Chapter 263 Priceless

There are many unexpected situations in alchemy experiments, and many strange substances and products are produced. Zhou Yushi’s experiments are not always smooth sailing, but he has a good attitude and will do some research on those things if time and conditions permit.

For example, the thing that produced the mark that will never disperse in the sky is not a very valuable work of his.

A mark that cannot be broken by any magic may sound powerful, but in fact it is because the mark is just an illusory projection into the sky, and the base on the ground is indestructible, so it cannot be destroyed.

Zhou Yushi walked in the woods, raising his hand from time to time to look at the angle of the mark in the sky that was still being hit by colorful magic, calculating in his mind where the matrix should be. He turned a few corners and saw the firecracker-like matrix on the ground.

He originally wanted to make fireworks that would not dissipate, so he made it look like this. However, the cost of making this thing was too high, and he would definitely not be able to recover the cost after putting it on the market, so Zhou Yushi chose to apply for a patent.

At present, this patent has not been sold. It is a rotten thing in his hands. In theory, he should not see it outside, but it cannot be said that no one knows about this thing——

"Yushi, you are right," a deep male voice came from the darkness. He spoke in French, "Wizards rely too much on magic. If they play this kind of trick, almost no one would think about the props."

The sound appeared very suddenly, but Zhou Yushi did not make any defensive reaction. He even stopped and looked seriously at the conspicuous matrix in the center of the open space. Then he raised his hand and made a comparison gesture with the mark in the sky, indicating that this thing could be found by simple observation.

"You are willing to experiment with my jokes, which is very thoughtful and fun." After doing this, Zhou Yushi walked over and squatted down to turn off the props. He looked up at the blond-haired, blue-eyed man who walked out of the darkness, "But you publicly displayed my personal patent without permission. I can sue you to death, Mikhail."

"Please, don't sue me, just let me buy the patent," Mikhail Kovalev laughed. He walked to Zhou Yushi who stood up and patted his shoulder familiarly. "Long time no see, Yushi, I missed you so much."

"Come on, if I'm caught using my product like this, I'm screwed," Zhou Yushi rolled his eyes, seeming speechless, but he had already reached out to his best friend and roommate in school, "Besides, it's the dead of night, and you're waiting for me in a place like this, it's definitely not good."

"There are many precedents for this." After complaining, Zhou Yushi added one more sentence.

"When have I not let you make a fortune?" Mikhail's blue eyes narrowed with a smile. He bumped Zhou Yushi's shoulder and handed over a small key to Gringotts. "Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any loss."

"You really don't learn your lesson, Mikhail. Giving money without asking for anything will only make me think it's a bribe that doesn't necessarily have to be done," Zhou Yushi said as he took the key. "Why, is this matter so difficult to handle?"

"I feel very relieved to let you do it, and there is no one else like me who can see Della Riddle." Mikhail said honestly.

"That's not enough," Zhou Yushi turned to meet Mikhail's gaze and said honestly, "The debt of favor is priceless."

"As long as you succeed, there will be many priceless things waiting for you in the future," Mikhail narrowed his eyes, the moonlight hit his tall nose, casting a shadow, adding a sense of oppression to him, "our family will take the lead in restarting Kodos Dorez."

Kodos Dorez was the only group involved in the Muggle War. Not only did many students of Kodos Dorez voluntarily join the army, but one of the entrances to Kodos Dorez was in the bombing zone. Although there was magic, when the Muggle shells reached a certain degree, the bombs hit the school.

The school was destroyed in an instant, and some students and teachers died. After that, more students from Kodostoriz joined the Muggle army.

Another person who volunteered to join the army was a wizard from Country Z. The Tang family, which was related to Zhou Yushi by blood, only had one child left, as the rest went to the battlefield. Later, many of the children who stayed behind also joined the army when they grew up, including his grandfather.

It seemed that the two people should have a lot in common on this topic, but the situations on both sides were completely different. The wizards in Country Z had the idea of ​​​​home and country, while the mainstream of the E-Russian wizard society had always been separated from Muggles, just like the concept of the general wizard society.

