Dust-Bunnies chapter 10 by harlancarter69 updated 07/06/2018

Maureen said "Now we trample tradition and move into a new era."

"No human witch or wizard has ever been confided in by goblins of our most guarded secrets. You are to be the first, and for the foreseeable future the only ones so trusted." "Until this time goblins were judged on a need to know basis, often when not worthy beheadings happened. This is how sacred these secrets are."

"We will require unbreakable oaths to maintain these secrets revealed to you. This reveal can only be discussed between the five souls in this room. No research or written record may be made. Hermione your questions may only be answered by me exclusively. If you engaged either Kingmaker or Elmo in a discussion their prior oaths would see them die on the spot. Discussion between you and Harry must be made in a secured setting such as this, were even house elves can not listen in. Even an accidental reveal will cause you to forfeit your status and possibly your life. Whomever overhears this information will be subjected to our justice and security. In the future should one of your children overhear you, it almost certain we will require they be beheaded. Do you understand?"

Stunned with this future picture Harry paused in thought "Can we opt out, be obliviated, and continue life as before this terrible burden is hefted upon us?" "I am very resistant to the life-oaths you are requesting."

Hermione was intrigued "Harry you should have been much more thoughtful about consequences when you decided to dabble in spell creation. Maureen how extensive would the goblins response be to comply with Harry's request?"

Maureen thought for a few moments, bemused by how quickly Hermione connected the dots. "The nation would have to secure all potential tales and leaks. The whole team that was here would be executed. Those elves who have come to witness the dust-bunnies and your entire household would be put down as elves minds can not be obliviated. You two, due to your ability to produce Mithril, would be pressed into a protective custody of the goblin nation."

Stunned Harry said "We can avoid those extreme actions by making these oaths?"

"Yes. We will be blazing a new path with your cooperation and doing a dis-information spin to explain your creation in a manner that will steer others away from our mutual protected interests."

After a prolonged discussion Maureen and the Potters arrived at an equitable oath language and made their vows. Kingmaker and Elmo remained silent the entire time. Both already had similar vows. Maureen explained that as Kingmaker reported to her he was guided by his vows to covering this knowledge. And Elmo was in a similar situation, but he only answered exclusively to Lord Potter.

"Good banking is profit, but good shit is wealth' does not mean our profit margins are decent, but rather the smelly deposits reveal more value." The goblin nation maintains a system to vanish all droppings from magical folks, performing valued service forced upon the goblins by many layers of treaties and law. Goblins have also negotiated treaties with the elves to provide services to facilitate handling the mess. All magical beings having a core of energy which grow as it draws power from natural sources of magical energy all around us. Focal points like ley-lines can substantially boost said growth. Wizards can absorb so much that they create an excess of energy their core leaks out. This leakage is found in their pop. As various types of metals. Squibs have a miniscule core that will not allow them to perform magic, but the unused energy comes out as tin. Moderately strong wizards will produce aluminum, copper and bronze. The mighty wizards produce silver, gold and platinum. Now the key is 'unused' magic, the more a wizard practices/uses his magic, drawing upon his core, the less product comes out. As an example, a powerhouse wizard like Albus Dumbledore, who doesn't pick his nose without using magic will have a trace of platinum and gold in his dung. Whereas yourself Harry Potter growing up among muggles, being restricted from 'using' magic, and as an adult not prone to 'do magic all the time' you produce several ounces of platinum and gold sometimes in just a day.

When the goblin nation forces a wizard to work off debts or penalties in our mines and dragon pens it is procedure to put magic suppression cuffs on the inmates. This forces their 'product' increase as all their core excess is shit out. Actual work performed contributes almost nothing to their settlements.

As 'unknown' elves handle the recovery of products, the general population of goblins know nothing of this. The elves tithe 10% of all recovered product, sending back to their realms. The 90% is sent to goblin banks and trading offices for sale/distribution. Detailed records are kept in one vault deep in the goblin bank. Spells, charms and runes protect the records so only a few ranked goblins can read them. We know to a penny how much value every magical being has produced. An account is made in each magic user's name, and under certain conditions the value of an account may be made available to an individual. Often as a result of a heritage test finding a misplaced vault or two.

Yes Hermione I have been very specific to male gender, female magic users do not produce metals. Females produce stones. From actual pebbles and pearls to every precious stone known to man. Your quality powerful witch can produce diamonds, if not bleeding off their magic by abusing the flow. We also track this and every witch has a jewel trunk at Gringotts. The trunks are covered by treaty law. Only the rightful owner may access them. No Lord, Head of House, Father, Uncle, Brother, or Husband can force a witch to allow others to access or take possession of the trunk or contents. Goblins enforce the secrecy of jewel trunks. Again a heritage test may guide a witch to learn of her holdings.