The news of the change in their relationship was openly announced by Hermione as soon as they returned to the hotel.
This almost caused Mr. Granger, already exhausted from an afternoon of skiing, to faint.
Oh my, I just left for a moment, and my precious little cabbage was taken by the pig next door?!
Oh, it turns out the little cabbage grew legs and ran out to carry the pig away.
Well, that's alright... No, it's not!
"Sigh..."
Mr. Granger didn't say much, just let out a long sigh.
But there was a subtle sense of relief and comfort in his eyes.
At least his daughter's partner is Glenn, who is more reliable than others of his age, so he can be a little more at ease.
At least he doesn't have to worry about Hermione being deceived by strange people.
"Glenn, you must take good care of Hermione and protect her, or else you'll be in trouble!"
Mr. Granger glared at Glenn, his tone serious.
"Of course."
Glenn replied earnestly; these are things he has always been committed to, even without Mr. Granger's reminder.
"Dad, what are you doing!"
Hermione rolled her eyes at her father, pulling Glenn behind her to shield him from her father's intense stare.
"Ugh!"
As if struck by an invisible arrow through the heart, Mr. Granger fell and couldn't get up.
The reactions of the other three adults were naturally not as exaggerated as Mr. Granger's. In fact, all four adults knew that these two youngsters would end up together sooner or later; it was just a matter of when.
So they were only slightly surprised by Hermione's early confession, as she was quite shy and bashful.
"Isn't it because Glenn is too attractive, she couldn't help it."
Faced with the teasing of the adults, Hermione's face turned red, but she managed to maintain her composure and expressed her feelings.
"Ay~" The three of them elongated their tones, smiling at Hermione.
"..."
No, she couldn't take it anymore.
Feeling her head heating up and about to explode, Hermione quietly pulled Glenn in front of her to shield herself from the teasing gazes of the adults.
A debt repaid, Glenn, it's your turn to help me now.
Glenn, however, was unfazed by the gazes of his elders and calmly answered all sorts of questions from his parents and Mrs. Granger with his inner answers.
And then Hermione broke down.
"Stop it, stop it."
"I'm begging you, shut up, Glenn."
Hiding behind Glenn, Hermione felt more and more embarrassed as she listened. What was Glenn even saying?!
Though his straightforward words made Hermione feel sweet inside, when she snapped out of the swamp of sweet talk, she realized they weren't alone!!
Peeking at the elders who asked the questions, their eyes had completely changed!
What kind of eyes were those?
Those were the eyes of people who were crazily enjoying the sweetness!
The feeling of sweetness and shame was tugging at the little girl's heart in equal measure.
Hermione really felt like she was going to burst.
"Glenn really has a talent for sweet talk~"
The two ladies held their faces, laughing happily, while Mr. Hawthorne silently gave Glenn a thumbs up.
Though he wasn't sure when Glenn secretly evolved behind his back, he was indeed his child. Thumbs up.jpg
Seeing Hermione's little head peeking out from behind Glenn, the three adults simultaneously turned their gazes towards the little girl, their eyes filled with the light of enjoying the spectacle.
The little girl's face was now redder than it had ever been before.
"Ahhhhh, stop talking already!!!!!!!!!!"
Hermione's wail echoed throughout the hotel.
............
This Christmas was particularly joyful for the whole family.
Well, mainly for the three adults.
Glenn was the one unfazed by the adults' teasing, Hermione was the one constantly teased, and Mr. Granger was the one who was utterly disheartened.
Overall, it went quite smoothly.
For the rest of the holiday, to celebrate Glenn and Hermione finally becoming a couple, they extended their trip, visiting various places to enjoy the scenery, taste delicious food, and most importantly, take photos together.
Glenn's long-treasured camera played a significant role in this process, with its contents nearly doubling.
But the only unfortunate thing was that the photos Glenn had previously taken and collected of Hermione were discovered by the subject of the photos herself.
Though Glenn hadn't intended to hide them from Hermione, it was a pity that he hadn't filled an entire camera with photos of Hermione.
But there would be opportunities in the future; he could continue collecting.
"When did you take all these?!"
Hermione was shocked as she pressed the buttons on the camera, seeing her various awkward sleeping poses (as she thought) and everyday photos that made her want to travel back in time to erase them (as she thought) one by one, which directly overloaded her CPU.
"Can't I take them?"
Glenn tilted his head and asked calmly, his words filled with confusion.
Hermione felt both happy and ashamed; her emotions had been like this for the past few days, a mix of pain and joy, feeling like she was about to explode.
She was indeed happy that Glenn wanted to take her photos, as it showed he cared about her.
But these photos... Seeing them really made her want to die!
Looking into Glenn's black eyes, which were no different from usual, Hermione saw a hint of reluctance and resolution, as if he would delete all these "precious" photos if she said no.
Biting her lip, Hermione eventually softened.
"...It's not that you can't take them..."
"Just don't let anyone else..."
"...see...them...?"
Where's my camera? Where's that big camera I was holding??
Hermione was horrified to find that the camera she was holding had disappeared.
Then, she mechanically turned her head, even more horrified to find the camera somehow in her mother's hands.
"Oh~"
Mrs. Granger's face showed a loving smile.
"Chris~ Gwen~ Allen~ Look what I've found?"
"It's the cute photos Glenn took of our lovely daughter~"
"?!"
Mr. Granger was the first to arrive on the scene.
"Let me see!"
Mrs. Hawthorne followed closely behind.
"Oh, wait for me."
Pushed aside by the excited Mrs. Hawthorne, Mr. Hawthorne quickly adjusted himself and arrived last.
Watching the four adults huddled around the camera, carefully viewing her various embarrassing photos, Hermione was in despair.
"I can't stay in this house anymore!!!!!!"
During this Christmas holiday, what happened was, for Hermione, "the greatest and most desperate event in history"~
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