Chapter 494: Marriage Attempt
"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. It doesn't matter, as long as we know where to look, or rather, know how to make it up." Zhang Qiu skipped this topic nonchalantly. "The next step is very simple. We form a wizard action team, quickly control the Parliament building, can paralyze the military system through other means in advance, and then sign the decree to dissolve Parliament and restore royal power in the name of the royal family."
"Then, it's a transition period, giving most of the power back to the Prime Minister, allowing him to win over and support a group of original members of Parliament, re-forming factions and disintegrating resistance forces... and so on and so forth. As long as we hold the military, these are all very easy to operate."
"I remember Hake invited you and Luo En to work in the Ministry of Defense, right?" Hermione looked at Harry again, and revealed a suspicious look.
At this moment, Harry was sweating profusely. He simply thought that this conspiracy had already begun silently—but in the end, he calmed down and realized that this should just be a scary coincidence, because this series of things would inevitably not escape the intervention of the international community. Whether it was the EU or the White House, it was impossible to sit idly by and watch such a shocking coup.
"Let's talk about something else." Harry let out a sigh of relief. "I feel this is still not very feasible."
"Right, thinking about these at this stage is of no use." Hermione sighed. "I'd better continue reviewing. You two are almost about to burst my Confundus Charm."
Harry then realized belatedly that some other students had already started to pay attention to this place frequently. So he pulled Zhang Qiu and said goodbye to Hermione with a trace of apology: "Sorry to disturb you."
"Not disturbing, I should thank you instead." Hermione said with a smile. "I feel my train of thought has become much clearer again."
The next part of the dance party didn't make Harry feel more tormented, because he realized that at this moment he was already very close to the gate of the auditorium. After thinking for a moment, he slipped away from the dance floor that made him feel tired, and spent a more beautiful night elsewhere with Zhang Qiu.
Early the next morning, when Harry returned to the dormitory refreshed and full of spring breeze, he heard a piece of news that surprised him.
"What did you say? Jin Ni?" He grabbed Luo En's hand tightly. "Buddy, don't make such jokes."
"Not joking," Luo En sat on the bed, looking very solemn. "She really got together with the Prince."
"But, this shouldn't be." Harry scratched his head. "The Prince's noble style should be more in tune with Delake and the others. How could Jin Ni like that kind of style?"
"I don't know, but the fact is just so. Many people saw it." Luo En described the situation at the dance party last night. "By the second half, the Prince left the Slytherin small group and started wandering in the field, and then he saw Jin Ni at a glance—her feather cape was hard not to attract others' attention. At that time, she was constantly refusing various boys who were coming up, only when the Prince initiated an invitation to her, she agreed."
"I don't understand." Harry was still in disbelief.
"I don't quite understand either. Oh yes, perhaps, do you remember her full name?" Luo En gestured. "Ginevra, which is a variant of Guinevere, so she wouldn't refuse King Arthur's invitation."
"Forget those." Harry said helplessly. "Percy is a very good example."
With a swoosh, Neville pulled open the bed curtain. He said in a helpless tone: "If you really want to know, why don't you ask her yourself? Dean might not be able to ask, but do you two also have concerns?"
On the side, Dean, who had some good feelings for Jin Ni, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Then, after asking for the answer, can you tell me?"
Harry and Ron strode out of the dormitory, harboring a special curiosity as they searched the common room for Jin Ni. Soon, they found her on the sofa where she usually sat, but unlike usual, not only was Ivy sitting beside her, but Hermione was also sitting in an armchair nearby.
"... So, the Prince is also very interested in Quidditch?" After approaching, they could hear that the topic among the girls was also revolving around this new friend.
"Yes, he likes helicopters very much. That is a tool used by Muggles for flying." Jin Ni explained patiently. "But this might also just be an excuse. After all, the feeling he gives me is gentle but distant. He has been restraining himself and hasn't revealed his true side."
"Sorry, I hope you won't feel disgusted." Hermione said with some embarrassment. "If you feel that you are not in tune with him, then forget it. We always have other ways."
"It doesn't matter, I feel the Prince is at least a steady and reliable person," Jin Ni said very naturally. "He has a sense of responsibility and some leadership. I feel we can find common topics in many aspects. Of course, more importantly, even if we don't click, I feel it's also very hard to be disgusted with such a person."
