Chapter 2594 The Queen’s New Career

While Greta was singing at the top of her lungs on stage, the former "Queen of the Night" Janice Shep was below the stage.

The real age of this actress is estimated to be over 100 years old. Ollivander was a fan of her when she was young, but she looks less than 50 years old, and her blond hair is very smooth. Because she is too old,

Her lungs could no longer support her to continue singing coloratura soprano, but she did not retire at home because of this, but started a cosmetics business.

Ordinary "beauty potions" cannot have the effect of reducing age, but the potion formula used in the store she runs is her own invention, and other people don't know about it. She is also about to launch a new perfume, Luscious locks

, this perfume does not contain the ingredients of a love potion, but it is said to still have the power to enchant people. She sprayed it tonight.

Maybe it was because of the magic power that the whole place could smell it. It had a light sweet fragrance. Pomona personally felt that it was more suitable for young girls, but it was too sweet for Janice.

In addition to beauty, the "Queen" must also be talented. Greta's singing voice is not as good as Janice's, and she doesn't know how to prepare such high-end potions, but she is a member of the French Cheese Making Association.

Lockhart is also good at magic, such as amnesia, and Greta is good at magic on cheese, and has also published a book, which is very popular among housewives.

Before Newt Scamander arrived in Paris in 1927, French magical society was undergoing a change. The then French Minister of Magic suddenly banned the sale of magic potions to Muggles, especially love potions, which were strictly controlled.

Making potions requires herbs and magical animals, so the British Ministry of Magic organized the Herbal Association as a diplomatic representative. As an alternative, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a cheese-making competition that year.

Not all cheeses exude a sweet smell, such as blue cheese, which smells so unpleasant that people doubt whether it is food.

When food goes bad, it often becomes moldy and smells bad. In 1791, a woman named Marie Arel discovered an edible, hairy cheese, which was said to be made during the French Revolution.

Taught to her by a fugitive she took shelter from, the spells invented by the Cheese Society are preceded by "Marie Arel's Fortune" purely to commemorate her.

In addition, the winning "trophy" is also made of another Normandy washed cheese, which is also smelly.

Pomona had to keep an eye on Cedric, lest he be taught bad things by these "adults". British men always have some wild ideas about French women, thinking that they always smell like cheese.

Severus did not come, but many people were discussing him. There was also a slightly larger coterie of people including Ludo Bagman, who was standing with the Irish Quidditch captain.

The day before the Quidditch World Cup final is the night of the full moon, and it is also the Ghost Festival in the East. It is said that that day will be the same as Halloween, with many ghosts appearing, and the day when Harry Potter and his family were killed happened to be Halloween

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Ludo Bagman was once prosecuted as a Death Eater. Aurors from the French Ministry of Magic were supposed to be dispatched to stop Grindelwald's gathering. However, many members of the French Ministry of Magic were instigated by Grindelwald to rebel. Instead, they became "multi-controllers".

The "nosy" British people prevented the disaster, and a female Auror died as a result. Bagman always felt that there was something wrong with him trying to find excuses for people to relax their guard.

"Look at her." Gaspard Singleton asked Pomona and Cedric to look at Janice Shep. "Did you see the necklace around her neck?"

Pomona saw a gorgeous ruby ​​necklace hanging around Shep's neck. It was dazzlingly red, like blood.

"I bet there's an age-reducing charm in there," Singleton said.

Cedric looked like he wanted to ask what it was.

"A woman's age is a secret," Pomona said. "That's not good of you, Gaspard."

"Speaking of which, I remembered that you also have 'good stuff'?" Gespard said.

Cedric looked even more confused.

"Go get me some wine and cheese," Pomona said to Cedric.

"Yes." Cedric smiled and left.

"The skin of a basilisk is rarer than the blood of a rem bull," Gaspard said, "especially Salazar Slytherin's basilisk."

"Is that why you want to talk to Severus?" Pomona asked.

"It's the same with talking to you." Gaspard smiled knowingly and said, "I heard that you also participated."

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Rem bull is a type of bison that lives in North America. Its shape is similar to that of ordinary bison, but it is larger and has golden skin. Its blood can be used to make many high-level magic potions, including the age-reducing charm.

The powerful stimulating potion is even more effective than the hot-blooded potion Pomona drank.

The hot-blood potion can stimulate magic for a short time, and she will be very tired for a few days afterward. The powerful stimulating potion can improve the magic and accuracy of the spell without any side effects, but even Aurors rarely can distribute it.

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Rem cattle blood is very precious and rare. It is not a tradable commodity and only those with "very skill" can obtain it.

The age-reducing talisman is a pendant, and it is empty inside. The potion in the bottle must be replaced with a new one every once in a while, otherwise the talisman will become ineffective, and at the same time, the youthful beauty it maintains will also be lost.

One of the known ingredients in this replaced potion is the blood of Rem Cow.

Georgiana once told Bonaparte that if she took off her necklace, she would no longer be young and beautiful. He didn’t know whether it was because of disbelief or other reasons, but he raised his hand and took the Black Swan crystal pendant from her neck.

It was torn off.

