(Yes, people, I am alive. due to the circumstances going on and being self-quarantine to my house. soo I had nothing better to do but update my fanfics for you guys and I'm sorry for the wait for any updations of any of my fanfics. due to what's going on I am now taking online courses for my University and it's more stressful for me 'cause this is my last year and I'm graduating in May. so most of my time has been focusing on my classes and updating some fanfic on the side. I also want to give big thanks to my beta reader Starlover04 for her hard work in helping me by editing chapter two of this story)
After leaving Gringotts Matsu arrived back home, Matsu looked around his family's living room, its walls painted in soft pastel colors, broken only by flowing blue silk curtains. A coffee table, and a set of matching armchairs and a sofa, were positioned in front of an impressive fireplace. Matsu inhaled breathing in the natural scent of cherry blossoms that constantly floated around the manor, and he knew that no matter what the Potter's did he would forever call Shuzen Manor his home.
Time skip to the day Matsu is leaving for Hogwarts
After being woken up at an extremely early hour Matsu and his father sat together on one of the sofa's in Matsu's room, trying not to doze off as they watched Matsu's adopted mothers and sisters rush around. They were packing everything that they deemed essential for Matsu's trip to Britain and had filled several suitcases already expansion charms and all. After a few hours of watching his mother's and sisters rush around Matsu let out an exhausted sigh, turning he asked his father "Is this really necessary? I already packed everything I need, what are they even packing into the suitcases?"
"It's best to leave them be, we shouldn't interfere when your mothers and sisters are so frenzied," Matsu's father nervously chuckled, "as for what they are packing, I think I saw most of our armory and potions supplies go into one of the suitcases a few hours back, with duplicates of most of our library go into another."
" Matsu, Isaac, what are you two doing just sitting there?! We are going to be late!" shouted Lady Shuzen, who was still organizing the trunks that Matsu was to take with him to Hogwarts.
"I wonder whose fault that is" muttered Matsu, eyeing the many trunks he had to take with him to Hogwarts.
"What was that?" all of Matsu's mothers and sisters turned and glared at him making him gulp.
"Nothing, but mother what in kami's name am I going to even use all that stuff for?" Horrified Matsu pointed to the small mountain of trunks that awaited him.
"For any and all just in case scenarios, of course," one of his adopted mothers answered in a matter of fact voice, while she shrunk the trunks, "You never know what you might need so it's better to be prepared."
"And for kami's sake, please do close your mouth. It's unbecoming," his other mother absently said while mentally trying to figure out if she had forgotten to pack anything.
Matsu felt like an idiot as he closed his mouth as his mother had asked him to, but he still smiled, because he knew that his three adoptive mothers were only so worried because they cared about him. After Akasha had explained the circumstances surrounding Matsu's adoption into the Shuzen family, Matsu's family had been on a warpath with the Potter family as their target. The various newspapers that the family had ordered over the years, from Britain's own Daily Prophet, showed that the Potter family didn't seem to regret or even remember Matsu. This only served to incense Matsu's family further, only the fact that Matsu would eventually inherit the Potter family title and wealth stopped the Shuzen family from completely ruining the Potter family.
The anger his family had expressed over his abandonment erased any doubts Matsu might have had about being blood adopted by Isaac and Akasha, because it proved, beyond any doubt, that all of his family loved him. Unfortunately shortly after the blood adoption ceremony, Akasha died.
A bemused Isaac watched his fussing wives with a warm look in his eyes. As his gaze fell on Matsu, who was still gob-smacked at the amount of luggage his mothers had packed, he frowned in worry. Sighing, Isaac pulled out an old pocket watch, encrusted with the Shuzen family crest from his pocket. It belonged to Alucard the Progenitor of the Shuzen Line, containing the oldest of the Shuzen house magic. Each of the watch's owners would add a little of their own magic to it, because of that, the watch's power became stronger with each generation. The watch's sole purpose is to offer protection to the wearer.
Isaac knew that, according to Shuzen tradition, this watch should only be given to the family heir when he came of age. Normally, Isaac would have given the watch to Matsu on his 18th birthday, however, Matsu's 18th birthday is still four years away and considering recent discoveries, by then it might be too late. Isaac grit his teeth damn all tradition to hell, no foolish custom was gonna stop him from offering his son the protection he needed. "Matsu," he called, startling everyone, "Come here."
Hearing his father's serious tone Matsu warily approached his father, his father had never used that kind of tone before. Matsu's sisters and mothers were watching their interaction closely, wondering what had made Isaac become so serious. They watched as Isaac handed Matsu a watch, and gasped when they realized that Isaac had given Matsu one of the Shuzen's family's most treasured artifacts.
Matsu was speechless, he couldn't believe that his father was giving him this treasure! "Father, I can't ..." he protested, but his father raised his hand, silencing him.
