Chapter 151 - The twins

It was the first duel he ever won against Professor Flitwick and he was rather excited because of that.

Of course, he had won the duel mostly because of deception by creating an invisible shield in front of himself before the stunner struck him and feigning unconsciousness before performing a surprise attack by sending that translucent binding spell at Professor Flitwick.

But a victory was still a victory so he was rather happy with the outcome.

Even if such a surprise attack would most like not work on the Professor the next time.

He was coming out of the shower in his new room when he saw his Magical Phone vibrating on the table.

He went to the table to picked up the phone before accepting the call.

"We're in trouble Harry." Ted said as soon as the line was connected.

He frowned at Ted's words and his expression instantly became serious as he asked "Why is that?"

"The purebloods are not very happy with the Magical Goods company." Ted replied "They know about the loophole you're using to run your mall and are planning to close that loophole in the next Wizengamot meeting."

His company went against everything that the purebloods stood for.

His company brought progress to the magical world, something that the purebloods have actively been trying to halt for the past few centuries.

His company hired people from other magical species or half breeds as the purebloods call them. Something that th purebloods must have hated because they've been trying to oppress those same half breeds for a long time.

His Mall had the only shops where muggle products were being sold.

So he knew from the start that the purebloods would hate his guts and try to harm him or his company in any way possible.

So he already had contingency plans created for such a situation which would protect him and his company from them.

"Don't worry about it Ted." He said with a confident smile "I'll take care of them. Just leave everything to me."

Ted's agitated expression calmed down a little at his words and he asked "You have a plan to deal with them?"

"Yes I do. Can you tell me when the next Wizengamot meeting is?" he asked.

He nodded at those words asked something that he was curious about "And how did you come to know about their plans?"

Ted gave a shrug at his words "The plan to close the loophole you've been using to run your Mall is a rather open secret in the Traditionalists pureblood community. It was not that hard to bribe a few of those corrupt purebloods to gain this information."

He nodded his head a that as what Ted told him made sense.

There were a lot of purebloods in the wizarding community who were not rich and would easily sell out their colleagues for some wealth.

"Good. In that case, keep an eye on them and inform me about any other plans they come up with. Oh… and also give me the names of the Pureblood idiots who are the most vocal about closing my shop."

"It'll take some time to do that." Ted replied. "Not to mention even more bribes."

"Don't worry about it. Take your time and ask Steve for any more funds."

"I'll do that."

"Very well then. I'll talk with you later. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

He cut connection and sat down on the chair, wondering about the best way to deal with those pureblood idiots.

He already had a few plans ready in his mind but they would need a bit of preparation.

Oh well, he had three months to prepare so it was not like he was running out of time or anything.

With that, he took opened the book kept at the table and wore the Diadem before the started reading.

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"Where Wood?" Angelina asked as she dumped a few slices of bread on her plate.

Oliver Wood, their Quidditch team caption was a punctual person so she couldn't help but notice his absence from the table.

"Yup." Fred replied without even looking up at Katie.

"The last time we saw him." George said.

"He was still in the bathroom." Fred said.

"Watching the latest Quidditch match." George said.

"Between Brazil and Africa." Fred said.

"In his MP Lite." George said.

Then the bread tower they were building toppled down, eliciting a few giggles from the twins before they slumped.

"That match looked so interesting too." Fred continued.

"We hope we had a Magical Phone as well." George said.

"Now that I think about it, where's your Magical Phone Katie?" George asked.

"Yes. The match between the Brazil and Africa was awesome." Fred said.

"Which makes me wonder why you're not watching that match in your Phone since everyone else seems to be doing so."

Katie slumped at their words and chewed the egg in her mouth before she let out a sigh "Professor Mcgonagall confiscated my Phone."

"That's rather unfortunate." Fred said, without looking the slightest bit sympathetic.

"Yes. But why would Mcgonagall do such a thing?" George asked.

"Unless you were using it in her class?" both of them asked in perfect synchronization and Katie ġrȯȧnėd in annoyance.

"Stop it George, Fred." Angelina said, hoping the twins would stop their shenanigans and drop the matter. "Stop bullying Katie."

Asking them about something always held the danger of falling into one of their word games where they finished each other's sentences and try to confuse their target.

"Oh Angelina." Fred said with a dramatic expression.

"You wound us with your words." George said while clutching his heart with a pained expression.

"When have a ever bullied a fellow Gryffindor?" Fred asked and half the students in the table rolled their eyes.

"Stop. Both of you. Just…" her breath hitched as 'he' came and sat beside her.

He, the richest boy in the whole Magical Britain.

He, the mystery boy of Hogwarts.

He, the one who defeated a troll last year and saved his friend.

He, the genius of the century who invented the very Phones that they were using.

He, the vanquisher of the dark lord.

What was Harry Potter doing in the seat besides her?

As the question rang in her ears, she realized that she had been staring at him for a long moment and her cheeks blushed at that thought.

Yes, she would admit that he was currently the most desirable boy in the whole school. And despite her motto to marry for love and not for money, she would not deny him if he asked her to become his girlfriend.

She tried to hide her blush and looked around in hopes that no one else had noticed her slip up when she realized that the rest of the table had gone utterly silent and were gaping at him as well.

That was not surprising considering how it was so rare to see him ever sitting in his own House table that no one that could have ever thought that he would come and sit with them.

The older boys in the table were openly gaping at him while the younger ones were looking at him with awe and worship.

As for the girls. They were all blushing just like her and trying their very best to not stare at him in order to not appear so rude.

"Hello everyone." He said with a calm voice and she swooned in her seat as his eyes met hers for a moment.

"Hello." She said, or at least tried to say but the voice wouldn't come out of her throat.

She cleared her throat and tried to greet him once again before she realized that he was not looking at her anymore but at the twins instead.

She felt a stab of jealousy rise in her heart at the missed opportunity of making a good impression on him and wondered what he wanted with the twins.

"Hello Fred, George." He said and the twins spluttered in shock for a few moments before they regained their composure and gave a smile to the boy.

"Hello Harry Potter."