Chapter 3048 adamas (1)

In "The Fable of the Bees", it is said: A person who advocates honor must have courage. If he lacks courage, his other principles are at best a sword without a sharp point.

In addition to courage, a person who advocates honor also needs principles. In order to defend this principle, he will not hesitate to give up his job, wealth, and even his own life.

Compared with Death Eaters, Grindelwald's followers are more "sane". This may be because they once passed through the "ring of fire" set by Grindelwald in the Lestrange family catacombs in Paris. Only their faith is unwavering. Only those who can pass through the deadly flames.

 Those who seek to transform a country or the world cannot do so simply by cultivating and exploiting discontent. The practice of arousing personal pain and subjective bad emotions is not conducive to friendly negotiations and makes "peaceful settlement" impossible. It also causes the will of one party to be unilaterally and arbitrarily controlled by the other party, excluding objective participation in cooperation with society. outside.

 But there are always sober-minded people. Some of these people may join it to seek benefits, while others stay away from it. Except for Bella and Regulus, who was deeply influenced by her, there were no other Death Eaters in the Black family. After entertaining a mysterious person, the Blacks stopped participating in social activities and lived a reclusive life. No one was invited to Sirius's father's funeral.

Negative emotions will always cool down as they are vented. The more people with big families and businesses, the less they dare to invest in change with people who have nothing, because if they fail, everything accumulated over the years will be lost.

 They don’t like change and reject new things in order to maintain the status quo. Muggleborns were a greater threat to them than Muggles. Some outstanding Muggles will take away the jobs that "belong" to their nephews. The job in the British Ministry of Magic is not hereditary, although they can live on that salary. Moreover, the Blacks can also "tolerate" the Muggle neighbors around them, as long as they ignore them, there is no need to kill them all as the mysterious man said.

 What one person calls generosity, another person calls extravagant; what one person calls stupidity, another person calls wise. France's Enlightenment ideas were not suppressed during the Louis XV period and even received support from the royal family. Likewise, some people like the life of a baroque king, and some don't.

 Some people may think that water flows slowly, and we must consider future generations. So while you are still alive, try your best to accumulate so that your descendants will have inheritance to inherit.

There are also people who feel that they will not have any descendants anyway, and whether they can live tomorrow is a question, so they indulge in carnivalesque regardless of the consequences.

 Individual ethical egoists will actually believe in one moral theory but falsely claim to actually believe in another; otherwise, they are probably not acting in their own self-interest.

They have their own positions, and there will be many disguises in their words and actions. Louis XV's words "Even if the floods are raging after my death" were not said by him in public, but in private to his mistress Madame Pompidou. Some people also said it in private. Said this was what Madame Pompidou said to Louis XV.

  No matter who said it, it’s the golden rule of hedonists. They may have descendants, but they don’t care what happens to their children in the future.

By the end of the generation, it was said that the Gaunt family no longer even knew where they lived. In the past, they often held lavish dances and were crowded with guests.

 Lancaster itself had little money, and the families of wealthy wives were protected by force from English princes. By the time of Queen Victoria, the British crown had given up all land benefits and lived on parliamentary appropriations, except for the territories of Lancaster and Cornwall.

“Did you know that the Queen once leased the territory where she raised grouse to a general to offset the cost of renting his land to the Crown?”

Severus suddenly said as he passed Hagrid's chicken shed.

 “What?” Pomona asked doubtfully.

“They were neighbours, living at Windsor Castle at the time,” said Severus.

Pomona was getting more and more confused.

 He smiled somewhat smugly.

“Secrets are usually hidden for 50 years, because after 50 years the relevant people are no longer alive, and these family files will be kept in Windsor Castle, making it difficult for outsiders to access.”

“Are you proud of finding out about a chicken?” Pomona asked.

“There are many cases that have been filed in the Queen’s name without her knowledge, and it was her lawyers who took matters into their own hands,” Severus said.

 Pomona couldn't believe her ears.

 “Are you mocking the Queen?” Pomona asked in surprise.

 “I didn’t,” he said diplomatically.

"I heard it, don't try to be cunning!" Pomona stretched out her finger and poked his heart.

"That's your imagination. What's your evidence?" he said in a pretentious manner.

 Pomona hit him.

 “Other people are not stupid, if you say that in Buckingham Palace...”

“Maybe it’s Windsor Castle,” he said nonchalantly.

 “Oh!” She was so angry that she yelled, scaring the chickens in the chicken shed.

"How is the relationship between centaurs and trolls now?" Severus asked.

 “What else?” she said sarcastically.

"No, answer my question seriously." He asked seriously. "The Ministry of Magic will also stay to deal with this problem."

 Pomona calmed down a little.

"You know about the Arnold Mill trial of the King of Prussia?" said Pomona.

 He recalled it.

 “Is there this case in the file I gave you?” he asked confused.

"No, there is none." Pomona circled around him. "There is a Latin proverb, quijuresuoutitur, nemininfacitinjuriam. What does that mean, Severus?"

 He crossed his arms over his chest.

“It is not illegal for anyone to exercise their rights,” he replied.

“It sounds very much like the explanation of the judges of the Supreme Court, but they were all sentenced by the king to build the fortress.” Pomona said.

 He sneered, as if he thought her threat was a joke.

“This sentence also has a translation, ‘Exercise one’s own rights without harming the interests of others.’ This is the legal basis of international responsibility under international law. If a country abuses its territorial rights and causes...”

 “Let’s get to the point.” He said coldly.

"Even the Queen is not outside the law." Pomona said word by word. "She rents other people's land, and others rent her land and use the proceeds as deductions. This is the way to live as a neighbor. You should learn more!"

 He seemed to be angry with her and was thinking about how to fight back.

"Let's continue talking about the mill!" Pomona said to herself. "The defendant built a pond upstream of the miller and used the water in the pond to raise fish, but this did not provide enough power to provide water flow to the mill, the defendant said , he has the right to do so, it is a matter of good common sense, otherwise it would lead to great injustice and he would be deprived of the right to dispose of property that clearly belongs to him."

 “What’s the problem?” Severus asked.

"Didn't I just say that? You must not harm the interests of others when exercising your own rights!" Pomona screamed.

"Stop scaring the chickens." Severus said calmly. "I'm not deaf. You don't need to yell."

 Pomona was so angry that she wanted to jump.

Everyone in this school knows what an optimistic and kind witch she is, and she never gets angry with others.

However, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and began to chant Buddhist scriptures.

 What else can we do?

 (End of this chapter)