Chapter 206 - 205- Joining in

HARRY'S POV

"You called?" Harry asked waving the two sides mirror at the Professor.

It was 1 AM and the Professor used their business mirror to call him.

"Thank you for coming." Snape said. "I have a proposal for an additional business partner."

Harry raised his brow at that. "Really? Who?"

"Me." A voice was heard from the storage room and Lucius Malfoy came out.

"Seriously?" Harry asked. "Did you plan this dramatic entrance? Because I already knew you were there, I just thought the Professor and you might be in a physical relationship."

Of course Harry knew Lucius was there, his AI told it to him before he even came in.

"Well, you know Severus, always one for the dramatics." Lucius answered with a laugh.

"I wasn't the one to suggest it!" The potion Professor scowled at the blond man.

"Oh Sev, I was only joking." Lucius was rolling his eyes.

"You know, neither of you denied my accusation of a relationship between the two of you." Harry smiled mischievously.

"That's because I won't even entertain you with answering to this poor attempted of a joke." Now Snape was scrawling at him.

"Anyway..." Lucius tried to make the conversation return to the topic. "I know I have ill reputation, considering the whole 'Used to be a Death Eater' thing, even though I was under the imperious, but I'm known for my success in the business world, and I have the connections and money you need to make Wonder Alley the most successful shop ever."

Harry looked at him for a second and then at the Professor, before bursting in laughter out loud. "You... Connections... money...." their faces were frozen as they were stunned at his loss of calmness. "Sorry about that." he said after calming down. "It's just that what you said was the dumbest thing I've ever heard." Harry then turned to his business partner. "Why the hell did you bring him here?"

Snape looked confused at his business partner. "Because he does have the connections and money... plus, there is the other side of our business in which he can help." Harry knew the reason why the professor said the second part vaguely, their oath prevented him from telling anyone about their partnership in regards to the war.

Harry narrowed his eyes.

"You seem confused about the difference between connections and good connections... Lucius, do you think the 'common folks' opinion of you is positive?

The question made Lucius take a step back. "Why would I care about them?"

Harry rolled his eyes. "Because they are Wonder Alley's target clientele, and your reputation as a Death Eater, and let's cut the crap, you were one and everyone knows it, will make people buy less from us, even if they have to go to more expensive places."

"What about Severus than? He has worse reputation than me." Lucius said.

"The Professor's reputation will be an easy fix, just explain how Dumbledore told him to act mean to the students with the exception of Slytherin as a way to make sure when Voldy returns he can still be a spy, of course, we will do that after he 'escapes' with almost deadly, but not permanent, wounds. A few speeches about how sorry he is, and maybe a year teaching all those who want to walk in potion-related jobs for free as long as they work in Wonder Alley afterwards, with the potions that are sold cheaply that we will sell right after, and the entire population will consider him a Saint." The two a.d.u.l.ts had their jaw open as they looked at him with shock.

"What about money?" Lucius tried "You would need it to develop your shop."

"Please, with the way Wonder Alley is operating in profit right now, even before we fully introduced all the ways we have to improve Dueling Monster Cards and the potions shop, money is the last thing we need."

Lucius seemed to punic for a second before calming down. "What do you need me for? You wouldn't have told me all that is you didn't need me at all."

"Before we do any of that, let's make an oath."

A quick, unbreakable oath to keep each other's secrets, later, and Harry explained what he needed Lucius for.

"You see, your reputation, as we already established, is horrible for most of the society of the Wizarding part of Britain, with the exception of the purebloods who support the movement and the shadier parts of our world, which means, that if we want some things to sell to those parts, we can use that reputation you have." Harry then pulled out a CAD He brought with him. "Like this for example."

"Isn't that the new wand the department of mystery developed?" Lucius asked. "The one that they are having the students use from this year forward?"

Professor Snape understood immediately the truth behind that. "You invented those?!"

"As if the department of mystery could invent those things." Harry snorted before smirking. "Yes, I invented those things, and I want to replace wands with those entirely."

"Why?" Severus asked

"Because the muggle world at this point has developed a camera capable of acting as a pensive, and people waving a stick and inexplicable things happen will be noticed eventually, leading to the reveal of our world." Harry said grimly "those things look like advanced muggle technology, making people either ignore the people who hold those things or think of this as a muggle equipment instead of magic."

"And why should we care about muggles finding us?" Lucius asked.

"Because even if we win in a war against them, which we could, if we were United and there weren't any magical people who would support the muggles, there is a very large chance we will destroy the world in the process." Lucius grimaced, showing he understood where I was coming from.

"So you want me to make this as a new fashion for the rock while making it attractive to the shady people?"

"Oh, I want more than that, If our Professor over here should end as a Saint for the ordinary people, you will become the leader of the Dark side of our world, both of you will take over the two sides, Snape from the headmaster and you from your leader."

Harry could see the greed shine in Lucius eyes.

"When do we start?"

Harry just gained another ally.