The news became public. The African Union was a thing of now. Common people had no idea what was even going on, they had simply thought, "Oh, it's good for them,"
But those in power knew it clear, it was all doing of Magnus' long years of work. And now, the King of Britain has a pull over the entire African Continent, while being a member of the European Union. Although the UK was late in joining the EU, it had already dethroned France and Germany as the sole big bosses.
Hence, now the UK sits in a comfortable position where the world will have to hear them if they say something. Other nations will have to take their offers and policies seriously.
Still, September was coming to an end, and in October, the Coronation of Magnus was to take place at Buckingham Palace. In the meantime, about 300 assassination attempts were made on him, all assassins died a gruesome death at the hands of his secret Goblin forces.
Thankfully, the High Table had enough brains to not go after his family, or else all deals would be off and their deaths would be the only salvation. The High Table got virtually kicked out of Africa once the African Union came into existence.
Now was the time to make the killing blow, the Middle East, not just that, Magnus had to control the rising religious extremism there. He tried to understand what was the key reason behind all this, religion was too complex and he had no time to really read each of them thoroughly, and since each religion had so many splits, there were too many ideologies.
His only way now was to revolutionise it, combine it and reform it into a more tolerable, simplistic, peaceful and accepting thing. The reform needed to start with Saudi Arabia, where his friend ruled. He was not against religion, he just wanted to streamline it so conflicts could stop.
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"Hah, how are you, my world-famous friend? I heard your coronation is going to take place," King Faisal was on the call.
Magnus was in his home office, relaxing with his legs on the table, "You're invited for it."
"Of course, I will come to see you take the crown. It's not every day you get to see the rise of a legend to the throne," Faisal said, sweet-talking from his heart.
"Well, the legend is useless if others don't cooperate. So I am asking you, Faisal, it's time to start our little reform project, only then will the Arab region will ever see peace." Magnus got to the point.
Faisal was already expecting this, Magnus had said it before, the day he stabilises Africa, he will aim for the Middle East and then the rest of Asia. America comes at last because that could only be defeated with money.
"You do know that by doing this I am technically betraying my entire family line. For the past 200 years, we have been Sunnis and have followed a Wahhabi ideology." Faisal sighed in response, he had tried to think a lot, of course, he was a religious man, but he also saw the changing times, with the way Magnus helped them set up the railway network, the infrastructure, the information reforms, all that had made Saudi Arabia a very moderate nation with high tolerance to other religions at this point. He has personally dealt with all the extremist elements. Besides, there were enough examples around his nation of how much of a fuckery extremism can cause.
Magnus, in response, gave his own example, "Well, I can understand. I am betraying my centuries-old tradition too. I am to be the head of the Church of England. I am a protestant. The wizards who work for me follow no religion, most of Eastern Europe follows Orthodoxy and the mid-Europe follows Catholicism. I have started my work on all of these three aspects.
"Most religions are like this in today's world. Heck, Hinduism and Buddhism are divided too. There is no harm in unifying each religion, it will only bring us all together,"
Faisal somewhat agreed, "I can understand you. But how will you stop people from spreading their own personal comprehension of religious texts? Recently that dumbass Gaddafi tried to do it, you killed him. You can't kill each one as there are too many. There are tribes in Afghanistan where each follows a variation of Islam since they were too detached from each other,"
"How did Saudi Arabia reform? It was because of not only your push but also social reforms and a boost in the economy. When a man has more money in his pocket and hundred of the cinema hall, restaurants, schools, colleges, gyms and other recreational places, he will use that money to go there, not to focus extra hard on religion. Honestly, I'm somewhat impressed with communism that they don't agree with religion, but again, they are known to immortalise their leaders to godhood." Magnus muttered, he and Faisal had known each other long enough now that they could be frank with each other.
"Yes, they got a few things right but everything else is a mess. Fine, I will talk to your Dragon Service leader and initiate the plan. See you soon," Faisal cut the call.
Sighing, Magnus felt his shoulder ache, too much work had been done in just a few days, "I wonder what Severus and Gryffindor four are doing,"
"MAG, look what I received," Emma walked into his office, holding an envelope. Since she lived so close now, most of her days were spent in Strawberry Hill House.
She simply sat down on his lap and gave the envelope to him. He looked, "Hmm, an invitation? Woah, they are too fast. Wedding of Lily Evans and James Potter on January 20th next year? Good for them I guess, but I hope these fools didn't send this to Severus too."
