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Chapter 99: 99. Complicated Love

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED NOW?" Ragnar came out of the shop with his arms full of boxes. Seeing the crowd outside left him in shock, seeing Magnus at the centre made him relaxed.

He went to Magnus calmly and asked, "What happened?"

"I have no idea. They jumped and just rushed on me from behind." Magnus said.

"NO... WE DIDN'T MEAN TO ATTACK YOU. We just wanted to talk to his majesty." One of them shouted.

Seeing sincerity in his voice, Magnus lowered his sword and wand.

"What do you want to talk about? And what's with this shady get-up?" Magnus asked them.

"We... We are the managing members of the Army of Merlin. Lots of Muggleborns, Squibs and other marginalised Wizards formed this group after hearing about you. We consider you our leaders." They said.

Magnus sighed. "What's the goal of your group?"

"To survive, to never be discriminated against by the pure-bloods and the terrorists. To get a voice to negotiate with the ministry." They answered.

Magnus shook his head, "Then you came to the wrong person. By associating with me, you will be much more heavily targeted by those you want to be protected against."

"WE WILL FIGHT..." They insisted.

"Get a job, work and make money. Marry someone if you haven't and live a happy life. Why do you want to waste your time and energy on this?" Magnus asked.

"Marry someone? Why would we marry an innocent Muggle and have them be targeted by the Pure-bloods too? Why should I have a child when I know they will be discriminated against? We want an end to this bigotry, that's it. And for it, we are ready to fight. We know what you did a few days ago, how you alone killed 4 of Death Eaters. Everyone is silently talking about it.

"Tell me, if even you, the one with the Royal pure blood of King Arthur and the powerful blood of Merlin is called a mudblood, and is attacked, what does that make us? Even less than dirt?" The one who was under full body binding charm not long ago asked.

Magnus honestly had no answer to this. And what the man said also hit him, ~Indeed, if even the king is considered a Mudblood, what does that make normal people?~

Magnus sighed, "Okay, give me your contact information. I will contact you when I am prepared to do something."

The three men quickly handed him an address and thanked him multiple times. After that, Magnus pushed them to their homes. The more they stayed there the more they will be targeted by pure-bloods later.

Then, he also returned to his home to tell his parents about the upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia.

"MOM, DAD, we're going to Riyadh for New Year, let's pack up," Magnus shouted as soon as he entered the house.

Adam froze midway, the chicken wings he was eating also froze just near his wide-open mouth. Grace too had the same reaction as she looked at Magnus from the sofa, in the background the T.V. was making a noise.

"Why is it that whenever you enter the home it is always something explosive? Where did this plan come from now?" Grace asked.

Magnus smiled like the pure innocent boy he was and ran into the arms of his mother to be spoiled. Actually, he was just buttering her up but still.

"Mummy, do you remember when we bought a new house?" He asked.

"Yes, what about it?" she asked back.

"Well, I got no money to pay for it. I mean, all my wealth is in the form of gold and precious stones. If I were to use the gold directly it would destroy the gold prices around the world and could even cause major economic problems for the world. So, I have decided to sell a big blue diamond in the upcoming auction for super-rich people in Saudi Arabia." Magnus revealed.

Grace stopped caressing his head, "Hmm... You are certainly too smart for your own good now. You knowingly told us about this now because we can not do anything other than accepting it. But, did you forget we got 2 million from the crown?"

"NO! We will not use that money. That is your personal funds. And I told you because I knew you wouldn't let me go alone, although I could do it," Magnus explained.

"NO! NEVER! You are too small to be travelling to such places alone. We will go there." She instantly said.

~Oh mum, how will I ever tell you the dangers your son faces every day?~ Magnus thought deep inside.

"What about you, dad?" Magnus asked.

"Well, if even Grace is going then I will too. Besides, it's been a long time since we had a trip. I think the last time we went out of the country was when you were just 1. You kept yourself stuck to the plane window the whole time, you didn't move even when you spoiled your diapers." Adam also agreed, though the story he told was unnecessary.

But Magnus didn't want his parents to be exposed to the Ministry, as to use Ministry authorised portkey, one needed to go there. "OKAY! I will book 1st class seats for all of us. Our vacation is going to be FUN."

As always, with the mention of a vacation, Magnus gets too excited.

...

Cokeworth,

Snape put on his best suit and went out of the house. His destination was the tree under which he met Lily for the first time. The day he met here was a very depressing one, originally for him, as he just had a fight with his dad and even saw his mother being beaten for the first time.

Then, he met Lily, a simple muggle-born girl, confused about her magical abilities and bullied by her own sister for them. He hated her sister with all his heart.

