During the period when the Ministry of Magic was controlled by pure-blood supremacists, the Daily Prophet once published an article about how Muggle-borns stole magic from wizards.
It was an article obviously steeped in discrimination and incitement. It roughly claimed that Muggle-borns had used some trick, like Prometheus stealing fire, to steal magical power from pure-blood wizards who were like gods. Pomona had stopped reading the Daily Prophet after that, but it did touch upon a question that had puzzled people for a long time: did magic come from the body or the soul?
The anxiety of losing her magic and being unable to cast spells made Pomona leave the exhibition hall at once. Before long, she felt her magic return to her body. It seemed that even the Egyptian gods had a limited range of influence.
This was a "rule," similar to the one they had encountered in the Paroldo maze. They could use magic normally, but they could not fly on broomsticks. They had to rely on magical creatures, Nadia's wings, or alchemical items such as metal airships. Pomona knew little about Egyptian alchemy. In fact, she did not know much about the later Hermetic alchemy either. Perhaps Gong Saiyi's amulet was a product of Egyptian alchemy.
To many people, "going dark" was a bad thing—dark magic, for example. Some had even formed organizations like the Dark Force Defense League. But in Egypt, black represented fertile soil and was an auspicious symbol.
Charging recklessly into an entirely unfamiliar system of power was truly not a good idea, but they had no room to regret it now. Unable to use wands, Severus still did not let Gong Saiyi, who could use magic, take his place at the chessboard. As he had said, he was determined to obtain the dagger