HP: Spirit Talker

In the short time I had been in business, my enterprises had become firmly rooted in British reality. As for the children's magic wands I had seen in France, after the lessons with Mr. Boisselier, everything became much clearer: the principles of operation, the various details and conditions of their creation and selection, the nuances. It turned out that these artifacts are only called "children's magic wand", but in fact they are not a magical symbiote, remaining at the level of my first crystal crafts. So it wasn't hard to refine them creatively. My shop now sells these wands with a manual.

The original toy only accustoms the child to the movement of magic in the body, reduces the likelihood of spontaneous emissions, well, and performs an entertaining function. In my product, I put among a hundred different programs, tasks-training, performing which the child extracts from the wand new spectacular effects, in addition, it is possible to collect a chain of "combos", performing which will get something unexpected.

At the very end of the manual, on the last page, the conditions for turning any animal into a real pet are described. Of course, you will have to spend a lot of time and effort, which will be collected in a tiny crystal in the wand, but if you fulfill all the conditions, then the wand will unfold the structure of the most real ancient ritual of binding a familiar. The price was set at twenty galleons.

Expensive, of course, but these wands can be inherited in the family, and to "reboot" it under the new owner, you only need to enter the secret serial code of the wand. After that, its memory will be reset to factory settings. Wands are made in various "funny" colors and patterns, in short, this product quickly occupied an empty niche in Britain, where there are only children's brooms, which, I must admit, after some study of the subject, I was somewhat prejudiced against.

Besides wands and musical artifacts, we sell a lot of little things, like flower vases in which flowers can stand as long as you feed the vase with magic, or little glass flowers that spread certain scents in the house, roughly speaking the same as Muggle air fresheners, but they were taken, even rowed, for about five shekels half a year in the house will smell of pine, lavender, or whatever you choose. Anyway, the little things sold enough, the demand went up, we had to hire more people, including a ministerial specialist in "certified installation of expanded spaces" to expand the production facilities.

No, we could do it ourselves — I already have such specialists, and I could install a "Mystic House" — a shift of certain space to the upper level of the spiritual world. But the thing is, if an inspector comes and sees this case, you either have to close it immediately or pay a hefty fine or a bribe, depending on the smarts and connections of the inspector.

No, if you increase your pantry at home, or a personal purse — there is no claim, because the hands will be torn off, or crushed, that is, harm only yourself, but in other cases such things have the right to engage only specialists with a special permit-certificate. In principle, I understand such laws, because there are a lot of complete fools everywhere, and the situation with business in Britain is not as simple as it may seem at first glance, so it is better to agree with the letter of the law.

By the way, the shop is also being expanded with the help of magic, especially since the work of a specialist costs three hundred gold for a day's work. Theoretically, such enchantments should be renewed periodically, which helps people earn money. By the way, that's why many shops in Kosom Alley have a small, cramped interior without any space-expanding spells.

But there's a loophole in the laws that my lawyer pointed out to me: the enchantments have to be placed by a specialist, but it doesn't say that you can't fix them with runes. In short, after using two kilograms of bronze in the panels of the walls, floor, and ceiling, the shop does not need to update such an expensive pleasure.

For the usual and not so familiar, but quickly gaining favor with the locals, potions, elixirs, potions, ointments, and the like, customers go all day. Gwyneth and Kiriko, who frequent the store, spoke of the steady stream of customers and what they talk about in line. The first article in the Prophet elicited a variety of reactions from the local public.

The article talked about what the tournament itself was about, historical summaries, followed by a recap of the local government's work, lavished with praise and propaganda of course, and somewhere in the middle it talked about the current event. Each champion was pictured in close-up with good detail, and the text described brief information about each champion that was either already known or taken from the school principals on Friday night.

The main attention was of course drawn to the participation of the national hero, for the scandal, but I was in the background. Although, as Gwyneth told me, the ladies and gentlemen in line had very different attitudes. Someone was not satisfied with my existence as such, someone did not like my "posing" during the draw, someone, on the contrary, spoke in my favor, remembering the summer events, someone even asked the store employees about me: whether I had not received a government award for helping and saving people during the summer. In general, how many people — so many opinions ...