"If Harry used Basilisk venom to destroy the diary and Tom Riddle's soul at the same time, could we use the same method to destroy the Dementors?" Pomona suddenly suggested.
"What?" Severus, who had just checked out, froze.
"Dementors are born from the despairing emotions of Muggles at death. If we used Fiendfyre and Basilisk venom to destroy those corpses..."
"Can't you think about things normal women think about, like flowers and desserts?" he interrupted. "Besides, that happened at Hogwarts. Everything that happens at Hogwarts should be treated as an isolated incident."
"What?"
"At first, we all thought Peeves was a poltergeist, but he used to be a ghost. He wasn't spawned by Hogwarts Castle. His materialization was connected to the students' desire to make trouble."
"How do you know?"
"I used to be the headmaster of Hogwarts!"
Pomona glanced at that "gastritis" fellow and reluctantly shut up.
"Women don't even want flowers," Pomona muttered under her breath. "What age do you think this is?"
The old bat gave her a death stare for a long while, then dragged his painting case away, leading Felix and Pomona out of the Muggle inn.
"Do you want to say goodbye to Gerard?"
Felix was stunned by Pomona's question.
"Why would I say goodbye to him?"
"I thought you were friends."
"We've only known each other for a day."
"Gerard's family took you in yesterday. If we hadn't come back, you would have stayed with them for a while and even needed them to help you figure out how to return to Britain. Do you still think it's reasonable to leave without saying thank you and goodbye?"
"Go on. It won't take much time," Severus said. "We'll wait here for you."
Yang Felix walked off very unwillingly. Once he had gone some distance,