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Chapter 46
This is a real harem story. Not the ones you can find everywhere about a bunch of kids having a go with Harry and Harry with them, but an official harem like the old Sultans from Turkey ages ago wi...
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The Heritage - Chapter 46
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A/N: Beta reader and editor is Dave for this chapter
A/N: Scene from the last chapter.
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives"
Harry smirked.
"And before you start to discuss the details, I don't want a discussion. All the facts are being researched over and over again by the greatest minds of the Magical world, and they came with this conclusion that the only persons who could kill Voldemort or me are Voldemort or me," said Harry.
Before anyone could say something else, Harry continued.
"The issue here is not if you are so friendly to help me out, but the real issue is if I can help you out. If you do not assist me, then I must fly and hide and let you all try to manage the approaching terror, which is impossible to stop. I am afraid that the only hope for you and the rest of the world is me, the Chosen one by the Prophecy."
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"Gidi"
"You called, Master?" asked Gidi.
"We want refreshments, please?" smirked Harry.
Gidi bowed low, but there was a big smile on her face.
"Yes, Master. Refreshments are coming up," she said, and then she hesitated. "Are our guests staying over for dinner?"
"Yes, Gidi, they will stay over for dinner and the soldiers too."
Gidi's smile became wider and she plopped away.
The Queen was staring at the place where Gidi just disappeared, and Prince Philip was smirking.
"You have a certain way with ... uhm was that a house elf?" asked the Prince.
"Yes, Your Highness, that was Gidi, the House elf. I found out not so long time ago that this castle Gryffindor has many house elves. I believe that it has about hundred house elves," Harry answered and looked briefly at the scowling Hermione.
"Ahum"
"Yes, Your Majesty?" asked Harry.
"Those elves are slave too, aren't they, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"I hope you don't suggest that I marry them as well, Your Majesty?" asked Harry innocently.
Everyone was quiet after that remark and Prince Philip was looking wide eyed at Harry. Not many people could get away with a remark like that in front of the Queen and he glanced briefly at his wife. The expression on her face was unreadable, and he had no idea how his wife was going to react on this remark.
"Indeed, Lord-Baron," answered the Queen finally. "Indeed," she repeated. "Why don't you sit down, Lord-Baron, so we can talk things over."
Harry smiled warmly at the Queen.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Would you to be so good as to stay over for dinner, please?" asked Harry.
The Queen looked at Harry for a moment and started to laugh. "I would love to," said the Queen.
Harry relaxed and took a chair opposite the Queen and sat down. This will be round two, he hoped, unless the fox here in front of him had other ideas.
"My husband and son are very curious about certain potions you have available," said the Queen. "Potions, which work like a truth serum."
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have such potions, and we have also the knowledge how to make them," Harry said. He waved towards the girls. "Here you see the crème de le crème, the knowledge they have about potions is right here. In this castle we have a huge library with potions knowledge, and what you call the truth serum is only one of the many subjects you can find there. I am the Headmaster of the only magical school in Magical England - Hogwarts, and we have of course the subject Potions, which is being taught at school."
The Queen nodded. "I want to discuss education later, if you don't mind," said the Queen. "I have some questions for you, though. Do you mind answering them first, Lord-Baron?"
"Of course, no problem, Your Majesty," answered Harry.
"You mentioned several things, which are interesting. First, the fact that you and that Voldemort figure can't be killed. Does that mean that you and Voldemort will live forever, until one of you will kill each other?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Why is Voldemort not on a killing spree?"
"Because he does not know the complete prophecy, Your Majesty," answered Harry calmly.
"The prophecy you have mentioned, is that the complete one?" asked the Queen carefully.
"Yes, Your Majesty. It is the complete one, word for word."
"Why does Voldemort want to kill all the non-magical people?"
"He has a vision, I belief. A vision as himself as the absolute ruler over a world, which is filled with only magical people, Your Majesty," answered Harry.
"And what is your vision, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"To live and to be happy," answered Harry immediately. "Not more, not less."
"Are you willing to fight Voldemort and to kill him?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, but I can't do this alone. There are too many problems in my way, which are dumped on my head. And those problems are not helping me fighting Voldemort."
The Queen smiled.
"What is it what we can do to assist, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"I need help with the Goblins, Your Majesty. I think that is the only help I need at the moment. "
"What exactly do you mean with help with the Goblins?"
"It is not as simple as it sounds, Your Majesty," Harry said thoughtfully. The Princes Philip and Charles were looking thoughtfully at the young man and were curious if he had any idea how complicated things would be when the Lord-Baron would ask for military help.
Harry looked briefly at the soldiers, who were spread throughout the foyer. They looked more alert then they were before. They had gotten their weapons back, and they looked about warily, and Harry smirked.
"I want to borrow several of your military units, Your Majesty," said Harry, looking at the Queen, who simply nodded and gestured to continue.
"Those units will be trained, together with the rest of us. One part of those units will go back to you and will have guard duty, the other part will stay with us as long as it takes. Let me explain the reasons behind this. First, the Goblins will see the Muggle soldiers, and they know what that means for them when they want to change their mind and try to do something against me, my girls or my friends. Secondly, the units who are being trained by us will go back to you and guard you against attacks from magical beings. That might be the Goblins, that might be Voldemort, and that might be even the Ministry of Magic. Because helping me or only talking to me makes you a target for attacks."
The Queen nodded again, but this time with a smile on her face, but said nothing further and looked at Harry expectantly.
"Then I want your military to be ready to attack all population centers of the Goblins. In case the Goblins try to do something, I want them to be destroyed within moments after giving the order."
Harry looked thoughtfully at Hermione.
"Further, I want to create Portkeys for you and your family in case of an attack. I want to create small devices, which takes you and your family to a place of safety in case of an attack."
"What are Portkeys, Lord-Baron?" asked Prince Philip.
"Those are magical objects, which transfers you to a certain location on activation, isn't it?" asked Prince Charles.
Harry smiled. "Indeed, Your Highness. Those Portkeys you carry always. When you grab a Portkey, and you activate them, then the Portkey will transport you immediately to a pre-programmed destination."
"Why do you care about our safety, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"When it becomes known that you are helping me, you and the total Royal Family might be attacked and killed. That would mean that I lose a weapon against the Goblins. I personally think that the Goblins would consider at least killing you in order to remove my leverage over them. I have threatened them with utter destruction as race, and that is something they do not like. They are creatures of control, and they do not like anything, which is a threat, because they are not in control anymore. If it means that by killing you they gain their control back, they would surely not let that chance pass," answered Harry.
