"Severus, come to my home later, I have a potion book I took from Merlin's vault earlier. It had some kind of a plan for making a magic enhancing potion, which makes one's magic more potent. It was based on the fact that some wizards' magic release a stronger intensity for the same spells as performed by others. It said that the reason behind this was the potency of one's magic. Let's study it together later." Magnus suggested to his friend. He also wanted to make himself and his Round Table stronger... now Emma was there too. She was not a part of the Round Table but she was in danger as she stayed around them.
Severus glanced at Ragnar first and asked, "Why not ask him? He's a slightly better potioneer than me."
Ragnar didn't reply and just scoffed. Of course, angry for a reason.
Magnus scoffed, "Huh, he's careless. He might burn down the house if I let him experiment on such a dangerous potion."
Severus chuckled, "Yes, he might do that. I will come to your home later then."
Later, Hogwarts Express slowly stopped at platform 9¾. The platform was filled with parents waiting for their children.
But Magnus had noticed one thing. That the parents who came to get their children mostly included Muggle-born or half-blood parents. The pureblood parents rarely came.
He guessed that the family system of the pureblood side was too broken and less importance was given to bonds, love and relationship and more to power, money and influence.
But, his family was different. As soon as Magnus was out of his train, he saw his Dad waiting for him there. But there was no Grace.
"Where is mum?" He asked him.
Adam ruffled his hair and hugged him first, as well as Ragnar, "She had an important surgery so she couldn't come. Come, the car is waiting for us."
As soon as they went out of the train station, Magnus saw a Rolls Royce waiting there. What was even strange was that there were two black Range Rovers, one in the front of the Rolls Royce and one back, both had 3 men in suits inside.
"What's this?" Ragnar asked.
Adam scratched his head, "Even I don't know. They just showed up a few days ago, with orders from Buckingham Palace. They are meant to be my security."
Ragnar excitedly jumped in the car, "Woaaah... I feel so important... So pampered. Feed me some fruits now."
But Magnus wondered, ~I hope I don't get this worthless security, or else I'll have to save my security team in case of a wizard attack.~
"Granny Liz sure seems excited," Magnus muttered.
"How was your time at school? I heard from George that you caught some kind of a snake?" Adam asked.
Magnus sweated, "Hehe... Yes, it was just a snake. Not harmful at all. He's very friendly."
Ragnar agreed, "Yes, even his name is Cuddles."
"What a cute and terrifying name for a snake. Well, on my part, I've built the full prototype of the new car. The fuel engine works well, now only Battery one is left. I'm very close to developing a liquid lithium-ion battery." Adam revealed.
Magnus and Ragnar didn't reply, they were just waiting to shock him now.
Later, as soon as they reached home, Summer and Chad started making noises in their cages. As if saying, "Let us out and inspect our territory." So they let them roam free.
"Grace left food for you two. George went with her today, so Abe should be around. He's into gardening these days. Go and freshen up now." Adam told them.
Magnus and Ragnar went to their rooms and bathed. After that, they regrouped and planned when to give the batteries.
"Mag, what are you going to do about all the people following us later? We are wizards, we can't be photographed continuously." Ragnar asked him as he remembered what had happened today.
The guards to escort their vehicle were just the beginning. They were present even outside their house, securing the gate.
Magnus, too, was having a headache, "I don't know. Most of the news channels can be tamed and told not to record us, but I don't know about the Paparazzi. I think I need to create a charming item that somehow makes photographs blurry."
"Hmm, it's gonna be hard to not interfere with normal electronics. Anyway, let's go and surprise dad." Ragnar put on a sweater and headed out.
Magnus took the suitcase from his room and arrived at the underground workshop. It was beaming with activity and a lot of instrument noises were coming.
"DAD!" Magnus shouted, to make Adam stop working.
Soon the noise stopped and Adam lifted his Welding Shield and looked at them.
