Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2525 Manonamission (XVIII)

   "Minerva!"

  Pomona stopped Professor McGonagall, who had just passed the hallway and walked towards his office.

   "Oh, Pomona, what's the matter?" Minerva smiled friendly.

   "I heard that since Sirius Black attacked the Gryffindor lounge, you asked others not to tell Neville Longbottom the password in the lounge, right?" she questioned seriously.

  Minerva put away her smile and folded her hands on her stomach.

   "Yes." McGonagall said arrogantly.

   "Just because he made a mistake?" Pomona asked.

"It's not the first time Mr Longbottom has forgotten his password, and I think he'll do it again in the future, and I can't put the entire Academy at risk," Professor McGonagall said. A comfortable place."

   "How long will that last? Until he graduates?" Pomona asked.

  Minerva took the hem of her robe and walked up the marble staircase, obviously not wanting to answer the question.

   "At least give him a chance." Pomona said to Minerva's back, "Maybe he already remembers it."

"I hope you can spend the same energy on your students. Although not assigning homework can make you liked by students, it is not good for teaching." Minerva said **** for tat, then climbed the stairs, and finally disappeared in the Corner of stairs.

  Pomona pouted and shook his head, then continued to search the castle. She went to the conservatory, the tower where the divination was located, had a fight with Sybil, the foyer, had a fight with Minerva, the auditorium, the kitchen, neither Harry Potter nor Neville Longbottom disappeared. .

  Harry Potter is very likely to go to Hogsmeade, this is easier to guess, what about Neville?

   Just as she was about to leave the castle and go to the dock to see it, Nick, who was almost headless, floated over.

   "Hello," Nick said politely to Pomona.

   "Nick, did you see Neville Longbottom?" Pomona shouted.

   "Yes." Nick said. "I saw him go to the owl shack."

   "Thank you, Nick!"

  Nick nodded at her and continued to wander the castle.

  Pomona hurried to the owl shack, where he found Neville sitting in a daze on the steps at the entrance of the shack, and raised his head subconsciously when he heard Pomona's footsteps.

   She went into the smelly shack and sat down on the steps beside Neville when she found him holding a red roaring letter in his hand.

"My grandmother gave it to me," Neville said, tremblingly. "She wrote this letter when she heard that I lost my password and let Sirius Black break into the lounge, and she said I brought shame to the family. "

  Pomona didn't speak, Neville rubbed his nose "Why is it so easy for others, so difficult for me?"

   "Why don't you go to Hogsmeade?" asked Pomona.

   Neville looked at her in surprise and guilt.

   "We understand what you mean, Professor Snape is looking for Harry Potter." Pomona said calmly.

   "I didn't mean to..."

   "Sell out 'brother'." Pomona said with a smile, "It's not a good time for Mr Potter to go to Hogsmeade, even if he has a guardian's signature."

   Neville gasped for a moment before saying "Did I do something wrong? Professor."

   Pomona did not answer.

   "I just want to stop them before something worse happens," Neville said gruffly.

   "Even if you tipped off in front of Professor Snape?" Pomona asked, "Are you still afraid of him?"

   Neville shook his head, looking at the roaring letter in his hand.

  Pomona looked at Neville's second "Boggart", and putting Augusta Longbottom in Snape's robe would not help Neville overcome his fears.

   "How about you not coming home this summer?" Pomona asked.

   "Really?" Neville asked expectantly.

   "I'll find a place, don't forget you promised to help me, or would you rather go to the Quidditch World Cup?"

   "I don't like Quidditch that much." Neville said with a lingering fear. "I was hung on the sculpture outside the castle during the first lesson."

   "I have a mission for you." Pomona grinned, looking at Neville mysteriously.

   "What mission?"

   "Go to Scamander and get my turtle back."

"turtle?"

   "...it used to be my pet, protected by Scamander."

   "Why does he think it needs protection so much?" Neville asked in surprise.

   "All in all, this is your 'summer homework'."

   "Homework?" Neville looked at Pomona in even more surprise.

  Homework is not only painful to do homework, but also more painful to correct homework, why create it to torture each other?

"Next time, I hope you can say it directly, like a man." Pomona stood up and looked down at Neville. "You did a great job in first grade, and Dumbledore gave you 30 points. Remember?"

