The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Tom recalled Nico Flamel's birth year, his expression changed, and he turned to look at Hermione: "Minmin, do you still remember when the great plague occurred in the Middle Ages?"

Hermione searched her memory and answered with some uncertainty: "It seems to be the middle of the fourteenth century...it seems to have started in 1347 -"

She stopped talking because she suddenly remembered that the famous alchemist Nicol Flamel was born in 1327. He should have been exactly twenty years old when the Black Death broke out. Thinking about it in a heart-wrenching way, does this plague have something to do with Nicoléme?

There is a high probability that there is no such thing, because Nicoléme is French and the origin of the plague is Sicily. Besides, if you really have the courage, why not make a Horcrux?

The great medieval plague mentioned by Tom and Hermione refers to the infamous Black Death. The 14th century, 1440s and 1950s was the most nightmare era in medieval Europe. From 1347 to 1353, the plague called the "Black Death" swept across Europe, claiming the lives of 25 million Europeans, accounting for 10% of the European population at that time. of the total population. In terms of population loss ratio, the Spanish Flu, World War I, and World War II were younger brothers in later generations.

This is a horrific plague that kills one out of every three people! In the core areas of the outbreak, such as Florence, the mortality rate exceeds 80%! This plague shook the rule of the Catholic Church and had a profound impact on Europe.

Not to mention the impact, this plague did meet the requirements for refining the magic stone.

"I see, so many people are indeed enough." After listening to Tom and Hermione's introduction, Menis suddenly realized that he now understood why the junior was able to refine the Sorcerer's Stone.

More than 20 million people have died in a few years, and He can do it!

"The Philosopher's Stone does not require you to cause direct killings. You can refine a few more rough embryos and place them in a place where there are many dead people. It will absorb energy by itself. When the stone turns blood red, the magic stone will be refined. Yes. You can also combine several semi-finished products into a finished product." Menis thoughtfully taught Tom the production method.

Tom was helpless for a while: Where could he find tens of millions of dead people for Hermione?

Nicolas Flamel caught up with the Black Death, but he had no such chance! If I had been born a hundred years earlier, I would have had a chance - more than 10 million people died in World War I, 70 million people died in World War II, and the Spanish flu pandemic may have killed 100 million people, but these were all decades ago .

Even if there was a chance, would Hermione really be willing to take the Philosopher's Stone, which carries the lives of millions of people?

Hell if she wanted to. Now her scalp was numb just thinking about the origin of the magic stone remains in the small bag, and she couldn't help but move her buttocks to keep herself farther away from the small bag.

Naturally, Hermione's little moves couldn't escape the eyes of Tom and Menis.

Menis looked at the two of them and regretfully said that they might have to find other ways to extend their lives.

Tom also sighed, but before giving up, he asked in a subtle way: "Does it have to be human life as the 'fuel'?"

Menes was stunned and replied casually: "In the eyes of the God of Death, humans and livestock are equal. It's just that humans are more spiritual and more 'valuable', so it's not impossible for you to use the lives of land animals to replenish your income." , but the number is not something you can bear - by the way, they must be the same kind of life."

Tom couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that the lives of animals could be used to redeem the money.

Menis thought it was impossible, but he thought it was too simple! In a modern industrial society, is it difficult to build a slaughterhouse and slaughter millions of chickens a year? In the far East, there is a slaughterhouse that kills 150 million chickens a year. Looking around the world, humans kill 70 billion chickens a year. In the United States alone, 8 billion chickens are consumed every year. By the way, 59 billion kilograms of beef and 118 million tons of pork are consumed on the earth every year.

Just a little bit from these animals was enough to keep Hermione alive. As for the same species, this is not a problem. Humans, pigs, cattle and sheep are all mammals!

This is the generation gap between Tom and Menis. In Menes' era, chickens had to be caught and killed one by one, and the entire process was purely manual. The entire city of Memphis could kill thousands of livestock a day, and that was all. How could he save the magic stones through consumption? But modern factories are different. The assembly line can process it very quickly.

Tom suddenly became excited. He decided to set up a slaughterhouse when he returned to the living world.

Menis:?

Tom's emotional changes were somewhat difficult for him to understand. He really didn't understand why the boy suddenly became happy.

When Tom told him about the modern slaughterhouse, Menes was stunned.

"A workshop that slaughters ten million chickens a year???" Menis asked in an extremely shocking tone. He almost felt that the boy in front of him had mentioned the wrong unit.

"It's really hard to imagine, but Hogwarts alone eats more than a thousand chickens a day, and this is just a school." Tom spread his hands.

Menis was silent now. Compared with the ancients thousands of years ago, the way modern people obtain meat is much simpler - in ancient times, who could guarantee that they would eat meat every day? An egg a day is amazing! For modern people who live a bucket of fried chicken wings every day, they will be criticized as a "wine pond and meat forest"!

Menis was fiercely envious of the two juniors in front of him. It's a pity that He has already chosen another path to eternal life, and even with the Philosopher's Stone, it's too late.

After entertaining them, Menes said goodbye to the two young guests.

Tom and Hermione arrived with trepidation, but left with a lot of confidence. Tom was even more happy because his Hermione was saved!

But they weren't in a hurry to go back to Hogwarts. It’s finally a trip, at least have a meal in Cairo before leaving!

As for the course…

Christmas is approaching, and the Triwizard Tournament will be held this year. No one in Hogwarts, from professors to students, is focused on studying. They are all waiting for Christmas to arrive. In previous years, Professor Snape might have stepped forward to straighten things out, but this year he was also busy developing potions, so the students were completely out of control.

In this case, even Hermione felt that the two of them could stay outside for a while.

So, the two naturally headed to Cairo.

"How about I treat you to a barbecue?" Hermione was in a good mood after finding a life-saving method, and even decided to treat Tom to dinner.

"Yeah!" After hearing what Hermione said, Tom was no longer polite. He took out a map and used the travel brochure to find a barbecue restaurant that looked pretty good.

Egyptians like to eat all kinds of barbecued meats, so Tom and Hermione were in luck today.

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