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Action-Is-All-That-Left (IV) [Chapter 136]
🕑 Added 2023-04-23 20:48:18 +0000 UTC<Violetta Beauvais departs peacefully of old age>
<One of the greatest Wandmakers to ever exist, leaves us>
<A Legacy finally comes to an end>
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“Apparently, you are going to be missed” Harry said to apparently no one as he continued to read the New York Ghost. “I am touched by the things your family said about you” Harry added unsurely as he finally lowered the newspaper to look at the young woman in her early twenties sitting across from him.
The woman scoffed derisively even though she didn’t stop her work. “Those are crocodile tears, my dear. If they aren’t falling over themselves to get their filthy paws on my property, then I would eat my shoe” The woman gripped unhappily. “Good thing, I didn’t leave those fuckers anything except for my Wand shop and even that is up for consideration” The woman added with a creepy grin.
“You are a very wicked woman, Violetta” Harry said dryly, making the woman grin even more widely. Yes, the young woman sitting across from him was the rejuvenated Violetta Beauvais and Harry could see why the woman wanted to be young again. While there was only one woman in his heart, he had to admit Violetta was a looker…
She was probably one of the most sexiest women he had ever laid his eyes upon and not only that, his mom had been sporting a jealous streak since he rejuvenated Violetta. While Harry found her jealous streak really cute, he wanted to come up with a way to assure her that there was nothing she had to worry about. He was getting tired of her extremely long and descriptive methods of painfully killing a human.
“You forgot to mention ‘sexy’” Violetta added with a saucy grin, making Harry roll his eyes at her.
“Wow, humble much, you old hag!” Jacklyn pointed out from the side, only to make Violetta give the younger girl a knowing look before loudly sniffing as she made a face.
“I can smell something burning” Violetta said with a wicked grin on her face, and Jacklyn almost jumped over the table to punch that smug bitch on her face. Since she couldn’t punch the bitch, Jacklyn decided to deliver a scathing retort, but Harry decided to pitch in before this could develop into a fistfight.
“Manners, ladies” Harry chastised the duo softly. “Violetta, how much progress have you made?” Harry asked as he turned toward the Wandmaker.
“I am almost done with the list, and then I will start tallying the list with my stocks” Violetta answered without missing a beat. She had finished testing all of Gellert’s followers and she had come up with a list of materials she would need to craft their Wands. She did have a stock of materials she could use, but she knew that she wouldn't be able to craft all the Wands with her existing stock.
Before faking her death, Violetta had made arrangements for all of her assets, except her Wand shop to be transferred to some sketchy donation organizations, and those organizations had transferred back the assets to a given name after taking a small cut for their services rendered… Violetta would have loved to grab her Wand shop too, but she was the MACUSA contracted Wandmaker, so she couldn’t give away her Wand shop to anyone except for her direct Family.
Unfortunately for her Family members, the MACUSA would always hold power over the shop, so if her family members tried anything, then MACUSA would simply relieve them of the property, obviously for a predetermined price… Violet Pope, that was the name she had decided to take after her apparent death and thankfully, she still owned almost all of her assets, which were nothing to scoff at.
“Good. In the meantime, I will arrange the funds” Harry declared as he stood up and turned toward Gellert Grindelwald, who was also sitting with them, but he was busy reading the Necromancy book Harry gave him four days ago.
It has been four days since Harry acquired Gellert’s experience straight from the man’s mind and since then he had been busy incorporating everything he had learned from the man. Harry would have finished incorporating them earlier, but he had his EAGLEs and the exams took up most of his time for the last couple of days.
“It is time” Harry declared and both Gellert and Jacklyn perked up at his words. Gellert knew that he would be accompanying Harry, so he immediately looked up from the book.
“Is it time?” Gellert asked, only to receive a nod from Harry. He simply closed his book and stood up. He also wanted to see how his new Wand was going to hold in combat. After holding up his end of the deal, he had been continuously working to resharpen his skills… He would admit that he still wasn’t up to the mark yet, but he was close, so he was excited about this upcoming fight.
