Chapter 1571 A War Without a Winner (Twenty-Three)

If we didn't talk about some embarrassing topics, this dinner would actually be quite pleasant. If Albert was not married or had a thick skin, he should be able to enjoy the Grangers' hospitality.

However, Albert was not that kind of person. He never wanted to deceive the Grangers from beginning to end. But he couldn't imagine what would happen if he suddenly mentioned that he was married. Not only would it ruin the warm atmosphere of the Grangers' long-awaited reunion, but it would also embarrass everyone present.

Fortunately, as long as they could handle it tonight, the two sides would not have the opportunity to meet again, so Albert decided to leave a good impression on the Grangers.

In order to avoid mentioning some disappointing things and destroying the warm atmosphere on the scene, Albert kept chatting with the Grangers about various trivialities of life, and was ready to say goodbye and leave at a certain time.

As for the Grangers' stay or leave, it had nothing to do with him as an outsider.

But some people didn't think so.

When Mrs. Granger brought the fruit after dinner, Hermione took the initiative to mention this sharp topic.

"We plan to settle down in Australia. After all, we have finally taken root here. If we go back, we will have to go through a lot of trouble."

The Grangers looked at each other and said their final decision: stay in Australia and don't go back to the UK.

In fact, when they regained their memories and saw their daughter suddenly appear, they had already considered this issue.

Even if the Grangers hoped that their daughter could stay in Australia with them, they knew in their hearts that Hermione, who had become a wizard, was no longer in the same world as them, and the possibility of her being willing to stay in Australia was very low.

Because that meant that Hermione needed to abandon everything in the past and start over, which was too cruel for the young couple in front of them. Therefore, the Grangers never asked Hermione to stay, but just looked at their daughter calmly, waiting for her to make her own choice.

"I want to go back to Hogwarts to finish the last semester."

When Hermione said this, the Grangers already knew their daughter's decision. They were not surprised by this result. Anyone who was not a fool could see that their daughter liked this young man named Albert very much.

It was normal for Hermione to want to stay in the UK, and they had already prepared themselves mentally.

"Albert, Hermione is in your hands!" Mrs. Granger took Albert's hand and asked him earnestly.

"I will take good care of her."

Albert sighed silently in his heart, but he didn't pull his hand back in the end. Of course, he could hear what the Grangers meant, but... well, he could indeed save Hermione a lot of trouble, let her graduate from school smoothly, arrange a house for her, and smoothly enter the Ministry of Magic to have her own life.

"I just received an invitation and will stay in Hogwarts as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts for a while." Albert smiled at the Grangers with relief.

The Grangers were curious about Albert's ability to serve as a professor at the school at such a young age, especially after learning from Hermione about Albert's role during the Wizarding War, they were almost shocked.

For this reason, Mr. Granger thought that Albert should take this opportunity to travel around and see the country since it was a rare trip to Australia, and said that he would help him book a room in the hotel later.

To be honest, this made Albert feel troubled, and the smile on his face became a little stiff.

This is desperately pushing his daughter into the fire pit!

In the end, Albert still declined the Grangers' kindness and said that there was a mobile house in his suitcase, and there was no need to worry about accommodation.

What's more, Albert never thought of staying in Australia overnight. If he didn't go home tonight, God knows whether his family would explode. Although he mentioned that something might happen before coming to Australia, Albert still didn't want to not go home for no reason, so as not to bring any bad ideas to Isobel.

Mr. Granger was very curious about Albert's "mobile house", and Hermione almost never showed too much magic in front of them.

Albert naturally would not refuse to satisfy the curiosity of the Grangers, so he directly opened the suitcase at his feet and invited them in with a smile.

Fortunately, since this tool was used as a porter, there were not many traces of Isobel in it.

"It's incredible, this is just like a small movable manor!"

Especially after seeing the vast courtyard outside through the window, Mr. Granger couldn't help but sigh at the magic of its magic.

Who could have imagined that there was such a small world in the box?

Albert invited them to sit down and have a cup of tea, and made them a cup of rose lemon tea, which is a specialty here.

"This place completely subverts my impression of wizards. I thought wizards lived in places like Diagon Alley."

As dentists, the Grangers are very sensitive to sweets and only add a very small amount of honey to their tea.

"Wizards do give people the illusion that they live centuries ago." Albert could understand this very well, and explained with a smile, "Magic and technology are somewhat conflicting to some extent, which is also one of the topics I am studying. However..."

Albert mentioned that he was currently building a wizard village in the UK, and tactfully told the two that it was not that he did not want to stay in Australia for a while, but that there were indeed things in the UK that needed his attention and he could not leave for too long.

Of course, this was not an excuse, and he was indeed not suitable to leave the UK for too long. In order to make them believe what he said, Albert also showed them the architectural model of the village.

After all, he needed to paint a pie for everyone and give them some hope, so Albert spent some time to make it so as to mobilize their energy and enthusiasm to invest in building their homes.

"This does not look like a wizard village, it is more advanced than most communities." Mrs. Granger became more and more satisfied, and even a little uneasy, because Albert was too outstanding, and outstanding men never lacked girls.

Why does my daughter look like a piece of wood?

That won't do!

"You finally reunited with your family, you must have a lot to say, I won't bother you any more."

When everyone left the suitcase, Albert smiled and handed Hermione a two-way mirror for communication, explaining: "Whenever you want to go back to England, tell me through the two-way mirror, and I'll pick you up then."

"Oh, are you going back?" Hermione looked disappointed.

"I can't leave for too long, otherwise they might mess things up." He thought for a moment and added, "If the two-way mirror fails because of the distance, I'll come back in ten days."

The Grangers didn't try to keep Albert any longer, and sent him to the door together.

"Go ahead, be brave my daughter!"

Looking at Albert waving goodbye to them, Mrs. Granger gently pushed Hermione from behind and whispered: "We can't help you in the future, you should firmly grasp the love and happiness that belongs to you."

"Wait for Albert!"

After Hermione handed the two-way mirror to her mother, she trotted to catch up with Albert and hugged him from behind, causing Albert, who was about to Apparate away, to freeze.