Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 719 Ugly Mask

  Everyone who has been to Venice to participate in the carnival knows how different this sunny and romantic water city can be at night.

  The dim lights, the damp water vapor, and the crowds wandering the streets in bizarre masks and brightly colored coats, it seems that Venice has entered another world where ghosts walk.

  Waterways and small streets make it particularly charming, but also turn it into a complex labyrinth, full of many mysterious legends and inexplicable events.

You can get eternal love by kissing under the bridge of sighs. It’s a lie to tourists. In the local version of Venice, the prisoner died after seeing his lover with other men through a small window. His soul was tied to the bridge. On every special day, it will sigh.

  I shouldn't fall in love with her, let alone give my life for her, he regrets it very much.

  However, he committed suicide, and the soul of suicide could not rest in peace, so he sighed on the bridge for thousands of years.

  There are many churches in Venice, and one of them was not built for believers.

  In addition to portraits, people also use sculptures to record their own images. There is a beautiful and vain woman who lives for her appearance. She asked a sculptor to carve a statue for herself.

  She couldn't stand her aging face, so she decided to commit suicide when she was most beautiful. But some people said that she was too shocked to die. The maid who found her body said that she had a horrified expression on her face when she was in front of the statue.

  The house was later unoccupied. The priests demolished it and built a church on the spot. They protected the residents of the city from being harmed by the devil.

  Beauty is a powerful weapon. It can confuse many people. Those who have it laugh at people who don’t have it, which invisibly produces discrimination and the crime of “arrogance”, the first of the “7” original sins.

  When the boat drove to this red-brick house far away from tourist attractions, Pomona felt the calm and uneasy rhythm. Unfortunately, something must have happened here.

  From the perspective of Christianity, everyone has original sin and sin, even saints are inevitable. Original sin exists in a hidden place in our hearts. We all have a certain tendency to sin. When this tendency and inner strength are driven by external forces, crimes will be revealed.

  In fact, no external force is required. You only need to wear a mask or hide in the crowd. If a person gives the public the right to choose whether to commit suicide by jumping from a building, the final outcome must be death.

  They will encourage the jumper to jump down. Anyway, the person making the noise hides in the crowd, and no one knows who he is.

  The Astronomical Tower is high enough. It was built to look up at the stars, but Albus used it to complete suicide.

  But he set an example for Harry and many people through his own death, sacrificing himself for the greater good. It is hard to say whether this was the call of the angel or the whisper of the devil.

   "Okay, you are here..." Ali Sandro said hurriedly when the ship drew ashore.

  Pomona pointed her magic wand at him.

   "In such a dangerous place, would you let the two girls go alone?"

   "My cousin is a coward." Monica sarcastically said, "He only brags in front of girls."

   "Are you a coward?"

   "Of course not... this place is cursed, I want to tell mom..."

   "Oh, here again." Monica rolled her eyes. "Mom, mom, when can you learn not to complain?"

   "Hmm...he doesn't have a girlfriend yet, right?" Pomona said.

   "How do you know?" Monica asked.

"No woman will choose a coward or a boy who is not grown up to be her boyfriend." Pomona sneered and smiled. "You can wait for us here, or do you plan to leave us here and drive away by yourself." ?"

   Ali Sandro was at a loss as the two women looked around.

  Pomona went ashore directly, as did Monica. They followed the stone steps to the garden. It was very peaceful, and even the whispers could be heard.

  This garden is very beautiful, with fountains and sculptures. It is different from the buildings where every inch of land was paved with bricks before on the main island. You can see the green grass and flower gardens.

  The cook Philip on the “Orient Express” once said that the masks in Venice are cursed, and the people who wear the masks are often people who owe debts, cheaters, or assassins, and they are often related to immorality.

  There are many churches in Venice. Most of these churches have a bell tower. The sound of the bell indicates the beginning and end of the working day.

  There is an ugly face carved out of stone on the doors of most bell towers, and now there is one on the arched door lintel of the "Soul Casino".

