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Chapter Seven
Meeting the Krums
The next morning, the kitchen was filled with the sweet scent of fresh croissants, pancakes, tea and coffee. Molly watched Harry and Hermione prepare four breakfast plates. Harry took two of them and went in Ginny's room as Hermione went in Ron's room.
Harry put the plates down. He watched Ginny as she was sleeping and smiled. He bent down and gently kissed Ginny. Ginny opened her eyes. Harry placed the plates in front of her.
"Good morning, Gin." – Harry said in a soft voice.
"Good Morning, Harry. Ah, breakfast in bed? Wow." – Ginny said.
"Yes."
In the other room, Hermione had just awakened Ron. He looked surprised as she placed the plates in front of him and then kissed him good morning.
"Breakfast is served, Ronnie" – Hermione said softly.
"I have no words." – Ron murmured. "Thank you!"
"For my sweet Ronnie always." – Hermione blushed.
"Where is Harry?" – Ron asked as he looked around the room.
"He is with Ginny." – Hermione replied.
"In the same position?"
"Pretty much, yes."
"Brilliant."
After breakfast, Harry and Ginny went to Ron's room. They found the two lovebirds in each other's arms.
"Good Morning Ron." – Harry greeted.
"Good Morning, Harry." – Ron answered. "Ginny you too?"
"Yes, Ron me too."
"Harry, may I ask how did you came up with this idea?" – Ginny asked.
"Well. I woke up an hour ago and went downstairs. Hermione came along two minutes later. Molly arrived also. And Hermione and I agreed to make breakfast. And afterwards we decided to do a bed breakfast." – Harry explained.
"Aha. All right."
"You liked it?" – Hermione asked.
"Yes very much. Thank you again. I am really touched." – Ron answered,
"Good. I thought now will be a perfect time to continue with our training. I have found two interesting spells." – Harry said.
"Really? What?" – Hermione asked.
"You will see." – Harry answered with a mysterious voice.
Harry opened the magic trunk and entered in the fifth compartment. The others followed.
"Good morning Sentinel." – Harry greeted.
"Good morning, sentry-child!" - Sentinel replied.
"Good day for training. I have found some interesting exercises."
"Oh. Sounds interesting."
Harry gathered the others in the middle of the arena. Sentinel approached as well.
"Ok. Now. The first spell creates and surrounds the caster or the caster's target with a fire shield. Anyone who tries to touch the caster or the caster's target will be burnt." – Harry began.
"Wow. Cool." – Ron said.
"Yes. But we have to be very careful. The second spell invokes a force field. The field strength depends on the power of the caster. It can deflect most powerful spells however it can't stop the killing curse."
"All right. Let's start." – Ginny said excited.
Hermione looked at Harry surprised and worried at the same time.
"Harry, where did you find those spells?"
"You're not going to believe me!" – Harry answered.
"In the books you bought?"
"No."
"Hmm. In that dreams of yours?"
"Yes."
"Harry, how do you know those spells are not dangerous? I mean if they are like those you found in Snape's book. They could be potentially harmful." – Hermione asked
"Hermione. Why did you trust a letter of a stranger?" – Harry asked back.
"Well because.."
"Because what? It is absolutely the same thing."
"No. It is not. The letter didn't contain spells only instructions."
"Really? Only instructions? What about the little phrase you and Ginny had to say simultaneously?"
"Oh. Ok. But I still think that it is not safe."
"Relax Hermione. Trust me just once."
"I trust you always."
"Ok then. I'll cast the spell on Sentinel. If we get burnt, then it will be safe to try it on ourselves. Is it ok?"
"Are you sure you can cast on her?"
"Yes, I Am." – Harry confirmed.
Harry turned to Sentinel first to explain her what he was going to do.
"Sentinel. I would like to ask for permission."
"What for?"
"I want to cast a spell on you. The spell will surround you with a fire shield."
"Ignis Armus?" – Sentinel asked animatedly.
"Yes." – Harry answered stunned. "How do you know?"
"I'll tell you soon. Go on."
"Harry. What?" – Hermione asked seeing the amazement growing on Harry's face.
"Nothing." – he answered.
