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"Harry!" Hope called out as she was searching for a single clone to find, but they were gone. There is always one clone locked up inside a room that acts as the core for the Harry Network. He processes all the information and sorts it, but unless they was an emergency that clone wasn't to be disturbed.
Hope walked into a greenhouse. The first time after the ritual and was immediately stunned. "What the-?" she just stood there looking at the massive jungle, filled with trees, vines, bamboo and a bunch of ferns.
"When did he do this... this wasn't here yesterday. Did he steal a jungle?" Hope was speechless , this has to be one of the more absurd things Harry has done and he has done a lot of crazy things. 'What use would he even need from a jungle?'
Hope then noticed a giant snake laying on one of the thick three branches but with two wings sticking out of it's back. The ritual affected his familiars a lot. Especially after Salazar unexpectedly wanted the Basilisk and Wyvern bloodline. Basilisk since he was a snake and he specifically wanted wings.
Since Zeno was flying around and annoying him from the sky, Salazar wanted wings to teach him a lesson. He was bigger, stronger and could fly now.
"Salazar! Do you know where Harry is?"
The grumpy snake opened one eye and glared at Hope. But once he realized who it was his gaze softened. In his eyes Hope was like him, a babysitter taking care of everyone and everyone annoys her because they don't want to bother Harry. Both were in similar situations.
Salazar lifted his tail and just pointed at the exit then moved his tail to the right. 'The Vivarium next door.'
She just waved at him as Salazar went back to sleep. This jungle has been here for less than a day and he already claimed it as a secret spot. Salazar got comfortable again' Ahhhh peace and quiet at last'
Hope left the strange jungle greenhouse still wondering what kind of potential use it could have. She entered the vivarium and once again stopped in place. The scene in front of her left her just questioning reality.
Harry was standing on a small platform with a stick in hand. All around him were a bunch of insects that were dancing around in sync.
"Harry... what are you doing? Where are your clones?"
Harry just smirked as he kept putting on a show "I'm taking a break, all of the clones here fused back except the one keeping the Harry Network up and running. I'm currently having fun and fixing up my Mental Defenses.
For other people rebuilding would take a lot of time and energy, but since I already have a clear copy of the defenses I can just build at a rapid pace. Sadly it appears that I can't just fuse back and expect a fixed defense. But it is what it is."
"So what's with the bugs?"
"Just messing around and testing my control over the Ayakashi I have quite a few of them now. I'm actually surprised how well it's going. Maybe they imprint on me when they are 'born' and as their creator they listen to my commands. And by feeding off the mana i naturally let out of my body they can grow quite big " Harry snapped his fingers and the bugs returned to their normal sizes.. the size of a small dog.
"Hmm. They are still kinda gross" Hope stepped back, so many big bugs was very creepy.
"Hehe. Edward is even more impressive" Harry raised his hand where the little jade scorpion was pretending to be a ring, it jumped off Harry's finger and returned to its normal size. It was already slightly above Harry's knees
"I can't believe how fast they grow and evolve. Bugs generally have a short life span, meaning genetic information can quickly pass through generations causing a mutation or evolution.
But since they are Yokai who generally live for hundreds of years and are still infants. They grow and adapt at an astonishing pace in order to survive. They eat my residual mana, but they also constantly feel the aura of my familiars which are like predators to their infant minds."
"I'm kind of afraid to ask, but how many do you plan on having? Since you already have made thirty or so" Hope said with a slightly wary expression, if it was just a few she could handle that.
"Ummm" Harry tapped his chin and turned to her with a bright smile "A few thousand"
'Nope. I'm out' Hope ran out of the Vivarium without a second thought 'I'm never stepping foot in there again!'
Harry just laughed as she ran away "So naive. Then again, a bit of normal is also good, considering how abnormal I am. But that is also needed. In a world like this, normal people are the one who get the short end of the stick"
'Hmm?' one of Harry clones received a message. It was a from an information specialist in the black market. As Viper he gives him free goods once in a while for constant solid info. It was a good deal, the guy can brag to his collogues while Harry gets up to date with what's happening.
Reinforcements are headed towards Romania. 'That place is a fuck fest currently. Everybody has at least someone there to keep track of the situation. There is no way I'm dipping my toes in that pond.
No matter how much I have improved and how many things I invent. I'm still just a High Class scrub. I have heard that Katarea Leviathan had arrived at the battlefield. That means Ultimate Class people are duking it out.
Just because i tricked Azazel, Ajuka, Serafall and Gabriel... and sort of spammed Castiel with every spell i knew when he was somehow weakened, doesn't mean that I would last a single second against them.
The difference between High Class fighters is hard enough to bridge with my cheap tactics. A Peak High Class would just overwhelm me. Racial advantages, items, spells. You never really know what someone has up their sleave. That's why I pick my battles when I can.
I doing great all things considered. But at the end of the day I'm just a twelve year old wizard. I need time to grow. Slowly, steady, step by step, taking advantages here and there, but once I hit my late teens I can take more risks. Until then I play it safe... well safe is a strong word considering I blow myself up every second day. But as safe as my crazy ideas let me'
~ China
While a Harry clone was mingling another clone arrived in China to fuse with him, so that he could also receive the benefits from the ritual.