Both princes were staring in amazement at the table, which was suddenly full with thee, biscuits and small cakes.
"And there is another area, where we can help each other out," said Harry.
"And that is?" asked the Queen.
"Education," answered Harry. "As I said, I am the Headmaster of the only magical school in England, and I want to integrate muggle subjects into the magical education. On the other side, I like to invite certain muggle students, who would study at Hogwarts as well. There are many subjects, which can be taught to Muggles, like potions, History of Magic, Care of Magical Creatures, Astronomy, Wizarding Law, Etiquette and Magical Banking."
The Queen nodded approvingly.
"I want to have a reorganization of the magical education system. We don't have any other type of education then only Hogwarts. There are no primary schools for magical children, no kindergartens, no secondary schools, no high schools, no universities, and I want to change that. I might need your help with that."
The Queen nodded again, but still said nothing.
"Harry, Professor McGonagall is here, and maybe she can help?" asked Hermione.
Harry smiled warmly and looked for Professor McGonagall. The Professor stood next to Hermione looking nervous.
Harry turned to the Queen. "With your permission?" he asked.
The Queen nodded.
Harry stood up and walked to Professor McGonagall and before the Professor could say a word, Harry hugged her, which she hesitatingly returned.
"Harry, I am so sorry about what ..." she began.
"No, Professor, Don't do that. I am sorry as well that this whole mess happened. What did the Goblins do to you?" asked Harry.
McGonagall expression darkened. "I'm a squib now, they took my magic."
Harry paled and looked briefly at Hermione, who nodded sadly.
"Why are you here, Professor?" asked Harry.
"I'm not a Professor anymore, Harry. I'm here to apologize to you and then I leave," she said.
Harry looked thoughtfully. "I think I like to hire you anyway," Harry said. "Are you interested?"
"For what?" asked McGonagall surprised.
Harry said nothing, he only smiled.
"Professor McGonagall, may I introduce you to her Royal Majesty the Queen?"
McGonagall turned to the queen and curtsied. "Your Royal Majesty," Minerva McGonagall said.
"Please sit down and make your self comfortable, Professor McGonagall," said the Queen.
"Please, Lord-Baron. Tell me about the subjects being taught at Hogwarts this coming school year," asked the Queen.
Harry looked briefly at Minerva McGonagall, then at Hermione, before he turned back at the Queen.
"This is what I have in mind," he said, and breathed deeply.
"We will have DADA, which is Defence Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, History of Magic, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, Flying, Astronomy, Herbology, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, Magical Dueling, Wizarding Law, Etiquette, Muggle Science, First Aid and Banking," answered Harry.
The eyebrows of Minerva McGonagall went up. "That is more then I left Hogwarts," commented McGonagall.
"And when did you leave, Professor?" asked the Queen.
"Only several days ago, Your Majesty," answered McGonagall.
"Lord-Baron?" said the Queen.
"Well, Magical Dueling, Wizarding Law, Etiquette, Muggle Science, First Aid and Banking are new," Harry answered with a hesitating smile.
"And do you have the teachers to teach that, Lord-Baron?" asked McGonagall.
Harry nodded. "Except for Banking, I have the teachers ... well, candidates for those posts. We will have a meeting with them very soon."
"And may I know who they are?" asked McGonagall.
"Of course you may know, Professor. Nymphadora Tonks for DADA, Gilbert Wimple for Charms, Remus Lupin for Transfiguration, Fred and George Weasley for Potions, Kingsley Shacklebolt for History of Magic, Wayne Hopkins for Ancient Runes, Arabella Figg for Muggle Studies, Alastor for Magical Dueling, Percy Weasley for Wizarding Law, Dempster Wiggleswade for English and Poppy for First Aid. For the subjects Etiquette, Muggle Sciences and Banking I don't have anyone at the moment."
"Professor McGonagall, may I require what happened with you?" asked the Queen.
"Yes, Your Majesty, you may," answered McGonagall.
"According a magical contract, I was promised to the Lord-Baron here in an arranged marriage. The problem here was that I have been in a relationship for years with a colleague. The relationship, the age difference between Lord-Baron of more then fifty five years, and the fact that Lord-Baron was my student some weeks ago, made me decide to fly out of the country and begin a new life with the person whom I have had a relationship with for so many years. The Magical Police, who are called in the magical world Aurors, caught us, and we were arrested and brought to the wizarding bank Gringotts. In Gringotts they determined that my 'crime' was magical only, and they released and let the magic do its work, and it did; I lost my magic."
"And what about your friend?" asked the Queen.
"His crime was not magical in nature; he is accused of attempted kidnapping and had sent to the Aurors, where he awaits trial. If he is convicted, he will go to Azkaban, the wizarding prison," answered McGonagall with an even voice.
"And I am not a Professor anymore, Your Majesty. My name is simply Ms. McGonagall," she said sadly.
"Is there anything what can restore your magic, Ms. McGonagall?" asked Prince Philip.
"No, Your Highness, it is not possible to restore magic once it is lost in this way. I am - what the magical world calls - a squib, what is a magical person, but without active magic. I can't cast any spells, charms or do transfigurations," McGonagall said.
"Master," the voice from Gidi came from Harry's right.
"Yes, Gidi?" said Harry.
"You have visitors, Master?" squealed Gidi.
"Who are the visitors, Gidi?" asked Harry.
"King Albano, King of the Goblins, Master Pipette, Head of Gringotts, Nasar, Head Of The Goblin Security, Master Hiphook, your Account Manager and Bersak, son of Hiphook, they are accompanied with ten Goblinettas," said Gidi formally.
"The Goblins are here," the voice of Ginny was clearly heard from the girls behind Harry.
Harry glanced briefly at the Queen and his eyes began to sparkle.
"Well, Gidi. Let them in," he said and smiled at the little elf. "When they are here, take care of some additional refreshments for the Goblins and everyone else who wants. Oh, before I forget, we also need some security here."
Gidi nodded and plopped away. The Queen was looking at Harry questionably, and then she glanced at the Colonel and nodded momentarily. At that moment, twenty house elves plopped into the foyer and they positioned them near the soldiers, who were looking unsure at the Colonel for a moment, who only nodded.
The door opened and Gidi came in, followed by the group of Goblins. First, King Albano walked like he owned the castle with his nose in the air, followed by Master Pipette. He did not act different, except that he looked like the Snape version of a Goblin, only a much bigger head or so it seemed. Behind Master Pipette came Nasar, who was staring at the soldiers and elves in the foyer.
