"I can't believe we're in the shady part of town," Crys whined.
"It's not so bad," Corvus said. "Even dark wizards need coffee, right?"
Corvus continued her exploration of their newly purchased property. There were repairs that needed to be made to the building - the brickwork, the windows, the walls and ceiling; practically everything needed work. But she could envision her and Crystal's dream of a magical Starbucks.
Corvus and Crystal had frequented the magical Starbucks in Wizarding Manhattan for years. For Crystal, the magical Starbucks helped her feel connected to her No-Maj roots. Starbucks was, after all, the most popular No-Maj coffee franchise in the USA. The fact that Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, was a wizard helped the franchise break into the wizarding world.
"I think the coffee bar could go here," Corvus said, pointing her finger down an imaginary line in the room. "And the cash register here."
"This is going to be so much work," Crystal sighed.
"Well, we still need to hire a house elf," Corvus said. "That should be a lot of help."
"I've never met a house elf before," Crystal said. "Not too many of them in the U.S."
Corvus nodded, thinking about all the errands she still needed to run. There were permits of all sorts she needed to apply for at the Ministry of Magic. And she had heard that the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures kept a freed house elf registry that she could hire a house elf from.