End of the day
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"To business then" I said as I pulled a pouch seemingly out from under my cloak. "I want the materials inside to be appraised. Some of them are organic, so don't waste time before checking them."
The pouch contained small samples of some of the materials I had: elemental stones, magic stone, floating stone, pearl stone, rien stone, spirit stone, mithril, reysha steel, magic sand, sacred branch, purple mushroom, some liquids, some blood samples, some fangs and claws, some gems, a featurless gold coin made from melted santoeril coin, and some basilisk parts. For the later, why would I leave the corpse in the Chamber of Secrets when I have an inventory? All these samples were in their own containers, given only a number to identify them. The goblins didn't need to know there exact identification. I handed him the pouch.
"I want to start a business in the near future involving these materials. If they turn out to be as valuable as I think, some of them would be exclusively sold through Gringots."
Some of these materials would be so prized that they would attract unpleasant people who wouldn't want to pay, or would want to get the cash cow for themselves. I'd like to see them try to steal from the goblins. And Slipknot grinned at the idea of Gringot having exclusivity in some deal.
"I belive that the analyse of some of these could take some time, so I'll be back tomorrow to talk about it. Before I leave, I'm curious about a few things. Do you have a branch in the muggle world, or close enough links with a muggle bank, for a client to withdraw muggle money from his Gringot account directly in said bank?"
"... We do indeed have some ties with the muggle financial world. After all, the money exchanged by the muggleborns has to go somewhere. I'll have to discuss this with my supervisor. You will have an answer tomorrow. Anything else?"
"I'd like to provide a proper identity for my companion here. Both muggle and magical, discretly. Can you provide that service, or know someone I could contact to provide that service?"
"Gringots doesn't provide that kind of service. However, for a fee, I could contact the appropriate person. I would only need a photo of your companion, and a list of keys elements you would want to be part of that identity."
"Good, we will deal with all of that tomorrow. We will be back at 4pm. Good day Slipknot."
"You too Mr Potter."
After leaving my account manager, we went to my vault. I took out 100 galleons, and exchanged half into pounds when we returned to the lobby. When we left the bank, we did a bit of shopping in both Diagon Alley, and later muggle London.
For Lily, I got 2 sets of wizarding robes, a chemise and a pair of thongs, some toiletries, introducory books about the world, human history, european history, the United Kingdom, and recent history. I wasn't going to let her spend any time outside on her own until she got the basics right. For both of us, I got a few books on defense, healing, magical Britain culture, and magical Britain common laws and regulations. For myself, I got books on runes, arithmancy, maths, physics, chemistry, electronics, engineering, biology and medecine.
The scientific subjects weren' t just for my crafting. Among the joke items that I got from the game, one turned out to be extremely valuable in this world: the Solar Generator from Spiderman movie. It wasn't a craftable item, but a prize for a special achievment. That machine was at the very least 50 years ahead of anything available at that time. Setting reverse engineering aside, just studying it would put me ahead of anyone in the world in technology. I needed to reach some knowledge requierments first though. I really regretted not having taken the Hybernation Beds as well. It would have been great to research biomedical technology. Put together with my alchemy and enchanting, I could only see a fantastic future ahead of me. I couldn't help but be giddy whenever I thought of it.
We returned to Little Whinging the muggle way. We got to a secluded corner and I had Lily hide under my invisibility cloak. She followed me as I returned to Privet Drive. It was past 5pm, and only Petunia was present. She was in an irritable mood, most likely due to my little prank, and didn't want to see me. That suited me just fine. I went to my room, careful to let Lily in, and closed the door. Even a minute in Petunia's presence was annoying. Lily returned my cloak and looked around.
"It is small, but cosy" Lily remarked. "From your previous words, I didn't think they would let you have such proper furnitures."
"They didn't. These furnitures were all aquired and brough here by me. I placed a ward around the room to discourage them from coming here and bothering me. It also keep most of the noises inside. We won't be bothered here. You see that perch over there. It's for my owl, Hedwig. She's a smart girl, and is likely resting inside right now. Come here" I indicated to move in front of the wardrobe. "This, here, is my secret lair."
I opened the wardrobe, then pulled the hidden lever, revealing the workshop. Lily's eyes widened in shock. I pulled her inside by the hand.
"This is my workshop. I didn't tell you before, but aside from being a wizard, I'm secretly a meister. It's a personalized title. It means I'm an expert smith, woodcrafter, tailor, technician, alchemist and enchanter. Of course, you're to keep everything I've shown you a secret."
"Yes! Of course master!" she hastly replied as she straightned herself.
I gave her a quick tour, then took her back to the room. I had her sit at the desk, and took out several books. I placed them on the desk in front of her with a smile.
