Chapter 4

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A/N: In the previous chapter I stated that Hadrians core affinity was dark, I changed it to pure grey, and republished the changes, also kind of a longer chapter ig idk still kinda short I wanna make the chapters around 5k words each enjoyyy


~Applesss~ Parseltounge 



The goblin smirked up at the young wizard. 

"Of course there is Hadrian. Follow me." Griphook said as he started walking to another room. He opened the door and motioned for Hadrian to go inside. Hadrian followed the orders and entered the room. "I will be right back Hadrian, I am going to get the Goblins who will rid of all the unwanted-ness." Griphook stated before leaving the room.

Hadrian was left alone no more than five minutes when Griphook came back with three other goblins.

"Hello Mr. Potter, my name is Scarlace I am going to be one of the Goblins who will help you today." The goblin now known as Scarlace said.

"Greetings Mr. Potter, I am Shagbok, I am as well helping you today." Shagbok said and Hadrian realized how peculiar Goblins names were. But he can't really be surprised because his name is Hadrian and he apparently has a twin brother named Celius which aren't technically speaking 'normal' names in the non-wizard world.

That last goblin introduced themself, "Hello there Mr. Potter! I will be your healer after the ritual in case of any side effects. My name is Stumrak." Hadrian nodded at all of them, "Thank you all for doing this for me. How much money will this be costing me?" Hadrian inquired towards Griphook.

"Ah, well we don't usually charge you for cases like this, Hadrian." Griphook explained.

"Nonsense. When we go one of my vaults I want you to take 25 Galleons. 10 for you and five for Scarlace, Shagbok, and Stumrak." Hadrian said determined.

The goblins all just stared at the young boy in shock. It has been so long since anyone has treated them this- well normal. Most wizards either treat them horribly or with extreme forced politeness that makes the goblins annoyed. No one's ever just genuinely treated them like how they'd treat another human.

"T-thank you Mr. Potter!" Shagbok said and the other two new goblins agreed nodding their heads.

"Ahem, anyways thank you Mr. Potter, but now let's get back to what we were originally planning to do," Hadrian nodded in agreement. "Please lay down in the center of that circle over there. Though, I must warn you, this will hurt, excruciatingly so. But the end product will be worth it. That is why we have healer Stumrak here." Scarlace said.

Hadrian did as he was told and laid down in the center of said circle. After he laid down the goblins excluding Stumrak laid down stones and lit candles. Hadrian closed his eyes in preparation, he had a very high pain tolerance due to the orphanage, but he wasn't sure what kind of pain this would cause. The three goblins minus the healer goblin started chanting words in a language Hadrian wasn't familiar with. Suddenly he felt immense pain causing him to suck in a sharp breath as to not scream out.

This pain went on for about 5 minutes when it increased and Hadrian responded to it with a grunt. This level of pain would cause any normal human to pass out in the first five seconds of them screaming uncontrollably. The goblins as the were doing the ritual were shocked by the lack of reaction the boy has shown. Stumrak was watching with shock most people last out during the first level, some of the stronger adult wizards made it to the last level but always pass out there. They have never seen anyone not pass out, or even scream once. They all shared one thought, 'What did this child go through?'

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