Close Or Far From The Law

Chapter 8 : 7. Hire a lawyer

abbey, in the north of Scotland. It was forgotten by everyone, it was the Selwyns who sold it. It is solid even if repairing it will take a little time.

Voldemort smiled thinly. The Selwyns would easily give him the place, they will even be delighted. Good, good. With his funds, he would have no trouble pushing the goblins to repair the place and since they only followed the money, the Ministry would know nothing about it. Wonderful.

-Gentlemen, let's go see this with our own eyes.

But Voldemort already guessed that the place would be ideal.

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Dear Harry,

You don't know how much I miss you when we don't see each other. I'll even bet that the idea seems absurd to you and proves that I'm really crazy. How could I miss you when you were one of the sources of my pain? It's strange how we can change, all of us. All it takes is the right information and questioning and things get fixed or finally move in the right direction.

And the good news for both of us is that I miss you. I like your smiles when you're proud to succeed in a spell, I like your little anger at me when I seem naughty to you. I love the way you snuggle up to me during our cuddles. You're so adorable then, you are all the time. I then realize that I like to give affection but that mine only belongs to you.

I know you appreciate all of this. Still reluctantly. Still, there's nothing wrong with loving hugs, loving making me proud of you. You deserve to be proud of you, for everything you've already faced. Besides, we will take the time during the winter holidays for you to tell me a little more about yourself, I want to know everything.

I think I'm a little obsessed with you, little lion.

I can't wait to see you, the days go by so slowly...

Yours,

L.V.

should ignore the law, precisely because they kept punishing him for everything and nothing at the same time. It was difficult to follow the rules when they weren't clear and he was told to follow them without doing so. He glanced over at the headmaster who was actively chatting with their head of house. For the moment, it seemed that he didn't really suspect anything. If we had to suspect something actually. Harry wasn't doing anything wrong for once, he just wanted his rights respected. So why did he distrust Dumbledore? Because of what Voldemort said? It was still a little easy to give in to the black mage's paranoia... He had no tangible proof, just impressions. He hated being accused without proof, he should do the same. To still be proud of him.

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-You do this better than before, Potter, one could almost believe that you are intelligent.

Harry finished crushing the beetle's eyes, imagining that he was crushing Malfoy's eyes. He didn't know why the blonde had insisted on being his partner for today's Potions class and Professor Snape had agreed, with a wicked smile on his thin lips. Harry made sure they were still good at their brew, not that Malfoy would let him miss that... Whatever... Snape would just say it was Harry's fault and he'd get a bad grade for two. Except Harry didn't want to have to explain that to Voldemort afterwards.

I don't know what you might know about me but the long story short is that I was raised in the muggle world and until recently I was unaware of my place in magical society. I was told only about two weeks ago that I am heir to a great house and should have an heir's ring and other things. It's still a little vague for me, I must admit, and I'm still learning the book of etiquette (crazy how complicated it can be sometimes).

All this to say that I am very worried. You see, I was told that I should have found my heir ring in my childhood trunk at Gringotts, but I never saw it there, not since the first time I went to the bank. And I have no idea where it might be and whether anyone is using it or not. I didn't even know who to ask these questions and was told that a lawyer would be best placed to tell me everything.

Could you help me ? I know it will be hard because of my name, my orphan status and all that. In addition, I was added this story of a magical tutor, which I know nothing about but I will try to find out a little more.

I hope for a response from you, although I have no way of confirming that I am me with this simple letter.

Sincerely,

Harry J. Potter

Richard remained silent. This must have been a joke? He read the letter three more times. Indeed, there was nothing to indicate that it was indeed the Survivor who was writing to him and at the same time, if he didn't have his ring... He bit his lip. The matter was going to prove complicated. He didn't see how to get to the young man to speak to him in person and have confirmation of all this. Normally, he would have even dismissed the letter, but something told him that it would be a mistake. So he took a new file and marked the name of his new client. He was going to have a lot to do. Starting by checking at Gringotts if Harry Potter had his ring or not.