Harry The Harem Lord-1

Chapter 23 - Turning Misfortune Into Fortune!

Harry and Neville came out of the shop. When they checked out new Nimbus-2000, and both of them were fascinated by it, Neville was more so, as Harry already had a fantastic Broomstick.

It was just the two of them, because Neville's grandmother left to buy things for daily uses, as there were only two of them a member of the family, so she had to do everything.

Hagrid didn't explicitly tell her about Harry's protection, and she didn't know about Voldemort's return, so she was far more relaxed than Hagrid, and she saw no problem letting them have fun on their own, as they are already of age.

Harry was free to do things until Hagrid returned. He planned to let Neville stay somewhere and execute his plan.

For that to happen, he needs to know the exact location of Hagrid, because Harry needs time for a journey from here to the shop and from there to here. So with information, he could have made a better plan and didn't need to weary of Hagrid's sudden arrival.

Harry knew how to get Hagrid's exact location. He had this skill — world map— it allows to locate the marked target in real time.

Harry used this skill on all his friends and women —just in case they needed help. Although Harry had a soul-link with most of his women, in case of uncanniness, he can't contact them or get a reply from them. Also during the initial stage of a relationship with any women, he can't use a soul-link, as they don't have enough trust in each other, so soul-link wouldn't be formed. In that case, this ability — World Map — helps tremendously.

Harry saw Hagrid sitting in the bar, through his ability. There was one more thing, Harry is the owner of the bar!

Harry contacted his big b.r.e.a.s.ted personal maid, as she was there — protecting the door of his company.

"Young master, what orders do you have for me?" asked Thea the maid, directly.

Harry nodded his head in satisfaction, as she was always like this — straightforward.

"Well, I need to keep Hagrid there for some time. Maybe half an hour. Let Old Tom talk with him and some whiskey, that will do the trick," replied Harry.

"Understood!"

Tha will solve Hagrid's part of the problem, and now onto Neville's part.

Both of them started walking aimlessly, but in reality, Harry was checking which shop would let Neville stay for a while, while he made a short trip.

Just as Harry was thinking of an ice cream shop for Neville, he heard one of the most annoying people was calling him. Harry knew that person in his other form, not in this Harry form, this puzzled him.

Harry then suddenly realized that the voice was much younger than that of annoying Lucius Malfoy.

Since Harry didn't reply, he called out again from behind," Harry Potter!"

Harry heard it clearly this time. It wasn't Lucius. Then the person must be...

When Harry looked back, he saw three boys —the same age as him —were walking toward him — Two fat ones and the last one was skinny, walking in the middle.

Harry has knowledge of the future, so even without meeting before, he knew those two fatsoes were — Crabbe and Goyle.

The boy in the middle was Draco — Lucius's son.

Draco looked with a hostile intent, that made Harry wonder.

Harry learned magic a few years ago at an American school, where he learned and mastered it himself — Legilimency and Occlumency. With that mastery, Harry could tell from far if someone had bad thoughts about him.

"Forget it, don't want to use magic against a kid," thought Harry. He wasn't afraid of being found out, as the mark that all children under 17 should have, that was erased by the system, so none would know that Harry had cast magic.

"Well, well, well, who we have here! The one and only, the most famous wizard —HARRY POTTER!" Draco shouted loudly.

Harry frowned. With this shout, Liquid Luck's invisible kind of charm would be off. Harry used his ability and clearly thought that he didn't want to be bothered by the crowd so that allowed him to walk unhindered.

Now, someone loudly shouted his name, so people around must have heard it, which would definitely nill the ability's power. He could try to overpower it, but he wanted to know what Draco was up to, so he didn't.

People around Harry started talking furiously and pointed at him. Soon, the place was crowded.

A few fangirls started clapping and cheering for Harry. They were welcoming Harry back, as he disappeared for almost 10 years. He did once come to the company, but that was all, never in a public place like this before.

Harry smiled and waved his hand toward them. A few girls got unconscious from the excitement when Harry waved at them, but it didn't stop others cheering.

Harry used to do such a thing in his other form, so it wasn't a problem to control the excited crowd.

Harry looked at Draco. His face became ugly while his two friends didn't know what was happening —ignorant they were, so they were clapping loudly too.

Harry didn't know what Draco was aiming for by calling him out like that, but by the looks of his face, Harry knew Draco had failed miserably!

Harry smiled broadly and counited waving in each direction!

Neville, standing near him, looked nervous, as this was his first time being the center of attention. He was afraid that the crowd would start running and walk over him to meet Harry, but that didn't happen. They just stood around circling them.

The cheering of the crowd stopped only after a full fifteen minutes!

The crowd became silent as if they wanted to hear what Harry wanted to say.

Harry, on the other hand, was cursing silently, as he knew this too, but what was he supposed to say? 'Thank you very much?' Harry had no idea what to say.

Once again when Harry was in dilemma, someone shouted from the crowd. Even the owner tried to change the voice, Harry knew it was Draco.

"How about treating everyone to a good dinner!"

Treating to dinner consider the return of politeness for something done earlier, so everyone understood what it meant. They welcomed Harry back, so he should treat everyone. That is what the shout meant.