Harry turned against Sentinel. He pointed his wand at her and said: "Ignis Armus." A yellow light came out of the wand and surrounded Sentinel's body. Then a small flash of red light appeared and slowly disappeared. Around Sentinel's head, an aureole appeared. Harry conjured a pair of gloves. He put them on and bent down to touch the snake. The moment his gloves touched Sentinel, they begun burn. Sentinel's body glowed in red and yellow. Harry got up satisfied.
"Well. What do you think?" – He asked smiling.
"Cool mate." – Ron answered excited.
"Harry, how do you dispel it?" – Hermione asked.
"Ah. Look." – He turned to Sentinel and said: "Solvi Armig".
The glow became blue. Harry bent down again and lifted Sentinel. Sentinel hissed. Harry answered and put her down.
"Satisfied?" – Harry asked Hermione.
"For the moment."
"Ok lets try it." – Harry encouraged.
First Ginny cast the spell on Harry. He glowed in red every time some of them touched him. Then Ginny dispelled the incantation. After, Ron cast the spell on himself and Hermione dispelled it but she decided not to do it on herself, as she wasn't completely sure on its effects.
An hour later, they stopped for a bit. Then Harry turned to them with the second spell. He pointed his wand two steps front of him and shouted: "Elysium Vigoris". A silver light went out of his wand and surrounded him.
"Target me with a spell." – Harry said.
Hermione approached and cast the stunning spell. The spell was deflected. Satisfied Hermione and others began to cast it.
They continued for nearly two hours when they decided to take a break. Harry turned to Sentinel.
"How did you know the fire shield spell?"
"I'll tell you as soon as I recover."
"Is this what makes the difference between you and the 'normal' snakes?"
"You'll see." – Sentinel said.
Sentinel was about to say something more when she saw Hermione cast the fire shield spell on herself. The yellow light was as bright as the sunlight. Harry also watched amazed.
"Wow Hermione!" – Ron exclaimed.
"Very interesting!" – Sentinel hissed.
"Why so?" – Harry asked.
"I have never seen a witch make this spell so powerful." – Sentinel explained.
"Have you seen someone else make this spell powerful?"
"Yes. Several actually. One of them was a wizard."
"And the others?"
"I can't tell you this."
"Why not?"
"In time, may be I will. But now you're not ready for the answer."
"Ok. I understand. You don't trust me."
"I trust you sentry-child. But it is not a matter of trust. It is a matter of rules that I can't break without authorization."
"Rules? Wow. It sounds very interesting. Each time I speak with you..."
"I reveal a small portion of my heritage." - Sentinel continued his sentence.
"Yes. I would like to know more."
"Be patient sentry-child. I will reveal no more for today."
"I will. Thank you Sentinel."
Sentinel just rolled her eyes. Harry stood up and went up to his friends. He told them part of his conversation with Sentinel. They all looked stunned.
"Harry, there is something really wrong with that snake." – Ron concluded.
"I don't know, Ron. So far, she is acting normally. Only from time to time she becomes abnormal. "
"Harry, I have been thinking about the legend we heard last night." – Hermione began. "I was asking myself, if Sentinel has something to do with those snakes."
"You're right Hermione. There is a possible connection." – Ginny exclaimed.
"I don't know about that Hermione. How could it be possible that Sentinel is a descendant of the great snakes?" – Harry asked.
"Well you said that she knew the spell." – Hermione said.
"Yes, she did. But this doesn't prove anything." – Harry said. "Well, we'll see later when she is ready to talk about it. Now we can continue."
Fleur entered the kitchen by noon. She had a restless night. Her thoughts were occupied with the preparation of the wedding. 'Poor Bill!' – she thought he had nothing to do with her doing and preparing everything but she just loved doing things like that. Fleur noticed that Molly was also in the kitchen preparing dinner.
"Molly can I help you with something?" – Fleur offered.
"No, thank you dear." – Molly declined. "Have you decided on the date?"
"Yes, in exactly one week. I've started ordering some of the stuff needed."
"Oh. Good. Did Bill agree to this?"
"Yes. He actually gave the idea."
"Great. Poor dear, he ought to do something while we make all the preparations."
"Indeed. He always wanted to do something. But I was so obsessed that I didn't allow him to do anything."
"Have you seen Harry and the others?" – Molly asked.
"No. They are not in the house. I haven't seen them outside either."
"Hmm. Where could they be?" – Molly wondered.
The answer came straight away as Ginny entered the kitchen. She relented her path when she saw Fleur and her mother looking strangely at her.
