Chapter 80: The Engagement
"You're engaged to Tonks?" Outside King's Cross Station in London, Daphany looked at the well-dressed but embarrassed Remus Lupin and the smiling Sirius Black in front of her.
Today is the first day of the Easter holidays, and Daphany and the others have just returned from the Hogwarts train. He was accompanied by Harry and the Weasleys' four children. Draco and Pansy rarely didn't follow, the two of them had been fooling around with Dafanie a bit this semester, and their mid-year final exam results in the first half of the semester were not satisfactory. If you fail the final exam again, you will be unlucky. So although they were very reluctant, the two obediently stayed in the academy to review their homework.
Hermione was here. As a super student, her grades have never been worried. Under Daphany's deliberate guidance, she doesn't particularly care about scores now, and instead spends more energy on the practical use of magic. This year, she's seen a noticeable increase in her participation in dueling clubs, and she's played a lot of qualifying matches. However, Hermione is still really not good at fighting, and has been hovering around a hundred meters for a few minutes at the moment, not even as tall as Ron. Ron is currently in the seventy or eighty range, with little volatility. Harry, on the other hand, exhibited the characteristics of a pig's foot talent. At present, he is firmly in the top 30, and occasionally he can take a peek at the top 20.
Lupin's words shocked not only Daphany, but also Harry and Ron and others. Daphany still knew that these two were indeed official matches, and they were somewhat psychologically constructed, while Harry and Ron and others were completely unprepared.
Lupin was embarrassed to be looked at by a few young wizards. I also scolded myself in my heart, why was I taken down by a girl who was a round younger than me? The dignity of the elders is gone!
You must know that Lupin was born in 1960, while Tonks was born in 1973. Lupin is thirteen years older than Tonks! Not only that, but Tonks is the daughter of Blake's cousin, which is Blake's niece. And Lupin is now Blake's brother, and once married, he becomes Blake's nephew and son-in-law.
Daphany glanced suspiciously at the heartless Blake who was smiling on the side, and wondered if this product was trying to take advantage of her good friend through this. Thinking that Lupin and Tonks were going to call him uncle, Daphany thought the picture was too beautiful......
Harry, Ron and the others didn't think so much for a while, and probably the European concept of generation was not so strong. You don't see Tonks and Sirius talking to each other, so they always call him by his first name, and they don't seem to have the concept of elders.
Harry and Ron, who reacted, were momentarily surprised and then exclaimed with joy: "Really? That's great! Hearing this, Daphany was also speechless.
Lupin looked at Daphany with some restraint, although engagement and marriage were personal matters, Lupin still felt that he should talk to Daphany. After all, Daphany is now his boss! Although Lupin, who was forced to leave Hogwarts, was not as depressed as he was when Sirius got away with it because of Daphany's influence, Lupin, who had never been able to find a decent job, still accepted Delfanie's love. Especially the wolf elixir provided by Daphany helped him purify his bloodline, and now he doesn't have to worry about losing his mind on a moonlit night! Not to mention, the status he brings to being the hottest 'Potions Factory' in the wizarding world today.
Originally, Lupin and Tonks only got together after Harry's sixth year. Although Tonks has always been very proactive, Lupin has a very low self-esteem because of his identity. But now, because of Daphine's influence, Lupin's self-confidence has greatly improved, and this time has been greatly advanced!
"Look at what I'm doing, do you want me to be a witness when you marry your wife! I'm still a young lady! Daphne laughed, it is very common for the boss to be a subordinate witness in the West, but the girl in the boudoir is obviously not suitable. Of course, Lupin definitely didn't mean that, and the most suitable witness in his mind was of course Dumbledore!
Seeing that Daphany was completely unrepentant, Lupin's nervous heart suddenly relaxed. Although it doesn't matter if Daphany agrees or disagrees, Lupin still wants Daphany's approval and blessing. Daphany is probably second only to Harry and Black in terms of significance to him, and of course, there is another Tonks in front of him now.
"Where is the engagement ceremony taking place?" Ron has always said that the wind is the character of the rain, and the twins around him are even more afraid of the excitement, so he immediately asked.
"My ancestral home!" Lupin smiled a little embarrassedly and gave Daphany a grateful look: "My ancestral home was sealed eleven years ago due to financial reasons. But now my financial situation is not so bad and I can go back to use! ”
Lupin is of mixed race, and his mother is an ordinary person. But his father is a pure-blood, and he is still a cadre of a certain level in the Ministry of Magic. Although the Lupins are only a small family in England, even smaller than the Lestrants, they have a long history. It's just that there are a lot of members who married ordinary people like Lupin's father during this period, so they are not pure-blood families, and they are not among the twenty-eight pure-blood clans.
