A Kind Heart

The British fascination with death and ghosts was etched into their bones. Every city had its local "ghost night tour," while London, as the capital, offered an even richer variety: all manner of haunted houses, "ghost buses," and the famous "Jack the Ripper Night Tour."

Muggles seemed to have confused the Knight Bus with the ghost bus.

Wizards only needed to raise their wands by the roadside, and a double-decker bus would come rushing to their rescue. Unfortunately, Merope was a Squib and could not use a wand. Otherwise, she would not have ended up that way.

Compared to real "monsters," Tom Riddle had not been completely rotten. Tom had not killed his mother on purpose.

Sometimes, women had to take such risks. Even now, childbirth still carried a certain degree of danger.

Women did not allow men into this domain, just as God had decreed that the fruit of the Tree of Life must not be eaten. Immortality was forbidden.

Yet some people could not help pursuing it.

In 1947, a woman named Linda Lingxiangmao was murdered at the Soul Casino. More accurately, her body was dumped there, but the locals believed she had been a sacrificial offering.

Some believed that Paul, a doctor from the asylum, had killed her. He had surgical experience, so dismembering someone would not have been difficult for him. But Pomona felt that he had not committed this crime.

Having the ability did not mean one had to commit crimes. Paul's methods of treating patients might have been insane, but the world was already mad enough. Being a little "quiet" was actually rather nice.

The library at the University of Padua was one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Its library cards bore Saint George's red cross emblem.

The internet had not