One day, Socrates' friend Chaerephon went to the Temple of Delphi and asked, "Which Greek is more learned than Socrates?"
Like prophecies, oracles answered in riddles. Those who received an answer never knew whether they truly understood it, and Socrates was no exception. So he decided to find someone who claimed to be learned, convinced that either he could refute the oracle through that person, or no objection could be raised against it anywhere. Thus, he went all over Greece, asking people questions.
What he did was actually quite annoying. At the time, the Greeks did not yet know the content of the oracle. Socrates called this process of investigating, doubting, questioning, comparing, and examining others against himself "Exetasis." Before that, Socrates had done something else: he considered the consequences the oracle might bring to reality, and if it would cause danger and misfortune, he tried to prevent it from coming true.
When an oracle told someone he was the smartest person in the world, it was hard for him not to be pleased. Yet when he was defeated by someone who was clearly very learned but claimed to know nothing, he would also feel terribly ignorant. In other words, Socrates gained the truth in this process, but lost the people's support.
That was not the outcome Pomona wanted. Nor did she want informers to emerge among the children. Of course, she could not possibly add Veritaserum to their drinks.
After returning to her office, Pomona removed her witch's hat and lay down on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.
If those wretched bottles of Amortentia were not recovered before the children boarded the train, there was a very real chance they would give them away as Christmas presents. Then the problem would spread beyond the school.
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