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Hogwarts. Headmasters Office
The fireplace in Dumbledore's office burst out in green flames.
A well-dressed well well-groomed elderly man walked through the flames. He was wearing a mix of a three-piece suit and robes. He had white slicked-back hair, with black horizontal lines going from his temples to the back of his head. His beard was also white with 3 wide black lines. One at the middle of his chin and two from the corners of his mouth diagonally down to his jaw.
This man was Gejutel K. Landegre. A noble from the continent and the ICW representative was sent to deal with Dumbledore.
"Landegre. Good to see you old friend." Dumbledore said with his hands spread a bit
Landegre chuckled quite loudly. "Old friends are we? You fucked up Dumbledore. All of your manipulations came crashing down right on top of you. What possessed you to mess with that freak of nature"
Dumbledore of course knew that he was talking about Harry Potter.
"I wonder what made you use that term of phrase?" he asked in a calm collected tone which caused Gejutel to laugh even more
Gejutel stopped and looked closely at the Headmaster.
"You honestly don't see it, do you? You are so arrogant in your little tower. You honestly see yourself as invincible and invaluable. But you forget how long it took you to get to this level and all that you had to do. Grindelwald. The Flemels. Various favors owed to many families. Tell me how long did it take you till you became the Great Albus Dumbledore?"
Dumbledore said nothing as he just listened. Waiting to hear something that he can use.
"That boy is 11. Yet he already finished his magical education. Gained a Mastery in Potions and created something that the wizarding world desperatly needs. Rare plants take time to mature. His Pots will shorten that timeframe saving thousands of lives. And don't think I haven't heard. I used my contacts in Salem to tell me anything that they could. His magic core is apparently extremly big for his age. And he wields magic like he was born with it." Landegre said with a bit of envy. How great would it be if someone like that was born in his family.
"And let's not get started on his bloodline. Potter, Peverell and possibly a descendant of Slytherin from his Parsltounge. He has access to a lot of old and valuable magic." he then smirked at Dumbledore "Books, artifacts, and trinkets that you now have to return."
Dumbledore's eyebrow twitched but he didn't say anything. He couldn't. He was already treading on thin ice. 'There will come a day when you will pay for this my old friend'
"Enough with the chit-chat. What is your purpose here Gejutel" Dumbledore wasn't even trying to be polite. He directly called him out by his name.
"Down to buissnuss ey? The ICW has sent me to collect all of the artifacts. In your message, you said you were willing to give up all the items in your possession for an extension. Mister Potter accepted. He said to pass on a message to you"
"A message?" Dumbledore was surprised.
Gejutel coughed in his hand " 'Tic-Tock old man. The world now knows he is alive and you are now at your lowest point in decades. Check, your turn' "
Dumbledore sat in silenece. He had thought of Harry as an arrogant brat. Which he was. But this message. He was not some child lashing out. He had planned this. This changes things. He needs to test Harry as soon as possible, you can not defeat an enemy if you don't know what they are capable of.
" I told you Albus. You messed with a real monster. Can I have the Cloak?" Landegre asked politely, but there was something else in his eyes that Dumbledore saw.
He quickly pulled out the Potter Family treasure. The Cloak of Invisibility.
Landegre pulled out a green stone and put in on top of the cloak. Dumbledore was confused but then the stone glowed bright green.
"It's the real cloak. This stone was given to me by Mr. Potter. He had created it just in case you decided to cheat him. If you had, things would have gotten really messy."
Dumbledore said nothing ' If nothing else the brat is thorough. Luckily I gave the real Cloak and didn't give a fake like I intended. If it got out that I tried to cheat Harry. Things would have gotten infinitely worse. Right now the important thing is to get rid of these charges against me. There will be chances to deal with Harry at Hogwarts'
" Landegre, the hourglass please"
Landegre chuckled " When you said you would give me a Potter hourglass in exchange for support in the ICW vote I admit I let my greed take control of me. After all, it was more than 1000 years old. It was nothing special, just an ordinary hourglass. But it had the Potter crest on it and was excellent bragging rights.
