"Phew... that was exhausting. Why are there so many people gathered outside our house? When will they leave?" Grace muttered as she relaxed on the sofa.
Adam walked behind her and started to massage her shoulder. "My dear wife, get used to it. Don't forget, all this will double when Magnus takes the throne and continues to create miracles."
Magnus smiled and laid down on the sofa beside Grace, putting his head on her lap. "Don't worry, mum. Our lives won't be disturbed."
*THUD*
Ragnar also laid down on her other side and put his head on the other lap. "Yes, we are Wizards after all."
She smiled and pulled their cheeks, "Of course, I got my two little naughty witches."
Magnus jokingly cried, "Aaaa... mummy, if you want a girl so much then why don't you give me a little cute sister? Just like that Ava."
Grace blushed.
Ragnar also spoke in favour, "Yes yes, I will cherish her with all my life. My cute little sister."
"Hun-hun..." Magnus nodded profusely.
Meanwhile, Adam continued to massage Grace's shoulder, but he looked at his sons with a grateful expression. ~My sweet sons, you are the best.~
He always wanted a little daughter he could dote on. But Grace never agreed to another child, because they were busy.
Grace ignored their talks and silently went to the kitchen, telling them that she needed to cook. This was always her reaction when she didn't have answers.
They had a sumptuous dinner that night and went to sleep in their rooms.
...
3 AM,
Magnus and his family were asleep in their warm comfy beds in the chilling winter. Everyone was in their dreamlands.
But, some sad wizards had come to kidnap the only person they should not. They had come all the way from Japan, on this intense mission.
For this mission, they had prepared very well. First of all, they got the plans for the whole house from the public works department. They silently kept an eye on the house and figured out where Magnus sleeps at night.
Once they had confirmed all this, they decided to proceed with the kidnapping. They were confident in their skills, as they were internationally renowned for their secret assassination, kidnapping and espionage work.
The 5 member team surrounded the whole location first and put muggle repellant charm so that nobody could call the police while they were busy.
Then they made the muggle security fall unconscious. Now, to them, the whole path was clear.
The 5 of them regrouped and arrived on the balcony of Magnus' room.
"Where is the portkey? We will go back to Japan with the kid. His fate will be decided by the ones who hired us then." Their team leader briefed the team first.
As everyone nodded, they proceeded to open the glass door.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!"
Like thieves being caught by the police. They looked back in shock and wands out. But their arms just fell down.
There were about 20 wizards, all had their wands out and pointed at them. There were 3 wizards for each attacker. They were heavily outnumbered.
Their minds were unable to comprehend why there were so many Wizards here, what was so special inside this house?
What they didn't know was that they were under the radar ever since they arrived here. But because they didn't do anything nobody bothered. Though it was still reported to the ministry and they increased the number of Wizards.
"Put the wands on the ground, or the next thing you will see will be fireworks from our wands."
The 5 Wizards slowly put their wands down. They didn't want to die for a kidnapping mission. They may be Japanese, but they didn't carry the stupid honour that glorifies committing suicide.
Besides, they were Wizards. The wizarding government of Japan wouldn't let anything happen to them as Wizards were very important for any country since not many are born.
At least this was what they thought until the reason for their arrest was read to them.
"You are hereby under arrest for attempting to kidnap his Majesty, Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon, lord of the most ancient house of Emrys and the heir to King Arthur Pendragon. He's also a member of the Wizengamot, this makes your attempted kidnapping an attack on the British Wizarding government."
As soon as they heard this, their bodies became cold, and they started sweating.
*DOOR OPENS*
Magnus appeared from inside his room, rubbing his eyes. "What happened? Why so much noise?"
"Your Majesty, these 5 men came here to kidnap you'" the auror informed him.
Magnus, as if heard the biggest joke of the century, laughed. Then he looked at the 5 men under restraint.
"Are you stupid? Kidnap me? Hell, you can't even kidnap my pet cat. And he's FAT!." Magnus said loudly.
The 5 started to plead for forgiveness. But Magnus just yawned, "The Ministry will handle you. Since you dared to commit a crime in magical Britain, against the royal family, they have the authority to kill you. But I will be gracious enough to let you go alive, of course, after chopping your hands so you don't ever hold a wand. Now, I need to go back to my beauty sleep."
*BAM*
Magnus loudly closed the door and went back to dreamland. The Aurors were a bit taken aback. The punishment Magnus just gave was not much different from death for a wizard.
...
Next Morning,
*Yawn*
"What's the matter, sweetie, didn't you sleep last night?" Grace asked Magnus as he arrived at the dining room.
"No, mum. Just some unpleasant dreams and mosquitoes. What about you? Didn't you sleep? Why are there dark circles under your eyes?" Magnus asked her in confusion.
But Grace blushed instead, "It's nothing, it goes and comes. Oh, did you read that news? The new giant hospital near Richmond Park has just completed its main construction, and it will be open by this time next year. I wonder if I can work there if I take retirement."
~Mum, you will own the hospital.~ Magnus said to himself. He couldn't wait to surprise Grace when it's complete.
