Who is Miss Granger? This question is obviously redundant.
First of all, Mrs. Maxim is very easy to recognize. Her tall figure and her reputation make it difficult for people to mistake her. As for the old butler, he had intervened on behalf of Weili's father in many important affairs of the Blois family in the past, and there was no reason why the other party did not know him.
Well, apart from Ms. De Guin, who had been next to Erich at this moment, there was only one woman left whom he didn't know very well.
"This must be Miss Hermione Granger." The man walked up to everyone step by step, then stopped for a moment and said, "My useless son seems to have caused you a lot of trouble. As a Father, I’m afraid I have to apologize to everyone on his behalf.”
"Father?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help turning their heads to look at Erich. When they saw him nodding with difficulty, different expressions appeared on everyone's faces.
Especially Ms. De Guin. She had never really met Erich's father back then. At that time, she was always thinking about what it would be like when she met him.
But I didn't expect that after so many years, I finally saw it.
"Oh! I was so anxious that I forgot to introduce myself first. This is really rude." The wizard with a majestic look nodded slightly and said, "Edward von Brandt, the first of the Brandt family." Heir, hello to you all."
In the Brandt family, the position of head of the family is not inherited by the eldest son. Although seniority and order are also considered, the most important thing is talent and ability.
The Brandt family holds a competition every five years, and all brothers and sisters in the line of succession can participate. In addition to routine duels, there are also various assessments and competitions, and even the performance and gains during the five-year period will be included in the items for comparison one by one.
And perhaps it is precisely because of such strict and urgent family rules that the Brandt family, which is slightly inferior to other families in terms of historical inheritance, can sit firmly at the top of the German magic world all year round.
Therefore, Erich's abilities as a father are indeed real, and he does have reason to show pride in using the title of "first heir" when introducing himself to others.
Although, the only person here who really understands its significance is probably his son Erich... Oh, and maybe the old butler who knows very well about these family affairs is also included.
Of course, regardless of knowing these things or not, Hermione's attitude towards this matter will definitely not change today.
"Hello, Mr. Brandt, yes, I am Hermione Granger." She nodded, "As for Erich... let's not mention it for the time being, at least he didn't cause me any trouble. That's for sure. Therefore, I don't think you need to apologize to me."
"Well, really?" Edward spread his hands and said, "Although Miss Granger said so, judging from what Old Hans described to me just now, I can only think that this is a courtesy from Miss Granger. .”
As he was speaking, he suddenly waved his hand and said coldly:
"Hans, now that Butler Blois and Madame Maxime are here, you might as well tell me what you reported to me again. If you let me know that there is even half a lie, you will commit suicide in front of the head of the family. Take the blame! You know, this is Miss Granger who acts on behalf of Mr. MacLean, how can you easily slander her?"
"Old Hans doesn't dare to slander anyone!" Upon hearing this, the old man in gray robe quickly stepped forward respectfully and said, "I just followed the instructions of the family leader and wanted to give some punishment to the young master who violated the order of the family leader. But. … But this Miss Granger suddenly intervened in the family affairs of my Brandt family and cast a terrible ancient magic on me, which almost cost me my life!"
At least on the surface, each of the old man's words had no problem, but looking at his tone and demeanor, he was clearly portraying Hermione as a bully.
But that was all. Hermione didn't refute anything. Instead, she wanted to continue to hear what the master and servant wanted to say through this coquettish appearance.
And soon, I saw the old man saying:
"...Actually, it's nothing. My life is not worth mentioning. However, Miss Granger not only refused to let me carry out the master's order, but also bluntly said that she would interfere in the matter between the young master and this woman - you know, The head of the family gave the death order many years ago, and he expressed that he did not want to hear about this woman named Emily DeQuin appearing next to the young master again."
"Erich," when the old man said this, Edward suddenly turned his head and glared at his son, and said coldly, "Why don't you come over here?"
“…”
Eric stared blankly at his majestic father, feeling the pressure in his heart increase dramatically. He could feel the warmth and strength of Dequin's hand holding his, but even so, it was extremely difficult for him to refuse his father's order.
Sitting there in silence like this, holding hands with DeQuin without moving, was the limit of what he could do at the moment.
Hermione and Maxim were watching from the side, and naturally their hearts were very complicated - it was hard for them to understand that Erich was so old that he couldn't even refute his father's words.
"What kind of family is this Brandt family?"
Hermione shook her head and was about to say something when she heard Erich's father suddenly say:
"By the way, Miss Granger... Although I don't really want to be so direct, I still have to say, please stop interfering in our family's domestic affairs. This little thing is not worth spending so much of your precious time - according to I know that Britain has been invaded by Haierbo, and Mr. Maclean and you should be preparing for a counterattack... At such a critical moment, I really don’t understand why you still want to do these things?"
At this point, he suddenly shrugged, then finally sighed and said:
"And... all kinds of accidents nowadays are happening one after another. The 'evil' ancient dark wizard is really unpredictable when he moves. If something delays your action against him, it will be really bad... Miss Granger, don't you think so?"
If the previous sentences were still about negotiating "family matters", then these last remarks conveyed a subtle warning.
Judging from the Brandt family's performance so far, this threat is not false. If Hermione didn't let go now, they might really dare to do something in Hermione and others' actions against Haierbo.
However…
"Mr. Brandt, do you know? What Maka doesn't like the most is someone threatening him."