He had the bracelet ready in his pocket right now and had gift-wrapped it himself.

Soon, the big tree came into his view, and there she was. In her winter dress, but her red hair was as shining as in a beautiful spring day.

"Merry Christmas, Sev." Lily cheerfully greeted.

Her radiating smile made Snape feel warm. He would normally not talk sweetly to anybody, but Lily was different. "Same to you, Lily. Here, a present from me."

Lily got excited and quickly started opening it, "Aw... Thank you, Sev."

Soon, she had the bracelet in her hand and she awed at its beauty. This was the first time someone gifted her jewellery. Her parents still treated her like a small child and gifted her dolls, now, she truly felt like a grown-up.

"Ah, this must be very expensive, Sev. Why did you waste so much money?" She quickly asked. She knew the financial situation of Snape and didn't want to be the reason for his problems.

Snape lightly smiled, "It cost me nothing, trust me. Besides, I am now earning money from my new patent. Also, there is another surprise. I just moved into your neighbourhood with my mother. We live a few houses away from you."

Lily was indeed surprised by this. "Does that mean, now I won't have to get bored at home? HEY, do you have a potions lab in your home? Maybe we can practice together?"

~I must build a potions lab quickly.~ Snape decided in his heart.

"Not yet, but I will as soon as I get my paycheck from the patents. You can come to my home anytime then. We can learn advance potions together." He offered.

"That would be wonderful and then we can..."

They talked about potions for a long time as they both loved this subject. But, there was a difference between them.

Although Lily too was hailed as a Potions genius by Slughorn, she was still not equal to Snape. The reason was simple, Lily always went strictly by the book.

Her potions were perfect according to the book. But at the same time, Snape had more of an out of the box thinking and made corrections to the method in the books and turned perfect potions into extraordinary potions.

Magnus was below Lily though, as his success rate was very poor. But, on the side, there was the godly Ragnar, who was mad about Potions and now Runes. He was bound to be called the biggest potions genius of the century.

Snape felt at ease now talking to her. He could see their friendship developing.

"So, how's your holiday going?" He asked.

"Boring as always. I can't perform magic at home and my sister keeps on annoying me. Mum and dad are busy with work too. What about you?" She asked back.

"Oh, I met my friends and travelled to some places," Snape replied.

"Really? Was there Magnus too? He was crazy in the quidditch matches. To be honest, I hated that sport but looking at him play it made it so exciting. He's so good at everything too. Well, except potions. I can't believe I know the future king of Britain..." She spoke nonstop.

The more she spoke, the more Snape's face fell. A realisation came to his mind, "So she likes him..."

"Yes..." After that, Snape just kept on giving normal, obvious replies to her. Soon, lunchtime came and they said goodbye and went home. Snape, was now depressed as compared to his happy mood early in the morning.

[A/N: Let's be honest here, girls, especially the young ones, always pick the good looking guy over everything else, they'd pick the hot guy even if the other choice is a billionaire average looking guy who loves her dearly, this can go both ways though as young boys also tend to only focus on looks. Snape, in the canon, was said to be not so good looking. So, it's obvious that a popular girl like Lily, will not just automatically fall in love with him because he's nice to her.]

[And no, there is not going to be a dumb scenario where Snape will get angry at Magnus. There were supposed to be 2 chapters today that would have made everything clear but it's taking me some time to get back to my earlier writing speed.]

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Chapter 100: 100. Auctioning with Auctioneer

After returning to his home, Snape went straight to his room, ignoring his mother calling him for lunch she made especially for him. She was trying to turn into a good mother now, as the toxicity had left her life and she didn't have much authority to make mistakes.

Snape ignored her and locked himself in his room. He went to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror.

~I never stood a chance... Look at him... Blood of Merlin, the future king of Britain whereas I, a poor, ugly, weak pathetic boy.~

*Splash*

He filled water in the wash-hand basin and drowned his head. He wasn't trying to kill himself, just wanted to space himself out of the sounds around him.

Once it was silent, he opened his eyes. Water made it all blurry, but his brain seemed to play games on him as that blur felt like images.

"Love for someone doesn't always need to be reciprocated. If you truly care for her, you would try to find happiness in the simple fact that she's also happy."

"You cannot and should not, ever, force your feelings on someone, because, maybe you can overpower them into submission, but would that really be genuine love?"

These words came to his mind. They were not spoken by Magnus or Ragnar. It wasn't even spoken by someone living. These words were from the portrait of Merlin and Arthur who was inside Merlin's portrait.

After this, Snape saw another scene in the water, it was not from much long ago, just from the previous night.

