With Tonks we entered through the main door of the restaurant and stopped in front of the reception. The receptionist completely changed color when he saw us enter with our current appearance, it seemed that he was praying in his heart that we were lost and just come ask for directions and leave.
"Hello, we want a table for two" I said to the receptionist.
"Sorry, we're full" he answered nervously.
"But if there are many free tables?" Tonks asked confused as she looked through the door into the restaurant.
"They're all booked" he got more anxious.
"Really?" He asked again as he curiously observed the behavior of the young man in front of us, not understanding that it was due to the way we were dressed.
Seeing that things were getting complicated, I hit my hand against the small table in front of me, leaving there pounds, many pounds in large bills. When the receptionist saw it he was shocked, there was enough to make him doubt himself. Although his salary was not low, he was still young and did not realize how dangerous it would be to take a risk, so he considered it.
"Do you have a free table?" Activate my auras to coerce him.
"Y-y-yes" I gulp, intimidated "Yes-Follow me"
Although fearful, he guided us inside the establishment. When all those present entered, well dressed and with an aura of elegance and subtlety, they were impressed with us. They set us up at a table that was quite far from the center of the place, next to a window.
Tonks and I sat down and the man left us alone. Shortly after, a waiter came who, like the previous person, was somewhat shaky. He gave us the menu and asked us for our order.
After taking a look at the other tables, ignoring the diners who kept 'admiring' us, I could see the dishes they were eating and when I witnessed the size of each one I realized that, for someone like Tonks and me, the portions would not be enough. As someone trained in dexterity and combat, Tonks has a good appetite, and even though I don't need to eat, I still have the habit of enjoying food, even more so since I can't get fat.
"Give me this, one of this, and this, and this, and all of this…" I ordered various items from the menu, which amazed both Tonks and the waiter, but after my partner looked at the other tables as I did I nodded in understanding.
I ordered a bit of everything. Fish, crab, salad, pasta, sauces... the table would be too small with everything I ordered, but I don't care. The concerned waiter left the place after taking our order, but he didn't go to the kitchen right away, he made a few stops before doing so. It seems that he went to ask about us to his superior.
Being alone, Tonks and I started to chat.
"Didn't you give the receptionist a lot of money? I understand why you did it, but even if I don't understand much about the economy of the muggle world, I still know enough to know that you left a small fortune" I ask intrigued and a little worried that I wasted my money just for this "we would have gone somewhere else"
"Okay... you should know that the change from galleons to pounds is much higher than from pounds to galleon, so we have enough money" I tried to reassure her, since I wanted her to enjoy dinner without worrying about anything else "Also, Don't you think we deserve a bit of luxury?
"Perhaps, after what happened the other time, I would like to forget a little about everything" she said as she remembered what she saw inside the suitcase.
"Forget about it... what do you think of the place where I brought you, I put a lot of effort choosing it" I joked with her.
"Yes... a lot... about three seconds asking the muggle in that vehicle... I hadn't taken a taxi for a long time with my parents, we should do it more often" she said excitedly, since there weren't many occasions to go outside non-magical world and if it did it was for a short period of time. The clothes she wore were purchased on one of those few occasions.
"Okay, I have no problem, every so often we can take a break from work and come to places like these"
"If we keep our jobs" I mention to which we laugh for a while.
She no longer had the initial weight, what she saw at this time made her not so eager to be an Auror, at this point she didn't care much about missing out on that opportunity. Even though she might like to be able to stay there, she wouldn't be mad at me if it wasn't my fault that she wasn't like that.
"I think it's a pretty good place," she commented as she looked around the place.
This restaurant looked quite nice, its walls were finely carved with very beautiful reliefs at the bottom, it had a high domed ceiling, large windows and a marble tiled floor. The tables had high-quality tablecloths, white with red details, and from what I saw, the tableware was delicate and exquisite.
We certainly disagreed with the place. Tonks stared at the site and mainly at the people watching us.
