Chapter 2773 Lament of the Moon (6)

"Cheers~"

Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate Kettleburn's 1977 Hogsmeade Best Disabled Award.

With only one arm and half a leg left, he beats the hunchbacked Leaky Cauldron keeper Tom, who doesn't live in Hogsmeade.

Pomona didn't mind being part of this weird party, and it was actually nice to have the chance to get out of school and get some fresh air.

On the second Monday of April, James Potter also returned to school, and he and Sirius Black were "in pairs" and appeared in the eyes of everyone.

In fifth grade, James made a "joke" with Severus Snape under the beech in front of so many people, and he was not expelled in the presence of so many witnesses. Several eyewitnesses.

Instead, there was another rumor in the school, because Severus Snape wanted to provoke the Whomping Willow for some unknown reason, but he was almost seriously injured by the Whomping Willow, and it was James Potter who saved him. He has scars to testify.

People believed it easily, because the scars on James' body were real, and many people saw him changing in the Quidditch locker room. Hitting willow respectful and far away.

The only one who didn't go back to school now was Remus Lupin. He didn't participate in the aftermath of the fifth grade owls, and he didn't know anything about the sixth grade. Severus hadn't brought up the lawsuit since Lucius Malfoy had been at the school, he'd just gotten closer to the Little Death Eaters, and he wasn't even at Slughorn's slug parties.

Pomona doesn't have time either. With the increasing activities of Death Eaters, there are obviously not enough amnestics. Besides being at school during the day, she occasionally has other "part-time jobs" at night. There is really no chance to relax like today. many.

"Pomona!"

She followed the sound and saw it was Frank Longbottom, one of the Aurors she had been seeing frequently at crime scenes lately.

"Why are you here!" Pomona immediately said nervously.

"Relax, I'm here to rest." Frank smiled and raised the butter beer in his hand, "Of course the Three Broomsticks will drink this."

Pomona drinks canyon water, a cold drink better suited to warmer weather.

"Are you going to join us?" Frank said, motioning Pomona to look in a direction where Alice was waving.

"I'm not bothering," laughed Pomona, who would bother someone else's date.

"Actually there is a question, we were arguing just now, when do you think the village of Hogsmeade was founded?" The founder of Hogsmeade had not yet been born."

Pomona recalls a piece of school history.

"Before Hogwarts was founded, there were Muggle villages near the castle. I believe Hengis just ran into one of the Muggle villages."

"Where are the Muggles who live here?" Frank asked.

"They moved," Pomona said.

"Why did they move?" Frank asked.

"The Black Death," Pomona said, "and the famine and stuff, people had a lot of reasons to move, and maybe they got better jobs in the city."

"There's a cemetery near the village, let's go and have a look there." Frank said, "There are dates of birth and death on the tombstone. At least we can know when the Muggles lived in Hogsmeade at the latest."

Pomona looked at Alice, who would take a girl to a graveyard date?

"He's not going to let it go," Alice mouthed to Pomona.

Pomona wanted to say no, but changed her mind when Kate Born rolled up her pant legs to let others see his prosthetic legs.

Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the cool breeze is blowing. It is a good time to visit the cemetery.

So she slipped away with Alice and Frank while others were not paying attention.

Before 1714, Hogsmeade Day did not exist, because many students did not want to live on campus at all, but rented houses in Hogsmeade.

In this way, there is no need to abide by the school rules, and you can enjoy the freedom of not being around your parents. However, after 1714, students were not allowed to rent houses outside the school, and they were replaced by two days of "holidays" a week.

This of course caused a lot of displeasure, but then-Minister for Magic Gump enforced it with an almost iron fist. At the same time, the Muggle world also caused turmoil. That year, Queen Anne died. She was the last queen of the Stuart dynasty and left no heir to the throne. After the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, power gradually shifted to the parliament and the prime minister. In the past, wizards protected the king and queen, but now they protect the prime minister who lives in Downing Street.

But most of the prime ministers don't know the existence of wizard bodyguards after their term of office. As Aurors who often deal with Muggles, Frank and Alice dress up very "normally", unlike wizards imitating Muggles, wearing top hats while Wear robe pajamas.

When some wizards felt that the wizarding world was no longer safe, they did go to the Muggle community, just like Hengis went to Scotland from other places. The Scottish witch hunt did not break out until the 16th and 17th centuries, and it was still relative in the 11th century. Peaceful.

Professor Binns said history happened outside the classroom.

In Europe at that time, many people who were suspected of being wizards and witches would be tried directly in the village and then executed. In Scotland, they could only be executed after receiving a reply from the Privy Council of Edinburgh, and the trial would take several years at every turn. In addition, the waiting time for feedback and execution of the trial can be described as protracted. Moreover, it cost a lot of money to imprison wizards, 20 Scottish pounds a day, equivalent to 240 pence. At that time, a worker's daily wage was only 40 pence.

Imprisoning a wizard for two years would ruin a worker's fortune, but the money is only a small amount for the rich. When the cost is borne by the rich and becomes a local public good, witch hunting begins to flourish up.

At that time, Scotland's main exports were herring and wool. Due to its terrain and latitude, Scotland was not suitable for agriculture. Food mainly depended on imports, and ordinary people lived on it. Natural disasters in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries led to a decline in food production, and witch hunts would occur whenever food production decreased, but in Scotland, when the climate became warmer and resources became more abundant, there were more witch hunts.

However, due to the fragmentation of the data in the 11th century, it is difficult to accurately locate the time and place.

Also in 1714, the British Parliament passed the "Longitude Act", stipulating that anyone who has a way to determine the longitude to half a degree can be rewarded with 20,000 pounds. After the implementation of the "International Wizarding Confederation of Secrecy" in 1692, due to the use of a large number of concealment spells, the Leaky Cauldron became indescribable on the map, and the Muggles who used to appear in the bar disappeared, replaced by a large number of complainers the wizard.

In places full of wizards, such as Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, shopkeepers can sell magical items in their windows. If someone asks the owner of a Muggle shop if there are any broomsticks for sale, the kind owner will think that you have played a joke on him, and if you are in a bad mood, drive them out with a broomstick.

It is precisely because it is commonplace that it feels nothing special. If you are in a place where Muggles and wizards live together, you will definitely not see a Quidditch shop. Once such a store is found, it will be banned by Ministry of Magic staff.

When discussing this topic with Frank and Alice, they crossed the small bridge outside Hogsmeade village and came to the village cemetery on the other side of the river. There is no church in this place. There is a church in Godric's Hollow, and the villagers are buried there, after all, it is a mixed settlement.

From the tomb, we can see the wealth of the tomb owner during his lifetime. Some have only one tombstone, while others have a small mourning room, which looks like a small stone house. Some have collapsed because no one has maintained it for many years.

But some are still standing, and there are even people living inside. They lit a bonfire, sat on the ground casually, drank and ate meat, and threw dice, obviously not in memory of their deceased relatives.

"Merlin's beard, they seem to be bandits in the Forbidden Forest, why did they camp here? Frank." Alice asked.

"I don't know, honey, I'm going to investigate, you two stay here." After speaking, Frank cast a disillusionment spell on himself and disappeared into the night.

"Then we'll wait here?" Pomona asked Alice.

"What if he turns back to look for us, and we're not here?" Alice said, taking out her wand. "Stay vigilant."

Pomona had no objection, and said that it would be better to listen to an experienced Auror at this time.

So she took up her wand too.