Wizardry System - Chapter 33

When the 3 families reached the top floor, it didn’t take long for them to find the Presidential Suite.

“It says Presidential Suite right there,” Kristine said as she pointed to a sign that said Room 818 and underneath it “Presidential Suite”.

Bradley slid the card in the lock and opened the door.

“Oh wow,” Hermione said as she looked around the suite. “It’s beautiful!”

The suite had beautiful white sofas and lounge chairs with chandeliers hanging on the ceiling. The black wooden dining table had seats for 10 and there was a bar next to the dining table. Beautiful paintings were hung on the walls giving the room a more elegant feeling.

“Wow, the view here is amazing. We can see the harbor, the lit buildings, and just everything that makes this place so beautiful!” Mrs. Alder exclaimed as she rushed to the windows.

Kristine continued to gawk at the suite without saying anything.

Chris simply went to the couch and lied down.

‘Goodness this is one extremely comfortable couch,’ Chris thought as he quickly grew a bit sleepy, but Bradley quickly snapped him out of it.

“Alright, I suppose Martin really did treat us big time,” Bradley said. “There should be 3 rooms in this room with each one having its own bathroom. We’ll choose 1 room each. Like Martin said, we’ll go down in about an hour so rest up a bit before we go,”

The 3 families quickly chose their rooms and put their luggage in their respective rooms. The Evergreen Family room consisted of two beds, two lounge chairs and a wonderful view through a glass window. Lorraine quickly organized their luggage before going on the bed.

“We really did need this vacation Bradley. How long has it been since we’ve been on a trip?”Lorraine asked.

“Well, you know that work has to be done,” Bradley said as he started to change.

“It’s been nearly 3 years since we’ve had a vacation as good as this together,” Lorraine said. “Let’s make the most out of this one. Who knows when you’re going to be this free again?”

“Hey hurry up, we’re done setting up a game of Monopoly!” Mr. Granger said.

Chris immediately nodded and picked his character.

“Monopoly what is that?” Bradley asked. “Why don’t we play chess? Everyone here should be familiar with that game,”

“Of course, we did think that, but it’s a 2 player game and we want to include everyone at once,” Mr. Alder said.

“Father, Monopoly is a popular Muggle game and I’ve heard about it from some people,” Chris said. “It’s quite simple…”

Chris started explaining how the game worked and Bradley and Lorraine were fascinated.

“Well I suppose it’s time to show the skills I have from years of owning a business. Let’s play,” Bradley said as he and Lorraine sat down on the dining table to pick their character.

…

An hour passed and it was Bradley who was taking the lead. However, he saw that an hour passed and stopped the game.

“Well we can continue this later,” Bradley said. “We have to meet up with Martin now,”

Everyone started leaving the room one by one without cleaning up the dining table so that they could continue the game later.

Chris hurriedly went to his room to get his wand that he packed in his bag.

When they went downstairs, Martin was already there to meet them.

“Hey Bradley, so how do you like your suite? It’s good right? I helped design a huge portion of it,” Martin said proudly.

“It’s great. The room is a masterpiece,” Bradley said. “You really are treating me well old friend,”

“Like I said, it’s really nothing compared to what you gave me for the past few years. Well then shall we depart to eat?” Martin asked.

Everyone nodded.

“Alright then so here are our choices. There’s a Steakhouse near here that’s for Muggles, a burger restaurant near here for mainly wizards and witches. I’m sure you people in Europe don’t get burgers over there,” Martin said. He pointed out 3 other restaurants that were nearby the hotel.

“I think we should go to the burger restaurant,” Hermione said. “It is something we have never tried before so let’s broaden our horizons,”

“Alright then Miss Granger, the burger restaurant it is,” Martin said. He led the family outside and there was a limousine that was even bigger than the one yesterday waiting for them.

A bell boy opened the car door.

“Please get in,” the bell boy said. Everyone got in one by one and Martin was the last one to get in.

“To Magical Burgers please,” Martin said.

“Yes sir,” The driver said and he started driving the car.

“Oh is he Xander?” Bradley asked. “I haven’t seen him in a long time.

“It’s a pŀėȧsurė to meet you Sir Bradley,” Xander said.

“Well I see that you still have his loyalty even after all these years,” Bradley said.

“I shall protect Sir Martin for the rest of my life. Without him, my entire family would have perished in the war,” Xander said. “I owe my life to him,”

“So Martin, have you found a new beloved yet?” Bradley asked.

“No, after Anna, I don’t think I’ll find someone else. Well, it’s fine. Being alone is relaxing for someone of my age,” Martin said with melancholy.

“Alright then,” Bradley said. “I won’t talk about it anymore,”

The car now had a gloomy atmosphere and Kristine went up to Martin to try to cheer him up.

“It’s alright Mr. Allen. I’m sure that you can find someone you love,” Kristine said consolingly.

Martin looked at Kristine’s face and laughed.

“Don’t worry, Miss Alder. I’m perfectly fine,” Martin said as he patted her head. “Well I’m just saying things I shouldn’t be saying right now. You’re on your trip and it should be full of happy times! Well who wants to play Game of Life. I happened to have board games stocked in here if there are kids. Muggles do come up with the most fascinating board games,”

The atmosphere instantly lit up and everyone joined after Martin explained the rules.

The drive passed by quickly and they soon arrived at the Magical Burgers. It had a huge sign above the front entrance that read Magical Burgers and next to the words was a wand and a burger.

“Oh it’s Sir Allen,” A black-haired man wearing a light blue collared T-shirt and beige shorts said as he came up to them.

“Hello, Mr. Humsi. It’s a pŀėȧsurė to see you again,” Martin said. “Well do you have a private room for the 10 of us?”

“Of course, we have the VIP room all cleaned up right now. Let me bring you there,” Mr. Humsi said On their way there, people saw Martin and started cheering for him.

“Martin Allen! Thank you for your service!” A man shouted.

“Thank you for your service!” A woman nearby shouted as well.

“It seems that you’re pretty popular Martin,” Bradley said.

“It’s a bit complicated. I’ll explain it to you a bit later,” Martin said.

They soon arrived in front of a red door and Mr. Humsi opened it. The room had a large wooden round table that had seats for 12 people. It had red walls and a fish tank next to the door. The room also had various paintings on the wall.

“I’ll bring someone here a bit later after you decide what you want to eat,” Mr. Humsi said. He closed the door leaving the 3 families and Martin to sit down.

“Well before you look at the menu, let me briefly explain to you what a burger is. It’s basically like a sandwich, but with different ingredients. Usually, you’ll get that and french fries, which are deep-fried potatoes sticks. Well, as for the ingredients, it’ll be listed on the menu and you can see which one best fit your taste,” Martin said as he picked up the menu.

Everyone did the same and Chris found one that he was particularly interested in.

‘Burger with bacon, onion rings, American Cheese, beef patty, and barbeque sauce. That sounds familiar. Well I’ll get this one,’ Chris thought. Soon a waiter came in to get their order.

“May I get your orders now?” The waiter asked.

“Is everyone ready?” Martin asked. Everyone nodded so he started ordering.

“I would like a-”

BOOM!

There was a loud explosion outside surprising everyone inside the room.

“What’s going on?” Bradley asked.

“I don’t know,” the waiter said. “We don’t have anything planned that would use an explosive sound,”

Martin and Bradley looked at each other with a serious glance.

“Let’s check it out,” Martin said. “Lorraine, is it alright if you can stay to protect everyone here?”

Lorraine nodded as she took out her wand.

Bradley and Martin both took out their wands and left the room.

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