"The territory is 3 miles square, the clan village is a tenth of miles square, all the rest is the forest for wild animal and culture, the lake is two-tenths of a miles square. One mile square for the farm and fields and the last one mile seventh is the wild forest and orchard!"

-No wonder the territory supply the castle, they must have surplus acc.u.mulating for years!-

"What do you do about the rest of the cereals? I doubt Hogwarts uses that much."

"Other elves know where to buy food for their family."

"So I m a sort of supplier for wizarding Britain?"

"Yes, but only old family be buying for the clan, others go to muggles." Say Bilby rather dissatisfied that they don"t depend on the clan.

"I doubt that we would be enough to provide to all the wizard Britain with this few anyway."

"It would be good if I were to found a way to expand the limit of the walls, with all this free s.p.a.ce around, it would be a waste not use it."

-You have time.-

Leaving those matters for later, he spoke to his elf.

"Bilby, I will need to go to the Alley, the clothes I have are now too small, so I will need new ones. Also, we will need a few things for you, you are a great cook, but the food his too heavy. I will go to the mundane side and buy a lot of books for you, they are recipes for meals that I would like you to follow for now on, this way you would be able to new things."

At first, the elf was depressed that his master wasn"t liking his cooking but the prospect of new knowledge to learn and try to brighten his mood.

"Does master need to go to the goblins for exchanging muggle money?"

"I would like you all to use mundane rather than muggle in front of me, and no, I think I have enough with me."

Having been brought back to the manor, he directly go to his room and retrieved his backpack and empty it on the bed. Looking at the pack of bills he rapidly sorts through it.

"Ten wads of ten-pound notes, two thousand. fifteen wads of twenty-pound notes, six thousand and twenty of fifty-pound notes, twenty thousand pounds for a total of twenty-eight thousand, not bad if I say so myself."

-He was clearly stealing for his company, there is no way someone of his rank could keep that much money out of the bank.-

"True but it doesn"t concern us, this money will be well spent and I still have... two hundred and twelve Galleon for the last time and yesterday."

"Bilby! time to go!" Say Alex after sliding the money in the bag.

My new little buddy pops me directly in the apparition point before vanishing, I"m sure he is around looking after me. After a second visit to Malkin shop and half an hour"s letter, I was making my way toward a precise shop, wanting to know if she was still there and wanted to come with me.

Eeylops Owl Emporium was like described in the book, small, cramped, and dark, what the book couldn"t prepare you for was the strong odor waffling out of the shop because of the numerous owls inside.

"I swear, it shouldn"t be healthy for them to stay cramped inside those cages all days long."

-Once again, wizard.-

"I wonder if the status of secrecy wasn"t here they would have their place in the definition of "moron"."

-I"m pretty sure they would become an inst.i.tution on their own.-

"Not a flattering one."

-No, certainly not.-

Looking in the shop without any discomfort due to my new, improved, and free of gla.s.ses, vision, I easily found her, the lone white spot in the ocean of dark, brown, grey, and red. What was also different was the fact that the cage was apart of the other in a corner.

"Welcome to Eeylops Owl Emporium, first year?"

"Yes, I think an owl would be useful." Nodding at my word, the a.s.sistant shows me different species of owls, each recoiling and fluttering their wing when I came near their cage.

"Do they have something against me?"

-You are a part magical beast, they feel it, more so, a cat, tell me what type of bird would fear a cat as large as you?-

"Point taken."

-On the other side, it would be easier, to found a good owl, take one among those that don"t fear you, but you have your sight on her, right?-

"Who wouldn"t, she was the most loyal companion one could ask."

Seeing all his owls strongly reacting to the young boy, the a.s.sistant shakes his head, before hesitating once he has shown him all of them but hadn"t made a choice.

"Is there something wrong?"

"No, it just... We do have another one, but she is rather fierce and has bloodied more than her share of fingers."

Seeing that the young say nothing, he sighs again before leading him in the darkest corner of the shop.

The a.s.sistant start to speak but I wasn"t listening, my gaze was completely captive by her, the book clearly hadn"t made her justice, but I think that it was due to magic, I could feel something in those shining amber orb straitly fixed on me. A soft hoot, for her and my hand, was opening her cage on their own. hoping to the opening before taking rest on my forearm and nibbling my ear before nuzzling her head against my hair.

-Yep, this one his definitely a keeper.-

"That she is" Say I absentmindedly, completely entranced by her.

The moment I say those word, a window pop up.

"Kione."

-Kione? seem a rather strange name for an owl.-

"The Greek G.o.ddess of snow. Do you like it?" Hearing the soft hoot and nibling of my hear, I couldn"t keep a light chuckle escaping me.

-Directly four ranks, it would be a rather strong bound.-

"I will take her."

While we go to the counter, Kione didn"t let off from my forearm and I wasn"t the type of confining her to a cage. I pay the 15 Galleons for her. I wasn"t to buy a treat for her, she would be able to hunt her heart content in the forest, but I was offered a box with her for taking her away.

"I will let you go with Bilby to home, I have a large forest for you to hunt since you are my familiar, this should be now your forest, do as you like."

The happy screech I receive from her was all I need. Bilby appears at my side and no sooner than she glides to his shoulder, the two vanish away. While I was pa.s.sing in front of the magical menagerie a tingling feeling stop me, looking at the shop, I could feel it getting stronger. Having time, I made my way inside the shop, following the sensation.

"What is this feeling?"

-It should be the manifestation of an ability, seeing the shop, it would appear that you can form a second familiar bound.-

"Doesn"t wizard only have only one?"

-Their no rule, but since your interaction with me, you have developed the ability to "craft". The creation of a familiar bound his a spiritual link that needs the two side acknowledgment. Like all link, it could be crafted, and since your skill have ranked up with Vor, I think you have unlocked a sort of seconds slot.-

While hearing the explanation of CS, I delve deeper into the shop, directly to a section containing cats of all sizes.

"No, not cats, Kneazle!"

The more I move the younger they were until I stop in front of a litter of kitten. The large cage was containing five, each different than the other but also the others around. While most of the shop kitten were of two or three colors, those ones were monochrome. I could see a black, orange, grey, brown, but the one that catches my attention was the pure white one. It was the one calling me.

Since the manage was occupied, I open the cage and gently took the little kitten and made my way to the counter, arriving just as the previous client was finishing.

"h.e.l.lo, what can... I see that you have already made your choice, but I must warn you that this little fellow is a pureblood Kneazle, being such, you would need to register it to the ministry has a x.x.x creature need a license."

"Could you help me with that?" Seeing that it didn"t deter the young in front of him he rapidly smile.

"Sure, we sell them, being a shop in Diagon, we need their authorization anyway."

After this, he helps me complete the form and I exit the shop ten minutes later, a wooden case and a sleeping Kneazle kitten in hand.