harry potter AU: split between worlds

chapter 2

fleur delacour was very quick to contact her parents about the return of her betrothed which in turn caused them to immediately head to hogwarts to meat the boy, their family made a contract with the potters of the previous generation in hopes to rebuild the potter legacy

harry of course was trying to figure out where he should start he was quite worried about how he should reintegrate asteria with the rest of the wizarding world when the statute of secrecy existed he believed muggles should simply be a part of society but he had no power of the governments unlike he did in asteria

"Mr. potter" an accented voice called

"ah greetings" i said doing a hold-palm salute and bowing which was customary of my people

"are you a martial artist" the man asked

"well yes, however in my home it is customary to be greet with a hold-palm salute, we are a warrior society, if you can't keep up you will be left behind" i said the three nodded as they out of respect returned the gesture causing the boy to smile genuinely

"i am jean-sebastian delacour, this is my wife apolline, and my eldest daughter fleur we were hoping to maybe speak with you" jean sebastian said

"not at all please sit, i am currently mulling over a few problems as my people have very deep seated customs, asteria has existed for a very long time it was after created in answer to the statute of secrecy, we did not wish to hide away so we made a home for ourselves where we didn't have too" i said the man nodded

"of course that is understandable, have you been to gringotts by any chance" the man asked i tilted my head in confusion jean-sebastian looked oddly relieved

"good i can explain without hopefully any problems, you see your father and i created a marriage contract between you and my daughter fleur here" jean-sebastian said

"i see, i must refuse" i said

"am i not good enough for you" fleur said insulted

"i did not say that miss fleur, however you do not know our customs, nor do you wish to be apart of them i assure you, some of them would make even your pure bloods look at us like barbarians, unfortunately" i said

"what do you mean" 

"males in asteria are VERY uncommon because of this they are expected to take at least three wives, to keep the population afloat, well the woman didn't like this and wanted to also be with other men, which is understandable, but they never spoke to their spouses about it at all, so to stop it from happening, a ceremony was created a rather humiliating ceremony i might add, and then the woman in question would become subservient to their respective husband, to the point they are in public required to call their husbands, my lord husband, to further insight who they belong to unfortunately, do to most of our male lords' fear of losing their wives should the law be abolished, i have had no luck removing it, vassals have it even worse" i said in disgust

"what do you mean" apolline asked

"vassals, are essentially willing slaves, as i previously said males are rare because of this all men are granted noble titles and woman have to work for it, this generally means selling themselves and their families to lords, just to climb the ranks fortunately their are laws in place to protect the children, anyway, the vassals, which are nearly always woman are required to give themselves to their lord they must be pure as well, and they become the lords, not only servants but playthings as well, i have three vassals as is required of a person of my status, and all of them are well taken care of for their services, i am however one of the most moral of my compatriots, unfortunately, and there are other laws in place that i don't even want to get into, if your a woman, in asteria your one way out is simply pray you are under a noble lord otherwise well, i think you can guess" i said seeing the horrified looks on the families face

"that is why i don't want to take, your wife or any woman in this world as my wife, i would never ever want to subjugate them to that, for my wife has....requirements they must follow, miss delacour you could theoretically become my wife but you would require, extensive training, and i don't mean magic either, because magic works much differently in our world then in yours, most magic is used more for battle purposes then anything else,  and there are other things as well" i said

"i still want to be your wife" fleur said

"even though you know i'm gonna be having several" i asked she nodded

"why, you just met me" i asked

"fleur is a veela, i don't know if you know what those are" 

"they are a lesser form of succubus, if i remember correctly" i said they nodded

"essentially yes, we tell you this because you have been ignoring both fleur's and apolline's allure this entire time" jean-sebastian said

"i'm immune actually, all magic that affects the mind i am immune to" i said

"that is even more impressive" apolline said

"i'm glad you agree" i said

"harry my boy there you are" the old man said entering the library i gave him a hold-palm salute

"i forget if you introduced yourself, if so i apologize i wasn't in a good mood so wasn't paying much attention" i said

"i did not, i am albus percival wulfric brian dumbledore, headmaster of the school of witchcraft and wizardry, welcome home my boy" he said i scoffed

"this is not my home, anyway, what is it i can do for you headmaster" i asked

"i would like to guide your introduction back into magical society, maybe even take you as my personal apprentice, i am quite a powerful wizard and can teach you much about our world, and i can help you with the triwizard tournament of course, considering how unfair it is for you, who isn't at all prepared for the tournament not even knowing it exists until today, and your competitors holding much more experience then you" albus said a pleasant smile on his face he was going to fix this he was going to help harry in every way he can to prepare him for voldemort who he was certain would eventually come after him

"very well, i shall speak with advisor's and get back to you headmaster" i said he nodded satisfied

"good day to you delacours" the headmaster said as he turned on his heel and left the library

"well that was a pleasant conversation, but there are several things i need to prepare" i said getting a nod from the delacours

"elisanna" i called and she appeared

"this is elisanna strauss, she is a servant of mine, she will explain our world and what is expected of you fleur, i have to reintegrate myself with your world so unfortunately i can't stick around" i said the delacours nodded in understanding as eleanor went into a deep dive of the history of asteria and the expectations fleur will need to follow