"Take it," he said, his eyes piercing Matsu's, "I want you to have it. Considering everything we know, I want to be sure that you are safe while away from my care."
Matsu nodded, unable to speak around the lump in his throat, as he saw his father's sincerity. Matsu realized that he had made the right decision when a beaming smile appeared on his father's face. The pride that shone in his family's eyes made Matsu smile and swear to himself that he would make his family proud.
After lots of hugs and tears and a "he's going to be late!" from one of Matsu's mothers, Matsu was finally able to apparate with his luggage to Yokai academy. Matsu looked around at the group of assistants scurrying around carrying all the luggage of the students who couldn't use magic to shrink their luggage.
Matsu thanked Kami his mothers had the foresight to buy custom made trunks for him, all decked out with the biggest expansion charms and strongest featherlight charms. Without those special trunks, Matsu would undoubtedly have had more than the 10 trunks he has now. Matsu shuddered to think of how long it would have taken the assistants to take all his luggage to his room if he had used normal trunks, even if most of the assistants had super strength. Especially since Matsu's status guaranteed him one of the suites on the top floor, which was about 30 floors up.
Although the minimum age for applying for the Triwizard tournament had gone up to 17 that applied only to normal wizards and witches, certain species of yokai were given alternate minimum age limits. Species such as vampires, werewolves, and other innately powerful yokai develop faster than they age, unlike witches and wizards who develop at the same rate they age. Therefore the more powerful yokai species are on the same level as 17-year-old witches and wizards, though they are physically younger. As vampires are viewed as one of if not the most powerful of yokai species their age limit was also the lowest at 14 years of age and Matsu was definitely going to enter the tournament.
Matsu wants to make his family proud, but if he could do that while rubbing it into the Potter's faces that he's better than their son will ever be, all the better. Of course, all that could only happen if Matsu was chosen as champion, but Matsu wasn't worried. His family had assured him that they would be proud of him no matter what, and he wouldn't be bored as there was the school touring trip. Plus Marvolo had mentioned an adventure they could have together if Matsu ever got too bored, so yeah, Matsu wasn't worried at all.
Looking at the transport that would take them to Hogwarts' Black Lake, Matsu was impressed. Their transportation to Hogwarts was a water dragon, a huge creature so long that even Matsu's vampire eyesight couldn't see it's ending. Along its gigantic body, strangely, no scales could be seen, only smooth sky blue skin dotted with indigo marks. The water dragon's head was covered in decorative golden armor marking it as the water dragon named King Wada. Yokai Academy also had a water dragon with a simple crest on its head marking it as Queen Otohime. On King Wada's back was a magnificent palace with what seems to be bubbles floating around the palace.
The palace on King Wada's back had so many empty rooms that although the school was taking over 50 students, all of them above the minimum age for the Triwizard tournament, plus staff the palace was still mostly empty. So the Headmaster decided that since the palace had so much room, (about 900 rooms most empty) they might as well as take the rest of the school with them. They decided that in between preparing for the tournament the Yokai champion and the rest of the school would tour the European Wizarding World in small groups each led by a teacher or staff member.
While admiring the palace on King Wada's back Matsu heard his teacher Miss Nekonome call for her class to enter the palace. Looking down at his family pocket watch, Matsu smiled knowing no matter what happens he will always be protected by his family.
The palace that rested on King Wada's back was truly breathtaking, it has an elegant appearance, and is the original Himeji Castle, also known as White Heron Castle. An almost perfect replica of the castle located in Japan is widely known for its imposing size, beauty, and well preserved complex grounds. The only thing the replica is missing is the magical additions done to the original, this included balls of lights that floated around the castle, illuminating it at night for those without night vision and many other features that simply couldn't happen without magic.
After receiving his room key from Ms. Nekonome Matsu found his room, judging by his room's style Matsu determined that the palace's structure was based on Feudal Japan's hierarchy. Matsu's room is the Shogun suite, a room that is only surpassed in luxury by the Emperor suite, Matsu had no doubt that the Emperor suite would belong to the headmaster. Matsu wondered what factors played a role in his room allocation, was it his strength as an S rank monster, his political power as the heir of the Shuzen family, or the fact that he was the headmaster's current favorite student? maybe it was a mixture of all three.
Entering his room Matsu pull's out the luggage his mothers and sisters had packed for him, placing it on the carpeted floor Matsu waves his hand over his trunks, undoing the shrinking charm his mothers had put on them. As the trunks magically expanded to their full-size, Matsu waved his hand again and watched as all of his clothes flew into the magically expanded wardrobes and dressers of his room.
After dealing with his clothes, Matsu look's at his 6 remaining trunks, each full of priceless artifacts, books, and potions ingredients, most of which are illegal in Britain because of Dumbledore's influence. Matsu decides to first take out the school supplies necessary for his classes in the palace before deciding what to do with the rest, after putting those supplies in their proper places, he shrinks the trunks holding magical weapons, potions and other miscellaneous items and tucks them away leaving the books and potions ingredients trunks open.