He was currently disguised as an old man. On the way he stopped by a major marketplace. Stalls were set up, some people were even just sitting on a blanket and laying out the items on the ground.
As he kept walking he saw cages, at first he assumed that someone was selling magical animals, but soon he saw what it really was. 'Hmm. A slave market. Well as expected of a militaristic community stuck in the past. Frankly it's not that different from anywhere else in the world.
Just as devils takes slaves for battles or for pleasure. Other species and humans do the same.
It's just that some people figured out that slavery looks bad and now you just have lawyers and lots of documents and contracts. Funny since I'm one of them.'
Harry walked around in the cages were big burly men, werewolves and other demi humans. After that were servants and sex slaves, mostly women, but there were a few feminine men.
The most beautiful women were dressed well and wore makeup, it was quite a sight if you ignored the soulless look in their eyes. They were also the most expensive slaves in the market.
'Heh, as a human I despise slavery, yet humans are also deviants like the devils. Slavery has been around since the dawn of humanity. And looks like it won't be ending anytime soon'
As he walked further the 'quality' of the slaves dropped. These were just ordinary people that were captured somehow. Most of them were injured or sick. But then on the edge of his senses Harry picked up on something.
It was something on the line of a gut instinct. Something that shouldn't belong here. Harry turned to where he sensed something and saw a young girl. She was very dirty and wore rags as clothes. Also had malnutrition judging by how skinny she was.
Appearance wise she had red hair that was very badly chopped in several places, her teeth were grayish and she had an overall sickly appearance as she was curled in a ball.
But what surprised Harry was something beneath the surface, something very familiar to him.
'What the hell! Why does she have draconic bloodline? It's faint, barely noticeable, but the purity, its much higher than the Wyvern's I have been experimenting on. But she has no draconic features.
There must be something wrong with her body... or maybe something right? Dragons can have a human form, it takes a lot of practice with transformation magic, especially for something that big filled to the brim with energy to compress itself down to human size, and even then to eliminate any signs of draconic features takes a lot of skill.
The most prime example for this is that absurd monster Crom Cruach the Crescent Circle Dragon. If you think of a the strongest Dragon besides the two Dragon Gods, then he is the one. A dragon that actually trained himself to the level of the Heavenly Dragons Ddraig and Albion.
Not only that, apparently he has also spend centuries training in martial arts. According to him in his human form he is as strong in his dragon form.'
Harry got shiverers across his whole body thinking about him. Ophis and Great Red he can understand, that was a force of nature, they were born that powerful. 'But that freak actually did it through training and fighting.
To fight against the two Heavenly Dragons it took everyone from the Biblical Faction, God, Lucifer and Azreal stopped their war to fight them. If I ever meet him I'm dead.
I want to know this girl's secret' Harry walked up slowly to the cage, still acting like a old man that was about to croak.
"Oh, good day estimated customer. Are you interested in buying a slave. We have a much better selection at the front" A sleazy man in robes appeared, he had his hair combed back and his tiny pencil mustache trimmed.
"Good day young man, I'm not interested in those expensive battle slaves of yours. I just want someone to tilt my land. That girl looks like she has experience with dirt"
The slave merchant clicked his tongue on the inside 'Cheap old man, buying sick weak slaves, you could at least spend a bit more money on the stronger men for farmworkers. And I was hoping to sell her to someone who conducts experiments for a bigger price.'
But he can't do that here because the location of the market is smack dab in the middle of a Righteous Sect and Demonic Sect. Slavery is somewhat acceptable in this neutral zone. It's due to the Righteous Sect not wanting a full blown war. But if any experimentation is done, that means the demonic sect might be making some poison or new techique to kill them, then they won't hesitate to go to war.
'Well she is useless anyway and is probably going to die soon. So any bit of cash would be nice'
"Very well then. The price for this one is 7 Spirit Crystals"
Harry made a fake gasp "7! Who are you trying to scam little boy. This girl is barely worth 2. She is young, weak and sick"
The sleezy man shrugged his shoulders "Nothing I can do old man, that's just how the market is. But you know what, for you i will drop it down to 5"
They negotiated back and fourth until they finally settled on a price.
( A/N. I was going to use Yuanbao. Silver currency in Ancient China. But economics fucks up the conversion into modern currency. Lets just say he bought her for 2000$ dollars)
After he bought the girl he ordered her to follow him. The steel handcuffs are magical, forcing the slave to follow orders. But if he is reading her right the magic in the cuffs don't affect her at all, meaning she was faking it. He takes her to near by Inn, Harry's calm old demeanor changed. The girl's sharp instincts picked up on this and she raised her head.
'What is this feeling? It's nothing like before'
"You're pretty clever girl. Keeping yourself covered in dirt, a very bad hair cut and using ash on your teeth to make yourself less appealing. Even your sickly appearance is slightly fake, you have been consuming herbs to make you appear sick.
You most likely wanted to be bought by a weak person so you can escape later on. Very clever, but that is not the reason I bought you. How do you have a draconic bloodline and why is it so different than normal?"
