Chapter 100: Hogsmeade Surprise (2/2)
”It seems this year I will be winning the birthday gift contest as well,” smirked Lia smugly. If you asked Quinn, she was too damn smugly.
Every year, both siblings would compete on who could get a better gift for their grandfather, and even though both George never told them whose gift he liked more, both grandchildren compared gifts and decided who got the better gift.
In that competition, Lia, who literally traveled almost all the time, got gifts from around the world and had the edge over Quinn, whereas Quinn's reach was limited. But Quinn didn't give up. Even if he couldn't find exotic items like Lia, Quinn explored the non-magical and found items that would be unfamiliar yet interesting items that would work inside a magical home.
But Dagueneau Seibel, 1905 was just another level. This was something that Quinn couldn't top. Even if he found something amazingly interesting, there wasn't anything George had tried so hard to find.
”This year, I'm going to make grandfather say that he likes my gift,” smirked Lia as she giggled at the defeated sight of her brother. ”Oh Quinn, you won't be beating me this year.”
Quinn groaned because things weren't looking good. This competition was an annual affair that both he and Lia took seriously. And neither of the siblings liked to lose.
”You, you, came here to rub this in my face, didn't you?”
Lia laughed louder and nodded,
”... Yeah. I was so excited today. And I am not disappointed. This feels good~.”
”Dammit! I will remember this humiliation,” grumbled Quinn as he put his head in his hands. ”I'm going to destroy you next year. I am going to utterly leave you in the dust.”
”Yeah, we will see about that, you squirt,” scoffed Lia, smugness oozing out of her.
After the West siblings got back to normal from their competition crazy state, Quinn suddenly stood up and exclaimed, ”Oh, I forgot!” He looked at Lia and said, ”You wait here. I will be right back.”
Lia watched as Quinn ran out of the room, and she waited for around two minutes before Quinn returned. Quinn wasn't alone when he returned and had two other people in tow.
”Lia, meet my friends and roommates; Eddie Carmichael and Marcus Belby,” introduced Quinn as he presented his two best friends to his sister. He turned to Eddie and Marcus and introduced the other way, ”Eddie, Marcus, this is my older sister, Lia West.”
Eddie and Marcus, who were shocked, stood still as they stared at Lia.
When Quinn had come running to them in the store to find them, all Quinn had said was that he wanted to show them something. He didn't tell them what he wanted to show. He just hurried them to follow him; he practically dragged them to the room.
So when the two entered the room, they had no idea that they would come across a stunningly beautiful woman. The two froze in their spots as heat rushed to their faces as they stared at the woman who was just introduced to them as Quinn's sister, Lia.
”Hello, it is nice to meet you two. I have heard a lot about you two,” smiled Lia brightly as she stood up and from her chair. ”Thank you for taking care of my troublesome baby brother.”
”N-No, it is fine.”
”Ah, h-he isn't trouble.”
Eddie and Marcus stuttered as they replied to Lia. The two couldn't look away from Lia, partially because she was just too pretty, but primarily because the thought of looking away wasn't anywhere in their adolescent heads.
Quinn smiled widely because Lia always teased him by saying that Eddie and Marcus weren't real and that Quinn had made them up because he didn't have any male friends.
”Take that. They are real,” humped Quinn at Lia before looking at Eddie and Marcus. He had to do a double-take when he saw the slightly open jaws of his friends.
”... Seriously,” said Quinn in disbelief before sending harsh pinching hexes towards both of them.
Both Eddie and Marcus felt excruciating pinching pain on the sides of their waist as they squealed and snapped out of their dazed state. The two realized what they were doing, and their cheeks burned up for different reasons as they turned their faces towards Quinn, who was making an expression that promised pain afterward.
”Hello, I'm Marcus. Nice to meet you. We didn't know that Quinn had a sister. This is surprising,” said Marcus, turning his attention to Lia and this time talking to her properly. He still found Lia very beautiful, but that feeling was overridden by the death stare from the guy who slept in the same room as him for most of the year.
Lia turned towards Quinn and pouted, ”You don't talk about me?”
”Don't start,” sighed Quinn, shaking his head.
Eddie and Marcus talked to Lia for a short while before leaving the West siblings alone to catch up.
