"Do you remember when Draco was attacked by that Hippogriff in his third year?"
As if Pomona's carefree strolling was too much of an eyesore, Severus suddenly said.
"What?"
"Lucius gave Draco a ring that could protect him, but it was useless against 'physical' attacks." Severus stared at the little dog model hanging from her chest. "Maybe this is the same."
"There's nothing here but coffins and statues. Where would a 'physical' attack come from?" Pomona could not help rolling her eyes. "Don't tell me the mummies can come back to life like they do in films?"
The moment she finished speaking, a crisp sound suddenly rang out in the quiet exhibition hall, like a glass marble hitting the floor. She shrank back in fright, and all her earlier bravado vanished.
"What are you afraid of?" Severus said slickly. "You should think this is a good opportunity to experiment and see whether that new amulet of yours works."
"What was that sound just now? Did you do it?" Pomona asked Gong Saiyi shakily. Count Leroy shrugged in a very American manner, indicating that he had nothing to do with this strange occurrence.
"Let's go back." Pomona tugged at Severus's sleeve. "I'm scared."
The old bat grinned smugly.
"Coward."
"Come on~" she said in a sweet, pleading voice.
"Ahem, ahem." Gong Saiyi coughed twice awkwardly.
The smile on Severus's face melted away like a wax figure beneath the blazing sun.
"My great-grandfather said there was a statue of Memnon near Luxor that made a sound like a bell every sunrise. Some people speculated that it came from a sound-making device installed inside by the Ancient egyptians, but later it was said that it was caused by the drastic difference between day and night temperatures after the morning sun rose, making the