"Sure, any hospital that has you will be lucky. And mum, I will be going to the Ministry of Magic, have some important work to do there. Will you be going to work?" Magnus asked.
"I will," Grace replied.
"I won't, I was given leave from work to perfect my car and test the battery," Adam said.
"Okay then, be safe, mum. Bye Bye, I will be going." Magnus finished eating and asked George to drop him off at the Ministry.
...
Ministry of Magic, Underground Prison,
"So, why did they try to kidnap me?" Magnus arrived and asked. The five wizards were now nearly naked, except their underwears. They were held in the air with magic.
"Here, they are members of the Japanese Yakuza. They were hired to kidnap you to put pressure on your father, so he will release the patents for some... battery?" The auror in charge explained, though he had no clue what this battery was. He had never heard of such a magical artefact.
As soon as this was spoken, Ragnar laughed madly, "AHAHAHA... oh god, whoever hired them sure doesn't love their money,"
He was right, they were going to regret it. Magnus was known to extort money from those who did him wrong. And these people tried to invade his dear home. They will have to pay big money. It was going to be a bumper harvest.
...
The next day,
On the desks of the CEOs of the 4 companies, a paper was found. It didn't have much written on it, there were just the details of a Gringotts account and 20,000,000(115,352,746 today) pounds number and some words which said, "MY MONEY WHERE?"
They had gotten the information from the Ministry of Magic of Japan by now. They were scolded by them for trying to plot against the descendant of Merlin.
They felt like bashing their heads on the wall now, but it was too late. They knew that along with signing the cheque to give the money, they would also have to sign their resignation letter.
Meanwhile, Magnus just made 80,000,000 pounds. He could have asked for more but he didn't want to destroy relations with these companies as he needed to do business with them later. Now, with this much amount, they will feel regret and not anger.
...
The reaction of the people was mixed when it came to the Queen's announcement. But overall it was all very positive.
On one side, there were hardcore Monarchy supporters, who cried for the queen and all the pain she had to suffer. They sympathised with Adam and wholeheartedly welcomed him into the royal family. They were probably just happy that the new prince was super smart and a great inventor. Now they could boast around why the Monarchy was the best.
Then on the other side, there were neutral people, who didn't care much about the crown. But they still supported Adam, wanting him to be the crown prince because he was smart and a man of science. They demanded that the tax money they spend on parties be given to Adam so he may create something good out of it.
The only opposition was from some ultra haters of the crown, who would rather see Buckingham Palace burn to ashes than it become the new centre for innovation and the nation's development.
But, in all this, the media was playing a big narrative control role. They were constantly making everyone remember the achievements of Magnus, Adam and Grace. This was being pushed by Queen's office herself.
Only Ragnar was left out as he had his achievements in the Magical world so he couldn't have fame yet.
Magnus even made the news channels take Bobby's name, telling everyone that they were best friends. This will help Bobby and the Futuretek company.
But the toughest phase was yet to come when Magnus would take the throne at the age of just 18. He would need to create a good image for himself before that happens.
~Hmm, what can blow people's minds and make me famous?~ He wondered in his spare time during the holidays.
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Sophia♫
Magnus finished writing the letter for Sirius. This one had a picture attached. They had exchanged letters one more time before this, and Sirius asked for a picture desperately.
So Magnus and Ragnar headed out to find the perfect candidate for their model. She needed to be pretty and similar to what Magnus had described. But they were ready to compromise and use magic to manipulate the photos. After looking for a whole day, they found their perfect girl, not anywhere close to what they wanted but they had to heavily use the makeup and edit the image.
"Can't believe this was supposed to be so hideous before. Haha... can't wait to reveal it all to Sirius. His face will be worth watching when he sees his 'lover'." Ragnar said while trying to hold back his laughter.
Magnus once again put the fake lipstick mark on it and sent Summer to Owl Post Office.
Once that was done, Magnus headed out. "I'm going to Oxford University. Bobby asked me to come and meet the possible people he has selected for the Order of Merlin. Wanna come?"
"No, I got some experiments, I'll be busy," Ragnar replied and lazily headed to his small lab.
Magnus called Abe and asked him to drop him somewhere near Oxford university. There was a park nearby, and he arrived in the trees there. From there, he hired a cab and went straight to the college Bobby was.
Magnus had only 1 week of free time, but today was the only day he would be spending his time on the muggle side. The coming week he will be spending with Moody and Professor Flitwick, trying to get better at martial magic. Now he could give them the genuine reason for training, that he was going to be the king and will always be in danger.
When Magnus arrived, Bobby was already waiting for him. He followed him to a small hall, probably used for some seminars.
Magnus looked at the small group of people Bobby had gathered. Nearly all of them were wearing glasses. ~I guess reading books is sometimes injurious to health.~
Bobby introduced him, "Everyone, this is Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon, Duke of Cambridge."
Duke of Cambridge was one of the eight royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom. It was a hereditary title of a specific rank of nobility in the British royal family. The title (named after the city of Cambridge in England) was heritable by male descendants by primogeniture.
The title was first created in 1660. But the title became extinct several times before being revived when Queen gave it to Magnus recently.
