Chapter 198 Maria’s Coming of Age Ceremony (1)
Holt Manor held a banquet on Halloween Eve and invited wizards from all over the world. The protagonist of the banquet was Maria Holt, formerly Maria Rochier. Tonight was her coming-of-age ceremony and the day she officially changed her name to Holt.
Dag Rochel and Annika Rochel, Maria's father and sister, were also invited to the banquet. Despite everyone's subtle gazes, they greeted people in the venue with their glasses of wine or their dresses in hand, looking calm.
This was an embarrassing occasion for them, but no one would ridicule them, because every guest invited in the name of Riddle knew that the father and daughter were close ministers to Miss Riddle.
The Holt family was well aware of this, so they did not allow Maria's mother Kay, formerly Kay Rocher, now Kay Cooke, who was given a Muggle surname, to attend her daughter's coming-of-age ceremony.
If Dag insisted, the Holt family would be happy to send Maria, their granddaughter, back to her father, Dag. However, after Maria once again made it clear to her father that she did not want to go back, Dag proposed this coming-of-age ceremony to change the name of his biological daughter.
In order to fit in with Halloween, the theme of this banquet was a masquerade, but most of the people who came here wore exquisite close-fitting dresses, and just covered their faces with a half-face mask that could not hide anything. No one said who they were dressed up as, and they just socialized as if they were at a normal ball.
Among them, Livia Cavani, who was asked by Della to introduce new products, is an outlier.
She was wearing a Muggle campus-style short plaid jacket with a matching black plaid skirt underneath. Her feet were wearing white knee-high socks and a pair of small black leather shoes. The only ornament on her head was a large black bow that was obviously made from the same fabric as her clothes.
This whole set of clothes was made by Livia's mother. The Muggle world is currently in the trend of DIY Halloween costumes. Livia likes this set of clothes made by her mother very much. She has a smile on her face all the time, and her apple cheeks never falter.
She stood by the snack table in the venue, and every time someone looked at her twice, Livia would introduce it with great pride, "This is what my mother made for me!"
If we use a more fashionable term to describe Livia, she has a kind of insensitivity.
If we had to be blunt, the little genius from the research institute was a very obtuse person, and had no idea that everyone was looking at her because she was the only mug-blood wizard present.
But it didn't matter that Livia knew this, she would just feel sorry that no one praised the good clothes her mother made for her.
"Livia," Annika, who was wearing a fluffy dress, walked up to Livia and climbed her arm intimately, "How do you feel about the party?"
"It's so luxurious! This is my first time attending such a party!" Livia looked up at the low-key and heavy decorations in the venue and blinked at Annika, "You guys organized it so beautifully! Everyone must be very happy!"
"Happy?" Annika couldn't help laughing. Perhaps Livia and her naive sister were the only ones who appreciated the layout of the venue. "We are very happy today, but more for your work."
"Isn't it for the heroine of tonight's coming-of-age ceremony?" Instead of being proud of the finished product she had worked so hard on, Livia was more concerned with more superficial external things.
"......" Generally speaking, Annika would define people with Livia's personality as stupid, but the brilliance in Livia's eyes was purely excessive, so Annika tentatively assumed that she was a naive person. "Believe me, Maria won't care about this at all, and she will be happy about it."
"That's great!" Livia blinked and smiled even more. "I'm happy with our work, too!"
Surprisingly, she is not modest at all. Indeed, she does not need to be modest since she is, after all, one of the producers of that epoch-making work.
For the first time, Annika took a serious look at Livia, who always had a cheerful face. The resentment she had about her hemp background finally eased a little. She had not yet completely accepted Livia's background, but she had begun to accept Livia.
Is this Miss Riddle's vision?
Annika remembered her father's word "Mudblood" when she first met Della, and she felt infinite respect for her.
Miss Riddle is not influenced by any notions at all, and can see the qualities of others at a glance and make good use of them!
I must learn more from her!
The image of Della Riddle in her mind grew taller and taller. Annika's heart was pounding and her face began to feel hot. Fortunately, the venue was darkened at this time and all the lights were focused on the big stage in front.
Today's protagonist, Maria Holt, is here.
She wore a butterfly mask that covered half of her face, and a sexy purple strapless dress. However, a fluffy, cloud-like gauze shawl flowed smoothly from her back to her hands, concealing her sexiness a little and adding a playfulness and agility to this black-haired, blue-eyed girl.
"Thank you all for coming to the Holt girl's coming-of-age ceremony." Meldan Holt, the current head of the Holt family, stepped onto the stage. Although he was middle-aged, he was still handsome and had an elegant temperament. His only son, Gillis Holt, who had the same blond hair and blue eyes as him, stood respectfully beside him, holding a jewelry box.
The guests under the stage applauded. Annika looked at her well-behaved and joyful sister on the stage, pouted her lips, and clapped her hands twice symbolically.
After a few polite words, Meldan took a step back, and Maria took a step forward, standing completely in the center of the stage. She slowly took off the butterfly mask on her face, revealing a beautiful face with a similar outline to Annika, but a completely different temperament.
Maria had the Rocher family's black hair, but her Holt family's blue eyes were more eye-catching. Unlike her sister's vague gloomy temperament, she looked very innocent.
Maria is indeed extremely naive, living in the beautiful dream painted for her by her elders.
Maria on the stage began to give her adult speech, and Annika in the audience began her criticism of her sister.
"I am very happy to be a Holt girl. The family here has completely accepted my mother and me when I returned."
Which family would complain that there are not enough girls for marriage?
“Here, my mom has found happiness again with the support of her family.”
A shocking scam began. Poor Maria completely believed what the old fox said, that he had found the best marriage partner for her mother within the family's responsibility, and now her mother no longer needed to bear family responsibilities, so he let her go and find true love.
The mixed-bloods and hemp-bloods she can come into contact with are the "true loves" you put in front of her so that her mother can completely withdraw from this social circle.
"I also believe that I will find my happiness with the support of my family." Maria held her hands in front of her heart, lowered her head and smiled shyly.
......
Annika looked at Maria on the stage and sighed softly.
Even if you are a naive fool, you are still my sister after all, and I will contribute to the "happiness" that you believe in.