“My mother has been placed in her safehouse,” Draco reported as he walked into the suite they had been given. “I know she said she’s okay with this, but was she really?” Hermione asked. “Yes, she’s upset at the need, but accepting the necessity,” Draco said.
“Do you think there’s a manual for how to do this bloody job I’ve taken on?” “Kid, there wasn’t in my day, and I was the last king Magical Britain had. I’m going to say that I’m about as close to one as you’re going to get,” Arthur said cheerfully. “Bugger,” Harry muttered.
“Sounds like a great plan, sir. I’m glad we listened to Arthur,” Harry said with a smile. “Call me Ragnok, sire. If we’re going to hunt a madman together, we might as well do it on as even a playing field as we can,” Ragnok offered. He turned to look at Hermione and Draco and waved a hand at them. “That goes for you two as well.” “What about me?” Arthur asked. “You’ve been calling me by name since I met you when I was three, your majesty,” Ragnok said dryly. “I can’t see you stopping now.”
“How much of that can we lay at the feet of the ‘Harry Potter Factor’?” Draco asked as he flopped back onto the couch taking pride of place in the central room of the suite. “Very little,” Hermione said as she dropped into place beside him. “I think that was an Arthur thing.” “I agree,” Harry said.
“I expect not,” Harry agreed. “Item number one: I have a Horcrux in my curse scar. It needs to come out without killing me, and Arthur states that your people are the ones who can do that.” “You… have a Horcrux in your curse scar?” Windrider demanded. “Who in the hells left that in there?”
“The three of you can’t go hunting that twat and his henchmen right now. You need to get some things done first,” Arthur announced. “Item number one: Go to the Bank, talk to Ragnok Windrider about your ascension to my throne. Number two: get the horcrux out of Harry’s head. Item number three: See if the Bank knows how to get that slave brand off Draco’s arm.”
Harry has taken up his crown and the responsibilities that come with it. That means he needs to wage war on behalf of Magical Britain while learning how to be a good partner to his two soulmates. Should be easy, right? Right.
