Chapter 15: Chapter 13
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Time passed more quickly than I had expected. Before I knew it, a year had passed since my 'rebirth'.
After the first few chaotic months, I had settled in well and fallen into a routine.
I had also received my much awaited Hogwarts letter. It had arrived by owl-like in canon. It was a strange sight to see an owl carry a letter though.
The contents were as follows:
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HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin: First Class, Grand Sorc. ,Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards.)
Dear Mr Prince,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
The term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress.
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The letter was what I had expected but damn did Dumbledore have a lot of titles to his name. It gave me a clearer idea of his power and the influence he holds.
Pity he didn't use it to its full potential.
Coming back to the letter, it came attached with a parchment listing the things I needed to buy if I decided to go to Hogwarts.
The uniform required me to get a set of robes, a pair of protective gloves and for some reason a pointy hat…
I think the last one was just for formalities sake because I don't think anyone actually wore those.
Next up were the books which I already had except for the DADA books which needed to be bought because they kept changing the teacher every year and each one preferred a different book.
The rest of the books I had were Eileen's books which I could still use. The curriculum at Hogwarts had not changed much over the years so her books could still be used.
And last but not the least, I needed to get a wand. Eileen had promised to take me to Diagon alley for shopping soon. I would be lying if I said I wasn't excited about it.
Over the years Eileen had continued working at the Three Broomsticks Inn and it was doing quite well.
I had met Rosmerta too when she took me to Hogsmeade. Speaking of the magical village, it truly was a fascinating sight.
The buildings were old fashioned and outdated like I had expected and the road was made of cobblestone. It reminded me of a medieval RPG village with all its shops and places.
Anway after I learnt that Rosmerta was looking for suggestions for new drinks. I had an idea. I proposed to her that I would give her some suggestions for the drinks and other foodstuffs if I got a cut of it.
She was sceptical at first but agreed to humour me. I had her introduce some popular muggle drinks that were popular in the era I was in. I changed the names of some that were not whacky enough and made some small changes to them.
I also gave her the suggestion of a different type of Butterbeer. I am not sure if this was the one she made in canon but the one I gave the recipe for was the Butterbeer from the theme parks.
I had gone there a few times in my previous life and had quite enjoyed it. As for how I knew the recipe, I had googled it when I was bored.
Anyway, the butterbeer was sweeter than the other variants and the products used to make it were cheaper. Rosmerta liked it after tasting it so it should probably do well.
I had many other ideas like introducing milkshakes, more cocktails and other stuff from canon that didn't exist yet but I held them back. I didn't want to give her all my ideas at once.
I would instead release them slowly which would make her appreciate me more and thereby giving me better deals.
The drinks I suggested worked within my expectations with some exceeding them too. Eileen was ecstatic and Rosmerta was happy too.
Her business was booming with my drinks being the main selling point. I was sure the others would catch onto this soon but for now, I had a monopoly of these drinks which earned me a hefty profit.
That and I wasn't too worried about others copying me since the wizarding world had this weird tradition or more precisely mentality of sticking to one shop. Especially the purebloods who use the same shop for generations.
I didn't know why they were so hesitant to try other options.No wonders half the shops in Diagon alley lasted for centuries. They had built up such a high reputation that no competition stood a chance unless they did something unique and better.
So being the pioneer of wizard drinks, I had a headstart compared to others. Well, I still couldn't beat Ogden's firewhiskey but it wouldn't be long before I came up with something as whacky….
The money I got from these drinks was actually pretty decent and I gave it to Eileen who bought potion supplies and began making potions.
She sold them as a batch in the inn every weekend when the students visited. It was an idea I suggested and it worked well.
There was a potion shop in Hogsmeade but the prices were way out of a common student's budget. Eileen sold them in bulk at lower prices so students piled money and bought sets which they then shared amongst each other.
This side business also bought in some good money. Honestly, at this rate, I felt that the vault wasn't even needed but of course, I wanted the vault. You can never have too much money after all.
I had many more ideas to make money like this in the magical world but I didn't reveal them all. I couldn't get too hasty since I didn't want to attract too much attention.
I decided to hold them off at least until Eileen opened her shop and I got my heir status.
This would deter half the bad people since the laws for a pureblood and laws for a muggle-born were different, to say the least. Well I was a half-blood but being a heir, the laws of pureblood applied to me.
Thus before I knew it, a year had passed and it was finally time for my Diagon alley visit.
Eileen wanted to get Lily and her parents to go with us but they had received a letter through Mcgonagall who insisted that she be the one to show them around as it was tradition.
Speaking of Mcgonagall, after learning that we lived in the same neighbourhood, she had come to visit us just to check upon us.
She came to our house to thank Eileen for informing Lily and her parents. I had not expected her to do this as I was under the impression that she would not like what we had done.
I then realized that I had been holding a bias against her and I felt stupid. Reading so many fanfics and theories had built this up in me and me comparing all canon characters to their book parts had made me biased.
From that point, I decided to let go of all biases I had against any canon character and then judge them on my own.
Of course, I would still be suspicious of some characters because of their actions in canon but I wouldn't let that affect me too much. I would just take the 'trust but verify approach.
McGonagall also came to see how Eileen was after marrying Tobias. She had been quick to spot the signs that the marriage had not been a happy one.
She was also sympathetic to me since she grew up in a household similar to mine. Of course, her father was not bad like Tobias had been but she understood how Eileen felt giving up her magic.
Her mother too had married a muggle but hadn't said that she was a witch. Eventually, she had to after her young self started manifesting magic. But the relationship between them was never the same again.
She didn't criticize Eileen for her poor decision either but even called her brave for leaving the wizarding world to marry a muggle. She found it regretful that Tobias turned out to be such a man.
It was quite interesting to learn more about Minerva who I hadn't known much about other than that she was a teacher.
Overall I had a better impression of her than I did before.
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