Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 2913 The language of butterflies (3)

  In addition to the City of God, Augustine also wrote a book titled "Time, Evil and Will", which collects questions asked by others to Augustine.

   When discussing the seventy-seven questions of "Eighty-Three Questions", "On whether fear is a sin", the word passio was mentioned.

  Every disturbance is a passion, and every desire is a disturbance; therefore every desire is a passion. When any passion arises in us, we suffer (patimur) because of that passion, that is, we suffer (patimur) only because it is a passion (passio). So whenever we have any desire in our mind, we suffer because of that desire, we suffer because it is a desire.

   But not every passion—so far as we suffer from it—is a sin. So if someone says that if we suffer from fear, it's not a sin. That's like saying "if that's bipedal, it's not an animal". Obviously this inference does not hold, since many animals are bipedal; likewise the former cannot hold, because of the many sins we suffer. Here it says that the inference "if we suffer from fear it is not sin" does not hold, but you say that the inference "if we suffer from fear it is not sin" does, though you admit that some sins are Yes, isn't that contradictory?

  Because the Muggle subway station where the accident occurred was very close to King's Cross Station, and it happened to be the day when the children took the Hogwarts Express to school, the "Evening Prophet" reported the incident.

At that time, the subway station was crowded with 40,000 passengers who came and went in a hurry. They flocked here and took 5 subways in different directions. There was a commotion, and someone hurriedly reported to the on-duty staff, and after a while, there was a piercing alarm in the subway.

The London Underground is run by the government. Because of the reduced budget, the subway staff has been cut. The lack of manpower and the panic of people after hearing the alarm make the waiting passengers in the subway chaotic, and the central ticket hall is full of chaotic running. people.

  The fire spread rapidly and quickly engulfed the entire ticket hall. The crowd fell into a panic for a moment, and people became panicked.

In "The Fable of the Bee", the author once mentioned that when we feel that disaster is approaching, the emotion that appears in our hearts is called "fear", which creates anxiety in our hearts, and most people think that they can overcome this with reason. kind of cognition.

  If a person falls down, passers-by will help him up out of kindness and politeness. But in the subway station at that time, some people fell but no one could help them up. One was panic, and the other was that the sight was blocked by the thick smoke, and the people who fell on the ground could not be seen.

  When the firefighters tried to go in to fight the fire, because of the narrow underground space, it was difficult for large equipment to get close to the fire.

  As of press time, 27 people have died and hundreds of people have been injured. It can be called the worst accident on the London Underground since 1975.

  The 1975 crash was the work of the Death Eaters, who cast the Imperius Curse on the driver so that he didn't hit the brakes, causing it to hit the train that was supposed to be parked on the platform.

  Although Severus, who went to assist in the investigation, has not returned yet, Felix has already prepared the school's protective magic, and it will be activated when everyone arrives. At least people outside the school can no longer interfere with the safety of the school.

   The more panicked I am, the more I want to do something, as if I am resisting the approaching danger.

Feliway was still the same, after the senior students came to the school in a carriage first, let the members of the frog choir perform the chorus, Minerva went to the dock to welcome the new students, and Pomona did not go Whispering students, talk to Sinista about Cepheid observations.

   The more everyone is anxious to get out, the more likely it is that no one can get out. A similar fire happened in the United States before. There was only one revolving door as the exit in the whole bar, and it could only turn in one direction.

   What's more, the Minister of Transport, the Prime Minister, and the Mayor of London have all gone to the scene in person. Even the Queen has made TV and radio speeches.

  After almost all the students arrived, Minerva led the freshmen into the auditorium, and Pomona saw the tall and thin Percy Weasley at a glance.

  He followed right behind Minerva, and Pomona couldn't help but look up Patsy's sleeve, hoping he hadn't brought his pet Scabbers into the auditorium. If people were at a party and found a mouse on the table, if Patsy insisted it was a member of the family...

  Pomona sensed someone approaching her, and turned her gaze to that side involuntarily. Severus sat calmly on the seat next to her, with a strong burnt smell on his body.

   "How's it going?" Sinistra asked Severus in a low voice across Pomona.

  He motioned for Sinistra to watch the sorting ceremony.

  Pomona also looked at the students. They were looking at Snape and the vacated position of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. It seemed that they were more interested in other topics than sorting.

   "Irene Aiken." Minerva read from the list.

  A girl with shoulder-length blond hair walked up the steps and sat in a chair, and Minerva put the Sorting Hat on her.

   "Oh, I see." The Sorting Hat whispered, "You have great talent, but I think you should belong to Hufflepuff!"

