Chapter 17 - Visiting Gringotts Again (1/2)

I did not relax as I needed to do an important thing before the end of the day. I needed to safeguard my vaults before Dumbledore gets his hands on them. If he empties and closes the other vaults before I even know about them, I would not know that I was ripped off by him. So I need to do something about the vaults as soon as possible. He had already become my guardian so he could do so even today. So I was in a rush.

I called Sherry and told her to pop me in front of the Bank. I entered the bank and went towards a goblin sitting in front of a counter.

I stood in front of him and asked, ”I would like to meet my family account manager please.”

The goblin looked down at me from his high chair and asked, ”What is your name wizard?”

I replied, ”My name is Charles Falken.”

He signalled for another goblin and they conversed between themselves in gobbledygook after which he told me to follow the other goblin. I followed him silently through the twists and turns until finally, we were standing in front of a door. He told me to enter and I compiled. I saw an elder goblin sitting behind a table as I came inside.

”Hello, I am Charles Falken. Are you my family account manager?” I asked the elder goblin.

”Yes I am young one. I am Gornuk, the Falken account manager.” The goblin grumbled, ”Why do you want to meet me at such a young age. You know that you can claim the lordship only on your 17th birthday right? But before we go into the reason let me check if you are who you say you are. Cut your finger and let five drops of blood drip into this bottle.”

I did so without a second thought. I cut my finger with no hesitation allowing five drops of blood to flow into the bottle. The would healed after I removed the knife magically.

The Goblin poured the contents of the bottle onto the special bit of parchment and chanted something. The parchment lit up brightly before dimming down revealing words.

Name: Charles Daniel Falken

Date of Birth: 4 June 1977

Father: Daniel Robert Falken (pure-blood)

Heritage: Most Ancient and Noble House of Falken

Vaults: 54 – 1,035,264G and other items. – Family vault