Bobby continued, "Well, royal titles don't mean much to people like us. So let me tell you who he really is. We have been friends since small, and the only person I consider smarter than me is Magnus here.
"He is the other half owner of FutureTek company. And he also fully owns Dragon Holdings and I don't have to tell you what Dragon Holdings owns. He also has many ongoing projects. He's a great entrepreneur and investor. So, if you have any ideas, you can pitch it to him and he might invest."
Magnus waved his hand. All of the people there were in their late teens or early adulthood. But one thing he noticed was that they all looked at Bobby with an expression of reverence instead of scorn for being so young and bossing them around. Maybe to these young people, age didn't matter, what mattered was the brain.
Now, they looked at him the same way. "Hello, everyone. I came here today because Bobby told me you all are the best at what you study. I am a person who loves investing in the future. I have many goals, and I work to achieve them.
"And if you can help me in achieving those goals, then I don't mind bringing you into the fold. Let's start with introductions."
Then, everyone started to tell their names first. Bobby would then tell him what each of them does best.
"Yusuf is a student from Pakistan, he's a very good economist. After the announcement about the new battery and electric car, he had guessed the downfall of oil stocks, he made many of us some money." Bobby explained.
Magnus nodded at this, if this was the case, then this boy deserved some backing. Not many people currently have the vision to think about the future of Batteries and EVs,
"Mark is a mechanical engineer. He loves cars and..."
"CAN I WORK FOR YOUR FATHER?" Mark suddenly shouted.
Magnus was uncertain about this wish, he rubbed his chin and replied, "I don't know, he does not run a company. He probably won't be able to pay a salary either."
"I WILL WORK FOR FREE... PLEASE!" he pleaded.
"Okay, I will ask him." Magnus conceded.
He spent the whole morning meeting all of them and talking about various ideas. Some of them asked for his investment in their business for a percentage of ownership. Magnus was rather a person who looked to keep things under his control if he felt the idea would be good.
There was especially one idea, on which Magnus decided to spend a lot of money. It was proposed by a Business Administration student. She pitched him the idea that she wants to open a telephone shop for daily groceries.
The idea was simple, she would open a lot of warehouses across the whole of London. Then she would send pamphlets/catalogues in newspapers every week, telling all the items they have.
Next, the person can just call them and order the items. They would only sell groceries for now, because people usually went out to buy them a few times every week.
Magnus liked the idea. They could take a small delivery fee to cover the cost of logistics. Plus, every item will be slightly expensive, for example, something worth 1 pound would cost 1.03 pounds, but on special occasions, they will be slightly cheaper, calling it a discounted sale.
Then, he advised that the phone number be toll-free so the caller wouldn't feel bad even if the item they wanted was not available. Next, he advised keeping the delivery free above a certain amount.
She kept on writing the suggestions and agreed to all of them. But then her mind broke when Magnus told her how much he would invest.
"Hmm, this is going to be a big project. How about 5 million pounds as an initial investment? For 55 per cent of the company? I will invest more if this is successful, without taking any more percentage of the company." He offered.
Her name was Freya, a 22-year-old. She was just expecting to open one warehouse first and start the service in one locality. But this was too big. With 5 million, Magnus was most likely targeting half of London.
"Sir, this is too much... it's too risky... maybe we should start from the small." She said, not wanting Magnus to lose money.
Magnus denied, "No, we have found a market that is not served, we should capture it when we can. I love your idea, if you don't start the company on a big scale, I will do it. But then you will say I stole your idea, which would technically be correct. But we live in a world where everyone is on a running track. If you walk like a snail, you will never be successful in a track full of sprinters.
"You have the opportunity to be a part of this, you can become a millionaire in a year or two, what's there to worry about? Are you afraid of challenges?"
"NO, SIR!" She replied immediately. After hearing Magnus' snail analogy, she felt pumped. It was true, if she didn't act when there is an opportunity, she will only have a lifetime's regret.
"Good, what have you decided for the name?" Magnus asked her.
"I have not thought about it sir, maybe Grocery House?" She suggested.
Magnus fell silent and closed his eyes, "Ummm... no, it's too specific. It's is possible that in the future we will sell even other items. For now, we will be selling groceries, something that people buy every day or two. So let's start with Daily. We will sell all items from one place, we will be like a market. Hmm, I have a perfect name. DailyMart."
*CLAP CLAP*
Bobby started clapping, "That's a very impactful name, Magnus. The name itself feels like it sells something good and alludes me to buying something."
"Then we are already on a path to success. Freya, my assistant will contact you soon. She is currently busy chasing away journalists. For all those who don't have any ideas right now, you can contact me by Bobby. Remember, I invest in the future. We can together achieve anything. I got the money, contacts and influence. If someone wants to be a politician, they will have my support as long as they are not corrupt. If you want to be a lawyer, I can get you hired by the best law firm in the country. If you want to be an economist, well you can work for my company. I have endless opportunities.
"Now, I will be taking my leave. We will meet again soon." He waved his goodbye and headed to see his hospital's construction.
[A/N: Yes, he started something like Amazon.]
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