"So what's this new item you're so eager to show us?" Penny questioned with a smile as Harry was practically dragging her and Tonks towards his workshop. They'd barely had time to put their things away because Harry was so eager.
"It's the one I was having such trouble with for so long! I finally figured it out!" Harry enthused getting a smile from the Prefect while Tonks chuckled.
"We're coming Harry, you don't need to drag us around." Tonks laughed as Harry continued to urge them forward. Once the group arrived to the workshop Harry proudly presented his Rune Safe to his closest friends.
"You made a safe? Why?" Penny asked curiously as she and Tonks looked the iron box over.
"I don't trust the Goblins, to be honest. I've only had a single meeting with my Account Overseer and he tried to make off with more than twenty percent of what remains of my Family's money. So since the Goblins seem in the market of extorting their vault holders I decided to keep my money under my own protection." Harry explained getting nods from both girls. Both had been raised in the Magical World, though Penny had a good bit of exposure to the Non-magical World as well because of her various Muggle relatives. Neither could truthfully state that a Witch or Wizard could ever truly trust a Goblin.
"Can we open it?" Tonks asked wanting to see the inside.
"Give it a try." Harry grinned trying not to laugh. Tonks tried to open the safe only for it to remain closed.
"Oh, ha ha, very funny mister!" Tonks pouted as Harry couldn't stifle his chuckles. "So how does it unlock?"
"It doesn't." Harry smirked getting baffled looks from both girls.
"But if it doesn't unlock then how are you going to use it?" Penny questioned while Tonks nodded along confused.
"I'll just open the door and put what I want inside of course." Harry smiled as he walked over and easily pulled open the door. The looks of curiosity had Harry chuckling again. "I'm the only one in the world that can open this door. The 'Permanent Lock' sequence that's part of the Rune Array is attuned to my mana now. It won't open for anyone else."
"That's actually really cool." Tonks nodded impressed.
"Harry this is amazing! You've made something truly impressive." Penny congratulated making Harry blush slightly at the praise while also puffing up just a bit. Both girls looked inside the now open safe and noticed the large sprawling series of lines covering the inside and the small runes etched into the back. Neither girl could make heads or tails of the lines so Harry explained it to them when they'd asked.
"I'm so glad you're using my gift!" Penny exclaimed happily as she gave Harry another hug.
"It's thanks to your gift that I was able to take this next step in my Enchanting, Penny. I should be thanking you!" Harry replied as he returned the hug.
"Hey what about mine?" Tonks pouted dramatically making Harry roll his eyes fondly.
"Your gift was invaluable to this success as well. Do you want a…" Harry started only for Tonks to practically rush him and pull him into a hug. "Hug?" He finished as the breath was being squeezed out of him.
"Tonks, I think he needs air." Penny spoke up after a few moments. Harry's face was getting very red after all. Tonks grinned as she released him and chuckled as Harry drew in a long deep breath.
"Oh yeah, Penny, we need to talk about the betrothal!" Tonks smiled brightly.
"Betrothal? What betrothal?" Penny asked confused.
"Tonks!" Harry yelled his face now red for an entirely different reason.
"Bloody hell, again?!" Harry groused as he stared at the stack of letters that had been dropped off at breakfast. He could hear the murmurings of his schoolmates as everyone in the Great Hall stared at the pile of letters. It had been this way since shortly after the Holidays, every morning a flock of owls would drop off a new pile of letters from Magical Scholars, Enchanters, Companies, and even just random curious Witches and Wizards. He'd tried to answer each of them the first day but when another pile had been delivered the next day, and the one after that, he'd quickly realized that he'd never be able to answer them all.
"Tough being famous, eh, Harrikins?" Tonks smiled as she helped him gather the pile into a neat stack.
"There's just too many. I can't possibly answer them all." Harry sighed as he ate more of his breakfast.
"If its anything like last time the majority of them are asking the same few questions. Maybe you could answer them all at once?" Penny offered from his other side.
"Like an article in the Prophet or something?" Tonks inquired after she swallowed her mouthful of food.
"It couldn't hurt. The Prophet takes a bit of time to get to the further parts of the International Magical Community. Then it takes the owls a while to fly all the way here. These letters only started coming in over the last few days, so I'd bet that they're from further abroad than the first six Harry got." Penny reasoned as Harry listened and nodded at her hypothesis.
"Could I get your help going through these? If I can find out the most commonly asked questions then I'll know what to put in the article." Harry asked getting nods of agreement from Tonks and Penny.
-After Classes-
"So we've narrowed down the three most common questions so far. The first is, 'How did you create your unit of measurement'. The second was, 'Can you sell the person a Scouter directly'. Finally the third question is, 'What does the reading mean'." Penny summarized as the three finally finished the pile of letters Harry had gotten over the last few days.
"The first two will be easy enough, just have to explain my Lumos Charm experiment and how I found the lowest amount of mana that'll make the spell work.
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