Chapter 29.4- Doom Days

“Thirty million for the island and twenty million for the Villa, making an even fifty million.” She said.

“Done” I turned to give him a look. Even I had been left reeling at that that price. Sirius’ settlement had been substantial, but nowhere close to this, and I was more than familiar with the Black holdings from my time in the vault, and while they were rich as sin, spending more than half your money on a house when you didn’t have reliable means of making more did seem a bit careless to my estimation.

“Don’t look at me like that, I know what I’m doing.” He said in my direction.

I shrugged and turned my attention back to the house. “Nothing like that. Just wondering why you’re agreeing when we haven’t seen inside the place yet”

“You’re right. Callista, if you would” Sirius sai with a gesture to the place. The Greek witch had been taken aback by his easy acquiescence to the price and the woman who had displayed incredible composure so far was almost nowhere to be found as she practically fell over herself to obey Sirius’ instructuons.

We moved inside the building ext, and the inside was no less impressive. It was clear that there were elves hanging about the place and maintaining it to keep it so clean. There was not a single spec of dust or even the barest thread of a cobweb anywhere to be found. The rooms were large and airy with ensuit bathrooms which had to be a later addition. Wizards hadn’t bothered with proper bathrooms for the longest time as they had the option of simply vanishing all waste and scourgifying all dirt. Of course, when both wands and magical education stopped being the sole domain of the elite they began to need something else to convey how much better than the rest of the word they were— thus came the bathrooms back again. Of course, they couldn’t just be muggle-level bathrooms. Each one was basically a mini-spa and swimming pool dedicated to every member of an obviously large family.

“So how many bedrooms all together?” Sirius asked Callista again like he hadn’t heard her the first time she’d said it or counted when we looked through them.

“Ten bedrooms and twelve bathrooms in all. But of course you can remodel the existing bedrooms at will once you receive ownership” She started, still clearly selling Sirius on this careless idea. I wanted the place. I wanted it so much. The magic practically sang at me.