AN: edited by dainemalfoy
Harry is rich like it or lump it
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They had to wait about five minutes, before the same goblin as before came and escorted them back to the office. Inside sat Snoutlout behind his desk as he was before, but now the three chairs were turned so that they could face both his desk and a much smaller work table that had been set up with a very stately man behind it.
The man stood and came to greet them. "Johnathan Archer. It's a pleasure to meet you all. I and my father before me have been the Potter family retainer for over 75 years. Father was very perturbed when he was blocked time and again from seeing young Mr. Potter here. But since Mr. Black was incarcerated and Mrs. Longbottom was attacked, and the Potter's wills sealed, there was nothing we could legally do without Mr. Potter himself. Father, and myself since his passing 4 years ago, have been compiling a case just waiting to catch Mr. Potter so we could set everything into motion." He explained while shaking Lou and Harry's hands and kissing the back of Tiffany's.
"I'm sorry for the loss of your father." Tiffany said. Johnathan nodded in acknowledgment. "I'm Tiffany Thomson and this is my father. We unofficially adopted Harry when he was 6. My family and Ms. Masefield, my boss, have been caring for him as best as we can ever since." She explained.
"Snoutlout told me about Mr. Potter living with his Aunt. I can assure you, she will be added to our list of law suits and I will have some muggle officers escort you to their residence to collect anything you wish from there, and collect evidence for my case. But I promise you, Mr. Potter, will not stay another night in that house. I think at least until he starts school this year, where ever that may be," He quickly added as not to anger anyone, "you and your family should stay in one of the Potter houses. There are several and they have some very powerful wards around them that can protect you from anyone that may wish Mr. Potter harm."
"What's a ward?" Harry asked.
"A ward is like an invisible magical bubble around something, usually a home. Each ward has a function. Most homes have 5 basic wards; restricted floo access, anti-fire, anti-weather damage, structural support and intruder alarms." Snoutlout explained. "I know the Potter manor that was destroyed the night your grandparents were killed had many more wards. Reports from that night say that 8 of the attackers were killed or incapacitated by the wards before they were broken. If not for the sheer number of attackers and your grand-sires health, they may have escaped."
Harry nodded, "My grandfather was sick?"
"Yes Mr. Potter." Johnathan said sadly. "Charles Potter, your grandfather, was hit with a dark curse while fighting Grindelwald years before. His strong magic was all that was keeping him alive by that time. His bones were being eaten away by the curse. It was horrible." The man said with his head bowed.
Harry nodded, saddened that he would never get to meet his grandparents, but glad to know more about them.
Tiffany spoke up to change the subject from that grim tale. "Have you had time to get a list for us?"
"Yes I have. These are for the top five. You can look over them but I think these two are the best options." Snoutlout replied handing over five files with the two mentioned on top.
Tiffany, already liking this goblin, only took the top two, handing the others to her father to look at.
The first was Anthony Brigsby. A 34 year old halfblood with two sons aged 8 and 6. His wife and soul mate had died of dragon pox two years ago and he was doing well raising the two boys. His job with the bank was evaluating and cataloging items with rare curses on them to be handed off to a specialist. He'd worked for the bank over 15 years and was an outstanding employee. There was also two photos in the file. The first showed a slim young looking man with short brown hair and yellow hawk like eyes. He was dressed like an average businessman. The second showed the same man from the back in only his underwear. His mate's name was in large letters curling in a serpentine-like fashion down his left thigh each word curling out from alternating sides so that the overall design was very abstract.
The other file caused Tiffany to pause. Her cheeks turned pink from ogling the man's picture, not even reading the name. He was broad with a shoulder to waist ratio of a Dorito. His long red hair drew her into his intelligent baby blue eyes.
Pulling her eyes away, she squeaked when she read the name. William 'Bill' Arthur Weasley. Her mate, this Greek god could be her mate. Taking a few minutes for her mind to process that information she read the rest of the file. He was a 21 year old pureblood, no wife, children or significant other was listed, but in the family section there was a list of eight names. Since six were male names she assumed they were his parents and siblings. She had trouble getting her head around 6 siblings though. It said he was a curse breaker and had been promoted to that position just two years after joining the bank. It was noted as an achievement so she assumed that meant it usually took longer. He'd been working for the bank for four years and was currently finishing an assignment in Cairo.
"You think Mr. Weasley is my mate?" She asked, face still pink.
"Yes I do. This is a picture of his mate mark." Snoutlout said handing it over.
It took her a minute to see the mark, she was too busy devouring the man's bare chest. There, hung like a party banner from his collar bones was TIFFANY in bold letters. Most of the words were filled in and those that weren't were close. There was; Trust ng, Intel gent, Fidge y, Focu ed, Atte ive, Nosy and Y uth ul. It was easy to tell the words were; Trusting, Intelligent, Fidgety, Focused, Attentive, Nosy and Youthful. She blushed a bit more at nosy and fidgety. Just as she did, she had to stop herself from fidgeting which made her blush darker.