As a inheritance family, even if there is not much industry, there is always an ancestral house. It's just that Lupin's mother died early because of her grief because of what happened to Lupin. His father, Lyle Lupin, who loved his wife deeply, died prematurely under the double blow of his son and wife, although he barely raised his son to adulthood.
Lyle Lupin, the family's main breadwinner, died and the family's finances were cut off. And Lupin, who couldn't find a suitable job before, was far inferior to the Weasley family, and naturally couldn't afford to maintain the maintenance of the ancestral home. So the ancestral house was also sealed. Number Six
When the Weasleys reopened their ancestral home last Christmas, he moved the idea of opening the ancestral home as well. However, it may be more sad to think that he is also a person when he opens up, and it may be more sad to return to that ancestral house to see things and think about people, so I gave up this idea for the time being. It wasn't until this month, when Tonks was successfully pushed down under his perseverance, that Lupin wanted to give Tonks a decent home, and the idea arose.
Hearing this, Daphne's eyes lit up. The Potions Factory, which she had been worried about, was originally intended to work with the Weasleys to transfer Crystals to the Weasleys' contract system. And if Lupin had his own estate, it would be even better, and it would be more convenient to transfer Jingjing to the contract system of the Lupin family than the Weasleys, after all, Lupin was more of his own people.
"This is good!" As soon as she thought of this, Daphany immediately said: "I fully support, well, in order to ensure the quality of life of my CEO, Remus's salary will be increased by 50% starting this year!" ”
"This really doesn't work!" When Lupin heard this, he waved his hand again and again. He is now paid 5,000 Galleons a year, which is a cut above the professors at Hogwarts! It's basically already a handful of the highest salaries in the British wizarding world. At 50%, that's scary.
"Daphany, you still recruit people, I don't have to have the same salary as Lupin, just half of him!" Rao is Blake, who has a lot of money, and his eyes straightened when he heard it.
Daphany ignored Blake, he knew that this eldest young master would talk about it. Let him go to work? No kidding! However, you can consider letting him take a stake, the Black family's connections are still very influential in the whole of Europe!
But this is all later, Daphine temporarily suppressed, just waved her hand to Lupin and said, "That's it!" Remus, I don't know how much worry you've saved since you came. And, there's something you need help with after that. ”
Hearing Daphany say that he was asked for help, Lupin didn't refuse again, otherwise wouldn't it seem like he didn't want to help?
The twin brothers winked at Daphany, and Fred lip-spoke to Daphany with a complicated word: "Rich!" "Ron and Harry and even Hermione didn't know how high Lupin's salary was, so they didn't react strongly to the 50% increase. The twins knew, so they behaved like this. Daphine didn't see it.
Seeing Lupin's agreement, Daphine nodded with satisfaction: "When is the engagement ceremony!" ”
"It's going to take another week or two!" Lu Ping's face was full of smiles: "My family's house has been sealed for almost ten years, and even if it is opened, it will have to carry out some necessary maintenance." And there's some preparation to be done! ”
Daphine nodded: "That's good, it just so happens that there is nothing important recently, I'll ask Jingjing and Flashing to help you out!" Both of them have a lot of experience in serving the estate, so they should be able to help a lot. As for the elves of your own house......"
"You don't have to worry about this Daphine, I have a way!" Blake said with a big grin. Since he improved his relationship with his old elf Kreacher because of the jewelry box, Blake can be regarded as enjoying the treatment of a wealthy young master. Old Kreacher has a very wide network in the elf world, and it is not a problem to help find a few elves and even train them.
"Lupin is getting engaged, Sirius, you should hurry up and find Harry a godmother!" Daphany smiled and said, "You are not unfamiliar with our school, you can run more diligently." ”
As soon as this remark came out, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the others all smiled strangely, and Blake blushed. He thought he was doing something quite hidden, but at this time, it seemed that the matter of meeting Professor Babling was completely in the eyes of these children. Blake suddenly felt a terrible heat on his face. hurriedly said that he was going to hurry up and help Lupin prepare for the wedding.
After a burst of laughter, Harry and Hermione followed Ron Ginny to Weasley Manor. Blake and Lupin go with him to prepare for the engagement ceremony. Kingdom Cross Station has a Floo Powder teleportation point, and you can go your separate ways with a brush.
Daphany smashed her mouth, and she was alone. But that's fine! Let's go back and sort out a few magic experiments!