It can be said that most of the Elos wizards are indifferent to Muggles and the homeland. This situation should be more serious now because most of those who care about Muggles and the homeland are no longer in the world.

"Restart Kodostoris?" Zhou Yushi raised his voice, full of doubt. "Forgive me for being harsh, Mikhail, but as far as I know, the members of the Ministry of Magic of Eros are only graduates of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Kodostoris has been a ruin for fifty or sixty years. It couldn't be restarted in the past, so who can remember it now?"

"I really wish you could be more reserved when talking to me," Mikhail shrugged, not refuting the facts Zhou Yushi said. After all, Eros wizards hardly ever mentioned this forgotten school, including him in the past. "But you missed one point. There are also wizards in the Ministry of Magic who have received family education or graduated from various magic cram schools. They all come from families that cannot afford to study abroad for a long time."

"So those people can't get promoted in the ministry," Zhou Yushi pointed the Gringotts key at the moon looming in the sky, and glanced at Mikhail. "Anyone who knows a little about your political environment knows that this is an international consensus."

"So our family has to restart Kodosdoriz, when it rains," Mikhail suddenly said seriously, "It's time to break this deformed society."

It sounds good, but it is because they cannot squeeze into the already solidified power structure that they have to find another way to focus on important education. And if education is really grasped, then in the future...

"..." Zhou Yushi raised his eyebrows and looked at Mikhail. He knew what was going on, but he didn't expose it. He threw the key back and said, "If you don't give me some evidence for this, I won't get involved."

"Basis one, you still remember Leon Isaev, the organization he founded is morally in line with the image of Kodosdoriz," Mikhail took the key without any hurry. He looked at the place where the mark just rose from afar, "I found his grandchildren and negotiated the first batch of volunteer students. Those children perfectly inherited the old Isaev's ideas and will, and they are quite enthusiastic and executive."

"It sounds like something you can do on your own. Anyway, your family still has some money. If you tighten your belt, you can afford to support a few classes of students," Zhou Yushi said calmly. "I don't see how this matter has anything to do with Riddle."

"So here comes the second basis. You know my family owns several jewelry stores and pawn shops, and we usually pay attention to transactions in the second-hand market." Mikhail took out a gemstone necklace that shone in the moonlight from somewhere. "It was sold to our family last year, and now someone is offering a price far exceeding the necklace itself to buy it."

"Della Riddle wants to buy this?" Zhou Yushi was interested in the necklace, which only looked good.

"She must have bought a lot of other jewelry. As soon as Isaev's grandsons offered them, all kinds of disguised people immediately bought them at the right price," Mikhail swung the necklace, and the gemstone necklace swayed like a circle of light under the moon. "They are all ordinary jewelry, and their collection value is not very high. I also accidentally found the auction records of some of the jewelry, and then I dared to connect it with Della Riddle."

"What's the connection?" Zhou Yushi frowned slightly.

"The Jonas family bought those jewels before Christmas, which was the time when Della Riddle went to Durmstrang. In the first half of the year, Jonas also often went to the entrance of Durmstrang," Mikhail laughed, very proud of his intelligence gathering and reasoning ability. "Those jewels were gifts received by Della Riddle. They flowed into the market by chance. Obviously, she knew about it and acquiesced to it, but out of courtesy, she has been recycling them."

Yes, it was rude to sell someone else's gift, and Della's doing so was in keeping with her style, but this tacit consent...

"What's the reason for entering the market?" Mikhail put his arm around Zhou Yushi's shoulders and led him forward, asking as he walked.

"A relative of Della Riddle named Slytherin has developed a relationship beyond friendship with one of Isaev's grandsons," Mikhail pushed aside a small patch of bushes and pointed to Sadolin, who was leaning against a tree and staring at the place where the red mark disappeared. "Those jewelry is a breakup gift from this lady."

Zhou Yushi suddenly turned his head to look at Mikhail, with only two words in his slightly opened eyes - That's it?

