Then, before Bill could ask, the somewhat indignant wizard asked first:
"Not coming back? What does not coming back mean? Is he dead?"
In response to the wizard's question, the wizard with rosacea spread his hands calmly and said casually:
"Who knows? Even if he's not dead, he's probably been locked up by those goblins in a dark vault under Gringotts, waiting to die! After all, there are so many vaults under Gringotts that they don't even need to be modified. They are the most suitable cells in the world! Haha!"
After hearing what the wizard said, others immediately started asking what had happened, but the wizard with rosacea just drank the wine in the glass and said nothing more.
Seeing this, Bill immediately called the waiter and said, "Give me a glass of the best wine in your restaurant! The kind that's good for telling stories!"
After saying that, Bill looked at the man with the rosacea opposite him. The man with the rosacea smiled happily and said:
"Bill, Bill, I have stories and you have wine, you see, we are a perfect match!"
When the waiter brought the glass of wine, Rosacea took a sip and his eyes immediately lit up. At this time, the other wizards could no longer hold back and started to urge him to come.
After taking a big sip, the man with the red nose slowly spoke, "Bill, don't think you're at a disadvantage because I drank your glass of wine. I tell you, you're in the winner's seat! As for you, don't think I'm being arrogant on purpose. You should know that I'm going to talk about something later that you can't buy even if you pay!"
At this point, Rosacea put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "What I want to talk about is the secret of Gringotts, that is, how to select a supervisor!"
After hearing what Rosacea said, Bill clearly felt that the breathing of several people became heavy.
Then, Rosacea stopped being hesitant and slowly spoke, "That day, I was suddenly called by a goblin to a strange room in Gringotts. Not only was the room very large, but directly opposite the room, there were also a dozen very old goblins sitting there."
"Arteta and another wizard were brought to this room with me. At this time, an old goblin stood up and told us that they would choose one of us to be the curse-breaking supervisor of Gringotts in Hogsmeade Village!"
"When we heard what the old goblin said, the three of us became excited! But then, the old goblin took out three masks and told us that they had cast spells on these three masks, including evil spells, poisonous spells, and even curses! The selection method is very simple, which is to see who can remove all the spells on the masks as quickly as possible!"
Having said this, Rosacea paused, as if lost in recollection. He then took a sip of the wine in the glass before continuing, "It took me half an hour to remove all the spells on the mask, while the other wizard took at least an hour!"
After hearing this, someone couldn't wait to ask, "What about Artetana?"
Rosacea was silent for a moment, then he gave a bitter smile and said, "A few minutes? Maybe more than ten minutes? I don't know! Because we competed separately. When I came out with the mask that lifted all the spells, Arteta was already there drinking tea!"
After hearing what Rosacea said, several people at the table took a deep breath. After all, they were all professional curse breakers, and from Rosacea's description, they could imagine how difficult the test was at that time!
Not to mention a few minutes, even if it was someone like Rosacea who could complete the task in half an hour, there was not a single person present! Otherwise, they would be the ones to participate in the selection!
After a moment of silence, someone suddenly woke up and asked, "What happened next? What happened to Arteta?"
"Afterwards, the goblins held a short ceremony for Arteta, announcing him as the curse-breaking supervisor of Gringotts in Hogsmeade Village. The goblins also allowed me and another wizard to stay and watch the ceremony. In fact, they just wanted us to work harder for Gringotts in the future!"
"However, before the ceremony begins, there is a series of procedures, one of which is to verify our identities again, such as to see if anyone has taken the polyjuice potion and hidden their true identity."
"Arteta passed all the previous tests, but something unexpected happened in the last one!"
Having said this, Rosacea seemed to have remembered something horrible, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble. It was not until he drank the glass of wine in front of him that he gradually calmed down.
"What's the last one?"
At this point, Bill couldn't help but ask.
The man with rosacea said slowly, word by word:
"It's the Flashback Spell!"
"Flashback spell?"
Everyone showed a look of surprise.
Rosacea nodded solemnly, and then began to explain: "Yes, it is the Flashback Spell! The last check was done by an old goblin! It must be said that if we don't have a wand, or if the goblin also has a wand, we wizards may really be no match for the goblins!"
"The old goblin didn't use a wand, but just used his hands to cast a powerful flashback spell! At the beginning, the spells displayed by Arteta's wand were all spells we use in daily life, which was not surprising."
"But what I didn't expect was that the fairy's flashback spell lasted for a very long time. I have never seen a flashback spell that lasted so long! Arteta obviously didn't expect it either."
"At the end of the flashback spell, Arteta's wand suddenly began to produce dark magic, even the Unforgivable Curse! When Avada Kedavra continued to appear from Arteta's wand, Arteta, knowing that something was wrong, wanted to leave immediately."
"But, that is the basement of Gringotts after all! Although Arteta quickly knocked down several goblins, and even another wizard who participated in the selection with me was knocked out by Arteta, in the end, Arteta still had to surrender under the siege of many goblins!"
"I was repeatedly warned by the goblin not to tell anyone about what happened that day, but since that day, I have never seen Arteta again!"
After listening to Rosacea's story, there was a sudden silence at the table. Everyone was stunned by what Rosacea said! Unexpectedly, in Gringotts, where no one noticed, such a big thing actually happened.
Bill, who was standing by, finally figured out the whole story.
(End of this chapter)