That took a while." Harry smiled to himself. His Safe's form was complete at least. It wasn't very big at the moment only being forty five centimeters tall, wide, and deep. But it would hold a nice amount of money and once he worked in his array it would be as unbreakable and secure as he could make it. "Let's wash up, I definitely need dinner." He chuckled as he headed into the bathroom that was in the smithy. A quick shower and Harry deemed himself clean enough to head down to the Great Hall for dinner. He ate more than normal but with how much physical exertion he'd done today, not to mention the amount of mana he'd expended, he felt he'd earned it.
The next morning Harry grinned happily at his two parts and marveled at how imbuing his mana into the iron had helped him shape it into his desired form so quickly. A normal blacksmith would have taken several days to get the Safe's body finished as they slowly forged the iron walls and then forged them together into a box. His mana had made the iron shape to his will faster and come out as he'd wanted it. That would probably explain the deep sleep he'd experienced last night. He hadn't checked his mana since the demonstration in the Great Hall but he was fairly certain he'd probably used somewhere close to eighty percent of his mana yesterday.
"Just have to set the door into the Safe and then we'll get to the Rune work." Harry nodded to himself as he pulled out his wand. It irked him something fierce that he still had so many spells he couldn't do wandlessly. But he'd been so preoccupied with his Rune Safe lately that he'd put off some of his Wandless Magic practice trying to get the Safe made. "Reducio." He intoned pointing his wand at the iron door. The metal shrank slightly and Harry picked it up. Fitting the hinge points into the holes he'd made in the box was easy enough. Now he just had to restore the door to its proper size and it should fit perfectly. A Wandless 'Finite' saw the door clicking into place with a thud as it returned to its normal size. Testing the door and seeing how it opened and closed, making sure it fit into the grooves of the safe and closed securely was a success as well. Now came the process of etching the Runic Array and then filling it with 'Circuit Base' to connect it to the entirety of the safe. Many would wonder why the Safe didn't have a physical lock but Harry could only grin. Once the Rune work was done the whole safe would 'BE' the lock. One of the security sequences would only allow the door to be opened by the first person to charge the array. Harry was going to be that first person and so the Safe would never open for anyone else.
-Two Days Later-
"Finally done." Harry smiled as he looked over his finished work one last time. All the Runes were precisely etched and in perfect shape. The 'Circuits' made from 'Circuit Base' were connecting the array together properly. The Safe was ready to be charged with mana for the first time. Etching the array in three dimensions had been challenging to say the least. Having to make sure each circuit line was unbroken as it moved over the edges and corners of the safe had required intense focus. But it had all been worth it; the circuits were solid and covered the entirety of the inside of the safe. They would impart all aspects of his Security Array to the entirety of the Rune Safe, including the circuit connected Absorption Sequence. With a grin Harry placed his hand on the center of the array on the inside of the safe. He'd centered the array on the back wall so he'd be able to work from that point outward and end on the back of the door. Feeling his mana being taken in by the array and watching as the Runes began to glow was amazing for Harry. Watching as the circuits glowed as his mana travelled through them was satisfying and eventually the entire inside of the safe was glowing faintly with his mana.
"Oh, so that's what that feels like." Harry mumbled as he felt the 'Permanent Locking' sequence attune itself to his mana. It suddenly felt like the whole safe was a part of him for a few seconds before the feeling faded away. Harry continued to charge the Rune Safe's array until he felt a noticeable drop in his mana. Cutting off the flow and pulling his hand back, Harry watched on as the array slowly dimmed until the glow wasn't really noticeable anymore. "Now we wait." Harry muttered as he closed the Rune Safe's door feeling the array activate and secure the safe. If everything was working properly then when he came back the next morning with Tonks and Penny to show them the completed Rune Safe it should still be working perfectly as it absorbed mana from the air. In a place as overflowing with magic as Hogwarts the Safe would probably just get stronger as it absorbed more and more mana. He'd purposefully added in the 'Strengthening' sequence to the array so that excess mana would be used to make the Safe and its effects stronger. Eventually the Safe would 'bleed off' any mana that exceeded the materials' ability to store mana and leave it 'fully charged' for lack of any better term. "I can't wait to show this to Penny and Tonks!"
The next morning the students that had left for Yule Break returned. Harry enthusiastically greeted his friends and was hugged by Penny before both were pulled into a group hug by Tonks. Harry could only smile and laugh as he reunited with his two closest friends. Penny had thanked him profusely for his gift to her and Harry had to admit that seeing both Penny and Tonks wearing what he made for them caused a feeling of warm joy to blossom in his chest.
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