Harry Potter’s Morning Light

Chapter 3053 adamas (6)

 “Lily, Lily!”

With a whisper, Pomona looked up at the window. A girl with shaggy hair was lying outside the window, signaling Lily to open the window.

"What?" Lily asked inexplicably.

 “My mother is looking for me.” The girl outside the window lowered her voice.

Although she didn't know what happened, Lily opened the window, and then the girl climbed in through the window and hid under Lily's bed skillfully.

 “Jessica!”

 After the girl hid, a woman's voice came from outside the house.

 Pomona raised her head and saw a lady wearing an apron, as if she was looking for something.

 While living at Lily's house, she knew that there was an old lady next door whose dog would occasionally get lost, and her grandson would call its name.

 But obviously the dog's name is not "Jessica".

Pomona looked down at the chocolate frog drawings placed on the carpet. Normally she should put them away to prevent Muggles from seeing them, but she and Lily had cleaned them up so far. If they were put away, they would be messed up again...

Just as she hesitated for a moment, the lady in the apron walked towards Lily's room angrily.

"Don't panic." Lily sat back down and "pretend that nothing happened (playingcool)."

Then she continued to sort out the chocolate frog pictures as if nothing had happened.

Pomona was also pretending, but her heart was beating so fast that she couldn't tell what was in the picture.

“Have you seen Jessica? Lily.” The lady asked at the window where Jessica had been just now.

"No, Mrs. Vincent." Lily said nonchalantly, "I've been playing cards with my friends."

Mrs. Vincent stuck her head through the window and glanced around Lily's room twice, as if she still suspected that Jessica was in Lily's room.

However, after no trace of Jessica was found, Mrs. Vincent left and looked for Jessica elsewhere.

 When her voice was far enough away, Jessica crawled out from under the bed.

"Thank you, you saved my life." Jessica said to Lily.

 “What trouble did you get into this time?” Lily asked.

“Don’t worry, it’s the same as usual.” Jessica shrugged nonchalantly, “I’m going to leave now, and we’ll talk next time.”

 Then Jessica fell over from the original road. It was not the first time that something like this happened.

 “You lied!” Pomona accused Lily.

“Yeah, so what?” Lily said nonchalantly, continuing to sort out the chocolate frog pictures with her head down.

Pomona was a little angry.

It seemed that it wasn't just the Gryffindor boys who were like this, if any of them were caught by Filch breaking school rules, they would cover it up without being caught, rather than tell the truth, or, as they put it, "betray." friend".

While she was still angry, Lily's door was opened by Petunia. She followed Mrs. Evans's example, pouted, and looked at Lily unhappily.

 “What did you just do?” Petunia asked as if she was guilty.

 “It has nothing to do with you.” Lily said a little coldly.

 “I saw Mrs. Vincent was here just now,” said Petunia.

 “I saw it too.” Lily replied without interest.

 “She came to see Jessica,” Penny said.

“I didn’t see her.” Lily looked down at the chocolate frog picture.

 “What about you?” Petunia asked, staring at Pomona.

Lily also glanced at Pomona sideways at this time.

Pomona hesitated and couldn't make a sound for a long time.

Should she be "honest" and tell Petunia that she just saw Jessica hiding under Lily's bed, or should she lie?

 “Did you see that?” Penny asked Pomona, her voice rising.

“No,” Pomona whispered, as if that would lessen the guilt.

Lily smiled, then looked at Petunia. "You heard me."

Penny looked at Pomona suspiciously.

 “You want to play with us?” Lily asked Petunia.

"I won't play your weird games," Petunia said arrogantly, closing the door again before leaving.

Soon Pomona heard the sound of the sewing machine turning. It seemed that Penny was making new clothes for her Barbie doll.

Petunia and Lily's relationship has been strained ever since Lily released tadpoles hatched from tree monkey frog eggs at Petunia's birthday party. They jumped on the heads of the girls at the party, causing the guests to run away screaming. How about it.

Lily didn't expect that those frog eggs would hatch in soap, and Pomona didn't think it was appropriate to give this soap to a girl like Petunia.

 But it was a gift from the wizarding world that Lily could afford. Petunia had wanted to go to the wizarding world to study.

"Do you want to be in a daze or continue playing?" Lily asked impatiently.

Lily was once a popular girl in school, and now she invites Pomona, a weirdo, to her home for the summer.

Pomona picked up a picture of a chocolate frog, which showed a weirdo named Ulric wearing a jellyfish hat.

 She feels depressed and doesn't want to be a "weirdo" even though she doesn't have a jellyfish hat.

Let's act normally, so she continued to sort out the pictures as if nothing happened.

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As a "super nerd", Pomona looked up information after returning to school, hoping to find an "explanation" for his dishonest behavior.

 Finally she found an explanation in a book written by a professor at the University of Reading.