   Neville looked at her stupidly, and Pomona smiled at him and left the owl shack.

   "Oh, yes!" She turned back to Neville halfway through. "If you really don't want to go to Hogsmeade, go back to the lounge early and don't hang around."

   Then she strode towards the castle, continuing her search for Harry Potter.

   At this time, she felt that Harry with glasses looked like a Muggle cartoon character wearing a red and white striped t-shirt. There was a game named after him, and players had to find him in a lot of complicated pictures.

   She searched for the whole afternoon with this kind of mood, and by the way, she listed the places in the castle that needed to be repaired, so that they could be repaired during the summer vacation. But the other two "players" were not in such a good mood. Snape seemed to be exuding dark smoke, and he was not old enough to go to Hogsmeade's first and second grades to see him and cry.

  In the end, when the sun was about to set, the people who went to Hogsmeade came back one after another, and Pomona went to the secret passage behind the one-eyed witch, which was the favorite of children.

   She found an empty classroom to hide, then took out the **** lollipop that she bought at Honey Duke, and changed a chair to sit.

   Not long after, Sirius' disguised stray dog ​​also came in following her scent. He searched everywhere in the secret passage, and the secret passage was full of cobwebs and dust, making him even more dirty.

   "Want to eat?" When Sirius returned to human form, Pomona grabbed a large handful of colorful candies and placed them in front of his eyes.

   "How about popcorn instead?" Sirius asked.

   "Eating popcorn will make a noise, shh..." She heard movement over the one-eyed witch sculpture, and after a while, Harry Potter came out, still looking very happy.

   She glanced at Sirius, his face was full of ecstasy, as if he wanted to rush out immediately.

   There was a sound of hurried footsteps at the end of the corridor, and Harry was a little panicked. He hurriedly restored the secret passage to its original state, which was just finished when Snape appeared.

   "It's really thrilling." She took a sip of the lollipop and said calmly.

   "Mr. Potter." Snape's thin lips drew a sinister smile. "Where did you go?"

   "Always in Gryffindor Tower," Harry said immediately.

   "Who can testify for you?"

  Harry didn't answer, as if he was wondering who could testify against himself.

   Snape went on.

"Look, everyone at the Ministry wants to keep the great savior from being attacked by Sirius Black and to increase the safety of the school, while he himself just wants to go his own way and make ordinary people worry about him! The famous 'The Boy Who Lived' 'Going wherever he wants, with complete recklessness, because he thinks he's different and the 'chosen one'?"

   "I don't!" Harry exclaimed.

   "You look just like your father, Potter," said Snape.

   "That's right." Sirius was behind the door, looking out through the crack of the door. Pomona carefully observed his expression, as if Sirius couldn't tell who was in front of him.

   "Arrogant, arrogant, always pretentious," said Snape.

   "My father is not arrogant, and neither am I!" Harry snapped. "Shut up, Snape!"

   Snape's dark eyes gleamed dangerously.

"What did you say?"

   "Don't say that about my dad!" Harry shouted, "I know the truth, he saved your life!"

   "What are you doing!" Pomona stopped Sirius, who was about to rush out. "You promised me!"

   Sirius hesitated, the conversation outside continued.

   "Who told you that?" Snape asked with a stiff face.

   "Dumbledore told me, if it wasn't for my dad, you wouldn't be standing here!"

"Then did the headmaster tell you under what circumstances did he save me?" Snape said softly and silkily, "your dad and his friends played a joke on me, if it wasn't for him to wake up at the last minute. Come here, he won't be your hero, but a murderer like your godfather, and maybe they can continue their jokes in Azkaban."

   "And you're dead." Sirius muttered angrily, a dog-like growl in his throat.

   Snape may have heard this voice, he turned his head to look here, and Pomona immediately pulled Sirius away from the door.

   "He didn't do anything heroic." Snape continued. "Why didn't you say back? Or was what I said just too cruel to your young ears?"

   "Snape wasn't teaching Harry." Sirius said to Pomona, "He was bullying Harry."

   "So you're going to rush out now and bite Snape?"

   She was originally sarcastic, but Sirius seemed to listen carefully.

   "I can... get Harry out of here." Sirius muttered. "We're all free."

