Ollivander encountered a strange customer. A wand, twelve point eight inches long, made of ebony, with a Fireball dragon heartstring core, chose him.
This customer also produced a wand that, except for being zero point three inches shorter, was almost identical to the new wand, which shocked old Ollivander for two seconds. Then, he quickly lost all memory of this strange customer, and even the wand he had personally crafted—because he had been hit with a Memory Charm. Even the data for Dana Emrys' wand in his memory had been rewritten to twelve point eight inches.
On the same day, the Gringotts banker, Podge, also encountered the esteemed "millionaire" Dentis again. He exchanged another two thousand ancient gold coins and also, rather bizarrely, exchanged tens of thousands of pounds of Muggle currency—it was truly incomprehensible why anyone would exchange so much Muggle money. In Podge's opinion, it wasn't worth it at all. It was truly difficult to guess what wealthy people were thinking.
Dana sat on the Muggle train under the identity of Dentis. Like Apparition, the caster must know the exact location of the destination or know what the destination looks like. Wizards cannot travel through space and time to places they have never been to and have no corresponding photos of, including with Portkeys.
Dana had asked Marcus Flint for the address of John Flint's residence, which was in the town of Puddleton, a town almost impossible to find on a map, requiring an hour's drive along a mountain road from High Wycombe to reach. This caused Dana to spend almost a day finding it.
It was already half past five in the afternoon when he arrived in Puddleton. He knew that the Flint family vineyard was here, and that it was inhabited by wizards, so he could cast spells here. After spending half an hour, he found the caretaker's cottage of the Flint family vineyard.
He saw a wizarding couple and a young wizard. Fortunately, Dana had met this young wizard before. She was a Ravenclaw third-year, which meant that Dana wouldn't be pursued by the Ministry of Magic for casting spells in this area. Moreover, since a young wizard already lived here, Ministry of Magic employees wouldn't bother to confirm which young wizard it was—especially since it was the Christmas holidays, and the guys on duty at the Ministry of Magic probably wouldn't be in the mood to investigate thoroughly.
Dana hid behind the woodshed behind the cottage and opened a portal back to Livingston. After having dinner at the small tavern in Livingston and greeting his wizarding neighbors, he reopened the portal at his house and went to Puddleton. Although this was troublesome, it was safe.
What came out of the portal wasn't Dana, but a black cat. Dana believed that it would be more convenient to investigate the situation in cat form.
It was already very dark, and a black cat wandering around the vineyard didn't attract anyone's attention.
Marcus Flint had been very vague, which made Dana's search quite troublesome. It wasn't until the moon rose that he discovered the inconspicuous cottage behind the hillside—if the people inside hadn't lit an oil lamp, Dana might have been searching for a long time.
The cat's paws stepped on the overgrown hillside without making a sound.
When Dana was about a hundred yards away from the cottage, he heard arguing inside:
"Sally Avery is nowhere to be found, and now you're telling me the key is missing! Do you think I'm easy to fool, and you want to use this method to take the treasure for yourself?"
It was a woman, and Dana would never forget this voice—Donna Avery, the evil woman who had forced his mother and him!
What was she doing here?
At this time, another man's voice sounded:
"I can't find Sally Avery either! Besides, if I really wanted to take the treasure for myself, I wouldn't have let that Squib guard the key! That key has always been locked in a goblin-made vault! I don't know why the key suddenly disappeared!"
This was probably the voice of John Flint. Dana had heard it four years ago when he came to buy the tapestry.
"Don't make up any more lies, Flint! It's been four years! If I hadn't helped decipher the secrets in the tapestry, you wouldn't even be able to find the key! Now that the map to the vault hasn't been deciphered yet, you're planning to pocket the treasure? If the family hadn't sent someone to Sally Avery to collect the family tithe, I wouldn't have known he was missing until now! I was worried that things might change, so I came over to check, but I didn't expect you to pull this on me!"
John Flint immediately became annoyed:
"Donna Avery! The key is indeed missing! I don't know what's going on! Besides, when we found that tomb, I suspected you had done something beforehand! Because you were the first to decipher the location of Merlin's tomb! You definitely had enough time to replace Merlin's body! I was wondering at the time, Merlin has a beard in all the images and statues! But that body didn't have a beard, not a single one! And Merlin has been dead for who knows how many years, how could his body still be so active? If I hadn't been sharp-eyed and discovered the key hidden in the coffin lid, my years of planning would have been in vain! Now that you've benefited from Merlin's body, you're turning around and saying I want to pocket the treasure. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're an Avery! I'm still a Flint after all!"
"Bullshit! Bullshit!"
Donna Avery was obviously very excited.
"Merlin's body can't be exchanged for money, what would I want that thing for? Besides, you were there at the time, and you know the situation! —The three curse-breakers I hired were killed by the protective magic on the coffin! If it weren't for the age and the erosion of the magical array, maybe all three curse-breakers would have been finished! In that kind of situation, how could I have replaced the body beforehand!"
"Excuses! Who knows if you were putting on an act!"
"You! You're the one who wants to pocket the treasure!"
"I didn't!"
"I've spent four years on this matter, you must give me an explanation today, otherwise I'm not done with you!"
"The key is missing, that's it! Believe it or not!"
"Crucio!"
"Ah—you crazy woman! Ah——Die! Avada Kedavra!"
Magical flashes darted around the wooden house, and Dana felt a chill down his spine—these lunatics, they'll start fighting at the drop of a hat! These are the people who should really be in Azkaban.
However, this conversation made Dana understand one thing—even without Sally Avery, John Flint would have attacked their family.
Because their tapestry actually contained the secret to Merlin's treasure.
Connecting this to his golden finger, Dana suddenly felt that things had become complicated.
End of the Chapter.
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