Chapter 3130 kiss of peace

Pomona placed the second-hand furniture she bought in the afternoon in the ideal position, and then used the magnifying spell to restore it to its original state.

It turned out that she and Snape had spent the afternoon shopping at the flea market after leaving the jewelry show, and no "mothership" showed up.

"Are you really not going to buy a bed?" Pomona asked after packing.

"There's no place to put it." He said from the next door. "Besides, I won't sleep here."

The bedroom in the apartment was indeed filled with documents, but it was hard for her to imagine him curled up on the small bed he slept on when he was a child. No wonder he would go back to Spider End Alley and live in his parents' room.

"Then I'll come back tomorrow." Pomona said as she returned to the living room.

This time they bought a large dining table, which Snape used as a workbench.

"Where will we meet tomorrow morning?" Pomona asked.

"How about just staying tonight?" He looked at the documents and said casually.

"No need, it's very convenient to have Floo." Pomona said.

"Didn't you say you were my 'roommate'?" He put down the document and looked at her coldly.

"Didn't I just decorate my room?" Pomona pointed to the second bedroom where she had just stayed.

"You don't want to sleep here either, so why are you asking me if I want to buy a bed?"

"Okay, I asked a redundant question, where will we meet tomorrow?" Pomona asked.

"Why did you think of 'roommate'?" He said accusingly, "Are you afraid that Gerard will misunderstand?"

She stared at the ceiling speechlessly.

Snape looked quite mature, but if her boss hadn't reminded her, she really wouldn't have thought that he was only 27 years old this year. In Muggle terms, he was just a graduate student or a doctorate.

"Okay, you're right," Pomona said calmly, not wanting to be like a "little kid" arguing about "what time will it be tomorrow?"

He continued to glare at her.

The more she looked at him, the more she felt that he was young, so no wonder he had such a childish expression.

"What do you mean?" he asked after a while.

"What do you mean?" Pomona asked.

He took a deep breath, as if he was about to speak at length.

"I've been reading a book about ancient Rome recently." Pomona said before he spoke. "Do you want to hear my opinion?"

"Please," he said politely.

She tasted the residual taste of wine in her mouth. Although the sweet wine was not intoxicating, drinking too much would still make people tipsy.

"Cicero denounced the Romans in the Senate for their extravagance, fascination and pursuit of Eastern silk. Do you know how the Silk Road was traveled in the ancient Roman era?" Pomona said.

"I'm not interested," he said coldly.

Pomona didn't want to really discuss the "Silk Road" with him, not to mention that it would be difficult to talk about it without a map.

"They have two options, land and sea, but the risk of sea route is very high, and ships often sink. If they go by land, they have many choices, from Antioch eastward along the Euphrates River, and then from Dar Ctesiphon entered the Parthian Empire, or landed from the Black Sea, crossed the Pontus Mountains to the south, and went overland eastward through the Armenian Plateau to the Caspian Sea. Along the way, they would pass through many countries. If they all had the same needs as when they passed through the Parthian Empire, If they pay high transit fees, do you think they will continue to travel by land or risk taking the sea route?" Pomona asked.

He frowned.

"The Marius Reform was the military reform carried out by Gaius Marius after he became consul. He married Caesar's aunt Julia. In 105 BC, the Germans who originally lived in the Baltic Sea moved south..."

"Get to the point." He said impatiently.

"The war broke out and Marius went to Gaul. Because of the lack of troops, the Senate allowed Marius to recruit troops from the provinces and the allies. However, he was opposed by the allies because they heard that many free people in the provinces and allies of Asia Minor had already He became a slave because of debt problems." Pomona said indifferently, "He stayed in Gaul for three years. Fortunately, the Germans turned around and plundered Spain, giving him precious time to train his troops and make them like mules. They marched forward with the same load, and then Marius took this group of 'mules' to fight against the Germans."

"Is this what you were thinking about at the exhibition?" Snape said slightly haughtily.

"What I want to say is that many friends and many roads, Severus, the Romans plundered the province of Asia, which eventually led to the uprising of Asia, killing 80,000 Romans living there, and later August Stuart reformed the province, ended the chaos of provincial management during the Republic, and eased the conflicts between Italian residents and provincial residents. The boss just now was the Sicilian way."

"In what way?" he said provocatively.

When the coffin shop owner asked Victor Creon for help, Mr. Creon was not happy because it was his daughter's wedding.

According to Sicilian tradition, he could not refuse someone else's request at the wedding.

But instead of driving the coffin shop owner away, he asked for the coffin shop owner's friendship and respect.

But how could she explain it to someone who hadn't seen the movie? It is too dull and boring for young people.

"He's a reliable guy," Pomona said carefully.

"You think I'm unreliable?"

"No, that's not it... What I want to say is that there will be a lot of changes in a new place, but some things cannot be changed."

He didn't seem to understand what she was talking about, but she couldn't find a better explanation.

"I know you don't like it, but I'm glad you behaved like that at the dinner table today." She said tiredly, "I'll leave first. Meet you at the cafe in the port at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

With that she left his apartment.

In fact, she could disapparate in the apartment. After all, there was no anti-disapparation spell here, but it would be very rude to do so.

"Step aside!"

She heard a commotion, and then the warehouse door opened and Lyla Brick appeared in front of her.

"Let him in."

Georgiana said to the French wizard who was trying to stop him as she petted the Thestral.

The wizard guarding the door released his hand, and Brick straightened the coat that was messed up during the tugging.

"I heard you asked me to go to London," Brick said.

"Yes, that's right, you can also go home." Georgiana smiled and said, "Your hometown is in England, right?"

"Because I speak English, you think I'm British?" Brick asked.

