop had been controlled by Quirrell using the Imperius Curse. He came here to wait for someone, who was his roommate at Hogwarts, a nasty guy who always made fun of him and played tricks on him.
Quirrell planned to use a compound potion to disguise himself as his former roommate and enter Gringotts. If the goblins really found any clues, the other party would be out of luck.
Quirrell felt no pressure at all to frame the other party.
Quirrell would naturally not be foolish enough to enter Gringotts under his own identity, as that would arouse too much suspicion. With the help of the Imperius Curse and the Polyjuice Potion, invading Gringotts was not difficult in Quirrell's opinion.
Half an hour later, his roommate finally arrived.
Quirrell took the key handed to him by the other party, drank the compound potion mixed with the other party's hair, disguised himself as the other party, and went to Gringotts to withdraw money.
The goblins didn't even suspect anything and took him into the underground caves.
As soon as he entered the cave, Quirrell made sure that there was no one around, and immediately used the Imperius Curse to control the goblin who was leading the way.
As for the goblin that he had originally controlled with the Imperius Curse, he was already waiting for him at the designated vault in another cart. Quirrell took a large bag of Galleons from the vault and took another cart directly to Vault No. 713, which was deeper in the cave.
Everything went surprisingly smoothly, and the goblin soon brought him to Vault No. 713 deep in the cave. Quirrell really couldn't understand why no one had succeeded in stealing from Gringotts before
Are those thieves just too stupid
He thought so.
He was about to obtain the Philosopher's Stone and receive the Dark Lord's reward.
As for how to leave here, that is the biggest problem. Gringotts cannot Apparate, and he has several plans for leaving.
Even if he really gets into trouble, he has already found a scapegoat.
A hapless thief, one that Quirrell had carefully chosen to try to keep as little of his presence as possible.
If there is trouble leaving here, Quirrell will give the bag of Galleons to the thief and modify his memory to divert everyone's attention.
Yes, it was he who did it. As for the evidence, it was his wand, the one Quirrell was using now.
"Open the vault!" Quirrell gave orders to the goblins around him.
Fortunately, under the Dark Lord's training, his attainments in the Imperius Curse were not low, otherwise it might have been a bit troublesome.
The goblin stretched out his long fingers and knocked gently on the door.
Quirrell had learned from the goblin a long time ago that the precious vault under Gringotts, which did not require a key, was not allowed to be touched by anyone other than the goblins, otherwise they would be immediately sucked in by the door and trapped inside, unable to get out.
What does the Philosopher's Stone look like? He can't wait to get it.
However, when Quirrell focused his attention on the door in front of him, he was shocked to find that the goblin's body was trapped in the door of the vault.
What is going on
Quirrell's brain was completely frozen, and a bad premonition came to his mind. He immediately thought of the reason: fairy magic!
That's right, to open this door, you need fairy magic, and only fairies can use fairy magic, so only fairies can open this door.
hateful!
Originally, Quirrell wanted to take the Philosopher's Stone quietly, but now this is the only way!
Fortunately, he already had several plans in place.
Quirrell was very angry. He knew that he had been fooled by the goblin trapped in the door in front of him. Even after using Legilimency on him, an unexpected event still occurred.
A jet of fire shot out from the tip of Quirrell's wand and landed on the door of the vault, where it began to burn brightly on the metal.
This is the Fire Curse.
A terrible cursed fire that can easily destroy almost anything.
The goblin trapped in the door was quickly burned to death by the fierce fire, and the door of the vault was covered by flames, directly burning a hole.
Quirrell immediately cast a spell to extinguish the Fiendfyre. He did not dare to let the flames spread, otherwise the Philosopher's Stone in the vault might be destroyed. Worse still, once the Fiendfyre curse spread, even he would not be able to control it.
The goblin's vault is no more than that.
Quirrell muttered something, looking through the vault entrance at the items placed inside the vault, and was immediately stunned.
The vault was empty, there was nothing in it.
The Philosopher's Stone is missing!
Could it be that the goblin deceived him, or was he a step too late, and the Philosopher's Stone had already been taken away by Dumbledore
Qi Luo suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and his hands and feet felt cold.
No, that's impossible!
At this moment, Quirrell panicked, he could not bear the consequences of not being able to steal the Philosopher's Stone. He simply could not imagine how the Dark Lord would punish him, maybe he should run away, run away immediately, and ask Dumbledore for help
Will Dumbledore help him
Quirrell suddenly felt that his idea was ridiculous!
Is this possible
He had just been planning to steal the Philosopher's Stone that Dumbledore had stored in Gringotts.
Quirrell quickly woke up from his trance and knew he had to leave here immediately.
Those goblins must have known that someone had invaded Gringotts, and he had to leave immediately, otherwise he would be blocked by the goblins.
I hope the escape route I have prepared will allow him to leave smoothly.
Quirrell looked at the other goblin beside him, got on the cart and quickly returned to the upper level.