Autor's Note
English is not my mother tongue, so I appreciate your support for any corrections.
Christopher calls their attention and offers them tea while Robert cleans the Pensieve and puts out a second table where all the papers got sorted out and set to begin with the second part...
Once all of them were seated and had a cup of tea, Robert starts the reading of the assets, with the voice of Severus...
"I Severus Snape, son of the muggle Tobias Snape and the pure-blood witch Eileen Prince, therefore half-blood, First Class Master in Potions, First Class Master in Occlumency and Legilimency, in my own right and within the boundaries of the law in both the wizard and Muggle world I assign my assets in the following way...
"To Petunia Evans, sister of the love of my life, I know that you are married now and that your name is Dursley, but for me you always be an Evans, I know of your husband, I have seen him and your son, I can say I'm surprise of who they are, but your son seems to be growing out of the habits he had has boy, I confess I peek a little in Potter head and saw him be bullied by him, so I hope this help you to be happy and to help you family to grow in happiness more than possessions, I left for you, the cup you haven't been able to let go, my gift to Lily when we were kids, the house of your parents that I bought soon after their death and that has been on lease ever since, manage by a muggle company and all the profit as been put in an bank account on my name, the repairs and other issues had been cover with that same money so there are no ties for you regarding investing money o covering losses, I'll leave you the details with the wizard that certainly as already contact a muggle lawyer for you to claim and manage as you see fit..." Petunia exchange looks with the older man guessing he was the lawyer but remains in her seat until the end of the reading.
"To Ronald Bilius Weasley, been the six boy, I know the majority of your stuff had been passing through from your brothers, so this is yours, my entire wardrobe...kidding, burn my clothes please, but I leave you my set of Wizard's Chess, is a limited edition golden and silver pieces, also there is an invitation for the Wizard's Chess Qualifiers World Championship to be held in Scotland, I know you don't have the money to go, but I do, I'm a long standing shadow member of the English Committee and I have the right to mentor anyone I see fit, in 11 years I have never sponsor anyone, don't disappoint me, nothing less that the World Championship, Weasley, once you are in, the wizard will give you the other half of my inheritance for you, in this case the total sum of 30,000 Golden Galleons, just for make it to the World Championship, all the information is on the envelope that the wizard of wills has" Ron was pale, he never expected to be given money or an invitation to the most exclusive Championship of the world, he certainly was going to take it, Robert show him the Board and the pieces, it was magnificent, he will have to start using it if he want the pieces to trust him and help him win, so he stay put and wait until the end of the reading to take them.
"To Minerva McGonagall, I can't begin to thank you for all your tolerance and patience, especially this last seven years with all the 'I hate Potter' speech, first of all, I have a very dangerous laboratory on my house, been the most competent witch I know I'll ask of you to take it apart, with care, you can recruit Slughorn's help for it, if anything all he is going to ask is to keep the ingredients for free, don't let him, I have a box of bottled potions for him to sale as payment, but not let him take anything, if he insist sell him the ingredients and put the money in the Ministry found for orphans so they have robes and materials for going to Hogwarts when the time come, the prices are in a list in the wizard possession, take off the 10% so he perceive a discount, if not, sale them in full price, some of them back in the Diagon Alley and others in the Knockturn Alley, for this recruit Hagrid to sell them so nobody see you there, do the same with the money, for kids, the ones for the Knockturn Alley have a star in the list, also I left you tree bookshelfs of my library that contain all the books of Transfiguration that I possess, I know you have a lot, but those are special, several of them are in runes and others are related to the Dark Arts, I know you despise them, but this knowledge is for your book, the reason why you probably are so frustrated while writing it is because you don't have access to certain areas of the Transfiguration process, that is why I leave you those books." Minerva was ecstatic, she certainly was at a crossroads with her book given the nature of the Transfiguration and his use in both kinds of Arts.