But now comes the monster to take them all back. Tell me Dumbledore. What are you willing to pay to have this back? Especially now that you are low on money"
Dumbledore gritted his teeth silently but didn't show it in any way. He had already expected that things would turn out like this but it was still irritating "What do you want?"
Landegre let out a big grin "2kg of Pheonix Ash. You have held a monopoly on that for quite a while. Even in Europe, Phoenix's are very rare. Pheonix Ash is very useful in potions, alchemy and rituals.
"Are you mad? Do you know what I can get for 2 kilograms?! Even 100 grams is worth thousands!" Dumbledore said with anger in his voice
"Very well then. Give me 50,000 Galleons. That's approximately how much the vote would have cost you" Landegre let out a smile. Knowing full well that Dumbledore can't spare 50,000 for this. He was barely covering his expenses. His assets were frozen to be used as collateral if he couldn't return the Potter items.
"Are you sure you want to do this Landegre? Are you sure you want to make an enemy of me?" Dumbledore started to exert some magical pressure.
Landegre just stood calmly, as if it was a gentle breeze, but he was in fact indeed feeling weight pressuring down on his shoulders. "Heh, your time has passed Dumbledore. You have made too many enemies and now like sharks smelling blood, they are nearing in for the kill. To put it simply Dumbledore people believe you are not coming back from this one, me included. So we are cutting our losses"
" You will regret that decision. I will give you the Phoenix Ash. Bring out the Hourglass"
"Pleasure doing business with you"
~A few days later
Harry Ship. Lily's Dreams.
The Greengrass were getting used to life on a ship. Not that it was very different than on land. Thanks to magic. The rooms were all centered. Each operates as if it were a different space. There would be no tilting or swaying as long as you stayed inside one of the rooms. Harry somewhat liked the feeling of sailing so once in a while he would go out and stay on deck.
Daphe wanted to look in the library after Harry's extremly loud wake-up call about what the world really is. She decided she was going to work her ass off so she doesn't end up as a plaything to any mad, devil, fallen angel, god, or any number of psychopaths. She was going to ignore the irony that she had to marry a sociopath when she reached majority.
But they hadn't been added to the wards and she was afraid of asking Harry so here they were standing in front of Melisa who was reading up on something in the living room.
The woman started to laugh "Dear you don't have to be so afraid. None of you have to be afraid. Yes, Harry is very powerful... yes he is a bit insane. But quite honestly he is just a shut-in obsessed with his research.
Worst case he will turn you away or say that he is busy, But what he will not do is stop you from learning. I have been with that child since he was a toddler. If he has a favorite phrase, then its 'Knowledge is Power'. Only in his case, it's quite literal. The more knowledge he has. The stronger he is."
(This is mostly based on how Harry fights. It's similar to Ajuka in a way. Except harry uses his knowledge to create spells from other 'universes', or as close as a replica as he can.
The best case for this is Ajuka Beelzebub. He uses his understanding of everything to manipulate it with his magic. That is what the Kankara Formula is. All the phenomena and abilities in the world have both rules and laws to them which he was able to get an answer to by filling in the equations.)
"Okay. Well, let's go ask Harry then shall we" Ophelia clapped her hands, trying to keep her daughter's courage up. Astoria was mostly fine. Harry killed her monster of a Father and hasn't even lifted a finger on her. Children are different than adults. They perceive things differently.
Her mother and sister weren't in pain anymore. They weren't crying themselves to sleep at night. In Astoria's mind. Things were going great.
" Harry wants you to study hard. But he has been busy so he must have forgotten. Go with Hope, he will add you to the library wards. Hope can you bring Harry back with you when he is done" Melinda turns to her 'daughter' with a smile on her face
Hope stands up from the couch. She and Melinda were always together when she wasn't with Harry" Sure. Come on. Harry is exercising currently so it's probably the best time to ask him anything really. He hates exercising but he has to do it"
"Why?" Ophelia was confused. Wizards don't exercise, they are lazy, especially children. The only wizards who really get any exercise were Quitich players and Aurors.
"Harry once said that Magic is like water or any liquid you imagine it to be. Then in that case the Body is the container. The more well-developed the body is, The bigger the container. And the easier it is to manipulate the magic.
