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Author notes:
sorry for not updating the story in past few days.
many people are complaining about MC's personality, like he was arrogant at the beginning, cold towards his family, his obsession with Harry and the plot, mc being overshadowed by the plot like he was some spectator.
I know you cannot please everyone at the same time ( if it's possible, you won't be reading fan-fic)
and I am new to writing, so it is also difficult for me to put my ideas into words.
so, I planned to add a few extra contents for previous chapters like different POV.
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I woke in the morning, resolving myself that I will change. The first and foremost problem that I faced is that I lack experience in many things.
I have a stronger body, but I don't even know how to fight using it.
I have a larger magical reserve and greater control, but I don't know how to properly cast spells and charms other than the basic ones.
I have an eidetic memory but I still need to learn tons of books.
Looking at the list only made me frown, I thought I was alright, and with a bit tweaking here, and there I will become perfect. But the list on my hand said otherwise. I'm lacking in several departments and some of it required immediate attention.
Let's start with the body for now, as it requires my immediate attention. I'm proud of my body, I have soaked my body with magic from an early age. And Amelia also fed us some strengthening potions, so my body grew stronger day by day. I'm almost thirteen but I'm stronger than most wizards physically.
Having a stronger body doesn't mean I know how to fight. I pretty much suck at it, I usually overwhelm my opponent with brute strength if I get into a physical fight. Yes, I did some fights when I went over the muggle world. I hypnotized some street thugs and beat the shit out of them(for fun) to check my physical limit.
Now I need to seek out the muggle world and to buy some gym equipment. I haven't exercised my body, since using magic on my body does the same. It's not just me, almost no wizard or witch does not do it. They got potions for everything, so they rather drink the potions than move a muscle.
People in the wizarding community look down on the muggle inventions, so they would rather die than use the tools produced by their counterpart. I'm no exception. I also grew without exercising my body, I just fed my body with magic to grow stronger.
But I stumbled across a big problem when I decided to learn fighting skills. I was in the 90s, searching for good dojo, is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Though boxing was famous around this time, there aren't many good boxing clubs. I couldn't google search nearby gyms and clubs. Man, I miss the technological era.
So I began to recruit more muggles in the organisation that I built to earn money. I sent them to different states and countries to scout for martial arts masters and good coaches.
Fuck communications, there is no way to contact between different countries, though there is a telephone, it has only become popular in the late 90s and early 21st century in most countries for civilian use. So I had stuck to the good old days of letters and telegrams, to communicate from all the countries.
It will take a huge amount of time to collect all pieces of information, I only had two weeks worth of time in my hand, so I let the muggles do their work and I will learn fighting skills in my year break.
So before getting into the basics of fighting, I need a stronger body, at least way stronger than my current level, feeding magic to my body to produce slow results. So I went to the old school way of exercising my body now. My first step in changing my way of doing things.
So I sneaked out of my home when Amelia went to work. My first stop is Diagon Alley, Gringotts.
I went to the goblin near the reception, asked " Good morning mister, I need to exchange some muggle currencies, can you point me the way"
He pointed to me in a room and asked me to wait there.
A goblin entered the room and sat across me and passed me a pamphlet and it waited for me to speak.
I looked at the pamphlet, it mentioned exchange rates of different currencies to galleon and sickles.
"Is it possible to keep the meeting confidential mister" I questioned the goblin
"Mmm, it depends on the quality of the transaction", goblin replied
" Oh, it's a quite large transaction mister"
"We will decide the type of the transaction after reading it Mr.Bones and call me Odbert", goblin gave me his name only after hearing its huge transaction
"Mister Odbert before getting into a transaction I want to know who manages my account here in the bank"
"Every underage wizard's accounts are managed by their guardians"
"That's unfortunate, can I open a new account then?" I inquired about the possibility of opening a new account
"You need to be an heir of the family or at least age seventeen Mr. Bones" well I already guessed pretty much. What do you call me, I didn't even say my name, how the fuck it knows my name? I didn't show any visible change on my face
No wonder Gringotts is a secure place, they might have some wards around the entrance to check who is entering the bank.
" Here, you have to get the money manually from it" I passed two bank books to the goblin.
