35 35. A small history lesson

The first round had been concluded and the crowd had dispersed. The champions had returned to Hogwarts. There was no clue for the next round in the eggs. They were just eggs with a small vial with some red liquid in it. Alexander was against giving any clues for the next rounds.

The next and final round was to be held in 5 days. Alexander had decided to deal with the elf heist till then. There was also a poor dragon chained under Gringotts. But first, he was invited by Dumbledore to his office.

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"What's with you and your weird candy-related passwords... Lemon vomit tart, seriously?" Alexander entered the office.

"Haha... My friend, when you are this old you have to find happiness from little things" Dumbledore answered.

Alexander shook his head, "And only you can find it in things like these. I should probably invent video games for people like you."

"Video games, what's that?" Dumbledore asked in excitement.

"You'll find out pretty soon. So, why did you ask for me?"

"Oh yes, I nearly forgot. Can you have a look at Fawkes? He's not leaving the nest no matter what I do." Dumbledore sounded worried.

Alexander slowly walked towards Fawkes. He patted his head and scratched its neck. Fawkes made some happy noises. Alexander curiously used his eye of judgment at Fawkes.

||Error 69: Too pure to judge||

~what the... And what's with the old man and his fetish for number 69~

"Alright, buddy, what's the problem? This old boy Dumbledork is worried about you" Alexander asked and used his mind arts to talk to Fawkes.

"I can't leave the egg. I must protect it." Fawkes voiced.

"What! What egg?" He asked.

Fawkes slowly stepped aside showing a small blue egg. "I found it in the forest. I think it's a phoenix egg"

"Fawkes, you gave an egg? But I thought you were a boy," Dumbledore said out loud.

Fawkes didn't like it and flew to Dumbledore's head and pecked at it to show his disapproval.

"Hahaha... No Albus, he found it in the forest. He thinks it's a phoenix egg." Alexander clarified.

"Oh, sorry Fawkes, my boy," Dumbledore apologized.

"Humph" Fawkes made a sound and flew back to the egg.

"It's cracking, it's cracking," Alexander heard Fawkes voice.

He looked at the egg which had started twitching. Dumbledore also excitedly came close. It was a very rare chance to see a phoenix being born from an egg. The first cycle of many births in their lives.

The egg hatched and the tiny head bobbed out. A small piece of eggshell still on its head. Due to Alexander's divine soothing aura, the little phoenix turned its head towards Alexander. Then it opened its eyes for the first time.

*CHIRP*

"F*CK" Alexander cursed out loud.

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Alexander returned to his office at galaxy tower. In front of him were Hermione, Edward, Nagini, and Sirius sitting, trying to hold their laughter.

"You can laugh, you know. I won't bite"

"Hahahahaha... Oh my god, you became a mother of 3 dragons at the tournament and now a phoenix" Sirius roared in laughter.

The little phoenix chirped happily from his prized nest on Alexander's head.

"All jokes aside, Grandpa, why is he blue, unlike Fawkes?" Hermione asked seriously.

"Well, Albus said that the blue phoenix are an extinct species, they haven't been seen in the past thousand years. Just like its color, it breathes blue flame. They are supposed to be purer than the red ones, guess." Alexander explained.

"And you are his mommy now. Did you name your son?" Edward asked, still chuckling.

"Yeah, if he thinks I'm his family then he should share my name too. I've named him Berry Maxim Universe. Just call him Berry," he said.

"Hello there, Berry," Hermione greeted the little phoenix. Which in return gave an acknowledgment chirp.

"Alright fellas, now to important business. Dobby, have you collected all the homeless elves around the world?" He asked the giant elf.

"Yes, boss. I have gathered them in the warehouse. They have all been bathed and fed. They are waiting to bond with you now," Dobby replied.

Alexander nodded and stood up. "Alright, guys. I'll tell you the plan. We are going to help/kidnap all the house-elves in the world and bring them here in the largest warehouse underground. Then I'll activate the isolation wards which will break their connection to their master.

