Chapter 24: Meetings

As Alexander was walking towards the exit of the Diagon Alley, he saw the only two book stores in the Diagon Alley. Alexander turned towards Li, another spy and tapped him on head and said, " I have changed your appearance. Take 300,000 pounds and get it converted into galleons. The little shits also give expendable bags. Take it. If they overcharge you, consider it as a sincere compensation from us for tonight's damages. Then, buy all the books about magical subjects up to professor level from these two book stores." Alexander then transferred the general knowledge of various magical subjects to Li's mind.

Also, Alexander made the magic bomb 10 times stronger. Aexander hoped that it would be enough to level the upper levels of Gringrots. Alexander could do so because the magic bomb was still connected to it. Alexander had gone to Gringrots for a novel feeling, it was every young child's dream to visit Harry Potter in his previous life. Now, Alexander had the displeasure of meeting goblins and he already had what he wanted, Alexander felt that he should somewhat cull the little blighters. Alexander had first decided to use the materials he had brought on all his 100 men but now he had changed his mind. Since, their lives were connected to him. It was necessary that he grows stronger first. Moreover, he would need a lot more amount of materials for his billions of subjects.

Alexander then proceeded to move towards the Leaky Cauldron. As Alexander was going to exit the Leaky Cauldron, he heard someone calling him. Alexander turned and saw a middle aged couple standing behind him, looking somewhat disheveled. Alexander raised an eyebrow at them and asked in a inquisitive tone, " How can I help you?"

The man brought his hand forward to greet him and said, " I am Charles Potter and this is my wife Dorea Potter. We wanted to talk to you."

Charles Potter's P.O.V :

Today was the day which every man dreads came. Dorea, my sweet wife wanted to go shopping with me. Generally, Dorea goes alone but today was a special day. Today was Dorea's best friend Euphemia's birthday, who was also the wife of his cousin brother Fleamont Potter. Charles was more willing to fight against Grindlewald then going to shopping with Dorea. Charles thought, " Ah!!! Those were the days. I, Leonard Bones and Arcturus Black were like the heroes of that muggle novel three musketeers, it was such a good name for our group but Arcturus, that git, threatened to curse my bits off if I ever called our team that. We were brought together due to our opposition against Grindlewald's forces and forged bonds of brotherhood out of that. I wanted to take Fleamont with me but that scary woman prevented me."

Charles heard his wife's voice from behind him, " You are thinking about Euphemia, aren't you, Charles?"

Charles jumped in surprise and asked, " How do you know that?"

Dorea laughed and said, " You always shudder in fear while thinking about her."

Charles replied, " That woman is scary. She hexed me in my bits. Ah!!! The pain I had experienced."

Dorea replied, " You tried to convince Fleamont to join your boy band. Fleamont was a potioneer and a capable duelist but he was a not a person capable of fighting in a war. Now, let's go before we get late."

Charles followed his wife to the Floo and travelled to the Diagon Alley. They entered Gringrots and Charles in order to delay the inevitable stood behind a long line. Dorea simply rolled her eyes at him and pinched his waist. They had only waited for 5 minutes when Dorea suddenly clutched his hand tightly. Charles turned his gaze towards his wife and turned serious when he saw her pale face. Charles asked in worry, " Dorea, what happened?"

Dorea replied, " I sense someone very powerful coming towards us, Charles. Whoever that person is, he is the most powerful person that I have ever sensed in my entire life."

Charles expression turned grave. His wife, Dorea had the ability of sensing magic within a range. She could also tell who were the powerful wizards or witches in that range. Charles surveyed the whole bank lobby but saw no one approaching them. Charles turned towards Dorea and said, " There is no one near us. How much power does that person has?"

Dorea replied in anxious tone, " That person has more magic then Dumbledore and Grindlewald combined. Also, he has not reached here but he has so much magic that I could sense him from such a far distance. I suspect that he has much more magic then I am sensing right now. For a person to have so much magic, it is astonishing. "

Charles' expression turned grave, he turned to Dorea and said, " Let's leave before he reaches here. We don't know, what that person's aim is?"

Dorea said in grim voice, " It's no use. That person is already here." Dorea then turned to looked towards the entrance of the bank. Charles also turned to look towards the entrance.

