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Chapter 26 - Magical Improvements

I looked at Hermione like she was dumb. It had always confused me how they had all completely missed everything about Flamel. How could they miss the oldest known person in recorded history and his achievements. It shouldn't feasibly possible for them to not find anything about him, even in passing. A pout was forming on Hermiones face and Ron was gaining a glare so I answered. "Nicholas Flamel is a 600 year old alchemist and is famed for his creation of the philosophers stone. As the only human with an effective form of immortality he has mostly lived in hiding with his wife. He is also the alchemist who taught Dumbledore alchemy." Hermione slapped her forehead in apparent frustration at herself while Harry and Ron gaped.

"Wait Nicholas Flamel is immortal. How? Why haven't I heard of this guy?" Ron said.

I didn't answer him and went back to my reading. I didn't care to get involved in this world much as Harry had a self fulfilling prophecy, and I needed to magic proof myself. I needed to learn magic as I knew any world I went to could have magic and even god like beings. I would need the ability to survive and tech wouldn't be enough. Sure I had a powerful sandevistan and an automatic railgun but that stuff wouldn't work against entities that could manipulate the laws of physics.

The book I was reading now was on enchanting and runic magic. Enchanting was the imbuing of magic into objects or beings. Runic magic was similar but utilized runes and rune matrices to channel magic. I was currently in the section of human enchanting. Most human enchanting was done via tattoos or marks on the body. According to the book human enchanting was one of the safer ways to enchant, as a magical creature like a wizard or witch could feel the magic within them and tell if the enchantment is wrong. Simple healing spells could remove an enchantment or you could physically remove the area and heal it with magic. Skimming through the book I found the spell section. It contained some healing spells and 'enchantment removal' spells.

One of the spells I found was also one that Dumbledore had used on Sasha. It froze magic in a small area for a limited time. It was the first spell I'd need to learn. Next was a simple marking or tattoo spell. After learning those I'd need to find some rune matrix or such that could protect technology from ambient magic. After dinner I found McGonagall and got access to her floo to get to Diagon Alley in the morning so Sasha, Rena, and I could get wands. I'd already given Dumbledore some materials I had in my expanded storage in trade for galleons.

I'd traded large amounts of metals and more exotic materials to him for galleons and whatever he got from studying them. I really wanted to know if I could make metals like beskar, cortosis, or phrik with the help of magic. But doing something like that would require me to delve into permanent transfiguration and the data from the Star Wars universe.

I didn't have the time to do so. Time? I could find more time. This world had time magic. I'd first search the room of requirement for one, and if there wasn't one there I'd get Dumbledore to get me one. I may now be low on materials but I also had an abundance of knowledge to trade.

While in bed I went over my plan's multiple times then tried to skip to the next day by sleeping. It was a few hours later that we found ourselves in Diagon Alley. The alley was bustling, witches and wizards walking around everywhere. We only needed to get wands as Rena could make anything we needed for classes besides powerful magic items.

We all entered and immediately spotted the old man hiding with magic. He let out a hmph and shuffled behind his bar counter/desk. I'd already told Sasha and Rena what I could remember of this world, so when Ollivander brought out a tape measure and other tools then began floating them Sasha stepped forward. The old man started talking about wandlore and such but I was going over the analysis spells I had found in the library.

Sasha came over and sat in a chair behind me with her new Cyprus wood, unicorn tail hair wand. Her wand was noted to be particularly flexible and quite long at 11 inches. Rena eventually came over with a beech wood, phoenix tail feather wand. Her wand was slightly flexible and 9 1/2 inches long. After a few minutes of searching I came back with an aspen wood, dragon heartstring wand. It was slightly rigid and was also 11 inches long.

We returned to Hogwarts in the middle of breakfast, just in time for Malfoy to walk up to Potter and start insulting him. I wasn't paying much attention, like always, when Rena tapped my arm. I looked up and found everyone looking at me. "What'd I do? Do I have blood or something on me?" Hermione raised an eyebrow and Ron blanched. Harry responded "Malfoy just called you, Sasha and Rena worthless mudbloods who were dirtying the school. Then he said that Rena might be worth something as a 'mistress'.

I looked from Harry to Draco and spoke. "You know Malfoy, if you had insulated me or Sasha with every slur, curse, or vile thing your petty mind could think up I wouldn't have given a single fuck about it. Instead you also insulted Rena. My little girl, the child I adopted as a four year old. My daughter. I'm going to make an example out of you. No one insults my little girl." When I finished speaking I activated my savitar sandevistan. I stood from the table while everyone completely froze. I leaped over the table and made my way right behind Malfoy, sliding inbetween Crabbe and Goyle. Standing behind him I deactivated my sandy and a flash of light blinded everyone. They all looked around at the flash they were still seeing in their eyes. I felt more than saw Malfoys goons moving towards me but I spoke before they could even take a step.

"Hey Malfoy, Behind you!"

Draco spun as I activated my sandy again. I grabbed Crabbe and Goyles punches and more them to hit Malfoy square on the nose. I stepped to the side and in another flash of light Crabbe and Goyle had decked Malfoy. The pompous boy hit the floor with Crabbe and Goyle stumbling atop him from my moving them. My savitar sadevistan was powerful. Easily equal to powerful magics. The only real downsides to it being that you vision was heavily impaired by the shear speed and your body drew a line of light pointing at you instead of afterimages.

Shape then attempted to accuse me of some wrongdoing but McGonagall intercepted him with the fact that there was no evidence accept the flashes of light. Dumbledore was looking at me in interest, I could see him already preparing questions for me in his head. After dinner our house and of course Hermione interrogated me. I of course avoided answering. Sasha made the mistake of mentioning that she could do the same. I could feel her words peak the interest of every boy in the room above 13.

It was plainly obvious to me and every girl in the room that she was now a 'target' for the horny boys. I had already seen this coming. She was a gorgeous four armed cat girl that looked like she could handle any man. For the horny boys in the room she was practically the goddess of love. The sandy simply made her super cool to them. The fact that she flirted a lot also made her 'attractive' to the teens. Hermione immediately switched targets and started interrogating her instead. By the end of it she'd revealed that we had technology many years ahead of the times and that I had been the one to make it all, including most of her body. I foresaw the questions that would bring so I stood and pulled out a connection cord.

I simply opened her arm and showed the internals to everyone. I then pulled out my wand and put multiple weak, easily removed runes on it. It wasn't a proper runic matrix or even a mark but it did make her entire metal wampus skeleton visible externally. While everyone was looking at her I slipped Rena to her dorm with a hug and goodnight then slipped an apology to Sasha before disappearing into my dorm room.

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