The girl clenched her fists. ' I have kept it a secret for so long.. mother told me not to let anybody find out.'
"W-what do you want from me?"
Harry said nothing as he took another look at her ' She is like Fluffy, the malnutrition hides her power. My spells say that even in her current state she is at the middle of Low Class. She could have escaped at any time, but she knew she would exhaust herself and be caught again so she waited for her chance.'
Harry snapped his fingers, the hand and leg cuffs broke apart, revealing bruised purple skin underneath.
The girl looked shocked as she raised her hands and glanced at her bruised wrists. Not believing this old man would throw away his advantage over her. With another wave of his hand, Harry cleans her with a spell and transfigures her rags into a clean white toga.
'Let's see what she really is' Harry dropped his disguise appearing to her in his normal form after the Basilisk ritual.
'A boy' Morgiana blinked, not expecting an old man suddenly become like this.
"My name is Harry Potter and we have much to talk about. But for now eat, you must be starving"
He takes out plates filled with food from his pockets amazing the girl as she stared at them.
"You are free now, I have no intention of keeping you against your will. Tell me what you are and I will drop you off somewhere safe. The food is also free, eat as much as you can."
Morgiana gulped as her stomach growled
"C-can I really?"
Harry smiled and signaled with his hand "Fell free, I can't have a guest dying from hunger now can I?"
She didn't even wait after that and immediately started digging into the food. After the first few bites, tears started streaming down her cheeks. 'It's been so long.. I had forgotten what real food tastes like. Delicious. Delicious'
The girl even bites through bones and chews everything up. To her these normal meal felt heavenly. As if it was Ambrosia of the Gods.
Once she was finished with her food, she realized that Harry was still sitting there waiting for her. Out of embarrassment she quickly cleaned her mouth with her forearm and sat more formally.
"Now that you have finished eating let's begin what I want from you. I only bought you for one reason. Curiosity. Why does a girl like you have draconic bloodline but without any of the noticeable features.
I'm sure you know, otherwise you wouldn't have recklessly poisoned yourself. You knew your body could take it, same with the hunger, your body should have long collapsed, yet you still kept walking and working.
Answer my question and you are free. If you impress me, I will give you a job, you will have freedom, food and a house over your head along money to spend on whatever you desire"
Harry said down with his elbows on the table and his fingers crossed "This is an opportunity, you decide whether to take it or not"
"I am free no matter what?"
Harry nodded, he didn't intent to force the girl, it was mostly curiosity form his side. This level of draconic bloodline without any features interested him and how it worked.
"My name is Morgiana, I am twelve I think. I am a proud Fanalis"
That got Harry's attention "Fanalis huh. The Red Lion. If i remember right they were a large bipedal lion creature that has dragon scales and tail. They were said to be extinct centuries ago.
It is said that they were a mixed breed of a True Dragon and a Namean Lion, and that their defense was one of the best in the world. Many people wanted them as warriors but their pride wouldn't allow it, they fought back against everyone. Which is why they were hunted down and exterminated in an ancient war. "
The girl nodded "My mother told me that we... that I am most likely the last one" she had a pained look on her face.
'Guess the mother is dead. I'll leave that for later'
"As for why I have no draconic features, when a Fanalis reaches a certain level we can transform, back to how we were in the past. Back when we were among the strongest. Our pride is our history, our blood and our bodies.
From what I know it's not that we didn't transform to keep surviving, of the decedents nobody has reached the level required to do so."
'Interesting and it makes sense. If they were nomads running away and surviving. These people naturally wouldn't have been able to dedicate time towards training. I would assume they need to reach mid High Class or even high High Class to transform. Most real dragons are at that level in their adolescent stage.'
"Well then Morgiana what is your decision? Will you go on your own and risk getting captured again? Or will you come work for me?"
Morgiana looked at her hands " Work... I don't know a lot. I can only do labor and fight. But you are obviously stronger than me, I can tell that much. What use would I be to you. I may be a Fanalis but that means I am just a stronger human without my transformation."
Harry laughed "Don't worry about that. I can make you strong. As for what I need you for? I always need more capable people. And meeting you here was a strange twist of fate. You give me an opportunity to something I have decided not to."
While Harry did mean that on the inside he was nervous ' I have been getting TOO lucky lately. Something bad is coming, fate always finds a way to screw with you. In that case I need to stack up with as many advantages as possible'
"So what is your choice?"
Morgiana stood up and bowed " I accept your offer, Young Master Harry"
"..." Harry looked like he sucked on a lemon.
"Young Master...Why are you calling me that?!"
The girl tilted her head "Why? Isn't it common to do so here"
Harry facepalmed, it was loud and hard, so much so that Morgiana was startled.
"Please don't call me that. I'm cringing way too much. Just call me Harry or Boss."
"That won't do. It's rude and informal. Is it your age? Then i can just call you Master"
'Oh my god, it's like my house elves all over again'
"Let's just go." Harry let out a defeated sigh. He did not want to deal with this right now.
~ A/N
I don't know if Mogiana will be in the Harem, but she definitely will be on the team.