Chapter 1077 “Old Clothes”
People don't kill with anger, but with smiles.
- Nietzsche, "Thus Spoke Zarath"
It has been said in the theory of the monarch: the initial impression of our master's intelligence comes from the people around him. If the people around the master are capable and loyal, then we say that the master is wise and wise. But if the people around him are indifferent and incompetent, then the number one mistake this master makes is to use people incorrectly.
The Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters represent the two styles of the two leaders. Albus has won the favor of everyone, while Voldemort has won the fear of everyone. Many people even resent him and have hostility. Doubt personally, everything.
Pomona had never thought of Albus Dumbledore as a "king" before, and that white-bearded, candy-loving old man was not as scary as a king. But the enemy's evaluation is often the most objective. Albus Dumbledore is not just an old fool, he is also an old lion as cunning as a fox.
The monarch should leave the things that please the people to himself, and leave the things that are unpopular to others. As long as he can win the favor of the people, it doesn't matter if he uses some tricks.
If the first level of Mongnes Sessius Hagrid's labyrinth is really the Star of Kings, it is both the easiest to guess and the hardest to guess.
What is in the heart of the "king"? Is it good wine, beautiful women, or is it his own story that was sung in poems by later generations?
Albus chose his posthumous name, and he was so "hardworking" when he was alive, and won titles such as "Great" and "White Wizard".
Dark wizards like Voldemort are not like him. They like to enjoy themselves in time. The Gaunt family likes ostentation, and he, like a Gaunt, likes things worthy of his status.
The high price of keel porcelain stems from its firing process, and there is only one store in the entire Diagon Alley to sell it.
In fact, she uses the mug very well, why spend so much money on a set of porcelain? With this money, I can do many other things.
Albus has always been unpopular in the aristocratic circle, and they are more like Voldemort. People with high status should use things worthy of their status. If they use cheap civilian products, it will be more difficult to "receive" guests like this. will feel unhappy.
"Don't you think it's stupid to pay so much for a cup?" Felix sneered. He knew the symbol of Galleon, and the kid sometimes showed his precocious side.
In the past, Pomona also felt that it was not a wise decision to spend too much on appearances and parties.
But now it was her turn, and she felt that helplessness.
When you have a birdcage, you want to feed a bird, and when you have a bird, you want to provide it with a food bowl for it to eat and drink, and change the water and shovel it every day, even if you don’t want to raise birds at first, It will also become a prisoner of the cage.
Albus raised the phoenix Fawkes completely free-range, and he was not given a cage at all, and he could fly however he wanted.
A birdcage cannot contain a heart that wants to be free, and Albus the phoenix is very loyal, not just because Albus gave it food.
"Man is a rope, tied between animals and superman, it is both a transition and a kind of sinking." Pomona whispered, "Everyone who doesn't know how to live may be a sinking person or a Transcendent."
"What does that mean?" Fiona asked, frowning.
"Have you read Nietzsche?"
Fiona shook her head.
"Then you can understand it this way, can you swim?"
Fiona nodded.
"Then can you describe how swimming works?"
"Well……"
"It's hard to describe, right? You don't understand the principle of swimming, but you can swim. There is another kind of person who can't describe swimming, but he can't swim. He will sink to the bottom when he falls into the water. That's probably the same thing. "
"What does that have to do with paying for a cup?" Felix asked.
"Because you don't know life, boy," she said fiercely to Felix. "It's hard to spend money!"
"How can it be difficult to spend money?"
This time Felix was beaten by his mother.
"I've told you many times, don't spend money recklessly!" Fiona warned.
"Shopping for necessities." Pomona chimed in. "You can't just buy whatever you want."
The little guy was still ignorant, he rubbed the back of his head that was patted, looking unconvinced.
"I am so sorry."
"You don't have to apologize to me, that's how life is in London," Pomona said flatly. "God used to be spiritual, then he became a man, and now he's a rabble."
"Oh, I see." Fiona's eyes sparkled. "It's because 'the customer is God', right?"
"That's right, now that God is everywhere, it's not worth worshiping at all." Pomona picked up a cup decorated with roses and butterflies.
As soon as she picked it up, the butterfly on the pattern fell to her fingertips.
"It's beautiful." Fiona said with admiration.
"What is the difference between us and a rosebud? It trembles when a drop of dew falls on us. We love life not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. In Nietzsche's eyes, butterflies, soap bubbles He is the creature who knows happiness best."
"Are you going to buy it?" Fiona asked.
"There was a philosopher in the East. He dreamed that he was a butterfly, and then he said that a butterfly dreamed that he was a man." Pomona put the cup on the display rack, "Fortunately, he didn't dream of himself. Turned into a caterpillar, I hate that thing."
Fiona froze.
"Don't you think caterpillars are disgusting? That fleshy, furry, slow wriggling look..."
"Ugh, stop talking." Fiona looked like she was about to throw up.
What's even more frightening is that the potion will use it, and Pomona will feel uncomfortable just thinking about Severus' hand grabbing that thing.
"I've seen you catch spiders. Aren't you afraid of bugs?" Felix asked.
"If I don't grab it, will you?" Fiona said fiercely.
"Ouch~" Felix showed a disgusted expression.
"Children who grow up in the city are like this." Pomona sneered mercilessly.
"Aren't you afraid of caterpillars yourself?" said Felix.
"I'm a girl, of course I can be afraid of caterpillars!" Pomona said confidently.
In fact she hated all molluscs, and Rubeus Hagrid got rid of the carnivorous slugs in the vegetable garden.
Felix was about to die of rage.
"Your mother catches spiders to protect you. She is afraid herself. You will catch spiders when you grow up, Jan Felix!"
Fiona didn't speak, she and Felix confronted each other silently.
"I don't know which set you are looking for, honorable lady?" The shopkeeper walked over after deliberately waiting for a while.
"Is this all your stock?" Pomona asked.
"If you don't mind someone else using it..."
"Take me to see."
"Please come with me." The shopkeeper took Pomona to the back of the shop, and opened an inconspicuous door. Inside were two rows of large shelves filled with porcelain.
"These are used by pure-blood families in the past. They are all really old things, and they are no longer produced now." The shop owner said behind Pomona.
"Where do these things come from?" asked Pomona.
"There will be no distinguished guests, and it's useless to keep these things." The shopkeeper said sadly, "I know every teapot here, just like Ollivander knows every wand he produces. "
Pomona picked up a teacup in the shape of a flower.
"This is the wedding present of Miss Lestrange, and every Lestrange girl is a flower," said the shopkeeper.
"I don't want to get into trouble, are you sure they all came from the right way?"
"Where's the locket on your neck? Its origin is also correct?" the shopkeeper looked at the Slytherin locket on Pomona's chest and said with an ambiguous smile.
"You know this?"
"I saw it in Borginburg's store, it was bought by the Black family, I heard that Mundungus Fletcher ransacked Black's ancestral home, you bought it from him, right? "
"You're right." Pomona said coldly, raising her wand and casting a Stunning Charm on the innkeeper.
Felix and Fiona watched him fall to the ground, speechless in astonishment.
"Now, the annoying ones are finally quiet, and we can choose slowly." Pomona smiled and said to them, "You can take whatever you like, don't worry that he will remember, I am the best amnestic, wait When he wakes up, he won't remember anything."
