Chapter 1047 "Arithmetic Problems"

"Almost all of Mr. Bennet's belongings are in one property, and he can earn two thousand pounds of income every year. Speaking of this property, it is really unfortunate for his daughters. Because he has no son, the property has to be managed by a distant relative. To inherit, as for their mother’s furniture, it would have been considered a large sum in such a family, but in fact it is not enough to make up for his loss..."

  Pomona reads Jane Austen’s novel. Severus did not listen carefully. He was staring at the rain outside the window in a daze.

  She doesn’t care, anyway, it’s very comfortable to sit on his lap and read a book. After the rain, the Alps are quite cold, there is no need to light a fire and it is also very warm.

  The situation of werewolves is worse than that of vampires. The "Non-Witcher's Semi-human Treatment Guidelines" clearly stipulates that the hunting of vampires is not allowed, but the hunting of werewolves is not forbidden.

"Mr. Deer" is actually not as ferocious as he looks, especially since he still sympathizes with Remus. Pomona promised that he would not force him to do things he didn't want to do like Dumbledore. He didn't want to participate. Don't go on that occasion.

  At this time, she had changed her green long skirt and replaced it with a white imperial high waist skirt.

  In fact, to think about it from another angle, Jane Austen’s era happened to be the era of imperial politics, so even if it was a dress that should be displayed in a museum, Pomona would still wear it.

   "The desire to conquer is natural and normal. If you succeed, you will always be praised and not condemned. If you can't conquer and conquer at any cost, this is a big mistake and should be condemned."

  Severus suddenly said that Pomona stopped reading.

The sentence he just said comes from the theory of monarchy. The author analyzed that Louis XII attacked Naples under Spanish rule as soon as he took the throne, trying to take possession of it, but Pomona felt that Severus might be thinking of someone else. .

  For example, Voldemort who wants to conquer death, people who believe that they can become the master of death by collecting the Deathly Hallows, and the epitaphs of James and Lily:

  The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

   "How did it stop?" Severus asked.

   "I'm thinking about what you just said." She pinched the buttons on his coat and played "Do you think he was right?"

   "I want to know what you think." He changed a position to sit, and she was taken aback because she almost slipped off his leg just now.

  "Do you know the premise of utilitarianism?"

  Severus thought for a moment: "Pursue the greatest happiness."

"This is part. The larger premise is that the group has a common moral concept. For example, as you said before, the desire to conquer is naturally normal. Success will always be praised and will not be condemned. Failure will only be condemned. It is the prevailing morality in the West. During the Victorian era, the British set up overseas colonies everywhere. The products of the colonies allowed the British to live a prosperous life. We can define people at that time as'happy'."

   "But." He said for her.

"For the exploiting and oppressive colonies, the British rule brought misfortune to them. Their morality is different from that of the utilitarian British. Utilitarianism cannot be promoted in other countries, so I think the common morality View is the prerequisite and basis of utilitarianism."

  Severus gave a surprised expression.

   "Is this what you think?"

"Otherwise, who do you think it is? Albus also advocates'for the greater good'. The happiness of society is measured by the greatest happiness of the greatest majority. Regarding the definition of'majority,' he is the same as Grindelwald and the Dark Lord. Different."

   "Because he includes Muggles." Severus said.

"No, the Muggle kid made his family ruined. He once shared the same ambitions with Grindelwald. He represents the interests of those who don't want to lose their loved ones because of the war." Pomona pinched the nose of Snivel. "Whether it is a Muggle, a dumb gun or a wizard, as long as it is anti-war, he is on his side, but he is not a pacifist. He will still participate in some battles that cannot be avoided. He just tries to keep the damage to a minimum. Use the minimum. The greatest battle result was achieved at the price of, and with less victory and more soldiers, the Dark Lord was cheated by the tricks of the old fool."

   "Naughty." He also squeezed her nose. Although it hurt a bit, he at least had a smile on his face, not as gloomy as before.

"Although the Dark Lord grew up in a Muggle orphanage, he still has the arrogance of a nobleman in his bones. I believe that the duel should be determined by his own strength. It is like a medieval knight, holding a spear, riding a war horse, and wearing an iron can. The armor charge, although it is very brave and fearless to do so, but you don't think..." Pomona wanted to find an appropriate adjective to describe it.