"Didn't you say my clothes look good? Is everyone looking at me?" She groaned somewhat annoyed and anxious at all the stares inside this unknown place.
"What's wrong? I can't stop looking at you either"
"Yes, but you are devouring me with your gaze, while the others seem nervous or scared"
"I told you we looked like a couple of thugs, people in this class don't have much contact with each other so if they're a little scared, if I had cigarettes and you had a bat I assure you they'd shit their pants. And I'm sorry if you don't like how I look at you, but you look spectacular, they are the ones who don't appreciate it. Although I think there are some who look at you with the same look as me, if you ask me I'll gouge out their eyes... no, in seriously, ask me"
"I'll take the compliment" she laughed "I can't help being beautiful so let them be, we can't let them kick us out of here before we eat"
"I hate that they're right"
The food arrived and it was a lot, but in small portions. They had to leave a cart with which they took her next to the table to leave the one that they could not place there.
Tonks and I began to eat without holding back, we didn't have the manners of the rest of us here, so we stood out a lot with our 'vulgar' way of eating. Looks like someone complained so security came, but a look from me and Tonks while we ate, adding my auras, stopped them and they didn't advance more than a few meters. The owner of the establishment arrived and after he paid in advance and promised that we would leave after eating, they left us alone.
We had some wine with the meal, but we controlled ourselves this time and I disabled the ability to eat while drinking it. We finished everything in record time, maybe because we were hungry, and Tonks ended up with a swollen belly.
"This is your fault" he said as he complained stroking his belly, he had eaten more than usual and now he was suffering the consequences, luckily he could modify his body to stretch his stomach and make it more bearable.
"Okay, I'll take responsibility... you can give him the last name, but I choose the name"
"Deal"
Then we left the place to the relief of those present. To get off the food we walked around the night streets of London, hitting everyone we came across with a surprise. We were even stopped by a police officer at one point, but we got off easily by appearing to be a young couple with peculiar tastes, and a bit of manipulation on my part...
On our way we found an open music store which we entered, there we began to see the instruments somewhat interested. I then told Tonks to go out and surprise her, since I seemed eager for some of them.
"Did you run out of money? You seemed very interested, I can buy it for you if you want, I mean, you paid for the dinner and I know it wasn't cheap"
"Okay, someone is already shopping for me" I told him, but he couldn't understand. In reality the non-magical clone was going to the merchant now at night to later put the purchased item in his inventory and dispose of it so he could have access to it "do you want to go for a walk in the park?"
"Yes we go" he answered me she. She thought we might get kicked out tomorrow, she had no idea what I did, but she knew it wasn't a small thing, so she decided this would be a big night out from our job.
We got to the park and took one of the seats, it was dark and cold, but there was enough starlight and street lighting to enjoy the night. I smiled as I got what I wanted in my inventory, and after looking around for someone who can see us, I took it out holding it with both hands.
Nymphadora was surprised to see me make a guitar appear in my hands. It was completely black with red details, had a dazzling shine, and appeared to be made by the finest craftsmen.
"How are you?" I asked as she admired her.
"Is that what you said they were buying you? It looks great" she said as she caressed my instrument... (the guitar) "Can you play...? I mean without magic" I ask. Interested in this work of art.
"No" I answered honestly.
"...Then why did you buy it?" I ask confused.
"It's not too late to learn" I smiled.
After that I got into position, while moving my body from side to side like swinging, I tried to play some strings... but it was so random and discordant that I looked stupid dancing and trying so seriously when I didn't know how to play the slightest bit. melody. Tonks couldn't stop laughing when she saw me make a fool of myself, and although I was a little blushed, I kept trying. Thanks to my [Learning] skill along with my blood magic-enhanced senses I was able to make some headway by making the shrill and discordant notes start to fade... but only that, I didn't know anything else. It will take me time to learn.
After that I slung the guitar on my back and we headed back home. It didn't take long, but it was already past 12 when we arrived.
Just before we entered our rooms, Tonks turned and spoke to me.
