Sunlight shone over fruit trees tangled with branches and leaves, their dewdrops glittering crystal clear. Along the silent path, red roses with newly opened buds smiled in bloom, dancing along the trail and creating the enchanting effect of tiny rippling waves.
All of Harris Manor had been dressed up in grand style. From the entrance to the rooms inside the manor, a long, thick purple carpet had been laid down, stretching all the way to the innermost site of the wedding ceremony. Every pillar was wound with white, gold, and deep-blue flowers, and drifting gauze curtains, blooming blossoms, and soaring colored balloons could be seen everywhere...
Inside and outside the manor, aside from the Auror guards in black H94 Uniforms appropriate to the status of the various Harrises, the main security force was the armed personnel of Umbrella Corporation's Red Umbrella Department. They wore brand-new uniforms in a black color scheme, styled after the wizard robes of Ancient Netheril, standing solemnly to welcome guests while guarding the manor's safety.
Some clergy from Ravenclaw Temple seemed to have been arranged to help with this private affair of the Harris Family as well. These wizards in blue robes, holding seating charts, were guiding the few guests who had arrived too early to their seats—only after them did attendants in white waiter uniforms hurry into position, while pretty witches in elegant gowns wove through the venue, making the final preparations for the wedding about to begin.
A band dressed in bizarre outfits had also come to the manor. At the moment, the band members were all sitting on chairs beneath a tree in the manor garden, smoking pipes from which wisps of smoke in all kinds of colors curled upward. This was a famous old wizarding band called The Naughty Goblins.
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