Another-Talk-They-Had (I) [Chapter 241]

After emptying the Lestrange Family Vault too, Harry and Tonks returned to the Malfoy Manor much richer than they used to be. The Aurors were waiting at the entrance of the Gringotts to capture Tonks, who was dressed like her crazy aunt, so instead of taking the scenic route, Harry simply opened a Portal straight from the Lestrange Family Vault leading to the Malfoy Manor.

“It was amazing!! I wonder what my dear aunt is going to say when she realizes that her own vault and her Family vault are completely empty!” Tonks wheezed out in between her hysterical laugh as she slumped down on one of the chairs while shifting back to her own form.

“As they say, they are going to lose their shit when they finally realize what happened” Harry agreed with a grin on his face. He managed to acquire another one of Voldemort’s Horcrux and he even managed to stea- No, that sounded wrong. He managed to liberate so much gold for a good cause. His cause. He was sure the Lestranges were going to complain, but they were dead men walking, so who cared?

Then before they could celebrate anymore, Harry received a message through his mark…

‘Harry, there is an emergency’ Harry received a message from Amelia, wondering what happened. Voldemort was still licking his wounds and Dumbledore was enjoying his hospitality, so who was causing the trouble? Was it the Order?

‘What happened?’ Harry asked through his mark.

‘Bellatrix was noticed’ Amelia answered and that was all she needed to say for Harry to understand what was the problem. He felt kind of silly for not thinking that himself.

‘Don’t worry, it was Tonks, I needed to grab something from Bellatrix’s vault’ Harry deadpanned through the mark and there was silence for the next few seconds.

‘You know… You could have warned me’ He received another message from Amelia and that was it. Harry simply sighed and leaned back in his comfortable chair, looking satisfied.

“What was the cup?” All of a sudden Tonks asked, breaking him out of his musings.

“It is a Horcrux” Harry answered and Tonks made a face at that. Now that the threat of Voldemort was almost over, he didn’t mind revealing more details to the people around him. While Tonks was silly, she was extremely loyal. Hufflepuff indeed. “Voldemort tore apart his Soul from his body with a Ritual and stored it inside an object, and such objects are called Horcrux” Harry explained and Tonks looked sick.

“We can do that?” Tonks asked in a bewildered, but still horrified tone.

“Yes… Magic can create miracles, but at the same time, it can also create unimaginable horrors” Harry explained and Tonks was starting to look quite green.

“So… How many of those did he make?” Tonks asked after she managed to regain her bearings. After all, she didn’t want to puke and embarrass herself in front of Harry and at the same time, she was also curious.

“He split his Soul 7 ways and made 6 of them” Harry answered. In reality, he split his Soul 8 ways, making 7 of them, but one of them was unintentional and from what he had discovered, only Dumbledore knew about it and Harry wanted to keep it like that. Tonks paled at the answer and didn’t know what to say, Harry could understand why she was worried, so he decided to assuage her concerns.

“Don’t worry, I know where all of them are…” Harry explained dismissively. “With the cup, I have found four of them” Harry added after a moment of silence, waiting for Tonks to digest everything.

“Ohh… That’s good” Tonks nodded her head in understanding, deciding to finally drop the topic. Since Harry wasn’t bothered by the Horcruxes in the slightest, she realized that he had the matter handled.

“By the way, you can keep everything we grabbed from Bellatrix’s personal vault, but don’t wear anything until you get them verified by an enchanter or something” Harry explained and Tonks exclaimed in joy before smashing her lips on Harry’s catching him off-guard… Harry was so surprised that he didn’t even know what to do, and surprisingly, even his mom, who was extremely violent and territorial, didn't say anything at all.

Tonks finally realized what she had done and separated from Harry, looking sheepish, while Harry was simply staring at her completely dumbstruck… Tonks could feel butterflies flying inside her stomach, but the sensible part of her felt kind of awkward… “Uhh… Look, I am sorry…” Tonks tried to apologize, realizing that she might have jumped the gun, but before she could say anything else, Harry disappeared with a loud crack, leaving Tonks on her own…

Meanwhile, Harry appeared somewhere in the Sahara Desert and screamed in anger, obliterating everything around him… After a few seconds, he finally started to calm down, but when he realized that Lily was yet to say anything, he started to become even more afraid. He knew that he needed to fix this… He would do anything to fix his relationship with his mom.

|Mom…| Harry called out in a hesitant tone. |Look, Mom, I was surprised…| Harry tried to speak, but his words came to a screeching halt when his mother shushed him, but he was surprised to realize that his mom wasn’t angry at him, in fact, she was trying to console him.

|Don’t worry, Hadrian… I knew with Hela showing interest in you, this was going to happen, eventually| Lily spoke softly. He could feel that his Mom was being genuine even though there was some bitterness in her voice. |I wanted to keep you for myself, but with the amount of power you possess, it is going to be simply impossible. Since ancient times, women have always been attracted to powerful men even if they had to share the same man with others…| Lily added.

|You are already surrounded by so many women and in the future, there are going to be more| Lily finished with a soft smile marring on her face.

“But I don’t want them! I want just you, only you!!” Harry snapped and instead of speaking inside his mind, he ended up speaking out loud, but thankfully, he was alone.

|I know, son… I know, but didn’t you admit yourself that you find Hela attractive… I want you to have them. Have all of them if that is what you want… As long as I can be beside you, I don’t mind sharing you with others…| Lily finished, leaving a gobsmacked Harry, who was trying to say something, but only managing to sputter incoherently…