   "No!" Aiken yelled before Hufflepuff's children could clap their hands. "Do it again! You must have made a mistake."

  The auditorium suddenly fell silent.

   "You're mistaken!" said Irina Aiken. "Repeat."

   "Well, many people have had the same questions as you, but I stand by my decision." The Sorting Hat said, "You belong to Hufflepuff College."

   "Please come down, Miss Aiken." Minerva said, "There are others waiting for the sorting."

   Aiken stood up as Minerva ordered, but she seemed on the verge of tears.

  Pomona is in control.

  In the fable of the bee, the author believes that anger can overcome fear, which will make animals spare no effort to remove or destroy all obstacles on their way to survival.

   "She doesn't seem to want to be a Hufflepuff," Severus said. "What are you going to do?"

   "Send her on the Hogwarts Express and let her go back immediately." Pomona said coldly.

   "Really?" he said defiantly.

   "Of course not," Sinista said. "She was just talking angry."

   "Who is Isabella Sidney?" asked Pomona.

   "What are you asking her for?" Severus asked.

   "I want to ask her mother's tutor's contact information." Pomona replied, "Miss Aiken can continue to study in a Muggle school like Mrs. Sidney, and at the same time learn to master her own power."

  No one spoke.

   "I'm just learning from Dumbledore and giving her another choice." Pomona said calmly, "Rules are rules, and there will be no exceptions because of Miss Aiken."

   "I sent her over after the banquet," Severus said.

  As this little episode ended, the sorting continued, and Percy was finally sorted into Gryffindor. Bill and Charlie breathed a sigh of relief. In the end, there was no "traitor" assigned to Slytherin in their family of pure-blooded traitors.

   When everything was over, Dumbledore made another speech, warning the students not to go to the Forbidden Forest, and also announced that the emperor dragonfly had bred in large numbers in the school, and they were free to catch it.

   Then came the "Chorus" school song, and Felix remained unmoved by all of this.

   After the chorus finished, the banquet began, but for some reason, the tropical fruit ice cream was not uploaded.

  But without this dessert, the dinner party is rich enough, especially the morel mushroom stewed chicken is very popular.

   "You should go with me." Pomona was halfway through eating, and Minerva came in through the side door and told her to go.

  Pomona was so angry that he put down his spoon and left his seat.

  She followed Minerva to the preparation room next to the auditorium, where the crying Aiken was waiting under Filch's surveillance.

   "I'm the vice-principal, Minerva McGonagall. This is Hufflepuff's dean, Professor Sprout. What's your request, Miss Aiken."

   "Well, it can't be Hufflepuff." Aiken cried inarticulately, "You must have made a mistake."

   "Then what do you think is right?" Pomona said in as calm a tone as possible.

   “Ifamony College can choose which college to study in.” Aiken said.

   "Sorry, this is Hogwarts." Pomona said coldly, "All of us have to accept the arrangement of the Sorting Hat."

   "That's a dirty, stupid hat," Aiken said.

   "That's Godric Gryffindor's relic," Minerva said.

   "Which college do you want to go to?" Pomona asked suddenly.

  Aiken twitched and refused to answer.

   "Ravenclaw?" asked Pomona.

   Minerva looked at her.

   A Muggle-born, if you don't want to go to Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, where else do you want to go but "from Ravenclaw by the quiet lake"?

  The door of the preparation room opened again, and Isabella Sidney in Slytherin uniform walked in.

   "The Dean said you need me, Professor." Isabella Sidney said in a melodious voice.

   "Is your mother's tutor still available?" Pomona asked politely.

   "What are you doing here?" Minerva asked.

   "Offer another option," said Pomona. "Tell me, Miss Sidney, why did your mother decide not to come to the School of Wizardry?"

   "I didn't say I wouldn't come to the magic school!" Aiken said.

   "So how do you say the Sorting Hat got it wrong?" Pomona asked.

   "Are you going to throw her out?" Minerva asked Pomona.

   "She rejected us first!" Pomona said sternly, "Why should I be tolerant?"

   "Let's vote first." Sidney said, "Look at the results of other people's votes to decide whether to accept her."

   "Do you agree, Miss Aiken." Minerva asked.

  Elena Aiken hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.

  So Pomona had one more task. She had to go to her prefects and ask them to organize a vote to decide whether to accept this little witch.

  Before she left, she looked at Isabella Sidney, and she also looked at Pomona, but neither of them spoke, and they returned to the auditorium in silence to continue the unfinished dinner.

  (end of this chapter)