MTLNOVEL Chapter 2: Hogwarts Letter
Money, He needs money. Roy sighed thinking about his condition. He is an orphan, a penniless guy with no background. How can he make money? Don't say ridiculous ideas he read in the fanfiction like copying stories. It won't work, no one will believe he wrote the story if he don't have a backer and there is no guarantee, if they will accuse him of stealing or outright steal the story. So There is only one thing he can do, that is doing part-time jobs outside. But it's definitely not a good idea. many won't hire him. He needs to search for the shops that can hire him. Looks like there is many things he needs to take care.
Roy sighed, in fact there are other ways like finding a rich kid and deceiving her. But it's too risky and he isn't that good looking. Throwing the evil ideas out of the way he chose to either do part time jobs or do magic on streets. Roy rubbed his temples thinking about this. He needs to practice magic it seems. That night he started with trying to use his magic to control and levitate the cards and it's too hard for him. But he persisted and barely did it before dinner time.
After eating and resting for a while he started focusing again, Roy after hours of practice the next day is able to fully control the cards in his hands, send sparks around along with levitating water and shaping it into animals. Yet, he barely managed to do them. The sparks are uncontrollable and the water shapes are ugly. He needs more practice, Roy thought about other tricks too. Few he learned from his college friends in his previous life. The next day taking a deep breath, he walked to the streets of london and started doing magic. initially not many are attracted, but after he started sending sparks and exploding them like fireworks that form names and shapes, some started watching and giving him money.
Although not many pounds are there, there are pence coins mainly. While he is doing magic, he also used normal tricks like guessing cards and all. Of course he did some practice in the orphanage with kids to get the hang of it again. By the end of day he is able to gather £7.28, Roy felt this method can be feasible but knowing the prices in the shop, he can only smile bitterly. Roy shook his head, for now he will keep earning like this and when he got a good item he can buy it later after gathering enough money.
Roy stretched his body and woke up the next day. An owl is pecking his window, he goes to the window and opened it, the owl dropped the letter and screeching at him. Roy didn't understand at first, after it tried biting him, he took out some nuts and placed them on the table. The owl stared at him for a few moments before started eating those nuts.
Opening the letter he saw the content :
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr Miller,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Roy closed the letter. Behind the parchment is the list of things he needs to buy for his stay at Hogwarts. Roy gave the reply that he is interested to attend Hogwarts and send the letter to McGonagall who write to him through the owl. He then ate his breakfast and get to work.
Doung magic to earn money in streets. Like this a week passed and the list refreshed. Roy earned 112 pounds and 86 pence in his first week. It's good at least. Although he earned that much, when he saw the prices of things in shop, his expression became deflated.
[ Second week shop items : ]
[ Seer ability (eye of prophecy, Future sight, diviniation, controlled), price : £100 ]
[ Veela Bloodline (charm aura), Price : £100 ]
[ Wand of the whispers (11 inch, Ashwood, Thestral tail hair), price : £40 ]
[ Batman's Grappling Gun, price : £20 ]
[ D-rank dagger (solo leveling), Price : £50 ]
[ Book of curses (by herpo), Price : £50 ]
[ Gillyweed, Price : £0.5 per 10 grams ]
He selected the seer ability. Immediately he felt his right eye burning. He closed them and wanted to run his right eye. But then the feeling vanished, he felt this world is somehow different now. He can feel a sensation of future sight. His right eye which has green coloured pupil changed into blue. Eye of prophecy awakened. It's to tell about the fate or destiny written on one's head. Future sight is for himself or to predict the immediate future events like in a minute, hour or a day. Diviniation is a seer ability to predict the calamities or crisis that will appears without using future sight or eye of prophecy. Finally he can control them all. He is amazed that he got such abilities for only £100. Then again, according to his system the price of skills or abilities will fluctuate based on his talent in it. That means he has talent for diviniation huh.
He has different eye colours now. When he closed his eyes he can feel it. The sensation of predicting the future. He almost got into a vision before snapping out of his daze. Looks like he has another trick to earn money now. Roy bought some tarot cards along the way and after doing his magic, he ran into another street and put the fortune telling board he made from the card board sheet.
Manh people just looked at him and walked away until a lady who is drunk appeared. She staggered and looked at his board then said in a drunk tone," ah, what a cute child? Fortune telling? You can say future huh kid. Tell me about my future ".
Roy looked at her and said," give me your hand madam ", the lady gave her hand while Roy activated the eye of prophecy on her. He saw the glimpse of the scene where she reconciled with her husband and they doing things on bed. He immediately pulled back from the vision and said," madam, your husband will reconcile with you and you two will be together again tomorrow ".