413. The Mystery

Vanir had a lot to tell Ragnar about the clan, this included various potions recipes, ingredients, lost knowledge, his own knowledge, various warnings and of course, the location of Vanir's personal secret vault.

Magnus, Severus and Emma had left Ragnar alone so he could talk in private. They didn't want him to feel awkward or doubtful about anything. Once all the knowledge transfer was done, the runes started to stop lighting up.

Vanir's image started to become more blurry with each passing second, "I wish you all the happiness and the success in the world, son."

Getting all the well wishes from him, Ragnar happily went out of the chamber to talk with his friends, "Let's go, we need to reach the North Pole. Vanir had made a secret vault there to store his precious private wealth."

Magnus' eyes shined, money was always his weakness. However, "I don't have a Portkey set for there. We're going to have to fly and it'll be cold... Very cold."

"We're Wizards, what's cold for us." Severus quickly took out a few potion bottles that can keep them warm. Magnus too used a few spells. But when the time came to fly, he called Emma, "Umm, it might get very chilling, Emma. Why don't you sit with me?"

She shamelessly agreed and sat in front of him, cupped in his arms, basically hugging. Ragnar knew better to keep his mouth shut now.

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They flew above the skies of the Norwegian sea to arrive at the North Pole, unlike the South Pole, the North didn't have any landmass under the ice. In the North, it was just a large heap of ice floating in the ocean.

"Where is it? All I see is white snow and it's hurting my eyes now." Magnus asked.

"It's under the ice here on the sea bed I think. We just gotta dig here first and then go under the water." Ragnar revealed the crucial details.

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The three were not happy with this. They thought it was simply in the ice in the North Pole, nobody said they have to go under the ground. Magnus grunted, "It better be the sweetest and juiciest treasure in the world."

"Awww... look, Magnus, your Disney Princess effect is working. All the animals are coming to us. Oh my god, is that an Arctic wolf? So cute and fluffy, please tell him to let me pet him." Emma was in her own world, looking around.

But she was not wrong, various animals were coming towards them, the fact made it strange that most of them were natural enemies of each other. There were Polar Bears, Arctic wolves, Arctic Foxes, Snowy Owl, Arctic Hare and many more birds.

There were about three dozen of them. They all came to Magnus and stopped just a few metres away from him. Then the largest polar bear among them rose up on his two feet and raised his arm towards Magnus. *GROWL*

None except Magnus understood him, he translated, "FOOD, WHERE?"

"Hehe... it must be really harsh to survive out here, they want treats," Emma fawned over an Arctic fox, already picking up and playing with it.

Scratching his head, Magnus took out a satellite phone and called Dobby, "Yeah, bring meat from the local shop, yes raw, and bring the whole truck to my location,"

A few minutes later, Dobby popped up, a small truck with him. It was full of raw meat of all kinds. He patted the Polar Bear's head, "Here you go, boy. Eat all you want. By the way, do you know about anything strange down there under the ice and is there any way to reach it?"

"Awoo..." The wolf voiced.

"You see lights under the ice shining in the night?" Magnus translated.

The cute wolf nodded his head while taking a big chunk of pork from the truck. Magnus looked down, it was going to be a tough one. "Okay, boys. Get to digging. The ice should be 6 metres thick at max and the ocean is about five thousand metres deep. I will have to use my staff and superior magic."

"Hoo... Grrr..." The Polar bear again interrupted, he called Magnus. The news made him much happier, "Amazing, he says he knows a place from where we can access the sea under the ice. I guess they just earned another truck of meat."

The four followed behind the thick furred polar bear and arrived in a cave that went under the ground. The bear didn't stop, this meant there was enough space to move ahead. After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at an underground pocket. The water there was not frozen and highly clear. But everything looked pitch dark in it.

"It's a bit scary, to be honest," Ragnar muttered.

Magnus shrugged, "Don't worry, big brother is here. Okay, everyone, grab me. Rag, you to my left and Sev, you to my right. Emma, umm... you will have to hug me from the front."

They didn't complain. Emma walked to him and hugged his neck, their faces came close to each other. *Cough* Ragnar interrupted, "Mag, treasure, gold... shiny stuff... remember?"

"Rag, I'm not a crow who loves shiny stuff and... corn. I only like gold." Magnus grunted, pecked on Emma's lips and waved his staff. Instantly a thick bubble surrounded all of them. He looked back at the Polar Bear, who was shocked, "Boy, you go back and eat. I will find you and your friends later,"

With that, the bubble slide into the water. Initially, they could not see anything, but then he made the top of his staff shine brightly, it was extremely bright, but since they were in the middle of an ocean, they could not see much.

"Is it going to be another palace? Maybe Merpeople live here too. Ah, fuck, if they do then they'll probably be the scariest ones alive. Remember the rules? Warm water means beautiful mermaids and cold water means the demon from your dreams." Magnus theorised.

"I don't think it will be another palace. Maybe a vault or something," Ragnar muttered.

It took then half an hour to descend to the seabed. By that time, the amount of pressure Magnus' air bubble was facing could crush any submarine in the world into scrap metal. But, he was having no problem. Again, this showed how magic can work in places machines can't. Heck, Ragnar's potions factory used magic and elfs only and they produced products for both, muggle and magical world. Even Emma's broom company was soon turning towards automation with their new factory being set up near Hogsmeade. Severus, though, only owns one big potions shop in Diagon Alley. Yet he was filthy rich, the reason being his patents.

"Look, some light is sparkling from there," Magnus pointed and started moving the bubble.

But it turns out, the light was too far away, even after drifting underwater for an hour they didn't reach it. But the light was getting stronger for sure. "Emma, you got that experimental Walkman my company created? Play some songs will you?"

"The sony one? Sure, I always keep it with me." She fiddled in her pouch. It was a walkman that utilised Adam's Solid-state batteries. Hence, the walkman could not only play music with headphones but with speakers as well, all with a battery backup of 8 hours if used on speakers and 16 hours for headphones only. It was going to be released next year and Magnus expected to earn billions from it.

Although FutureTek had developed a prototype CD and Mp4 format that was far superior to anything in the market, they could not combine it with Sony Walkman as it'd be too costly.

She put on a cassette as they moved towards the light slowly while humming the music. Of course, Severus was still clueless about the amazing.

They spent 2 hours to reach the light, and when they arrived, their jaws fell. In front of them was a giant wall of ice, the light was coming from inside it. No matter which direction they looked in, left or right, all they could see was this giant ice wall extending.

"I take my words back, it could be a castle, but... this is so crazy, if this was not made with magic, then whatever is inside this ice can be older than anything we can imagine," Magnus muttered, his voice shaking as this might very well be a treasure bigger than gold.

"How are we to enter it?" Emma asked.

"I got it covered," He made the air bubble touch the ice wall. Slowly the wall started to melt and the bubble entered it. He made sure to recreate the ice wall behind him so that Ocean water can not enter. Once there was no water, Ragnar left Magnus' arm.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Severus shouted at him, fearing it may burst the bubble.

But, nothing happened. Severus looked back at Magnus' face that had a smug smile, he sighed, "You didn't need us to hold you, right?"

He shamelessly nodded, "Nope, I just needed Emma to hold me,"

She chuckled, not at all angry, "You only gotta ask, dear."

"But where's the fun in that? Anyway, let's see what's in there." He ended the magic that made the bubble. Their feet touched the ice that had probably not seen any sign of life in many millennia.

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