"What?" – she asked.
"Where have you been? We've looked for you everywhere." – Molly asked.
"We've been in Ron's room. Why?"
"Hmm. I did check Ron's room too ten minutes ago. You weren't there." – Fleur said.
"Are you sure it was Ron's room and not Fred and George's?" – Ginny asked amused.
"Hmm. Well it is possible." – Fleur admitted.
"Mum, have you seen my broomstick?"
"Yes, dear. It is in the closet." – Molly answered. "Quidditch again?"
"Yes. We are just waiting for Fred and George. Bill agreed to join us too."
"Ok. Have fun!" – Molly said.
Ginny went to the closet and picked her broomstick. She headed outside where she found Hermione with her broomstick. Hermione picked that something was bothering Ginny and asked.
"What's up?"
"Mum and Fleur were rather suspicious as to where were we."
"What did you tell them?"
"Well. They claimed they looked everywhere for us and as I pointed out they've obviously missed to look in Ron's room."
"Ha. Nice of you. The boys are already on the field. Better not keeping them waiting. You know how are they."
"Yeah right."
They found all the boys – Fred, George, Bill, Ron and Harry on the field waiting for them. They decided to split in two teams - Harry, Ron and Ginny against Fred, George, Bill and Hermione.
They played for nearly an hour and made a break for a while. Harry however decided that he played enough. He had some plans going in his head since they started playing. He excused himself and went back to the house. He climbed the stairs and entered Ron's room. He opened his trunk and took out the map of England he bought some days ago. He was looking for Godric's Hollow. The place it all started. He found it soon. He saw there was another town near by, White Church in Herefordshire. Harry took a good look at the possible apparition sites. He knew he had to avoid at all costs the muggle areas. He found the perfect spot, a forest near by Godric's Hollow. Yeah, that would be the perfect place to appear.
After an hour, Harry went downstairs. He found Arthur in the living room, which was surprising.
"Arthur shouldn't you be at work?" – Harry asked
"Oh, Hello Harry. Well I came back. I have some bad news." – Arthur replied.
"Such as?" – Harry demanded worried.
"Nothing bad at Hogwarts or England for that matter, Harry. However in the Balkans the situation have grown out of control. Death Marks all around, the Death Eaters have been striking down people there for the last two days. We are still trying to find out why. The family of Victor Krum was one of the victims, actually his grandparents. They found them yesterday."
"What about Krum and his parents?" – the anxiety of Harry was growing.
"We can't find them. But it seems they were not at home when it happened."
"This is horrible. Any ideas as to why they attacked them?"
"We have no idea. We have sent word to the Bulgarian Minister of Magic and we offered them our assistance, which they gladly accepted."
"I hope you find them."
"We hope too. We offered to provide sanctuary to Krum's family."
"That is very generous but will they be safer here than in Bulgaria?"
"Sure. The Order has some hideouts no one can find."
"I hope so. Hey wait." – Harry said remembering Charlie. "Charlie mentioned that Krum came to visit him four days ago."
"Good thinking Harry." – Arthur said excited. "I'll go to the Ministry. May be we'll find them somewhere in Romania, near the Dragon Camp. Good thought Harry."
Arthur got up. He went to the fireplace, took the floo powder and soon disappeared through the green blazed flames. Harry went to the field. The others were still playing quidditch.
Hermione saw Harry. She also noticed the expression of his face and landed immediately. The others did so too.
"Harry, has something happened?" – Hermione asked.
"Yes. Krum's grandparents were found dead under a Death mark." – Harry shot.
"Oh. That's terrible. And Krum?" – Hermione turned pale.
"Krum and his parent were not found. The Ministry thinks they were not there, when it happened. Arthur went in the Ministry. They try to look for them in Romania."
"In Romania? Why there?" – Ron asked confused.
"Charlie said Krum came to him four days ago. So it is possible they are still there."
"Good thinking, Harry." – Ginny congratulated him.
"Yeah. I hope so. If they find them, they'll bring them here in England to hide them."
"Why the Death Eaters attacked them in the first place?" – Hermione continued questioning Harry.
"No one knows actually." – Harry answered.
"I hope he is all right." – Hermione said sinking to the ground.