People are always looking for something that can be used as a general principle or a rule to explain difficult problems. After the Sicilian War, Rome signed a treaty with Carthage, which stipulated that the parties were mutually obligated not to ally with each other's allies and vassals, wage war, exercise sovereignty within their territories, or raise armies.

However, based on the power that Carthage had established in Spain, the Romans formed an alliance with Sagunto in Spain, which resulted in Hannibal of Carthage besieging that city.

After the failure of the First Punic War, Carthage lost its hegemony in the Mediterranean and Sicily and turned to the Iberian Peninsula.

The Romans believed that this offended the dignity of Rome and that war should be declared. Some people tried to understand the content of the treaty "correctly" because the Romans had formed an alliance with Sagunto first, and Sagunto was caught between Rome and Carthage at that time. Allies on either side did not count, but there were pro-Roman or Carthaginian factions in the city.

 There is a group of people who believe that morality is governed by principles. Of course lying is bad, but if telling the truth is equivalent to betraying a friend, not to mention coercion and inducement, and if you speak out, you will be immune to punishment, "honesty" does not seem to always be a reason to do something.

The professor then proposed a kind of moral generalism (moral generalists) and moral individualism. Moral individualism denies that moral inferences are governed by any form of principle. All motivations are situational, or to make you not do something. motivation.

 In the scene of being caught violating school rules, "I can't betray my friends" and "I can't lie" appear, two motivations for one's upcoming actions.

The Romans looking for a "correct understanding" of the treaty were the ones trying to keep the peace, Hannibal attacked Sagunto and not Rome proper, don't do it again the next time the Romans do it, once the war with Carthage resumes it will bring Many disadvantages.

　　When Sagunto was besieged, Rome did not send troops to help because Sagunto was not an ally of Rome.

After the city was destroyed, Rome asked Carthage to hand over Hannibal for trial. When he refused, Rome declared war on Carthage.

If a contract can be interpreted in two ways, and for the sake of the obligation to maintain peace, one party accepts any country they like as an ally later, it would constitute a subjective and unrestrained sacrifice of the other party. The treaty contains restrictions on both parties. In this interpretation tendency, the other party will be restricted based on the subjective and arbitrary wishes of one party.

Then what Hannibal did at that time cannot be "correctly" understood as a violation of the treaty.

 But principles formulated in particular cases cannot be used to govern our thoughts generally.

 The University of Reading was once a branch founded by the Church College of the University of Oxford. It can be said to be part of the University City of Oxford, but in 1926 it became an independent university.

 Oxford University implements a collegial federal system, as do Cambridge and London Universities. In 1406, Henry IV granted Oxford University a charter "if any privileged class is prosecuted for a felony, they have the right to surrender."

 This right of surrender does not mean surrendering to the police or similar secular institutions. Scholars were a privileged class at that time. Before that, there was a Chancellor's Court in Oxford. If a scholar committed a crime, even if it was murder or intentional injury, it would be under the jurisdiction of the Chancellor.

  Surrender can be understood as a kind of "self-purification". The sinner joins a group of atonement groups and swears not to commit crimes again. The criminal can. Anyone who refuses to take an oath or confess may be imprisoned indefinitely in a bishop's prison.

 Before the establishment of the deacon's court, ecclesiastical courts were responsible for judging. However, outside the jurisdiction of the principal, scholars were not entitled to such preferential treatment. They still had to be prosecuted, sentenced and imprisoned by secular courts.

 The head of the deacon's court is called the court counselor or deacon. He is recommended by the rector and approved by the king to handle cases for which the rector's court is not suitable.

 At that time, the principal had great authority and could even punish people outside the school. When conflicts between citizens and scholars occurred, as long as they occurred within the jurisdiction of the principal, except in rare cases, the principal's court had the power to conduct independent trials.

 But the principal could not execute people, but could only expel lawbreakers from the city. It was not until 1890 that the religious jurisdiction of the Chancellor's Court of Oxford University was abolished, and thereafter the criminal jurisdiction of the Chancellor's Court was also abolished.

　　Not only did the deacons' court include scholars, but students could also commit crimes under the ceremonial judicial charter. The citizens of Oxford strongly opposed it, but to no avail. This was mainly due to the king's love for scholars.

 Oxford's autonomy declined after the death of Henry IV, but the Court of Deacons still exists today.

Jessica is a very naughty child. She doesn't like her younger brother and often makes him cry. Her mother, Mrs. Vincent, was able to talk to her nicely at first, but later she also began to punish her. Her younger brother took advantage of this at every turn. Just cry and wait for my mother to teach my sister a lesson.

The two siblings often fought until they were adults and left home. However, when they "grew up", they had a good relationship, although they would still fight and fight after returning home for Christmas.

 Unlike Lily and Petunia, they haven't seen each other since they got married.

Mrs. Evans was kind to Lily at home, and Pomona could tell that Petunia was unhappy. However, Lily went to a boarding school and could only go home a few times a year, while Penny stayed at home and went to school near home. After graduation, she went to London and met her current husband.

