Chapter 997 Decision, Hogwarts Express (Complete)
The good news is that Fred and George did not receive the golden invitation they had been longing for.
But they received a talking gadget.
It looked like a Bowtruckle in a frock-coat and bowler hat, which had somehow found its way into the Burrow and stood before them, doffing its hat in a dainty salute.
It was amazing that they would ever see Bowtruckle being so polite.
Like a magic trick, a line of words jumped out of the round hat, flashing yellow light and stopped in mid-air.
"Oh, Kyle, you can't do this..."
Before daybreak, Sirius rushed to St. Catchpole Village and knocked on Kyle's door.
"Here comes another one, to see the good things you have done..."
The door was opened from the inside. Chris covered his forehead and said helplessly, "Come in, but you have to turn yourself into a chair."
Sirius was stunned at first, then he noticed that Kyle's house was already full of people.
The group of conspicuous red-haired people on the sofa in the middle are the Weasley family. Almost all of them are here, even Bill and Fleur who are far away at Shell Cottage, and Charlie who has been in the Dragon Sanctuary.
Next to them were Kingsley, Lupin, Tonks, and other acquaintances from the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic.
There were also some people he knew but was not familiar with, and some he didn't know at all.
Kyle's living room is not very big, and now it is packed with people.
Just as he walked in subconsciously, an owl holding a red envelope just flew in from outside.
Wait, the red letter...
Before Sirius could feel relieved, a box was thrown over, and a long tail stretched out from it, rolling up the owl and the letter.
After a moment, the closed box jumped a few times on the floor and then stopped moving.
"Sure enough, it's here, your mother's howling letter." Chris picked up the box and returned it to Newt, rubbing his forehead and looking at Kyle further inside the room.
"Fortunately, if the Department of Mysteries happened to have a mission today, I'm afraid it wouldn't just be the Howlers that would come."
"It's all the same." Kyle said calmly.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Sirius's original anger suddenly weakened a lot, but he still couldn't help asking:
"Didn't we agree on this? I'll be responsible for the invitations."
"I can't help it." Kyle spread his hands. "No one expected that Nico would show up just after we made the decision. He insisted on helping, and we couldn't refuse him."
"Nico?" Sirius frowned. "Nearly Headless Nick?"
"It can't be a ghost," Kyle said. "Is it Nicolas Flamel, the alchemist?"
"So that little thing I saw earlier..."
"It should be Nico's work."
Sirius was silent now.
He wanted to give Kyle face, but he wasn't so arrogant as to think he had more face than Nicolas Flamel.
"Then... I'll save it for when Harry gets married."
He muttered something under his breath, which made Harry, who had just walked out the door, turn pale.
If what Sirius meant by "keeping" was the gold that was going to be used to make the invitations, he might have to consider whether to follow Kyle's example.
As expected, more and more people came.
Although no one expected that Kyle and Connor would hold their wedding in such a hurry, they quickly accepted it as soon as they thought that the person was Kyle.
"I'm going to borrow the wedding tent now!" Mrs. Weasley stood up and was about to go out, but was immediately stopped by someone.
"No need to go through so much trouble." Tina said with a smile.
"But we need a big place." Mrs. Weasley insisted: "This is Kyle and Connor's wedding. There will be a lot of people coming. St. Catchpole Village will never be able to accommodate so many wizards."
"No, you misunderstood. What I meant was that we have a better choice."
After saying that, Tina turned to look at Newt.
As if he was not used to being in a place with so many people, Newt had been hiding in a corner, trying hard to disguise himself as a ghost.
The only thing he did during this period was to lock up the howling letter sent by Diana in a box.
But facing Tina's eyes, he had to stand up from the corner.
"give it to me……"
Newt went out with a suitcase.
When he came in again, a magnificent gate suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the road between the Burrow and here.
Everyone was stunned.
"Hogwarts..." Harry shouted subconsciously.
So similar... Those two oak doors are exactly the same as the ones at Hogwarts.
"I chose the one I'm most familiar with... and probably the one most familiar to most of the guests," Newt said.
And when everyone walked in, there was an immediate second exclamation.
They felt like they had come to a vast plain, and what was even more amazing was that when they looked ahead, they saw a stretch of snow-capped mountains, and when they turned around, they saw lush forests.
The endless lake was divided into two colors. It was a sunny day above their heads, but there was a moon hanging in the sky opposite them.
Several moon-crazy beasts were drinking water by the lake, raising their heads from time to time, looking at them curiously with their bright big eyes.
"here it is……"
"I know, this is your box!" Fred said first.
Although the surroundings had changed slightly, he recognized them at a glance. They were in Kyle's box.
and……
He raised his head and looked at the nearly fifty-foot-long fire dragon flying in the sky.
