Chapter 1142 "Passepartout"

Night Hill is located in the core production area of ​​Burgundy. It is said that this is God’s most beloved land. Out of Burgundy’s 25 Grand Vineyards, 24 are in Night Hill. It has become the most proud of Burgundy Production area.

  It stretches for more than 20 kilometers, it is very end, and the widest place is only 200 meters. Pomona never thought that the French wizard would actually set up the Quidditch Stadium in this place.

  According to the requirements of international secrecy laws, Muggles should not be seen during Quidditch.

  Maybe there are many drunks in Burgundy, but not everyone is drunk, not to mention things like cameras.

  However, when Pomona came to the "lake" along the rugged forest path, she realized that things might not be what she thought.

  This Quidditch arena was abandoned, and all the stands were decayed. The lawn on the ground was unmanaged and covered with weeds and shrubs. Obviously, the French team’s round of 16 against Germany could not be held here.

   "Why are they building a stadium here?" Pomona looked around and said.

   "How do I know." Severus also looked around. "This place seems to have been abandoned for a while."

   "Is there a period of time? I think it's hundreds of years." Pomona used her magic wand to clear out a discolored poster with the words "1831 League Schedule" on it.

   "It looks like we have found the wrong place. Should we go?" Severus asked.

  Pomona ignored him.

   "It's been so many years." He had no patience and said, "What do you think I can do when I see him?"

  Pomona put her hand on her lips, motioned for Severus to silence, and then tried to relax her steps as much as possible.

   There are fresh footprints on the ground, which she learned from the Auror before. Sometimes tracking prisoners is like hunting.

  They followed their footprints to a place that was supposed to be a restaurant.

  All the shutters were closed, the door frame was crumbling, and a voice came from inside.

  Severus walked in front of Pomona.

   "Do you understand what he said?"

   "No." Pomona said, "but I recognize his voice."

   "Is this your new talent again?"

   "No." Pomona glared at him, "Are you taunting me?"

  He turned his head and looked at her.

   "I didn't think that." He said calmly.

  At this moment, the voice inside suddenly stopped, as if the people inside had noticed them.

   "Who is inside?" Severus shouted.

  No one answered at first.

  Later, a boy raised his hands and walked to the door. His eyes were full of horror, but he still tried to maintain his composure.

  "Please...please don't hurt us." The boy trembled and said, "None of us is in the way."

  Pomona felt that he looked very familiar.

  She walked from behind Severus to the front.

  The boy saw her and showed an expression of deja vu.

   "I'm sorry, I seem to have seen you there," Pomona said.

   "He is the'blood bag' of that vampire." Severus said, "I remember, it seems to be called Simeon."

   "Vampire? Giovanni?" Pomona said in surprise, "Why did you get to this place?"

  "Please help us!" Simeon seemed to recognize them too, and immediately pleaded anxiously, "We have met a vampire hunter!"

  Pomona was full of emotion for a while.

  She walked into the restaurant and found Giovanni lying halfway in a corner out of the sun, with black blood all over his body.

   "Hi, Linda." Giovanni smiled weakly, "Do you like the house I designed for you?"

  "You came from Italy to France?" Pomona asked.

   "I can't hear what you say." Giovanni said, "I seem to be under a poisonous curse."

  At first, Pomona thought he had been hit by a curse, but later found that his ears were fine.

  At this moment Severus walked in. He glanced at Simeon who was anxious, and walked over silently.

   "It's black magic." Severus checked Giovanni's ear and said, "You can't solve it with a spell."

  "What should I do?" Simeon asked.

   Severus opened his deformed lizard skin pocket and took out a crystal bottle containing black powder.

   "I can only try. There are many potions that are not effective or even harmful to the vampire's injuries." Severus slowly said to Giovanni, as if he was going to let the other party understand what he said through his mouth.

   "Do what you think should be done." Giovanni said.

  So Severus used a cotton swab, dipped in the powder, and put it into Giovanni’s ear.

  "Shouldn't the bleeding be stopped first?" Pomona asked.

   "I need news." Severus said while turning the cotton swab, "Can you hear me?"

   "A little bit." Giovanni said, "It's like water in your ears."

"It seems to work." Severus dipped a cotton swab in the powder again and walked to the other side of Giovanni. "But I have bad news for you. I'm afraid you will be inseparable for the rest of your life. It's gone, unless the person who cursed you dies."

   Giovanni laughed, "It seems that I will return to normal after all. Humans can't survive me. What is your powder?"

  "The powder made by grinding the tail of the tortoise dry in the shade. This thing is illegal and difficult to get. I know a smuggler who can get it for you."

   "Turtle? What is that?" Giovanni asked.

  "A magical animal in Asia. Chinese wizards like to use tortoise shells for divination. This kind of tortoise is about to disappear."

  Pomona threw the magic bandage to Severus.

   "Just deal with it briefly, we will leave immediately, you, follow me out."

  Pomona said to Simeon.

  The refugee who volunteered to be a Michelin cook went out with Pomona.

   "Tell me what happened, and how did you get here?" Pomona asked when she came outside.

"I was planning to go out in the morning, and then a group of people appeared at our door. Before I could close the door, they broke in." Simeon seemed to cry in frustration. "Giovanni was attacked by them. He was not an opponent of those people alone, and then he asked me to wait for him in the study. There was a trophy in his study. According to him, it was a door key, and then we came here."

   "How do you know they are vampire hunters?"

  "Not vampire hunters, why did they hurt Giovanni? He didn't attack anyone, he only drank my blood."

  "He has lived for hundreds of years. How do you know that he has no other enemies." Pomona reminded him, "It is dangerous to live with a vampire. He may not be able to control himself and kill you at any time."

  "Do you think I don't know? My hometown is going through war!" Simeon said firmly, "I know that it is impossible for me to live a life different from the past without paying any price."

  Pomona has nothing to say.

  They didn’t wait long before Severus simply handled Giovanni’s injury.

   "He is not suitable for Apparition. We flew back to the Loire Valley in the hot air balloon we took just now."

   "That thing is so conspicuous."

   "Because it is conspicuous, no one will doubt that, put your invisibility cloak on him."

  Pomona immediately put her pigskin cloak on Giovanni's body.

   "You are waiting for me here." Severus threw Giovanni to Simeon, and then Apparated.

   "Why did you come here?" Giovanni asked.

  "We are looking for a venue for the Quidditch World Cup qualifiers. Why is this place abandoned?"

   "The same reason as when it was built, Muggle." Giovanni said, "There used to be few people in this area, now they are everywhere."

   "How did you get discovered by a vampire hunter?"

   asked Pomona in confusion.

  Compared with other vampires, Giovanni is very low-key.

  He seemed to be very tired, and closed his eyes on Simeon’s shoulder.

  This silence continued until the hot air balloon appeared above everyone's heads.

   "There is no place to land here! You follow the rope ladder!" said the hot air balloon pilot, and then threw a ladder down.

   "Oh, my goodness." Pomona stared at the crumbling ladder.

  She can’t do it while climbing this soft ladder while using a floating spell to get Giovanni onto a hot air balloon.

  Severus then climbed down the rope ladder, then climbed up each other.

   "You come with a floating spell." Severus said in her ear.

   "How did you get that pilot here? Imperius?" Pomona asked.

   "That's an unforgivable curse, you can't commit it for this!" Severus said as he climbed the rope ladder, "Concentrate, even if a vampire falls from a height, you will die."

  (End of this chapter)