Charles saw a group of men dressed in muggle clothes entering the bank. They were 6 men in that group. The five men in the back were surveying the whole lobby. Charles recognised that type of gaze, it was a gaze that only people who had fought in a war have but these men were on a whole new level. Charles readied himself for a fight but all his fighting spirit vanished when he noticed their leader. Their leader was a young man standing above 6 feet with golden hair and deep blue eyes. In Charles' own humble opinion, that man was slightly more handsome than him in his younger days. But it was not the looks of the young man which dashed Charles' fighting spirit. It was because of the aura and the manner in which he was walking. That man was prowling and the utter disregard he had for his surroundings made the onlookers know that this man was confident in his abilities and he was dangerous. All this only made Charles warier of this man but it was his eyes that made Charles look away in fear. His eyes were slightly glowing with restrained power. This made Charles even more warier of this man, a man with power was dangerous but a man with full control over his power was very, very dangerous.

Charles saw the man move towards a empty desk with speed that was barely traceable with his eyes. Charles was sure that this man would end him before he could even fire a spell. The men in the back also followed their leader quickly. Charles saw that the goblin at the desk made the man wait for unnecessary reason. Charles, hell literally everyone in the lobby could sense that man's displeasure. Charles cursed the goblin and prayed to his ancestors that nothing bad happens. Charles turned to look at the reactions of others in the lobby and saw that they were enjoying the show. Charles lamented at their stupidity but realised that they were normal people, they had not participated in the war so they didn't realize the severability of the situation.

Charles suppressed his laugh when he heard the man asking the goblin to drop dead. He could hear his wife, Dorea also suppressing her laughter. Then, he saw the man order the goblin to call the director of the bank and mentioning a deal worth millions of galleons. Charles turned extremely serious, a powerful man with lots of money was a recipe for disaster in magical world, Grindlewald was an example of this but Charles cannot be sure. Charles decided to contact his war buddies after returning home to give them warning about this potential threat. Charles could see that his wife has also reached a similar conclusion. But first, they needed to confront this man to get a measure of his personality. Charles saw that the man left with the goblin towards the interior of the bank.

Charles left the bank with his wife and sat in the famous icecream shop of the Diagon Alley and waited for their target to exit the bank. About half an hour later, the man left the bank with his companions. Suddenly, the man stopped and turned towards one of his companions and tapped his head. The appearance of the man being tapped changed and then their target said something to him. The man in question turned and reentered the bank. Charles saw that the man started moving very quickly towards the Leaky Cauldron and ran towards him with his wife. He caught up with the man and his companions at the muggle entrance of the Cauldron. Charles called out to him and he turned to look at them and then raised his eyebrow at them. He asked them, " How can I help you."

Charles quickly gave his and his wife introduction and told him that they wanted to talk to him and waited for his response.

Alexander peered into their minds and saw that they had impressive mind shields but before soul arts, they were nothing. Alexander saw how they sensed him and drew surprisingly accurate conclusions. He was a recipe for disaster for wizarding world as he was going to conquer them but Alexander right now did not have time to deal with them. Alexander said, " I am terribly sorry but I am in a hurry right now. My name is Alexander Fortis and I have to go but we can meet two weeks later. I will certainly owl you because I am a fan of your efforts in the war against Grindlewald." After finishing his speech, he quickly left the Cauldron.

Dorea said, " How does he know about us fighting in the war? We had hidden our identities in the war. That man is dangerous." Charles nodded in agreement and quickly led his wife home, planning to send a letter to his friends.

Alexander returned to the warehouse and took out the deeds of properties brought by him. He signed the deeds and felt the properties connecting with his magic. Alexander then had an idea, he send his king's might through his connection with the properties. Alexander could sense the properties clearly and claimed them as the part of his kingdom. Alexander felt massive amount of king's might flowing into him as all the magical properties are magically extended thus the amount of land claimed was much more than the actual size of the land. Alexander then brought out the house elves from the trunk. Alexander woke them up from stasis and quickly bound them to him. Alexander saw that the elves visibly became healthy and their height increased also. All the elves were looking at him in reverence. Alexander asked the reason and came to know that as they were bound to him, they can sense all the other things which were also bound to him. They could sense his kingdom and his subjects. The king's laws had already considered them as his subjects and provided them information about the nature of the king.

Alexander then willed himself to the largest property owned by him and suddenly found himself there. Alexander mused, " Thus was not appariation. I slipped through space while appariation is the practice of ripping a small hole in space through sheer power, followed by an intention to appear in a certain place. That's why imagining the destination is important as it makes intention more powerful." Alexander then called out, " Tobby!!"

An elf appeared next to Alexander and bowed.

Alexander said, " Being the rest here. Also, lead the elves to clean the rest of the property. Tomorrow, please assemble all the elves and my men in the garden."

Alexander then moved towards the master bedroom to sleep as tomorrow was a very important day.

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