We will tell them that they were forsaken by their masters and feed them the evolution potion. After they evolve, I'll bond my magic with all of them. Due to my superior strength than any other Wizard, their past bond with their masters will probably vanish. Granting them freedom. Then they will sign the contract and start their various trainings." Alexander instructed.

"Umm okay, but where do we fit in all this?" Sirius asked.

"Nowhere in this plan. What I want you 4 to focus on is the next stage of this. All of you know about the muggle world so I want you to visit every country in the world and start establishing orphanages. As many as you can. I want at least 30,000 orphanages up and ready to start in one month." He answered.

"Don't get me wrong but what is your purpose in doing all this, grandpa? And who is going to man these orphanages?" Hermione asked.

"Well let me tell you a small story. At the beginning of it all, there were 10 witches and wizards. They were the first living humans on earth. Soon they all mingled and each couple had 3 children. But out of every 3 children, only one was born a Witch or Wizard. The other 2 were all born squibs. From there the wizards married each other and procreated more magicals, on the other hand, the squibs forgot about their magical origins and procreated as ordinary muggles.

After thousands of years both the magicals and the non-magicals had forgotten their common roots and started fighting. But non-magicals gravely outnumbered the magicals. The number of witches and wizards started to fall. Humans also started burning anyone with even a tiny bit of magic on stakes. In the end, the magicals decided to go into hiding for forever." Alexander narrated. He had found this knowledge from Morgan le Fay's mind.

"Damn! so muggles and we have the same blood running through our veins. Also are all muggles squibs?" Sirius exclaimed and asked

Alexander nodded and continued. "Yes, not just that but every squib also has magic in them. It's just that it's very weak. In a way, you can say that all the squibs are very late bloomers. Through the orphanage, we will teach all the kids the art of wizardry. I am currently working on a new wand that is more sensitive to magic but not as strong as common wands.

Chances are that with some years of practice all the kids will be able to use chore magic. Magic like creating some fire, cleaning things, repairing small broken objects or levitation something. The wands will come with intent-based enchantments, if anyone tries to use it to harm someone then it won't work. Hopefully, their next generation will be born Wizard or witch.

Now, on the other question. We have a huge jobless population of muggle Wizards who couldn't find a job after school because of discrimination. They were forced to go back into the muggle world and work there to earn a living. I'll hire them under contract. There are also many jobless real squibs and also these thousands of soon to arrive elves.

Now, your next question might be. 'How will you finance all this?'. Simple answer, Magic. We will establish antique cars, jewelry, and item restoration businesses around the world. We will use magic to restore them and then sell them. We will also start a real estate business and buy all rundown buildings or apartments and magically restore them to sell them. I already own a movie and T.V. show production company, so we will be expanding it.

All this will be kept a secret through a magical binding contract with the strictest punishment being getting obliviated. The opportunities are endless, we just have to take a step. I've been teaching Edward all about business in the past 3 years so he'll manage all the business. I'll manage the orphanages," he ended his small speech and took a long breath.

"Yes, I'll manage it properly professor. You don't have to worry" Edward comforted him.

"Goddamn Edward, how many times I'll have to tell you. Call me grandpa," he refuted.

"Ah... Yes grandpa" Edward embarrassingly said. Hermione chuckled looking at her boyfriend.

"Okay, move move. Travel the muggle world and buy all the property you can. Use the money from the company account," Alexander ordered, and all spread out.

Alexander looked at Dobby. "Let's go to the warehouse"

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In the underground warehouse, there were about one thousand house-elves waiting for him. They were all masterless.

"Everyone, I think you already know me. I'd like you all to bond with my magic and in return, I'll give you work, food, and housing. All those who agree can come to me one by one."

House-elves didn't have many expectations when it came to work. They were happy as long as they had something to do. Bonding with a magic user as strong as Alexander was a cherry on top. In the end, all 1,209 elves stayed with him.

Next was telling them about his elf heist and making sure they did it properly.