Harry and Luo En sat on the opposite sofa, and then they raised their questions: "What's going on? Jin Ni doesn't like the Prince?"
"Not really, I feel we still have possibilities." Jin Ni nodded with a smile. "It's just the beginning, perhaps because of some mutual utilization or something, it's not breaking the ice so quickly."
"Mutual utilization?"
"Yeah, the royal family wants to rely on the Wizarding World to regain power, and the Wizarding World also needs the royal family to provide an angle to intervene in politics. In a sense, it's a win-win." Jin Ni shrugged. "It's just that as the object pushed out for marriage, the Prince has some resentment, which is also very normal."
Luo En stared with confused eyes, pondering where Jin Ni heard these strange talks; while Harry felt that he had already found the culprit. His emerald green eyes stared straight at Hermione, making her shrink into the sofa with some embarrassment.
"Sorry, Harry, I originally felt." Hermione defended reluctantly. "The Prince's appearance and demeanor look quite good. Perhaps this will become a beautiful story? After all, from another perspective, Jin Ni can almost be considered a princess of the Wizarding World."
"The Prince doesn't necessarily have to marry a princess. Princes and farm girls are also quite common," Luo En scratched his head. "I feel how can Jin Ni be called a princess? Otherwise, wouldn't I also become a prince."
Harry suddenly remembered that from a legal perspective, the Wizarding World really had a princess—that was Delphi, if one considered the Dark Lord as a King.
"Too ridiculous, we don't need to sacrifice Jin Ni's happiness to accommodate the Muggle royal family." Harry shook his head. "The Wizarding World has its own things to do."
"But Jin Ni doesn't feel this is a sacrifice." Ivy suddenly interjected. "Can you find any other young talent in the Wizarding World who is worthy of her? There is none. When Harry is striding forward, you have made the peers of the Wizarding World look eclipsed and made Jin Ni lose interest."
"Yes, if it's a leader in the Muggle world, I actually feel he is very interesting and has a different kind of mysterious charm." Jin Ni added. "It's also because I don't understand Muggle things very well, so his topics can always bring me freshness."
The eyes of Harry, Jin Ni, and Hermione wandered in the air. Finally, Jin Ni summarized again: "At least at this stage, I don't exclude the Prince, and even have some interest in him. Then let's not rush to make a conclusion. Perhaps we will produce sparks? Or perhaps we will become ordinary friends? These are all things I don't know. I can only say, I will grasp it myself."
"If they can really develop feelings for each other, that would be a very beautiful thing." Hermione organized her thoughts and added. "Jin Ni's personal career mainly focuses on Quidditch, which is a niche sport for Muggles. Such a career and hobby are easily accepted by the royal family, and will not interfere too much with her life; and her relationship network happens to be closely connected to the various real-power figures of the Wizarding World. From the perspective of marriage, it is also very weighty, which happens to reflect our importance."
"Fine, fine, I don't oppose your normal interaction." Harry suppressed the vaguely unpleasant feeling and said arbitrarily. "But I still say that, the Wizarding World has its own things to do. Don't get involved too deeply. We should still do what we should do."
"Yes, soon we will start the first match. Have you thought about how to deal with Crieg?" Luo En changed their topic very cooperatively.
"This point has already been mentioned before, but I feel that from the perspective of the competition system, we still need to go further." Jin Ni was also willing to put the Prince's topic aside for now. "The key to the first match is that we still need to hide our overall strategy. That is to say, we can't let Slytherin know that we intend to use the total score to exceed them, so we have to pretend that we are playing normally."
"Regarding this point, we can use the first plan mentioned before as a disguise, that is, start from four-protect-one, try two people to pinch Crieg, but at the same time must pay close attention to the Snitch, and can even appropriately suffer in his hands to make him paralyzed and careless..."
The topic slid smoothly into Quidditch. In the following week, Jin Ni also organized training and tactical cooperation with all her heart. They all regarded the first match against Slytherin as the most important match of this school year.
Finally, on that sunny morning, Harry crossed his broom with a calm and confident mood, and when he was ready to take off, he subconsciously scanned the stadium, and then felt a strangeness.
In the audience of this match, sat a person who should not have appeared here—it was that Prince, and Hermione had rarely put down her review work, and instead sat beside the Prince, explaining to him very friendly. ===== CHAPTER 495 =====
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