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Chapter 36: Full life

"What are you thinking about...?"

Ryan looked down. Mia was snuggled up against his chest, her hair somewhat disheveled but elegant, and her blue eyes looking up at him, curious, calm, and da...

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Chapter 35: Fortune increases

Ryan slowly opened his eyes, blinking as a warm golden glow filtered through the tall window.

Seeing the time on a nearby clock, he noticed it was nine in the morning.

'Oh shit, classes...

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Chapter 34: Educational tour

Pov Mia

'Retribution, Mia? What are you, a Ministry decree?' I thought, the word still bouncing around in my head as I left the Great Hall.

I headed toward the Gryffindor common room. I...

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Chapter 33: New workshop

After thinking about allowances, expenses, and how students really managed their money, Ryan began making his way toward his new private workshop he had discovered at Hogwarts.

It wasn’t th...

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Chapter 32: The Marauders (2)

Finally, it was James who broke the silence.

“Well? What do you think?”

Sirius shrugged, though his tone was honest, “Weird. But… interesting. He’s not as stuck-up as he looks...

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Chapter 31: The Marauders (1)

“There he is,” said James Potter, pointing with his chin as he shifted the broom on his shoulder, “Ryan Ollivander, the castle’s fashionable merchant.”

The Marauders were standing o...

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Chapter 30: Chat with the past

Marlene sat down next to Ryan, saying nothing for the first few seconds. She simply crossed her legs with composure.

Ryan glanced at her sideways, studying her more closely. She was beautiful...

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Chapter 29: More customers

“Annoyed?” asked Emmeline, standing a few meters from Ryan.

Ryan looked up, closed his book, and smiled faintly at the sight of her. “Of the few people who can interrupt my reading with...

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Chapter 28: Reputation improves

During his first ten days at Hogwarts, Ryan kept to his routine as firmly as he could… but the strain was beginning to show. The academic pace was demanding, and although he had the grit, the lac...

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Chapter 27: Professor McGonagall

The door opened. A firm clicking of heels cut through the heavy atmosphere of the classroom. Everyone’s heads snapped to the front. Quills aligned. Backs straight. Voices silenced.

Everyone...

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Chapter 26: Flirting goes well

Transfiguration Class

Ryan Ollivander, oblivious to the small commercial earthquake he had left behind after exiting the Great Hall, was now in the Transfiguration c...

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Chapter 25: Reactions

After Ryan left, the whispers didn’t take long to explode. Almost everyone had overheard his conversation/pitch/advertisement to Alicia.

“Do you really think it’s worth two hundred and ...

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Chapter 24: Breakfast advertising

The alarm clock rang sharply at exactly 7:00 AM. Ryan opened his eyes immediately. No startle. No yawn. Not the slightest trace of drowsiness.

He blinked a couple of times, processing the cla...

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Chapter 23: Alternative business models

Ryan was in the Room of Requirement, immersed in a comfortable silence. Tonight he wouldn’t be studying books on Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, or Defense Against the Dark Arts.

No.

<...

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Chapter 22: The Room of Requirement

Ryan sat in one of the single armchairs in the Gryffindor common room, off to the side near a round window through which the pale moonlight seeped. At his side was a small table with an enchanted l...

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Chapter 21: Sorting Ceremony (2)

The Hat straightened up. And began to sing.

A deep, cadenced voice that carried easily through the walls of the Great Hall.

Ryan crossed his arms and listened intently.

The song s...

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Chapter 20: Sorting Ceremony (1)

At the far end of the Gryffindor table, where the older and more tightly knit groups of the house gathered, four girls shared the same bench with the ease of those who had grown up together since f...

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Chapter 19: Capitalist moral code

The carriages began to slow down one by one, their wheels softly screeching against the damp cobblestones of the path. The Thestrals, invisible to most, snorted calmly as they stopped before the gr...

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Chapter 18: Bet

The train ended its journey at Hogsmeade Station.

The locomotive whistled one last time and came to a stop with a long, weary groan. Outside, the air was cold, damp, and carried that particul...

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Chapter 17: Arrival at Hogwarts

[Pandora’s POV]

The quill was already stored away in my trunk, and Emmeline was still absorbed in her reading with Ryan’s glasses. There was still a long while before we ...

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Chapter 16: Waiting list

Ryan, realizing he was sharing a compartment with two girls deeply absorbed in their books, had an idea.

Why not start promoting his second invention right now?

The speed-reading glasse...

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Chapter 15: Sarcasm doesn't work on these girls

[General POV]

Ryan stopped looking at Pandora and turned his gaze to the landscape sliding slowly past the window of the Hogwarts Express. The train was already underway, and...

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Chapter 14: Pandora Rosermary

“May I sit here?”

Ryan turned his head with the same slowness of someone waking from a dream that had been too vivid.

His eyes, still hidden behind dark sunglasses, met a girl with ...

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Chapter 13: Familiar faces

The train’s whistle echoed in the distance, a solemn warning. There were still minutes left before departure.

Ryan was alone now.

Leaning against the window frame, his dark sunglasses...

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Chapter 12: Platform nine and three-quarters

The next day dawned early. Ryan dressed without hurry: formal trousers, a white shirt, and an open robe fastened with an elegant clasp. His look was somewhere between studious wizard and stylish me...

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Chapter 11: Farewell dinner

“I’ll see,” Ryan murmured as he picked up the two cases and stepped out of his room.

The wood creaked under his steps as he descended the stairs. The house was quiet, except for a femal...

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Chapter 10: Small fortune

August 31, 1971

The sunlight filtered through the curtains with a lazy softness, tinged with that melancholy gold that marked the end of summer. In his room, Ryan sh...

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Chapter 9: Progress

[Andromeda Black’s POV]

I’ve never liked leaving things to the last minute.

Most Hogwarts students, especially the upper years, rush through Diagon Alley in the fin...

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Chapter 8: Deal

Ryan closed the door after saying goodbye to his mother, the suitcase held firmly in his right hand. He was dressed elegantly, though not ostentatiously. Carefully presentable. Like a young entrepr...

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Chapter 7: Low cost, high profit

After dinner came dessert, and soon after, the guests returned home. Ryan wished his mother goodnight and went back to his room.

On his desk, he carefully set down the fifteen galleons he had...

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