40 The-Boy-Who-Sto...Borrowed (III)

While Harry's expedition was progressing without a hitch, he severely underestimated the time he would need to dig through the ground to get his hands on the diamonds. Thankfully, Magic was helping or it would have probably taken him days to find even a single diamond if he was digging with mundane tools.

|Hah… I am tired| Harry plopped down inside one of the holes he had dug after casting a Disillusionment Charm and a Muggle Repelling Charm at the entrance of the hole.

|You are feeling Magical Exhaustion, Hadrian. I would recommend you to take a nap after you get something to eat| Lily explained and Harry nodded his head in understanding.

Harry pulled out a miniature trunk from his pocket and placed it on the ground. He tapped the trunk with his Wand and the trunk returned to its original size. He popped the hood of the trunk to reveal several water bottles and some wrapped packages. In one of the corners, the diamonds he had tak… *ahem* liberated were stashed. He grabbed the diamonds he found in this hole and placed them with the others.

After that, he grabbed one of the wrapped packages and a water bottle before closing the hood. He unwrapped the package to reveal some sandwiches. He knew that it would take a lot of time for him to find diamonds, so he came prepared for camping. He could have brought a tent or a sleeping bag too, but he was a Wizard, so he could easily Transfigure or Conjure something. It would also help with his training.

|Mom, how much do you think I am gonna get for all that?| Harry asked internally as he bit into one of the sandwiches.

|Pfft! Who knows? More than ten years have passed and the rings we used in our marriage were taken from the Potter vaults| Lily shrugged off dismissively. |Though I wonder what happened to them after we kicked the bucket| Lily wondered thoughtfully.

|Don't you want me to get them?| Harry asked, sounding really uncomfortable at the prospect of digging his mom's and dad's graves, but he wanted to know if she wanted the rings. While he didn't want to see his mom's rotting corpse, he would get the rings if she really wanted him to.

|Merlin, no!| Lily immediately rejected the idea.

First of all, she no longer felt any sort of connection to the ring James gave her. Now, the only thing she cared about was her son. She knew her love for her son was turning into something obsessive and something very unhealthy, and while it was wrong on so many levels, she simply couldn't stop herself. Secondly, she didn't want him to see her rotting corpse…

|Okay…| Harry trailed off as he slowly nodded his head. He didn't understand why, but his mom's voice sounded kind of desperate. While he wanted to ask questions, he decided to drop the matter since his mom clearly didn't want him to get those rings.

After finishing his meal break, Harry tapped his Wand on the ground, making the surface much more softer and comfortable before Conjuring a pillow. Yes, he was Magically Exhausted, but it didn't mean that he didn't have any Magic left in his tank. Harry slowly slumped down on the ground and placed the pillow under his head. He rolled his shoulders and groaned in satisfaction.

|Good night, mom| Harry called out inside his mind cheerfully as he closed his eyes.

|Good night, Hadrian| Lily wished him back in a similar fashion.

For a moment, Harry felt a pang of guilt in his heart… While he could fall asleep, his mom couldn't. He had no idea what his mom was going through or how she was dealing with it… He started to wonder if there was a way to help his mom, but before he could come up with anything, he drifted off to sleep. After all, he was feeling extremely tired…

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Harry climbed out of the hole, completely rested and reenergized. He turned toward the mountain of dirt beside the hole before he pointed his Wand at the pile and started to refill the hole with dirt. It was a good thing he also decided to relieve himself before climbing out of the hole or he would have to look for a place to take care of his business.

Harry looked around and cracked his neck… It was already dark, though Harry had no idea about the time. Unlike he was suspecting, the whole mine wasn't riddled with CCTV cameras, they have only placed CCTV cameras on the fence, but guard patrols could be seen loitering around all over the base. All of them were armed with guns. Even his mom couldn't give him all the information regarding firearms.

Harry knew that firearms were extremely dangerous and he also knew that firearms could kill him, so he wanted to know everything he could learn about firearms. He had been wanting to get his hands on some firearms, but he didn't know how or where to acquire one, but now… Now, he could simply ste… *ahem* borrow firearms from these people. He didn't think they would mind and even if they did, there wasn't anything they could do about it.

|Are you really planning to steal firearms?| Lily asked in a slightly worried tone. She didn't know much about firearms, so she wouldn't be able to help him with them, so there was always a chance that he might end up hurting himself.

|Yes, firearms are a threat. I need to know how they work and I also need to know how much of a threat they are to our kind| Harry said firmly as he started to make his way toward the barracks. Harry had already cast the Disillusionment Charm, Scent-Masking Charm, and Silencing Charm on himself before climbing out of the hole, so he wasn't worried that someone might notice even.

Even the dogs accompanying the guards would fail to notice him, but Harry didn't want to tempt fate as dogs are known to have some sort of sixth sense. That is why Harry has been avoiding the guard patrols with dogs. Not all of the guard patrols have dogs with them and he didn't have any problems getting close to any of them. That is how he found that they were also wearing some sort of armor on their torso. He also wanted to know about those armors now that he had seen them.

He finally arrived in front of the barracks and it was laughingly easy for him to sneak inside the building. The guards outside the building didn't even notice him when he climbed inside the building through one of the open windows. He looked around to see if he could deduce where he was. The whole room was filled with bunks beds and lockers.

Harry realized that this was probably one of the rooms where the guards slept. From what Harry had seen, there were more than two hundred guards, so there was no way that all of them could fit in this room. He could have counted the beds to see how many guards slept in this room, but there was something on the wall which caught Harry's attention.

A blush slowly crept up on Harry's face as he kept staring at the wall… He didn't know what to say or how to react. He simply kept staring at the wall with a dumb look on his face and finally smoke started to come out of his head… A few drops of blood trickled down from his nose, but he didn't even notice that. He was too lost staring at the wall…

|Hadrian! Hadrian!!| Lily released a defeated sigh before she started to call out to her son to break him out of his trance.

Harry finally broke out of the trance and that is when he realized what he was doing. Another blush crept on his face as he started to sputter, trying to defend himself. |M-mom, so-sorry…| Harry tried to defend himself, but before he could continue, his mom cut him off.

|It is alright, Hadrian. I understand you are finally reaching that age… I think it is finally time to give you the 'TALK'| Lily said softly. It should have been James' duty to give him the 'TALK', but now it was up to her, and Lily couldn't help but feel excited at the prospect. She was trying really hard not to reveal her excitement to him, but internally she was almost whooping in joy…

Her baby boy simply wasn't staring at the wall… He was staring at the poster of a naked red-haired woman. A small part of her mind was telling her that what she was feeling was wrong… extremely wrong, but the rest of her mind was feeling extremely excited and horny at the same time.

Even though the majority of her mind was in the gutter, which was telling her to do extremely unhealthy things with her baby boy, that part of her mind was feeling two different things at the same time.

One of those parts was extremely happy that Hadrian was attracted to the red-haired woman even though the whole wall was filled with posters of naked women, while the other part wanted Hadrian to only stare at her. This part of her mind wanted her to reach out to him and tell him that he was only allowed to stare at her.

Meanwhile, Harry finally realized that he was having a nosebleed and started to wipe his nose with his sleeve. He looked around at the floor to see if there was blood on the floor or not. Fortunately, there wasn't any blood on the floor. He internally sighed and decided to look around the room. There were several posters of naked women on the walls and while all of them attracted him, the one which attracted him the most was the poster of the red-haired woman.

Harry had no idea what he was feeling, but he decided to wait for the 'TALK', his mom was speaking about. He only hoped that his mom wasn't angry or disappointed in him…

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