Standards

CHAPTER 41

"He has to be tested. I want to see if he would actually be a good queen or not." Hermione Granger said, her voice strong and powerful. Ginny was stood beside her with a soft smile directed towards Gerry.

Hermione had became a better alpha. She treated Ginny like a human and wasn't abusive towards her. But she still had a bad feeling when Ginny asked if she could work and she would always say no, because as an alpha she had to provide. She allowed Ginny to do simple things when the omega insisted on working.

"Are you saying Gerry is unfit to be queen?" Harry snapped at her and she rolled her eyes.

"I am not saying that. And he could be unfit even if he passes this test. This test is only there to see if he would not have ulterior motives." Hermione snapped back at Harry.

"Hermione, it has been a long time darling. Where have you been?" Lucius asked, coming up to stand besides her.

Lucius and Hermione had fought a lot when they first met. But they had moved on, and were trying to settle everything down. They had become some odd pair of friends. Lucius taught her to treat omegas in a respectful way and he showed her what exactly omegas were. And Hermione had let Lucius into her office and delve into whatever he wished to.

"Just here and there. The ministry has been hectic lately." Hermione said, giving Lucius a kiss on his hand while bowing to him.

"Yeah, the whole kingdom has been a little up and down lately. I still have to go to some places and get to building because the lands have been destroyed." Lucius said and Harry eyed the two suspiciously. They were too close for his liking.

"Lucius, come here." Harry said, pulling Lucius towards him. The omega tensed up and anxiously walked towards him, he didn't look up to stare him into the eyes lest he break up into tears.

"You do not have any right to test my omegas." Harry said, his voice rough.

"Well as the minister of magic, I have every right to overlook the new queen." Hermione replied, a smug smirk appearing on her face and Harry scowled.

"Okay." Harry growled, his grip on Lucius's wrist tightening making the omega hiss in pain. Lucius had his moments where pain was pleasure but at the moment he knew this wasn't because he wanted to give love to him, it is or anger.

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Hermione led the two up the stairs of the temple. A large temple that had a few monks roaming around it. This temple was known as the temple of testing. Lucius was crowned here and is known as the ultimate elf who knows the best and is the best when making a decision. But he insists that some decisions are good in a way but also have their side effects that are bad.

Harry growled in anger, he was hungry but Hermione had insisted on them doing the test as quickly as possible, so that she could leave and have peace. It was only Harry, Gerry and Hermione that had apparated to the temple. Hermione knew that Gerry would most likely pass the test but it wasn't only to see if he would be a good queen. She wanted to see if he was actually a real avatar and if he was, then she needed to talk with Harry about a piece of information she had found while roaming in the ancient libraries. She hadn't found the full story but from the scroll she found, she had half of the story down.

Gerry was made to sit on a stool before four silver platers that were covered with a red cloth. A priest was sat in front of him and he stared at him with no expression on his face.

Hermione looked towards Harry and pointed to the side of the room where there was two other stools. Harry huffed, but he followed after her, keeping an eye on Gerry the whole time because he wanted to make sure he was safe. He sat down on the stool and Gerry looked towards him and gave him a smile. His posture was just a little bit slouched, but in the eye of lady's and queens it is a big thing.