Fredrick sighed deeply and stood up. "As you all can see, my daughter seemed to be more of a part of this family than mine. So we decided to officially make her a family member of the Morgan's and the Heathrow's."
The elders were puzzled initally then shocked and then stood up with elation.
Fredrick continued, " Irene, our daughter had fallen head over heals for her more than one time savior, her hero, Dave. And during these past couple of years, they had agreed to be together for life. And here we are, as her parents, came to discuss about my daughter's future."
Everyone from the Heathrow's and the Morgan's started to Hug both Irene and Dave congratulating them.
"But there is one condition." Fredrick looked serious while stating this. All the members of both the family stiffened slightly at this.
"It's like this. My son Roderick and Lilly, both loves each other and like Dave and Irene, they also had decided to have a future together. Can I get a daughter back? And as you all know, without a daughter life will never be the same. A daughter for a daughter. What do you all say?" Fredrick put forth his request with a wide smile.
All the Heathrow's and the Morgan's looked at each other with a stunned look first. Then, turned their attention towards Lilly. She was blushing so much that her face was resembling a ripened tomato. She was intently looking down at her feet.
All six of her brothers gathered behind her and brought her infront of her parents. " Its true aunt Elena, uncle Andrew. Rodrick and Lilly likes each other and we are sure, Lilly will be happy and safe with him." Alan spoke.
"We know dear, We are just happy beyond belief, unable to digest the news. It's all happening so fast that, we were unable to express our joy, that's all." Elena put her hands on Lilly's cheeks and made her look up and smiled.
"We will be more than happy to oblige to your condition your grace." George inclined his head and said with a wide smile.
"Excellent then. As per these kids, Rodrick will be back from his training in around 4 months. What do you say to an engagement of both of our children?" Samuel rubbed his hands and looked around in high spirits. Everyone nodded in agreement and with a nod of his head towards Victor, dozens of guards marched in with Items in their hands.
They kept all the items at the table and on the chairs. The jewelleries, silver wares, silk cloths and heaps of gold and silver made both Heathrow's and Morgan's gawk in shock.
"Your grace, what's this? Why are you bringing so much items!!!! We can't accept these. It's too expensive." Andrew protested with shock.
"Its for my granddaughters. Besides it's nothing compared to these young men's gift to this city and to our family." Samuel waved off Andrew's protest.
"The city? Your grace, we heard from George that they had helped you a bit during the battle around 3 years ago but ...." John asked.
"To keep the people from making these lad's life difficult we tried to keep the real incident inside the city as much as possible sir. John." Then, Fredrick began to relive the day of the so called battle of the Winden City. A one sided battle....!
By the end of his narration, All the Morgan's were shocked to their core and their mouth hanging open. Even Bella and Daisy who didn't knew this story completely had the similar reaction.
Now they understood what Master Harry told them on that night after their first dinner with them.
After a few seconds of silence, John grinned widely and with a proud expression looked at the others, " Now you see, all six of my grandsons take their grandfathers genes. It's natural to have such talent when you have my genes and blood."
Everyone laughed so hard that the shock, surprise and the awkward situation all were forgotten. After a few minutes of laughter and banters, Fredric looked curiously at Alan and enquired. " Lad, how did the Morgan's got inside the city without anyone knowing about it?"
Alan scratched his head and told about his teleportation ability. To his surprise, Fredrick looked calm and noded in understanding while the otheres were in Awe.
"I thought so. The way you appeared infront of Irene that day made me do some research and got into a somewhat vague conclusion that you might have ability for the teleportation magic. And I was right after all." Fredric felt satisfied.
After a few more minutes, Alan and Williams took there leave to prepare the stew and all the remaining sat and conversed happily.
An hour later, a maid appeared, summoning everyone for dinner. The tantalizing aroma of spices and stew made their mouths water.
Additional table and chairs were arranged for that night's dinner. Everyone took their seats and food started to appear one after another. stew from the boar meat and grilled steak appeared first. Then came a dish prepared from the white dear. A thick gravey served along with freshly baked crisp bread. Then came the sweets and deserts along with cool fruit wine and aile.
That night, everyone ate more than twice the usual amount of food and appeared content after the meal. The Duke and his family left along with a reluctant looking Irene, not before placing another bet on her expense!!!