Before Professor McGonagall replied, Sirius remarked, "The bearded blighter keeps forgetting to tell Harry that the rights to the basilisk’s corpse belong to my godson, since it was Harry who killed the basilisk. Fortunately for Harry, Hermione did the right research. Otherwise, Mumble-More-Platitudes would’ve waited till Harry left school, rendered the basilisk, and all of the money from the sale of basilisk parts would’ve gone to the Sherbet Lemons and Ridiculous Robes Fund, not to Harry."