"Don't look at me like that, Yushi. Believe me, I was as surprised as you when I found out about this kind of love affair," Mikhail patted Zhou Yushi's shoulder. "But think about it from another perspective. Doesn't this just show that Della Riddle is very tolerant of her relative? This is very beneficial."

"And this lady is deeply in love with Dmitri, her lover from whom she was forced to leave," Mikhail said in a long voice. "Today, I only needed a small note saying 'Dmitri needs her help' to let her leave the Durmstrang team and sneak here."

"You have someone that Della Riddle values. You can use the excuse of sending someone back as an excuse to find a chance to meet her." Zhou Yushi glanced at the melancholy girl again and sighed at her expectation of being toyed with.

"I will send her back. There will undoubtedly be someone to receive me, but this person may not be Della Riddle. Time is already very tight. I can't bet on this possibility, Yushi," Mikhail said earnestly, "You have worked with Della Riddle. You are the person I know who is most likely to have the opportunity to communicate with her directly."

"What do you want to borrow Riddle for?" Zhou Yushi finally asked this question.

"Now she is the only one who can allow Kodostoriz to participate in the Triwizard Tournament in Continent O," Mikhail explained before Zhou Yushi continued to ask, "We have submitted a formal application to the Ministry of Magic of Country Y before, but it is always under review."

"This approval should be delayed until everything is settled, but I'm giving you face by only delaying the approval. If Kodostoris wasn't still a magic school in Continent O, you would have been rejected directly," Zhou Yushi figured it out instantly. The Beauxbatons graduate said to Mikhail, who was also his schoolmate, "After all, why do you have to join the fun of the top three?"

"Only when the momentum is big enough can people be attracted to it and even those who are unwilling can be forced to support it, right?" Mikhail smiled. "Besides, I also want to make the school in my hands comply with the regulations. Otherwise, it will just be a large private cram school."

"You get the title, but other people have to follow suit, right?" He said this, but Zhou Yushi's brows were furrowed deeply and his eyes were slightly narrowed. He was weighing whether this thing should be done. Often when he was weighing like this, he actually already had a bias in his heart.

The small key was brought to his eyes again, but Zhou Yushi pushed it back. He looked at Mikhail and punched him on the shoulder. "I don't do business where I can make something valuable out of nothing. You owe me such a big favor, so you better pray that I won't let you die in the future."

"I lied to you before. The note I gave to the girl asked her to come over in the name of Dmitri." Seeing Zhou Yushi agreed, Mikhail laughed dryly and stuffed the key into Zhou Yushi's fist in a flattering manner. "This is the extra price for you to coax that little girl."

"..." Zhou Yushi closed his eyes, almost unable to restrain his eyes rolling. He asked another question, "Did Dmitri know--"

"He has no idea that I have been in private contact with Sadolin Slytherin," Mikhail said, adjusting the collar of his robes. "He has always thought that I am an ambitious and well-meaning person."

"It's really crazy to be friends with you." Zhou Yushi couldn't help it and punched Mikhail hard. When Mikhail grimaced and took a breath, he pushed aside the bushes and walked towards Sadolin.

Mikhail deceived him a little about Sadolin, but his statement that he was deeply in love with her was true. Zhou Yushi easily fooled Sadolin with the words "Dmitri went to help other wizards", and then used the words "Dmitri needs some help" to get Sadolin to cooperate with his actions.

This is how Zhou Yushi understood Sadolin's excessive understanding and cooperation, but his guilty heartbeat completely exposed his lies in front of Sadolin from the very beginning. Sadolin only smelled the very faint scent of Dmitri on his body when he was with Mikhail just now.

During that month and a half, Sadolin slowly engraved her unique flavor into my memory, which seemed to contain the taste of wind and snow.

Since he could stay with the healthy and unharmed Dmitri for such a long time, he couldn't be a bad person.

Maybe Dmitri really needed her, but he didn't realize it, so the people around him came to her like this.

With this idea in mind, Sadolin cooperated and let others manipulate her for the whole night. From this point of view, Mikhail was right and Zhou Yushi also understood it well.

Sadolin Slytherin was indeed deeply in love with Dmitri Isaev.