"We are brothers, I got your back." These were Magnus' words in the letter.

"Blbrrrrrgl..." Snape suddenly lost his breath and pulled his head out. He fell on the floor.

"Ha... Ha...." He was breathing heavily.

He set his unorganised hair back and sighed.

"Brothers? Haha... What a fool I am. I finally have everything I could dream of, friends who are like family, mother, who's finally free. Money, to finally not be poor.

"I do like her, but how can I blame her personal choices on Magnus? He doesn't even know about her feelings. She is to Magnus what I am to her. She's even more unlucky, as she's not even his close friend." He talked to himself.

He then got up from the floor and tidied his clothes. He again looked at himself in the mirror, now much more confidently. "Life has given me another chance. I WILL NOT WASTE IT. I WILL BECOME THE BEST POTIONEER I CAN. With Magnus, Ragnar and Bobby, I will help make this world better."

After that, he quickly went out of the locked room. He went downstairs to the dining table. There, he saw the lights dimmed and his mother sitting alone, looking at the food on her plate depressingly.

Snape felt extremely bad for ignoring her when she was trying her best to be a good mother. So, he put on a smile on his face and went behind her, then, he hugged her neck.

"I'm sorry, mum. I will be good now. Let's eat now. After this, we will go to the park." He spoke.

Elaine looked at the radiation face of Snape and turned happy. She felt energised all of a sudden and got up to put food on Snape's plate.

"YES, let's eat, Sev. My sweet baby." She dotted on him.

~I love this feeling.~ she thought to herself. She had nearly forgotten how to love her own child in the past, but, now her mind was in a good place.

"Sev, you don't have to worry about money all the time. Mummy will find a job soon. I know I'm not very smart or qualified, but I think I can do something out there." She told him.

Snape supported her wholeheartedly. She needed to get out of this gloomy place and do something other than just sit. "Hmm... I know the owner of Potions shop in Diagon Alley, he's looking to hire. Maybe you can be his store clerk?"

"Really? Then I will go and apply there later." She enthusiastically said.

Snape just silently smiled seeing her smile. A line once again resonated in his head and he thought to himself.

~Yes, seeing people you care about happy does make you feel happy.~

...

London, Heathrow Airport.

Magnus, Ragnar, Grace, Adam and Ted had come to the airport to catch their flight. It was just 1 day before the auction. Magnus had actually sent his Diamond and the 10th-century coin to Riyadh already. It was in the Gringotts branch in Saudi Arabia. Ted was able to get a spot in the final auction. However, the slot of his item was not decided yet as they needed to check it first.

They only agreed to give the slot after hearing how big the diamond was. They initially thought Ted was a conman or maybe a prankster. So, he had to say that he represents the owner of Dragon Holdings, who owns 15% of Intel, plus many more. Magnus was also planning on investing in another chipmaker company called AMD, fully known as Advanced Micro Devices. They went looking to go public in 1972 September.

Magnus approached them and they agreed to let him invest as his investment would increase company's worth and that would make the IPO better. But the specific details were still being talked about.

Poor Ted couldn't have done all this alone, so, even he had formed his own Law and Consulting firm and named it Tonks and Tonks. Why multiple Tonks? Well, that was for his soon to be arriving daughter.

Magnus did not invest much in his company. Just 5 per cent stake for initial capital. Then, Ted hired lots of newly graduated kids from famous Law Schools in the UK and US. He also hired a few old-timers to advise with their expertise.

Anyway, Magnus was yet to completely sign the auction contract and he would only do it after blowing the minds of experts there.

"MUMMY... HURRY UP!" Magnus excitedly ran towards the big 747 aircraft.

Grace chuckled seeing him all excited. People also smiled seeing him, an innocent kid having fun. Unknown to all, he was probably the richest man of the past many centuries.

Meanwhile, Ragnar was very nervous. This was his first time boarding a plane and he had just one thing to say.

~I feel so much safer on the broom.~

But, thankfully, the 1st class seating was so open spaced and comfortable that Ragnar forgot about his fear as soon as pretty stewardesses started giving them food.

Magnus laid back on his recliner sofa seat and talked to Ted. "So, how did you get the slot?"

"Let's just say I know a guy...who knows a guy ...who...knows another guy. And that guy's uncle's wife's father works as a manager for the auction company. He let me have a conversation with the company owner." Ted answered while sipping on whiskey.

Magnus made an ugly face and got up to go to his mum for a head massage, "Man, you're too drunk... Do you know what you even said?"

...

The flight took six and a half hours to reach Riyadh. There, as 1st class passengers, they got to do an easy checkout.

