Chapter 2727 The Land of Firebirds (35)

The Muggle New Year begins on January 1 of the solar calendar, which is determined by the Earth's revolution around the sun, while the Wizarding New Year begins on Halloween.

It marks the official end of summer and the official start of winter. The king of the forest changes from oak to holly. At the same time, the ghosts of old friends will return to their former homes on this day to celebrate the autumn harvest with the living.

In the past, Halloween usually only consisted of a big meal and occasionally choir performances. After eating and drinking, everyone went back to the dormitory to sleep. However, this rule changed again after Harry Potter entered school.

In the first year, a troll entered the school, Quirrell yelled in the auditorium, and the children screamed in fright.

The following year was Blood on the Wall and Petrified Mrs. Norris.

The third year was Sirius Black. Even without the performance of the Skeleton Cabaret, this festival was quite "spectacular".

Then on Halloween of the fourth year, that day happened to be the selection day for the "champion" of the Triwizard Tournament. According to the normal process, after the contestants were selected, it was time to have a big meal. Who could have imagined that a fourth "champion" would appear? The kitchen prepared

No one was in the mood to eat the big meal, but the dishes were not thrown away.

Four dragons are coming to Hogwarts, and the dragon trainers and Aurors responsible for transporting the dragons have come from afar, and these foods will just replenish their exhausted physical strength.

The purpose of pickling food is to extend the shelf life of food. It happens that during the pickling process, it acquires a different flavor from fresh food. The reason why food spoils is because of the decomposition of microorganisms and enzymes. It just becomes

It is no longer edible for humans.

Freezing can also delay the process of food deterioration, but it does not stop it, but makes it very slow.

Wine does not always become more fragrant with age. Beer must be drunk fresh. The more stable the fermentation material is, the better the taste. Adding ginger juice to butter beer can bring a spicy taste to the sweetness, a bit like a strong drink.

Mona personally likes it.

After completing the first mission, these four dragons need to return to Romania. Transporting them back is another problem, but not on the dragons. Anyway, they will stay relatively quiet after drinking the sleeping potion.

"Patsy said I can stay until the end of the third mission, and he will replace Crouch and become the fifth referee." Charlie happily said to Hagrid, "So I don't have to go back in such a hurry."

"I heard from Ludo Bagman that Fudge will personally replace Crouch as the referee." Snape said while buttoning his coat in front of the mirror. "In order to prevent further accidents, any matters not related to the third game will be

No one is allowed to stay in school."

In other words, Charlie has to leave immediately, but Patsy has already made a promise to his family, which causes Patsy to be nervous and anxious. Every time Pomona sees him, he has a sad face.

At this time, Snape got dressed and came to sit beside her bed.

"Don't leave the castle if you don't have to." He told her like he was telling a child, "I can keep Bagman out, but there's nothing you can do if he comes to the door, remember?"

She nodded quickly.

He brushed his hands through her hair and rubbed her cheek.

Just when she thought he wasn't going to leave before dawn, he suddenly stood up, opened the door, and closed it with a bang.

She couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"I closed the door so loudly that I wasn't afraid of being heard."

Then she covered her head with a quilt. She still had three months to decorate the maze. The current situation was that nothing had started there. She should have been as nervous and anxious as Patsy and couldn't sleep.

But she closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly, as if she had taken a potion for a dreamless sleep.

However, although Severus could block Ludo Bagman and other outsiders who wanted to pry for information, he had no way to deal with insiders. After the Weasley twins cured their "beard problem", they soon started to open up in the school

He made a bet and listed the odds, just like Ludo Bagman did at the Quidditch World Cup.

Pomona wanted to avoid them and find a place where no one would disturb her to find a solution, so she went to the dungeon.

Designed by Salazar Slytherin, this underground city is filled with sculptures of snakes, with only the Hall of Hieroglyphics decorated with jackals.

When Albus was a young man, he went to Cairo to attend an alchemical convention and missed his mother's funeral.

Only then did she remember that she had not told Dumbledore about the discovery of the dungeon.

"He wanted to quit, and he also told Fudge that this is what a wise leader should do." Severus said with a contemptuous smile, "If he is using a strategy, the purpose is to let Fudge continue to insist on winning the game.

If it continues, I will have some respect for him."

Pomona listened absentmindedly, and her fingers slid to the position of his belly button, which would be found on any mammal.

Although black vine water is called the umbilical cord of the forest, the forest is not a mammal. It is conceived and provided with nutrients by the mother.

This symbiotic relationship is not mutually beneficial, and may even be dangerous. When the blood type of the fetus is different from that of the mother, hemolysis will occur.

Generally speaking, the probability of the first child getting sick is very low, but it is not zero. Generally speaking, the baby will be more affected than the mother, suffering from severe anemia, heart failure and even stillbirth.

But it does not rule out another possibility, that the baby is more powerful than the mother, just like the mysterious man and the woman who gave birth to him in the orphanage and named him Tom Marvolo Riddle.

If she can intervene early, she may still be saved, but she may not have this knowledge. There are doctors in Diagon Alley who treat people for free, although they are not official like Knight Bus. She does not know this information.

, and did not look at it, which led to irreparable consequences.

She should have been very busy, not only the maze, but also the mountain-moving spell that made it levitate had not been changed, but what was she doing now?

"Do you like it?" he said in a relaxed and tired voice.

She felt like she was soaked in soft and fluffy feathers, and her whole body was about to float.

"We can't do this." She said delicately.

He remained unmoved.

"You'll be late if you lie down like this."

He glanced at the bright sun outside, then picked up her pocket watch and looked at the time, then turned over.

Pomona was particularly envious of the students at this time. They were free to ask for leave, but if the teacher asked for leave, who would come to class?

"I can find someone to teach for you." He said while getting dressed.

"How can that be done!" She said feebly, "This is so irresponsible!"

"She is short of money, you can give her the tuition fee." Snape said, "She is good at herbal medicine, and she is also a member of the Order of the Phoenix."

Her mind was a little confused.

"Do you think a few people are focusing on studying this semester?"

"What about this afternoon?" she said pitifully.

"Hold on." He stretched out his hand and pulled her up.

She muttered, reluctantly starting to clean herself up. At least he was very gentle to her, so there should be no problem except for being a little tired.

After he got dressed, he didn't leave immediately. When it was her turn to get dressed, he walked behind her and helped her a little, zipping up the zipper on her back. Then he put his nose on her neck, mouthing

Breathing in, she felt extremely itchy.

Then she looked up and saw their reflections in the mirror, exactly like what she saw in the Mirror of Erised.

"Do you think it's possible?" she asked.

"What?" he said in her ear.

"Use the Philosopher's Stone to create a new body." Pomona touched his belly. "Will that body have a belly button?"

She turned back and looked into his eyes.

"Do you think that's a human, or a humunculus?"

He smiled at her.

"I go first."

Then she took long strides and left her office.
Chapter completed!