Ron moved and caught her in his arms. He gently petted her on the head. Hermione was devastated by this news. Her tears were dropping like a fierce storm. Ron was trying to calm her down and he was partly successful. He was also disturbed a bit by her reaction. She did have some feeling left for him. He hoped that she wouldn't ditch him for Krum as she did in the year of the Triwizard Tournament. But then again, she wasn't his boyfriend. Ron smiled at himself. 'What a fool I am' – Ron thought. He put away this horrible thought of Hermione leaving him for Krum. She had a pretty normal reaction to the news actually. He also felt worried about Krum. He was the best quidditch seeker in the world.
The others also felt sorry for the poor guy. Ginny went directly into Harry's arms. She put her head on his shoulder. Harry caressed her gently. They were all silent for a while till Fleur came by to summon them for dinner.
Everyone ate quietly. Then they moved back to the living room. They stood there not moving, not saying a word until Arthur's arrival several hours later. Arthur came out of the fireplace. He beat out the dust of his clothes. He entered the living room. He was surprised to find all there, sitting silently.
Hermione lifted her head from Ron's shoulder as soon as Arthur entered. Arthur sat down on the sofa and sighted.
"Mr. Weaseley have you found Krum and his parents?" – Hermione asked with anxiety.
"No, not yet. But it seems that his grandparents put a great deal of resistance to the Death Eaters. We found a lot of bullets in there." – Arthur answered.
"Bullets, what is that?" – Ron asked bedazzled.
"The muggles have metallic wands or as they're called firearms with which they kill each other. And the bullets are sort of the 'core' of their wands and which inflict death." – Arthur explained to Ron.
"So his grandparents were muggles?"
"Yes. It seems so. Obviously they tried to kill the Death Eaters with those 'wands'. We found blood on the floor, which suggested that some of them might have been hit."
"Cool." – Ron exclaimed.
"No, Ronald. It is not cool at all." – Hermione looked at him furiously.
"I said cool meaning the Death Eaters were hit not that the grandparents had died, Hermie!" – Ron snapped back.
"The Bulgarians were very confused and disoriented at first. We had to put order to their chaos. After they organized search parties for the Krums. Hopefully, we'll find them first." – Arthur continued.
"Could we get them to stay here with us?" – Molly asked suddenly her husband.
"Of course, honey. If we find them, I will extend an invitation till we find a secure location for them." – Arthur replied.
"That settled, everyone to bed. Now!" – Molly commanded.
A couple of days later, the good news came to the Burrow. Arthur has just returned from the ministry. Molly was in the living room reading the latest. She remembered reading a couple of days ago about the amendment of Under Age Restriction Act, which allows the usage of magic to all aged 15 and 16. This was something that really disturbed her. Ginny hopefully didn't use her new freedom to do magic every second, which was comforting. In difference to her, Fred and George were creating total havoc, when they became of age.
Arthur sat quickly on the sofa. He was very tired but happy. He looked at Molly and smiled. He saw Ginny pass by and called her.
"Ginny could you please, assemble the others in here?"
"Certainly, Dad."
Arthur was relieved when the Bulgarians called. They have taken every precaution. He understood that the Bulgarian Ministry was working alongside with a muggle organization. They managed to fool the Death Eaters. The boys and girls came in and sat down. Arthur looked at them happily before he announced the good news.
"I am pleased to say that the Krums are safe. It appears that they have been found by a muggle organization, which hid them for a while. As we understood, they were in an underground facility. "
"A muggle organization?" – Ron asked astonished.
"Yes. They collaborate with the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic."
"And the Death Eaters?"
"Well, we were told that the Death Eaters knew exactly, where the Krums were held."
"That is really stupid. All the Death Eaters have to do would be to apparate inside and kill the Krums." – Ginny remarked.
"We thought so too. I spoke with Shacklebolt and he told me that wards were placed around the facility-preventing apparition. So if they wanted to enter, they had to do it the muggle way. Shacklebolt was impressed by the security measures. He said that it would be extremely difficult even for a wizard to enter there."
"Dad, you don't really believe that the muggles can withstand a wizard attack?"
"No, of course not. But I've heard about situations in which the muggles were dominant using their magic, as they call it technology. By the means of this 'magic', the muggles are hoping to fool the Death Eaters long enough, so we could find a safe place for them."
"How do they plan to do so?" – Harry asked interested.
