"Long time no see, Tony, don't you know the portraits of characters in the wizarding world?" Maria in the portrait asked with a smile.

"I haven't seen that much yet. I just learned a few spells. Mom, what's the situation? What does this involve? Soul?" Tony said incoherently, looking at the portrait without blinking.

"Well, it's still very troublesome to explain. In your father's words, I should be a smart video now? You should read the book specifically, I know you are very smart." Maria said with a smile.

Tony pulled the chair on one side and sat down, then asked, "So, where is the old man? Are you not together?"

Maria's smile paused, she put down the cup in her hand, picked up a photo frame on the table, stroked it, turned it over and showed it to Tony, "Look, he's here, we've been watching you, Tony."

Tony looked at the photo in the portrait and was silent for a while before saying, "So, only wizards can be animated portraits?"

Maria smiled and nodded, "As expected of Tony, he grasped the key point right away, but your father left you a lot of videos, and I don't know where you saw them. Since I had a premonition that we would leave you, he has been recording non-stop. According to what I saw, there must be more than 30 video tapes, right?"

"What?! Where did he put it?! Why didn't I see a single volume!" Tony was shocked. It was true. After Howard and Maria's accident, Jarvis was still there at that time. He frantically searched for anything left by his parents in Stark Manor. There were indeed no dozens of volumes of video tapes that Maria said.

Maria suddenly stood up, "It's gone? He was left in the old house! How could he disappear?"

"Sir, Obadiah Stan is here to visit." Jarvis's voice sounded, interrupting the conversation between Tony and Maria.

"What is he doing here at this time?" Tony frowned, and just wanted Jarvis to refuse his visit, Jarvis's voice sounded again: "Sir, Mr. Stan has a first-level authority and is already on the stairs."

Tony looked at Maria's portrait helplessly, "Okay, Mom, I think we'll have to talk later."

Maria straightened herself up and whispered, "Tony, put away your wand, I'll add a 'normal' portrait of myself."

Tony looked at his T-shirt, then at the arm-length wand, looked around, and before Obadiah appeared at the door of the laboratory, he stuffed it directly into the gap of the table. He swore he saw the always gentle Maria glaring at him, but Obadiah had already appeared at the door, so he could only smile flatteringly at Maria, and walked towards Obadiah.

"Tony! Are you here? Why didn't you come to the charity gala yesterday? I thought something happened to you!" Obadiah saw Tony, laughed and opened his arms, and the two hugged briefly. Tony replied: "Some things were delayed yesterday. You know, if Stark Industries shuts down weapon manufacturing, I have to find a new direction for development."

Obadiah's face changed, and then he smiled and said: "So, do you really want to close it?"

"Of course, I will never break my promise." Tony turned his back to Obadiah, picked up Maria's portrait and put it in a safe place without any trace, and picked up the parts on the table to fiddle with, "Uncle Obadiah, the weapons department has been closed, right? My words should still work, right?"

Hearing Tony's question, Obadiah's expression changed behind his invisible back, "Of course, it just takes a little time. I'm already communicating with the board of directors."

"I have more than 40% of the shares of Stark Industries, and I am the largest shareholder. I hope that it can be stopped immediately, instead of taking a little time!" Tony said displeased.

"Okay, okay, as you wish." Obadiah looked into Tony's eyes, and said with a smile after a while, "Stinky boy, you will cause me trouble, and I will handle it right away. You don't have to worry about it. Find a new way for Stark Industries with peace of mind. I will handle it from the board of directors."

After speaking, he patted Tony on the shoulder, turned and walked out of Tony's laboratory.

"Sir, Mr. Stan has left." With the sound of Jarvis's voice, Tony immediately turned and sat down in front of the table, brought the portrait in front of his eyes, pulled out the wand from the gap in the table and wiped it twice, "Look! Mom, my wand!"

Naturally, Tony was severely reprimanded. Tony, who had never experienced his mother's anger, finally knew why Howard was always gentle and polite in front of Maria when he was a child.

Early the next morning, Tony took Maria's portrait to the master room, and showed off to Jeminy, who was so angry that Jeminy almost pulled out Professor Snape's portrait to compete.

After getting Maria's consent, Jemini ordered a landscape painting and established a relationship with Maria's portrait, so that Maria could visit each other through the two portraits. According to her, she was tired of staying in this tea room for more than 20 years.

Now that the portrait existed, Jemini drove Tony back home decisively. With Maria’s caretaker, he would definitely have no problem learning some magic at home. Even if there was a problem, he could come directly through the fireplace. This is exactly what Tony wanted. You know, since he came back from Afghanistan, he has always had an idea in his mind. He has been delayed by magic for so long, and he can’t wait.

After discussing with Maria for a while, he decided to study magic during the day, and Ethan would come over to help him complete his scientific ideas through the fireplace after the master room closed at night, so that there would be no delay.

Time passed quickly, and a week had passed in the blink of an eye, and Tony's spelling progress had reached the fourth grade level. Besides the spelling, Transfiguration was also at the third grade level. Only the potion course was still on the scabies potion in the first grade. It wasn't that he couldn't, but after seeing the potion ingredients, Tony gave up the potion course completely, and decided that he would never touch any potion unless he was about to die.

"Are you ready?" Tony stood on a circular table in the middle of the laboratory, and gave a thumbs up to Ethan not far away, "Let's get started!"

Ethan carefully looked at the various data on the screen, and cautiously pressed the red mark in the middle of the screen. The mechanical arms around Tony began to move in an orderly manner. A piece of silver armor wrapped Tony's body, and the screws at the joints tightened automatically. With the wearing of the visor, the chest glowed with blue light, and then the eyes of the visor also lit up.

"Can you hear that, Tony? How do you feel?" Ethan asked nervously into the microphone in front of the computer.

"Everything is normal, the heartbeat and body temperature are normal, I'll try to move." Tony said, took a step forward, and after a loud noise, he fell down in front of Ethan with his armor on.

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