“We want to talk to you two”, Hermione and Viktor shyly approached Harry and Lyra who were sitting at the dinner table.
“You look serious”, Harry noted.
“We want to transfer all our money into your Gringotts vault”, Viktor looked him in the eyes. “We talked and concluded that you have been taking care of us for years, not allowing us to spend any money, and when Lyra revealed that she’s earning money to provide for all our babies, we decided we don’t want to be assholes”, he smiled, as Hermione slapped his shoulder.
Lyra and Harry looked at each other, as if speaking wordlessly for a few breaths. Then Lyra nodded.
“We have a better idea, if you agree”, Harry smiled. “Lyra and I already discussed it, but we didn’t know how the two of you would feel about it. We considered formally merging our families into a joint House, under ancient law. It would be a Clan, of sorts, consisting of two nuclear families, and all children of the House would automatically inherit, but it would not prevent them from marrying children of the House who are not of their biological parents. The House would have a common treasury and all adult members would have right of access and use of funds without restrictions”.
Hermione and Viktor looked at each other and smiled. “That sounds awesome”, Viktor nodded.
“We need the name of the House for the official documents”, Lyra smiled.
“Since we are asking to merge with you, of course it would be your family name, Malfoy-Potter, and Harry will be the head of our House”, Viktor was adamant, and Hermione nodded firmly.
“We agree”, Lyra nodded in assent. “We will be known as Viktor and Hermione Krum of the House of Malfoy-Potter, and Harry and Lyra Malfoy-Potter. Let’s all go together to the Ministry and Gringotts tomorrow morning to do the paperwork”.
“Yay, we get to be family officially and I can sign it on the official documents”, Hermione beamed as Lyra embraced her. “Hello, sister”, she beamed back.
“Bros for real?”, Viktor offered a high five.
“Bros for real”, Harry slapped his hand and hugged him.
“Let’s notify the parents”, Harry nodded.
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“It merely formalises the reality that existed for years. The four of them live together, raise their children together, and formalising the merger of their two families into one House was the most logical thing to do”, Minister Shacklebolt stated. “No, I suspect it will not affect their work at the Ministry, because they functioned as an extended family unit for years and this merely simplifies inheritance and finances and provides security for their children”.
We asked the Gringotts bank for comment regarding the state of their family vaults, but they declined to comment, citing banking secret. It is suspected that Viktor Krum earned around a quarter of a million Galleons during his Quidditch career, with sponsorships and other contracts, in addition to whatever amount he and his wife earned as Ministry officials during their careers, and this amount will be merged into the Malfoy-Potter vault, whose content is unknown, but is suspected to be of truly vast proportions: certainly no less than a million Galleons, containing the heritage of the Potter-Peverell line, the heritage of the Black family line, the heritage of the Lestrange family line, the dowry of Lyra Malfoy, as well as their vast personal earnings. Together with the wealth of the Malfoy family, which they are certain to inherit, they own without a doubt the largest fortune in the wizarding world.
“I’m glad you finally did it”, Andromeda put down the newspapers. “It makes things final and formal, and that’s good. How do you feel about it, now that it’s done? I mean, before you had your separate personal finances, and now it’s all merged together? Anyone feeling insecure or vulnerable about it?”, she asked and took another biscuit to soak in her tea.
“I feel the exact opposite of insecure or vulnerable”, Hermione beamed. “And as for our personal money, it just sat there and did nothing, since they never allowed us to spend it. Lyra would just deal with everything for us to the point where it felt unfair, and now everything is as it should be. She and Harry always treated their money as ours, and now our money is also theirs”.
“It merely gives Viktor and Hermione the rights they should have as our proper family members”, Lyra smiled, “And that makes me very happy. Also, it formalises the status of our children, which is something essential, considering how we raise them. It would make things very weird at school otherwise”.
“I thought about that”, Viktor nodded. “It immediately resolves all the questions people might have”.
“And it gives all your children equal dignity, which is important”, Andromeda nodded. “But I wonder, whether you considered including the Black family name into the name of the House?”, she wondered.
“We did, but we decided against it, because that House was tainted with its association with the Dark Arts and allegiance to Voldemort, and we decided to reclaim the good parts of its heritage. Its name merged into the Malfoy-Potter line from both sides – I inherited my mother’s blood and the Lestrange family inheritance, and Harry inherited the wealth and property from Sirius, as the last male family member”.
“What does Harry say?”, the older woman wondered. “I know he’s at work now but you probably talked”.
“He’s much happier now. Before, he thought Hermione and Viktor were not properly recognized as family, in a formal sense, and it troubled him because it reminded him of how he failed to properly recognize me at school. He now feels everything is as it should be, at last”, Lyra smiled. “Naming things with proper words in public matters”.