"Thank you"
"There's no reason, I enjoyed it too" I replied thinking he was referring to tonight's dinner.
"No, I was talking about the other night, what I saw affected me a lot and if I had been alone it might have been worse... You were there and comforted me when I needed it, maybe I still wouldn't have recovered otherwise, thanks so"
"That's what Friends Are For"
"And also thanks for today, I had a lot of fun. If we don't end up being sent to Azkaban for what you did let's do it again" she said back with her cheerful expression before entering her room.
I smiled and went to my room, this time I would sleep too, I'm mentally tired and I just want to shut down for a while. I'll take a well deserved rest before everything goes to shit tomorrow.
-Time Back: Red POV-
Walking out of the girls' bathroom leaving Pansy behind, I decided it was time to visit Hermione. I went to the library like I usually do. There she got to work on chores and papers, while on the other hand I was reading some muggle books she had with me.
Something interesting that I am discovering is that wizards would find it very easy to defend themselves against Muggle weapons unlike what I thought before. Simply cast a spell against the specific material of the weaponry and as long as they have enough magic they will be completely immune, unless magical materials like goblin metals or the like are used, as they have magic resistance... Although if they went to war anyway , the non-magical humans would win by numbers.
If you wanted to create a firearm against wizards you would need a lot of materials with high magical conductivity for the structure and magic resistance for the ammunition, also a large series of enchantments to improve its functionality... oh hell, get out of my head.. no... I don't need it...
"..."
'Damn! I want to create that weapon' I thought to myself as I scratched my head with both hands, surprising Hermione, but it didn't do anything, since it was normal for me when I was studying very focused on a subject and had a great frustration with something.
After that idea planted itself in me I couldn't concentrate much and I stopped studying early. It was time for dinner, but I skipped it and went straight to bed, starting to feel dizzy and could tell I was drunk. I did my best to appear normal until I get to my bedroom and go to bed with the [sleep] skill realizing that I have to be more careful in the future.
The next day I woke up with such a bad hangover that I didn't leave my room until Tenebrius took a potion to relieve it. Even if I was more awake I couldn't get the image of Tonks out of my head... I didn't want to get up today, but things would be more complicated, I'll just stay in bed a while longer...
I eat something in my room, since I missed breakfast, out of habit nothing else and then I went to class. The normal day went on until the afternoon when I felt like I was getting horny out of nowhere, and that's when I said to myself 'Pansy'.
I was able to locate her in her patio with her friends, from afar I made a sign that only she saw and understood. She excused herself to her friends saying that she had something to do and she went to where she was.
Once in front of me I showed her a photo of her and her face told me that she understood what I meant, I took her to a secluded place on the edge of the castle and cornered her against the brick wall putting my tongue in her mouth. she. She resisted a bit as usual, but she surprised me that she wasn't crying anymore.
I was quite excited so my kiss was particularly intense, when I finished she was a bit shaken, since I almost didn't let her breathe. I placed her photo on her clothes, again making her feel sad and humiliated, and before leaving I quickly kissed her forehead applying [Calm] once more.
From there I went to the library to meet Hermione, but on the way I couldn't help but think about what happened this morning with Tonks and what she said, after taking off my fever with Pansy I started to feel a little bad because of the trauma that I should have left Hermione so I decided to apologize to her again.
While I chatted with Hermione in the library, my clone went to the conservatory to meet Hannah and spent the rest of the afternoon with her and Professor Sprout, who was surprised at my appearance. We received guidance from her and worked with some simple plants until dinner time.
Finishing our afternoon study with Hermione we went to the great hall for dinner. I didn't eat much tonight, the image of rotting corpses didn't leave a good taste in my mouth, so I went on some diet, it didn't matter if I never ate again anyway.
I felt the piercing gaze on the back of my neck once more, but again ignored it. As Tenebrius was sleeping with Tonks, I with my real body took care of today's night work.
The next day, while I was walking through the castle, what I was trying to avoid happened. As I was walking someone grabbed me by the ear and dragged me down the hallway corridor.