"We don't know any details as we were given none. And I think it is for the best. The fewer people that know the better."
"So where are the Krums now?"
"They are on their way to England. They will be coming tomorrow. I'll go to take from the airport."
"Why don't they use the wizard way of transportation?"
"We thought it would be best if they traveled with muggle transportation to avoid detection."
"Cool. But where are we going to put them?" – Bill asked concerned.
"They'll take Fred and George's room. The girls will move to Ron's room with the boys so we can place Fleur's family in Ginny's room and we'll do just fine." – Arthur explained.
Molly looked at her husband but said nothing. Ginny and Hermione and the other side exchanged happy looks. Harry and Ron were also excited at this idea.
The next morning Arthur left early for the ministry. When he arrived, he saw that Shacklebolt was waiting for him.
"Good Morning, Arthur." – Shacklebolt greeted.
"Good Morning, Kinglsey. Are we ready to go?"
"Yes, the car is outside waiting." – Kingsley answered.
"Ok. Lets go. The sooner we get them the better."
Arthur and Kinglsey took the elevator. A minute later, they got in the car, the ministry had provided, and departed for Heathrow International Airport.
It was mid-afternoon, when Arthur came back with the Krums. The Weaseleys had gathered in the garden to greet them. Arthur convinced Kingsley to stay for dinner so he came along as well.
Mr. Krum was in sky blue mantle with white shirt and pants. He had the same hooked nose like his son, dark black hair and thick eyebrows. Mrs. Krum was all dressed in purple. Victor has grown since the last time they saw him with a bit more than 4 inches but he was the same guy, dressed in dark red. The Krums approached the Weaseleys. Krum senior gently pressed his lips on Molly wrist and thanked her for the hospitality.
Molly showed the guests to their room and told them that they'll have dinner outside in the garden. Victor descended as soon as he unpacked. He went outside and found the gang.
"Victor." – Hermione hurried up towards him.
"Hermi-one." – Krum greeted with his deep accent.
"Hermione." – Hermione corrected him. "You'll get it one day."
"I wanted to thank you all again for the generosity." – Victor said turning to Ron and Ginny.
"It is ok, mate." – Ron said.
"How are you feeling? How was your trip?" – Harry asked.
"Fine, thank you Harry." – Victor answered.
"We wanted to ask you if would care to joint us in quidditch game?" – Hermione demanded.
Victor looked surprised by the offer but finally agreed. He just went back to the room to take his broomstick. The others were waiting on the field.
"How would we play?" – Hermione asked.
"Well, Ginny, George, Ron and me against you guys." – Harry answered.
"Fair enough." – Hermione ruled.
The quidditch play was incredibly tense. Harry was giving the best of him but Krum was the most experienced. As Fred and George got used to play one against the other, they were playing each other nasty and dirty tricks. Ron, Ginny, Bill and Hermione were also giving the best of them. And although Hermione wasn't as good as the others, she was doing quite well. The intensity was growing with each point scored. The air battle between Harry and Krum was fierce. Finally the score was four hundred and ten to three hundred and ninety in favor of Krum's team. Exhausted they all found their way back to the house.
Dinner was served in the garden, since they were so many as Molly explained. She has outdone her self. There were more dishes than usual as all noticed. Some of them were Bulgarian dishes. Mrs. Krum had helped Molly in the preparation of the meals.
The conversation was already getting some speed. Arthur was talking with Mr. Krum when a sudden burst of light appeared and a small parchment fell on the table. Mr. Krum didn't show any sign of surprise. He took the parchment and looked at it then smiled.
"Nothing to worry about. It is a message from a friend of mine." – he announced.
"Strange way of communication." – Molly noticed.
"All other ways could be intercepted. This is the safest." – Krum senior explained.
When the burst of light appeared, Hermione looked nervously at the others. They all recognized the signature. Victor saw them and leaned to Hermione.
"What's this about?"
"Well. It is a long story." – Hermione whispered.
"We seem to have plenty of time." – Victor smiled.
"We'll tell you later." – Ginny said.
"Fair enough." – Victor said.
The dinner continued without any other sudden bursts. The talk turned to the incident at Krum's house.
"I was about to ask you if could shed some light as to why they came for you?" – Arthur asked.