"I see." She said, trying to keep the squeak out of her voice and failing.
Lou chuckled, taking the folder and reading about his daughters supposed mate. "All these names are his brothers, sister, and his parents?" he asked.
"Yes, his parents are Molly and Arthur, siblings Charles, Perseus, George, Fredrick, Ronald, and Ginevra."
"Fredrick?" Harry asked hand going to his bicep.
"Yes." Snoutlout said in conformation.
"Is that your mate's name?" Johnathan asked taking in the motion and pinking of Harry's cheeks.
"We think so sir." Harry replied, cheeks bright with embarrassment. He didn't know how he felt about his soul mate being a guy.
Johnathan smiled at him. "There is nothing to be ashamed about. I know in the muggle world there are people who look down on that kind of relationship, but here in the magical world, same sex relationships are treated the same as any other. Due to the nature of magic those couples are able to have children. Don't ask me for the mechanics of how that works. For those questions I suggest seeing a mediwitch at St. Mungo's. But my soul mate is a man. I haven't met him yet be he is." Johnathan turned and lifted the back of his jacket, showing the name Andrew on his low back. They couldn't make out any other words as they ran up under his clothes.
Harry looked the name over and then smiled he lifted his sleeve and showed the FREDRI down his arm.
To take the attention off Harry, Tiffany again got them back on topic. "I think we should wait until Mr. Weasley is back in the country and talk to him. If he's interested in taking care of Harry and pursuing a relationship, then he can be Harry's guardian. If not, we will go with Mr. Brigsby."
"That sounds reasonable." Snoutlout told them in agreement. "If you can come back in on the 20th, that's the day after he arrives, we can have the discussion then. Moving on. I have done an audit on Mr. Potter's trust account and nothing is amiss. I am currently running full audits on the 7 other vaults I am a manager of and have encouraged my fellow managers to do the same. The Potter ancestral vault will take much longer to audit due to its vastness. Since that cannot be accessed until the 21st a full business day after the conclusion of our custody meeting, it shouldn't be an issue. I do believe we should do an inheritance test so there are no surprises in a few years when it will be required to take the Potter Lordship."
Lou nodded. "I'm guessing that will show other families he is now the head of due to the losses in the war?"
"Yes exactly and it will show any bequeaths given to him from various families either due to an alliance or to him as the boy hero."
"Speaking of, we were able to seize the mail that has been prevented from coming to you directly by a mail ward. There are many fan letters and gifts that have arrived over the years especially on your birthday. We have been issuing a general thank you to the senders and had the items placed in your trust vault if you would like to look at them. We also have all the letters in an old back log. Along with all the good gifts, there were several cursed letters and items. Each of those have also been kept in a secure location and again we have been waiting to press charges against those senders we have identified."
Harry nodded in understanding. "Tiffany, can we come Sunday, if the bank is open and look at those things. I'd like to write to the people personally. They were nice enough to send me something, I should respond myself."
Tiffany smiled at him "Alright Harry. I'm sure Mr. Archer has an itemized list of senders so we can spend the days until our meeting writing replies. We'll even stop in the pet shop and get you an owl tomorrow as well."
"Mr. Potter, Gringotts only closes on the 12th of March, that's our only national holiday. Every other day of the year we are open 24/7." Snoutlout told him.
Harry smiled planning on packing a lunch and all but camping in the vault until they were done. "Sir, why March 12th?" Harry asked.
"That is the day our peace treaty was signed in year 1700BC. Before that, there were 15 goblin clans and they warred over territory and just about anything else you can think of to fight about. But that day the clans signed a treaty binding them together as one nation and to this day there has not been a goblin civil war." He explained.
"Thank you for telling me sir. I hope to learn more about your people. You and the others here at the bank have been very nice." Harry replied.
"The test." Snoutlout said ears darkening. Harry's kindness and genuine interest was so unusual it embarrassed him. "All Mr. Potter must do is again prick his finger and touch this quill to the blood. It will extract the correct amount and glow when finished. Then you place it on this parchment. It will begin to write by itself." He explained.
Harry did as he was told but was still a bit shocked as the black quill began turning red as it took his blood before glowing the same bright red when finished. He sat it down as instructed and the thing began to dance across the page. There were 9 entries when the quill went up in smoke.
"Don't worry Mr. Potter, it was meant to do that. The quill is burnt to prevent your blood from being stolen. A magical creature's blood can be used to harm or bind them in many different ways." All three of them nodded understanding, they would have to be careful of all his scrapes and cuts from now on.
"You have a few more holdings than I was expecting." Snoutlout said looking at the parchment before handing it to them.
