"Penny, hand me the Test Frame." Harry requested with a smile.
"Here you are, Harry." Penny replied in a chipper tone.
"Oh sorry, Tonks, looks like you were a bit off." Harry grinned as he poured his mana into the Test Frame and got his reading. He turned it around and both Tonks' and Sirius' eyes went wide at the number displayed.
"How the heck are you at 5,172?!" Tonks exclaimed and Penny and Harry burst into laughter. "Stop laughing and explain, you prats!"
"First my prize!" Harry exclaimed as he hit Tonks in the shin with a Stinging Hex.
"Ow! Darn it, Harry!" Tonks censored herself as a family with small children walked by.
"Ah, victory, such a lovely feeling." Harry teased her back. Penny was openly giggling at her older friend while Edward and Sirius both looked amused at the antics between the three.
"Less gloating more explaining." Tonks huffed at them and the two told Tonks, Sirius, and Edward about Harry's Rite of Conquest and the 'Ritual Empowerment' he'd received from eating the Basilisk.
"Only you Harry, I swear only you." Sirius chuckled as he patted his Godson's shoulder. Edward congratulated him on 'Conquering' such a powerful Magical Beast. Tonks just grumbled about Penny and Harry setting her up. Penny hugged Harry tightly as they said their goodbyes and then left with her father. Tonks, in revenge, kissed Harry's cheeks in front of the remaining students on the platform before Apparating away. This left a red faced Harry looking at a lot of staring classmates.
"Let's go." Harry spoke as he turned away from the Hogwarts students and headed for the Floo.
"I think you two tied today, Harry." Sirius offered his commentary on the ongoing 'Prank War' between his Godson and Tonks. "Though I believe that still puts Tonks ahead by a wide margin!" He laughed as Harry started and then walked faster towards the Floo.
"Shush you!" Harry threw back over his shoulder. This of course only made Sirius laugh harder. The two quickly returned to Wood End Cottage in a flash of green fire.
Harry hummed as he mused to himself about the properties of Basilisk Bone versus Dragon Bone. He'd tested their Magical Potential compared to each other and found they were both about the same. The Basilisk Bone, probably due to the creature's age, had more mana packed into it but the rest of its properties were near identical to Dragon Bone. Because he'd 'Conquered' the Basilisk the mana in the bones would not fade for a very long time. This was a good thing because Harry had the whole skeleton to make use of. It would be a shame to lose the materials to time after all. He'd have to run a few more tests with Powdered Basilisk Bone and compare the results to standard Powdered Dragon Bone to be sure; but Harry was confident he could save money on supplies if he didn't have to buy anymore Powdered Dragon Bone for the foreseeable future.
Other than that particular theory, Harry was already coming up with ideas for the rest of the Basilisk. The eyes had been recovered and preserved into two separate, unbreakable, crystal containers filled with a Preservation Draught. Harry had to give the 'Renderers' credit. The two unbreakable containers had also been spelled to be opaque enough to cancel out any lingering power the Basilisk's eyes may have possessed. They were both currently sitting in his Rune Safe until Harry could find some way to make use of them. As for the Basilisk's Scales, Hide, and Fangs; Harry already had some, rather obvious, ideas for these materials. The Horns on the back of the Basilisk's head would also be used once Harry found a use for them.
"Decisions, decisions…." Harry mumbled to himself as he looked through his notes on Creature Craft. He'd taken the time to translate all of the Japanese into English and copy it down into a journal devoted to Creature Craft. As he progressed and expanded his skills with this form of Enchanting, Harry was planning to add his own thoughts, experiences, and ideas.
"Obviously the Scales and Hide can be made into Defensive Items, cloaks or leatherwear for the Hide, outright armor for the Scales." Harry mused thoughtfully, if he could do this properly he'd have more than enough material to get Nym, Penny, Sirius, and potentially even Nym's parents and Remus some Basilisk Leather Armor. "The Scales are so strong and Magically Resistant that I might be able to make something along the lines of full Plate Armor. Since I 'Conquered' the Basilisk I can even make Artifacts from the materials. Basilisk Scale Mail sounds cool." The young Artificer nodded to his own thoughts.
"The Fangs, especially the two retractable ones, can be used to make weapons." Harry thought aloud as he looked over the notes on Creature Craft. "Swords, knives, maybe the core of a focus of some type too?" He considered as he then looked over to the side to see the Basilisk's Horns neatly packed into a wooden box in the corner of his smithy at Wood End Cottage. "If possible maybe the horns could be used for cores too? Or at the very least maybe they could be used for a spearhead? That seems simple enough."
"Do you think he knows he does that?" Tonks whispered to Penny as the two of them stood in the doorway of the smithy.
"Probably not, but it's kind of cute." Penny smiled at the sight of Harry thinking aloud to himself.
"Harrikins!" Tonks called loudly making Harry startle at the unexpected voice. "Time to go! We're taking the Portkey to France soon!" Harry spun to face Tonks and Penny with his hand over his heart.
"Must you do that?" Harry deadpanned and Tonks smiled as she nodded.
"Every time!" Tonks teased while Penny gently swatted her shoulder.
"Rudeness aside, it is time to go Harry. You got caught up in your work again." Penny explained.
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