Chapter 308: Commissions

Chapter 308: Commissions

Literally everyone in the castle was aware that he could create fairly solid enchantments for all manner of things. The best example of this was the playmaker rings that more than a few people were dying to get their hands on. To be fair though Malfoy still goes around making an ass of himself by bragging about his own ring that was all shiny and pretty to look at. Nick had to screen the people coming for commissions as more than a few were clearly trying to rip him off.-

Like a first year Slytherin student actually thought that Nick was stupid enough not to realize why he wanted a solid gold ring with an enchantment to get away with sleeping in class for cheap. The student tried to argue that Nick shouldn't be charging for materials at which point Nick kicked him out. Unless someone provided the material themselves he was definitely going to charge for them or else it comes out of his pocket. Despite the few trouble makers he did get quite the eclectic and varied set of orders. From waterbreathing , to flight the list was extensive and made Nick's friends wonder why someone would even want some of them like the person who wanted a ring that purred like a cat when stroked.-

Hermione and Daphne were both quickly becoming fluent in elder futhark as they rarely made any mistakes anymore when they wrote out sentences. Harry and Luna showed the greatest improvement however as when they dueled now the only advantage Harry had over Luna was his much larger mana pool. Nick still won whenever he dueled against them but he worked up a sweat so long as he didn't use any vicious moves to end the matches early. Tracy on the other hand was stuck in what may as well be crafting limbo as Nick told her to create something from scratch without copying something else.-

All decent craftsmen need to learn how to think of designs and patterns for what they make which was a lot harder than one would think. Tracy wasn't the most imaginative person so struggled to come up with something from the top of her head. Still other than that she had already memorized the list of metals Nick had given her as well as their properties. While he worked on his list of commissions Nick also published his study on the merfolk community living in the black lake.-

It didn't make too much of an impact on the wizarding community at large but it was mentioned in a few small research newspapers and a tiny spot in the daily prophet. As promised Dumbledore got a copy of it for himself while the Hogwarts library also got a copy. Nick may seem carefree during this time but he was watching for any sign of Voldemort making a move. He knew the man wouldn't be able to sit still for very long and was bound to do something to advance his agenda.