Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2542 Smoke and Mirror (8)

   Continue along the path leading to the Quidditch pitch near the batting willow. After entering the forbidden forest, there is Professor Grapland's "Bird Cage" near the fork in the road where the centaurs gather.

   Grapland, a part-time veterinarian as a Hogwarts ornithologist, also has two offices. The call of the augury is mentally harmful to people, and it is not suitable for places too close to the castle.

  Because it is close to the depths of the forbidden forest, you will see unicorns drinking water by the stream, and centaurs women will come here with their children to wash fruits and food.

   "Good morning, Firenze!" Pomona greeted a centaur.

   "Morning." Firenze said with a smile, "Did you see the stars last night?"

   In fact, Pomona was so busy sleeping that she had no time to look at the stars.

   "Of course, I saw it, it's the Perseid meteor shower, right?" she said casually.

   "I heard that a comet collided with Jupiter. It's a pity that the Centaurs don't have human telescopes." Firenze looked at the sky "and the light of the full moon eclipsed the stars."

   "Yeah, full moon." Pomona muttered. "Damn full moon."

   She stumbled forward, tugging at the wizard's robe, and finally reached the entrance of Graplan's office, and knocked on the door.

   "Come in," Graplan said inside.

Pomona pushed open the door and walked in. To be honest, she had always believed that the dean's office should be as spacious and bright as Graplan's, rather than her "small and cozy" office next to the student lounge. .

  Graplan's desk is located in the center of the "bird cage". The transparent glass can observe the survival of birds. Occasionally, gorgeous tropical birds can be seen dragging their long tails and flying from branch to branch.

   "Dean, why are you here?" Graplan put down the pipe in his hand.

   "I want to borrow an owl from you." Pomona said, "I want to be strong and fierce."

   "Can I ask why?" Graplan said.

   "I'm going to send a letter to the dragon sanctuary in Romania."

  Grapland didn't have much doubt. After she stood up, she took Pomona to a small door on the left side of the desk, opened the door with her wand and walked in.

   "These birds are very smart. They learned how to open the door when they saw me. When I came over one day, the office was full of birds running out." Graplan explained.

  Pomona was worried that the birds were "throwing" the guano, so she pressed the witch hat on her head.

   Soon they arrived at the owl gathering place. They stood on tall and short branches and slept with one eye closed.

   "How about this one?" Graplan put on the dragonskin gloves, woke up a black owl, and let it stand on the glove.

  Pomona looked at the fierce owl. It seemed to dislike being approached by people. Just as Pomona wanted to touch it, it opened its mouth to bite.

   She actually wanted to see how other owls were doing, but thinking about waking people up at their bedtime, no one would have a good face, and it would even cause "public outrage".

   "That's it," said Pomona. "Thank you, Professor Grapland."

   "You're welcome, if I say that, I would like to thank you for your herbs, let's go," Graplan said.

   Then the two of them left the "birdcage", and when they got to the office, Graplan used a real birdcage to put the Horned Horned Owl inside, and then carried it away.

   "How about I call you Spike?" Pomona said to the owl.

   Mingjiao Xiaojian let out a loud cry, as if it didn't like the name.

   She was in a good mood all the way back to the castle, but as soon as she entered the gate of the castle, two young red-haired men blocked her way.

   "Why are you leaving me?" Fred or George said holding their hearts.

   "No, because I don't love you anymore." George or Fred said indifferently.

  Then the twins stopped acting, jumped in front of Pomona together, and said together.

"So, what's the reason for you to go to Hogsmeade yourself and not let your errands go? Don't you love us too? Boss." Fred and George smirked professionally together. on.

   "Tonks asked me out, she's an Auror now."

  Fred and George looked surprised together.

   "It's the one with the pink hair."

   "Love in quirky sisters shirts."

   "Love adventures with us."

   "The Tonks who never got punished?"

   She was amazed by the twins' "artistic ability".

   "That's right." Pomona nodded. "She's on a mission in Hogsmeade."

   "I guess she needs a hat, how angry Fudge would be if she saw her hair." Fred smiled at George.

   "Guess which one she likes? The Witch's Peaked Hat?" George asked Fred.

   "Can I go?" Pomona asked.

   "Next time you're running errands, don't forget us." George said, handing Pomona a business card.

   "You started your business in school? How are you preparing for the owls exam?" she said angrily.

   But the twins were already running away.

  Pomona looked at the backs of the two of them and sighed. Children are like this. They like to play with older children. Tonks is exactly five years older than the twins.

  Lily wanted to stay in the wizarding world, so she joined the Slug Club to please Slughorn, hoping he would introduce herself to the Ministry of Magic.

   However, she is a Muggle-born, which is impossible in the magical society that was set off by the mysterious man at the time.

   Then she wanted to stay, but her grades were good, but not so good that Albus Dumbledore thought she could stay as a professor as soon as she graduated.

   She may have been misled by Pomona, because Pomona stayed at school after graduation.

  Pomona has never experienced Sybil's interview. She was taking care of the greenhouse when she was in school. After graduation, the task was even more arduous. She also had to take care of the vegetable garden and kitchen. Everything has changed, but it doesn't seem to have changed.

   Spike in the cage screamed.

   "Are you hungry?" Pomona asked, "How about I get you something to eat?"

   Then she took it to the kitchen.

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  The winner was a Mamluk rider, he received the flowers symbolizing victory, and he had a big smile on his face, which meant that he not only meant that the Mamluks would receive a prize of 1 million francs, but also that they could settle in France.

Georgina remembered Bonaparte saying that Rustam had never seen the sea and was scared when he heard that he was going to Paris. Then Bonaparte told him that Paris had countless beauties and money. Tam went with him.

   But now Rustam doesn't want "countless" beauties and money.

   She turned her gaze to the lost "Jet Devil" again. This time, it didn't explode in the middle of the tank and managed to finish the entire run, but because of insufficient fuel, it lost in the final sprint.

   They didn't run by themselves, but they were sweating profusely, as if they were baked by the temperature of a steam engine, but also as if they were tired from refueling.

  Even if there is no 1 million prize as a research fellowship, Pomona is still willing to fund them. To use the cliché, the wheel of history is rolling forward. It was the princes and generals who pushed it before, but now it is technology.

She can't have the power to stop it, everything has changed, but it doesn't seem to change, just like a butterfly's wings flapping, only a breeze that is imperceptible, whether it dissipates, or a storm, only time will tell .

   Spike is the bulldog from Tom and Jerry

   (end of this chapter)