All Sides on the Move

[Phoenix Potion Shop's Origins Are a Mystery; Phoenix Potions May Have Serious Problems!]

Today's Daily Prophet had plastered these words across its most prominent section, as if afraid people might miss them.

Eli looked at the newspaper in his hand. Below, there seemed to be a potion master offering an expert opinion. From the moving picture, it was clear the master was speaking with great authority.

Eli sneered and tossed the newspaper aside, no longer bothering to read it.

"The Daily Prophet is getting more and more obsessed with grabbing attention."

"They always have been."

Draco Malfoy glanced at the newspaper lying to one side, a trace of disdain flashing through his eyes.

"My father's sources are better than theirs. That reporter of theirs, Rita Skeeter, should really switch careers and write novels."

Eli neither agreed nor disagreed. All slander was vulnerable before the facts.

"But Phoenix Potion Shop is gaining momentum so fiercely. Your family has no reaction?"

"Our family doesn't have much business in the potion industry, so no matter how miraculous Phoenix Potion Shop is, it can't cost us much."

Eli looked at the unconcerned Draco Malfoy. "Then what does your family do?"

"Land, collecting rent, and Muggle finance. A great deal of it."

Wasn't that just being a huge landlord?

"Then you don't want to make some money from potions?"

"How? Shafiq is the boss of the potion business. If we Malfoys try to force our way in, it'll just be more trouble than it's worth."

Eli pursed his lips. "I was only asking."

Phoenix Potion Shop was still booming today. Though it was not as frenzied as yesterday, it was still beyond comparison with any other shop.

Worth mentioning was that the other potion shops, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly began