Chapter 2633 Wind and Flower (12)
The International Statute of Secrecy was promulgated after the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. After the promulgation of this law, the magical societies of various countries successively promulgated some other laws as supplements, which made it a bit like a constitution. .
Pomona and Severus returned to the family gathering of the Smith family. Except for a very small number of Ministry of Magic officials who had private bodyguards, there were no security measures at this party, just like the situation at the Quidditch World Cup. The good thing is that the people here are not so messy.
At the venue, Pomona saw Muggles. This is also a big difference between the magical society in Europe and the United States, because the magical society in the United States is completely isolated from the Muggle society.
Americans can't help guns. Cowboys in western movies will draw their guns to duel at an extremely fast speed. If wizards can't draw their wands faster than them, they will also be defeated by "fragile" Muggles.
It is precisely because the French do not like to stay indoors and prefer to relax in places like cafes and restaurants that Newt Scamander met Yousef Kama on the streets of Paris, a man with a heavy mission pure blood wizard.
"Look at that man." Snape pointed to a man with a scar on his face. "He's a relative of Herbatz Smith's heir, Horsa Smith."
Pomona looked at Hortha, who was speaking to the head of the Ministry of Magic's Law Enforcement Division, with Random standing beside him.
"Did he fight himself?" asked Pomona.
"Who else could it be?" said Snape. "He killed Nicholas Smith, and Fudge and the four members of the Wizengamot witnessed it."
"Is that why Fudge pushed for the abolition of duels?" asked Pomona.
Severus didn't answer, he stopped Pomona's shoulder and walked into the venue.
Many people recognized him, but didn't come to say hello, just nodded, and then their eyes stayed on Pomona for a while, as if trying to guess who she was.
At this moment, she had already taken off the black cloak on her body, and she and Snape, who was dressed in black, formed a "black and white double evil" in a creamy white dress.
Just as she was about to talk back, she found Cedric again. He and his father happened to pass by two people, one was Percy Weasley, and the other was Gilbert Whymper, who was trying to carry out the weather control spell experiment. Ministry of Magic officials.
Arthur Weasley also tried to introduce a law to protect Muggles, but his law was less popular than Fudge's law to abolish dueling.
As for Gilbert Whymple, he was so hated that even Felix refused to sign his proposal.
Harry is very good at disarming spells. Wind itself is the corresponding element of Ravenclaw. Restraining wizards from using and experimenting with weather magic is half of disarming. Of course, the dueling champion will not agree.
Arthur didn't know that he was actually a weirdo in Fenon's eyes, and Fernon Dursley had a much better life than him, although Arthur was not a homeless wanderer, but also needed relief.
His meager salary simply cannot afford the education and upbringing of so many children. Clerdens once met a little girl in Second Salem. She had 12 brothers and sisters. Her parents couldn't support her, so she was taken away. Sent to "charity".
My mother, your mother, fly on a broomstick,
My mother, your mother, witches never cry,
My mother, your mother, the witch must die.
Witch One, drowned in the river.
Witch Two, hang her on the gallows.
Witch number three, burned to death on the pyre.
This is the nursery rhyme that the "charity" organization teaches the little children to sing.
They want to expose the existence of the wizarding world in order to continue witch hunting, although for most people, witch hunting is already part of "history".
It may be because Arthur is a man. Even during the witch hunt, wizards were not persecuted as much as women. She didn't think those Muggles who lived a lot more than him needed his protection. Even if he did that, Fenon wouldn't feel grateful, he just hoped that there would be no magic in the world, and all the weird people would stay away from his life, and if Hagrid didn't send Harry the acceptance letter, Da Li won't grow a pig's tail, he and Petunia still need to send him to the hospital for surgery.
Men have many views that are different from women's. Whether it's Irene or Queenie, they will go to the slums of Spider's End and the chaotic Brooklyn neighborhoods to live for love.
Men will try their best to escape from such a situation. When Irene "must" marry Tobias, she took everything from Prince's family. The valuable things were either squandered or invested by Tobias. Losing, leaving a room full of books about magic, they were Snape's only "playmates" before he met Lily.
Slytherins are very good at strategy, which is what they must have to be ambitious, and this is often used for crimes.
Pomona then saw Zacharias and his father walking towards them, apparently not recognizing Pomona but coming because of Snape.
Sometimes Hufflepuff gets students who don't have the guts of a Gryffindor, or the wit of a Ravenclaw, or the shrewdness of a Slytherin, and they get sorted when they have nowhere else to go. Hufflepuff, and then Hufflepuff became an "anyone" college.
But Zacharias has one thing that Severus and the mysterious man don't have. He has a good father. As a "top student", he must do well in studies and sports, otherwise he will not be able to talk to people at family gatherings. This is also the condition for Severus to get the information. No matter which position on the Quidditch team Zacharias wants, Pomona will arrange it for him.
Anyway, next year's Quidditch will be cancelled, and Cedric will have graduated when the next year is held, so the Seeker position will be vacant, which is usually the most dazzling position.
But Zacharias' father didn't know that in order to deal with Harry Potter and his Firebolt, Slytherin had developed a new strategy. They themselves had no hope. They could let other colleges try it. The Chaser would Get more chances to score goals than Seekers.
This thing is called the "generation gap". What Severus agreed to was whatever position Zacharias wanted, and Pomona agreed to it. She didn't say that Zacharias had to agree to whatever position his father wanted.
When Scamander went to New York in 1927, although Prohibition filled the streets with the sounds of "fiddlers" and "typewriters", it was still in the "boom period" before the Great Depression, and the center of the world gradually experienced the first Europe turned to America in World War I.
In the summer of that year, the Yankees made history. They sold 100 million movie tickets every week. Everyone sang and danced in the underground bar. Maybe it was really "God Bless America". Except for the Mississippi River flood that year Besides, the grain-producing areas of the United States were not affected by any natural disasters, resulting in a bumper harvest. Everything would have been fine if there hadn't been a Great Depression.
When everyone was happy, a person suddenly popped up and said spoiling things, of course no one liked it. Severus was the kind of guy who had Quidditch the next day and homework for his werewolf paper, so Pomona wouldn't be a nuisance.
A yoga master once said, you think this person has a problem, that person has a problem, and you are a good person compared to these people, and if you think this way, maybe you have a problem yourself.
If "I" doesn't judge these people, there is no basis for calling myself a good or bad person.
The more you think you are a good person, the less people think you are good.
So when Hufflepuff's children didn't go to practice on the Quidditch pitch after Cedric and Harry were attacked by dementors on the Quidditch pitch, they practiced yoga in the lounge instead, and Pomona also Did not rush them.
After all, there was a werewolf in the school, and there were so many dementors, and it was good to hide in the lounge and practice yoga. She thought it was prudent, but Albus was too risky, even though Remus hadn't changed He was a good person when he was alive.