He wondered how Albus was going to feel when he would find that he was in his prime again…
“What about me?” Jacklyn asked hopefully.
“We aren’t going to attack right away. We are going to conduct some investigation. I want some of the employees to escape so that they could tell the rest of the Guild what transpired there” Harry explained, making Jacklyn incline her head in confusion.
“Why? Wouldn’t it be better to kill them all?” Jacklyn asked, sounding confused.
“My dear, it is not about killing all of them. It is about sending a message” Gellert answered softly in place of Harry. “Though I have a better idea. Instead of letting anyone escape, we can turn them into the message” Gellert suggested and Harry agreed, the plan was splendid, but there was a slight problem. Gellert was thinking like a Dark Lord and Harry didn’t want to kill everyone without exception, no matter how appealing it sounded.
|Hadrian, I believe you should follow his plan| Lily decided to finally pitch in as the idea was quite appealing to her.
|No, I won’t be killing everyone. That is not how I want to introduce my group to the world| Harry refused without missing a beat. He wanted to be ruthless and brutal, but at the same time, he wanted to come out as somewhat benevolent at the same time.
“No, the one who is in charge of this branch will become our message, but if someone escapes, then they have earned their right to live, and I can always kill them on a later date if they try something foolish like revenge” Harry said firmly while staring at Gellert who simply shrugged. He would have protested, but he had long realized that he was no longer a leader.
“I will message you before we start the attack” Harry said as he turned to look at Jacklyn, who simply nodded her head in understanding. An investigation was going to be boring and she would be probably bored to death if she decided to accompany them. “And, both of you, behave. I will be very displeased if I came to learn that a fistfight broke out between you two” Harry gave both Jacklyn and Violetta a pointed look as he spoke.
After that, Harry and Gellert simply Disapparated, leaving behind Violetta and Jacklyn alone in the room. With a huff, Jacklyn stood up and decided to make her way to the training room as there was a high chance that a fight might break out if she stayed here… Violetta was Bitch with a capital B, but unfortunately, she had her uses…
<Line Break> (A few hours later)
“So, what do you think?” Harry asked Gellert with an ice cream cone in his hand as he stared at the New York Guild branch building with a disinterested look on his face.
“They are weak…” Gellert trailed off with a straight face. “From what I have learned from dear Himera, the Guild is a new organization, but unfortunately for them, they don’t know how the world works” Gellert answered as he took a bite from his ice cream bar. They did have ice cream in his time too and Gellert would admit that he missed ice cream in Nurmengard.
Harry nodded his head in agreement. While the Guild was quite powerful, at least that is what Himera believed, their strength came from their numbers and their wide reach. Unfortunately for them, that was a boon and a curse at the same time as they never came to face anyone who could raze a branch of theirs to the ground on their own…
Unluckily, both Harry and Gellert were capable of such a feat on their own. Dumbledore and Voldemort were also capable of such a feat, but neither Dumbledore or Voldemort were a threat for obvious reasons…
Without anything else to say, Harry sent a message to Jacklyn through her Mark and only after a minute, a portal appeared beside Harry and Jacklyn stepped through the portal. Gellert watched the portal with a curious gleam in his eyes and since Harry had promised to teach him how to create them, Gellert had an incentive to keep being loyal to Harty, not that he was planning to betray the boy in the first place.
Gellert had long realized that betraying Harry would be a bad way to go…
“Remember, we are not killing everyone, so if you find a non-combatant, spare them. Do the same for anyone who surrenders, and don’t worry, I will be watching your backs” Harry said as he exchanged glances with both Gellert and Jacklyn.
The two of them nodded their heads with determined looks on their faces before they finally started to move toward the Guild building…
Comments
Soon, pretty soon. In five chapters or something close...
Arceus73
When will Harry meet Daphne?