"So you don't have the courage to take responsibility for your actions" Penelope told me annoyed as she took me by my ear.
"It's not like that, sister Penelope…" I tried to say while keeping up with her so she wouldn't rip my ear off.
"You keep calling me sister after what you did, I hope you don't touch Ginny the same way with your dirty hands"
"Of course not... you're hot..." I replied to which I tugged on my ear more.
"Don't you think you should at least try to apologize?" She said as she dropped me on a small seat in an aisle that seemed clear of any students, it seems she took me to a lonely place to execute me.
"I wanted to do it, but I didn't know how. I asked some friends to know what to do, but I wasn't ready yet, so I was waiting to have everything ready. It's the truth"
"I don't know if I should believe you... the only reason I didn't report you to any teacher for what you did is because I think you're just a kid being controlled by his hormones" he reproached me "If you were a few years older I wouldn't I would have that consideration"
"You have no ideas, they are out of control"
"You can't let them control you, I was considerate, but they could even expel you if you do something like that to other girls"
"It's not that easy to control yourself, you know"
"Look, we all go through that time, even me, I still have to hold back sometimes" I try to educate myself.
"But you don't have a particular magic that heightens all those emotions"
"Than...?"
"You know, my blood magic, you know how mature I am and how normal it would be for me to resist those temptations under normal circumstances, but it seems that my blood magic potentiates those emotions making it difficult for me to keep them under control... Practically, they have equal or more control over myself than I do"
"Didn't you go with Madam Pomfrey or...?"
"There's no point in doing it. If it was due to accidental magic or some illness or spell there would be a reason to try it, but this magic was born with me. It can't be cured because it's my own thing... calming potions wouldn't work for that area either , they have very little effect on me, I tried it when I was a child"
"That's even worse, you should see if you can talk about it with a teacher, if you continue this horny you will make a serious mistake that you will regret"
"Don't worry, I already have someone to unload with..." I said without thinking.
"'With who...'? Red! What are you doing?" She asked her upset.
"Don't worry, it's just a few kisses, nothing more, that's enough to calm me down for the moment"
"Really?" He stared at me trying to find a lie, but he couldn't and he relaxed "Is that the Granger girl?"
"No... she is someone I have a deal with, I can continue with him for at least another two weeks, after that I will find another way to calm down"
"You'd better, I want you to keep in mind that you have to keep a cool head so as not to make an irreversible mistake, I also want you to tell me who the girl is and what you're dealing with her" she began to lecture me like a true sister. would do.
"Don't you think that's being too gossipy…" she was saying, but my face changed, I became very serious and I got up from my seat and started to walk away from here.
"Hey, I'm not done with you yet, you're not going to get rid of what you did so easily and you still have to tell me a lot of things" she said, somewhat annoyed that I was leaving, but at that moment she felt that something was wrong.
My aura unfolded and my expression was very angry, which made Penelope a little worried, but before she could reach out to stop me and ask what was going on, the torch I was passing by exploded into a blaze due to my uncontrollable magic. , scaring her.
"We'll talk about it later, and she assured you that I'll compensate you so I can receive your apologies, for the rest of today I may be busy" I said before taking a secret passageway and leaving her alone.
After that I started to put my plan in motion to screw Garrick very badly. I missed a few classes while I was putting my plan into action, but I didn't care, this was more important.
Once everything was on track, I relaxed a bit and went about my day normally, in the library with Hermione and in the conservatory with Hannah, only this time I was accompanied by Neville, who felt intimidated by my presence causing me not to speak. almost nothing during his entire stay there.
Tenebrius was going to dinner with Tonks that night, meanwhile I sat at the Gryffindor table with Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati. But now I perceived two looks, one was surely Penelope, but the second was... Pansy, now I remember that we didn't have our session today, I'll keep her waiting.
When I went to sleep, Pansy followed me with her eyes all the way through the Slytherin common room, but I ignored her. She relaxed and got nervous at the same time thanks to that...