Chapter 1050: Retention
The sun shines on the fruit trees with tangled foliage and dewdrops. On the quiet path, budding red roses bloom along the trail and dance along the trail to create a mesmerizing microwave ripple effect.
The entire Harris Manor was ceremoniously dressed, and from the entrance to the rooms inside the manor, a long thick purple carpet was spread, which spread all the way to the scene of the innermost wedding ceremony. All the pillars are entwined with white and gold and dark blue flowers, and everywhere you can see fluttering veils, blooming flowers, and soaring colorful balloons......
Inside and outside the manor, in addition to a few Auror guards in black H94 uniforms in line with Harris's identity, the armed forces of the Red Umbrella Division of the Umbrella Corporation are the main force of security, wearing new uniforms in the style of ancient Netharrill wizard robes in black color, standing to welcome guests and protect the safety of the manor.
Some of the clergy of the Ravenclaw temple also seemed to have been arranged to help with the Harris family's private affairs, and these blue-robed wizards with seating charts were guiding the few guests who had arrived too early to sit in their seats—after this group, the attendants in white waiters' suits hurriedly took their places, and the beautiful witches in elegant dresses shuttled around the scene to make the final preparations for the upcoming wedding.
There was also a band in fancy costumes, and at the moment the members of the band were sitting on chairs under a tree in the manor garden, smoking pipes, and a cloud of smoke of different colors rose from it, a famous old wizard band called the mischievous goblins.
In 1980, the Naughty Leprechauns gave a concert in the church hall of Little Norton. As a result, the band's leader, Fat Dun Birdman, was shot in the ear by a turnip, and he withdrew from public life — this time for Albert's wedding, a makeshift regroup, more suitable for such a formal occasion than the quirky sister bands that were more popular with young people.
In the wedding venue of the estate, Harris TV reporters were busy putting the finishing touches on the various camera equipment that had been set up to find the best angle for the shot.
This high-profile wedding will be broadcast live on Harris TV. The wedding site also set up special seats for media people, and the heads and reporters of famous news media such as "The Prophet" and "The Wizard of Today" arrived at the scene in advance. As a result, multiple cameras can be seen throughout the scene preparing to film every detail of the wedding ceremony, and some cameras will track the VIPs' every move on the purple carpet from the gate of the estate to the time they enter the wedding site.
In the Harrystar Building, Alan stood in front of a full-length mirror, took off the ancient wizard's robe that he hadn't changed for more than a year, he was wearing a dark blue suit at this time, and the dress on his body belonged to the traditional style, with pointed lapels made silk fabric, but this made Alan a little uncomfortable, because this dress was more exaggerated than the Goblet of Fire, which was obviously more fashionable than the average British wizard could accept.
"This was chosen by Fleur Delacour, who thought that the host might prefer the blue color of the hostess, the fabric with subtle patterns was lighter, which was perfect for summer, and a white dress shirt underneath, it was perfect, and the host would be the most handsome best man at the banquet..." Maggie floated in the air in front of Ellen, wearing a glove, she straightened the black bow tie around Ellen's throat with his head slightly raised, and the elf introduced with some excitement that since she was in charge of the family's wardrobe, the dutiful elf had flipped through a lot of fashion magazines that Fleur had given her, and even installed a TV in her small room for her to watch fashion shows and TV series that witches liked to watch...
Kreacher stood beside Alan's lap, he also took off his daily clothes, and changed into a rather luxurious-looking blue suit made of the same fabric as Maggie's little skirt, the hair in his ears was carefully trimmed, white and neat like cotton wool, Regulus's locket and a golden classic pocket watch beating on his thin chest.
At this time, the old house-elf was bending down to straighten the black satin ribbon on the side of Allen's pants, and straightened the hem of Allen's pants, "A true gentleman must not roll up the hem of his pants, master. With that, he walked over with a pair of black patterned patent leather shoes and placed them in front of Allen. After Maggie folded an antique silk handkerchief half-hidden in the front pocket of Ellen's chest, Allen's dress was complete.
