Chapter 515 - Progenitor (1/2)
Later that afternoon after having visited Tiffany's home, Rowan is found sitting on an elegant couch watching Aunt Georgine pack the last of her things. Unlike Rowan and Severus, Georgine would be leaving later this week to finish preparing her office and the lesson plan. Most of everything had already been transferred to Hogwarts, but there were always a few last-minute items that needed to be packed.
Watching a marble statue be shrunk and float into a suitcase, Rowan glances up from the large, thick tome she was reading from. It was on the history of the Prince's. And to be truth be honest she wanted to know a bit more because of Tiffany.
”Aunt Georgine, I've been looking over the history of marriages of the Prince family, but I don't see any broken marriage contracts,” Rowan idly remarked.
Georgine smirks as she straightens up from shoving a few more items into her bag. There were more silver hairs in her raven like winged hair that had appeared ever since the death of Sirsa, her sister-in-law. That and her great-niece and nephew were doing their part in adding more.
”Well, the Prince's do not have broken marriage contracts, but rather promised engagements,” Georgine smirked.
”Which means what exactly?”
”It means that the marriages will be completed at a later point in time by future generations,” Georgine replied. ”It is proof of an outstanding debt that is still owed to us.”
Rowan slowly nods and asks, ”And who exactly do we still have promised engagements too?”
”Ah, I thought you'd never ask,” Georgine said with delight before sashaying over and sitting down next to Rowan.
Pointing her finger at the time, Rowan darts her hands back as the pages swirl towards the back of the book, where a page filled with golden like letters appears. The tome suddenly begins to glow and expands to reveal a nice list of names in large letters.
Pointing at the wizarding surnames, Georgine says, ”Notice, it'll say the family surname and present inheritor of the debt. Take, for example, we are owed a marriage from the Peverell line, but that surname went extinct generations ago. However, the debt is still owed and was passed down to the daughter, Iolanthe Peverell, who married Hardwin Potter.”
Rowan's stomach felt queasy as she followed the golden line to the present still promised marriage that is still owed, James Fleamont Potter. In a creaky, dry voice, Rowan croaks, ”As in James Potter, who is in the same year as I am?”
”Correct,” Georgine smugly said. ”Brother was rather seriously considering calling in the owed marriage since the two of you are the same age and are in fact friends. However, Reginald is not very fond of Fleamont Potter as per quote according to him, 'Fleamont Potter though a talented duelist wastes his time pretending to be mild and meek. He'd rather face the old lion of Gryffindor than that slinky old man.”
Rowan chokes and says, ”Yes, well, that does sound like something grandfather would say.”