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HP: a new deal
🕑 Added 2025-07-18 15:33:56 +0000 UTC[Sairoarg]
Sitting on the couch in his living room waiting for Kuisha to get ready, which he now realizes was a mistake, he should have continued his training while she was getting ready; at least that way he would have saved himself an hour of waiting.
He knew that he should have learned this by now, but most of the time he was the last one of his peerage to get ready, so moments like these were rare for him.
Having nothing to do, he decided to open his phone and see if there was anything new happening in the underworld. There was nothing important other than the news about the Satans and the council being in frequent meetings for the past week.
This was not a good sign. Devils were a long-lived race, meaning frequent meetings don't happen unless something big happens…
Scrolling down his phone, he saw the news about the latest party/orgy Riser Phenex organized last week, making him scowl. 'Poor Rias,' he thought, remembering that his little cousin was engaged to the idiot.
There was news about Zephyrdor Glasya-Labolas losing yet another chess game against Sona Sitri; he didn't care much for this either.
He closed the search engine and went to De-Messenger app to see if he had any new messages—he did.
It was Harry asking when they were planning on coming by. Typing down a reply and hitting send, he couldn't help but wonder how today's meeting was going to go.
This was the first deal Harry actually proposed by himself without his usual bait tactics, though now that he thought about it again, he did bait him, didn't he? Though it wasn't clear if he actually meant it like that. Harry was not as subtle as he thought himself to be.
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It all happened when he received a message from Harry some days ago, where he sent him a video link accompanied by a message that said: "I can help with that, how about we make a deal?" He grew curious about what Harry was talking about and clicked on the link.
He wished he hadn't. It was embarrassing…
The link opened an old video that Sairoarg thought was deleted, but apparently he was wrong. It was a video of him training and shouting about becoming a Satan.
It really was embarrassing and funny at the same time.
This video was taken after he lost his position as the heir of the Bael house due to not having their beloved clan trait. He remembered how much more ridicule and humiliation he received thanks to this video. It was a terrible time for him back then…
Nonetheless, he was now very thankful it happened because that whole situation gave him the drive to keep going and prove them wrong. He was going to be a Satan—proof that clan traits weren't everything.
He had proven that once before when he took his heir position back, and now all he had to do was keep going until he achieved his dream of becoming a Satan.
And now he was more curious about how Harry planned to help him. He knew that Harry must have had a very good proposal if he was so sure that it would help him. He was also sure that this was not a bad joke or a lie, as Kuisha and some of his peerage suspected when he showed them the message.
'Did Harry develop a better training potion?' he wondered but shot the idea down immediately.
No, he must have developed something else; the training potion, while good, didn't do anything other than accelerate the recovery time of the one taking it.
'Kuisha's shocked face when I showed her the potion was cute,' he thought, remembering how shocked his queen had been when she actually got the potion—she had thought of it as a scam, a way for Harry to get books while pretending that he was developing a potion for them—clearly she'd been wrong.
Her prejudice against Harry aside, he could admit that her doubts weren't unfounded because he too knew that potions do not work on devils—usually.
Though that assumption was now proven wrong, wasn't it? Harry actually found a way to make potions work for them, though getting him to tell them how he did it was going to be a very hard thing to do.
"…I am ready, Sai, let's go," Kuisha's voice came, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Okay, let's go," he said as he stood up.
"What were you thinking about so deeply?" she asked as she stood by his side, ready to cast a teleportation spell.
"Oh, I was thinking about what Harry has in store for us," he replied as he watched the purple magical circle appear under their feet.
'Let's see what you have in store for me, Harry,' he thought, a little excited about today's meeting.
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[Harry Potter]
Putting the small blanket on top of Elizabeth, I cast some temperature regulation charms and noise-muffling ones to make sure her sleep was more comfortable. Plus, I didn't want her to wake up anytime soon, so I made sure it was extra comfortable.
Sensing some magical fluctuations outside my house, noting the arrival of Sairoarg and his queen, soon after I heard a knock on the door, so I went to open it to let them in.
"Do you guys need something to drink? I have smoothies, juice, and water," I asked after greeting them and gesturing for them to sit down.
I didn't tell them that all of the above were alchemically enhanced beverages that made their taste three times better; it was a surprise.
Sairoarg decided to go with juice, and Kuisha asked for water, but I still got three of each option just in case they wanted to taste test it later.
Sitting down, I took my smoothie and started drinking it while getting comfortable. I leaned back and enjoyed the taste of strawberry and avocado while observing the reactions of my guests.
"This is really good. I didn't know juice could taste this good," Sairoarg praised as he took yet another gulp of his juice.
'At least try to enjoy it a little instead of gulping it like that,' I thought amusedly, but I guess him wolfing down his juice counted as a compliment too.
"Yeah, this is the result of my new invention: an alchemical circle that enhances the taste of foods and drinks," I bragged a little.
"Is this part of the deal you wanted to propose?" Kuisha asked impatiently.
"What? Oh, it can be. The circle is just one of the products I want Sairoarg to sell for me," I answered in a calm tone.
"What products? And why would you want Sai selling them for you instead of doing it yourself?" she asked again, looking at me suspiciously this time.
'I don't know what's going on inside her head, but I am not touching that even with a twelve-foot pole,' I thought as I looked at her…
Still, I answered like I didn't notice her suspicious eyes: "Oh, that's easy. Because I don't know how to actually sell anything in the supernatural world. Plus, I don't want to bother with it either, so I thought why not find someone to do it for me… and that's why you're here." My voice came out kind of lazy; I was feeling too tired and too comfortable at the same time, and who can blame me? My seat was awesome.
"What kind of potions are we talking about here?" Sairoarg, who had just finished drinking all the juice and smoothies on the table—except mine—finally asked.
'It's good that I kept my smoothie in my hands,' I thought, looking at the empty glasses on the table in front of me…
"Oh, well, there's quite a lot of selection: from healing potions, bone-mending potions, bone-regrowing ones, wit-sharpening potions, blood-replenishing ones too, plus there's stamina boosters, brain-enhancement potions, and a lot more," I replied, as I summoned a vial of each, you know, as a sample…
"And all these work on devils?" Sairoarg leaned forward, eyes sparkling like a child.
"Of course, otherwise why would you be here?"
"Hmm, we're going to have to test them first before anything," Kuisha said in a neutral tone while looking at the vials I put on the table.
"Sure, knock yourself out. Just know that any scanning magic used on the potion is going to make it turn into nothing but water, so you're going to have to go old-school about it and find some test subjects," I replied without a care.
"Hmm, we'll see....
