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Chapter 344: 344. The Cost

"What's with this one-liner? Just tell me what you want," Magnus asked them straightforwardly.

James came forward, "Umm... not here. Come with us."

With a raised eyebrow, Magnus tried to see what they even wanted, it could be a prank, after all, he did prank the heck out of them at the end of the last semester. "Hmm... let's go then. Rag, Sev, follow us."

"They can't... Ughh fine." Sirius relented.

They soon arrived at the empty corridors of the 5th floor. Remus was the one to break out of the tensions, "Magnus, they found out about me. They want to ask you for help in becoming an Animagus. So they can roam around with me in their animal forms."

Magnus smirked, "Hehe... what is this? Do you need help from this, Magnus the great? Fine, but it's going to cost you."

"Money is not the problem." James blurted, of course, he was the rich young master of the group.

Magnus scoffed, "Like I need your money. No, what I want is not money. For one whole month, you will become my underlings, do whatever I order you to."

The four looked at each other's faces in uncertainty, this was not really what they wanted. They had no idea what Magnus would make them do either. They weighed their options.

"How long will it take to become an Animagi?" Sirius asked.

Magnus looked at them as if they were fools, they had come to him without even doing some research. "It takes at least a month to turn into animagi, the process is long and arduous. First, you will have to keep holding the leaf of a Mandrake in your mouth for an entire month, then using the leaf, we will make a potion, then one must recite an incantation of Amato Animo Animato Animagus on a daily basis, then you drink the Animagus potion during a lightning storm.

"Remember, if you make any mistakes during this process, you are done. Either dead or disfigured. Do you still want to do it?"

As always, Peter started crying that they should not do it, but he was shut up by the angry glares of others. "We are Gryffindors. We will never back down." James proudly voiced.

~Haha, fools.~ Magnus laughed inside.

"What will we have to do? We need to set some limits. For example, no making us run around naked, no making us your servants." Remus tried to argue the terms.

Magnus shrugged, "Sure, we can do that."

The agreement was soon signed.

...

Magnus made the Gryffindor 4 do his, Ragnar, Severus and Emma's homework. It was a hassle anyway for them. Meanwhile, they had fun.

Amidst all this, Magnus was notified that King Faisal wanted to talk to him. So he went to his secure office and spoke on the phone.

Magnus picked up the phone. "How are you? What made you call me today, Faisal?"

King Faisal chuckled, but his voice sounded tired, "It's good to hear from you again. Well, I just wanted to talk to you. I am afraid my end is near, Magnus."

Magnus stood up in his seat, "WHAT? What do you mean? You're just 69,"

"A good number to die at I'd say, haha..." King Faisal joked and continued, "Well, I don't know what will kill me. It's certainly not a disease. Most likely an assassination. I have been made aware by someone. And nobody can fight the fate that Allah has already decided for his subjects. I will distance myself from the people now and let fate run in its due course."

Magnus snorted, "Huh, then you can prepare to enter hell. Do you not see it? The greatest duty, the greatest act of kindness you can do is by continuing to be the king, help me make not only your country prosper but also the world. What is a greater service than this? And now if you die, it might be considered a suicide, since you knew about it and didn't prevent it. And from what I know, suicide is one of the biggest sins in most of the religions."

( ̄▽ ̄)"

King Faisal was left speechless for a minute, the realisation slowly seeped into his head, then he exclaimed, "CRAP! I shouldn't have talked to you. No no no... I can't die now. It'll be suicide in heaven's eyes."

Magnus chuckled, "Haha, see, I told you. Now stay put, I am sending you my MEDA Saudi Arabia Chief. He will find out who wants to kill you and why."

"Fine... talk to you later... if I survive." King Faisal sighed and hung up.

Magnus laughed alone, like hell he was going to let that man die. He didn't know how the next king would be, would he have a moderate mindset like Faisal, or would he become too religious and head towards extremism. There was always uncertainty.

He found the number of Saudi Arabia's head of MEDA and called. The man was a Saudi Arabian wizard, from a distant family related to the Saudi Royals. He had come to the UK and studied law in Oxford, only to get recruited by Adrian and then trained subsequently.

The man was called Abdirashid Abdullahi Tarabi, a hard-working man. If everything went well, he'd get promoted to Middle East Head.

"Mr Tarabi, King Pendragon speaking to this side," Magnus started.

Formal greetings came from the other side, "It is an honour to speak with you, Your Majesty."

"I have a high priority task for you. Mr Tarabi. The Saudi King, a great friend of mine, King Faisal, has received the intel that he will die soon. It is going to be an assassination most likely. So I am going to need you to head to him with your best men, protect him and also catch the assassin, dead or alive." He briefed Abdullahi.

If something happens to Faisal, everything will be messed up. His land deals in Africa and peace in the Middle Eastern region, all will get pushed back.

