Chapter 2538 Smoke and Mirrors (4)

Beauxbatons' headmaster, Madame Maxime, is of course very different from Hagrid, the forest guard who lives on the edge of Hogwarts, even though Pomona has not seen her but has heard about her a little bit.

Alchemy has always been Beauxbatons' strength, but Madam Maxime's achievement is not in academics, but in her ability to run a school composed of students from many countries very well, such as the Triwizard Tournament.

International competitions are new to Hogwarts, but not to Beauxbatons.

She is like an elegant hostess, presiding over one salon after another to entertain the guests and guests. Even though Hagrid seems to Pomona to be a kind-hearted man, in short, Hagrid is not allowed to be friends now.

It's one thing, being a boyfriend is another.

In fact, Pomona didn't really agree with Albus's idea, but the Philosopher's Stone had been destroyed, and it was unlikely that he could refine another one. If Beauxbatons forcibly asked for the Philosopher's Stone, or wanted to witness the Philosopher's Stone,

It is no longer possible for the stone to be destroyed.

When Hogwarts said that the Philosopher's Stone was destroyed, it was really destroyed? How could it be that Hogwarts stole the Philosopher's Stone under the guise of destroying it?

This kind of thing cannot be explained, not to mention that Albus and Niccolòme have a close personal relationship. Many of the things in his hands were given to him by Niccolòme. Do you still want to take back the gifts you gave him?

This is a good way to solve the "trouble", let Hagrid take action and distract Madame Maxime, provided he can do this.

After the initial shock, Pomona fell into anxiety again. She did not go to Hagrid "immediately, immediately". After all, she wanted to "remind" Hagrid to pay attention to his image without hurting him, and this semester

It's almost over.

This issue can be discussed slowly during the holidays. The first priority is to find Ron's mouse Scabbers. After dinner, Pomona sent a house elf to the Gryffindor lounge to call Neville.

It was difficult for Neville's grades to improve. Even if she made a surprise attack in the past few days, it would be too late. The scene in the evening made her realize that even if she knew the summoning spell, she would not be able to catch the mouse with her bare hands.

It was not easy to overcome her fears. Although she was not afraid of rats, if she used a magic spell, she could levitate the rats and throw them out of the tower window. She just didn't want to come into contact with them.

After returning to the office, she saw the ice cream that had completely melted into liquid, but she did not choose to use the freezing spell to freeze it and continue to eat it. Instead, she threw it into the food recycling box and used it to feed the magical animals.

My appetite was indeed affected by the mice.

She didn't touch a mouse with her own hands, but she still felt that her hands were covered with mouse hair and she couldn't wash it off no matter how hard she washed it.

"Professor, are you looking for me?" Neville pushed open the door and entered.

"Oh, Neville, you are finally here." Pomona said happily.

"What's the matter with you?" Neville asked in panic.

She felt that she shouldn't have asked him to catch mice right away.

"How was your class today?" she asked casually.

"Not bad." Neville nodded dully.

"What did you learn?" she asked gently.

"In divination class, Professor Trelawney started to teach us how to use a crystal ball to tell divination," Neville said.

That class was originally supposed to be taught in the fourth grade, but it seems that Sybil has moved it forward to this semester.

The divination crystal ball used by wizards is different from the crystal ball used by Muggles. There is smoke in it. It is said that you can see the future through the smoke, so the book to be used in that class is also called "Separating the Clouds and Seeing the Future".

"She predicted you again..."

"Professor McGonagall told me that Professor Trelawney predicts the death of students every year, so I don't need to care." Neville said immediately, "I heard that you and Professor Trelawney also had a dispute because of me."

It cannot be said to be a dispute, but a complete "war". Who would have thought that the goddess-like Sybill Trelawney could be so sharp-tongued.

But Pomona still smiled hypocritically.

"I just suggested that she not make irresponsible remarks or hints to underage children. We didn't have any disputes." She said sweetly, "Sibyl accepted it and did it. She won't do it this time."

I didn’t say how you were, right?"

Neville looked at her confused.

"How are you doing with your Happy Charm practice?" Pomona asked.

Neville shook his head, "Simon suggested to me that it's best to practice transformation well, and the curse can be ignored."

Pomona didn't answer. After all, Transfiguration was also Gryffindor's "field".