"No, Sirius, if you do this, you will only be incognito for the rest of your life. You tell me that when everything is restored, you will rebuild the Quidditch pitch and be the trustee of Hogwarts." Pomonara He held his hand and said, "Are you going to run away from all this?"

   Sirius' eyes were scattered, Pomona used Legilimency on him, and in his mind, James from his school days appeared, and then 14-year-old Harry Potter appeared in his mind.

   "Jaime helped you through, right?" Pomona asked Sirius. "In Azkaban?"

   Sirius cried, resting his messy head on Pomona's shoulder.

   "I killed him." Sirius cried and said in Pomona's ear, "I killed him."

   He pleaded guilty, and if it was in court, it was enough for a sentence.

"You're... Harry's godfather," Pomona whispered in his ear. "The godfather acts as guardian for his parents when they're away. Next year, if Harry wants to go to Hogsmeade, you can take over. James signed for him."

   Sirius stopped crying.

   "Cheer up, Sirius Black!" she said fiercely, "You still have a job to do!"

  Pomona pushed him away. "Be kind of an adult, learn how to be a parent."

   Sirius was silent.

   "At least you didn't come out and preach to Harry. This kind of annoying thing is left to Snape. You can start by being friends with Harry."

   "Why do you believe me, Pomona?" Sirius asked.

   She didn't know how to answer this question.

   "Harry!" Neville's voice sounded, "You've been waiting for me for a long time?"

   Then came the sound of rapid footsteps "Sorry, I'm late."

   "What's the matter?" Snape asked.

   "Harry's going to tutor me, the exam is coming up," Neville said.

   "Is that so?" Snape asked.

   "Yes, Professor." Harry answered word by word.

   "I don't see any need to make up for your incurable grades, Longbottom," said Snape.

   Neville didn't reply, and after a moment of silence, she heard Snape's footsteps away.

   "Do you think he'll let us go?" Harry joked when Snape was gone.

   "No...it's actually because of me..."

   "Harry!" Ron shouted, "I'm sorry, it's all because I encouraged you to go to Hogsmeade, the old bat didn't do anything to you, did he?"

   "I'm fine," said Harry. "Goodbye, and thank you, Neville."

   Then Ron and Harry left the floor where the secret passage was located, and Neville left alone not long after.

   "Longbottom's parents seem to be alive, as I recall," Sirius said.

   "Yeah, in St. Mungo's, they've been in hospital beds for more than ten years." Pomona sighed, "You go, Sirius, everyone is back, and Harry is also safe."

   "Maybe he and I have a chance to go to Hogsmeade together." Sirius smiled and said, "There's no rule that a guardian is not allowed to go with the child, right?"

   "That's it..."

   "You can join us, Knox." Sirius said with a smile, opened the door of the classroom and ran out. When Pomona chased the door, he had turned into a black dog and blended into the shadows.

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The 14th Duke of Alba is the nephew of the 12th Duke of Alba. From the 15th century, the surname of the Duke of Alba was Toledo, but by the 12th Duke of Alba, the surname changed to Silva, and by the 14th The Duke of Alba became Stuart.

   The reason why Carlos, who was only ten years old, was selected from the many collaterals was that the 13th Duke of Alba was Carlos' godfather.

Of course, the 13th Duke of Alba is not only the godfather of one person. In addition to the surname of Stuart, Carlos also has the title of Duke of Berwick. This title belongs to the Scottish nobility. Originally, this title should have his brother. Inherited, but his father and brother died, the 8-year-old 14th Duke of Alba has the titles of Spanish nobility and Scottish nobility.

   The "family" that Georgiana thought of, the male master is gone, and the man who appears beside the family is actually the guardian of the little duke.

   A room of orphans and widows, they can only be manipulated like chess pieces. But who is playing chess?

   In fact, when she is worried about others, she should be more worried about herself, when the chess piece will be "sacrifice", even the most powerful chess piece queen on the chessboard.

   When the turtle that turned into a teapot stopped turning, she floated it again, turning it from a turtle into a teapot.

   It is said that at the signing of the Treaty of Campoformio, Napoleon threw a teapot from the Count of Cobenz, which was given to him by Queen Catherine.

With a    "pop", the teapot shattered.

   She didn't know if she was broken just now, or for other reasons. How could she be at this age, she couldn't be as violent as a teenager.

   (end of this chapter)