"It will be done, Your Majesty. I will head to the Royal Palace immediately. Ah, one more thing, sir. I would like to report to you some dangerous activities. We have caught a few smugglers who brought in British, French and other European nationals, kidnapped. Women were to be sold as sex slaves, men were to be sold for organ harvesting. There were some kids as well. We have reported everything to the Saudi Government and they have given us complete freedom to deal with this matter." Abdullahi grimly informed him.

Magnus felt alerted, he didn't receive this news. "Thank you, Mr Tarabi, I will look into it. Keep me updated on this case as well."

Magnus quickly called Adrian at that, "I got the news from Abdullahi that human traffickers were caught there with European men and women. What is going on?"

Adrian frowned, "I... we did not get any such news. If this is indeed the case, then it must be strictly done by the muggles."

"Investigate it properly and report to me what's going on. We don't want another Oscar now. Go and interrogate the traffickers caught in Saudi as well." Magnus ordered an investigation and hung up.

...

October 1975

It was the month that marked another great achievement. Finally, after an entire year of production, MagicMade Studios, under Warner Brother, owned by Magnus, released Superman Origins.

The new DC movie, full of all kinds of special effects, explosions, badass fight scenes, beautiful flying shots, over the mountains, oceans. The trailers were being shown around the world in theatres before the start of other movies.

There was already a lot of hype around it. The main actor, the Superman, was a British actor, his sister was a wizard. Hence, he knew about the wizarding world.

The company's priority was to at least have the main leads know about the wizarding world. Still, it was not a major issue, they had already come up with elaborate plans to make their illusions even fool the muggles at the set.

The best part about the company was that they can do as many destruction based shots as they want since magic could fix anything. They could also shoot amazing aerial shots with the help of brooms, as they gave much better manoeuvrability than helicopters.

In total, the cost of the movie was 10 Million USD(50 million today). It was a pretty conservative price honestly, as the cost was minimised by magical means.

The date of release was December 20th. Perfect for the winter holiday season.

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Chapter 345: 345. Protecting Allies

King Faisal was an amazing king, who had truly opened the country's economy and made people richer. Although it was still not a democracy with many rights, it was still a big step away from whatever it was before.

However, it was not easy to change people's mindsets. Only the poor folks appreciate the better life, while the rich and powerful instead hate it, as poor folks are easy to fool and exploit.

When King Faisal instituted secular reforms that led to the installation of television, it provoked violent protests.

Prince Khalid bin Musaid, one of the two sons of King Faisal's half brother, didn't like these reforms and joined the protests. Prince Khalid led an attack on a television station in 1966, and he was shot dead by a policeman.

Who could have thought, that matter would come back to bite King Faisal, as the brother of Prince Khalid, Prince Faisal bin Musaid, the second son of the half-brother of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia who had just returned from the United States, decided to kill the King in vengeance.

He confessed to his mother, Watfa bint Muhammad Al Rashid, of his assassination plans. Wafta then informed King Faisal about her son's mad plans. However, instead of simply arresting and killing the Prince, King Faisal silently replied, "if it is Allah's will, then it would happen." He distanced himself from worldly matters.

He was constantly having dreams in which King Faisal's father would appear in a car and ask him to get in. According to Islamic beliefs, if a dead person takes a living person in a dream, the living person will most likely die within a short amount of time.

Due to these dreams, King Faisal didn't even try to fight to survive. However, something changed then, he had another dream, in this one, everything went on the same, his father appeared in the car and asked him to enter.

However, this time, a loud roar also came, and soon a mighty giant dragon, likes of never seen before, landed beside him, on its back was Magnus. In the dream, Magnus asked him, "Come on, old man, don't you want to fly on this good boy's back?"

And without thinking, in the dream, Faisal decided to go with Magnus.

Later, when he woke up, he called Magnus quickly, unable to understand what that dream meant. However, after he hung up the phone, with his mind changed, he prayed and thought, ~Fate is indeed strange. The heavens favour this young boy greatly, it seems.~

...

[A/N: It might be a bit confusing, as the King and Prince who attacked both are named Faisal.]

A few days later,

King Faisal was sitting inside majlis(Council). An event where the king or leader opens up his residence to the citizens to enter and petition him. With him sat many more ministers, so they could solve problems instantly.

Outside, in the waiting room, Prince Faisal spoke to Kuwaiti representatives who were also waiting to meet the king. Soon, he was allowed to enter. King Faisal had calm and collected eyes, but he eyed him curiously, wondering how this boy was going to assassinate him.

Prince smiled cheerfully, only focussed on the King, failing to see the new and strange faces in the room.

"Uncle..." The Prince went forward to embrace him. King Faisal leaned in to kiss his nephew in accordance with Saudi custom.

*BANG BANG*

All of a sudden, the Prince took out a small pistol from his pocket and fired point-blank. The first bullet was aimed at King's chin and the second at the forehead.

*CLANK* *CLANK* '

"ARREST HIM!"