"To Poppy Pomfrey I left you a Bottled Potions box, this box is different of the Slughorn's regarding the potions, these bottles are of the experiments we use to talk about, we weren't sure if it was possible to do some of them, after a few problems, I got it Poppy, I leave you the exact recipe in the little black book inside the box, the book as a special seal, our secret is the key, take the box to St. Mungo's and verify the success, if work as we hope, you may be sitting in a small fortune for it. Also, I left for the both of you my little cottage in the Lake District, just as the Evans house, is been rented from season to season, since I bought it I never been back, but the expenses not covered by the tenants are cover by me, certainly, there are not been problems since the cottage is mostly for wizards, so there are has been a lot of magic involved in repairs or expansions, in any case, I left it to you both as a late or early anniversary present, since I really don't know the exact date of your wedding, oh, right, I also left you the 40% of my fortune resting in the vault 1086 in Gringotts, to use as you please." Minerva and Poppy were in complete shock, both of them were crying and holding hands.
"To Rosmerta & Aberforth I'm not going to reveal your secrets, but you are my best friends and even when you have never asked for anything I leave to you all the contents of my house with the exception of the books, the wizard has the list of items and also the remaining 60% of my fortune resting in the vault 1086 in Gringotts, this is for you to improve and restore The Three Broomsticks Inn and Pub & The Hog's Head Pub, thank you for been my friends and for taking care of my burial service" Rosmerta & Aberforth were moved, but they contain the tears and just smile.
"To Viktor Krum, Mr. Krum you don't know me more than the year you spend as a student in Hogwarts and the handful of times I catch you with Granger," both blushed at the mention of their escapades "so in reality, what I ask from you is a payment for the help I provide you in the Defense of Durmstrang, I don't need much from you, as a First Class Master in Potions, I often help with research or making of new potions, as you see from my inheritance to Mrs. Pompfrey, I need you to help me with the delivery of my latest contributions, usually I travel in the summer to see different first class potions masters around the world, I know that as an International Quidditch player you often travel a lot in your tours, so you know your way around the travel and locations, obviously I don't now in which point of the year I'm going to die, I have a list of a Potions Masters, kind of a club, in possession of the wizard in charge, we often work together but we are a little paranoid and we know better that to send owls, what I require from you Mr. Krum is to travel and visit those wizards and witches in my name, the news of my demise are already out there, but we have and understanding, you see our apprentices or heirs are send after our deaths to visit the ones that are still alive, because of the nature of our contributions we never send anything by owl, always personal delivers when samples are involved, they aren't that many, but they are as apart as to be in Cape Town, Nairobi, Paraíba, Ottawa, Sydney, Tokio, Seoul and Oymyakon, we tried to get reunited once a year, this year we agree on Tokio, the reunion is on the 28 of June, if I die before this date, you only need to do one trip, going to that location and deliver my work, but If I die after, I'm sorry, when you travel to Oymyakon bring warm clothes, the temperatures is around -58° F average during the winter..." Krum thanks all the stars that Snape died in May, he was not a fan of the cold, even when he studied in Durmstrang the temperature was never below -35° F in winter. "I know I say that this was the payment for my help in the Battle of Durmstrang but the real payment is the set of books I'm giving to you, I know you already are proficient in magic, but all this time you have been oriented to Quidditch, but I believe you are more than a seeker, so, the books I left for you is the bookshelf next to the door in my home, those are a lot of different subjects, they apply both for the wizarding world and the muggle world, there are several of muggle literature as well practical books of spells, improvements, things like that, all of them are in English so it will help you to learn the language a little better and to understand muggles a lot better, in case you want to travel or live muggle style..." Viktor was a little pale, not only for the mission ahead of him but for the fact that the professor knew about his interest of becoming something more than a Quidditch player, he didn't know what but there were no doubts about the muggle studies, he wants to understand better the world of Hermione...
"Potter, there are several things I like you to have, in the shed at the left of the patio you're at, the first item you'll see is a tiny broomstick, a set of books and photographs as well as a few pictures of your mother that I take from the Potter house that you may find interesting, also I find a set of letters, you mother wrote them for you in case she didn't survive, I didn't give them to you because they are dated, my guess is that Lupin or Sirius should have given to you, but the first on scene was me so I took them, they are only tree, for your 17 birthday, your wedding day and the birth of your first child, so you may only open the first one now, and the others as time progress I guess, since you are as predictable as any Gryffindor, you'll take a job in the Auror's office, so I left to you the bookshelf I have about Dark Arts, because the first thing you need to know is how they work and then you will be able to defend yourself against them, enjoy your life, boy, don't be arrogant or overeager, be as you have been for the last seven years, just a little bit selfish, this past seven years have been about survive, now is time for you to live..." Harry was a little upset about the letters that he had to keep from him, but he understood the reasons behind it and he was crying to see how much Snape had loved his mother...
