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(Shopping Spree) - Chapter 6
After sorting everything out with Burdock, withdrawing a shit ton of money and putting it inside a bottomless bag and converting a quarter of the taken Galleons to Euros and making my headache even worse with all this business talk, I stepped out of Gringotts, and make my way out of the alley and go shopping for muggle clothes, good clothes leave a great first impression after all.
I constantly have the Deprimo spell active at all times except for mondays, it lets me get used to the gravity shift. It lets me constantly train my muscles, I remove it when heading into unknown territory of course, never know when I'll need that energy and have to Naruto run outta there.
I made my way to a mall near the alley as it is in the shopping district and went to a clothing store. I bought some clothes with little to no problem and got out of there as quickly as I could. My old clothes inside the shopping bag.
As I did earlier, I made my way into the pub, got into the back, and passed my magic through the brick to enter the magical site.
The alley was as busy as ever, busier than before even, but the novelty was not gone, I mean how could it be? It's magic!. I slip into the crowd, looking around for any shops that interest me, I find Stowe & Packers Magical Bags, a shop for buying magical suitcases and other baggage items, and enter it. Finding space for all my shopping is very important.
I head straight towards the counter and I'm greeted by a guy probably in his 60's named Obarin. "Hello, how may I help you?".
"Hello, I am looking for a suitcase that has an extended storage, is lightweight no matter what you put inside, is able to shrink, I am able to summon it from anywhere, and has decent security measures, do you happen to have one of those?" I ask, bullshitting my way with fanfiction knowledge. Making it seem like you know what you're doing is the best way to avoid questions.
"Oh, we certainly have some like those in stock." I barely withheld a sigh of relief, I cannot depend so much on my meta-knowledge, the butterfly effect will come for my ass and I know it.
Once we reach the main portion of the shop, the shopkeeper levitates a few suitcases from the shelves and brings them right in front of me. "These are the best options in the specifications you wanted. There are other options with more customisations but they are even more expensive than these." I couldn't exactly say I was not short on money now could I, what if he scams me?
There were 4 options in front of me, one plain brown suitcase, one brown leather covered suitcase, one with black leather, and another with the leather being dark red. I of course choose the classiest one, "Could you tell me more about the black one?"
"This one has four compartments, one for books, one for clothes, the third one for school supplies and the last one for any miscellaneous items you want to put in there. The books one has a staircase that leads down to a library with many bookshelves with enough space for all your school books and still have a lot of space left for others. The wardrobe compartment is exactly as it sounds as it is shaped like a wardrobe. The moment you open this section the suitcase expands into the shape of a door, -" He demonstrates, having me take a step back, about 2 seconds after turning the key and unlocking the hatch, the case slowly turns into a walk in wardrobe. Entering inside, Obarin continued his speech "- and turns into a walk-in closet, now in here, as you can see there is a lot of space for any type of clothing you want."
"Now onto the security, while I opened it with a key, that is because it does not have a master yet. Once you touch this pin and let it sample your blood and magic, you will be recognised as the owner. From then on, it will only respond to you. Even if somebody has your blood, it can only be opened by you."
We exited the closet and he showed me the last three functions of the case. The featherweight charm placed on it and the shrinking charm. "Now while all this is great, the different sections are quite inaccessible. I would like an additional room, a living quarters if you may, that is connected to all the other rooms." Overkill? What's that? Does it taste good?.
"Certainly not an unusual request, it can be done in thirty minutes and the total cost of the item will increase to a total of 220 galleons, a pretty fair price considering you basically want a home inside a suitcase." I honestly expected it to be way more!
"Okay, do it, I will play half right now and half when I receive it." I say, I can wait another half an hour for my new home. "Very well, what name should I put it under?" Oh come on! At the very last second before I'm about to leave the shop?! "Uh, put it under Hadrian." Hadrian is honestly such a cool name, I don't know why people prefer Harrison more.
I then find Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions first and enter it.
It was pretty well looked after, not a speck of dust in sight, though magic would make it much easier wouldn't it. A flick of a wand and it's over. I sensed a rant incoming and got an iron grip on my emotions, not happening, I can't always keep going into my thoughts and lose focus of the real world, that should only ever happen in isolation.
I head over to the reception where I am greeted by a lady, much younger looking than my previous self, looking as if she just turned 19, name tag reading Lorraine. "Hello, I would like to ask some questions." I greeted her. "Hello the- oh. How may I help you? Are you lost?" Her greeting stops mid sentence, followed by a worried girl trying to help a seemingly lost kid, annoying me faster than a hare beats a turtle at a race. Fuck you, my tiny little body!
Would this be a bad time to try an unforgivable? "No, I am merely here to ask something?"
"Oh, okay, go ahead." she inquires, curious.
"Does your shop by any chance enchant muggle clothing?" I ask as they would be very handy. "Yes, yes we have all sorts of enchantments, in fact we even have a list for you to look from." She handed me a list, it had more than 120 options, yet I only picked the necessary ones:
1. Thermal insulation - Changes the temperature of the clothing to suit your body's needs.
2. Resizing - Resizes the clothing according to your body.
3. Mending - Repairs minor tears.
4. Self-Cleaning - Cleans up any spills or mess over the clothing.
"Wait here please, the clothes will be done in just 10 minutes" Fuck that! No, while she worked, I had a craving for some Ice-cream. I haven't had one in a long time, and now that I have money, I'm gonna treat myself to a lot of shit.
The Ice-cream barely took more than 2 minutes and I made my way back to the shop, waited some, and happily exited the establishment just 80 galleons short, an enchantment costing 2 galleons per piece for my 5 pairs of clothing.
I then finally re-entered Stowe's after a while of roaming around which would hopefully be my last spot for the day before heading to the Dursleys. "Hello? I am here to pick up my order." I approach the counter, and sure enough Obarin comes out from the back holding my suitcase in his arms, "Here you go kid, considering you paid half up-front, you owe me 110 galleons."
"I would like to check it out first… " "Oh, of course, just let me set it down." And as I saw earlier, he reached for the compartments, only there was an extra one there, he opened the door to my new room and we entered, the walls a plain grey, it was pretty big and was also connected to all the other rooms. We exited the area and the time for the second last step to actually owning my miniature house arrived, marking me as it's sole owner.
"All you need to do now is touch this pin and pour your magic into it, considering how hard it is to control magic at that age, do you need me to get you a focus?" He questioned me, thinking of how a normal child would have a really hard time controlling magic. I didn't bother giving a response and just touched the pin and poured some of my magic into it, making sure not to leak any of it as training for better control. The needle shone and turned into a handle.
I looked over to see him half gaping at my ease of controlling my magic… it felt good… having my accomplishment acknowledged like that. After that came the payment and I felt really sad parting with the galleons worth a total of just over 2 grand in a single day.
Then came the fun part, heading home. Why fun, you ask? Cause' the whales can barely move as it is, and the giraffe neck can barely move without flying away. Imagine what would happen under double the gravity!
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