Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 2082 "The Magician at the End of the Century"

When Georgiana returned to the tent, the banquet was still going on, but because it was raining outside, the stage could not continue to perform outside, but this did not affect the performance of the magicians, they began to perform close-up magic.

"Okay, all the choices are made, please put your cards into any position in this deck." A magician said to the audience, four of them chose an ace respectively, and they followed the magician's rules. The instructions were randomly placed in any position in the deck, and then shuffled.

Immediately afterwards, a miraculous scene happened, and four aces appeared on the top of the card.

Georgiana ignored the trick and stepped aside.

"Alone?" Mr. Stanley suddenly appeared, blocking her way.

"I'm going to stay and take care of the guests." Georgiana said with a smile, "Why are you alone?"

"Because I'm ready to be your knight at any time." Stanley said with a smile, curling his arms, "Can I?"

Georgiana hesitated for a moment, but still took Stanley's arm and continued to wander around the tent.

The place is looking more and more like a circus, except there are no animals.

"You just missed Will Dale's escape show." Stanley said, pointing to a shirtless Italian. "He was the most famous magician in the late 18th century."

"What's that for?" Georgiana asked looking the other way.

One officer was struggling to carry a small box that a 10-year-old child could move.

"Let me tell you a secret." Stanley said in Georgiana's ear, "There is a steel plate in the box, and there is a magnet under the stage. As long as it is powered on, it will produce super strong suction."

"How do you know?" Georgiana looked at him in surprise.

"I knew an engineer whose hobby was to solve the tricks of the 'magician'." Stanley said with a smile. "He also cracked the secret of the 'Turk Robot'."

"What is a Turk Robot?"

"At the court of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, an inventor named Wolfgang von Kempelen, he demonstrated a chess-playing machine, a robot carved out of maple wood Dressed in tuxedo, he declared it could beat anyone in the court, so one of the queen's advisors took up the challenge, and Kempelen opened the mechanism, which contained many levers and gears, and he used a key to wind it up. Stanley said while gesticulating, "The robot moved, but it was not only able to move, it defeated the Queen's advisor in less than 30 minutes."

"Really?" Georgiana said incredulously.

"Kemperen toured Europe with this chess-playing machine, defeating some of the strongest minds of its day, including Benjamin Franklin and Frederick the Great."

"Then why didn't he come this time?"

"Kemperen is dead, and besides, I don't believe anyone can beat Napoleon Bonaparte."

Georgiana laughed.

"My engineer friend, who after Kempelen's death the machine was sold to a German instrument maker, visited the owner when he took it on another tour of the world. The engineer found that it was not This machine can really play chess, but someone is hiding in it, and there are magnets under the chess pieces, so that the chess master hiding in the box can judge the chess game above from the magnet chessboard, and then he uses a pantograph to move his arm The movement is synchronized with that of the Turk sitting on it. But the engineer didn’t debunk the hoax, nor did he take the time to write articles to do so like his peers.”

"He blackmailed the owner of that machine," Georgiana said.

"No, why do you think that?" Stanley said in surprise.

"Is not it?"

"He's only 11 years old this year."

Georgiana's eyes widened in surprise.

"His father was a banker and very rich, he didn't need to do that," Stanley said.

"But you said he was an engineer..."

"Mr. Watt began to learn how to make machines at the age of 7. The kid I just mentioned, he has taught himself the courses of the university. If it is not because of his young age, he can go to Cambridge University. It is precisely because he is a child , the magicians allowed him to go backstage, and then he knew the secrets."

"Is he here today?" Georgiana looked at the children in the venue.

"I heard you just watched a performance outside."

"There is a young man who brought a wooden barrel that can spray flame fountains."

"It's the German style, look at that man."

Georgiana followed Stanley's hand and looked over. There was a man in an evening dress. There was a table in front of him. He also performed card magic, the difference was that the selected cards on a card Like a floating technique, it slowly floated into his hands.

"That's Howard Thurston, the greatest card magician of the late 18th century," Stanley said. "Do you know why so many magicians want to come to your dinner party?"

Georgiana remembered what Stanley had just said about "a Turkish robot that can play chess".

"Is it because of... the European tour?"

"It's the 19th century now, who is the best magician in the new century." Stanley said.

As soon as Stanley's voice fell, thunder sounded outside the tent.

This loud noise scared many people, and they couldn't help but go out to watch.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a handsome young man standing on the deserted stage, behind him was lightning dancing wildly, and strange birds with gorgeous feathers were flying in the air, and they turned into a ball of fire after being struck by lightning , fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace.

It was not so much a "magic" as a "miracle", and the performer was Thor Rozier.

Georgiana's mind went blank for a moment, and then she took a sip of red wine calmly.

No one felt scared, water is conductive, and the oncoming water droplets fell on the audience, making them feel the feeling of being electrocuted, and they cheered excitedly.After Rozier turned all the strange birds into fireballs, the rain ended, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the weather turned sunny again. The onlookers began to applaud enthusiastically, and even some girls looked at it with unconcealed excitement. Rozier.

She remembered the calm eyes and smiles of the Muggles the last time they Apparated near Justin's house.

Maybe they thought she and Severus were "magicians" performing on the street.

Yes, you know very well that the magician has used some kind of trick to deceive your eyes, but you can't take apart the magician's props to find out, unless you buy his machine for a lot of money, and it is possible After the death of the magician.

You wonder how he does it, so you watch his show again and again, trying to crack it, buying tickets every time you go, and that's where the magician gets his income.

After you understand the secrets, you will feel nothing serious, but this "unknown" feeling is just the motivation to buy tickets.

Suddenly there was a sharp sound from the beach, and with a "bang", a large group of fireworks bloomed in the air.

This seemed to be a signal, more fireworks rose into the sky, and the grand fireworks show started, followed by the light show not far away, and the whole night sky was illuminated with colorful colors.

"I thought there would be no fireworks tonight," Stanley asked Georgiana.

Georgiana had said that she did not wish for a fireworks display tonight, not only because Le Havre had put them off all night, but also because the sound of them reminded her of the new cannons on the artillery emplacements.

But when was Napoleon "obedient"?

"Shut up, Stanley, and watch the show." Georgiana watched the fireworks while drinking wine.

The party had only just begun, and Bonaparte left so early, but who was he to be a big shot?What a shame, look what he missed.

(End of this chapter)