Chapter 127: the auction starts, the cursed box from Egypt
Draco and Ron that wanted to ridicule Jack about what he fears were clearly disappointed. Well the stupid Ron was intelligent for once and caught the main point of the entire incident. So he quickly said.
"Don't I tell you that Jack is evil?
Look his Boggart looked like a good person and he cast a spell to turn it into evil. He is internally a bad person and pure evil. Harry, Hermione, you should stay away from him. He is just like his father, 'Acts righteous on the outside but evil on the inside…'"
Jack heard this and looked straight at Ron. His eyes did not show any anger or contempt but ridicule. It is as if saying.
"I saved you and your sister for two consecutive years. But this is how you repay the kindness. You are really an ungrateful person. But what can I do. I am kind and still help the ungrateful people like you even after you tried to harm me."
Ron literally felt these words in his mind. This was the capability that Jack obtained after he practiced legilimency and occlumency to a higher level. As for Harry and Hermione they did not see any feelings in the face of Jack.
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At the end of the month Dumbledore took Jack out of Hogwarts. They went to an auction that is being held at London. The auction is about the old artifacts of the noble wizarding families throughout the Europe.
The target of Jack and Dumbledore is actually the metal pieces and few artifacts that are sold during the auction. These artifacts have the rare metals that Jack wanted in his experiments. Jack would get these things and dismantle them.
He would extract these materials and then use them. Also it is said that there is Oricalcum around 5 grams in the auctioned items. There are hand cuffs made of strong iron and adamantine.
If extracted Jack might get around few grams of adamantine in it. After checking the items booklet Jack and Dumbledore made their way to the auction house leisurely. Dumbledore was very rich and powerful.
It is normal to get an invitation from the major events like this. So Dumbledore took Jack straight to the V.I.P room for the auction and arranged the entire thing. As for money they have already guessed things and Dumbledore said that he would cover the costs.
Well Dumbledore could not express things normally because of the awkward situation between him and Jack. This is because of their strange relation, this would make him the ancestor of Jack, but it can also be his son in a way.
There is another thing that Jack did not tell Dumbledore. That is the Sebastian the house elf from Gellert Grindelwald has mentioned to Jack a secret. It was about the hidden stash of Gellert Grindelwald.
There is a good reserve of rare materials there that can be used by Jack. This happened few days ago when Jack asked his house elves to find a way to get more of the rare materials that he wanted.
Sebastian went to talk with Gellert Grindelwald and made the final choice of transferring all his things to Jack. With the decision of Gellert Grindelwald, Sebastian came to Jack and told him about all the hidden stashes and the materials that are stocked.
Jack really wanted to go and chat with Gellert Grindelwald again. But he would not do that with the acknowledgement of Dumbledore. It would be done in secret. This would reduce many problems.
As for why coming with Dumbledore to this auction, It is actually because money can be made again but the materials are rare and hard to obtain once lost. When they came in there is still time before the auction.
During this time many people socialize with each other. Dumbledore introduced Jack to some of his friends and also mentioned about some of his rivals. Well he might be a great mage at 100 percent but there are still people right below him at 99.99 percent and even lower.
So if Dumbledore dies then these people would take the position of the strongest wizard. That is not all; there are many people from other countries that came here for the auction. Some of them are very good at transfiguration, potions making, artifact making…
Dumbledore has a wide range of network. Unfortunately after his death all the favors that he has from these bigwigs are useless. Even before that most of them are useless because of the fracture caused by the comment of Dumbledore and minister of magic.
It is related to the words 'Voldemort is back' From Harry. No one wanted to see Voldemort come back. So for others it is like being cursed to death. Harry said this and Dumbledore supported him.
Because of this most of the people became distant from Dumbledore. This caused all those favors to go down the drain. Jack doesn't want that to happen. He wanted to use them all. So he actively made Dumbledore transfer those favors to him.
The main things Dumbledore asked to receive are the rare materials that Jack needed. That is not all; Dumbledore asked them about some complicated rune books from various countries. This is one of the needs of Jack.
These runes are the basis for the spells and different materials reacts differently for different runes. After a while the auction started. The auctioneer is the man with good appearance wearing classy suit and robes that match them.
He stood on the stage to introduce the first item. Naturally in auctions the first and last items are of great value or of high bidding value. It is to attract the people that came to pay and increase the enthusiasm of everyone.
"Hello everyone let us start with the world renowned magic auction. The most anticipated first item of the auction, 'The cursed box from Egypt'"
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