"If someone is interfering with your mail they're going to rue the day they decided to do it. I'll bring every lawyer, attorney, barrister, and any other form of legal counsel in Magical Britain down on their heads! The entire Black fortune will barely see a dent from that and I'll have them taken for everything they own before I'm done!" Sirius ranted, he was very protective of his Godson after all. Harry smiled at the excessiveness of his Godfather but he appreciated the gesture, the thought of someone interfering with his mail was an unpleasant one.
"I guess I should look through these, thankfully I haven't missed a letter from Fleur yet. She's been studying some more obscure Magical Theory recently and it's fascinating." Harry grinned as he went through the stack.
"Ah yes, your French girlfriend, how is the young lady?" Sirius teased as Harry swatted him with a random letter.
"Hush you prat! It's not like that!" Harry huffed at his Godfather.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry, how is your French 'Mistress' been doing?" Sirius chuckled and Harry sent a Stinging Hex at the man.
"That's worse than what you said before!" Harry exclaimed as Sirius rubbed the spot where the hex had hit him.
"I regret nothing!" Sirius grinned cheekily making Harry grumble about 'lonely' Godfathers that needed to get out more.
"Huh, this is different." Harry blinked as he felt a thicker than normal envelope. Looking over the parchment revealed the envelope was signed in a foreign language. "I need the translation spell again." He murmured and Sirius grinned at being able to help his godson. A slightly complex movement of Sirius' wand and the words on the envelope were imposed by English words.
"To Artificer Potter, from Suzuki Tōshū; Yōkai Buki Seisaku Guild Member, Mt. Moriyoshi, Japan." Harry read off confused about the words that the translation spell didn't translate. "Why is someone from Japan writing to me?"
"Just a second, Harry, I know a slightly more specific translation spell that should be able to translate the rest of the words." Sirius stated as he twisted his wand in a few loops and three swishes. The words on the letter all became super imposed by English.
"So he's a Guild Member from a Monster/Spirit Weapon Crafting Guild?" Harry wondered before deciding to open the letter. Pulling out the thick letter Harry had Sirius use the translation spell again so that he could read it. In essence this man, Suzuki Tōshū, had heard of him becoming the 'Youngest Artificer in History' and felt compelled to write to him. The man had sent him a detailed process for 'Creature Craft' that his Guild had specialized in for almost a thousand years. The man had only given him the most basic of knowledge of the process but Harry was still stunned. Mr. Suzuki was apparently of the belief that talent like his should be nurtured, hence the instruction on 'Creature Craft', but not coddled which is why only the most basic process was sent. In the man's own words, 'You should be talented enough to make use of this; if you can't then your skills only go so far.'; which Harry felt was a bit of a back-handed compliment. Still this knowledge of another Branch of Enchanting was amazing! Harry couldn't wait to look over it and transcribe it into English so that he didn't have to keep asking Sirius for the translation spell.
"Seems you have another new thing to look into." Sirius teased, knowing his Godson would definitely be studying this when he wasn't working on his current project.
"Yeah, I need a pen and one of my notebooks!" Harry grinned as he pulled open the drawer under his work table and pulled out the items. Sirius chortled as his Godson's attention was fully taken up by copying down the information present in the letter. Sirius would remind Harry of his other plans a bit later, the young Artificer had a habit of letting new information become his sole focus until he had it either committed to memory or written down.
"What's a Rite of Conquest?" Harry asked aloud and Sirius cocked an eyebrow at the term. He was aware of this one at least so filled his Godson in.
"It's a term used in a few Magical Topics." Sirius started and Harry turned to listen to his Godfather. "Usually you hear about it in Wandlore when a Witch or Wizard gains control and ownership of another's wand by defeating them in a duel. But it was also used to take over the Lordship of Houses and forcefully absorb other Lines into the winner's back several centuries ago."
"Huh, according to this process if you want an item made from 'Creature Craft' to last more than a year or two you have to properly 'Conquer' the Magical Creature in question through a 'Rite of Conquest'. Only then can you impart the Magical Creature's 'properties' onto the item you're making." Harry read off the sheets of the letter. "If this is just the most basic stuff it'll definitely take me a few years to get any real skill with this Branch of Enchanting."
"Don't take too much onto your plate Harry; it's dangerous to stretch yourself too thin." Sirius warned his Godson as he'd seen what overwork like that could lead to during his brief time with the Aurors.
"That's what I have you, Tonks, and Penny for, right?" Harry grinned cheekily at his Godfather. "To pull me away from my work when I'm falling too far into it."
"Right you are, Harry, right you are!" Sirius laughed as he patted his Godson on the back.
"This is funny, Mr. Suzuki wrote that if I make anything 'worthwhile' with this knowledge to come show him in Japan." Harry chuckled as he held the page of the letter up to Sirius.
"Hey, could make for an interesting summer trip sometime." Sirius shrugged as he read the page. "The Ladies of the East haven't ever experienced the wooing of the Gentleman Sirius Black after all. I shouldn't keep them waiting forever."
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