When Pomona arrived at the headmaster's office, a white-haired old man had just come out. Though his back was to her, she recognized him at once.
"Mr. Scamander!"
The old man turned around, his eyes widening in surprise, as if wondering how this stranger knew him.
"Have you forgotten me? I almost became Rolf's Head of House." Pomona immediately introduced herself.
"Oh... oh! I remember now." Scamander said, as if suddenly enlightened. "You're the girl who spent the summer at my house."
She pursed her lips, finding his "excellent memory" difficult to comment on.
"After graduation, I chose to remain at Hogwarts. I became the Herbology professor and Head of Hufflepuff."
"How is your tortoise?" Scamander asked again.
Pomona was speechless once more.
Tortoises lived a long time and were easy to care for, but she had still let it roam freely in the tropical rainforest of the girls' common room. After that, she had been unable to find it.
"It's very well," she said with a fake smile.
"Your tortoise is a Sulcata tortoise. It lives in the Sahara Desert. You shouldn't have kept it in a fish tank with water, and you shouldn't have fed it meat either. It's a herbivore," Scamander said.
Pomona kept smiling. "Have you eaten?"
"Actually, I was just about to..." Scamander pointed outside.
"You've been away from Hogwarts for so many years. You must miss the food in the Great Hall." She continued with an enthusiastic smile. "Please, you must tell me about your travels. Is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them going to be republished?"
Scamander looked terribly nervous. He was so awkward that he could not speak.
Just then, footsteps sounded behind her. She turned and found Snape.
His lifeless black eyes stared at Pomona gloomily for a moment before