When Pomona and Monica approached, the eyes on that ugly face moved and looked at them directly. Those blue flame-like eyes reminded Pomona of Moody’s. Magic eye.

  "What's the matter with you, witch?" the statue asked.

   "I want to ask a question, why is this place called Soul Casino? Is it because soul gambling can be used?"

   "Do you want to bet?"

"I'm just curious."

   "I will not open the door to satisfy your curiosity." The statue said, "Leave."

   "What about seeking asylum? Someone is chasing us!" Monica said, "He is a dark wizard."

  Pomona stared at Monica.

   "How can you say that!" She lowered her voice and "roared".

   Just then, the door of the "casino" opened, and a young priest in a black robe came out.

He is very handsome, with flax-colored hair, brown eyes, and a warm and sunny breath. He is completely different from Severus, who also wears black clothes but has a hooked nose and exudes an evil and gloomy atmosphere. .

   "You can find someone else." said the pastor.

   "She is a foreigner, I can't make magic!" Monica said, "Please help us, Father."

  The priest looked at Pomona "What are you going to say?"

   "We have put aside our prejudices for many years." Pomona said, "How about a cup of tea together?"

  The pastor did not speak.

   "In the eyes of others, we are also lunatics." After a long silence, the pastor said, "We live a life of isolation, just like you."

   "But you can't leave them, can you?" Pomona smiled and said, "You still think they can be saved."

  "When disaster strikes, we will be with them, how about you?" said the pastor.

  "We were tied to the stake and burned. To avoid pain, we invented a spell." Pomona smiled and said, "You won't let us in, right?"

   "She can, but you can't." The pastor said, "You can always get rid of the hunt."

  "Tsk, you are so handsome, why are you not cute at all." Pomona looked at this serious man in front of her, and it was a pity for his looks.

   "Come in, girl!" The priest reached out to Monica.

   "No, I won't go if she can't enter." Monica took Pomona's arm and said, "She is a good man, not all witches are evil."

   "This is the rule."

   "Let's go." Monica pulled Pomona's hand and turned and left.

  Pomona did not leave, she wanted to know more secrets.

  "Father, can you answer my question, what power can make him sacrifice himself for the world?"

   "You should go now." The priest planned to close the door.

"I recently read an interesting book. The philosopher said that only love can make people sacrifice themselves to save others. I think he must love us, so he can sacrifice himself to save us. But when he does that, he Have you ever asked what Maria thinks?” Pomona said, “I just saw a statue in the art gallery. He was lying on Maria’s lap. He couldn’t jump around like he did when he was a child. It's cold and hard, I can't see his mother crying for him."

   "God's love is only for those who are worthy of love."

  "You should be talking about lambs, right?" Pomona sneered and said, "For animals that don't want to be lambs, do you choose to die?"

   "I can't persuade a person who is lost and never returns."

"This is the problem, Father, this is the problem." Pomona walked backwards. "When we leave Eden and explore the unknown way forward in a strange world, we must support each other and understand God's deeds instead of returning to it. Eden, go back again."

   "You are free, but you are also lost, witch." The priest stared into her eyes and said, "Do you know where to go next?"

"You listen to the guidance of God, and I follow the guidance of the heart." Pomona held her heart in her mouth and said, "A woman's heart is as deep as the sea, so that we have the power to embrace all things, what can your heart hold? Priest."

   "How about let's change another church?" Monica said, "Go to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Lilies."

  "Go to the eternal virgin for asylum? No!" Pomona looked at the priest with a sneer and said, "I was not a virgin long ago."

  "Where shall we go?"

   "Go to your house, you said that your grandma is a dumb gun. She should know where the wizards of Venice are?"

Just when she was about to apparate Monica’s hand, Ali Sandro appeared. He was holding a harpoon in his hand and a cross on his neck. He looked "fully armed" and looked funny. .

   "Let's go, let's go on the boat." After speaking, she let go of Monica's hand and walked to the dock.

  (End of this chapter)