"Hahaha, that Jordan boy can't go wrong following you. If his dad knew he was doing this well at school, he'd be too happy to sleep."
In addition, Gerald gave the French Ministry of Magic four extra hundred-page notebooks fitted with energy-storing memory crystals. Three went to the minister and the two deputy ministers, while the remaining one went to Lee Jordan's uncle, Ryan Drake himself.
Customized gifts for the leaders and a personal favor for the man handling the deal-everyone was happy.
After Ryan Drake left, Fred stared at the ten thousand Galleons piled on the table as a deposit, his expression already somewhat numb.
Accustomed to scraping by, he had never imagined making money could be so easy.
Just last summer, he and George had been pinching pennies to buy a new batch of alchemy materials, unwilling even to buy extra sweets from Honeydukes.
Now they were sitting in a reception room at Hogwarts, with more gold piled before them than their entire family could save in several years.
And this wasn't even the first time.
The way he and George looked at Gerald changed completely.
From that day onward, Gerald became the only god in their hearts.
Chapter 181: Then make them kneel and repent.
On the second Saturday in May, Gerald spent the entire afternoon at Hagrid's Hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
Hagrid fed Lightning a new blend of feed containing Moonwort and a small pinch of powdered Ashwinder shed skin. Apparently, he had written to Newt Scamander for this special Thunderbird recipe.
Lightning ate with gusto and even pecked at Hagrid's sleeve afterward, still wanting more.
Fluffy had already moved out of the wooden crate in Hagrid's Hut and into a den deep in the Forbidden Forest. It was at the roots