033- The Gamble with Malfoy

In a blink of an eye, it was November, and the weather was getting colder.

Ivan's potions level, because of the daily academic discussions with Hermione, was close to level 4, and he estimated that it will not be long before it will reach the necessary level for making blood fusion potions.

In order to avoid the problem of fixing his memory, Ivan took sneaked into the forbidden section and used the grade points accumulated in the past few weeks to learn Occlumency. The technique was upgraded to the second level.

Still, Ivan didn't have time to be happy, he had trouble gathering the large amount of galleons needed to make the bloodline fusion potion.

He only had three gold gallons, fifteen silver sickles, and two dozen copper knuts. Even if he finds an opportunity to sneak from a hidden corridor to Hogsmeade village, he couldn't afford all the materials.

And he only had this much money thanks to the letter sent by his mother who he had never met before, otherwise, he won't even have a galleon in his hand.

"Hey guys, is there any way to make a lot of gallons in a month?" Ivan asked abruptly as everyone was on the way to the auditorium, worrying about how to make money.

"Then how about you go rob Gringotts? Just remember me when you get rich." Ron joked.

"Come on, you will be thrown into Azkaban by the goblin guarding there before you can take anything." Hermione rolled her eyes and said, and then they started discussing why Gringotts was called the safest place in the whole wizarding world. In addition to various strict defense systems, it was said that there was a giant dragon guarding the vaults...

Harry and Ron both listened with gusto, but Ivan, who knew all the inside information, started to complain in his heart.

Come on, the safest place was broken in by Quirrell possessed by Voldemort this year, and it will be breached by you guys again in a few years.

"By the way, Ivan, why do you need so many gold galleons for?" Harry suddenly asked curiously.

"Before I came to Hogwarts, I took some money out from my vault. If you don't need much, I can actually let you borrow some."

Having said this, Harry enthusiastically grabbed a dozen gold galleons from the pocket of his robe and placed it in front of Ivan, saying that if it was not enough. He also had some in the bedroom...

Harry's unselfish behavior brightened Ivan's eyes, and Ivan, who had read the original book, understood that the "some" galleons that Harry said he took out of the vault might be in hundreds.

No matter how many potion ingredients were needed to make a bloodline fusion potion, these gold galleons were more than enough, and even the ones that Harry puts in front of him were more than enough.

Seeing Harry's sincere eyes, Ivan was moved, especially since they had known each other for only half a semester.

Of course, this was also related to Harry's lack of importance for money...

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, that many galleons cannot be spent like this." Although he could get enough galleons now, Ivan still shook his head.

In the eyes of everyone, this may be stupid, he could reach his goal just by taking these galleons. No matter how many galleons you borrow now, you can always return them in the future, and Harry won't care even if you don't return them.

But Ivan didn't want that. In his opinion, accepting Harry's kindness now means that he would owe a lot of favor. This was alarming for Ivan who does not want to participate in Dumbledore's plans too much

Besides, there was still some time left, and when there was no way left, it would not be too late to ask Harry for help.

After that Ivan deliberately changed the topic, Harry quickly forgot about it, and the group began chatting about the upcoming quidditch game. As the trump card of Gryffindor's house, Harry did not have the confidence that everyone else imagined and he was very nervous.

He couldn't imagine how disappointed Wood would be if Gryffindor lost the game because he couldn't catch the Snitch. Gryffindor hadn't won the Quidditch trophy for a long time.

Ivan was confident enough to cheer on Harry. There was no one who knows Harry's flying talent better than him. Coupled with Harry's good luck, unless there was a plot to kill him, Gryffindor wouldn't lose.

And because of Harry's sincereness, Ivan was even more prepared to help him beat Quirrell on the day of the game to avoid accidents.

The group of people came to the Hogwarts main hall, when Ivan was about to enjoy lunch at the long table in Gryffindor, he heard Malfoy mocking Gryffindor, bringing up past experience of being defeated by Slytherin for several years in a row.

Ron was so angry that he wanted to beat Malfoy. Harry and Hermione stopped Ron from rushing forward, there was no need to have a conflict in the main hall, they don't have enough house points to move freely.

However, while the three were arguing, Ivan took the initiative to walk towards Malfoy.

At the Slytherin table, Malfoy, who was still talking about it, saw Ivan's approaching figure, and the smile on his face turned into disgust for a while, with a trace of fear.

After all, the news that Ivan had killed a troll was still going viral in the house, but Malfoy soon realized that this was the Slytherin table, and Ivan was unlikely to go against him here, so he gained some courage and reprimanded Ivan with a stern expression.

"Halls, what are you doing?"

"Nothing, I just want to make a bet with you." With a smile, Ivan took out three gold galleons and placed them on the table.

"I bet that Harry can successfully catch the Snitch in the next game and Gryffindor will win!" Ivan said.

Malfoy looked at the three gold galleons on the table, and did not directly agree to the bet.

This small amount of money was not a big deal to Malfoy, but he still remembers the experience of being cheated by Ivan before, so Malfoy had to wonder if Ivan would have any conspiracy planned.

As for Harry, Gryffindor's secret weapon, that was exposed during these days of training, so at least Malfoy knew about it.

"You don't dare to bet. I just wanted to make a fortune with this little money." Ivan shook his head indifferently, putting galleons away and preparing to leave.

Malfoy couldn't figure out Ivan's attitude, but he heard a message of interest hidden in Ivan's words...