Smart-Choices (V) [Chapter 272]

“Recently, I have acquired a Potion factory and while Andi is a good Potion Mistress, she does not possess any exceptional skill, so I was wondering if you could do something to enhance her skills…” Narcissa requested, looking completely aloof. Harry simply hummed with a thoughtful look on his face.

“Andi isn’t going to appreciate you talking behind her back” Harry said after pondering for a bit with an amused look on his face.

“What she doesn’t know isn’t going to hurt her” Narcissa scoffed dismissively with a wave of her hand.

“Then there is nothing I can do to enhance her…. I am good, but not that good, yet. I simply can’t wave my hand and bless a person to become better at Potions” Harry deadpanned with a bland look on his face.

Narcissa seemed to ponder for a couple of seconds before finally nodding her head in understanding. “I will have a chat with her after we are done here” Narcissa sighed.

“...There is a Ritual I can use to enhance her at Snape’s expense, or I can extract all of his memories and hand them over to Andi” Harry answered after thinking for a bit. He was already planning to use the Ritual to pass Snape’s Potions expertise to someone else with the Ritual since the man was never going to leave that cell of his.

Narcissa tapped her armrest with a thoughtful look on her face before she finally decided to speak. “Which one of them is going to bear better results?” Narcissa asked.

“The Ritual, of course… The Ritual would also improve her natural aptitude, meaning, she isn’t going to be reliant on the knowledge she is going to acquire from Snape. She is going to basically inherit his talent without any of the downsides” Harry explained with a smile.

“I see…” Narcissa mumbled with a nod of her head. “However, what is the Ritual going to cost?” Narcissa asked curiously. Even though Narcissa herself never delved into Rituals, she knew that Rituals never came without a cost.

“Nothing much on her part, except for brief nudity and probably pride” Harry answered off-handedly. “However, we are going to need a sacrifice to fuel the Ritual. Specifically, we would need to Sacrifice Snape” Harry added in vicious glee. To be honest, he wanted to prolong the man’s torment, but being used as a Sacrifice is also going to be a fitting end for him.

“Ohh…” Narcissa nodded her head in understanding. Harry knew that Narcissa didn’t care about Snape, not really, she cared about his skills, so it wasn’t a surprise when Narcissa didn’t look bothered in the slightest when he revealed that he would need to Sacrifice Snape to fuel the Ritual.

For the next couple of minutes, neither of them said anything else as Narcissa pondered everything she had learned from Harry. “Harry, is it possible to turn Draco into a baby?” Narcissa asked. She knew that Harry had rejuvenated Grindelwald and all of his men with Magic, so she was wondering if he could do the same for Draco.

“No, that is not possible” Harry shook his head in denial. “The body of a teenager and a newborn baby is way too different” Harry added with a frown and even though Narcissa was slightly disappointed, she didn’t show it on her face.

“Do you want some more tea?” Narcissa offered, breaking the silence.

“Yes, please” Harry accepted with a smile on his face. The two of them simply decided to sit around and enjoy the day…

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Andi stared at Sirius, wondering what her little sister wanted to talk about. After lunch, Narcissa dragged the two of them to her parlor saying that she needed to talk about a few things and she needed their input. Narcissa refused to reveal anything besides that while she dragged them here.

“What’s up, cousin?” Sirius asked as he plopped down on one of the couches.

“I have finally managed to convince Harry to kill Lucius” Narcissa revealed, surprising Sirius who wasn’t expecting a murder plot, while Andi seemed to be elated for her sister.

“That’s great news. I told you that you simply needed to talk with him” Andi huffed, looking quite pleased.

“Of course, you two are plotting murder with my Godson” Sirius sighed with a conflicted look on his face. He had no love for Lucius, but that didn’t mean that he liked the fact that his cousins were using Harry to get rid of him.

“Hush you. Harry would have killed him either way” Andi pointed out.

“That doesn’t mean I have to like it” Sirius grumbled unhappily.

“There is no need to fight. It is a joyous occasion for me” Narcissa huffed as she sat down across Sirius and Andi. “The problem is Draco. I tried so hard, but he still loves his father way too much” Narcissa revealed, looking disappointed.

“Yeah, that could be a problem. If he ends up attacking Harry, Harry is going to kill him” Andi could see the problem while Sirius simply looked stumped. He was a Black too, but he couldn’t believe how easily his cousins were talking about murder and Andi was supposed to be his sanest cousin.

“Harry had suggested that he can Obliviate Draco, erasing all of his memories. My Draco will be nothing more than a newborn baby trapped inside the body of a teenager” Narcissa revealed excitedly. “I would be able to raise him again, without any of Lucius’ influences” Narcissa added giddily.

Andi couldn’t help but smile at her sister’s joy… “I am so happy for you, Cissy” Andi went to Narcissa and engulfed her in a tight embrace.

Meanwhile, Sirius started to wonder if any of the Black sisters were really sane, to begin with, or not. However, after pondering for a bit, he shrugged his shoulders and decided to go with the flow. Draco was a little shit, there were no doubts about it, even though Narcissa seemed to be a bit unhinged, she would raise Draco much better on her own without any question.

“Thank you, Adni” Narcissa thanked her sister with a smile when the two of them finally separated. “But there is something else I want to talk about” Narcissa added and Andi returned to her seat, looking curious. “Andi, would you like to improve your Potion skills?” Narcissa asked, looking slightly apprehensive.

“How? If you are going to tell me that I have to return to school, then forget it. I love you, but I don’t love you that much” Andi sniffed haughtily.

“No. No. I am not talking about school” Narcissa quickly denied. “What if there was a way to enhance your skills with a Ritual?” Narcissa asked, after taking a long breath.

Both Andi and Sirius narrowed their eyes at Narcissa… “A Ritual you say?” Andi asked with a frown. She wasn’t averse to a Ritual, but the question was, what was it going to cost?

“Yes, a Ritual…” Narcissa finally started to reveal the whole deal to Andi and Sirius, leaving the two of them completely gobsmacked…