Substantial inheritance

-Did my family have anything to do with the founding of Gringotts?

Now that was interesting. Ragnuk was going to continue, but he looked at Nagini and Soisen understood what he meant.

-It's my totem guardian.

-I understand," Ragnuk nodded, knowing the term, and continued, "Wizards believe it was Gringotts the goblin who founded the bank in 1474, but they only know part of the true story. The truth is that many years before that (according to our records, although we don't have the exact date) there was a serious confrontation between the wizards and the goblins that if it had run its course, would have caused a terrible amount of deaths on both sides. Just before it reached the point of no return, one of your ancestors, Fyra Galegold, was sent to the goblins to try to avert the conflict in a last token attempt. No one expected her to succeed and many wished the goblins would kill her.

-And I understand that she succeeded, to everyone's surprise," said Soisen.

-"Yes, the wizards only know that she paid a 'great price' for stopping the confrontation, but they didn't even thank her for her efforts," Ragnuk shook his head with obvious disdain for the ungrateful wizards, "The reason the goblins agreed to stop was because of this," he spread his hands around, pointing to the entire bench.

-I don't understand.

-Fyra provided the goblins with a plan to guarantee their survival in the future, to guarantee having a territory and power that no one wanted to face. All aligned with the goblins' interest! We spent years with a low profile to reduce the guard of the British wizards and when the time was enough, the bank opened its doors. We followed your ancestor's plan and "collaborated" with the Ministry until 1865, when due to a bribe here and there, they "decided" to leave control of the bank in the hands of the goblins.

-You mean Fyra gave the goblins a plan that would be implemented for over 400 years? -Even with the madness that was going on in the magical world, this was hard to take in.

-Is it so surprising? -Ragnuk showed his sharp teeth with a cruel smile- Now all the money in the British magical community is in the hands of the goblins, and what can today's wizards do without the motivation of money? Even the dark lord needed money to maintain his power! Now no one can repeat the confrontation of the past against the goblins, because if they do, Gringotts can block the entire economic flow in less than two minutes. Even the oldest, noblest and richest houses would become hobos overnight.

-And the British magicians never noticed anything?

-Noticed? -Please, you must have seen the magical side for at least a year. Does it seem to you that wizards are looking for anything more than comfort and routine? Even the most exceptional, but occasional, have their sights set on other goals-just look at how the Weasley family has declined in the last 200 years! Frankly, almost every other magical community in the world is more savvy than the local one. And that's why Gringotts hasn't been able to open branches there!

-And what did my family gain from the plan?

-Oh, there's the Galegold lineage coming into play! -Ragnuk gestured and the elf at his side handed him a scroll, which he unfolded to read, "In fact, Chamber Number 1 was not only the first to be opened, but it is the exclusive chamber belonging to the Galegolds, bound by blood and countless protections.

-If I have a chamber, does that mean I must have some inheritance?

-Inheritance? You could say yes. Gringotts takes a commission on every transaction within its walls, and two percent of each and every one of those commissions goes to the Galegold chamber. After all these years, the sum from this morning to eight o'clock this morning amounts to about-" Ragnuk turned the parchment over and showed the amount to Soisen.

10, 100, 1000, 10000...

Mmm, what is the figure called when it has so many numbers in a row?

-Wait, why did you specify the time?

-The number will have grown since then, naturally.

...I love my ancestors, I really do.

-Besides the money in the vault, there are also a few properties and contracts that need your immediate review.

-Anything else? -Soisen nodded in understanding as he took in the situation.

-In fact, it should interest you to know that it was thanks to us that you were able to have a quiet first year at Hogwarts.

Soisen raised an eyebrow and put on an expression that demanded more details.

-There are still some old families and learned people who remembered the name Galegold or tried to pull information from any remnants and records. Fyra's name led them to Gringotts and we had to give them some crumbs of information, nothing sensitive but enough to fill their stomachs.

-Who wanted to know? -Nagini asked, wanting to know who was investigating Soisen.

-Most were just unimportant gossips, then came some of the holy twenty-eight like the Greengras, Malfoy, Longbottom and Carrow. Some members of the Ministry and Dumbledore were also asking questions.

-I can understand the Ministry and I even expected it from Dumbledore, but why do these families want to know about me? -Soisen asked, puzzled.

-The Longbottoms and the Malfoy's have a considerable monetary debt to settle with the Galegolds. The Carrows and Greengras, on the other hand, have debts as well, but they are old debts of compromise.

-Compromise?!

-Are you interested? Let me see... If the Galegold heir decided to collect them at this time, the Carrows would have no choice but to offer the twins Flora and Hestia Carrow. In the case of Greengrass, sisters Daphne and Astoria would be the ones to assume that responsibility. And that wouldn't even collect all the families' debts.

Nagini held back the laughter she was fighting with all her might to escape. She listened as Ann and Ingta talked to Soisen about this matter and still found it funny.

-Just... leave it for later," Soisen felt his head throbbing from thinking about it, "You said there was property?

-Yes, just a moment," Ragnuk took another scroll and read it, "I found it! There are four properties in total. Hogwarts castle, a vast tract of land in Snowdonia (located in Wales), a medium-sized shop in Diagon Alley, and a house.

-Hogwarts shouldn't even be counted, Rowena made sure it couldn't stop being a school," Soisen shook his head.

-Who told you that? Cyrah Galegold added a clause to the contract that if for 600 years no one from her family set foot in Hogwarts, she could claim the castle back as a personal property. Rowena believed that would never happen, so she agreed.

Soisen was confused why he didn't have that information from his mother's inherited knowledge. Perhaps there was more he didn't know because it didn't come to him?

-What about the house and the premises?