   "pedantic." Severus added.

"Yes, that's what I want to say." She patted her palm. "The old madman said that the old fool is a hypocrite, he is not so pedantic, as long as he can'use me', he will use it, whether it is a thief or a werewolf. "

   "And me, a former Death Eater." He smiled and narrowed his eyes. "Go on."

   "Say what?" she asked stupidly.

   "I don't know, what do you think?"

   "My mind is blank now." She answered honestly, "You give me a hint."

  Then he kissed her, the kind that was very eager, no one would have thought that Snape, who was poisonous and mean, had an emotional side.

   "I can't think about you like this..."

   "Then don't think about it." He interrupted her, and then he planned to come to kiss her again.

   "Ahem."

  The sound of coughing came from the door.

   "It's lunch time." Felix said embarrassedly.

  Pomona quickly got up from his lap, turned her back to him and sorted her clothes and hair.

   "You won't go to the kitchen to find food yourself?" Severus snorted sullenly.

   "I have eaten it." Felix whispered, "I'm here to remind you, don't patronize love, forget to eat lunch, be careful of stomach pain."

  After he finished speaking, he ran away, and the study was extremely quiet for a while.

  A moment later, Pomona burst out laughing.

   "What are you laughing at?" The old bat muttered badly.

   "Beware of stomach pains, hahahaha." Pomona followed Felix's tone and laughed.

  Severus stared at her, made her laugh wildly for a while, then suddenly stood up and hugged her.

  In her exclamation, he lifted her up and went around in the study.

She likes the soothing and tranquil feeling, which is also the characteristic of Austen’s works. There is no hoarse confession, nor Conan Doyle’s suspense. She always narrates stories about love slowly in a gentle and calm tone. Those details of daily life make those who read her book very comfortable.

  Her book is a cure, but Pomona doesn’t think Elizabeth doesn’t worship money, and Mr. Darcy will fall in love with her.

  Jane is just a Victorian woman. She doesn't really understand men at that time, just like people in this era don't understand people around her, at least she has never read the theory of monarchy.

  Napoleon put the book on the bedside, taking war and conquest for granted.

  He is loved by the French and hated by people in other countries. In fact, he should already know that France has declined and he has no power to recover.

  In human social life, self-interested choice occupies a dominant position. In theory, everyone is the best judge of his own happiness.

  However, this judgment is easily influenced by the opinions of other people, and the happiness in everyone's eyes is regarded as one's own happiness.

  Anything that can bring the greatest happiness to oneself, he will pursue it with all his energies, no matter what the result of all happiness other than himself is, this is an inevitable tendency of human nature, even if this behavior is self-interested.

  According to Bentham, everyone knows what happiness and pain are best, so everyone knows what happiness is.

  In fact, many people don’t know that many people include Voldemort and Pomona.

  He is married to her, and his body is absolutely loyal to her, but who does he think in his heart?

  Is there always that pure lily in his heart?

  If it is, then her happiness at the moment is false happiness, she wants more, and she didn't think that way at the beginning.

  She hoped that he could look at her and pay attention to her. Even though the relationship was built on desire at the beginning, she still regarded herself as his mistress.

  If security and equality cannot be reconciled, one must give up equality and maintain the safety of private property. Private property in capitalist society is sacred and inviolable. The werewolf’s behavior of obtaining property by stealing and killing offends this article. Therefore, the equality they want will never be achieved.

  Vampires are much smarter. They know how to deceive, pretend, and engage in other industries to obtain wealth. They are also non-witch half-humans, and their status is much higher than that of werewolves.

  This utilitarian world is like this. The process of changing from "self-interest" to "self-sacrifice" is difficult.

  If you leave it alone, after Lupin and Tonks’ children enter school, they will be discriminated against as "You have a werewolf father."

  He may even be a descendant of Helga Hefpaff.

  In Jane’s story, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are married, as happy as the ending of the story in a fairy tale, but this is only the beginning of life.

  Pomona looked at Severus, who was very happy now. She hoped that he would be so happy forever. It would be great if there were only two of them in the whole world.

  Because of this, this calculus about happiness and pain, happiness and misfortune is not so difficult to understand.

  (End of this chapter)