Tonks was a born shapeshifting Animagus. She could look like anyone she wanted, and Teddy had inherited that power as well, but Pomona did not want him to become an Auror again.
While out for a walk, they came across a shop selling nautical supplies. Inside were charts drawn by pirates and navigators, sailors' manuals for lagoon exploration, and materials on ship maintenance and marine life identification. She treated them as gifts and planned to take them back for him.
Being a traveling naturalist would not be so bad either. She had learned quite a bit from coming to Venice this time, which was better than remaining on that closed-off island nation.
The girls needed makeup for the ball, and a makeup artist Laura knew eagerly volunteered to help, on the condition that he could attend that rich people's party too.
As "nobles," they naturally had to bring servants. Yet for a "duke" to bring two men, two women, and a gay man to the ball seemed a little too grand.
But considering the troublesome thing the Duke of Lorraine had given them, Pomona ultimately agreed to his request.
The ball began at eight and ended at four in the morning. According to the gay makeup artist's insider gossip, the Marchioness had hired a hundred actors alone.
The entertainment included magic, acrobatics, contortion, singing, and dancing. Professional prop masters from the opera house had also decorated the venue. It seemed the Marchioness intended to surpass the "Century Ball" Carlos de Best had held at the start of the twentieth century.
When there were enough rich people around, there was bound to be competition over who could spend more. François had said goodbye to 370 million dollars and his museum's prized treasure. An ordinary person who won a thirty-million-dollar lottery would