The Overlooked Inter-School Wizard's Chess Championship

Unlike the seven broomsticks that had effectively been gifted to Ravenclaw rather than any particular individual.

This broomstick was something Manus had made specifically for Bellows.

Manus had originally planned not to charge him, but upon further thought, it seemed more appropriate to charge at least a little.

This was a broomstick crafted to match the other man's wand, and that compatibility carried a certain mystical quality—one could even call it an attribute of fate. If Bellows did not pay for it, how could he truly claim ownership of the broomstick?

Therefore, Manus divided the broomstick's value into two parts. He could waive the craftsmanship fee as a gift, but Bellows would still have to pay for the materials—in other words, purchase the broomstick itself.

"No problem!"

Bellows agreed without hesitation, his face full of astonishment. After all, the price was far, far lower than he had expected.

As a privately customized model, this broomstick's performance would certainly surpass that of standard broomsticks.

Yet Nimbus Series broomsticks on the market, whose performance was vastly inferior even to standard models, easily cost over a thousand Galleons...

No, compared to Manus's private customization, even setting aside the labor costs and looking only at material costs, Nimbus's mass-production model should have been cheaper.

What outrageous profits!

As for why, despite Manus being the one who had offered to customize a broomstick for him, Bellows had still expected to pay the full price...

Was an opportunity for Manus's private customization some cheap thing that anyone could obtain?

Quite the opposite. It was an opportunity money could not buy. Just consider the potion that had restored the health of his mother when even St. Mungo's had been helpless. Even people with money were not necessarily qualified to buy it.

In fact, after his mother took