Master Hiphook and his son Bersak followed Nasar looking very unhappy at the back from Master Pipette; it seemed to Harry that they had had an argument, because of the smug expression in the face of Master Pipette.
They were encircled by ten Goblinettas with their swords drawn and strange sticks in their hands. Harry assumed that those sticks were the Goblin version of wands, and Harry became wary. It looked like that the Goblins were planning to prove something in the castle.
The tension in the foyer of the castle went up with every step the Goblins were taking, and Harry was afraid that fighting might break out if he and the rest of the people and Goblins would react too forcefully.
Harry stood up from his chair, glanced at the Queen and her Princes briefly, and turned to the approaching Goblins.
"Your Royal Majesty King Albano, King of all Goblins, welcome to Castle Gryffindor," Harry announced with loud voice.
The King's eyebrows went up and he stopped. Master Pipette and Nasar did not anticipate the sudden stop of their King ... they bounced against the back of their king, who could hardly keep his balance. The king growled something against his fellow Goblins and the smug expression on the face of Master Pipette disappeared immediately.
"Lord-Potter," answered King Albano. King Albano looked around and noticed the soldiers.
"What is that?" he said, pointing to the soldiers and the elves.
"Those are human soldiers, Your Majesty," answered Harry with a smile on his face.
King Albano looked more closely at the soldiers and he became confused.
"Those are not wizards," he said surprised.
"No, Your Majesty. Those are indeed not wizards," answered Harry.
King Albano shrugged and focused on Harry.
"I am here to do some business," the King said.
"And what business might this be?" asked Harry.
"We have signed the magical contracts, so you can trust us. We don't want to hurt you, Lord-Baron, in the contrary, we want to protect you. I want to place a contingent of Goblinettas in the castle to protect you and your wives," he answered with a smug expression on his face.
"Do I have a choice," asked Harry.
"No, you don't, because it is for your own good," the King said smugly. "The protection those Goblinettas will offer you will keep you and your wives alive."
Suddenly the King discovered the Princes. He pointed at the two Princes. "What are males doing here?" he asked brusquely.
"May I introduce you my guests, Your Majesty," answered Harry the insolent question.
He waved towards the Queen. "May I introduce you Her Royal Majesty Queen of Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth II."
The Queen nodded only one time to the King from her chair, and Harry grinned at the flabbergasted King Albano.
Furthermore," Harry announced formally, "the consort of the Queen, His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark." Prince Philip stood up from his chair and saluted ... military style.
"Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales," announced Harry.
Prince Charles saluted from his position behind the Queen.
The mouth of King Albano dropped open and he could not say anything else any more. Master Pipette started to look murderous, and Nasar was only eying the soldiers and Elves, who seemed to be ready for anything. There strange looking metallic sticks were pointing at them, and the Lord-Baron's House Elves looked grim and ready for action.
The small group of Goblins were surrounded by tense looking Goblinettas, it did not look good.
"But those are Muggles," said King Albano unbelievable. "That's ... that is ... " he stuttered and stammered.
"Those are nothing more then animals," Master Pipette growled. "What are they doing here?"
"They are my personal guests, Master Pipette," said Harry calmly.
"Send them away, we don't have time for this nonsense," said Master Pipette. "I refuse to talk to inferior creatures, and I don't want to see them ... bah, Muggles."
King Albano looked not pleased, and he nodded agreeable with Master Pipette. "Yes, you are right, Master Pipette. They are disgusting and it is beneath my status to have anything to do with them. I refuse to accept their presence, send them away, or do you want that my Goblinettas will throw them out of this castle?" he drawled.
"I am afraid that you have a slight problem, Your Majesty," said Harry evenly. "Those so called ... disgusting muggles here are the Head of State and in charge of implementing your punishment in case you break our contract. We were having a real nice chat here ... we were discussing a world without Goblins and what we are going to do with the wizarding economy and finance. "
Harry smirked.
"If you order your Goblinettas to do something foolish, they will be wiped out as well, only immediately. I will not guarantee your safety then."
King Albano paled, but Master Pipette eye's narrowed.
Prince Charles took the word.
"Dear Gentlemen and ... uhm ... Goblins," he started, looking amused at Harry, and turned then to the Goblins.
"Let me introduce you to my men. These fine young men are part of the Magical Special Forces, a branch of the Royal United Kingdom Special Forces, who are specially trained to battle against magical beings ... like yourself. " He waved towards the Goblins with a smirk on his face.
Prince Charles walked slowly to the Colonel, who stood near the wall in the foyer, next to the large windows.
"The Magical Special Forces Regiment is a Corps of the British Army under the United Kingdom legal system. " He pointed to the Colonel. "This is the commander of the 22 MSF, Colonel George Burleys. He is being called also 'Bite my Bullet'," he said loudly.
"As you can see, he is carrying weapons," the Prince continued relaxed.
He pointed to the submachine gun, the Colonel was carrying. "This is a MAC-11, or what we officially call the Military Armament Corporation Model 11-SP. This is a is a highly compact, blowback operated, selective fire submachine gun, which weights only 3.84 kilograms and it carries a magazine with 50 rounds of .386 SIG-XP phosphor coated bullets. The capacity of this gun is 500 to 800 rounds a minute. That means eight bullets per second, and those bullets are specially made against magical beings. When they hit, they simply explode."
He looked for the reaction of the Goblins, who were looking at him with wide eyes.
"The effective range of this weapon is sixty meters, " he drawled slowly. "You, Goblins ... are definitely in range of this weapon. If you make a wrong move, or if you continue using foolish words, we might have the example of exploding Goblins ... and it would be over within one second," the prince said, the last sentence with a grin.
Prince Charles pointed to another weapon. "This is a FGM-148 Javelin, and is an American man-portable anti-tank guided missile. The Javelin is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance."
The Prince waved to two soldiers. "These are Sergeant Louella Haas and Corporal Arnold Harper, whom have you locked on. When they release the Javelin, you can jump as high as you wish; the rockets will always find you."
The Prince walked slowly back with his hands behind his back, looking totally relaxed and at ease, to his place behind the Queen, while walking, he continued with talking, like he was visiting a tea party.
"The warhead of this missile will detonate any explosive reactive armor and a primary warhead designed to penetrate base armor, your personal armor will be very easily penetrated, and this version is designed to work under magical influences. You will be dead before you can say ... 'Bingo'."
"Well? Your Majesty, you have insulted my guests and my Queen and the Princes. I think some sincere apologies are due," Harry drawled.
The Goblins were looking dumbstruck at Harry.
"NOW!" screamed Harry and he made a sharp movement with his hand, and immediately all the elves had their fingers pointed to the Goblins, looking severe.
"Who are you to scream to our King, you ... "started Master Pipette to say, but he was interrupted by King Albano.
"Lord-Baron, I see that you have setup a trap for us. What do you want?" asked King Albano.
Harry breathed several times before he addressed the King of the Goblins.
"Your Majesty, I guarantee you, that this is not a trap. If this would be a trap, you would be dead at the moment that you approached the castle, because there are several more units of these fine soldiers outside the castle," said Harry grimly. "There is also no need for a trap, because if I wanted to hurt you, I would simply destroy you with the Muggle rockets. I can't do that, Your Majesty, because we signed a magical contract, and you know very well what would happen with me when I would break it."
The expression on Harry's face made him look forbidding, and the King swallowed.
"You're coming here without announcing your visit beforehand, meant that you had specific plans, which would be not so pleasant for me and you tried to control me by assigning Goblinettas, you were the one who insulted the Queen, her Princes, me, my wives and my fiancées."
The Goblins were quiet, Harry was looking expectantly at the King and the face of the Queen and Princes were expressionless ... the girls were standing behind the Queen and princes.
"Why don't we sit here and have some refreshments together. You make your apologies to the Queen, Princes and my wives and fiancées, and we can discuss the future of the magical world," said Harry soothingly.
Still there was no reaction from anyone.
"I am aware that we need each other. The enemy is outside, in this castle there are no enemies ... I don't want to make the floors of this magnificent castle dirty with the blood of Goblins and humans," continued Harry.
He made several steps towards the Goblins, and he locked his eyes with the eyes of the King. Harry started to become irritated again, because the King still said nothing, and his eyes started to dart over the Royal and his girls, like he was planning something.
Harry focused on Master Pipette, who was looking really aggravated and the Goblin was fingering his sword ... it was obvious that the Goblin was ready for action.
Harry sighed, he could hear Prince Charles whispering something to the girls.
Harry changed into the Hybrid and that drew the absolute attention of the Goblins.
"IF YOU MAKE ONE WRONG MOVEMENT, I WILL TEAR OPEN YOUR THROATS," he yelled very loudly.
All the Goblins winced, and Master Pipette went into action. The Goblin was flashing fast, and before anyone could say anything, the Goblin threw himself at Harry. The Goblin managed to move a distance of ten meters within a fraction of a second ... not for nothing that the Goblins were formidable and frightening warriors; he wielded his sword high above his head and was ready to cut Harry's Hybrid form into two.
"Noooooooo" screamed the King behind the charging Goblin.
Sounds of guns going off were heard above the sound of screaming of the King.
The Goblin was almost within a meter distance of Harry when he exploded in a cloud of red mist.
The Hybrid form of Harry came into action, and his form was much faster than that of the killed Goblin. Before any Goblin realized what was going on, Harry was able to pull the swords and strange looking Goblin wands from their fingers and he moved quickly behind the girls where he dumped all the Goblin weapons in a heap. From that position he quickly moved back from where he started his raid and he switched back to a human form.
The Goblins were shrieking in rage, until the King held out his hand ... everything became quiet again.
"What was that creature?" asked the King.
"That was a hybrid, Your Majesty. This is the last warning before I kill you myself," he said harshly.
"What do you want?" asked the King cautiously.
"I want to have tea," said Harry.
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King Albano, King of the Goblins, was looking at the people around the table, and he could not help but be impressed. At the very end of the table sat the Queen of England. He himself sat at the other far end of the table. Both of them are head of their States, and both of them had the honor to sit at the head of the table. That was very gracefully arranged. She was a small female, which looked so much like Aterianemarie, his second wife of his harem; except that this one was made of steal.
That woman was more dangerous than the Lord-Baron, the boy who was dramatically upgraded, and not only by the Goblins, the King found out. When the Queen talked to him, he could not help but feel very naked in the eyes of that damned woman. He missed his sword and wand, because without it he felt powerless. But on the other hand weapons like that would not help against her.
She was telling a story about a man with many children, who made a mistake and that cost him the lives of all his children. The King was aware that she meant him. She continued with her story and described in detail how his children were being killed;' one after the other, and the father could not do anything about it. At the end of the story, only the father survived. Then she changed subject, and she told him that she would not like to see that happen to him, after all his subjects of State would be killed and he would be the only Goblin alive, and being locked into a zoo. The King did not know what a zoo was, and she explained that it was a large park with animals locked up; all animals were being visited by billions of people ... all muggles.
And that was the keyword for him, the number billions.
He knew that he had to choose and to act accordingly.
His previous choice was not something what the Lord-Baron had expected to receive. The King planned after signing the contract to occupy the castle with his troops, to place the Lord-Baron in prison and keep him there under close observation, so that the Muggles could not be warned. The King had several potions, which would force the Lord-Baron to spill his secrets, and he would find out what happened and if the Lord-Baron was bluffing.
Well, those plans had changed now. And it was a pity that those beautiful plans were canceled, because he had found a way around the magical contract, but now everything was for nothing.
Then the second thing happened, which made him very confused. The Lord-Baron offered him the opportunity to teach at Hogwarts. He asked him for a teacher, who was willingly to teach anyone who was interested in wizarding banking, and if the King would have some idea's to create other subjects to teach at the school.
The third proposal of the Lord-Baron was the best proposal of all. He wanted to make Hogwarts available for Goblin students with the same status as the humans.
For sure the King had good ideas to enhance the subjects at Hogwarts, and for sure he liked the idea of having Goblin students at Hogwarts, and he liked the idea even more when he asked if the Lord-Baron would be opposed to having Goblin battle magic taught. The Lord-Baron even agreed and proposed to have Goblins sit at other form of battle magics ... maybe even Chinese battle magic.
The Prince Philip, who sat next to him, had much better subjects to discuss then the Hogwarts School, and that was money and banking. He had many questions about Goblin banking, and his questions were giving away a lot of information about Muggle banks. The King became almost sick when he heard the numbers of money, which traveled through the world, numbers that were trillions of Galleons, and if there would be a way to get only one percent of that, he would be rich beyond dreams.
The King looked up and he saw Master Hiphook chatting with the Lord-Baron. It was late in the evening now, and they had a wonderful dinner with the muggles and the Lord-Baron with his many mates. It was time to make this nice evening profitable, and he stood up, holding in his right hand a goblet with purple Goblin wine and opened his mouth to speak ....