"Master, old Kreacher can't stand you, it costs the master a lot of money. When Kreacher finished, he finally couldn't help but bow deeply to Alan, his body was ridiculously low, his big pig-like nose was flattened on the ground, and the low, hoarse voice he made from his grin sounded very sad, and he kept muttering, "Maggie is so unruly, I have to wear this outfit for Kreacher... Kreacher's own borrowing of the clothes given by his master on weekdays is decent enough... She also had to order such a luxurious suit, and she also paid a lot of money to buy a pocket watch for old Kreacher... This ruined elf, an excellent house-elf will not appear in front of the guests, and it is simply not necessary to spend such a large sum of money... Old Kreacher can't live with his master, bad Maggie, bad Kreacher ......"
"Kreacher, this is for the wedding, don't you know that the family will take a group photo in a while? Alan casually put a decorative pocket watch in his pocket to reveal the chain, and in order to stop the nagging house-elves, Allen's eyes rolled and thought of a statement, "It's like the Black family cut off the head of the house-elf and hung it on the wall, and saw this as the highest honor and reward for the house-elves of the Black family... The Harris family had the outstanding house-elves photographed with their owners as a way to commemorate his life and reward him for his contributions to the family. ”
"It's too extravagant to spend such a large sum of gold galleons on clothes, but in fact, the clothes on weekdays are beautiful enough. Kreacher muttered, but then he suddenly realized the meaning of Alan's words just now, his big bloodshot eyes widened incredulously, and he was stunned for a moment, and his bullfrog-like voice suddenly raised his volume, waving his thin arms, "How long has old Kreacher been here... Old Kreacher was recognized by his master, and the ultimate goal of old Kreacher was thus achieved? Old Kreacher is not worthy... Kreacher Sr. has not yet made any outstanding contributions to the family. ”
"It's not the highest reward..."Alan reluctantly found another reason, "Harris's highest honor for house-elves is to paint a portrait of you alone, just like those famous wizards, you can talk to it when you are fine, and pour your thoughts and memories into it... So that the story of your life will live on in the family..."
Kreacher, who was trembling with excitement, suddenly hit his head on the ground, and Allen, who realized that he had used the wrong bait, hurriedly ordered his self-harm, "Kreacher, do you want to try to kill yourself to escape your responsibility?.... don't keep thinking about cutting off your head and putting it in our hallway... As long as you take the elixir well, you won't die, but if you try to satisfy your master, you'll have nothing to talk to. ”
Kreacher seemed to be moved and unable to die right away so that his two big fan-like ears drooped, and he blew his nose loudly: "Kreacher will always be the house-elf of the Harris family. ”
Maggie and Alan looked at each other with relief, and both master and servant felt a skullache for the elderly neuroticism of the house-elf—a skullache that hurt more than hitting their heads on the ground.
Alan straightened his hair again in the mirror, and frowned when he saw the time on the pendulum clock in the mirror, "Maggie, Luna is starting to prepare, right?"
"The hostess hasn't woken up yet, master," replied Maggie, bowing slightly, "I'll go over when I'm done with my master... The little mistress had left just now when I had gone to call her, and was now with Miss Emily Harris and Miss Gabrielle Delacour. ”
"Maggie, then you go to the wedding scene, have fun today, don't hide the righteousness and brightness..."Alan seemed uneasy after speaking, he said with a straight face, "Take this as an order." After saying that, he tugged at the hem of his suit, "As for Luna, I went over to call her myself, you don't have to worry about it, I just have something to ask her." ”
"The hosts... I haven't been able to clean up the hostess's room yet, for fear of waking her—" Maggie looked a little uneasy.
"It's okay Maggie, you can have fun with Dobby today. After speaking, Alan stepped into the shadow and disappeared in front of this dressing mirror, and when his figure disappeared, the mirror revealed the figure of Kreacher who was originally blocked behind him, seeing the appearance in the mirror, Kreacher couldn't help but look at himself in the mirror secretly, and subconsciously sorted out his ear hair, and then, he noticed Maggie snickering on the side, waving his hands with a flushed face, and making a gesture to drive away the female senior of the Harris family.
Maggie smirked at Klice's chin of smirk: "Small innovations can always be preserved in the history of fashion, according to Miss Fleur Delacour." ”