Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2082 "Magician at the end of the century"

  When Georgiana returned to the tent, the banquet was still going on, just because it was raining outside, the stage couldn't continue to perform outside, but this did not affect the magicians' performance, they began to perform close-up magic.

"Okay, it's all chosen, please put your cards in any position in this deck." A magician said to the onlookers, four of whom chose an A, according to the magician , put it anywhere in the deck, and start shuffling.

   Then a magical scene happened, four aces actually appeared on the top of the card.

  Georgianna ignored this little trick and walked to the side.

   "Anyone?" Mr. Stanley suddenly appeared, blocking her way.

   "I want to stay and take care of the guests." Georgiana smiled and said, "Why are you alone?"

   "Because I'm always ready to be your knight." Stanley said with a smile, flexing his arms. "Can you?"

  Georgianna hesitated, but took Stanley's arm and continued to hang out in the tent.

   Apart from the absence of animals, this place is more and more like a circus.

   "You just missed Will Dale's escape show." Stanley pointed to a shirtless Italian. "He was the most famous magician of the late 18th century."

   "What's that for?" Georgiana asked, looking in the other direction.

   An officer was struggling to carry a small box that a 10-year-old child could carry.

   "I'll tell you a secret." Stanley said in Georgiana's ear. "There's a steel plate in the box, and there's a magnet under the stage, which will generate super suction as long as it's powered on."

   "How did you know?" Georgiana looked at him in amazement.

   "I know an engineer whose hobby is to crack the magician's tricks." Stanley said with a smile, "He also cracked the secrets of the Turks."

   "What is a Turk?"

"At the court of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, an inventor named Wolfgang von Kempelen showed a machine that could play chess, a robot carved out of maple wood. Dressed in a Turk's dress, he declared that it could defeat anyone at court, so one of the Queen's advisors accepted the challenge, and Kempelen opened the mechanism, which contained many levers and gears, which he then sent with a key Bar." Stanley said while gesturing, "The robot moved, but it wasn't just moving, it beat the Queen's advisor in less than 30 minutes."

   "Really?" Georgiana said in disbelief.

   "Kemperen toured Europe with this chess-playing machine, defeating some of the most powerful minds of the day, including Benjamin Franklin and Frederick the Great."

   "Then why didn't he come this time?"

   "Kemperen is dead, and I don't believe anyone can beat Napoleon Bonaparte."

  Georgianna laughed.

"My engineer friend, who had sold the machine to a German instrument maker after Kempelen's death, visited the owner when he took it on another world tour. The engineer discovered that it was not This machine can really play chess, but someone is hiding inside, and there are magnets under the pieces, so that the chess master hiding in the box can judge the chess game on the board based on the magnet, and then he uses a pantograph to move his arm The movements are synchronized with the Turks sitting on it. But the engineer didn't debunk the hoax, and didn't take the time to write about it like his peers did."

   "He blackmailed the owner of that machine," Georgiana said.

   "No, why do you think that?" said Stanley in surprise.

"Is not it?"

   "He's only 11 years old this year."

  Georgianna's eyes widened in surprise.

   "His father was a banker and was very rich, he didn't need to do that," Stanley said.

   "But you said he was an engineer..."

"Mr. Watt has been learning to make machines since he was 7 years old. The kid I just mentioned, he has taught himself university courses. If it weren't for his age, he could have gone to Cambridge University. It is precisely because he is a child. , the magicians allowed him to go backstage, and then he learned the secrets."

   "Did he come today?" Georgiana looked at the children in the venue.

   "I heard you watched a show outside just now."

   "There was a young man who came with a barrel that could spew a flaming fountain."

   "It's German style, look at that man."

Georgiana followed Stanley's hand and looked over. There was a man in an evening dress. There was a table in front of him. He was also performing card magic. Like a levitating technique, it slowly floated into his hands.

   "That's Howard Thurston, the best card magician of the late 18th century," Stanley said. "Do you know why so many magicians want to come to your dinner party?"

  Georgiana remembered the "Turkey robot that can play chess" that Stanley just said.

   "Because of the... European tour?"

   "It's the 19th century, who is the best magician in the new century," Stanley said.

  Stanley's voice just fell, and thunder sounded outside the tent.

   The loud noise frightened many people, and people couldn't help but go out to watch.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a handsome young man standing on the empty stage. Behind him was a flurry of thunder and lightning, and strange birds with gorgeous feathers were flying in the air. After being struck by lightning, they turned into a fire. , fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace.

   It was more of a "miracle" than "magic", and the performer was none other than Thor Rosier.

  Georgianna's mind went blank for a moment, and then she took a sip of red wine calmly.

  No one was afraid, water is conductive, and the droplets of water fell on the audience, making them feel the feeling of being electrified, and they cheered excitedly. After Rozier turned all the strange birds into fireballs, the rain ended, the dark clouds gradually dissipated, and the weather cleared up again. The onlookers began to applaud enthusiastically, and even a young girl watched with excitement. Rozier.

   She remembered the calm Muggle eyes and smiles the last time she Apparated near Justin's house.

  Maybe they used her and Severus as "magicians" for street performances.

Yes, you know very well that the magician used some kind of trick to deceive your eyes, but you can't disassemble the magician's props and find out, unless you pay a lot of money to buy his machine, and it is possible After the magician died.

   You are curious about how he did it, so you watch his performance again and again, want to crack it, buy tickets every time you go, and this is the source of income for the magician.

   You will feel nothing special when you understand the secret, but this "unknown" feeling is exactly what motivates you to buy tickets.

   There was a sudden screeching sound from the seashore, and with a "bang", a large group of fireworks bloomed in the air.

   This seems to be a signal, more fireworks rise into the sky, the grand firework show begins, and then the light show not far away also begins, and the whole night sky is illuminated with colorful colors.

   "I thought there would be no fireworks tonight." Stanley asked Georgiana.

  Georgianna had said that she didn't want a fireworks show tonight, not just because Le Havre put off fireworks all night, but because the sound of fireworks reminded her of the new cannons on the artillery fortifications.

   But when did Napoleon "obey".

   "Shut up, Stanley, and watch the show." Georgiana drank wine while watching the fireworks.

  The party has only just begun, and Bonaparte left so early, but who called him a big man? What a shame, look what he missed.

   (end of this chapter)