The goblin looked at the book carefully for a few minutes and replied " it will take a few minutes to verify the content and withdrew the money"
"It's no problem can I take the blood-ancestry test in the meantime"
"Do you have any family in mind, Mr Bones? I could recommend the goblin managing the family account?" Odbert said to me.
"The Black family mister Odbert" the goblin nodded and left the room.
Though I know Sirius is my father, I need to confirm it.
The goblin named Odbert went out and a new goblin came inside the room and it sat across me.
"Mr. Bones, I am Burdock and I manage the Black family account and heard you looking for the Black family blood ancestry test", a goblin named Burgock introduced more courteously than Odbert.
"Yes, Black family and I want to keep the results confidential," I said.
"It could be done, no problem Mr. Bones" I know it's asking for golds for keeping secrets.
"Here, a drop of your blood", goblin placed a parchment, in front of me, and asked for a drop of blood.
When the blood made contact with the parchment, a few seconds later it showed bloodline tapestry of my family on both sides.
It showed Sirius and Amelia's names, even their parents and their ancestors' names are mentioned in the parchment.
"Mr. Black, you are an immediate member of the Black family," Burdock said.
"Immediate member?"
"Err. Sons and daughters of male members of the family are immediate members, they can inherit the family directly," goblin explained to me.
" What about the female members?"
"Usually, they marry out of the family, so their children are intermediate member, they are next in line to inherit the family if only no one is left in the main bloodline"
"So, can I inherit the Black family?"
"Mr Black, your situation is somewhat precarious, Sirius Black voluntarily gave up his lord position and joined as an Auror in ministries, and your birth hasn't been confirmed by lord Black, so your name isn't added in their family ancestral record".
"So I need to go Black family and ask the lord of the family to add my name in their ancestral records, only then I qualify to be an heir of the Black family" I inquired.
"This is where the situation gets harder, the Black family is closed its contact with the outside world as most of its members are perished in the war, and we haven't able to contact their last-known lord, lady Walburga, for some time"
"So what should I do?"
"Mr. Black, if you want to be the heir of the Black family, you need to add your name in their ancestry, which is their ancestral home"
" So let me get this straight, though I have Black family blood flowing in my body, I cannot say I am a member of the Black family unless I add my name in their records that they kept in their home and you want me to go there and add my name manually"
"Yes. Mr. Black"
"So, do you know where the Black family house is?".
" Unfortunately We don't know where it is, Mr. Black"
What the fuck? Isn't it supposed to be the goblin prostrating to me? After confirming that I am a Black family member and asking to be the heir of the family.
Now I need to find the Black family ancestral place. I know where it is, and the place was protected by a Fidelius Charm. I need the secret keeper's permission to enter the house
Sirius Black is the secret keeper of 12 Grimmauld Place, and he is staying in Azkaban. Although I haven't met him, he made my life harder.
Obdert, who had just left, came inside the room while pushing a trolley full of golds.
"Mr.bones here 1482 galleons and 27 sickles you can count it if you want" the goblin pushed the trolley towards me.
"Mmm," I poured the content into the mokeskin pouch I bought.
"Anything you need, Mr. Black" burdock asked
"Mr. Black?" Obdert questioned his fellow goblins.
There goes my confidential agreement. I told this greedy little cunt to keep it secret, no it has to flaunt it to another little cunt. Now I have to bribe these two fuckers to keep it down.
"I don't want it to be known for the time being", I took some gold from the pouch and passed it to the goblins.
Seeing the gold, they showed a crooked smile and reached it for using their hands
Seeing their smile on their ugly face, made me smile inwardly. Every gold you take from me I will take back with interest. If they behave every time I visit, maybe I should rob the entire bank.
Silently I left the bank, went to a corner of the alley, and took poly-juice potion from my pocket and drank it.
'Gulp' though it tastes like shit I gulped it in one go. I waited a few seconds for it to take effort, I turned into a man in his mid-twenties with different facial features, fortunately, my clothes are equipped with expansion charms. So my clothes fit perfectly
I went to the Knockturn Alley, It is filled with numerous shops devoted to the Dark Arts, including Borgin and Burkes, which specializes in objects that have curious and strong magical properties.
I spent half the gold I bought on books and potion ingredients
