HP: A Sociopath Gamer In Magic World [ Chapter 96: Wait, I Can Explain! ] (Patreon)

As I walked out of the hut and made my way up the hill, I took out an earpiece.

"He seemed like a nice enough lad, polite and interested in magical creatures. I don't understand why you don't like him, Ron."

"I just don't."

"Don't worry Hagrid, he's still mad about Charles breaking up his fight with Malfoy."

Good, it looks like the bugs I placed around the hut were working perfectly.

'When are we going to make our move?' Hermes spoke in my mind.

Keeping my face passive, I answered, 'Soon, have you finished tracking what I asked for?'

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Hermes:-

Looking down on the busy street below, the spirit saw a gathering of shifty looking men enter a building.

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Charles:-

'Yes, I have eyes on the gang's hideout now.'

'Perfect, once summer break starts, we'll begin expanding our territory into London,' I told him, looking at my stats.

[Charles Bell

Class: The Gamer

Title: Overlord

Level: LV 31 Next Level: 0.20%

HP: 1390/1390 (370+ 1020)

MP: 798/798 (760+5%)

STR: 27

DEX: 29

VIT: 32

INT: 71

WIS: 70

LUK: 35

Points: 82

Money: 80,000 G/ 12 S/ 9 K

Inventory: 10,002/12,000]

The boost from the Life Nectar was well worth the trouble of returning that gnome girl to her village every time I visited the [Plant Dungeon].

Looking at how much money I had, I was almost sad knowing a majority of it would be spent in just establishing connections. Some would need to go into buying property and starting up a future business. The rest would need to go into hiring people and setting up fake identities.

It kind of reminded me of my past life. Ah, what a fun game this turned out to be.

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All too soon it was time to bid farewell to Pandora.

Not that it would be a real good-bye seeing as I could always summon her to my side whenever I wanted. Still it was a shame to see her go, but it was all part of the plan.

What they didn't realize is that by taking her they would indirectly be giving me access to all of the dragons in the preserve. With her ability to appear at my side whenever I called, I could have her bring me even more hatchlings and dragon eggs.

It would take time, but I figured that in a decade or two, I'd have a secret army of dragons at my beck and call.

I watched from the shadows as Harry and Hermione tried to squeeze themselves and the crate holding Pandora underneath the invisibility cloak with partial success if you didn't count the odd exposed foot.

Ron was currently laying in a hospital bed after being bit by Pandora. I did warn them that she was venomous, but really it was his fault for glaring at me behind me back, not my fault she chose to take exception to that.

I took a moment to check their progress.

[Hermione Jean Granger LV 18

Title: Rival

HP: 450/450

MP: 680/680

STR: 5

DEX: 6

VIT: 40

INT: 63

WIS: 11

LUK: 11]

Hermione's natural thirst for knowledge and need to be better than everyone else was one of the reasons why I had taken an interest in her in the first place. She was undoubtedly the most powerful witch of her year, even if no one really knew it.

I had quite a few plans laid out for her depending on how things turned out. In chess she would be equivalent to a rook, powerful but predictable.

[Harry James Potter LV 12

Title: Boy-Who-Lived

HP: 200/200

MP: 210/210

STR: 6

DEX: 10

VIT: 15

INT: 16

WIS: 7

LUK: 20]

Harry on the other hand was proving to be more of a pawn. He had potential, but it was easily squandered by his shy nature and lack of motivation. Worse, he was a poisoned piece with that horcrux still in his head and his inability to rein in his emotions. As things stood, he was more valuable as a sacrificial pawn than anything else.

I watched them hide in the shadows as McGonagall marched away dragging Draco by the ear.

"Wait, Professor, I can explain. Potter and his friends have a-" Draco pleaded.

"Enough of this nonsense, 20 points from Slytherin. There is no excuse for being out of bed at this hour and furthermore…"

Once they were gone, the two hurried to the Astronomy Tower and threw off the invisibility cloak.

"Malfoy's got detention! I could sing!" said Hermione with a certain amount of glee.

"Don't" Harry cautioned her.

"How long do you think we have to wait?" the bushy haired witch asked, shivering slightly from the cold.

Harry shrugged as he sat down to wait.

Luckily for them they didn't have to wait long as Charlie and his friends came flying on their broomsticks ten minutes later.

The two got up and cleared space for them to land.

[Charlie Weasley LV:?]

The red-haired man landed gracefully on the roof, showing he still retained much of his skills as a Quidditch player.

"Hey there," the wizard greeted them with an open smile. "You must be Harry and Hermione, right?"

"Yes," Harry answered back with a half-smile.

"Hm, I don't see Ron?" Charlie asked as he looked around.

"He got bit by Pandora and so he's resting in the infirmary. No one told us dragon spit was poisonous," Harry explained.

Hermione looked sheepish at that and raised a hand, "Actually Charles might have mentioned it once or twice."

Charlie and his friends gave each other a knowing look and chuckled.

"Yeah, the hatchlings tend to be a bit temperamental," he said, pulling up his sleeve to show a healing patch of skin with similar fang marks. "  I got this one just last week for trying to just feed one. Just goes to show you should never treat wild animals as pets."