Chapter 845 - Guests Ⅱ (1/2)
Peeking from the corner of Walburga's gray eyes, the dark-haired witch with sharp features nods her head in approval at Tiffany Topsy's proper demeanor. Walburga Black had despaired of ever finding a wife for his eldest, but here at long last, she had found a suitable bride. The Topsy girl was a proper Slytherin bride, a pureblood, and most importantly, her eldest listened to the girl. Something which Walburga could have sworn was impossible until she witnessed the sight for herself. It would be a most excellent match and Walburga could at long last rest easy knowing that the Black family would be preserved in excellent hands.
Walburga Black was not the only one observing the blossoming couple including the two other families accompanying them, the Topsy's and the Fawley's. The sinfully beautiful Lysithea Fawly pursed her lips at spotting the Topsy chit with the heir to the Black family. Lysithea pressed her lips into a thin line of displeasure. She could not believe that the Topsy chit would possess a higher ranking than that of her own daughter, Bethanie!
Lysithea's bright eyes accidentally meet the eyes that of Helena Topsy. Much like her daughter, Tiffany, Helena Topsy was a petite, elegant strawberry blond-haired witch. Helena's lips innocently blossomed into a bright smile causing Lysithea to grip her husband's arms tightly in anger.
Still, despite Lysithea's dislike of Helena Topsy, she would never fully express her dislike for the other witch. Helena Topsy unlike Lysithea was a pure-blooded witch born into one of the sacred 28 families, the Selwyn's. The Selwyn's were notorious for their cruelty and for all Helena's innocent appearance, Helena Topsy was a formidable and most deadly of witches.
Bogdan, a handsome, well-groomed wizard with wide shoulders glances over in the direction that his wife is looking at. Helena Topsy merely grins more at them causing her husband, Arnold Topsy, a medium-sized wizard with a fine mustache to arch his brow at them. He was not the only one as their son, Mycroft and his wife, Fionola Tyopsy also returned the gaze.
Understanding his wife's annoyance Bogdan turns away and whispers to his wife, ”Ignore the smug wretch. Nothing is set in stone until there is a betrothal contract and even then, that is no guarantee if the chit's last fiancé is anything to go by.”
Lysithea relaxes finally under her husband's words and smugly presses her ċhėst into Bodgan's arm wordlessly promising to reward him later that night. Their eldest, son, Spurgeon, a solemn boy who looked much like their father refrains from any reaction. He and his siblings were already used to their parent's public antics, it was better to pretend otherwise. Still, at least, Esmond was left at home as he had yet to be formally presented into society as he had yet to turn eleven years of age.
The sound of a sharp cane can be heard behind the Fawley couple as if impatiently motioning them to hurry. They did not need to turn around to know the source of the cane sounds indicating the presence as that of Lucius Malfoy. The couple no longer tarried and hurried forward with their eldest son in tow.
Impeccable and elegant as always, Lucius Malfoy clutches a stylish cane that belonged to his father, Abraxas Malfoy. At his side is the mellow figure of his brother-in-law, Edward ”Ted” Tonks. Much like Arthur Weasley, they were not accompanied by their wives, who had stayed behind with their children. The same applied to their mother-in-law, Druella Black, who was absent and had remained behind with her two remaining daughters.
They were not alone as there still existed several Malfoy side-branches on the old continent. The Malfoy side-branches were rather small passing mostly from father to son much like that of the main Malfoy branch. A unique aspect of the Malfoy family was that they were all born fair-haired with almost pale blonde hair that eerily resembled that of the Greengrass Matriarch, who was a Veela. Not that the Malfoy family would ever openly admit to possessing Veela ancestry, but their pale hair was a dead giveaway of their magical creature heritage.
Subsequently following were the forms of Secundus and Mercury Wilkes. The Wilkes family had been disgraced due to the actions of their eldest son, S.R. Wilkes. With the acceptance of Secundus Wilkes into the Board of Hogwarts and his friendship with the deceased Potion Master Damocles, Wilkes reputation had been largely redeemed. And with Lucius Malfoy permitting the presence of Wilkes near his family, he had all but whitewashed their reputation. The rumors would firmly be silenced, and the Wilkes would return to their former stature. Not that there wouldn't be a price to be paid as they would undoubtedly owe Lucius Malfoy and Reginald Prince a large debt for the invitation.