He said to imagine an untrained wizard as a tiny shot glass that has cracks and is filled to the top. Each time he uses a spell or moves the glass more and more magic or water leaks out. Now imagine a trained wizard as a crystal wine glass. You can swirl it, move it around, and the water will remain in the glass all in control. The more you train the bigger the glass becomes and you can hold in more magic."
Ophelia and Daphne were thinking about what they heard. If this was true, then it's no wonder wizards rarely go far. Even Aurors only train to remain quick on their feet to dodge spells. Nobody actually trains their entire body.
The group arrived in the training room. There was music in the background.
Harry was in a one-hand, handstand and was doing push-ups, his other hand was pointing at a book that he was reading upside down. The book was perfectly level with his head. He was training his mind, body, and magic at once.
The Greengrass froze especially the young ones. Girls mature faster than boys even young Astoria who was 9, knew that Harry was attractive even if she didn't understand it. In her head, he was 'Pretty' just like some flowers she had seen.
Daphne blushed but then remembered it was Harry, her blush quickly faded away as she paled, all of her blood left her face and turned her head away. Hoping she didn't offend him.
Ophelia was different she was a grown woman and understood how most men looked. ' How did he get muscles like that? They are perfectly sculpted, like those marble statues. A ritual? No Harry was quite upfront that he only used supplementary rituals for his mind. Perhaps some magical ingredients? Fascinating. I never knew humans could develop muscles like this. Even Aurors don't have this physique '
"Harry you forgot to add them to the Library ward array." Hope casually says, but her eyes were focused on his muscles. No matter how much she saw them, she wouldn't get tired of looking.
Harry stops and lowers himself before pushing up with a lot of force. Completely flipping back to land on his feet.
"Really. Must have slipped my mind. Let's go I will do it now" he said with a serious face
Hope smirked "And I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that you don't want to train anymore and want to get back to your research"
"Whatever gave you that idea?" Harry grinned as he let the girls to the library
~ Living room
After Harry added them to the library they all gathered in the living room. The children were added to the normal library. While Ophelia was a level above. She had access to some of the more darker spells but she couldn't go up higher until she finished her Occlumency Emotional Protection. Matilda had something to tell them
"What's the matter, you usually don't do things like this" Harry asked as he sat down and snapped his fingers. The teapot started to float and poured him some tea.
Harry was drinking many kinds of magical teas. That had all sorts of effects. He was studying which ones bring the best results. So he could optimize only to drink the good stuff. Some even had a similar effect as the Wit-Sharpening Potion. A diluted version perhaps but has fewer side effects than the actual potion.
"Harry now that you will be staying in Britain. Isn't it time you checked out your Family Manor? I don't understand why you keep avoiding it. Are you finally getting some emotions in that thing you call a heart " Melinda teased
Harry froze and facepalmed "I knew I was forgetting something."
Melinda deadpaned "You forgot? That you had a Family Mansion?"
Harry stared back at her "In case you forgot I am a busy man. I have been doing a lot of research. Especially after I got my hands on the Black Library. Then I got the 2 Hallows. The Stone and the Wand. Which I have been putting off since I wanted to finish my current research. Now I have the Cloak as well.
The Potter Family library was kinda low on my list"
This time Melinda facepalmed "The MANOR. Not the LIBRARY! The MANOR! Is your head only filled with BOOKS!"
"Oh.. Yes. I don't give a damn about the Manor as long as the Library and any artifacts or ingredients in there are safe"
The Greengrass were just sitting there watching their crazy dynamics
Harry sighed "Fine...Everybody get ready. we will be teleporting to the MANOR"
"Don't act cheeky with me! Not everybody was born with a diamond spoon in their mouth. I want to see the Manor of a 2000-year-old family!"
"Yeah, Yeah" Harry waved her off as he clapped his hands and a blueish-green magic circle appeared below them.
~ A/N
Next chap. Finally Potter Manor.
What did you think of this chapter? I added the 'little argument' later on. But I think its really good. It helps show off their relationship.
Melinda is not his mother. She is his master but only in Enchanting. Harry basically raised himself. Since he didn't need any raising or emotional attachments. Dude is a bona fide genius.
Now Hope is like a real daughter to Melinda. She raised her with love, and Hope shows that back.