36 Magical Contracts

Harry came To room no. 11 while he instructed Tom to send well-known figures first to his room.

He needed this step to be perfect because this will help him in the future war against the worst dark wizard ever.

He asked for 15 minutes, so he can freshen up for the upcoming meeting as it will take a long time for the meetings to end, and he didn't want to mess this up. He called Tom to send the first person in the room after he had settled down.

Tom came in with a middle-aged woman. "Young master, let me introduce her first. She is the owner of Slug & Jiggers which is in the Diagon Alley." and Tom left them to talk.

"Please, have a seat, madame," Harry offered and continued, "You might already know about Us, So I won't go in detail. We just visited your shop a while ago and found it closed without any notice. And look at the turn of the events! You were here to meet Us and We Went to your Shop." Harry laughed, and she joined him too, "Indeed."

Harry said" As We mentioned in the advertisement that We need these 40 ingredients. Constant Supply for 10 years or We can buy all of them you have now. It is entirely up to you." Harry handed her a parchment.

"40! Hmm, I can provide two of them, as for rest, I have some of them too." She pointed at two of the names.

"Excellent. We can form a Magical contract for these two, and We will buy the rest of them a spot on." The two names she pointed out were different from Malfoy's previous Five.'7 down, 33 to go.'

They drew Magical contract, and both of them were happy about that.

"Please, start preparing them as We will need the first batch next week," Harry requested.

"I will do it right away," she seems unwilling to go, "Would you like to check quality?"

Harry was sure that it seemed like double Meaning, but still, he tries to uphold his bearing. "We believe in you but if you have ingredients with you, We wouldn't mind looking at it." Harry saw her coming inside the room with just a small handbag, thus he said that. But to Harry's shock, she smiled and put her in hand in the bag, and her whole hand went inside.

'Merlin's beard! How can a small bag contain her whole hand?!'

"What is that?" Harry exclaimed.

While System came to his rescue and answered: "Extension Charm. It will extend the internal dimensions of the target object without affecting the external dimensions. This charm is advanced magic, and beware, it is heavily controlled by the Ministry."

The lady was surprised that the young master was asking about something trivial, but she still answered, "It is Undetectable Extension Charm cast on my handbag."

Harry felt like a fool to ask with compulsion."Of course, We know that. We were just surprised to find you have one."

She replied with pride in her voice, "It is heavily controlled by the Ministry, but I got permission as I am one of the leading merchants." Harry pretended and nodded as he knew what she meant.

She took out one ingredient after another and showed Harry while talking about its characteristic.

Harry was more than happy to hear about its practical use and characteristics from someone who is experienced.

They talked for about half an hour about potions, but it was disturbed by Tom.

He knocked on the door and said, "Yong master, I am not trying to be rude but others are getting impatient."

Harry replied, "Few moments."

Harry turned to her with an apologetic smile, "Others are waiting, so we had to finish this meeting now, but We are sure that we will have more chances to talk in future." He said goodbye to her and walked her till the door after he instructed Tom to send the next one.

Harry knew that she was interested in him, if they had talked more, it might have lead to something, but he knew now wasn't the time.

The next one was the owner of a shop called Apothecary. He was an old but energetic man. He had one ingredient for constant supply, so they made Magical contract, and Harry bought other ingredients.

To Harry's shock, he too took out an old rusty handbag with Extension Charm.

Harry was burning with jealousy and envy. He decided to learn this charm no matter what and put it on top priority.

Harry met with everyone after that. Most of them came to sell ingredients, and Harry gladly buys it. But he was somewhat disappointed as none of the others came with a constant supply. So he decided to ask Lucius for help as he needed a middleman, to introduce him to other pureblood families because only they are rich enough to supply him every year.

It was evening when he was done meeting everyone. He left the pub as there was no need to stay. He will come back tomorrow for a new merchant if there are any.

He couldn't wait for the next day as he had asked Lucius for a favor, and Harry expected him to complete it. He was more excited about it than learning Extension Charm.

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Next chapter: Hidden Mission.