She felt bitter. In fact, she shouldn't have asked Neville to catch mice. Even if Scabbers didn't have any special abilities, Neville was her student, not her servant, but she did need help. How could she talk to a child?

?

"You have something to ask me for, right? Professor." Neville asked.

"Can you please do me a favor?" She said helplessly, "Please go to Hagrid's place. He has many rat traps there. Look among the rats to see if there are any Scabbers."

"Is it Ron's pet?" Neville asked.

"Yes." She nodded. "It's still alive. I saw him today."

"That's great! Hermione and Ron both thought it was dead!" Neville said happily. "If I find it, they won't quarrel."

"You can think of it that way," Pomona said.

"I'm willing to help." Neville said firmly.

"But your study..."

"I will work hard, just like Harry, I study Quidditch in my spare time."

"I'm glad to hear that." Pomona smiled and said, "Where are you going to live during the summer?"

"I..." Neville scratched his head.

"I've prepared a tent so you and the other people staying on campus can camp," Pomona explained. "How about you decide the camping spot?"

"I don't think I can..."

"You can do it, Neville Longbottom. You learned more than just what's in the books at Hogwarts. You should have heard of Newt Scamander. He's a naturalist. You should always

When traveling around the world, sometimes there are no hotels in the places I want to go.”

"This semester we are using the Monster Book of Monsters," Neville said.

"I would suggest that Hagrid continue using Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them next semester. You can go to Megan Jones and she will help you find a campsite."

"I understand, Dean, no, Professor." Neville said quickly.

Pomona sometimes wonders how Neville was sorted into Gryffindor by the Sorting Hat.

But as soon as she remembered what Neville said, "What's so scary about Malfoy?", she felt that she had an explanation.

"I told Minerva that she was thinking of telling you the password to the Gryffindor common room so that you don't have to stand at the door waiting to go in with the others." Pomona said, "Just prepare yourself.

Neville.”

Neville was about to cry.

Although Minerva had her own considerations on this matter, she was a little indifferent to Neville's feelings. Neville was already in the third year, but sometimes he had to wait for the first year to open the door for him.

"Sometimes we need help, but we still have to rely on ourselves after all." Pomona said helplessly, "What's more, it's not that you can't remember the password. I told Professor Snape the password, and he answered correctly."

Neville retracted his tears.

"You can tell Simon or Dean Thomas, and if he tells you the password, you can tell him what the Herbology test will be." Pomona lowered his voice and said, "You can practice before the formal test."

"But that's cheating," Neville said seriously.

Pomona didn't know what to tell Neville. He really thought Hermione's test questions were all predicted?

"You can go back." Pomona said with a smile.

"Thank you, Professor," Neville said, and left her office.

After Neville left, she went to deal with some other chores. During the holidays, students would take away a lot of luggage, which required house elves to allocate manpower to carry it. Dobby volunteered to help.

He is an anomaly among house elves. He not only wears shoes, but also travels everywhere, as if to make up for the days when he was imprisoned in the Malfoy family.

But no matter how much it loves freedom, it will always return to Hogwarts, or Harry Potter.

There were quite a few house elves with families, and Pomona couldn't think of any "girl" who would like Dobby.

As for a human girl marrying Dobi, that's even more impossible.

Friends are one thing, boyfriends are another.

Before turning off the lights and going to bed, Pomona sat in front of the dressing mirror. There was a beautiful woman in the mirror. She was completely different from the fat, cute Sprout.

Are all the mirrors in Hogwarts magical?

She put out the magic lantern and everything was shrouded in darkness. Then she stood up and lay on the bed.

The mirror is then like the Mirror of Erised, which becomes empty when no one is standing in front of it.

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Muhammad mentioned in his book that Alexander of Africa believed that when things are not stared at deeply, they will appear farther away, and the visual image becomes larger due to the gaze.

Not everyone named Alexander is Alexander the Great who is good at fighting, there are also philosophers, poets, etc.

At this moment, the people gathered in the castle decorated with roses were all scholars, engineers, etc. They surrounded her and said all kinds of flattery to her, as if she was the focus of the crowd.

Every summer, that is, on July 7th according to the lunar calendar, the main star of Lyra is located in the center of the zenith. People only need to raise their heads to observe it. At that moment, Vega seems to be the center of the entire starry sky.
To be continued...