The Brightest Star Of The Darkest Night

52. A Slytherin Deal

After running through different government places and doing several paperworks, my job finally starts tomorrow! Wish me luck! I hope this one doesn't suck my blood off like some Vampire!

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"Expelliarmus!" Hadrianus cried, and the wand slipped from Reylan's hand, soaring through the air and landing on an eager child Naga's hand, "I did it!"

"Good job! On the first try!" both twins clapped, while Bella cheered, earning a beam from Hadrianus who returned his wand, handle first.

After returning home from Rawrbalrgh, the British Goblin village of his gobfather's clan, where he had been receiving lessons on Gobbledegook and Goblin culture and immensely enjoying his reward for being a fast learner in the form of being fed various mouth-watering delicacies until he almost fell into a food coma by Metalsmith Gryh, his gobfather's overenthusiastic mate, he found his father is getting ready for his meetings in Ministry. So Hadrianus had persuaded Davy to let him sneak inside his father's travel cloak in his small and slender green mamba form before she handed it to him. He foolishly assumed he had succeeded in conning his father, only to be snatched out from the said pocket by the strong fingers gripping his neck and then sternly chastised quite thoroughly for 'endangering himself like some imprudent Gryffindor', (In Hadrianus's defense, how would he know that all the adult weirdos enjoy hexing his unsuspecting father during important meetings? He thought his father shielded every hex coming his way and then smite them for daring to do so, so he was absolutely safe in there even if he was hiding in his clothes without his knowledge, but apparently, that simple logic didn't impress his father and now he is grounded for two freaking days! How would he survive forty-eight hours without flying? That's entirely unjust!) a pouting Hadrianus was left behind in the Castle with the Lestrange twins, Godmummy, and his mum in her serpentine glory, instead of another free ride to explore his father's department in the Ministry of Magic.

At least until they promised him to teach a few useful hexes.

"Is it too hard to keep holding on to the wand?" Hadrianus asked, looking thoughtful. "Would it disarm the police? Would it work if they have weapons hidden in their clothes? What happens if you do not have any weapons? What happens if you cast the spell to empty air or a dummy?"

"It is hard to hold on when the spell is too powerful or you're caught unaware." Bella, being the duty-bound and good Godmummy, replied. This is another reason he appreciated receiving lessons from Godmummy, Barty, and even the Lestrange twins, they always answer frankly and never told to him stop asking questions or deflect him even when he asks 'head-scratching questions' as Barty calls them; unlike Aunt Cissa, Lord Nott, Grand Aunt Walburga, and Uncle Batman (aka 'Mr. Grumpypant', as Uncle Reylan recently taught him to call). "It will disarm anyone, as long as they have weapons out in their hand, and no, it won't work on hidden weapons, you will have to summon them. If you cast an overpowered one, it will blast you away, whether you have a weapon out or not. Why don't you cast the spell and see for yourself what happens to air or dummy?"

"Expelliarmus!" Hadrianus cast, aiming his wand upwards to the air, and gasped when a blasting sound was heard, and now the ceiling has a huge hole in it, with the chunk of stone falling on the ground noisily and surrounding them with a fog of dust particles.

Oh no! What has he done? Grandpa will not be pleased when he learns about it!

"Reparo!" Reynaldo fixed them easily as Hadrianus looked uneasy after destroying a part of his own home. "Now, want to see if you can hold on to your wand or not?" He quickly distracted the child.