Chapter 2763 Swan Song (11)

Pomona came to Hogsmeade. She specially chose a non-rest day so that she could avoid the crowds.

"Boss, is the bat blood soup I want ready?"

"It's ready." Honeydukes' boss said as he put the bat blood soup into dozens of small oak barrels.

In fact, he can use the space expansion spell to expand the oak barrel, but this is illegal.

"Hi, Pomona." Felivi greeted her as she passed by the door.

"Why are you here, Filius?" she asked.

"Come and send a letter." Filius said. "I need an owl for international flight."

I have to say that Hedwig, the pet owl Hagrid chose for Harry, is a good bird. It is strong and smart and can fly internationally.

"Please wait a moment, I need to buy something else." Pomona said, and then walked towards Feliwei. "Can you do me a favor?"

"What do you want me to do for you?" Felicity asked.

"Write a song for me. I want to turn plant taxonomy into a ballad." Pomona said. "You know, the 'innovation' Albus asked us to do."

"Good idea, maybe I can also turn the content of Charms into a ballad." Felivi said.

Pomona laughed. She didn't think making the spell into a song would help.

They waved goodbye and Pomona returned to Honeydukes.

She wanted to buy a "big gift bag" for Hagrid, not just because Hagrid helped her get the venom of the eight-eyed spider. Grawp must have not eaten sweets for a long time, and children should have sweets.

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"Hagrid!"

Pomona brought the picnic basket to the Forbidden Forest, near Graup's "residence".

Muggles treat the forest like a garbage dump and throw everything in it.

Then she heard the crisp sound of a bicycle bell.

She looked over following the sound and saw Graup playing with a bell.

In order to prevent him from running around, Hagrid tied a thick rope around his waist, but this was a helpless move because Hagrid wanted to live with humans in a hut on the edge of the forest.

"Glop," Pomona called softly.

He turned his head and looked at her.

"Your brother..."

"Hungry~" Graup said to her in a low voice, then stood up and walked towards her.

Pomona immediately took a few steps back and took out his wand.

Even if the giants are on the verge of extinction and do not pose a threat to humans as Mrs. Maxim said, if they encounter a single hungry giant in the wild, even if Grawp is not tall among giants, it is better to be ready for a fight.

Fortunately Grawp was only interested in her picnic basket. He sat down with a bang and poured the food into his mouth.

It was simply a bottomless pit. Pomona's picnic basket had used a space-expanding spell, and the food in it was enough for a small banquet.

"Hungry," Grawp said to Pomona after finishing the food.

Fortunately, she had the habit of carrying food with her at all times, so she also threw what was in her pocket to Graup.

"How long has it been since you last eaten?" Pomona asked.

Graup concentrated on eating and did not answer her questions.

She couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Hagrid wasn't here either, so where had he gone?

"Do you know where your brother is?" Pomona asked.

Graup pointed in a direction.

She looked in the direction Gralop pointed, and the area was shrouded in darkness and fog.

"He went to the Eight-Eyed Spider?" Pomona asked.

Graup nodded.

"Awesome!" she exclaimed, and walked into the forest.

As we get closer to the core of the spider kingdom, the spider webs become denser and denser, and the spiders become larger and larger.

They also have the same ability to communicate with people as Aragog, but now they have more desire for fresh meat and are completely unable to communicate. Of course, they will not guide Pomona like well-meaning passers-by.

She took out the fire-breathing potion and pointed it at a spider that tried to get closer. It immediately screamed and ran away.

Under the gaze of the shining compound eyes of insects, she gradually walked towards the "throne". Aragog was lying weakly on the ground, and Hagrid was sitting on a tree stump reading something to him.

"Hagrid." Pomona shouted softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing the "peace" of the spider world.

Hagrid stopped reciting and looked at her with dark, emotional eyes.

"Ron Weasley has been poisoned." She said softly, "He is in the hospital wing now. Do you want to visit him?"

"Poisoned?" Hagrid said in surprise, "How?"

He drank Slughorn's mead, the bottle of wine that Slughorn had intended to give to Dumbledore.