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A/N: Beta reader and editor is Dave for this chapter
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A/N: Beta reader and editor is Dave for this chapter
A/N: Scene from the last chapter.
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives"
Harry smirked.
"And before you start to discuss the details, I don't want a discussion. All the facts are being researched over and over again by the greatest minds of the Magical world, and they came with this conclusion that the only persons who could kill Voldemort or me are Voldemort or me," said Harry.
Before anyone could say something else, Harry continued.
"The issue here is not if you are so friendly to help me out, but the real issue is if I can help you out. If you do not assist me, then I must fly and hide and let you all try to manage the approaching terror, which is impossible to stop. I am afraid that the only hope for you and the rest of the world is me, the Chosen one by the Prophecy."
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"Gidi"
"You called, Master?" asked Gidi.
"We want refreshments, please?" smirked Harry.
Gidi bowed low, but there was a big smile on her face.
"Yes, Master. Refreshments are coming up," she said, and then she hesitated. "Are our guests staying over for dinner?"
"Yes, Gidi, they will stay over for dinner and the soldiers too."
Gidi's smile became wider and she plopped away.
The Queen was staring at the place where Gidi just disappeared, and Prince Philip was smirking.
"You have a certain way with ... uhm was that a house elf?" asked the Prince.
"Yes, Your Highness, that was Gidi, the House elf. I found out not so long time ago that this castle Gryffindor has many house elves. I believe that it has about hundred house elves," Harry answered and looked briefly at the scowling Hermione.
"Ahum"
"Yes, Your Majesty?" asked Harry.
"Those elves are slave too, aren't they, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"I hope you don't suggest that I marry them as well, Your Majesty?" asked Harry innocently.
Everyone was quiet after that remark and Prince Philip was looking wide eyed at Harry. Not many people could get away with a remark like that in front of the Queen and he glanced briefly at his wife. The expression on her face was unreadable, and he had no idea how his wife was going to react on this remark.
"Indeed, Lord-Baron," answered the Queen finally. "Indeed," she repeated. "Why don't you sit down, Lord-Baron, so we can talk things over."
Harry smiled warmly at the Queen.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Would you to be so good as to stay over for dinner, please?" asked Harry.
The Queen looked at Harry for a moment and started to laugh. "I would love to," said the Queen.
Harry relaxed and took a chair opposite the Queen and sat down. This will be round two, he hoped, unless the fox here in front of him had other ideas.
"My husband and son are very curious about certain potions you have available," said the Queen. "Potions, which work like a truth serum."
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have such potions, and we have also the knowledge how to make them," Harry said. He waved towards the girls. "Here you see the crème de le crème, the knowledge they have about potions is right here. In this castle we have a huge library with potions knowledge, and what you call the truth serum is only one of the many subjects you can find there. I am the Headmaster of the only magical school in Magical England - Hogwarts, and we have of course the subject Potions, which is being taught at school."
The Queen nodded. "I want to discuss education later, if you don't mind," said the Queen. "I have some questions for you, though. Do you mind answering them first, Lord-Baron?"
"Of course, no problem, Your Majesty," answered Harry.
"You mentioned several things, which are interesting. First, the fact that you and that Voldemort figure can't be killed. Does that mean that you and Voldemort will live forever, until one of you will kill each other?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Why is Voldemort not on a killing spree?"
"Because he does not know the complete prophecy, Your Majesty," answered Harry calmly.
"The prophecy you have mentioned, is that the complete one?" asked the Queen carefully.
"Yes, Your Majesty. It is the complete one, word for word."
"Why does Voldemort want to kill all the non-magical people?"
"He has a vision, I belief. A vision as himself as the absolute ruler over a world, which is filled with only magical people, Your Majesty," answered Harry.
"And what is your vision, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"To live and to be happy," answered Harry immediately. "Not more, not less."
"Are you willing to fight Voldemort and to kill him?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, but I can't do this alone. There are too many problems in my way, which are dumped on my head. And those problems are not helping me fighting Voldemort."
The Queen smiled.
"What is it what we can do to assist, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"I need help with the Goblins, Your Majesty. I think that is the only help I need at the moment. "
"What exactly do you mean with help with the Goblins?"
"It is not as simple as it sounds, Your Majesty," Harry said thoughtfully. The Princes Philip and Charles were looking thoughtfully at the young man and were curious if he had any idea how complicated things would be when the Lord-Baron would ask for military help.
Harry looked briefly at the soldiers, who were spread throughout the foyer. They looked more alert then they were before. They had gotten their weapons back, and they looked about warily, and Harry smirked.
"I want to borrow several of your military units, Your Majesty," said Harry, looking at the Queen, who simply nodded and gestured to continue.
"Those units will be trained, together with the rest of us. One part of those units will go back to you and will have guard duty, the other part will stay with us as long as it takes. Let me explain the reasons behind this. First, the Goblins will see the Muggle soldiers, and they know what that means for them when they want to change their mind and try to do something against me, my girls or my friends. Secondly, the units who are being trained by us will go back to you and guard you against attacks from magical beings. That might be the Goblins, that might be Voldemort, and that might be even the Ministry of Magic. Because helping me or only talking to me makes you a target for attacks."
The Queen nodded again, but this time with a smile on her face, but said nothing further and looked at Harry expectantly.
"Then I want your military to be ready to attack all population centers of the Goblins. In case the Goblins try to do something, I want them to be destroyed within moments after giving the order."
Harry looked thoughtfully at Hermione.
"Further, I want to create Portkeys for you and your family in case of an attack. I want to create small devices, which takes you and your family to a place of safety in case of an attack."
"What are Portkeys, Lord-Baron?" asked Prince Philip.
"Those are magical objects, which transfers you to a certain location on activation, isn't it?" asked Prince Charles.
Harry smiled. "Indeed, Your Highness. Those Portkeys you carry always. When you grab a Portkey, and you activate them, then the Portkey will transport you immediately to a pre-programmed destination."
"Why do you care about our safety, Lord-Baron?" asked the Queen.
"When it becomes known that you are helping me, you and the total Royal Family might be attacked and killed. That would mean that I lose a weapon against the Goblins. I personally think that the Goblins would consider at least killing you in order to remove my leverage over them. I have threatened them with utter destruction as race, and that is something they do not like. They are creatures of control, and they do not like anything, which is a threat, because they are not in control anymore. If it means that by killing you they gain their control back, they would surely not let that chance pass," answered Harry.
Both princes were staring in amazement at the table, which was suddenly full with thee, biscuits and small cakes.
