His father Magnus looked at him and said," we've decided who will be bethrothed to you ", Andrew looked too stunned. Hey, hey, this is all so sudden. What do you mean bethrothed? Don't i have an opinion here? As he is complaining inwardly he got a doubt," father, don't tell me it's Parkinson please? I would rather not marry her ".
His father frowned and said," why would you think I'll let you marry a viscount house? The one we decided to let you get engaged with is house Greengrass. Count Florian Greengrass eldest daughter, Daphne Greengrass. Their youngest daughter Astoria is suffering from blood curse, so we asked their elder daughter's hand in marriage for you. He promised some lands, a part of Greengrass house gold mines and shares from few big companies he owned. I won't take no in this- ".
" Dear, what did I say about forcing our son to marry? Did you forget that already? Andrew, don't care about your father's babbling. Do what you want. If you find she isn't a match for you, it's fine. Moreover, their bloodline is cursed. What if your children got it instead. So think carefully, meet her and the make a decision ", Helen Rosier, his mother interrupted his father and said.
Magnus sweated bullets as she narrowed her eyes at him. Well he can't do anything, he can only curse himself for falling in love and marrying her. He didn't know how much of a predator she can be. Trained under Vinda Rosier and followers of Grindelwald, her skills in duel is among top notch only under Dumbledore or Voldemort.
She can duel 20-30 wizards all by herself without breaking a sweat, she is also one of the reasons that during the reign of dark lord, death eaters never dare set foot in their territory. Not to mention his father and grandfather, they're powerful in their own way. Well, the truth is, Followers of Grindelwald are secretly expanding forces and trained their children in duels, in real life ones that fatally injure someone.
Thinking about the training, his mother threw him in, even Andrew himself shudders sometimes. Yep, she teaches him magic and he needs to duel her. Not even once he made to even break her shielding charm in his training. But everytime he ended up with injuries or broken bones.
She even tried throwing him into a battle royale once between the Saints. Saints is the name for the followed of Grindelwald. They believe their lord will return or someone will inherit their will one day. A successor to the ideology of their lord.
Andrew smiled and said," Thank you mother. I'll see her and decide ", but inside Andrew is wondering if this is right. House Greengrass is practically giving a part of their assets away. But why? Last time he heard, Count Greengrass is one of the richest people in Europe. He will be in top 3 in wealth at the least.
Gold mines, Herb farms, Dragon Farms, Sanctuaries, Potion industries, shares of many big companies, patents. Many says malfoys are the richest but no it's the Greengrass who outlived them in every aspect of wealth. Even with the combined wealth of Black house they can't match Greengrass house which has a steady increasing wealth even after all the inheritance they possessed not to mention their gold mines.
Despite being a count, even the king will speak to him respectfully. It's the power of wealth. Andrew wondered why they're giving such an offer to them. There seems to be something off. Anyway, Andrew decided to meet Daphne Greengrass. He heard in some banquets when other children his age are discussing, she is a cold beauty with nice body developing to compliment that.
She is plump and voluptuous beauty. An intelligent one too, she also said to have ambitions to build her own business. Well let's see how it'll turn out. Andrew asked," so when can I meet her father? ", Magnus said," today actually. they will be here for lunch and you're going to meet the girl. Andrew I know it's not good to ask but try not to mess this up. They're practically giving away a part of their wealth. This will be crucial for our family ".
As they're talking, a house elf popped up and gave the letter to Helen. Helen saw the letter and her eyes lit up, she said," you received the Hogwarts letter my dear sweet boy. Here, read it yourself ", Andrew took the letter and started reading it. Nothing changed, it's the same one as in the canon except it says he can bring his own house elf and engaged people needs to write a letter to Hogwarts early.
Why? Because they will get their own separate room. Engaged in this world means a blood contract, a magical binding through blood one can never break unless the other side is also willing along with their families. Once a blood contract is signed, you're basically a married couple. This is a tradition that's been running in the pureblood lineages since the last 5 centuries. They can also bring their own slave or maid but need to report whether he or she is a squib or a muggle or magical folk.
Yeah, many things changed and they're different from the canon.