"Enjoy your meal."
"Thank you."
Pomona took the fish and chips handed to her by the server, then pulled out a map like any other tourist.
She was currently south of Aldwych, two streets away from the opera district. Across from the opera district stood the Royal Courts of Justice.
Further along the River Thames stood Somerset House, which supposedly had an outdoor skating rink in winter.
She took a bite of the fried fish. Aside from being a little greasy, it tasted quite good. Then she looked back at the map, considering where to go next.
Just then, a red double-decker bus passed in front of her.
She lowered her head and glanced at the map again, discovering that the Transport Museum was right beside Opera Street. She could look at the buses from Albus's era and the Knight Bus, then see what was playing on Opera Street.
So she folded up the map and followed the street signs toward her destination while eating.
When Frederick the Great tried the Arnold Mill Case, although he had not intervened during the initial hearing, his ruling was still announced through the newspapers, even if he had not written the newspaper article himself.
After his death, some documents were archived and stored in Berlin's royal palace. One of them was a decree concerning taxes on the nobility of East Prussia. Written in the blank space was this sentence: "I shall destroy the authority of the Junkers. I shall achieve my goal and make my monarchical authority as firm as a rock cast in bronze."
Though no one understood what "a rock cast in bronze" meant, one thing was clear: this document had never been issued. Had he sent it out, it would have been something akin to an imperial instruction—a directive