"And there is another area, where we can help each other out," said Harry.
"And that is?" asked the Queen.
"Education," answered Harry. "As I said, I am the Headmaster of the only magical school in England, and I want to integrate muggle subjects into the magical education. On the other side, I like to invite certain muggle students, who would study at Hogwarts as well. There are many subjects, which can be taught to Muggles, like potions, History of Magic, Care of Magical Creatures, Astronomy, Wizarding Law, Etiquette and Magical Banking."
The Queen nodded approvingly.
"I want to have a reorganization of the magical education system. We don't have any other type of education then only Hogwarts. There are no primary schools for magical children, no kindergartens, no secondary schools, no high schools, no universities, and I want to change that. I might need your help with that."
The Queen nodded again, but still said nothing.
"Harry, Professor McGonagall is here, and maybe she can help?" asked Hermione.
Harry smiled warmly and looked for Professor McGonagall. The Professor stood next to Hermione looking nervous.
Harry turned to the Queen. "With your permission?" he asked.
The Queen nodded.
Harry stood up and walked to Professor McGonagall and before the Professor could say a word, Harry hugged her, which she hesitatingly returned.
"Harry, I am so sorry about what ..." she began.
"No, Professor, Don't do that. I am sorry as well that this whole mess happened. What did the Goblins do to you?" asked Harry.
McGonagall expression darkened. "I'm a squib now, they took my magic."
Harry paled and looked briefly at Hermione, who nodded sadly.
"Why are you here, Professor?" asked Harry.
"I'm not a Professor anymore, Harry. I'm here to apologize to you and then I leave," she said.
Harry looked thoughtfully. "I think I like to hire you anyway," Harry said. "Are you interested?"
"For what?" asked McGonagall surprised.
Harry said nothing, he only smiled.
"Professor McGonagall, may I introduce you to her Royal Majesty the Queen?"
McGonagall turned to the queen and curtsied. "Your Royal Majesty," Minerva McGonagall said.
"Please sit down and make your self comfortable, Professor McGonagall," said the Queen.
"Please, Lord-Baron. Tell me about the subjects being taught at Hogwarts this coming school year," asked the Queen.
Harry looked briefly at Minerva McGonagall, then at Hermione, before he turned back at the Queen.
"This is what I have in mind," he said, and breathed deeply.
"We will have DADA, which is Defence Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, History of Magic, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, Flying, Astronomy, Herbology, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, Magical Dueling, Wizarding Law, Etiquette, Muggle Science, First Aid and Banking," answered Harry.
The eyebrows of Minerva McGonagall went up. "That is more then I left Hogwarts," commented McGonagall.
"And when did you leave, Professor?" asked the Queen.
"Only several days ago, Your Majesty," answered McGonagall.
"Lord-Baron?" said the Queen.
"Well, Magical Dueling, Wizarding Law, Etiquette, Muggle Science, First Aid and Banking are new," Harry answered with a hesitating smile.
"And do you have the teachers to teach that, Lord-Baron?" asked McGonagall.
Harry nodded. "Except for Banking, I have the teachers ... well, candidates for those posts. We will have a meeting with them very soon."
"And may I know who they are?" asked McGonagall.
"Of course you may know, Professor. Nymphadora Tonks for DADA, Gilbert Wimple for Charms, Remus Lupin for Transfiguration, Fred and George Weasley for Potions, Kingsley Shacklebolt for History of Magic, Wayne Hopkins for Ancient Runes, Arabella Figg for Muggle Studies, Alastor for Magical Dueling, Percy Weasley for Wizarding Law, Dempster Wiggleswade for English and Poppy for First Aid. For the subjects Etiquette, Muggle Sciences and Banking I don't have anyone at the moment."
"Professor McGonagall, may I require what happened with you?" asked the Queen.
"Yes, Your Majesty, you may," answered McGonagall.
"According a magical contract, I was promised to the Lord-Baron here in an arranged marriage. The problem here was that I have been in a relationship for years with a colleague. The relationship, the age difference between Lord-Baron of more then fifty five years, and the fact that Lord-Baron was my student some weeks ago, made me decide to fly out of the country and begin a new life with the person whom I have had a relationship with for so many years. The Magical Police, who are called in the magical world Aurors, caught us, and we were arrested and brought to the wizarding bank Gringotts. In Gringotts they determined that my 'crime' was magical only, and they released and let the magic do its work, and it did; I lost my magic."
"And what about your friend?" asked the Queen.
"His crime was not magical in nature; he is accused of attempted kidnapping and had sent to the Aurors, where he awaits trial. If he is convicted, he will go to Azkaban, the wizarding prison," answered McGonagall with an even voice.
"And I am not a Professor anymore, Your Majesty. My name is simply Ms. McGonagall," she said sadly.
"Is there anything what can restore your magic, Ms. McGonagall?" asked Prince Philip.
"No, Your Highness, it is not possible to restore magic once it is lost in this way. I am - what the magical world calls - a squib, what is a magical person, but without active magic. I can't cast any spells, charms or do transfigurations," McGonagall said.
"Master," the voice from Gidi came from Harry's right.
"Yes, Gidi?" said Harry.
"You have visitors, Master?" squealed Gidi.
"Who are the visitors, Gidi?" asked Harry.
"King Albano, King of the Goblins, Master Pipette, Head of Gringotts, Nasar, Head Of The Goblin Security, Master Hiphook, your Account Manager and Bersak, son of Hiphook, they are accompanied with ten Goblinettas," said Gidi formally.
"The Goblins are here," the voice of Ginny was clearly heard from the girls behind Harry.
Harry glanced briefly at the Queen and his eyes began to sparkle.
"Well, Gidi. Let them in," he said and smiled at the little elf. "When they are here, take care of some additional refreshments for the Goblins and everyone else who wants. Oh, before I forget, we also need some security here."
Gidi nodded and plopped away. The Queen was looking at Harry questionably, and then she glanced at the Colonel and nodded momentarily. At that moment, twenty house elves plopped into the foyer and they positioned them near the soldiers, who were looking unsure at the Colonel for a moment, who only nodded.
The door opened and Gidi came in, followed by the group of Goblins. First, King Albano walked like he owned the castle with his nose in the air, followed by Master Pipette. He did not act different, except that he looked like the Snape version of a Goblin, only a much bigger head or so it seemed. Behind Master Pipette came Nasar, who was staring at the soldiers and elves in the foyer.