Potter
Heir Lord, Last of Line
25 Properties; 12 Business, 13 Residential
1,982,093 Liquid assets
Net Worth: 1,793,234,917
Black
Heir Lord
9 Properties; 7 Business, 2 Residential
911,627 Liquid assets
Net Worth: 2,131,658
Finch
Heir Lord
6 Properties; 4 Business, 2 Residential
150,081 liquid assets
Net Worth: 658,222
Entwhistle
Heir Lord
3 Properties; 1 Business, 2 Residential
429,143 liquid assets
Net Worth: 767,349
Lupin
Heir Lord by non-blood adoption
(Lordship can be contested by duel, after 3 duels by different House Lupin members
Lordship cannot be contested again.)
3 Properties; 0 Business, 3 Residential
100,056 Liquid assets
Net Worth: 569,104
Slytherin
Heir Lord by Conquest
1 Properties; 0 Business, 1 Residential
0 Liquid assets
Net Worth: 2,146,619 (estimated)
Ashwinder
Heir Lord by Bequeath
0 Properties
100,009 Liquid assets
Net Worth: 150,792
Belkin
Heir by Bequeath
1 Properties; 1 Business, 0 Residential
70,106 Liquid assets
Net Worth: 135,619
Hobes
Heir by Bequeath
1 Properties; 0 Business, 1 Residential
10,198 Liquid assets
Net Worth: 70,839
Total Liquid assets: 3,753,313
Total Net Worth: 1,800,404,478
All four humans stared at the piece of paper unable to take in the vast numbers that where presented.
"How much is that?" Harry asked pointing to the Total Net Worth.
Tiffany looked at the number and nearly gawked again. She could now see why the Potter family had such an expensive looking lawyer. "That's almost 2 billion. Snoutlout, what does that convert to in pounds?"
"These numbers are in galleons. At the current exchange rate 1g is equal to 20 Euro or 17 and a half pounds." he replied
"So I have almost 28 billion pounds?" Harry asked.
"No you have roughly 16 million pounds. You are worth about 28 billion. That is, if you sold all the books, jewels, properties, and so on, that all your families own you would have that much." He explained the concept that was clearly going over the boy's head.
Harry nodded trying to understand.
"Don't worry Harry, I can help you learn how manage that money, and I can help which ever man we choose to be your regent until you come of age." Lou said. He's investment banking would come in handy here.
"Thanks." Harry said smiling at the older man.
"Th... that's more than even I expected." Johnathan said still trying to believe his eyes and ears. "I never really believed all the rumors of the dark lord being heir of Slytherin. But I don't think you have faced any other person with magic so that must be it." He said in his shock.
"Snoutlout," Tiffany said after looking over the list again. "What is the difference between these … titles? Heir Lord, and just Heir. And I am a bit confused by the Lupin family."
"Yes I'm glad you brought that up. Heir is just as the name implies Mr. Potter is the Heir to that family. Heir Lord is the same only it comes with the title of Lord, and more importantly a seat on the Wizengamont. Giving Mr. Potter, or his regent 6 votes, since there are less than 60 families currently represented that's 10percent of the body." he explained "I cannot claim to have all the answers about the Lupin family. For the actual number of members and their status you can have Lord Archer research them at the Ministry. But, as far as I know the last Lord Lupin's only son was infected with lycanthropy making him a werewolf. Werewolves are prohibited from taking Lordships and preforming blood adoptions. From that information I would assume Lord Lupin's son informally or magically adopted Mr. Potter making him heir. Whether Mr. Lupin was aware of this, I cannot say."
"Now what?" Lou asked nodding at the information and wondering what Harry would want to do with it. He knew Harry was a clever boy and would voice questions or ideas later once he was back home where he felt more secure and had time to assimilate everything.
"Well, being heir by blood, Harry is able to stay at any of the Potter, Black, Finch, or Entwhistle properties that are unoccupied." Snoutlout said to them. "I have my assistant fetching those as we speak. My suggestion would be to go home and discuss this as a family, and choose which property to live in. I also suggest you allow your regent to live with you, that way they will be able to have the wards tied to them. Some of the more powerful wards may be draining on Mr. Potter's growing magical core. Sometime over the next week, you need to meet with Lord Archer to go over your cases and law suits but I think all three of you have had enough for one day."
"You're right Snoutlout you have given us a lot to think about." Lou said. "We'll take a day or two and do as you suggest."
"Yes. Thank you for your time and help." Tiffany added with a smile as they stood to leave.
"Thank you both very much." Harry added. "I'm glad to know more about my family and that I don't have to go back to the Dursleys."
"Allow me to give you a portkey back to your house." Snoutlout said. Getting them the files and a length of rope. "This is a reusable goblin made portkey. When you wish to go home say 'home', when you want to come back say 'alley'. It will deposit you at the portkey/Apparation site in Diagon Alley which is near where you entered today. That will save on travel time and get Mr. Potter used to one of the three main forms of magical transportation."
They nodded and thanked him after getting a few tips on how it was used. The three said goodbye to Johnathan as well before leaving the bank and heading home.
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AN: Yeah chapter two is done. This one felt a bit rushed to me, sorry for again throwing a bunch of facts and figures at you.