"Ms. Granger, you are the most brilliant witch of your generation, and even when you are a little presumptuous you certainly have a gift, the rest of my library is yours, all the thirteen bookshelf's left" Hermione almost faints at this "they are mountains of knowledge, I know you will be eager to read them, but please remember that life is more that books, try to enjoy your life a little bit, also, there are a few notes I put in the books, little parchments, with notes about where and in which order to read them, several of them are for read in your seven year, since I'm sure you will be back to Hogwarts to finish school, those books combined with the class program, will make you even better if not the best Hogwarts ever seen, once you finish school, make sure you take time for yourself, I know you'll want to have a plan, but please, don't, take a year, travel, study something else, maybe muggle related, be with your family, I don't care, just do something else that be Hermione Granger the best witch ever, I know you'll have concerns regarding how to support yourself after school and without working, don't be afraid, you are muggleborn so you know what is an investment account and I have one, it used to belong to my father, he never really had much, but he had a life insurance in place and the insurance company gave me near 250,000 pounds as soon as he died, I haven't touch it since my father death as reflex I put every single pound in an diverse investment fund and buried it, I check with the bank and the account manager every once in a while so they brief me about the diverse opportunity ventures and for them to know I'm still alive, but I really only use it once for the purchase of the Evan's home and the cottage, other than that, I don't bother to check the amount, I spend much more time in the wizard world but maybe the muggle lawyer will have the statement of the bank for you, please enjoy your life and chose for yourself, be whatever you want to be."
"Finally, the house where you are now, Aberforth as one of my executors, you'll have to make sure it gets sold and half of the money has to be put in a muggle home for orphans in London, the other half Rosmerta, put it on a care home with nursing for muggles, check with the muggle lawyer the best way to do it anonymously, also, I have seven patents for potions that are currently been using in St. Mungo's, half of the patent belong to Poppy, but the other half is mine, so my earnings had to be directed instead of my vault in Gringotts to Hogwarts, every single Knut for repairs, equipment, furniture, staff, etc., whichever the Headmaster need, so, Minerva, as new Headmaster, you won't have to worry that much about expenses, I know you will be an excellent Headmaster..." Minerva was nearly in tears, in reality, Hogwarts needs a lot of work after the battle, it was one of the reasons why they start summer early, they were doing repairs and not everything was fixable with magic...
Robert then took a small vial, a single string on a test tube, and put it on the Pensieve...
"I know this is too much to ask, but if you can, think of me once in a while and put a flower in my grave, also, live your life's better than I live mine, with love and adventures, with more knowledge and fun, be free of the shadow of evil, after all, the difference between the fall of Grindelwald and the rise of Voldemort was almost 50 years, maybe the wizarding world as learn, if not, well, maybe you already be with me by the time the next great evil come to pass...so if you allow me, wizard, the glasses..." Robert had taken glasses and two bottles and start serving "Raise your glasses to please, this is muggle gin and whiskey, your choice, my mother once told me that the toasts are better among muggles, she also spends a lot of time with drunken Irish man, so forgive me in advance, is the only toast I know...This is it for you... my chosen love ones...
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
And may you be in Heaven for half-hour
before the devil knows you're dead!
See you on the other side..."
Robert, Harry, and Ron had chosen whisky while Minerva, Poppy, Rosmerta, and Hermione chose gin and all of them got choke on it by drink it in one swing...
While Petunia, Viktor, Christopher, and Aberforth had chosen whisky and after drink the first one in one swing they were serving another like it was water, Harry was surprised since he had never seen his aunt drinking, let alone whisky, she just shrugged and pour herself a third drink, Hermione was also puzzled, but Viktor shrugged telling her that most English People were weak, Bulgarian muggle brews were a lot more strong, he was surprised about Petunia resistance, but she did slow it down after the third...