If what she said was true, after pulling off the talisman, her skin quickly relaxed, her hair became thinner, and she became like an old woman, would he be frightened by that scene?

As long as you are willing to spend money, the "Fountain of Youth" is not a dream, but it is not a one-time thing. You have to continue taking it until your wallet can no longer bear it.

The "beauty potion" that the French wizard gave to the widow Borski has obviously been improved. France has always been famous for its romance, but which romantic story does not have a beautiful heroine?

Even the Hunchback of Notre Dame has a secret love for Asmeralda. Beauty is the premise of romance, but it is not all of romance. You have to be able to afford those luxuries.

The Gaunt family used to be very wealthy, but because their ancestors were extravagant, by the time Voldemort came around, the family fortune was gone and it was no more than a Muggle.

If you don't have money, you can borrow money. In the past, Louis XIV lent money to the nobles in Versailles to let them live the life they wanted, so that they would "not miss Shu" and would not go back to the countryside to engage in the Fronde movement.

This kind of "habit" has also been learned by the wizarding aristocrats. In 1927, during the Third Republic of France, usury imperialism was implemented. There were many usurious rentiers gathered in Paris, and they invested their money in the credit field. It is not invested in production like the UK.

For example, if a moneylender lends money to a noble, the noble will sell the pawns if they can't repay the money. However, the nobles care about their dignity. Even if they go to a pawn shop, they will say they are going to "aunt's house."

Famous paintings, jewelry, and furniture are all pawned. Of course, this cannot maintain a decent aristocratic life. The situation of Muggles is unclear, but wizard nobles can cast a curse on those treasures. If they touch it, they will die. If the creditor dies, the debt will not be lost. Is it gone?

This is definitely illegal, whether it is under the International Statute of Secrecy or not, but when Muggle civilians cannot survive, they will borrow money to buy food.

"We have no wood, no bread, no work, no law when we can't open the pot."

Some people look decent, but they don’t have much cash flow in their hands; or they may be “friends” whom you think are friends, and you think it will be easy to borrow money from them, but when you really need money, they are even more unreliable than loan sharks.

It is natural to repay debts, but don't be so unreasonable. Buddha said, take a step back and the sky is brighter, and continue to press. Aachen is still some distance from the Alsace region. There are bandits there because of some people's loan sharking. They are rampant, but the robbers only attack those loan sharks. The people who were enslaved, oppressed, and exploited by the loan sharks responded with support. Those robbers were like "Robin Hoods."

Grindelwald is a destroyer to some, but a "hero" to others, who follow him not because they are violent, but because they are righteous.

Before she came to this world, she had always believed that no matter how bad the peace was, it would be beneficial to women. But it was like a tree that had been hollowed out by termites. It was teetering on the edge of collapse. All it took was one kick, and you didn’t kick that kick. , it will continue to collapse until it cannot withstand its own weight and is destroyed.

If she had a son, she would support him in the necessary war. Cedric was very good, but he was Hufflepuff and always had a feminine side. In comparison, Neville Longbottom used Gryffindor's The moment the sword was swung out, it was extremely masculine. If the snake-like Nagini was really a woman, he helped her escape.

When yin and yang combine, everything grows.

But masculine strength can also destroy yin evil.

Yang energy is often considered to be heat, and excessive yang energy is not a good thing.

There was a severe drought at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty set up charity warehouses to release grain during disaster relief, but officials from various places did not implement it. In the end, civilians rushed into the charity warehouses to get the grain. And because there was no organization to loot, a lot of food was wasted.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the same situation reappeared in Fujian. Although Changpingcang was set up, I don't know how the officials managed it. When famine occurred, they actually had to collect grain. This would not only cause grain prices to rise even more, but even

As the local scholars said, it caused the same situation in the late Sui Dynasty.

A scholar pointed it out, but the government exiled him to WLMQ. They also set up many dangers on the way to kill the man, but he finally came back alive.

Heaven is moving vigorously, a gentleman will strive for self-improvement, the terrain will be strong, and a gentleman will be virtuous.

The universe is moving and moving forward. When people walk between heaven and earth, they should do something and not do something.

Albus said to Pomona that even if people all over the world despise him, misunderstand him, and ridicule him, as long as there is one person who understands and recognizes him, he will not give up in despair. If a woman makes a man lose his confidence, he will

Alienate her. If a woman fills his heart with confidence, he will fall in love with her unknowingly, even if she is not the most beautiful on the outside.

She didn't mind being a supporter, but as soon as she thought of Bonaparte's affair with the ballerina Miss Campigny, she found it difficult to support such a person, even though she knew that women were his weakness.

If no one flatters him, people will lose respect for him and think that he is inferior to a commoner. It is not appropriate to flatter him too much and indulge in it, it is like drinking sweet poison.

Then she looked at the letter, which looked extremely flattering just from the beginning, and tore it into pieces.

After tearing it apart, she touched the invisible swan pendant around her neck again, and the song "Nessun Dorma" sung by Greta echoed in her mind.

That is an excerpt from "Turandot", which tells the story of Timur's time. Although Turandot means "warmth" in Mongolian, she killed all the suitors and personally supervised the execution. She was so cold.

Like the cold wind blowing from Siberia.
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