Before returning to the school, Pomona and Flitwick went to the lakeside once more.
They estimated the time. It had been exactly "one month" since the incident. Back then, Remus Lupin had transformed before the true full moon as well.
"Speaking of prophecies, what did Sybill say this time?" Flitwick suddenly asked while examining the scene.
"What?" Pomona asked.
"I heard you took a crystal ball from her," Flitwick said.
Pomona did not know how to explain it for a moment.
"Was it because it recorded Sybill's prophecy like a prophecy orb?" Flitwick continued without waiting for Pomona to answer.
"You'd better ask Albus," Pomona said. Then she walked to the lakeside and lowered her head to look at the water, which reflected her face like a mirror.
In ancient Greek mythology, there was a beautiful youth whose father was a river god and whose mother was a nymph. Not long after his birth, his mother received an oracle: when he grew up, he would become a handsome man, but he would waste away and die after falling in love with his own reflection. Thus, his mother tried every possible way to keep him away from streams, lakes, and the sea, so that he would never see his own face.
Pomona looked at "herself" as well, but what came to mind was the "herself" trying on clothes at the ready-made clothing shop in Diagon Alley.
"Pomona!" Flitwick suddenly shouted.
She looked at him in astonishment.
"Let's go back," Flitwick said.
"We're not investigating anymore?" Pomona asked.
Flitwick looked up at the sky. "The evening star has risen."
Pomona looked at the sky as well. The "evening star" Flitwick mentioned was actually Venus. It was the same celestial body as the "morning star"; only the time at which it appeared was