Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

While tidying up Aunt Ann's room, we searched the Weasley family's warehouse and made a new discovery.

The warehouse is filled with antique lace ornaments that are too old to be used in new clothing, but are in remarkably good condition.

One of the clothes caught my attention and I took a closer look.

"Is this antique lace from the Victorian or Edwardian era? Maybe even older than that."

"Hey, Ronald, what are you going to do? You're not going to wear something with lace on it, are you?"

"These are very old handmade laces! Nowadays, most laces are made by machines, but look at the stitches, they are all hand-sewn."

"'so what?'"

"In the Muggle world, this kind of lace is very valuable. Even if it is only a few dozen centimeters long, it can be sold at a very high price. Moreover, these clothes have been preserved with magic as if they were brand new. They are in excellent condition."

"These heavily lace-embellished garments can fetch quite a high price."

"'real?'"

"real!"

“If you can find a dealer who specialises in antique clothing or handicrafts, particularly in London, these items are in good condition and of good quality.”

"'Then let's go and ask if we can sell a few of them?'"

After getting permission, we picked out a few pieces of clothing that looked good. Although they were not the most valuable, we were living under someone else's roof after all, so we didn't want to be too greedy.

After all, these items are part of the Weasley family's assets.

As we dressed in muggle style clothing we had Mr. Edgar accompany us to the muggle bookshop.

In my previous life, my mother loved this kind of thing. Although she didn’t buy it, she would often visit those antique clothing stores.

I was a little worried whether the Muggles in this world would be the same as the ones I knew, but it turns out that the formula is still the same.

I nervously asked the shop owner to buy these clothes.

Although the owner was not in the store to purchase items, after hearing that we had a lot of similar clothes at home, he was willing to see if the deal could be reached today.

Mr. Edgar was in charge of the negotiations at first, but I noticed that the other party seemed to want to lower the price, so I couldn't help but interject:

"Please look at the exquisiteness of the lace! These are all handmade, very fine lace weaves and beautiful hollow lace, and these high-quality shell buttons. There are no stains or holes on the clothes. The lace and the overall sewing are also very beautiful. Look at this button hole, it's also hand-sewn, it's really beautiful, right? And these clothes are also in very good condition."

"We have a lot of clothes like this at home."

As a result, the store owner bought the clothes at a price that surprised Mr. Edgar.

Although the price is not too high, it is enough as pocket money for children.

"...Muggles are really strange. Why do they like to collect old ladies' underwear? There are plenty of such things in Diagon Alley, and we have similar things in our warehouse." Mr. Edgar sighed.

“‘Let’s go check it out later!’”

The twins were eager to try, and I nodded.

"However, the clothes I brought today are in very good condition, although the lace decorations are not particularly exquisite."

"Even machine-made lace is very delicate, so you need to distinguish it carefully. The handmade lace stored in the wooden boxes in the warehouse may be something that old ladies would use, right?"

“Those things, if they are in good condition, can also be sold for quite a high price.”

With the money, we went to the big bookstore.

Mr. Edgar said he would buy a book for each of us, so we each chose a book we liked.

I also used the money from selling lace today to buy a few old books on brainwashing and suggestion.

Mr. Edgar said we could stay in the bookstore longer, so we stayed for a full four hours.

Percy's eyes lit up when he saw such a book for the first time.

We enjoyed a late lunch in Diagon Alley while talking about wanting to stay the whole day next time.

Afterwards, we went to Gringotts to exchange our money and decided to look for some old clothes and lace that might fetch a good price in second-hand clothing shops, to see if there was anything that looked abnormally cheap.

"Ronald, how about this? So this is what the ancient Muggle transportation looked like."

Fred saw a picture of an old man riding a bicycle.

"…This one is relatively new, made to imitate an antique. It is not valuable in the Muggle world."

George stares intently at a dusty Mickey Mouse sculpture.

"Isn't this very old? It looks so special!"

"Yes... Although it is very dirty, there seems to be no other damage except the stains. Let's go back and use magic to clean it. Maybe this design can really be sold in the wizarding world for money."

"Shall we clean it now?"

"Is it easier to bargain with a stain? Do you think this stain can be cleaned?"

"Ah, I see, that's true."

We went on a shopping spree for clothes, lace and craft supplies in various shops until dark.

The store clerks looked confused at our large purchases of such outdated items, but it seemed that few people were buying these items anymore, so they gave us a discount.

We also asked them to help with the purchase if we need to restock.

Magic is so convenient at times like this.

We cleaned everything at once with the Cleansing Charm, treating the particularly dirty with the "Defilement Charm," and then left them to dry.

We repaired all the places that could be repaired with the "Repairing Spell".

Fred and George have also developed a special cleaning agent for stubborn stains that cannot be removed even with the "Stain Removal Spell".

After seeing the high prices of professional books in the bookstore, Fred and George actively participated in our plan in order to make more Muggle money.

A few days later, we went to sell the items again.

This time we didn't bargain too hard, but sold it at the price offered by the other party.

Because we had such a large volume, the store owners also asked us some questions about the merchandise preferences in their store and told us about the situation in several other stores.

Maybe they thought we could be partners and wrote us a letter of introduction detailing the specialties of each store.

As a result, we made a lot of money and thought it was a good business, so we exchanged all the income for more purchasing funds.

We decided not to redeem these proceeds in the future, but to use them to purchase items needed by the Muggle world.

"How about we save some money and go to the stationery store later?"

““Great idea!””

"But I want to go with Bill and Charlie, so why not wait until they come back!"

"How about we all buy a pen together?"

"That's a good idea! Yes, we have already replenished some things from my father's warehouse, and now we are out of the things we need most."

"But if I want to buy things for six people, it might cost a lot of money, so I'd better continue to imitate antique dealers to make money recently!"

"But I still want to go to the store first to confirm the price."

So we go shopping several times a week.

Of course, there is always an escort.

Mr. Edgar accompanied us every time. I asked him if it was okay, and he said he was a freelancer and not to worry.

I heard that he will have a lot of work to do during summer vacation, so he basically won't take any jobs at this time.

Our family told us that the items in the warehouse can be sold, but we still hope that these items can be left for the Weasley family to use.

The warehouse contains some unused antique silk lace items that could be worth several thousand pounds.

I have already reported it. You can tell at a glance that these things are very valuable, and I am embarrassed to touch them.

There are mountains of these treasures, some of which are still original.

To thank them for their generosity in giving us our first batch of items, I also made a list of the estimated Muggle-world prices of the clothes in the warehouse and gave it to my uncle.

I advise them that if they want to sell the items, waiting until later might result in a higher price.

Since we came here, we have been working as antique dealers and reading all the books in the library.

We discovered that many of the books on brainwashing, mind control and cults that we had bought from Muggle bookshops were already in the library.

"Ah, if I had known I wouldn't have bought these?"

Fred looked a little disappointed that he had wasted his money, and I nodded.

"I wish I had known that earlier. We were too busy reading magic books at the time."

"How about selling it then?"

George suggested.

"You can also consider giving it to Bill and Charlie."

"Or secretly show it to those who look suspicious in Hogwarts."

"Children of parents with problems can also do this."

I smiled and said, “Then let’s keep it?”

""agree!""