"Well, I'm gonna slap that witch if she did," Emma barked.
Laughing, he hugged her, making her lie her head on his shoulder, "I won't even stop you. By the way, are you ready to see me get crowned? You will be seen as the future queen after that. The papers already talk about you every other day since I never hold back from showing affection in public,"
"Ugh... I don't want any stupid muggle security detail following me, I'm warning you already," she felt distasteful after having seen how many muggle securities was outside Magnus' home. She had to apparate in every time as she hated interacting with them. Making her go through the body scanner, she felt like a criminal.
"Huh, like I would let them be near you. Okay, let's go in, I gotta practise my speech, you can watch me with the three gremlins," he picked her in a princess carry.
"At least put me down, once they see this, they will ask you to pick them as well," her advice was well taken as Magnus quickly put her down. He had experienced it already.
"What are they even doing?" he wondered.
"Last I checked, Maximus was pulling George's hair, Aurelia was practising singing and dancing, saying she wants to be an actress, and Clementia was drawing with crayons."
Magnus didn't like the middle part, "Why? Why does she want to be an actress? That's the worst profession a pretty girl can go for. She can own any Hollywood studio she wants,"
"Come on, don't be so overprotective of her, you can have her act in your movies, and besides, once she's in Hogwarts, her priorities will change," Emma muttered.
"We don't even know if they are wizards though," he sighed.
"But they are, Aurelia was hovering the fake mic to dance and sing, Clementia was magically using multiple crayons without using her hand and Maximus made the cookie jar fly to him," Emma blurted.
( ̄□ ̄;)
He quickly ran back to the main house and found the three in the living room. as Emma said, Clementia was lying on the rug and drawing, the crayons were moving on their own. Aurelia was singing to a hovering mic and dancing to the songs on television. Maximus was running around with a few cookie jars as George chased him.
"THEY ARE WIZARDS! YES YES! HELL YEAH!" He cheered loudly, scaring the three. Ragnar, who was in the basement, heard him and came running.
"WHAT T..." he noticed the same scene and hugged Magnus, "They are wizards, Mag. WIZARDS!"
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It was not a big incident of magic, but even the fact that they showed their talent meant a lot to Magnus. One thing he had realised after being a wizard was that magic was too damn convenient. He would not have been able to do all that he has right now if he was not a wizard.
He'd be a basic simple businessman and king. So, having a family with strong wizards was a big plus point, and it would give his siblings a way to protect themselves.
But it brought some worry and anxiety to Grace, "So they will be leaving for school as well? My munchkins, I don't want them to go,"
It was kinda true, to be honest. Kids in Hogwarts start at just the age of 11, it was a tender age when they are near the age of puberty and that's when a lot of changes in their body occur. From his experience, he knew Hogwarts was shit, they don't tackle bullying, they don't help depressed kids, they just teach them and let them be. Whatever happens inside the House Common Rooms is under the eyes of prefects and heads, whom the administration trusts to be responsible, but that was not the damn case when he arrived. Lucius, a dark wizard, the WAP boy of Voldemort was the head boy.
"Don't worry, mum. I will find a way to allow young kids to talk to their parents every single day." He assured her. Heck, he'd allow the young kids of Hogwarts to meet their parents on weekends. Those from the 1st and 2nd years should especially be given this choice.
With this, hopefully, the three will be able to enjoy the warmth of home as well.
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The Coronation of Magnus was going to be broadcast on television. The crown he will be taking was going to be slightly different, as it was the crown of the legendary King Arthur. The ceremony was made to give less emphasis on religion, however, as this was going to be his long term policy.
It was 7th October of 1978. It was a weekend, so a lot of people would be watching the live broadcast. It's not every day you get to see something like this.
The preparations started in Westminster Abbey, but before that, on the same morning in an official private ceremony, the Queen stepped down to clear the way. It was only broadcast in the news and no photographs were given.
After this, the entire preparation started with Magnus arriving in Buckingham Palace to dress up and get some tips from the Queen.
...
"Ugh... is it necessary to wear all this?" Magnus asked, looking at himself in the mirror. He didn't like it.