Searching through the library trunk Matsu takes out a self-updating book in Wizarding Britain's law's and goes through it when he's done reading the banned books and potion ingredients section of the book Matsu starts picking out the book's from his trunk, being careful not to take out books that are too rare or illegal in magical Britain. After filling up his room's book shelve's Matsu start's rifling through some of the rarer potion's ingredients his mothers had packed for him.
Matsu had recently gotten information about a certain potion's master, considering that the man was undeniably talented and he had been making the younger Potter's life miserable while at Hogwart's, Matsu had decided to gift the man some rare potion ingredients. Even rarer was the opportunity that Matsu was planning to give Snape, while at Hogwart's Matsu would be secretly testing Potion Master Snape to see if he had potential. If Snape passed Matsu would help the Potion Master reach his full potential, it would be a pity to let the Potion Master be held back by Britain's idiotic restrictions and lack of knowledge.
Speaking of the British Ministry of Magic, most of the Ministry's idiocy comes from its Minister, Cornelius Fudge, Yokai Academy's headmasters had to practically blackmail the man into letting Yokai academy participate in the Triwizard tournament. Matsu had overheard the headmaster complaining about it and decided to do a bit of investigating. He ordered Riku to find out all the information he could on Britain's Minister of Magic, what Riku found disgusted them both, and Riku was an assassin, he had seen the worst the magical and mundane worlds had to offer. Britain's Minister of Magic is a fool who only cares about money, and has committed many crimes to keep his position, including accepting bribes and framing innocents. All of Fudge's crimes added to the fact that Fudge is secretly working with Undersecretary Umbridge, a woman famous in the magical world, because she keeps trying to purge Britain's magical society of all creatures, made Fudge enemy number one to Matsu above even the Potter's.
Just thinking about Umbridge sent Matsu into a rage, that woman alone had proposed more than half of the laws detrimental to the health of all magical beings in Britain. Of course, one measly secretary didn't have that much power, no, she was merely a front for Dumbledore. Unfortunately, Dumbledore was thorough and Matsu could find no evidence of Dumbledore's involvement, Matsu was sorely tempted to order his dearest assassin Riku to assassinate both of them, alas Riku was busy dealing with the Potter's and Fudge's financial ruin. Hopefully, Matsu would be able to convince one of his cousins to deal with the toad, Matsu had special plans for Dumbledore, death was far too easy for the manipulative old coot.
After putting everything into its rightful place and choosing the perfect potion ingredient for Snape, Matsu saw his beloved familiar fly in through the window, right as the captain announced that they will be departing soon. Matsu's familiar is an Ice Phoenix he had named Fuyuki; she is the first familiar his family got for him. When Matsu was 11 years old his family captured an Ice Phoenix for his present, to everyone's surprise, the Ice Pheonix could disguise itself perfectly as a snow-white owl. Remembering how he got his beloved familiar, Matsu walked towards his Fuyuki, only to notice that there was a scroll tied to her leg. Untying the scroll from her leg, Matsu notices it has the Haichi-oni Family Crest on it Riku's family crest, chuckling Matsu thought 'speak of the devil,' Matsu opens the scroll and begins to read.
Dear Master,
The plans that we made together have borne fruit, from the last time we met, I have begun to keep a record of which companies have potential, and how many shares to acquire depending on that potential. I can't buy too many shares at a time without someone taking notice, so I currently have 5% shares in Microsoft, Apple, Virgin, Disney, Lucas Films, and Lucas Arts, Star Wars, Sony, and McDonald's. These are the bigger companies with the most potential, there are more than a dozen smaller companies on the list as well, you shall find them listed on the back of this letter. I went digging into both the Potter's and the Fudge's finances, and businesses to discover their biggest sources of income, sources they will soon lose to Master.
The Fudge's are easy targets, their riches come from three major sources. Potion ingredients are their biggest source of income, they own four farms, three for non-animal ingredients, while the fourth dealt with primarily magical creatures that were harvested for their parts. Their second largest income comes from imports and exports, they are in control of half the items that come into and go from magical Britain. It's interesting to note that most of the item's Minister Fudge have banned from Britain are items imported or exported by the Fudge's major rivals, there's also the giant smuggling ring located under most of the Fudge's farms. The third is their fabric company that deals with acromantula silk, strangely the source of their silk can't be found by most means. I had to track down the wizard bringing the Fudge's silk and then wait for him to go back to the source. I followed him back to his source, but I lost him to the ward's surrounding Hogwarts grounds. How lucky that Master is going to Hogwarts maybe you can discover something.