The wedding tent probably doesn't provide additional dragon service...
Mrs. Weasley was a little scared at first, especially when she saw the dragon, and the black beast in a nearby tree, but she was relieved when she thought about the identity of someone who came with her.
With the legendary Master of Magical Beasts, Newt Scamander, this place is definitely safe.
"Well, let's get started, we have a heavy task ahead of us." She pulled out a pair of glasses and placed them on the tip of her nose, browsing through a large pile of work on a long piece of parchment.
This was the preparation work she, Diana, and Chris had listed a few days ago, including cleaning the room and painting the house, a total of about eighty tasks.
Although Kyle didn't know why they had to clean the room before getting married in a box, he had no right to object because it was a plan jointly made by Mrs. Weasley and Diana.
Soon, a group of people began to get busy.
And because of Newt, they also have the help of many magical animals.
Fire crabs trimming the grounds, and birds and snakes hanging balloons and streamers could be seen everywhere... Dobby the house-elf was there too, wearing a golden tuxedo with a new bow tie around his neck.
It’s a pity that Tata didn’t come at this time, otherwise they should be able to find common topics.
After all, apart from Dobby and Tata, there is no third house-elf in the wizarding world who dresses so formally.
……
Because there are so many people, the venue is changing little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye.
From early morning to noon, the box had undergone a complete change, and the biggest change was probably in Norbert.
The once most ferocious Norwegian Spinosaurus is now covered with balloons, various flowers and ribbons, and is reluctantly parked right above the venue to serve as a mascot.
Oh, and there is also a row of firework launchers tied to the Nangdu leopard. As long as it runs, special fireworks will appear in every corner. It is very convenient.
In the whole box, only the cat-leopard had a quick reaction. With its natural advantage of Legilimency, it ran away as soon as they decided to persecute Norbert.
Go into the forest, far away from here.
……
Thanks to everyone's efforts, the venue was finally completed.
"Mom, aren't these few chairs a bit too few?" Bill frowned slightly as he looked at the hundredth chair that had just been placed beside him.
There were more than a hundred people who came to his wedding.
Besides, Kyle is a champion of the Triwizard Tournament and the youngest recipient of the Second Class Medal of the Order of Merlin. There will definitely be a lot of people coming.
Maybe there are foreign wizards too.
One hundred seats is too few.
"That's Kyle's request."
Mrs. Weasley also felt that it was a bit too little, but there was nothing she could do; Kyle insisted on only putting out a hundred chairs.
"Maybe it's because of... Nicolas Flamel." Minerva McGonagall couldn't help but say, "I heard that he will also attend the wedding. You know, he is not suitable to be seen by too many people."
"Nicholas Flamel..." Mrs. Weasley opened her mouth and quickly covered it with her hand.
"Are you sure, Minerva, that a legendary wizard like Mr. Flamel will be here?"
Although I knew that the special invitation letter was written by the alchemist Nicolas Flamel, it was different from knowing that he would attend in person.
"If I remember correctly, Monsieur Flamel has not appeared in public for two centuries."
"That's about right," Mag said.
She was not an alchemist, and she didn't pay much attention to Nicolas Flamel, but he had indeed not appeared in public for a long time, although some people would occasionally run into him when attending the opera.
Mrs. Weasley was also a little excited.
Although she was not a fan of Nicolas Flamel, she was curious about this legendary wizard who lived for more than 600 years.
It felt like someone who only appeared in "History of Magic" and legends suddenly appeared in front of me.
"Then we must prepare well..." She grabbed the two people running past and shouted, "Fred, George, you two should put on your dress robes quickly and don't embarrass yourself in front of the guests!"
"A dress robe? I don't want that stuff because it's hot and tight!"
"Besides, Kyle said he doesn't want to do anything fancy, we can wear whatever we want!"
The two ran away laughing.
Mrs. Weasley was about to chase after him, but by then, more invited guests had arrived.
First came Cedric and Cho, and Hermione also came.
Further back are a few older wizards.
"Du Ge..."
"Oh, Armando!"
The two old wizards recognized each other and greeted each other happily.
Doug McPhail was someone Kyle met at Nico's old house. They became pen pals and wrote many letters to each other.
The other is an old acquaintance, Armando Dippet, one of the headmasters of Hogwarts and the only former headmaster of Hogwarts still alive.
Although most people thought he was dead, he was still alive and is now over 360 years old.
Before the two of them had even chatted for a few words, they were stunned by the luxurious configuration of the venue.
"Hey, Dug, did Newt have a dragon when he got married?" Armando asked in a low voice.
Even with his more than 300 years of experience, he rarely saw people using living fire dragons and leopards as decorations.
"Probably not." Du Ge said.