"Come here, don't you wanna see the car your dad made? I'm going to be honest, I'm proud of how it turned out to be." Adam proudly said and took them to another part of the workshop, it looked clean and there was a car, covered with a sheet.
From the shape of it, it looked decently big. But the design was still a mystery.
Ragnar was also excited, he had started to like cars, since he hated brooms, "Show us, dad."
"Okay, behold, my prototype. I have named this Ultron Alpha. Ultron being the company name."
*Woosh* He lifted the sheets.
*WHISTLE*
"WOAH!" Magnus' eyes shined. He felt his body shake, his heart beat faster. Was it love at first sight?
"This looks so futuristic and outright cool, dad. How did you even make this?" Magnus blurted the questions.
"Easy... I made it by taking the frame of an old muscle car. It needed a lot of work but Abe and George were great help with their magic. The end result was this. I have even fitted the engine motor in it. It works on Petrol, for now, the place for batteries has also been made. I just need to make them and put them here." Adam started to enthusiastically explain everything about the car. He also blurted many technical details that Ragnar and Magnus did not understand but they just nodded.
Because no matter what, this was one hell of a beauty. Just then, they decided to drop the bomb... the gift. They couldn't bring themselves to look at the tired face of Adam, with dark circles under his eyes. He must have been working a lot for the battery.
"Dad, I want you to come here and take a seat. Then close your eyes, Ragnar has a gift for you." Magnus dragged him to the side.
Adam stopped speaking and looked at his sons confusedly. He chuckled and asked, "What gift? My birthday was months ago."
"Just take a seat and don't peek." He pushed him on the seat.
Ragnar quickly took out a battery from the case and placed it in front of Adam. It was not small, at least the size of a floor tile.
"Dad, remember I wasn't able to help you last time?" Ragnar said.
Adam replied with eyes closed, "That's okay, son. Life is full of failures, instead of getting depressed, you should learn from them and work harder."
Ragnar smiled, "Hehe, I did just that. Open your eyes."
Adam did and noticed a thin black cuboid item. It was black in colour, covered with some substance. There were two wires coming out of one end.
His heart beat faster, as the idea of a possibility rose in his mind. "I-Is this... Lithium-ion battery?"
Magnus nodded and said, "Even better, dad. Ragnar is a genius. He went one step further and created a Solid-State Battery. This thing is so safe and effective that no one can say anything bad about it."
Adam felt so proud of Ragnar. The boy was indeed a genius of the highest order. ~I'm so blessed to have these two as my sons.~
He went to Ragnar and lifted him with a hug, "Haha... Marvellous, son. As a Wizard, you might not know but you have changed the whole world with this invention.
This is the future of mankind."
Ragnar felt embarrassed, he was not as well-built as Magnus and weighed very little.
Magnus felt he needed to save his brother from embarrassment so he asked, "Dad, has mom seen the car yet?"
He denied, "No, I was planning on surprising her."
"Then let's attach the batteries and go to pick her up from the hospital," Magnus suggested.
"Yes! Let's eat dinner outside." Ragnar added.
Adam nodded and looked at the car, "Yeah... It's time to take this beauty outside on real roads. Let me test the batteries first."
[A/N: A solid-state battery has a higher energy density than a Li-ion battery that uses a liquid electrolyte solution. A solid-state battery doesn't have a risk of explosion or fire, so there is no need to have components for safety, thus saving more space.]
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It took Adam 2 hours to test the batteries and also fit them in the car. They were now going to see how far it could go with how much battery. Soon, they got in the car and rolled out.
The car was surely eye candy. Every single person on the sidewalk would turn their heads and look. They gasped, awed and whistled. The car was also running very silently on the street. They had to use the horn a lot as many people jaywalked and didn't notice the car since there was no sound.
"HAHA... Dad, how fast can it go?" Magnus asked while enjoying the ride.
Adam wanted to go faster but almost controlled himself, he didn't want to start a scandal or something. "It can go from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds. This is the joy of an electric motor engine, it is much more responsive."
