Elwyn carefully identified the words on the slate. There were a total of three languages on it, which were Naga Dialect, Ancient Magic Language, and Ancient English.
The content of the three languages was the same, and with so many languages to record it together, the content was obviously very important.
"This looks like a land deed …" Hermione said with a frown.
"That's right, and it's a land deed that has been officially recognized." As Elwyn spoke, he pointed out a string of symbols at the back of the slate to Harry, Hermione, and Elaine to see. "Look here, this is the symbol of the Council of Elders. This organization was the predecessor of the National Sorcerer Alliance. In the Middle Ages a thousand years ago, their status was equivalent to the current Ministry of Magic. And this emblem, without a doubt, this is the family emblem of the Slytherin family. As for the ones at the back, if I remember correctly, they should be the emblems of several pure-blood mage families and Muggle nobles … The Council of Elders, these families, and the Muggle Lords have jointly recognized the Slytherin family as the owner of these areas of land. "
"So, this is a land deed? Slytherin gave me a land deed? "Elaine raised her eyebrows and asked," What's the significance of this thing? "
"It's very significant, Elaine. This land deed says that the heir of the Slytherin family who owns it will automatically obtain the ownership rights of these lands recorded on it, and this right has been recognized by the Council of Elders, many pure-blood mage families, and the Muggle Lords. According to the law, these rights should now be recognized and protected by the International Sorcerer Alliance and the various national Ministry of Magic." Elwyn said, "In other words, these lands recorded on the slate now belong to you."
"That sounds very impressive!"
"It is quite impressive. As far as I know, no sorcerer has so much land. Let's see what areas are there." Elwyn said, "Well, this paragraph should be describing Hogwarts Castle, the forbidden forest, and the surrounding mountains, rivers, and swamps. That land used to be the territory of the Slytherin family."
Although Salazar Slytherin had agreed to establish a magic school in his family's castle, Hogwarts, a thousand years ago, the ownership of the land still belonged to the Slytherin family. Salazar and the Slytherin family had never given up this right. To this day, the Hogwarts Magic School was owned and managed by the school's board of directors in name. It was still a private school, but the school's board of directors did not own the land. It was just that no one had mentioned it for thousands of years.
Saying that Elaine owned the land of Hogwarts might have been a joke, but now that the title deed had appeared, the joke had become a reality. If Elaine took this title deed to the Ministry of Magic and the school's board of directors, then the school's board of directors would have to pay a large sum of land rent to her.
Moreover, whether the Hogwarts Magic School could continue to operate or not was entirely up to Elaine herself.
Of course, this was all from a legal and procedural point of view.
After all, this title deed was from thousands of years ago, and there must be many people who did not recognize it now. With the change of political power, and the disappearance of many of the wizard families and Muggle noble families recorded on the title deed, their promises had become meaningless. However, at the very least, the International Sorcerer Federation and the Ministry of Magic should recognize the legitimacy of this title deed.
Elwyn reckoned that if Elaine really brought this title deed to the school's board of directors, then they would probably let her join them.
"This island above the North Sea should be Azkaban." Hermione pointed to another section on the stone slab. "En, there are a few more islands here."
Azkaban was once the territory of the Slytherin family, this point had already been confirmed.
"And this, it's about the land in Diagon alley. En, it should be the area where Gringotts is located." Elwyn said.
Gringotts was the largest building in Diagon alley. It had always been owned by the fairies, but the ownership of this land actually belonged to the Slytherin family.
In other words, the area where Gringotts was located should now belong to Elaine.
It might be difficult to get back the land where the Hogwarts and Azkaban were located, but it would be much easier for Gringotts. After all, wizards always had many restrictions on the fairies, and it was impossible for them to support them. At that time, Gringotts might have to pay a large sum of gold coins to Elaine to rent this land.
Thinking about the value of this land, with this title deed, Elaine might become the richest person in the entire magic world.
From a poor vampire who had nothing and needed Elwyn's support, she would become the richest sorceress in the magic world in one leap.
The process in between wasn't complicated, it only required a drop of blood and a rich ancestor.
In addition to the Hogwarts, Azkaban and Gringotts, this title deed also recorded some land in the southern part of England. Those places weren't gathering areas for wizards, and should now belong to the Muggle. The Slytherin family didn't only own land in England, they also owned several pieces of land in other countries.
For example, the Vampiric Castle in the Norwegian region was marked on the title deed.
It wasn't uncommon to own foreign land at that time. At that time, the wizard secrecy law hadn't been released yet. The relatively undeveloped Muggle still revered magic and believed in the existence of wizards. The frequent wars between them gave the Muggle lords the possibility of summoning wizards to fight for them. Rewarding wizards with land was also a common thing. Many ancient pure-blooded wizard families had territories all over Europe, and most of them were still owned by wizards.
For example, the Malfoy family had a special territory in Romania.
That place was now a manor specially used for breeding dragons. Malfoy often bragged about this in school.
Therefore, as long as Elaine was willing, he could use this title deed to recover the land that belonged to her in name.
Moreover, Elaine wasn't alone. Her uncle and the entire Slytherin vampire clan would support him.
What the vampires lacked the most now was a legal territory. Once they knew that Elaine owned land in these wizards or Muggle's most prosperous areas …
Elwyn didn't care much about these things. Instead, Hermione told Elaine and Harry about the great value of these lands. He quickly browsed down to see if there was any valuable information until he saw the same map he got from the evil god's eye at the bottom of the title deed.
This area in ancient Greece used to be the base of the despicable Halpor. It was a very important place related to Slytherin's secret treasure key. Ever since they got the map, Elwyn and Hermione looked for a lot of information, but they couldn't find any clues. They didn't know where this place was.
In the end, they came to the conclusion that this area had been moved by the despicable Halpor to another dimension, which was the place Dumbledore went to.
Dumbledore didn't explain in detail. Elwyn didn't know how to go there, so he had been worrying about this matter.
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