Harry Potter, Sovereign - Chapter 13

After an afternoon of shopping in the magical district, the girls were in a good mood. It was quite different from what they were used to. They were all in Harry’s room, going over everything they aquired, occasionally asking Harry some questions.

One of the highlight of the evening was wizarding magic. It was different from Runeterra’s magic and the magecraft from the 3 casters, just like house-elf magic was different from wizard’s magic despite some similarities. Semimaris and Camille being matched with a wand meant that they could possibly use Harry’s brand of magic.

Under the expectant watch of the others, Semimaris and Camille tried a low level charm that didn’t exist in their worlds: rictusempra, the tickling jinx. After a bit of work, they performed the charm, to the joy of everyone present. Though there was some embarrass.e.m.e.nt for the 2 ladies as they were targeting each other. They were the most composed of the lot, not at all used to squirm and laugh out loud in front of people they weren’t comfortable with yet. Seeing their successes, Scathach and Xuanzang couldn’t help but try as well, with the same results.

After talking about it for a bit, they concluded that it was probably due to their bonds with Harry. It also meant that Harry may be able to perform their kind of magic as well, which had Harry excited to learn new magic. Unlike Hermione, his d.e.s.i.r.e to learn wasn’t high. Magic was more of an escape from his life with the Dursley. Yes, he found it fascinating, he was happy to learn to use it, but there was never a strong d.e.s.i.r.e to learn more. Until that moment.

As excited as they were, they had to leave it for another time. Harry’s magic was still in flux and it would be better for him to have his new wand before performing more magic. It was also getting late, and they would be quite busy the following day. It would also be their last night at the Leaky Cauldron. After packing everything safe for the essentials for the next day, they went to sleep.

Harry didn’t have any nightmare that night. His first full, restfull night since the end of the school term. He woke up in good physical condition, and in a good mood. As they were eating breakfast in the room, Harry told them his plan for the day of shopping.

To stay hidden from witches and wizards, he decided to do his clothes shopping in the non-magical world. They didn’t get a good look at it previously because the knight bus was quite uncomfortable, and when they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron is was getting dark and they were in a hurry. Besides, he confessed that he never got to do some proper shopping in the mundane world before. There was a lot he wanted to see, a lot of things he couldn’t get before were now accessible to him. Finally, he prefered mundane fashion to wizarding one.

Thus, after breakfast, Harry and his ladies left for the mundane world. While they had wizarding clothes, they weren’t as distinctive as what regular witches and wizards used. Aside from Semimaris and Camille that needed their hooded cloaks, they wouldn’t attract much attention.

Their went to the closest shop that sold both men and women’s clothes. The place where Harry had his first taste of the joys and pains of clothes shopping with women. It was a common shop, nothing fancy or special. It was to get the b.a.r.e bones of their new wardrobe. It was also there that the girls discovered what Harry told them was western style modern fashion. He may not have known much about clothing, but he knew the differences between modern and traditional, western, eastern, middle east and so on.

It was early in the morning, shortly after opening hours, so the shop was mostly deserted. Harry had removed his invisibility cloak on the way. When he entered the place, the male employe and his female colleague were surprised to see a teenage boy with pitiful clothes accompanied 6 beautiful women. Even though 2 of them had part of their faces hidden, it was obvious that they were attractives.

The 2 coworkers glanced at each other, then continued to observe the odd group. To them, it looked like the youth was a guide to the group of women. Until they moved to the male section of the shop. The guy winced, but there was also amus.e.m.e.nt in his eyes, and the girl smirked.

Since they were there for basic clothing, Harry wanted to make it quick: 7 tops, 7 bottoms, 3 sets of sleepwear, 10 u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.rs and 5 pairs of socks. It was not to be.

Vi put her arm around his shoulders and dragged him from place to place, selecting shirts that matched most with her style. Xuanzang and Caitlyn moved around, selected a piece of clothing, went to him a checked to see if it would look good. Whenever Harry showed interest in something, Semimaris would give her opinion. While he tended to avoid slytherin colors, the girls pointed out that it matched his eyes and contrasted well with his black hairs, so he got 2 tops in those colors.

He was sent to the changing room every 5 minutes, and it took him an hour to finalise his selection. He was slightly tired from constantly changing outfits, and was happy to be done. Vi had tried to get him to try u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.r for them, and he had to be quite firm in his rejection. As he saw the girls going to the women’s section, he relaxed.

His relaxation was cut short when the girls stopped and turned toward him. With a wide grin, Vi went back to him, followed by a smiling Xuanzang. While Harry paled, the male employe sighted and turned his gaze away, jealous of the youngster. Vi and Xuanzang dragged Harry to the others girls as they scattered through the women’s section. They told him that they needed a guy’s opinion.

While Harry was anxious, he would later realise that it was one of the best part of their shopping trip.