Lia and Quinn remained in the room, talking, trading stories. Lia told him about the places she went, the people she met, the things she had experienced. Quinn would talk about the magics he learned, the students he had had contact with and fun tidbits about his school life. The two siblings talked for an hour or so before Lia had to leave.
”Do you have to leave so soon?” asked Quinn. He wanted to hear more from Lia. It was nice to see a family member after so many days, and the short time together felt that it wasn't enough.
”I have to. I have a portkey arranged for travel. I would have stayed longer, but the Thailand ministry requires that the people entering the country come at a time they specify. As such, I need to leave now to prepare for the trip.”
”I see,” nodded Quinn before his eyes shined, and he spoke, ”Buy me books related to body magic. Thailand has a rich culture of body magic, and I would like to enrich myself with it. The books I have aren't that advanced, and I would like to have more information with me.”
One of the reasons why Quinn practiced Muay Thai —which wasn't widespread in Britain— instead of Kick Boxing, was because the few books that Quinn had on Body magic referenced the use of Muay Thai for developing a base physique before starting learning Body magic.
Quinn had been slowly and consistently building his body by exercising every day because he wanted to study Body Magic one day. So when Lia mentioned Thailand, he immediately thought of getting more books, and Lia going to Thailand was perfect.
”Alright, I will hire a local who knows about Body Magic to pick out a selection,” nodded Lia.
”I want everything on the subjects, so instruct the one you hire to get books that have extensive knowledge. I don't want books that describe things easily. I want the real deal that goes into depth.”
Lia ruffled Quinn's hair and said, ”I know, I know, you don't have to repeat it every time I go abroad. I already know what kinds of books you want.”
”Then don't try to filter the books you hand to me. I want every one of them. Don't take out books you think are dangerous,” said Quinn as he narrowed his eyes on his sister.
”I did that one time! Sorry for being a good sister and looking out for her brother,” humped Lia and ruffled Quinn's rougher than before.
”If I don't say it every time, you'll do it again,” retorted Quinn and removed Lia's hand from his head.
”See you later, alright?” said Lia. The two stood near the floo-fireplace inside the shop.
”Yeah, see you later,” replied Quinn and watched Lia as she threw in the floo-powder and vanished inside the green flames.
Quinn looked behind to see Gary almost lying on his chair. The man looked like he had the most tiring day of his life.
”Don't worry, Lia said that your accounts are fine, and she was satisfied with the way you run the shop,” said Quinn, giving Gary the good news to relieve him of his worries. ”You don't have to worry about anything.”
”Really?” asked Gary feebly but with hope.
”Yeah.”
”... I want to close the shop early today.”
”Of course.”
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The same day, Quinn was back in his dorm room reading a book on 'spell damage to muscles' when Eddie suddenly sat on his bed with a jump.
”You know I don't like people on my bed,” said Quinn without looking up from his book.
”Do you have any other siblings,” asked Eddie, not getting up from Quinn's bed. ”Maybe a twin sister or someone near our age.”
Quinn abruptly looked up from his book and spat, ”Do you want me to beat you up?”
”... No.”
”Then sod off from my bed.”
Eddie got up from his bed, and as he did that, he heard Quinn speak up.
”We'll be waking up an hour early tomorrow. We're going to have an intense workout session. It will be fun.”
”Come on! Not fair! I just asked a question!” whined Eddie and groaned.
”Yeah, whatever. Go to sleep. You have a busy day tomorrow.”
Eddie walked to his bed with slumped shoulders, but before climbing up his bed, he spoke,
”... You didn't tell me if you have another sister.”
Quinn closed his book with a snap and got up from his bed, ”I'm going to beat you up.”
”Wait, wait, wait! I was just kidding! Wait... Ouch! Aaah! Stop, no, not the nut tap! F**k!...”
Marcus, who stepped out of the bathroom, looked at his two friends as Quinn was trapping Eddie into a head leglock.
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Quinn West - MC - I will win next year.
Lia West - Big sis - Haha, I am the winner!
Gary - Shop Manager - Had a stressful day - Want a drink and then go to sleep.
Eddie Carmichael - His horniness doomed him - Stop! Aaah! I am sorry!
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