But, as they got out of the airport. They realised that their guess that Riyadh would be very warm proved to be wrong. They had to take out clothes from their luggage and put them on as they were currently dressed for warm climate.

"Ah, no wonder everyone was looking at us as if we were jokers," Adam commented.

"So, where do we go from here?" Magnus asked.

"Umm, the hotel I booked should've sent a big car for us," Ted said while looking at the road.

Soon, a long black limousine came towards them. Adam, as a car enthusiast, immediately recognised it, "Oh, a 1968 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron?"

And, as they expected, it stopped in front of them. The driver came out and quickly apologised in English, "Sorry Sorry, car stuck at parking."

Ted shrugged, "It's alright."

The driver put their luggage in the trunk and brought them to a big 5-star hotel. They had a pretty amazing experience there as people rushed to help them with everything.

~Hmm, is this what fat kings of the old days lived like? I hope I don't turn fat after getting crowned.~ Magnus thought.

After that, they were helped to their rooms. They had actually booked a whole penthouse with 4 rooms, a living room, a playroom and a kitchen.

"Mum, Dad, I will return in a while. I'm going with Ted to the auction centre. You have a rest, we will explore the city this evening." Magnus told them.

Along the way, Grace and Adam had developed a pretty good trust in Ted. And they knew he was also a Wizard so they felt a bit at ease.

"Ragnar, wanna come?" Magnus asked.

Ragnar didn't reply and soon snores started coming from the sofa.

"Haha, I guess he's tired from the jetlag. I'll go then." Magnus left.

"So, what do you want to eat, Grace?" Adam quickly picked the menu and they started having fun. It had been so long since they had gone on a vacation.

...

Meanwhile, Magnus reached the auction centre. There, he was escorted to the auction company's owner. He had collected the diamond on his way.

The owner of the Emperium Auctions was an old man. He was probably a local as he wore the local white robes that men do.

He looked at Magnus judgingly, guessing he was unimportant. But didn't take the initiative to speak to show he was the big man.

Magnus rolled his eyes and simply put the diamond on his table. And it was not done softly. Magnus put the diamond on the glass table so strongly that it got cracked. But, it was an expensive glass and didn't even break them. It now just had a broken texture.

However, none of the company men were bothered by the broken table. Their mouths were agape and their eyes were about to fall off their sockets.

Then, the old man slowly extended his hands towards the diamond. They were shaking. He tried to pick it up but for some reason felt it was too heavy. That was the weight of the money.

A big smile grew on his face. "MASHALLAH! THIS IS AMAZING! You did not exaggerate but instead understated its beauty and size. AH! This should be kept in a museum... BUT... Now that it's here, we will do our best to show it to those who dare to have it."

Magnus nodded and took their contract paper to read it. It said 10 percent would be taken by the auction house.

Magnus, a person who hated losing too much money, couldn't tolerate this. This diamond was going to sell for hundreds of millions.

He scoffed, "3 per cent, take it or leave it."

"Ahaha... Son, let me talk to Mr Ted first..." He tried to ignore Magnus.

Ted frowned, "Mr Ahmed, you seem to have mistaken. He is the owner of Dragon Holdings and the owner of this diamond."

It was another round of shock on everybody's face. Ahmad internally tensed up, ~Does he even own a bank account?~

"Ah, so you're Mr Grant. You see, 10 per cent is the standard ra..."

He was interrupted by Magnus, who was now playing catch with the diamond. "2 Percent, take it or leave it. You are the customer now, Mr Ahmad. I can decide not to sell it here and just go to the Queen of England. Or maybe a dictator of some corrupt country, they will pay me whatever I want and there will be no brokerage."

Ahmad started sweating. He now saw Magnus as the capitalist demon he used to learn about in school back in those days.

"Ahaha... Mr Grant is angry it seems, please try...".

"You want 1 per cent?" Magnus asked again with no expression on his face.

-_-

"YES YES... 3 IS FINE..." Ahmad spoke up grudgingly.

Magnus' brow furrowed, "The bid ended at 2 per cent. That's all you get."

~Wait, are we the auctioneer or is he?~ Everyone from the company thought. They felt they were losing their hair by each second of interacting with this kid.

"YES, DEAL..." Ahmad agreed. He now just needed to sell it as high as possible and he can still make a decent amount of money. But this diamond will also be an amazing way to increase his company's presence around the world with sensational news. However, he was warned not to reveal Magnus' identity to anybody.

[A/N: WOHOOOO... 100 CHAPTERS... We're in the three-digit now, boys. PLEASE GIB STONE!]

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