Well, since there was a crystal that could tell if Magnus was lying, there was no harm in at least talking about it, even better if his people can live a better life. "What kind of trade do you want?"
"Umm, what currency do you use?" Magnus inquired.
"We use barter, not currency." King Chibuez answered.
Well, this was a pickle, he couldn't give them money either as they had nothing of value to trade it with. "What is the most precious thing you produce?"
"Jewellery, we are experts in creating jewellery." the king responded enthusiastically and even went on to whistle loudly, soon another merperson came, the king ordered him in his language and soon he brought a big box full of jewellery.
Simple to say, most of these were made of precious stones, as gold and silver can't really be worked on inside the water. "Umm, can you produce them with gold, silver and platinum as well?"
"We've only had a small amount of gold and silver in our possession and we used it to make the crown and a few pieces of jewellery for the king. But we do possess the tools and mastery to work with that." Chibuez said.
Magnus used his big brain, ~Damnit, here I go making a company again.~
"Okay, barter system does not work in the real world, you will have to make real money. You probably don't have any means right now but I can provide you with a business proposition, I shall bring you gold, silver, diamonds and gems.
"In return, you shall make my jewellery, you will get paid in cash, and that cash you can use on whatever you want, I will open an outpost in your city where you can buy everything. In fact, you should buy televisions, they can provide you with entertainment and also a glimpse of what the outer world is like, especially the muggle world." Magnus proposed.
"Will there be some sort of target to fulfil?" The King asked.
"Not really, you can decide on how much to make, it depends on how much money you want to earn in return. Since I will be providing the material, out of the profits made from selling them, you will get 70 per cent and I will get 30 per cent." Magnus laid down the terms.
Well, this was super palatable. It was a win-win for both of them, "I will give you an answer after talking with my council. Until then, you are free to look around in our shops but do not enter any location without my guards, we are not really friendly with humans."
"Cool, I will keep that in mind." Magnus, Peter and Chad quickly left the merperson and roamed around the colony. Calling it beautiful was an understatement.
"I wonder if we're the first people to see this," Peter muttered.
"Not the first, but surely the first in recent times. Let's go back now, Emma must be looking for me. And Peter, you just saw it, that guy was ready to kill me, this is the life I live. Sure, I am enjoying a great many things, but they were not free. Some cost me my real blood.
"So, just focus on yourself, work hard and shut your haters yourself. Remember one thing, nobody will try to help you if you yourself are not trying to help yourself." Magnus advised him, hoping Peter's life would get better.
Peter genuinely nodded, "Thanks, Magnus. Talking to you and going on this... adventure really helped me freshen up. I will try to do as you advised,"
Soon, they reached the surface of the lake and walked back to the castle, "Yup, see you later, bud. If you ever need any help, you just gotta ask."
Whistling, he headed back into the Slytherin common room, it was his second favourite place to be in the school, first being whichever bedroom his girl was. Speaking of girls, Emma was in the common room as well, watching the television with other girls, watching some romantic movies. Meanwhile, the boys played chess on the side, some studied as well.
Life was beautiful.
...
The world had changed, trust in the US dollar was decreasing day by day as it was found out that the US was printing more money than it should have. This threatened the Dollar reserves across the world, because the more cash the US printed, the lesser the value of the Dollar would get. And since countries buy dollars, the investment was a loss-making one.
This was an opportunity for the United Kingdom, if they don't take advantage of it now then it would be never. It was important to break the Dollar monopoly, the British pound sterling needed to take over slowly. So, they first started with a few Asian and African nations. The US had a history of forcing countries to accept dollars, but that would not work anymore since Magnus was the ultimate boss nobody wanted to pick a fight with. Besides, the UK was not a weak little country anymore, it was big in economy and land, and at the same time, it was growing at a steady 10%(In the real world it was 2.91%).
The UK was producing so many goods, be it high end or low end. For example, Range Rover was expanding manufacturing like crazy and selling cars everywhere. Purchase of the land in the Sahara desert was also done by the UK and the map was updated.
This created a new state, it was named Arthurland, named after ancient King Arthur. Though the business name of the place was Desert Super State, DSS. Not many companies were interested in entering this region since there was nothing. But as soon as it was revealed how Magnus' companies were growing food underground, the place became important.
Breaking a monopoly was never easy, the US was the absolute uncrowned king of the world. For now, the UK was able to go on without much trouble, but soon policymakers in the US congress will realise the threat of the British economy, they would try to do everything in their power to harm it secretly.
But the plan of Magnus was to become so big before they even notice that they feel scared of doing anything to you. Sometimes, to beat a bully, you just have to become a bully.