"Are you related to the Black family?" she asked.

He gave a combative smile. "Why do you think I have something to do with the Black family?"

She looked at Brick's handsome face. If she looked carefully, he was still not as handsome as Sirius.

Thanks to Sirius always hanging around in front of her, she was indifferent to Gerald.

"Fast food" is very charming, but "fast food" is also very unreliable. Her old soul can no longer play the games of young people.

"If you put the disappearing cabinet in London, aren't you afraid of a French attack?" Brick asked.

She laughed out loud "Why do you think that?"

Brick looked serious.

"If you don't remind anyone, I think they won't think of it." She said calmly. "They will think of how to defend themselves."

"Won't you remind me?" Brick continued, "Won't Napoleon think of it?"

"He's the least of your worries," she said coldly.

"I don't think so." Brick sighed, "What you did is really not smart."

"You think I am a love-struck woman?" said Georgiana.

"I don't know, are you?" Brick asked seriously.

She sighed "I'll tell you a secret."

"What secret?"

"Do you know how the Romans ruled the provinces?" She let go of Thestrals and walked slowly toward him. "Provinces were recognized by the Romans as a place to compensate for past expenses. The governor colluded with the tax collectors to cleverly name them. For the purpose, increase donations and taxes. In Cyprus, in order to collect private debts, creditors can ask the state cavalry to surround the local Senate. Five Cypriot senators starved to death in the encirclement, and those lawless governors mostly conquered a certain province. Generals who have made meritorious services, coupled with the many factions in Rome, and various struggles are complicated, governors will always be exempted or evade punishment. During the first and second Punic Wars, Roman citizens were very united, and citizen taxes were raised. It played a very important role. When the Roman Civil War came, both sides of the civil war were plundering the provinces, and the provinces were overwhelmed..."

"What kind of secret is this?" Brick interrupted her.

"The victory in the war is just the beginning of a more arduous task. If the Romans took the sea route to India, they had to pass through Egypt. Roman merchants would enter the upper reaches of the Nile from Alexandria, and from there reach the Red Sea coast by land, and then wait at the mouth of the Red Sea. The monsoon blew to the west coast of India, and after Egypt became a Roman province, the number of merchant ships heading to India increased rapidly, which is recorded in the Library of Alexandria.”

Brick listened with understanding.

"There is a disappearing cabinet. You can travel between the two sides at any time. As long as you hide it, no one knows where it is and how to use it to achieve your own goals?" Georgiana said.

"Where will the disappearing cabinet here be placed?" Brick asked.

"That's beyond my control. Can you protect us two? Knight."

Brick smiled coldly, "Do you really think that, or don't you believe me?"

"Is it necessary to know so clearly? With whom will you share all your secrets?" asked Georgiana.

Brick didn't answer, but looked at her.

Both Cicero and Cato wanted to use "parrhesia" to save Rome, but unfortunately, "parrhesia" can only change an individual's character, change some individuals' lifestyles, ways of doing things, and behavior, even if a person Have the courage to practice "speaking out". If "speaking out" is not accepted or listened to, you will almost be eliminated.

This was a cruel lesson taught to her by the love of Lily and Severus. The love of the two heroes was recognized by everyone, and even the marriage relationship between James and Lily was ignored.

In "Horace" written by Corneille, women were cursed by the damn war, especially Horace's sister. Horace killed her in a rage, but Horace's actions were criticized, including by his father. With the understanding and support of the inner Romans.

"I think that if you treat him like that, you may not have left any traces in his heart."

She recalled Bonaparte's words to her, which sounded like the words of a great man.

"Do you still love him?" Brick suddenly asked.

"Must I answer this question of yours?" asked Georgiana.

Brick let out a sigh of relief, "There's no telling if I'll meet him there. How do you want me to answer?"

The ancient Greeks believed that after a person dies, his soul will be guided by Hermes to the River Styx, and then take Charon's ferry to the gate of the underworld. The ghost has to pay to take the boat, so the ancient Greeks have to pay money to take the boat. Place a coin.

This legend and custom of the Greeks was quickly accepted by the Romans. Viaticum was not only the travel expenses of Roman officials on business trips, but also the "travel funds" put into the mouths of the deceased.

Later, some people believed that the breath a person exhaled when he died was the person's soul. Cicero mentioned that many mothers waited outside the prison, waiting for the death of their sons to arrive, so that they could catch the children's dying breath with their mouths. Reiki, the seriously ill Augustus had asked his wife to do the same.

Barty Crouch Jr.'s mother accepted the Dementor's Kiss on her son's behalf, although he did not escape in the end.

Sirius was almost kissed by a Dementor, right by the lake in the Forbidden Forest, thanks to Harry releasing the Patronus.

But Pomona didn't think Harry could solve her problem.

Death causes the body to decay. In an adventure movie about mummies, the once handsome Egyptian priest Immorton turned into a terrifying appearance. He used illusions to control a modern woman who looked very much like Ansuna, making her She thought she was kissing the handsome human.

As long as you don't know so much about what high-end lipstick is made of, this kiss will still be wonderful.

This was the magic given to him by Dumbledore, he was not trained to carry weight forward.

"Is it necessary to know so clearly? I don't think he would want to hear anything from you. You look like one of his enemies."

Brick smiled at this.

"You think I'm lying to you?" Georgiana asked.

"I understand what you mean, I will go." Brick said, waving to her, walking backwards and leaving, "Wait until I come back."

She really wanted to say, ‘You actually stayed there on purpose and didn’t come over here’.

But when he disappeared, she didn't say that sentence.

She even somewhat expected that he would "come back" as he said.

After all, when you go out, you have many "friends" and many paths, even though the two of them are not close "friends".