Chapter 332 Hufflepuff: Is that Set of Cups Worth Three Thousand Galleons? How Could I Not Know?

"How much?" Lucius once thought that there was something wrong with his ears.

"Three thousand Galleons, and if you want to continue to add more, you have to pay more." Helga's tone was full of confidence. She knew that these pure-blood families were rich, so she naturally wanted to harvest them ruthlessly.

As for the Ministry of Magic, she would definitely not ask for a high price, but would quote a reasonable price that the Ministry of Magic could accept.

However, the officials of the Ministry of Magic who were listening were shocked by Helga's offer: Three thousand Galleons, and the starting price? ! The cost of making four dolls exceeded 10,000 Galleons. How could the Ministry come up with such a large budget?

After hearing this offer, Lucius wanted to sit back in his seat directly, but the number of three thousand touched his sensitive nerves. He remembered a set of "good things" that were gathering dust in his own treasure house.

"Three thousand Galleons is a bit too expensive." Lucius said in his slow voice, but before Hufflepuff could refute, he changed the subject and told Professor White that he had a set of treasures in his family, which he bought for three thousand Galleons. He wondered if he could exchange them for a doll.

The "treasures" Lucius referred to were naturally the set of founder's gold cups.

He was smart. It was difficult to sell the cups, and even if someone took them, they would lose a lot of money. It would be more practical to exchange them for dolls to guard the house.

"Oh?" Hufflepuff was intrigued. She really thought that Lucius wanted to barter the family heirlooms.

"That's a good thing left by the founder of Hogwarts..." Seeing that Professor White seemed to be moved, Lucius immediately moved Mr. Borgin's words exactly as they were.

But halfway through his speech, his brows suddenly frowned: Who did Borgin get this set of cups from? He remembered that Borgin had mentioned that person's name to him before...

Looking up, after a brief contact with Professor White's eyes, Lucius Malfoy suddenly remembered that this set of cups was sold by Professor White in front of him! His son mentioned her name to Borgin, but he didn't take it seriously - all his energy was spent on arguing with Borgin, and then he forgot about it!

He was completely embarrassed now. For a moment, he could only mechanically recite Borgin's slogan, and he didn't even know what he was saying.

Hufflepuff was quite interested at first, but became more and more silent as he listened: Isn't this the set of cups I sold at the beginning?

She glanced at Lucius. Is she going to sell the things I sold back to me at a higher price?

Helga decisively interrupted Lucius's introduction of the cups.

"Mr. Malfoy, this set of cups is indeed made by Helga Hufflepuff, but it is obviously not worth three thousand Galleons."

Professor White's words directly silenced Lucius, and he didn't know how to complain for a while.

In Lucius's ears, this was like a slap in the face, telling him that the treasure he spent a lot of money on was actually a fake. When he thought of this, he really had the urge to stand up and curse this guy, but his reason controlled him.

If she really made a fuss, if she told some "truth", the price of his set of cups would plummet, and the Malfoy family would become a laughing stock.

No matter what, he would insist that the set of cups was the real thing!

"You are joking, that is the work of Hufflepuff, how can it not be worth three thousand Galleons?" Lucius squeezed a stiff fake smile on his face, and then tried to bargain with Professor White.

Helga: Is that set of cups worth three thousand Galleons, don't I know? !

She didn't continue to pay attention to Lucius, but told the people present that she would make a sample and let the doll go to the Ministry of Magic before Christmas. The wizards in the Ministry of Magic can test it to see if it is the same as she said.

When the wizards present heard this, their thoughts gradually subsided. They decided to wait until they saw the sample of the doll before making a decision.

Starting from 3,000 Galleons, even if they could use magic props and collectibles to pay for part of the money, it was not a small amount, so they still had to consider it carefully.

At this point, the deal was settled.

Parents and officials got the quotation and performance parameters of the doll from Professor White, and Professor White also promised them that samples would be made before Christmas, so everything would be decided by Christmas.

Parents filed out and rushed to the auditorium. While it was still early, they hurried to have lunch and see their children.

Only the square-jawed witch who kept asking questions stayed.

"Anything else? If you don't go to the auditorium, you can only eat dessert. Did you ask your child to pack some food for you?" Helga glanced at her, not knowing what she wanted to do.

"I don't have any children." She shook her head. "I only have a niece who is studying in Hufflepuff."

"Oh!" Helga felt much better after learning that her niece was in Hufflepuff.

"Then would you like to go to my office for a drink? I believe you must have something else you want to talk to me about?"

"Of course."

The two walked towards Helga's office together.

On the way, Hufflepuff learned that the broad-bodied, square-jawed witch in front of her was Amelia Bones, the current head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and probably guessed the purpose of her private conversation with her.

As soon as she entered the office, Helga asked her to sit down and served her a plate of snacks and a copper wine glass.

After witnessing the water turning into lemon tea in the wine glass, Bones raised her eyebrows. She probably guessed what was going on with Lucius's wine glass.

"Let's be frank." After drinking the lemon tea in the glass, Bones stated his purpose directly: "The price of three thousand Galleons is really too expensive. It is difficult for the department to pass such a high budget."

"But I firmly believe that they are worth the money." Hufflepuff took a piece of bread unhurriedly, spread a thick layer of liver paste on it, then squeezed some salad dressing on it, and finally covered the salad dressing with pickles. After eating a sandwich that was both calorie-exploding and delicious, she looked up at Bones and asked her if she wanted one too.

"I don't need it. I didn't expect you to have a good appetite." Bones' eyes flashed with envy.

"It's mainly because I'm drinking a potion that enhances digestion." Helga smiled embarrassedly. If it weren't for the potions that Salazar customized for her, she wouldn't have such a good appetite.

"I won't lower the price of the doll," Hufflepuff shifted the topic back to the original topic, "but I can accept installment payment - you only need to pay a small part of the deposit, or even no deposit, and then pay me monthly."

Bones' eyes flashed with a thoughtful light: This request seems feasible!

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