Master Hiphook and his son Bersak followed Nasar looking very unhappy at the back from Master Pipette; it seemed to Harry that they had had an argument, because of the smug expression in the face of Master Pipette.
They were encircled by ten Goblinettas with their swords drawn and strange sticks in their hands. Harry assumed that those sticks were the Goblin version of wands, and Harry became wary. It looked like that the Goblins were planning to prove something in the castle.
The tension in the foyer of the castle went up with every step the Goblins were taking, and Harry was afraid that fighting might break out if he and the rest of the people and Goblins would react too forcefully.
Harry stood up from his chair, glanced at the Queen and her Princes briefly, and turned to the approaching Goblins.
"Your Royal Majesty King Albano, King of all Goblins, welcome to Castle Gryffindor," Harry announced with loud voice.
The King's eyebrows went up and he stopped. Master Pipette and Nasar did not anticipate the sudden stop of their King ... they bounced against the back of their king, who could hardly keep his balance. The king growled something against his fellow Goblins and the smug expression on the face of Master Pipette disappeared immediately.
"Lord-Potter," answered King Albano. King Albano looked around and noticed the soldiers.
"What is that?" he said, pointing to the soldiers and the elves.
"Those are human soldiers, Your Majesty," answered Harry with a smile on his face.
King Albano looked more closely at the soldiers and he became confused.
"Those are not wizards," he said surprised.
"No, Your Majesty. Those are indeed not wizards," answered Harry.
King Albano shrugged and focused on Harry.
"I am here to do some business," the King said.
"And what business might this be?" asked Harry.
"We have signed the magical contracts, so you can trust us. We don't want to hurt you, Lord-Baron, in the contrary, we want to protect you. I want to place a contingent of Goblinettas in the castle to protect you and your wives," he answered with a smug expression on his face.
"Do I have a choice," asked Harry.
"No, you don't, because it is for your own good," the King said smugly. "The protection those Goblinettas will offer you will keep you and your wives alive."
Suddenly the King discovered the Princes. He pointed at the two Princes. "What are males doing here?" he asked brusquely.
"May I introduce you my guests, Your Majesty," answered Harry the insolent question.
He waved towards the Queen. "May I introduce you Her Royal Majesty Queen of Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth II."
The Queen nodded only one time to the King from her chair, and Harry grinned at the flabbergasted King Albano.
Furthermore," Harry announced formally, "the consort of the Queen, His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark." Prince Philip stood up from his chair and saluted ... military style.
"Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales," announced Harry.
Prince Charles saluted from his position behind the Queen.
The mouth of King Albano dropped open and he could not say anything else any more. Master Pipette started to look murderous, and Nasar was only eying the soldiers and Elves, who seemed to be ready for anything. There strange looking metallic sticks were pointing at them, and the Lord-Baron's House Elves looked grim and ready for action.
The small group of Goblins were surrounded by tense looking Goblinettas, it did not look good.
"But those are Muggles," said King Albano unbelievable. "That's ... that is ... " he stuttered and stammered.
"Those are nothing more then animals," Master Pipette growled. "What are they doing here?"
"They are my personal guests, Master Pipette," said Harry calmly.
"Send them away, we don't have time for this nonsense," said Master Pipette. "I refuse to talk to inferior creatures, and I don't want to see them ... bah, Muggles."
King Albano looked not pleased, and he nodded agreeable with Master Pipette. "Yes, you are right, Master Pipette. They are disgusting and it is beneath my status to have anything to do with them. I refuse to accept their presence, send them away, or do you want that my Goblinettas will throw them out of this castle?" he drawled.
"I am afraid that you have a slight problem, Your Majesty," said Harry evenly. "Those so called ... disgusting muggles here are the Head of State and in charge of implementing your punishment in case you break our contract. We were having a real nice chat here ... we were discussing a world without Goblins and what we are going to do with the wizarding economy and finance. "
Harry smirked.
"If you order your Goblinettas to do something foolish, they will be wiped out as well, only immediately. I will not guarantee your safety then."
King Albano paled, but Master Pipette eye's narrowed.
Prince Charles took the word.
"Dear Gentlemen and ... uhm ... Goblins," he started, looking amused at Harry, and turned then to the Goblins.
"Let me introduce you to my men. These fine young men are part of the Magical Special Forces, a branch of the Royal United Kingdom Special Forces, who are specially trained to battle against magical beings ... like yourself. " He waved towards the Goblins with a smirk on his face.
Prince Charles walked slowly to the Colonel, who stood near the wall in the foyer, next to the large windows.
"The Magical Special Forces Regiment is a Corps of the British Army under the United Kingdom legal system. " He pointed to the Colonel. "This is the commander of the 22 MSF, Colonel George Burleys. He is being called also 'Bite my Bullet'," he said loudly.
"As you can see, he is carrying weapons," the Prince continued relaxed.
He pointed to the submachine gun, the Colonel was carrying. "This is a MAC-11, or what we officially call the Military Armament Corporation Model 11-SP. This is a is a highly compact, blowback operated, selective fire submachine gun, which weights only 3.84 kilograms and it carries a magazine with 50 rounds of .386 SIG-XP phosphor coated bullets. The capacity of this gun is 500 to 800 rounds a minute. That means eight bullets per second, and those bullets are specially made against magical beings. When they hit, they simply explode."
He looked for the reaction of the Goblins, who were looking at him with wide eyes.
"The effective range of this weapon is sixty meters, " he drawled slowly. "You, Goblins ... are definitely in range of this weapon. If you make a wrong move, or if you continue using foolish words, we might have the example of exploding Goblins ... and it would be over within one second," the prince said, the last sentence with a grin.
Prince Charles pointed to another weapon. "This is a FGM-148 Javelin, and is an American man-portable anti-tank guided missile. The Javelin is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance."
The Prince waved to two soldiers. "These are Sergeant Louella Haas and Corporal Arnold Harper, whom have you locked on. When they release the Javelin, you can jump as high as you wish; the rockets will always find you."
The Prince walked slowly back with his hands behind his back, looking totally relaxed and at ease, to his place behind the Queen, while walking, he continued with talking, like he was visiting a tea party.
"The warhead of this missile will detonate any explosive reactive armor and a primary warhead designed to penetrate base armor, your personal armor will be very easily penetrated, and this version is designed to work under magical influences. You will be dead before you can say ... 'Bingo'."
"Well? Your Majesty, you have insulted my guests and my Queen and the Princes. I think some sincere apologies are due," Harry drawled.
The Goblins were looking dumbstruck at Harry.