They didn't head straight to the hospital. First, they went to a fancy restaurant to book a table.
But, a funny scene happened there. When they all got out of the car and went to give the keys to the valet, the valet gave the key back, saying, "Sir, I don't know how to drive this car."
So, they just called the manager. The Valet thought they were going to complain about him, but he was fully ignored. instead, Adam joyfully greeted the manager, as they both knew each other and were friends.
They booked a table for dinner and then zoomed to the Royal Military Hospital. Since Adam was a pretty high ranking officer, they were allowed entry in their strange car.
They simply drove to the front of the main gate of the building where Grace was supposed to come. They waited there for about ten minutes when she finally arrived.
There were already a lot of people, admiring the car and making noise. So Grace also looked. And just then, the windows of the car slowly slid down, music blasting, and with the beat, all three were shaking their heads comically.
It was a surprise for her, a pleasant one at that. She laughed seeing them, "Hahaha... why didn't you tell me you were coming to get me?"
"It was a sudden plan, mum." Magnus and Ragnar got out of the car to greet her.
They both hugged her tightly, while Grace patted their heads, "Aw... my sweet blondies are back. Let's go, I will cook something tasty today."
"No mum, we are going out to eat tonight. We booked the table." Ragnar informed her.
*BEEP BEEP*
Adam honked the car, "Come on, let's go for a ride, Grace. Don't you want to see the car your dear husband made?"
She slowly came to the front passenger side and looked at the sleek design, "Is this safe?"
"Absolutely, structural integrity was given very high priority while making it." Adam defended his car.
Then Grace got in and they all left. Meanwhile, everyone else, the staff and colleagues of Grace just looked jealous. Some from the car, some men from Adam and some women from Grace. In their eyes, this was what a perfect family was supposed to be like.
...
They arrived at the fancy hotel soon after. This time Adam himself parked the car. Grace put her arm around Adam's while Ragnar and Magnus walked ahead of them. She had a long coat to wear over her uniform, since being in uniform in public was somewhat dangerous.
They had booked a pretty nice corner table overlooking the street outside from the window. As soon as they sat down, Magnus took out his wand secretly and cast a charm.
"What was that?" Grace inquired.
"Muffliato charm. It stops others from overhearing us. Severus invented this charm. Seriously, these days I feel I'm mediocre at best compared to these two." Magnus said with a sad face.
"Lies, you're the best at Martial Magic," Ragnar argued.
But Magnus knew he shouldn't talk about this kind of magic. Or one thing might lead to another and some secrets might come out.
"That's pretty convenient. Let's order food first. What do you want to eat? Oh, Ragnar created the Battery, we need to celebrate that as well. Order anything you want." Adam spoke.
Ragnar looked at the menu, "Hmm, I'm very hungry. Let's go with this. Roasted Chicken, Fried Chicken, Chicken Sandwich, Chicken Soup, Chicken curry... Chicken rice..."
"Woah Woah... Ragnar, are you planning on exterminating all the chickens in the country? Who's going to eat so much?" Magnus stopped him.
"Aren't I ordering for all of us?" Ragnar confusedly asked.
In the end, everyone ordered whatever they liked. Ragnar, of course, ordered everything he named, just in a portion for one person.
After this, Magnus and Ragnar just talked about their school life. They also told them about how Ragnar created the battery.
"Does this mean that you are ready to be announced as the prince?" Grace asked Adam.
Adam nodded, "Yes, as soon as the patents are cleared, we will be clear to go. *Sigh* It still feels a bit strange to me."
Magnus tried to console him, "Don't worry, dad. You can keep on working on your hobbies even later. In fact, the car you made and the battery you and Ragnar made is going to be a huge deal in the coming future. Just imagine, if all cars in our country became electric, we wouldn't have to buy oil that much. So much money will be saved, money that can be used to better the infrastructure."