Besides, the UK was earning too many good points around the world right now. Bhutan was a textbook example of how a bigger country can help a smaller country, heck, Magnus was not a country, he was just rich and he uplifted a nation on his own.
What happened to Bhutan, many others hoped would happen to them. So slowly, not the British Government, instead Dragon Holdings started to receive invitations from various nations and regions, such as Ghana, Venezuela, Taiwan, Greece, Hong Kong, Fiji and a few more.
They were not ignored, a few got visited by representatives from the company, and a few got dates to when Magnus himself would come there. But, there were a few things that a lot of people failed to realise, when a person becomes so wealthy and influential like Magnus, many people desire their death.
...
In July of 1977, after reaching home from school, he headed straight to Taiwan, where it was decided that he would buy a stake in their semiconductor startups and provide them professional help of FutureTek.
But, during one of his charity visits to a school, something shocking occurred that enraged a lot of people and nearly started a war. A sniper bullet came out of nowhere and hit Magnus in the back.
It didn't pierce him, it couldn't have even if it had hit his head, but it did throw him off, he fell to his knee for a split second, then secretly cast a charm towards the direction the bullet came from.
Dragon Team members, as well as British soldiers in civil clothing, surrounded him. The attacker was eventually found, he turned out to be a Chinese man, but he worked for the Soviets.
It was easy to understand that they hoped to put the blame on the Chinese. But, what a few didn't understand was that there was no mistake Soviets didn't know about Magnus' hidden background. So why did they do it? Magnus had the answer to that, "It's a warning,"
"Warning for what?" Adrian asked, concerned for Magnus' safety now.
"To stay out of their country. Anyway, send a few men and kill their General Secretary, I warned them not to fuck with me or I will kill them. They seem to be believing that their size will scare us, they are just a furry malnourished cat at this point. Kill their Minister of Defence as well." Magnus ordered deaths as if they were nothing but snapping fingers.
But, Adrian had people trained just for such assassinations, "It will be done,"
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1 Stone = 1 Assassination Banana. [Effect: Become the Best Assassin in the world, but you can never hurt innocents.]
The world was shocked a week later, assassinations were happening like it was a simple matter of eating bread. First, Soviet General Secretary dropped dead, then the Minister of Defence.
It brought mayhem into the Soviet sphere of influence as a lot of power-hungry men instead of focusing on who killed their leaders focused more on rising through the ranks.
Among them was a man named Vladimir Putin, who became the youngest ever Minister of Defence after the death of the previous one. There were many old bones that wanted that position, but for some reason, they took their names back.
...
London,
"I don't even know how many times I have been here," Magnus muttered, as he was wearing a facemask and dark glasses with a cap. He and Emma had come to the zoo as she wanted to see more animals.
"I like it, I have never been to a zoo before, and these animals are so new to me. So cute as well, look at that majestic Gorilla." She pointed to a handsome Gorilla, calmly sitting under a tree.
Magnus agreed, "Of course, Gorillas are awesome. Come, let's go and see the lions, I befriended one the last time I was here."
"Lead the way, my Snow White," Emma teased and grabbed his arm tightly.
Slowly, they arrived at the reptile area, snakes, lizards, all kinds of creatures were here. But Magnus heard the guys.
"OH!"
"I CAN SMELL IT!"
"Our king is HERE!"
The Komodo dragons suddenly plastered their faces on the glass wall to see outside, one by one they analysed everyone and in no time found Magnus.
"AMAZING! We have a QUEEN AS WELL!"
*sniff* "Grandpa, I saw it finally, our queen," one of them got a bit too emotional.
Emma noticed the strange lizards and walked to their cage, "Aww... they are looking at us, Mag. So cute,"
"I can hear them talking, Emma. They see me as their king and you as their queen for some reason. This has been going on ever since I was 10. You know what, I'm just gonna give them freedom today." He decided and quickly called the staff to buy these poor lizards and let them free in Camelot.
He paid the zoo a few dozen thousand pounds and easily got them. "You all, from now on you shall live on my secret land. Go and spread your religion."
"MY KING!"
"YOUR COMMAND IS MY DUTY!"
Emma chuckled, "They really love you."
"I wish humans were also loving like these. The world could've been better. Anyway, let's continue."
...
Adventures of Duck,
Duck flew past over the United States without finding anything worth stopping for. His next stop was China, across the Pacific Ocean. Thankfully, there were enough islands for him to stop and rest.
He took a bath in a few volcanoes of Hawaii. Then stopped in Guam and looked around at the US Military fooling. Then he reached Beijing.
It was a city like any other low-income country. Too much noise, people and construction going on. He knew there was no way he'd be able to find dragons here, so he flew inwards.