However, immensely disappointing the Prince, out of nowhere, a sword appeared between the bullet and the King's head, blocking the two bullets. Before he could try more shots, two guards had already pinned him down and knocked him with a hit on the head.

King Faisal sighed, feeling burnt by the adrenalin rush. "Thank you, Abdullahi. I will allow MEDA to investigate this matter in detail. Please forward my thanks to King Magnus."

MEDA head, Abdirashid Abdullahi Tarabi, was prepared for this, they knew who the assassin was so it was pretty easy. Heck, King Faisal was made to put a special protection potion over his body to nullify damage a bit. His clothes too were sprayed with strengthening potions.

~I need to focus on ideological reforms as well, it seems. Even if there is a one per cent radicalised population, it can be a danger to the rest of the country.~ King Faisal felt, now having an even stronger resolve to work.

...

Mozambique,

Just three months ago, the country got its independence after a long war against its colonisers, Portugal. The newly independent nation was on the brink of internal civil war, as now many people eyed the high offices.

Like vultures, they started fighting among themselves to split the country's wealth. Instead of focusing on building the nation, they were only interested in building themselves.

For Magnus, this was an opportunity. The Dragon Services in Zimbabwe Mega state came with the plan to make Mozambique a good, capitalist democratic country with a strong judiciary that stops corruption. Hence, they chose one single party in the country that aligned with their interests and agreed to cooperate with them after winning.

Well, it was easy after that. The people wanted peace, they were already exhausted and fed up with constant wars, first with the colonisers and now themselves.

The Dragon Service used propaganda to publicise their candidate and brought the entire country's army under one flag, that only answered to the people of the country, protected them.

The army was made to force an election under the command of their supported candidate. In a month, election results came, and the candidate won with over 90% votes.

Other troublemakers who wanted to start revolts or civil wars were disposed of. Then, Mozambique went on to sign a number of deals with the British Government.

1. They signed a 50 Year Defence Pact, under which the United Kingdom will keep Mozambique safe from all external threats.

2. Mozambique will use British Pounds as their currency.

3. They will spend 50% of GDP on Healthcare, Education and Infrastructure for the coming 5 years.

4. Mozambique citizens can enter the United Kingdom visa-free, study in superior schools and get medical treatment. The same applies to British citizens.

5. Free-trade agreement and preferential treatment of British companies and their local companies.

The population of Mozambique was more than Zimbabwe, a total of 10 Million. With these trade agreements, not only will the British companies get to enter the market of 10 million, but Mozambique will also flourish at extreme speed. However, the sweetest deal was the land sold to Emrys Construction at the cost of just one million pounds, now, a major private port will be made there, and it shall be connected to Zimbabwe through a rail line.

...

Hogwarts,

Magnus was informed about the thwarted assassination. He just praised the MEDA staff and focused on his own work.

"How much will it cost to make these Animagus potions?" Magnus asked Ragnar.

"Umm... 20 Galleons each. I recommend we make them pay for all of us." Ragnar suggests.

"I want to become an Animagi too," Emma voiced.

Magnus smiled and nodded, "Of course you will, I already counted you in. Though I do wonder what you will become. Tell me, which animal do you most resonate with?"

Emma thought about it, "Hmm... I... I like anything that can fly. Eagles are mighty and pretty."

He wrote it down, "What about you, Severus? I know Ragnar will be a slimy snake, what about you?"

"OYE! I won't be a bloody snake. It will be you. I shall become a mighty dragon." Ragnar argued back.

Magnus scoffed, "Huh, magical beasts can not be animagi forms, that's a known fact. Now shush... so, what about you, Sev?"

Severus' face looked as clueless as it could, "I-I don't know. I never really tried to feel resonated with an animal, it felt dumb."

"Haha, then it's not a problem. You will become what your nature is the most similar to. Well, I know what I will become. I SHALL BE A MIGHTY SEXY DRAGON!" He proclaimed.

Ragnar jumped in anger, "NO! That's against rules, just like you said."

Magnus smugly snorted, "Fu fu... boy, I ain't normal. If anyone, it shall be me who becomes a magical beast, a dragon at that."

"I believe you." Emma nodded immediately.

Ragnar scowled, "Your opinion doesn't matter, you're his Bellatrix."

However, even Severus agreed, "Quite possibly, it may just happen. From what I've seen in the past 4 and a half years, Magnus' nature is similar to a dragon. Strong, brash, quick to anger, natural love for money and gold. He's already a dragon in human skin."

Ragnar raised his hand but couldn't refute anything. He melted in his seat in anger, "Huh, we'll see it when it happens."

[A/N: It's strange how King Faisal died in real life. This assassination was successful in the real world, he was shot point-blank. But what's weird is that just 6 days ago, the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissenger met King Faisal. Just saying, the US was pretty famous for doing crazy stuff back then. On top of that, Saudi Arabia and OPEC nations had just made war against Israel some time ago and started an oil blockade against the US.]

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