Nick basically gave the old goat the same tour of the realm that Helena and Flitwick got while also explaining how he could expand the size of it as well as it's bound nature. In the end Dumbledore surprisingly offered to support the expansion of the realm since as an alchemist he could make spatial items fairly easily and buying large amounts of stone is something people have been doing for centuries and is also fairly inexpensive for a wizard. Nick Explained that while the spatial items would be appreciated the stone he could get himself.-
The old goat was more than willing to accept that answer and even explained that he was only offering it to begin with because he was fascinated by the sheer potential the realm had. According to him it was a rare and valuable opportunity that he had no intention of missing. After that everyone went to dinner after getting into a deep conversation on crafting since everyone of them had a unique viewpoint on the topic to add. Helena had the stuff from the founders time , Dumbledore the his knowledge of transfiguration and alchemy while Flitwick was a master enchanter himself.-
It was a fruitful conversation for everyone involved with even masters like Flitwick and Dumbledore getting valuable insights that they had never even considered before. Nick though had the biggest take away though as he was the most inexperienced amongst all of them. When they all entered the great hall together chatting away , many gave them surprised looks. Nick sat at the Gryffindor table and was preparing to dig in when Hermione spoke up "What have you even been doing this whole time? You never returned to the common room at all." She questioned sternly.-
Nick flashed his new ring "I was busy making this with Helena and professor Flitwick." he said honestly. "Bloody hell! For two whole days!?" Ron exclaimed and Nick shook his head "Obviously we took a few breaks but for the most part it was near constant work for at least one of us." he said seriously. "Must be a mighty valuable piece of jewelry if that's the case." Seamus butted in while looking at the ring in question curiously. "Oh yeah , only one that I'll ever make because of what it does." Nick said honestly. ""What's it do?"" the twins asked at the same time very interested.-
"The same thing as the ring it replaced but like a billion times better, not only does it let me store things in it but I can also keep living things within it like plants or animals. I can also make the size of the storage infinitely larger so long as I feed the ring enough materials." Nick explained with a grin. Everyone listening to him was left dumbfounded "Does that mean you could eventually have an entire planet all to yourself?" Dean Thomas asked with a doubtful expression. Nick nodded "Yeah if I give the ring a planets worth of resources." he said honestly.-
"That's nuts!?" Dean exclaimed in shock. "There's also no point in stealing it either since it's bound to me exclusively , even if i died it wouldn't work for anyone else. I won't ever make another one so it'll be a priceless artifact forever." Nick said with a grin. A few people complained about how they really wanted a world to themselves too but it was mostly joking. The ring continued being a topic of conversation for the rest of the night as Nick happily gave tours of his realm. He didn't do this for free though but rather traded for whatever the others had to give.-
Money , knickknacks , potions you name it and he accepted it all since after sacrificing it to the ring made his realm more and more perfect. Magical things for example broke down into mana and base elements that were fused into his mini planet of his realm. Interestingly this extra mana didn't dissipate back into the real world but stayed in the realm and increased the concentration of mana in the air. He cheated a bit once he found that out and took a trip into the realm to purge out most of his mana into the air which caused the concentration to rise greatly.-
Once he reentered the real world he passively refilled his stores using the ambient mana which made him smile widely. He figured that if he sacrificed all of his left over mana at the end of the day his realm would likely become super saturated by the energy eventually so long as he didn't expand the space too fast. Once he had the time though he carefully reorganized all of his stuff in the realm as well since it was a mess.