"NOW!" screamed Harry and he made a sharp movement with his hand, and immediately all the elves had their fingers pointed to the Goblins, looking severe.
"Who are you to scream to our King, you ... "started Master Pipette to say, but he was interrupted by King Albano.
"Lord-Baron, I see that you have setup a trap for us. What do you want?" asked King Albano.
Harry breathed several times before he addressed the King of the Goblins.
"Your Majesty, I guarantee you, that this is not a trap. If this would be a trap, you would be dead at the moment that you approached the castle, because there are several more units of these fine soldiers outside the castle," said Harry grimly. "There is also no need for a trap, because if I wanted to hurt you, I would simply destroy you with the Muggle rockets. I can't do that, Your Majesty, because we signed a magical contract, and you know very well what would happen with me when I would break it."
The expression on Harry's face made him look forbidding, and the King swallowed.
"You're coming here without announcing your visit beforehand, meant that you had specific plans, which would be not so pleasant for me and you tried to control me by assigning Goblinettas, you were the one who insulted the Queen, her Princes, me, my wives and my fiancées."
The Goblins were quiet, Harry was looking expectantly at the King and the face of the Queen and Princes were expressionless ... the girls were standing behind the Queen and princes.
"Why don't we sit here and have some refreshments together. You make your apologies to the Queen, Princes and my wives and fiancées, and we can discuss the future of the magical world," said Harry soothingly.
Still there was no reaction from anyone.
"I am aware that we need each other. The enemy is outside, in this castle there are no enemies ... I don't want to make the floors of this magnificent castle dirty with the blood of Goblins and humans," continued Harry.
He made several steps towards the Goblins, and he locked his eyes with the eyes of the King. Harry started to become irritated again, because the King still said nothing, and his eyes started to dart over the Royal and his girls, like he was planning something.
Harry focused on Master Pipette, who was looking really aggravated and the Goblin was fingering his sword ... it was obvious that the Goblin was ready for action.
Harry sighed, he could hear Prince Charles whispering something to the girls.
Harry changed into the Hybrid and that drew the absolute attention of the Goblins.
"IF YOU MAKE ONE WRONG MOVEMENT, I WILL TEAR OPEN YOUR THROATS," he yelled very loudly.
All the Goblins winced, and Master Pipette went into action. The Goblin was flashing fast, and before anyone could say anything, the Goblin threw himself at Harry. The Goblin managed to move a distance of ten meters within a fraction of a second ... not for nothing that the Goblins were formidable and frightening warriors; he wielded his sword high above his head and was ready to cut Harry's Hybrid form into two.
"Noooooooo" screamed the King behind the charging Goblin.
Sounds of guns going off were heard above the sound of screaming of the King.
The Goblin was almost within a meter distance of Harry when he exploded in a cloud of red mist.
The Hybrid form of Harry came into action, and his form was much faster than that of the killed Goblin. Before any Goblin realized what was going on, Harry was able to pull the swords and strange looking Goblin wands from their fingers and he moved quickly behind the girls where he dumped all the Goblin weapons in a heap. From that position he quickly moved back from where he started his raid and he switched back to a human form.
The Goblins were shrieking in rage, until the King held out his hand ... everything became quiet again.
"What was that creature?" asked the King.
"That was a hybrid, Your Majesty. This is the last warning before I kill you myself," he said harshly.
"What do you want?" asked the King cautiously.
"I want to have tea," said Harry.
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King Albano, King of the Goblins, was looking at the people around the table, and he could not help but be impressed. At the very end of the table sat the Queen of England. He himself sat at the other far end of the table. Both of them are head of their States, and both of them had the honor to sit at the head of the table. That was very gracefully arranged. She was a small female, which looked so much like Aterianemarie, his second wife of his harem; except that this one was made of steal.
That woman was more dangerous than the Lord-Baron, the boy who was dramatically upgraded, and not only by the Goblins, the King found out. When the Queen talked to him, he could not help but feel very naked in the eyes of that damned woman. He missed his sword and wand, because without it he felt powerless. But on the other hand weapons like that would not help against her.
She was telling a story about a man with many children, who made a mistake and that cost him the lives of all his children. The King was aware that she meant him. She continued with her story and described in detail how his children were being killed;' one after the other, and the father could not do anything about it. At the end of the story, only the father survived. Then she changed subject, and she told him that she would not like to see that happen to him, after all his subjects of State would be killed and he would be the only Goblin alive, and being locked into a zoo. The King did not know what a zoo was, and she explained that it was a large park with animals locked up; all animals were being visited by billions of people ... all muggles.
And that was the keyword for him, the number billions.
He knew that he had to choose and to act accordingly.
His previous choice was not something what the Lord-Baron had expected to receive. The King planned after signing the contract to occupy the castle with his troops, to place the Lord-Baron in prison and keep him there under close observation, so that the Muggles could not be warned. The King had several potions, which would force the Lord-Baron to spill his secrets, and he would find out what happened and if the Lord-Baron was bluffing.
Well, those plans had changed now. And it was a pity that those beautiful plans were canceled, because he had found a way around the magical contract, but now everything was for nothing.
Then the second thing happened, which made him very confused. The Lord-Baron offered him the opportunity to teach at Hogwarts. He asked him for a teacher, who was willingly to teach anyone who was interested in wizarding banking, and if the King would have some idea's to create other subjects to teach at the school.
The third proposal of the Lord-Baron was the best proposal of all. He wanted to make Hogwarts available for Goblin students with the same status as the humans.
For sure the King had good ideas to enhance the subjects at Hogwarts, and for sure he liked the idea of having Goblin students at Hogwarts, and he liked the idea even more when he asked if the Lord-Baron would be opposed to having Goblin battle magic taught. The Lord-Baron even agreed and proposed to have Goblins sit at other form of battle magics ... maybe even Chinese battle magic.
The Prince Philip, who sat next to him, had much better subjects to discuss then the Hogwarts School, and that was money and banking. He had many questions about Goblin banking, and his questions were giving away a lot of information about Muggle banks. The King became almost sick when he heard the numbers of money, which traveled through the world, numbers that were trillions of Galleons, and if there would be a way to get only one percent of that, he would be rich beyond dreams.
The King looked up and he saw Master Hiphook chatting with the Lord-Baron. It was late in the evening now, and they had a wonderful dinner with the muggles and the Lord-Baron with his many mates. It was time to make this nice evening profitable, and he stood up, holding in his right hand a goblet with purple Goblin wine and opened his mouth to speak ....
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A/N: Beta reader and editor is Dave for this chapter
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