The green mountain, lush valleys, full of natural life, animals, trees, and small rivers. It was too beautiful. The fresh air hitting his face was calming to his mind and body.
~No wonder they call it mystical east.~ Duck thought.
He saw a few magical beasts and asked them where Dragons live. He was told the name of a forbidden valley. A lot of Chinese dragons live there.
So he flew straight into there, not knowing it was a heavily guarded and protected region. The Chinese wizards loved and respected their dragons and had a mutual understanding going on. That they will keep their habitat protected and in return dragons were to give their dried fallen scales, hair and teeth to the wizards.
*WOOSH*
Duck landed in the middle of the valley, he was much bigger than any dragon in history, so even other Chinese dragons got scared.
"Woah, you all look so different, tiny legs and wavy body." Duck exclaimed in awe.
"Who are you, young man?" An old dragon asked him in their dragon language.
"Oh, my name is Annihilus Grant Emrys Pendragon. I am 6 years old, nice to meet you, gramps." Duck respectfully introduced himself.
The old red-scaled dragon laughed, "Haha, what a good child, I am Hakumo, our species is called Chinese Fireball. We are not like other dragons, we don't mind sharing the territory of our kinds and the wizards say we are smarter than normal dragons."
"Ooh, my dad says I am very smart as well, I scored full marks in my maths test last month and got a lot of praise." Duck babbled.
"I do not know of the words you speak of, son. Why did you come here? The wizards might catch you." Hakumo warned him.
But Duck puffed out his chest, "I am very strong, and I am on an adventure to see the world and meet other dragons. I am looking for species that look like me. I also want to learn from other dragons,"
"I have travelled my fair share of the world myself but a dragon like you I'm seeing for the first time. About learning, I can teach you how to breathe fire from your nose." Hakumo suggested to him.
"Fire from my nosy?" Duck quickly imagined himself looking angrily and whenever he exhales he breathes fire from his nose. ~I will look awesome.~ he thought and strongly nodded. "Please teach me,"
"Good boy, come with me, you can take my daughter's room, she has already mated and left with someone else." Hakumo invited him.
...
Because of how dangerous Duck looked, the people designated to protect the Forbidden valley got serious about neutralising this threat. They all issued a command and gathered around to plan for the mission.
"Zhou, you will take the lead with the members, we must stop this new dragon before he kills ours. Be careful, we have no idea what species it is and from its size, it seems to be a few decades old." the department chief was ordering his people.
*WOOSH*
A man on a flying sword arrived just then with a document, "Here, orders from the central wizarding committee."
The man read it, it had the description of Duck and information that he will arrive here soon, and not to worry as he is Wizard King Magnus' dragon, named Duck.
"Go back to your post, boys, it's just a normal guest," He quickly ordered the men, then himself went inside the colony to see what was going on. The moment he saw how sweetly the new dragon was acting, he just chuckled and left.
~He's even tamed dragons, truly, Merlin's blood is crazy.~ he thought.
...
Back at Magnus' home.
"Do you think you will become the Head Boy?" Ragnar asked him.
"Huh, not only will I become the Headboy, my girl here will become the Headgirl." he proudly replied, not an ounce of uncertainty in his words.
Just then, Maximus chimed in just because he wanted to feel included in big people's talk, "Yes yes, brother and sis will do a good head job."
They just looked at the boy's innocent face, which didn't have a hint of understanding of the word he just spoke.
"Maximus, did you do your counting studies?" Magnus quickly changed the topic.
...
Severus' house,
Severus Prince, now very rich because his grandparents died, leaving him to become the lord of the Prince family. But, all this didn't bother him, what did bother him was that he had no idea what he wanted in his life.
The initial years of his schools were filled with the desire of having Lily, to appear good to her he worked harder every day. But, now that she was gone, he had no idea what to do.
"Am I so pathetic I can't even get over a useless girl?" he talked to himself.
Being with Magnus and Ragnar was like constant pressure on him, as both boys were making progress in whatever they did, but his progress was slowing down, each new creation took more work and time. It annoyed him a little, but the fact he had no place to use that talent was worse.
"What are you thinking, dear?" his mother arrived back home from work. She ran a potions shop opened by Severus.
"Mother, what do you want to see me as in the future?" he asked her directly.
Eileen Prince was taken aback by this sudden question, but she did answer, "Ummm... maybe the headmaster of Hogwarts?"
Severus' eyes widened at this suggestion, he stayed silent for a while as he thought subjectively. The position was not easily attainable, it required a lot of abilities and the right mindset. But the fact it was so challenging was the best motivation. "Fine, I will become the headmaster, mother. Let's eat now."
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