i'm gonna make him offer he can't refuse
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
-"godfather"
In his previous life, Malfoy had fantasized that one day he would be able to meet the conditions of this classic line, such as proposing a contract that made people have to succumb when he became an all-powerful player after joining the business world and had already figured out the opponent's bottom line at the negotiating table. Or when confessing to the girl you like, you have already become the ideal type in the girl's heart through hard work, and embrace the beauty. Of course, these are just fantasies that are not humane.
But he never imagined that he could use this classic line today, and the object was neither a business elite nor a goddess in his heart, but a goblin who looked disgusting.
"I can make an offer you can't refuse," he said.
"Impossible, the reputation of the goblin will not be shaken by a few gold Galleons."
This is a dark room. The strong humidity makes people feel uncomfortable when they breathe. An old wooden table is placed in the center of the room. The corners and legs of the table are covered with crack-like fine lines. There are several empty wine bottles and a dish of not-so-delicate snacks.
If someone opens the door and comes in, the first thing they will see is a boy with light blond hair sitting on the left side of the table, with an inconspicuous leather bag on his body. one person".
If this person had some sense, he would have recognized this short, ugly "person" with protruding ears and nose tips as a creature called a goblin.
The goblin went on to say: "Master Malfoy, all our employees are very happy that you can condescend to work at Gringotts this year, but what you are doing now is tantamount to a crime, even if you have not yet grown-up, but I doubt your father would have liked to see his proud son break the laws of the wizarding world."
The goblin paused and added: "I think with the wealth of the Malfoy family and your father's love for you, there is almost nothing you can't get now, so why bother coveting other people's wealth? If you leave here right now, I can still act like nothing happened."
"Oh, Mr. Griphook, the reputation of the goblin? You can say such things very freely." Malfoy looked at the goblin named Griphook pretending to be surprised. "But I'm in my father's account book, and I see that you are not so clean."
"He burned those things clean before my eyes!" Griphook was like a wild cat whose tail had been stepped on suddenly, the tangled muscles on his face twisted even more, and it almost made the goblin's huge eyes go to pieces Covered, there is a state of indescribable ugliness.
"It seems that there is." Malfoy rubbed his chin, looking at Griphook who was a little bit annoyed, with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
"What on earth do you want to do?" Griphook's momentum suddenly weakened, but the honorific title in his previous words was also replaced by you. It shows that he no longer wants to pretend to be false. If the previous Griphook was a little flattering on the surface, he actually had no respect in his heart. Now that he has been disrupted, he has already regarded the boy in front of him as a conversation partner worthy of a high regard. .
"I've already said that this is just a deal, and I'll make an offer you can't refuse." Malfoy tapped the oily and dusty desktop a few times with his knuckles.
"Oh?" Griphook couldn't help feeling a little curious now. As an employee of the bank, and it is a monopoly bank, it goes without saying about the treatment of employees, not to mention that he himself has many ways to get gray income, so Jin Jia For him, Long can only say that the more the better, not the key factor that can force him to take risks.
It's okay to go sideways, but if you violate the bottom line, people will no longer tolerate it. If you are really found out, maybe you will be expelled and get a ticket to Azkaban.
But because of this, Griphook is now looking forward to the source of Malfoy's self-confidence, and he wants to know what conditions the young man in front of him can offer to make him succumb.
"I think you can inspect the goods first." Malfoy took off the leather bag slung across his body, pushed it onto the table, and placed it in front of Griphook.
To be honest, Griphook thinks that he has worked in Gringotts for many years and has seen countless daunting wealth and precious magic materials. After all, even the Sorcerer's Stone was stored here. He had thought that he would never lose his composure over any item again. But when he opened the leather bag, his breath was still unavoidably suffocated.
This is the sword of Gryffindor!
Flame symbolizing greed suddenly flickered between the red eyes. If possible, Griphook would now stun the boy opposite and take back the priceless treasure left by their goblin casting master.
The goblin's silverware can spontaneously repel dust, so even if it hasn't been wiped for many years, the sword is still as clean as new, emitting a shining silver light, just like it was just forged a hundred years ago, and the hilt is full of strange patterns. There is also a huge ruby inlaid on the top.
When it was completely drawn out, the entire gloomy room seemed to open its eyes, and instantly brightened up.
"Humble..." Griphook quickly calmed down, but his expression was still agitated, but his words were interrupted before he could speak, and to be precise, Malfoy uttered them first.
"Despicable human wizard, this sword was obviously lent to you by our ancestors, but you shamelessly took it for yourself. Hundreds of years have passed like this, and it should be returned to its original owner."
Malfoy looked at the goblin in front of him with a look of contempt and said, "I've almost expressed what you want to say for you."
"But," Malfoy immediately snatched the sword from Griphook's hand and put it back into the bag. Everything was so fast that Griphook had no time to react. Then Malfoy added: "The current wizarding society is still dominated by humans after all. I don't want to admit the so-called absurd "lease" of goblins."
"Scholar's business, can it be called stealing?"
"Can fairies be sold?"
Inadvertently, the sword that was already in his hand was taken away, and he was speechless after being preemptively depressed, which made Griphook blushed immediately. Naturally, this would not be ashamed of their strange customs And resulting, this is a flush that symbolizes anger.
Many times, anger comes from resentment of the powerlessness that one cannot change the status quo.
Unspeakable silence.
Not long after, Griphook spoke, speaking in a hoarse voice, as if a rusty saw was cutting rotten wood.
"Okay, what do you want to get? Whose wealth do you want? I can cover it up for you, but you have to be prepared to be discovered. I will share the risk of entering Azkaban with you."
At this moment, Griphook calmed down unexpectedly, and began to ask about the conditions.
In order to get back the sword, he chose to compromise.
Because this is indeed a condition that he cannot refuse.
It's not that he didn't want to rob, but he also weighed his own strength before that.
Years of office life were enough to bring his low level of fighting down to a low enough level that he had no confidence.
Look at Griphook who is now humbled.
Malfoy laughed again.
"Who told you that I fell in love with those vulgar things?" Malfoy said slowly, staring at Griphook's pair of eyeballs.
"My purpose..." Malfoy paused before saying word by word, "It's revenge!"