Wizarding tourist attractions tended to be somewhat bizarre. There was the zombie trail on the Tour of Terror, or the currently most popular Harry Potter Savior's Journey. There always seemed to be some danger and strangeness to suit the tourists' tastes.
If Paroldo Village were properly developed, perhaps this entrance to hell could become popular too. But the locals did not like being disturbed, and it was hard to imagine what they relied on for a living.
While exploring the terrain around the mountain village, they found a warning sign. They were about to enter someone else's truffle field.
The main producing areas for black truffles were the foothills of France and the northwestern part of Italy's Piedmont region. Each year, truffles began growing rapidly with the rainy season in August. When winter came, they stopped growing, began to ripen and turn black, and released their distinctive fragrance. The ripening period lasted until March of the following year, while the most delicious season was undoubtedly January. They had just missed truffle-picking season.
Black truffles had to live symbiotically with oak roots. Pomona looked around and saw that there were indeed many oak trees on the mountain.
Naturally growing wild truffles were becoming increasingly scarce, while market demand continued to rise. Britain had also tried cultivating truffles, but this fungus had very demanding environmental requirements and was not easy to grow. With this truffle field, the locals of Paroldo practically owned a field that grew gold. No wonder they could live so secluded from the world.
Truffles produced in Périgord, in southwestern France, were known as "black diamonds." This was not merely because Périgord black truffles had a rich, unique aroma, but also because they commanded exorbitant prices.
People who gathered truffles were called "truffle hunters." Every truffle hunter carried a