What would Penny think if she learned about moral individualism?

According to the Thucydides Trap, a newly rising power will inevitably challenge the existing power, and the existing power must respond to this threat, which will eventually lead to war and conflict.

 Rome was a land country in the early days, not a maritime overlord like Carthage, which also defeated ancient Greece and replaced it.

Carthage adopted a mercenary system, including Spartans. The Spartans had a fierce battle with Greece at the Battle of Arginusae, and Greece won. However, these generals returned home but were prosecuted and could not be saved. The soldier fell into the water and chose to pursue the enemy. Socrates voted against punishing them.

Of course the people who fell into the water had to be rescued, but this would also delay the opportunity for fighting. When the Spartans readjusted their formation and launched a counterattack, the winner might not be the Greeks.

The desire to escape punishment and win is also a tendency.

It is praiseworthy to dare to tell the truth, just like there is a child in the king's new clothes who dares to tell the truth.

 A new question comes again, what is the truth?

 Or in another scenario, the Nazis are chasing a group of guerrillas, and they come to the door. Would you "honestly" tell them that "there are three hiding in the cellar"?

So Pomona, who hates lies, accepted this reality. Although lies would cause a lot of inconvenience to her work and life, she would not punish students who lied by asking them to copy "I cannot lie" a thousand times.

 Lily and James have the same attitude towards their friends. If caught by Filch, James will go to jail with Sirius, while Lily will protect Severus, regardless of whether he is an evil Slytherin or not.

Who makes them Gryffindor, as bright and outgoing as the sun.

On the way she met a clump of evening primroses. Their flowers only bloomed under the moon and began to wither and wither after the sun rose.

  But they are sun-loving plants and should be placed in a brightly lit environment. After sufficient photosynthesis occurs during the day, the flowers can bloom smoothly at night.

 In fact, her explanation can be understood this way. James died in the battle, Severus took care of his survivors, and he also asked the Dark Lord to let Lily go.

People who have been in darkness all year round will also yearn for light, and may not necessarily appreciate the same kind of people who live in darkness like him.

 “What do you want to talk to that centaur about?”

Pomona turned her eyes forward, and Snape was still walking in front with his back to her.

 “Talk about zodiac signs or something.” Pomona said perfunctorily.

 “You and Sinistra don’t talk enough?”

 “How can it be the same?”

 Then the matrimonial advertisement Sinista mentioned came to her mind - widowed people are not considered.

 Maybe the lady is not very old. How many years has it been since the war ended?

 After July, Harry and Neville will be 7 years old.

“Do you believe that the number 7 has magical powers?” Pomona asked.

 He did not say "this is superstition", nor did he agree with it.

As a woman, Pomona understood that Fitzgerald did not want Isidora to remove the memories that caused her pain. In Isidora's eyes, pain needed to be "removed."

 Without pain, you can find peace.

But pain sometimes reminds you not to do that. A baby is curious when he sees the flames, and reaches out to grab it. When he is burned by the flames, he knows that it hurts, and he will not reach out to grab it next time.

　　There are only happy days, and they will become "drunk" after a long time. After Lily and James are together, they are no longer like they were in school.

At that time, she was accompanied by "Sifu" who longed to gain strength from books. He was as dull as he was when he grew up.

 Too much pain is also a kind of suffering. Maybe she should be like the baby who saw the flames, understanding the pain and not reaching out.

Butterflies don’t understand that when they see a flame, they pounce on it and fly around it, no matter how hot it is around the flame.

When it feels that it can't stand it anymore, it will stay away from the fire. When it feels better, it will fly towards the flames until its life is burned out.

 It is obviously not easy to change from a caterpillar to a butterfly.

 After walking through Hagrid's hut, she walked uphill for a while to the greenhouse. She didn't need to go back to the castle, or rather the dungeon, with him.

But she remembered the temperature in the greenhouse during the day. Without windows, the temperature probably wouldn't have dropped. It would have been as hot as purgatory inside.

 No matter, she could use ice magic, but if she couldn't sleep outside for one night, she didn't want to continue walking.

 “Goodbye, Severus.”

She said and walked to another road.

 “Where are you going?” he asked belatedly.

 “Isn’t it obvious?” Pomona said, walking straight to the greenhouse.

Not long after, she heard footsteps behind her, and the old bat followed behind with a gloomy expression.

His expression scared many students, even though she had neither violated school rules nor was she a student.

If she is brave enough, she should tell him "Don't follow" at this time.

 “You’re done.” She seemed to hear Sirius gloating, he still looked like a young man.

 When she saw it clearly, she realized that it was a ghost from Hogwarts, and it seemed to be Black.

"None of your business!" she said angrily to him, holding up the hem of her robe and running away.

 "Puttong, ploptong".

 She could feel her heart beating.

 As if to remind her that she is alive in a mortal body, not a butterfly body.

 (End of this chapter)