"Well, anything for you, Magnus. Okay, how about you, Ragnar? How's your time going? Any trouble lately?" Adam asked, trying not to ignore their adopted son.
Ragnar was just happy to be there, "No, dad. I'm good, I am making many good potions now. Someday, I will create the biggest magical potions company in the world. And oh! I forgot to tell you, don't worry about the battery, even if someone steals its designs, they can't make it without the use of magic."
Magnus sighed, "Does that mean I will need to find more wizards to work for us? By the speed I am doing this, I'm afraid at one point all wizards will be working for me."
"AH! BIG BROTHER!"
All of a sudden a squeaky voice pierced Magnus' ears. He quickly turned around and looked, it turned out to be the same little girl he had saved from the kidnappers, the daughter of the prosecutor.
He remembers being told by Grace in a letter that this little girl had been giving many interesting interviews.
She was with her parents it seemed, as there was a man holding her hand and there was also a woman. The man was also looking at Magnus as the little girl tried to drag him towards him.
Grace was quick to recognise the girl, "Oh, isn't this Ava? Hello, dear."
"Hello, aunty. Woah... you're so pretty, just like Big Brother Magnus, oh, who is this?" She noticed Ragnar.
Magnus introduced, "This is Ragnar, my brother, that is my dad and mum."
"You all are so pretty, I stay with you now." She somehow got out of her dad's grip and jumped onto Magnus' lap. She had totally changed her family it seemed.
The man in the suit then came forward and apologised, also recognising Magnus in an instant. "Ah, sorry, Mr Grant. Ava is a very hyperactive kind of girl. I am Liam Smith, Crown Prosecutor, and this is my wife, Isabella, a private lawyer."
Magnus didn't mind, "It's fine. Ava is a very good girl. She was one of those who didn't cry that day."
"YES! And why would I cry? Badman is gone now, right?" Ava asked.
Magnus patted her head and nodded, "Yes, he's gone and all those that are left are also getting caught."
This was true, the whole country's police had suddenly gone into a hyperactive mode, trying to gain back the respect. They were now going after every sex offender as if he had sinned against the queen herself.
"Why don't you join us, I'm sure they can attach another table here," Grace offered.
Now was it that Liam and Isabella noticed something. Grace was a celebrity these days. Isabella was in fact was much more knowledgeable.
"Aren't you the one who made the new stent? I work for Tonks & Tonks, I oversaw your case against the American companies." Isabella spoke.
Grace politely thanked her, "Oh, thank you. I didn't know Ted had put such a good lawyer on the case. Please sit with us, Ava will also enjoy it more."
"YES! I will eat with big brother Magnus and Ragnar. Feed me, brothers." Ava said cutely.
Magnus and Ragnar chuckled awkwardly. This girl was too open with them.
"Mr Smith, why was Ava kidnapped? I'm sure that they didn't deal with kids of such a small age," Magnus asked Liam.
Liam sighed, "I think I know the answer, but there is no possibility of getting the proof."
Seeing this, Adam spoke as Magnus couldn't, being a kid. "Tell us, maybe we can help. Our connections go way above to the highest level, Mr Smith."
"I think it's because of the corruption case against a few MPs I was investigating. I was put to head a committee that was supposed to investigate the corruption in the allocation of funds for the underground tunnel to be built under the English Channel, connecting Britain and France through a rail route. But, due to some corruption, the whole project is pushed back. The amount of bribery is in tens of millions. I don't see anyone else powerful or rich enough to plan my daughter's kidnapping." Liam explained, without taking any names.
Adam couldn't do anything about it, well at least for now. As soon as he becomes the crown prince, he will have a lot of power to at least make sure justice is served.
And then, the food arrived. Ava was still sitting on Magnus' lap. The 5-year-old asked to be fed by her beautiful brother.
"First, stop calling me beautiful. Call me handsome, only then I will feed you." Magnus tried to teach her some manners.
[A/N: I will try to speed up the muggle side part.]
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