[3rd POV]
With Luffy and Robin leaving, Wanda was left to her own devices...again, and it was because of this that she began to contemplate the idea of Haki. She knew that it was intricately connected to the soul, similarly to that of Aura, but it was also inherently different...more focused on three branching paths.
Armament, Observation, and Conquering. Each of them were quite the interesting application of power, power that originated from the user's very soul. And it was because of the fact that it was connected to the soul similar to Aura, that Wanda was interested in gaining it herself.
She imagined that her conqueror's Haki would be so much stronger than anything in the One Piece world that it would make the strongest users of it look like newborn children, like jokes. She would hypothetically be able to force the entire universe to its knees through her haki's pure power.
But the only problem with gaining such a thing was that Haki was a bit different than that of aura or chakra. It was something that was better off unlocked on its own, instead of copied from someone else. But that also made things a bit complicated, as unlocking it for someone like Wanda meant...well, potentially accidentally unleashing her Haki across the universe, and she'd rather not accidentally destroy a part of the universe or something.
So instead she would try to unlock it in the future in a pocket dimension, or even an abandoned universe somewhere else. So that she didn't accidentally get the higher cosmic entities pissed at her, they wouldn't be able to do anything to her, but it would be annoying to hear them whine about her.
But for now, she was watching as Elijah Mikaelson flipped through the pages of a book on wards, alongside the no longer pregnant Hayley. In the fiction section of the shop, Ron and Harry were flipping through a few comics, and in the history section Hermione was making a small stack of books.
It was a busy day today, it seemed.
"I see you've had your child, congratulations. What'd you name her?" Wanda asked Hayley, who glanced at her.
"Oh um...I lost-" "No reason to lie to me, Miss Marshall, I am not one to be fooled. I am also not one to harm an innocent child, much less a newborn" Wanda cut off Hayley, knowing that they were currently hiding that their child had survived, instead they were trying to say that she was dead to keep her safe.
"How did you-" "I am not a mere witch, Elijah. As I had said last time you came here, I am something akin to that of a God. Lying to me is a waste of time, because I see through all lies and deceptions" Wanda cut the man off again, as he let out a sigh, remembering what she had said last time.
"Her name is Hope, we named her Hope" Hayley said, as Wanda smiled.
"Hope huh, a good name for someone who will bring a new future to your family. I hope to see her come here in the future, as I am sure I have books that will be a boon to her" Wanda responded, with Hayley looking at her in slight surprise.
"What do you mean a new future to our family?" Elijah questioned, as the way she said it...it was as if she was certain of what she was saying, that it WILL happen.
Wanda just looked at the man and made a "Shooshing" motion with her finger "Spoilers!" Wanda said with a smirk before walking off back to her counter.
It was best to let the future events happen as they will, at least for the most part. She planned on stepping in once it got to a certain point, so that Klaus and Hayley wouldn't die, same with Elijah, as they were all destined to die...at least normally. She didn't want Hope to lose her entire family and end up as she had in canon.
"Ah, I see you're getting into history now, Miss Granger. You find everything you were looking for?" Wanda asked, noticing the stack of 7 history books that the girl had made.
"Mmhmm! I've been looking into the history of magical communities of other countries, and must I say it is incredibly intriguing! Did you know that the Greek Gods are likely ancient wizards and witches of immense power? It's incredible! And the books you sell, a lot of them are incredibly rare! Like the "History of Egyptian Darklords" is a book worth thousands of galleons, and you're just selling it for 20!" Hermione said with a bright smile, as she brought out the money needed to pay.
"Yes well I don't like taking advantage of people, and I believe that all knowledge should be open to everyone, except for the truly darkest of knowledge, the knowledge that is better off not known. And what I sell in my shop is certainly not too dangerous to be known" Wanda responded with a smile, as she took the galleons, happy to hear that her customer was so pleased.
Hermione had become more and more of a regular over the past few months, and Wanda was contemplating the idea of connecting her shop to Hogwarts itself, perhaps speaking with Dumbledore about making her bookstore some sort of in school shop that appears every once in a while.
"Thanks Miss Maximoff! I'll be back in a week or two, and next time I'll bring more than these dunderheads!" Hermione said, dragging Harry and Ron with her after they finished paying for their comics, which were cheap as usual.
Watching the group leave, Wanda let out a chuckle as the teen boys grumbled, leaving alongside the girl who was dragging them alongside her.
After the group had left, Elijah and Hayley walked up to the counter, a stack of 10 books with them. They were all on wards, seals, and things that could help protect their home, from what she could tell. She suspected that they were going to have a witch make a proper barrier around their home, or even Freya, but it didn't seem that she had shown up just yet.
"Is that all? I also am selling book bags that are bigger on the inside. Like this one can hold around a 1000 yards worth of resources inside" Wanda said, holding up a book bag. Upon hearing that it could hold more things inside than what it looks like, Elijah looked very interested.
"And how many of these book bags may we procure?" Elijah asked, wondering if there was a limit.
"Hmm? I can give you a maximum of 10. Ah, and they will be bound to you, just drop a single drop of blood onto it, and only the one whose blood was imbued into the bag will be able to utilize it unless the one who did it wishes otherwise" Wanda responded, as the man brought out his card.
"I'll take 10" Elijah said, as Wanda chuckled, bringing out a pile of bags and placing them on the counter. From her knowledge the Mikaelsons were likely trillionaires, so wealthier than literal countries, so it was not even remotely surprising that he was able to buy this without even worrying about the price tag, which ranged massively.
The most expensive bag, aka the one that they were buying, cost around 100 thousand dollars a piece.
After paying for the bags, he immediately cut his finger, a drop of blood going into one of the bags, with Hayley doing the same with another of the bags. Then they put the books away, and gave her a nod, before walking off, leaving seconds later.
'Huh...that felt a little rude' Wanda thought as they didn't even say goodbye, but she just shrugged, deciding to ignore it for now, and instead she would focus on restocking the books that they had just bought, the new books going back into place moments later.
'What world should I visit in person next? I mean, TVD sounds interesting but...it would be kind of boring. Naruto wouldn't be bad either, but I'd prefer to go somewhere else first. Out of all the worlds that are connected to my store so far...Rimuru's world is by far the most interesting and appealing, especially if I can get some of those neat skills they have. Nothing particularly strong, but it could give me some new skills to play around with' Wanda thought, deciding she would go to Rimuru's world next time he came around.
And it seemed like that wouldn't be before long, as the door opened, and in walked Rimuru.
Seeing this, Wanda smiled, one thought on her mind as she watched him walk in.
'Time to get some skills!'
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That's the end of the chapter!
Basically just a chill chapter with her interacting with her customers, some of which I definitely didn't forget existed, totally not...
Anyways, have a good day!