Harry Potter and the Artificer Legacy)byKairomaru

Chapter 7 - Next Sale, Too Many Letters!

Bloody hell, again?!" Harry groused as he stared at the stack of letters that had been dropped off at breakfast. He could hear the murmurings of his schoolmates as everyone in the Great Hall stared at the pile of letters. It had been this way since shortly after the Holidays, every morning a flock of owls would drop off a new pile of letters from Magical Scholars, Enchanters, Companies, and even just random curious Witches and Wizards. He'd tried to answer each of them the first day but when another pile had been delivered the next day, and the one after that, he'd quickly realized that he'd never be able to answer them all.

"Tough being famous, eh, Harrikins?" Tonks smiled as she helped him gather the pile into a neat stack.

"There's just too many. I can't possibly answer them all." Harry sighed as he ate more of his breakfast.

"If its anything like last time the majority of them are asking the same few questions. Maybe you could answer them all at once?" Penny offered from his other side.

"Like an article in the Prophet or something?" Tonks inquired after she swallowed her mouthful of food.

"It couldn't hurt. The Prophet takes a bit of time to get to the further parts of the International Magical Community. Then it takes the owls a while to fly all the way here. These letters only started coming in over the last few days, so I'd bet that they're from further abroad than the first six Harry got." Penny reasoned as Harry listened and nodded at her hypothesis.

"Could I get your help going through these? If I can find out the most commonly asked questions then I'll know what to put in the article." Harry asked getting nods of agreement from Tonks and Penny.

-After Classes-

"So we've narrowed down the three most common questions so far. The first is, 'How did you create your unit of measurement'. The second was, 'Can you sell the person a Scouter directly'. Finally the third question is, 'What does the reading mean'." Penny summarized as the three finally finished the pile of letters Harry had gotten over the last few days.

"The first two will be easy enough, just have to explain my Lumos Charm experiment and how I found the lowest amount of mana that'll make the spell work. The second is a simple, 'I don't have enough time to make Scouters to sell directly' so that's an easy answer. The third will be a bit harder to explain, the reading doesn't mean anything by itself. It's just how much mana the person has. A Wizard or Witch isn't stuck with whatever number they first get; they can increase their mana through more actively using spells. But that may not satisfy all of the people asking." Harry stated as he leaned back in his chair.

"I think those are all the answers you need, Harrikins. They answer the questions asked sufficiently and if anyone has some kind of follow up then they can write to you." Tonks claimed getting a smile from Harry in return.

'Since we're on the subject of articles anyway I thought I'd let you know that I've finished the advert for the Test Frames. If you'd give it a look over you'll be set to start selling them." Penny spoke as she handed Harry the advert she'd finished. "The only thing left to put on it is how many are currently available for sale. How many were you able to get done, Harry?"

"Three dozen, anytime I felt like I was slamming my head into a brick wall with the Rune Safe I worked on making Test Frames, or learning some more Devanagari, or learning to play the wooden flute Hagrid gave me for Christmas. I'm still pants at the flute but I know a few characters of Devanagari now." Harry informed her getting surprised looks from both Tonks and Penny. "What? I had a lot of time on my hands without any classes or homework to get in the way. You two had already transfigured tons of Frames for me so I just had to etch the runic sequence and then apply the wooden overlay with Ollivander's self-destruction sequence on it."