Harry wasn't bothered this time. 'What do you take me as — a beggar?'

This move was supposed to embarrass Harry, as many of them had heard the rumor that Harry was living with Muggle, so naturally, he mustn't have sufficient gold. Draco also heard this rumor from his father. In fact, he knew it was true! That is why he said those words to embarrass Harry publicly.

What everyone didn't know was that Harry was filthy rich!

Harry was capable of treating all the wizards and witches of England, let alone this small crowd!

"That is what I should do," said Harry humbly. He was more than happy to do so, so he could leave the crowd and that awkward silence.

But to Harry's surprise, a few girls and women shouted!

"That is unexpectable! We should treat the young Hero, not the other way around!"

"We owe you a lot, young Hero, so the least we can do is treat you to dinner!"

"Young Hero, let's go to my home, I will treat you to dinner!"

"No, come to my home, it is better than her, young hero, you can have me for dessert too!"

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Once a few of them shouted, everyone once again started shouting and inviting Harry!

Harry was satisfied with the outcome, as he knew that once again Draco's scheme failed.

Harry was pleased, as he thought about it. People genuinely want to show their gratitude to Harry. The problem was solved without gold or even Liquid Luck...no, wait a minute. Maybe Liquid Luck was already at work!

The more Harry thought, the more he was convinced.

Harry was aiming to enter Wizengamot, which will give him a high position in the ministry. This was also the first step for his other plan!

To enter Wizengamot, he needs to prove his ancestry. And to do that, he had to show his family tree, then it was the perfect opportunity to spread the news. He could at least spread that he came from great ancestry and pureblood family because Harry knew there might be a problem, as Potter was a common name.

In just a few seconds, he comes up with the plan.

Harry looked at inviting a crowd and waved at them to stop.

"I am very touched by all of your warm invites, but, let me treat everyone today. Because, when I went to the bank and entered my parent's Vault, I found that the past nine generations of my Potter family, most of them were potion masters, and if that incident hadn't had happened ten years ago, then right now, everyone would have heard about my parents' great achievements in potion too." The crowd became quiet after hearing that, especially when Harry mentioned the incident ten years ago.

"I know they couldn't achieve that, but I will try to counite my family's legacy. There are many potions method there in my family's secret that will greatly help wizardkind. I will go to the company, and try to launch the potions through for a low cost. And I also hope I will become a great potion master in the future too. So that is why I am extremely happy today, and I want to share this happiness with all of you, so please don't reject my offer. Since this is a happy occasion, let's sweeten our mouth ice cream!" Harry finished his long speech, and once again everyone started cheering.

Harry secretly noded, as this was the d.e.s.i.r.ed result. Once people will it ice cream, it definitely will become a big deal, and all things Harry spoke would be spread like a wildfire.

Then, at that time, Harry would present the family tree, so everyone had to believe, and his way to the ministry would be almost clear.

Harry moved to the shop, and the crowd separated into two parts, making way for Harry.

When Harry looked inside the ice cream shop, it was empty.

Harry was wondering what to do next when he saw someone was coming toward the shop, through the crowd.

"Let me pass, excuse me. I am the shop owner, let me pass, thank you!"

Harry speechlessly stood there with Neville.

At least, the shop owner was fast and started delivering ice cream real quick.

Soon, everyone was holding ice cream and l.i.c.k.i.n.g it.

*Slurp*

*Slurp*

*Slurp*

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There was just one sound in the whole street — the sound of ice cream l.i.c.k.i.n.g!

He saw, in the crowd, Gregory and Crabbe also eating the ice cream, and Draco was standing with ice cream, sulkily.

In a few minutes, everyone was done eating.

Harry came forward to say one last time: "Thank you, everyone, for sharing my happiness! Now, we shouldn't block the whole street, and let me say I am with you from now on and not going anywhere, so you would see a lot of me in the future." He humbly bowed before the crowd.

The crowd wasn't willing to leave, but they still listened to Harry. Soon, the street was open, as all of them went to talk about this great encounter with Harry.

Only five boys were left. Draco had ultimately eaten the ice cream as if he wanted to spend all the money of Harry and make him poor!

Harry went inside the shop to pay the bill, which was less than 40 gold, 37 gold and 5 silver to be exact.

'It's really cheap considering the publicity stunt I made and the things I will get!'

Harry pretended to take the gold out of his pocket, while in reality, he was using his Spatial Ring. He generously gave him 40 gold. The change was a tip for the shop owner. The shop owner was all smile.

Harry left the shop to meet Neville. He still hadn't found out why Draco was hostile to him. He was now curious to find that out.

"Let's go, Neville! We will go buy school stuff!" said Harry. When they started walking, Draco called, he made smile, but looked really ugly, "Wait a minute, we are going there too, so let's all go together!"

Harry just nodded without saying anything. He didn't know about his intention, and to be honest, Harry didn't care either anymore.

Harry was just happy. 'If Draco is here, then his mother — Narcissa— should be here too!'

Harry saw something and smiled. Neville, walking near him, saw his smile and started trembling. He knew this smile very well. It means someone will be going through hell!

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