章節 9: Chapter 9: My Party
"Don't be nervous Erik, the people will love you at the party, you're dashing, noble and have an air of power surrounding you," Walburga said as she busied around me fixing any crumple in the dress robe I was wearing. With a sigh, I replied, "I am not nervous, you are the one panicking since you prepared all the arrangements for the party. It is as you taught us, the Lord takes responsibility for the political planning and the Lady takes care of the home and party planning."
"You are such a smart man, you will make a fine Lord in the future. Ok, the party will start in about 15 minutes and Daphne will be on your arm when you enter the ball, as your future bride." Walburga stated as she took a step back and admired her work. "Arcturus will be the one introducing you to the lords so he will explain all the people to pay attention to. He will also point out other suitable candidates for Mistresses. That law was passed yesterday forcing you to have a wife or at the very least a mistress for each of the noble houses you hold, so you will need 4; one for Black, one for Bodewig, one for Dumbledore and the last for Grindelwald.
15 minutes later I was standing by the side of Lord Black as Daphne held my arm. From the hall, I hear Kreacher shout "Introducing Lord Black as well as Heir black and his fiancé Miss Greengrass." The doors were swung open with magic revealing a large ballroom semi-filled with people both old and young giving generous applause to us as we entered. As we walked forward the minister for magic, a witch with an aged face but a strong posture, slowly came to meet us. "Millicent Bagnold is the current minister of magic, she is a strong woman of principle but also a magnificent politic," Arcturus said as she approached, He then shook her offered hand and introduced me and Daphne to her.
After about 2 hours of greeting and hand-shaking of all the lords and ladies of the wizengamot, Arcturus finally said "That is all the Lord and Ladies met you may now go dance and greet the children. Remember all the young ladies I pointed out as potential wives." Feeling a small pinch on my side I gave a small nod to him and led Daphne to the dance floor. "Did you not like the thought of me getting other wives? Because I am forced to otherwise the wizengamot decides enough wives to fill up my empty noble houses when I come of age." I say as we do an elegant waltz.
"It's not that, I just want to be the main wife. I think the idea of the others being mistresses is a better one, we can even have servant girls if you want but I will be the top one who has your last name." She said as she held me tighter. I could tell that when she said that last part she raised her voice enough that some young women who gathered heard her.
The party slowly came to an end with me having danced with a few of the bolder girls, none of them caught my eye as they were all of the families that would be after the black money or owed a lot to the black family. The next morning to no one's surprise we found that there was a load of marriage contracts sent from the families of the girls I danced with. Daphne took great pleasure in burning them and sending the ashes back to the sender as an answer to the contract.
I had advanced very quickly in the lessons Walburga and Arcturus taught and I was starting to win 50% of the duels Bellatrix and I had, Today would be the day where I had Charms and Transfiguration first followed by Dark Arts and then Bella's lessons. The lessons passed in a breeze as the information was easy to grasp even though it was OWL-level curriculum that they were teaching me. However, the unusual thing is that when I turned up at Bella's lesson in the duelling room she was not alone and was already duelling with a young black hair tomboy who looked like a mini version of herself.
"This is my daughter, She is a fierce girl who is more boyish than anything. She is upset that she has been overtaken by you and wants to watch you duel me to prove that I am not lying to her to get her to train me." Bellatrix said with a smile on her face as her daughter scowled at her for the sarcastic introduction. The girl in question turned towards me and followed up with "My name is Cass, even if my mum says otherwise. If you call me anything else I will hex you." She said pointing her wand at me, I chuckled and disarmed her with a quick swish of the wand I got from the family collection. "You mean you will try to hex me. It was good to finally meet the legendary Cassiopeia Black. I will call you Cass only if you promise to give me a favour, else I might call you Cassiopeia for the fun of it." A laugh sounded out from Bellatrix at the face her daughter was making after being disarmed and extorted for a favour.
After Cass promised me I returned her wand and got ready to duel, shortly after Bellatrix launched her attacks and I retaliated. Sitting off to the side Cass had her mouth wide open as she watched me not only hold my own against her mother but also on most occasions gain the upper hand, she was even more shocked when her mother lost to my employment of wandless magic to trip Bellatrix into one of my body bind spells. "I need to train harder it seems, I cannot let someone beat me else I would be stuck at home raising children and planning those shitty parties."
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