"He ate the chocolate cauldron that was given to Harry but he thought it was his birthday present."

"It's just a love potion." Hagrid breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought he was going to die."

Pomona glanced at Aragog. The spider king moved slowly, as if to prove that he was still alive.

"Ron later drank the antidote to the love potion," Pomona said, "but then he drank the poisonous mead, and Harry saved him."

"Very serious?" Hagrid asked with a frown.

"If you want to know the details, please go and visit yourself. I'm just here to tell you." Pomona said, looking at Aragog again.

By the way, let’s take a look at what happened to the Professor of Care of Magical Creatures who has been missing these past few days, and whether he was eaten by some animal.

she thought to herself.

"I'll be there, thank you." Hagrid said gratefully.

"You're welcome." Pomona replied, wondering whether he should leave with Hagrid and Aragog.

Spiders have no intention of prohibiting cannibalism, and Aragog will be eaten by his people.

But in the end, she chose to leave alone. This would definitely alarm the spiders, and with the weak Aragog, they would be at greater risk of being besieged.

If Aragog wants to leave this "palace", then he'd better find another way and seek happiness for himself.

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On the way to Venice on the Grand Magic Express, the train stopped briefly in Innsbruck.

At that time, rainbow-colored houses could be seen through the train window, and she was drinking champagne and taking a bath.

Georgiana picked up the champagne beside the tub, but did not drink it. Instead, she poured it into the water. The red roses floating on the water seemed to have lost their color, and the water turned red instead.

On October 29, 1485, a Dominican monk Heinrich Kremer went to Innsbruck to conduct a religious trial. The subject of the trial was a citizen named Lena Schubelin. Her crime

He is suspected of practicing witchcraft.

Heinrich Kramer was famous for his ability to extract confessions through torture. When the secular courts discovered that they could exploit the loopholes in the Carolingian Code to conduct religious trials, the Inquisition also discovered that they could use the "divine judgment" to "certain" that the woman had used

Witchcraft, and then used this as evidence for torture.

But this time the situation was different. A chief magistrate from Rome came, Heinrich Kramer. From his name, it can be seen that he was probably related to Heinrich. Therefore, Heinrich became a guest in this trial.

, Heinrich became the chief judge.

Originally, the citizens of the small city in the valley thought they could see the superb interrogation skills of the presiding judge from Rome, but he did not ask the "witch" any questions about her spellcasting. Instead, he kept discussing her chastity and personal life, asking her over and over again.

Didn't commit adultery.

A witch, of course, indulged in lewd pleasure. As a result, the Bishop of Innsbruck could not bear it anymore and announced the adjournment of the trial. The jury was not very happy after hearing so many revelations. If the defendant really committed adultery, then these

There must be people among the crowd who were "buried" with them. If Lenna confessed more people, then more people would be implicated.

The use of religious trials to exclude dissenters is nothing new. There are regular mail trains from Mechelen to Innsbruck. The chief inquisitor from Rome clearly deliberately induced the witches to do this. What's worse is that they were still invited.

Yes, after all, the citizens don’t know whether Lenna is really using witchcraft.

When the trial began, the bishop had a legal expert and medical doctor. He did not defend Lenna, but questioned the validity of the trial, accusing the presiding judge of misleading the defendant and seriously violating judicial procedures. The court adopted this opinion

, the criminal was sentenced by a secular court, and the defendant was acquitted.

Not long after this happened, "Hammer of the Witch" came out. The author happened to be named Creamer. It described in detail what a witch was, how to identify a witch, and how to eliminate a witch.

Then in Salem in 1692, Bishop was a notorious widow who had been tried for theft and spent several weeks in jail.

A miller in the town accused her of stealing a bronze medal, which was actually found at her residence. She said she found it while weeding in her orchard.

Judge Hassan was very angry with her. At this time, Susanna Sheldon in the "Girls Group" reported that Bishop had been a witch for more than 20 years and had a snake in her arms that lived with her.

Goblin.
To be continued...