Disclaimers: As much as I may want to claim ownership of this famous series, I can't because both Harry Potter and Sword Art Online belongs to a whole lot of different companies that I can't remember the names of at the moment. Any characters that appear in this fic that is not a part of the original series, belong to me so don't take them without asking first.

Word Count: 675

Marriage Law Rejection Letters
Letter #206
Submitted By: jgkitarel
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Dear Ministry of Magic,

Consider this a friendly warning from me. Or, perhaps, not so friendly. It doesn't matter.

While I am flattered that you have what I am sure is an absolutely charming young lady for me to wed, I am already spoken for. You should know of her, as she has visited the Ministry with me before. A charming young lady who is officially known by the Ministry's magics as Lady Keiko Ayano-Potter.

Had we our way, we would already be formally wed, but a minor thing like our ages prevents that in both the magical and non-magical worlds. However, as I have mentioned, she is already recognized as the Lady Potter, one of the heads of the Potter Family like myself.

She has the access to all the same resources I do. This means that she also has the same administrative authority over those resources that I do. Which means that she can pull the Potter Family investments from a number of businesses, like a great many that exist solely in the magical world. That also means that she can call in the favors owed by many of the Wizengamot's members, forcing them to repay them in full. It means that she can use the Potter Family's investments in several media outlets to influence what they print. She can call in the monies owed to the Potter Family due to the number of patents it owns, but haven't collected on in centuries but are still owed. I think the total is around half of Magical Britain's total annual economic output right now.

On her own, she can force many of you to change your stance and those wrapped up in them have no choice but to comply if they value continuing to use magic. She can destroy your good name with a few words to the press, not that you're not doing quite well there. She can hit you economically by cutting off the Potter Family investments into magical businesses. She can hit the entire magical world in its vaults by declaring that what is owed by use of things that the Potter Family has patented to be paid immediately or having the assets of those who owe us legally siezed to pay what is owed to us.

She also has family members who can advise her on how best to approach this if you decide to be insistent. And if you decide to become aggressive, her family is well feared by Japan's magical community, despite their being muggles. Or, perhaps, because they're muggles who have proven that they can take on almost everything short of an actual god on and win. And what they can't beat, they are on friendly terms with.

I don't have to do anything and I won't stop her if you become insistent on this. I may even help her, especially if she decides that a more personal discussion is in order. Both of us can be quite sharp and pointed in those cases.

Regards,

Lord Harry James Potter

Author's Notes:
This latest Marriage Law Rejection Letter update was recently submitted to my review box by jgkitarel. Thanks for the submission. If anyone else has any letters they want to submit, feel free to send them in. lol

Notes from jgkitarel: It's me shamelessly plugging my own fic, Mystic Knight Online: All the World's Made Strange. Which is a crossover with Harry Potter and Sword Art Online.