Chapter 9 – Schemes and Heirship! Part-1

    {Gringotts, Diagon Alley, London}

    {23rd June 1991}

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    "Well, now it seems like we have a lot to talk about don''t we?" Rigel spoke as he looked at Glothyook, the goblin growled and Rigel looked at his level once again.

    "Alright, admit your gambit failed and we can move on. I''m not going to give you the same benefits that Malfoy promised because frankly, you don''t have the same leverage anymore, your only play left is to deny me access to some funds right now. You could place hurdles for me that I acknowledge, but why don''t we call it quits and focus on the benefits? I don''t know much about the Wizarding World but I do know that the Gaunts are an old family." Rigel offered, he wasn''t interested in what deal was in place between Glothyook and the Malfoy family right now.

    ''From the original novels, goblins were greedy as fuck, so I just need to be a better alternative.'' Rigel concluded.

    "The Gaunts were piss poor and near broke boy, so you don''t have any leverage..." Glothyook grunted again, he was a lot more attentive to the conversation now compared to before.

    "I mean sure, but I''m not talking about just gold am I? I don''t know how your seniority works but working as the accounts manager for not one but two ancient Houses sounds like an appealing deal to me." Rigel countered. The Goblin grunted as he looked down at the parchment again, he was contemplating something.

    "The heirship to the Most Ancient House of Gaunts is free, even though an heir did come around looking for any vaults that he could claim. But upon discovering that there were no Galleons left for him to spend, he denied claiming the heirship to the Most Ancient House of Gaunts." Glothyook replied, his tone lightened up slightly as he began rummaging through his desk drawers.

    ''Sounds like Voldemort, though why didn''t he go through the political route? It never really made sense, maybe it was the Horcruxes that destroyed his simple reasoning.'' Rigel thought.

    "I''m gonna contact someone who was in charge of the accounts of the Most Ancient House of Gaunts," Glothyook spoke. His tone shifted for the worse slightly after he looked through some of the papers.

    "The account belonged to someone who you couldn''t cut off from this process," Rigel guessed and received an annoyed glare from the goblin.

    ''Alright, so things might become more complicated for the moment.'' Rigel thought.

    "What about the Black heirship, who holds that at the moment?" Rigel asked.

    "According to our records, the heirship belongs to Sirius Black, who in his will has passed it along to Harry Potter. But as a member of the Male line of the House Black, your claim supersedes Harry Potter''s claim to the heirship." Glothyook responded.

    ''Her plan was simple, taking advantage of me not knowing much about this process, she wanted to make sure that I wasn''t simply eligible for the heirship claim requirements. If I had just chosen the [Half-Blood] option with the house of black and a muggle-born witch as a parent then my blood purity would hang around 50%.''

    Narcissa''s plan was simple and effective, she just didn''t anticipate that either Sirius or Regulus would have had a child with another pureblood family.

    ''Her reasoning made sense, if my mother was part of another Pureblood family, my letter would not be addressed to a muggle orphanage.'' Rigel thought.

    "So can we talk about galleons, I have some shopping to do?"

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    {Gringotts, Diagon Alley, London}

    {23rd June 1991}

    Narcissa stormed into Umaenock''s office. Lucious and Draco looked toward her, but before they could speak Narcissa spoke to Umaenock.

    "Find out who Cynthia Marlowe Gaunt is?" Her voice was leveled and sharp.

    "What happened dear?" Lucious asked after his wife finally sat down on the empty seat. He wasn''t worried before but looking at Narcissa''s stoic face he realized that their plan had gone south.

    ''Wasn''t he in a muggle orphanage, and why is the Gaunt family involved in this, last I heard they were extinct.'' Lucious thought.

    "It was Regulus not Sirius," Narcissa snarled as he gritted her teeth, her main plan had failed and things would not be so easy anymore. If they had more time then she could think about dealing with the boy but he was going to Hogwarts in a month''s time.

    ''Additionally, since he''s Regulus''s son, he''s even protected by the rest of the conservative families. I have worked so hard to have the entire Black family fortune in my hands, he''s not going to take it away from me now!'' Narcissa thought, her mana went haywire as her eyes glowed slightly.

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    AN - I''m making Narcissa a little more dominant, it works better for the story I promise! After Gringotts, the shopping trip would start, and Rigel would meet his first target! Any guesses?

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