"Oh this is a long story but I'll make it short. I work for the ministry of magic at the department of experimental magic. What were we developing, I can't enclose but somehow the Death Eaters found out. And they came to me. At first, I didn't suspect that they were Death Eaters."
"Well, weren't they wearing their masks?" – Ron asked.
"Ronald, if they were he would have recognized unless he's blind." – Hermione answered irritated.
"Well said." – Mr. Krum confirmed then continued. "They were very interested in my work and well informed as to where were we in the stage of development. This was somewhat scary given that no one in the department is supposed to reveal this information. So, I spoke with the leader of our group and we agreed to check those guys. Unfortunately we found nothing about them. They kept coming making various offers but at last I declined. Then I received several notes with threatening messages and on the last was the Dark Mark. I had no doubt that they were Death Eaters. So the first thing was to make sure my family is safe. Victor had just gone to Romania to visit one of your sons as he told me. I took my wife to my cousin's house, which was in muggle neighborhood in Sofia. I'd a talk with some of my colleagues and the house there was put on constant watch. When I came back, Victor had sent a note that he'll meet me outside the village. And I had to convince my father and mother to leave the house and at last they agreed. My father told me to go ahead and I did." – Mr. Krum sighted heavily.
"It is my fault I shouldn't have listened to him. As soon as I reached the meeting point, Victor pointed at the sky, when I turned my heart stopped. The dark mark was above my parents' house. We saw a group of Death Eaters going inside. I wanted to go back but Victor held me back. We heard gunfire. We saw some green lights and explosions, and then silence. How I managed to arrive in my cousin's house, I don't know." – Mr. Krum stopped for a moment.
"I was sure that the Death Eaters wouldn't stop searching for me. So we gathered our belongings and decided to leave Bulgaria. Victor suggested you should seek refuge in the Romanian Mountains, where the dragon-slayers are. I was so devastated after my stupid mistake that I had no objection what so ever. I never asked Victor why he chose Romania. We arrived in Romania by dawn. Victor took us up in the mountains to a cave system near the Dragon Camp. We stayed there. In the evening, I went outside to make sure no one found our trail. I went also at Dragon Camp. I heard rumors that the ministry was looking for us, however I didn't trust those rumors. The next day, we were found by muggles."
"Excuse me for the interruption. The Ministry told me that a muggle organization took part in the search. Were they who found you?" – Arthur asked.
"Yes. They worked for a friend of mine. They are highly respected by the muggles authorities and by the ministry. They told me that it was your idea to search in the Romanian Mountains."
"Actually, it was Harry who suggested it." – Arthur said and pointed at Harry. "My son Charlie came by and he told us about your son's visit. And Harry assumed that you might be there and so I advised your ministry to look for you there."
"Thank you, Mr. Potter." – Mr. Krum turned to Harry.
"You're welcome, Mr. Krum." – Harry smiled politely.
"Thank you, again Arthur for your hospitality." – Mrs. Krum called out.
"I am glad we could help you out." – thanked Arthur.
"Now, if you could excuse us. You had a long trip." – Mr. Krum stood up and Mrs. Krum followed.
"Of course." – Arthur replied.
"Victor." – Mr. Krum called.
"I'll stay a while." – Victor answered.
"Suit yourself. Good night everyone."
"Good night, Mr. Krum." – all wished.
The rest of the evening, they spent in talking about different subjects. Victor was telling Hermione about his private lessons. Ron and Harry were playing wizard chess, which finished with total victory for Ron, although as Ron admitted Harry was improving. Ginny was listening to Fleur as she was explaining how exactly the wedding will proceed. Fred and George have left. They slept in their shop at Diagon Alley. Bill turned in early. Arthur and Molly stayed discussing Krum's story all over. Soon one by one they went to bed.
"Good night, Ron!" – Harry wished and went in bed. Lying beside him was Ginny.
"Good night, Harry!" – wished back Ron and hugged Hermione as he fell asleep.
A/N
I'm sorry but I had to input the little story around Victor Krum. He is going to stay at the Burrow to the end of wedding. Then he and his parent will be moved to the secure location, the Order of Phoenix had provided.
More details about what exactly Mr. Krum was developing and why the Death Eaters were after him will be included later on.
Harry had a specific idea in asking Scrimgeour to bend the Under Age Restriction Act that will be reveal also later on.
So in the next chapter, after the wedding, the action begins.