If Master takes control of these locations, it will eliminate three major sources of income for the Fudge's and damage their finances, of course, we could also provide the ministry with unrefutable proof of Fudge's crimes. However, considering the amount of corruption in the British Ministry that is not advised, unless you bring it to the attention of the ICW. Cutting off the Fudges from their finances would be the most direct way to hurt them, bringing their corruption to the attention of the ICW, on the other hand, would completely destroy them. It may, however, bring unintended consequences.
The Potters are a much more complicated matter, I've had to get creative, but the end result is still the same, they are so screwed. The Potter's sources of income are spread all over Europe, so I had to make a list of the ones that produced the most money. One of their biggest sources of income comes from a large plantation and greenhouse, where seeds and plants were grown and sold. Apparently, they use runes and wards to maintain a stable climate and accelerate the growth of crops so they can grow all year round, as such they can produce an average of six crops a year.
Another source of income for them is the dragon reserve they own, the money comes from the dragon dung that is collected there and sold by a distributor company. Dragon dung is a common fertilizer in the wizarding world, because of its inherently magical properties, it makes the plants grow at an accelerated rate. The Potters also had two chateaus and vineyards in one of the wine-producing regions of France and another villa and vineyard in Italy. Taking control of these businesses would put a noticeable dent in the Potter's finances and have the added bonus of you gaining more land and property in Europe. I believe employing Veela would be best, the vineyards are located in their preferred climate, and it will help them as Veela are limited in what jobs they can take in Europe, so they shouldn't mind working in the vineyards.
A few potion ingredient farms also generate substantial income for the Potters, they own five of them throughout Europe. They sell ingredients through their own distributor companies, so we would need to take control of those as well as the farms. There are also a few gold and diamond mines in the Potter's possession. They should be taken control of first, those precious materials are going to waste in the Potter's hands. Either way those mines are going to have a change of ownership before the year is out.
On the other hand, Master can use the mines to have his jewelry makers make some wonderful collars for all your future lovers, gold and diamond-encrusted collars hmm? Who knows maybe Master will give one to me?
If this goes well the Potter's and the Fudge's will lose a huge amount of money, and Master will profit from their loss. It is going to be expensive pulling this off legally, but fortunately, I know how to use the British system to my advantage, that's to say I'm going to cheat. I'm going to open a mundane account for Master and sell gold, half the mundane money would go into Master's account, the rest would be exchanged for galleons allowing me to repeat the cycle. By my estimate, if I do this every day until the end of the year, Master will have millions in his accounts. I am planning to open at least two accounts, maybe more, just in case.
In case Master can't tell, right now I'm giving a malicious smile as I finish my plans, you were right Master killing them would be too quick, this will make them suffer for a long time. Isn't that what you wanted Master? I'm going to make things difficult for them, I have everything planned out, I enjoyed last week, planning revenge is what I do best. If this insane plan of mine works Master, and it will if I have anything to say about it, then you will have an annual income of at least a half a billion galleons into each of your accounts, Master. This is why nobody in their right mind pisses us off Master, they will spend the rest of their life regretting it, we make a splendid team together.
Sincerely your beloved personal specialist, Riku
Matsu didn't expect Riku would initiate their plans to destroy the Potter's and Cornelius Fudge all by himself. Quickly pulling out a sheet of parchment, Matsu writes a response to his personal assassin, praising him, and telling him to continue what he was doing. Letting Fuyuki go to Riku, Matsu hears the captain announcing again that they are about to depart and adding that it is encouraged that every student is to go to the Great Hall, where everyone could see first hand the underwater magical wildlife and see how King Wada travels. Most students have never ridden on the back of a water dragon before, so this will be a new experience for them. Matsu has ridden on a water dragon before, it had been one of his birthday presents, but he decides to go to the Great Hall anyway if only to find Marvolo.
The Great Hall is the heart of the palace, it has a grand staircase that connects the ballroom to the dining hall, the lounge as well as the mini-mall, gyms, movies, and live theaters among other entertainment options. Overall the inside of the palace looks like a muggle cruise ship, especially with modified muggle technology all over the place, Matsu had passed an arcade on his way to the Great Hall. No one saw this as out of place, as unlike magical Britain the rest of the magical world wasn't in the dark ages, they embraced muggle technology and incorporated it into their society. They all still celebrate the old ways of the magic of course, but that didn't stop them in advancing magic. In fact, most people around the magical world pity magical Britain, because they are so backward, but no one wants to help either.
Magical Britain's decision to not help any of the other magical societies during Grindelwald's war had essentially made magical Britain an outcast, especially since Grindelwald had been born British. The only reason countries hadn't completely cut Britain off was because, in the end, Grindelwald was defeated on British soil. Though any respect most of the Magical world had for Dumbledore had flown out the window when reporters from various magical societies had revealed what Dumbledore was truly like. So nobody tried to help magical Britain, because as far as the rest of the magical world was concerned, this was karma.