The Queen, now the ex-queen, stood behind him and chuckled, "Dear, some traditions are not just for the look. The coronation is what tells apart a king and a commoner. Of course, there is no such thing as the divine will of the gods, but all that gimmick makes them believe, that the royal family is special and has heaven's mandate or something,"
"You do know that the reason people are losing their faith from royalty is that we seem to be cut off and pompous to them? By doing all this, we will be bolstering this thought for them. They hate to see rich people being rich, it's jealousy, but that's human nature. Hence, after the Ceremony, I will go out and meet people myself." he planned.
"That's dangerous," she warned him.
He chuckled, "Granny, I'm dangerous,"
This made her laugh heartily, "Oh, who am I even talking to, the uniter of Africa, liberator of North Korea,"
"Is that actually what people are saying? That sounds so cringy," he scowled, fixing his collar.
"They give us all kinds of names. For example, I'm called the Immortal Granny by your little siblings," she joked.
*Knock Knock*
"Mag, let's go, it's time," Ragnar entered, also dressed in a nice suit with ceremonial Peers' robes in his hand.
Taking one last look in the mirror, he fixed his hair, ~This is what I was waiting for all these years. Arthur, Merlin, I'm taking the next step. Wish me luck,~
He walked out, his brother and Elizabeth behind him, talking about random stuff. She loved talking about crazy things with Ragnar, it made her see things that she had ignored all these years.
Anyway, as he went to get into his car to arrive at the Westminster Abbey. For the past few days, he had been taking many oaths, such as the oath to preserve Presbyterian church government in the Church of Scotland.
He arrived at the location with much protection. A crimson surcoat and the Robe of the State of Crimson velvet were put over his shoulders as he saw the church's men guide him through. The only common people they saw here were the few photographers, videographers and cameramen for the telecast.
As he slowly entered, he saw the huge crowd gathered inside the building. Most people were either in military uniforms or were wearing Peers' robes. Even the common folks had clothes with some sort of decorations.
Of course, he had asked a few special guests to come too. Dumbledore, Moody, Adrian, Edgar, Ted, Tom, Bobby were there. From other nations, he had invited the King of Saudi Arabia and the King of Bhutan. There were also some delegations from Korea, African nations and also the President of MACUSA, Harrison Ford.
Besides that, Emma and her family were also here, wearing noble's clothing with Peers' robes since Magnus had given Emma's father hereditary dukedom with no extra power or wealth. While Adam, Grace and his cute little decorated siblings were standing close to the Chair of Estate.
Even on the upper floors on the sides, there were people who saw everything. It was a truly mesmerising experience. People, however, noticed a few irregularities today, Magnus also had a sword attached to his sides, for now, it was Hope sword as he was yet to find Excalibur.
The proceedings started with some sort of hymn being sung. Then he was taken to the Chair of the Estate, aka Coronation Chair that was put in the middle. It was an ancient wooden chair, dating as far back as 1296. Since then, it had survived a great many things, the world war, a few bombings, some theft attempts.
~Hmm, not really good for my royal ass, it seems,~ Magnus thought as he sat down on the hard wooden chair. Then he saw Garter Principal King of Arms, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord High Constable and the Earl Marshal go to the east, south, west and north of the coronation theatre. On each side, the archbishop called for the recognition of the sovereign, with the words. "Sirs, I here present unto you Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon, your undoubted King. Wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service, are you willing to do the same?"
After the people acclaimed him at each side, the archbishop walked to him to administer an oath to the sovereign.
The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke, "Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greater Britain, Belize, Brunei, Arthurland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, and Ceylon, and of your Possessions and other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs?"
Magnus confidently and loudly acknowledged, "I vow to do so,"
The Archbishop continued, "Will you, to your power, cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your judgments?"
"I will,"
Now, when the last part came, Magnus had told them to make it sound less religious as it originally had contained too many words about the church and protecting it.
The Archbishop read, "Will you to the utmost of your power, maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel? Will you, to the utmost of your power, maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law? Will you, ensure peace and prosperity for the people under the power bestowed upon you by heaven?"
Magnus nodded and looked around for one last time, ~This is it,~ "All this and those promised before, I vow to do. So help me God."
With that, a thick bible was presented to him with the words spoken, "Here is Wisdom; This is the royal Law; These are the lively Oracles of God."
Once done, the Holy Communion was celebrated, and some more religious stuff was done that Magnus deemed unnecessary but went along with it, waiting for all this to be over. But sad for him, this was just the starting.
[A/N: There is one more chapter that details his coronation, this one and next were supposed to be released together but since I fricked up the counting before, the order is messed up now.]
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