"As you're new in this world, you have a lot of things to learn. Until you've learned the content of these books to a satisfactory level, you won't be allowed to leave the room. Except when I need to take you out for some business. And that's not counting the other few things I want you to learn."
"O-of course" she said in a slightly disappointed voice. "This much won't be a problem at all, master."
"Come and get me if my relatives call for me."
"Yes master."
I returned to my workshop, leaving the doors open. I had plenty of exotic materials with me, but the amount was limited. When I gave myself these items, it was with the premise that I would be able to harvest more later in the game. But I wasn't in the game. The only way to get a supply of these materials was to reproduce them. That would have been impossible, if I didn't have several philosopher stones with me.
They were the greatest alchemical ingredients and catalysts one could hope to have. The ability to turn a base element into another could, on a larger scale, turn a complex material into another. One would think that, even with 10 philosopher stones, I would soon reach a limit and exhaust them. They wouldn't be wrong, but I had something else to make up for that. An incredible power source that could be used to prevent the philospoher stones from burning themselves out. The Solar Reactor.
Once I got proficient enough with technology, I would be able to at least activate it and use it safely. Designing a system to use its energy for the phylosopher stones wouldn't be difficult. Designing the process to reproduce any of my prized materials using common materials? That was going to require more work, and a finer knowledge of physics, chemistry, runes and arithmancy than I curently had. Then there was the minor body ritual I wanted to perform on my 13th birthday, which required a better knowledge of biology. I was going to be very busy for the rest of the summer.
Since the Dursley didn't bother me for diner, I stayed in my workshop and prepared diner for Lily and I in the Wonder Kitchen. Any professional or enthusiast would agree with the name. Even though I wasn't an expert in kitchenwares, these were definitly top quality, quite varied for all kind of cooking, andreally did make it easier and more efficient.
For the first time since my transmigration, I actually enjoyed cooking. Lily and I ate in the rest area of the workshop, at a small square table. When she took her first bite of the food, she smiled with a small blush. Lily was already a pretty girl, but the expression she had made her even more beautiful. When I asked her how the food was, she gave a downgraded compliment, but I was fine with that. After the meal, she volunteered to do the dish. I was a little surprised, but I shouldn't have been since she was my servant and not a guest.
I relexed with a soda as I watched her work in the kitchen. I would have been staring at her butt if her current dress didn't hide its most definitly attractive shape from sight. I was already thinking about the kind of flattering if not skimpy outfits I would made for her in the near future. Something to wear just for my eyes. And she wasn't going to be the only girl for whom I would make outfits. Thinking about all of that made little Harry stand to attention. I thought I would need to release some pressure in the bathroom later when I realised my mistake.
I didn't have a personal bathroom. I had planned on still using the Dursley's, and didn't think about Lily. She would have to sneak in with me to wash herself, or wait for the Dursleys to be away to use either the bathroom or the toilets. I was all too much okay with her sharing the bathroom with me. After all, I didn't bother preparing a second bed because I was counting on sharing it with her as well. But I scrapped the idea of bathing with her. She was to attractive for me to resist taking her right there in the bathroom. However, she was also a young succubus. If I tried to fuck her before I did my ritual, she might very well drain me to critical levels.
The Dursleys were watching the tv after their diner when I decided to use the bathroom. I had Lily sneak in with my invisibility cloak just in case one of them came by. Once the door was locked, I recovered my cloak. The Dursley bathroom didn't have a shower, but a bathtub. Lily got in and pulled the curtain close before taking her of clothes. While she got a proper bath, I got a towel bath myself. I didn't want to wait for her to finish before I got in, that would be too much time spent in the bathroom for the Dursleys.
Thankfully, my relatives didn't bother me for the rest of the evening, and went to sleep earlier than usual. As sleepwear, I got used to a tee-shirt and boxer shorts in my previous life, and it carried over. Lily only had a white chemise, and a black thong. While I couldn't see it before, I finally got a good view of her rear. She had a beautiful round apple butt that never failed to catch my eyes when she moved her hips with her back to me.
'Patience. Just a month and I'll be able to tap that at will' I thought as I tore my eyes away from the delightful view.
My willpower was put to the test when the time to sleep came. Watching this beautiful girl slip into the bed with me was mesmerizing. The lack of light made it even more exciting. I almost had an accident when she snuggled to my side. It took a while for little Harry to calm down, and even longer for sleep to find me. And then, my sleep was pleagued by erotic dreams. About Lily, others girls from Kamidori, and some girls from Potterverse. When I woke up the next day, I was frustrated to a high degree. Lily's peaceful sleeping face next to me helped me calm down.
'Just one month' I told myself again.
