harry potter book of crimes

"Okay, then there are only two things we have to do before Mr. McLean comes over."

After Neville's lion patron saint left, the therapist Mr. Derwent immediately continued:

"The first thing is to study the essence of the plague curse as much as possible based on the patient's symptoms, and leave this to me for the time being; and the second thing is to find out the source of the curse magic. Regarding this... Mr. Longbottom

, do you have any clues over there?"

"Well," Neville thought for a moment, then said, "Perhaps you have noticed that we have been attacked by unknown dark wizards several times before. That's why we acted a little nervous and have been on alert...

...And Tucker, he only started to look like this after he was injured in the attack..."

Derwent couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.

"How was he injured?"

"Well, my abdomen was cut open by a cutting spell. To be honest, although the scene was very scary at that time, you know, it was not actually a very difficult injury."

Neville was already very good at herbal medicine. Although his talent in potions was indeed not high, ordinary injuries could not trouble him. To be honest, if we ignore his sudden achievement of the Patronus Charm,

, he may not be able to become a therapist after graduation.

In fact, after the attack on the church, he treated many injured Aurors!

"Well, is it just a cutting spell? Are you sure?"

"This..." Neville hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head, "No, strictly speaking, I'm not sure."

"This is going to be difficult!"

After Derwent heard this, he couldn't help but stare at the injured area and fell into deep thought again.

When Tonks and others saw this, they also knew that staying here would not be of much use, so they couldn't help but said:

"Neville, what about those dark wizard attackers? Didn't you catch one or two?"

"No, it can't be done," Neville shook his head. "Those dark wizards are very powerful. Although I managed to suppress some of the enemies with the convenience of my patron saint, the three battles before and after did not make any difference.

What advantages.”

Before he finished speaking, an Auror who was sitting on the prayer chair behind could not help but said:

"Longbottom, you are already powerful enough, but we are holding you back."

"Orton, you can't say that," Neville said quickly. "Without you, the Muggle Queen would have been killed by them long ago. How could they have lasted until the moment when the Queen was safely sent away?"

As he was talking, Ron's expression changed and he suddenly interrupted:

"Wait a minute, you said the Muggle Queen...she has also been infected with this plague curse, right?"

Ron's words immediately shocked almost everyone, including Derwent, who was still thinking deeply. Yes! Since this thing is contagious, what about the Muggle Queen?

"Mr. Devont, I think I need to ask you a question," Tonks immediately turned around and said, "If there are no symptoms on the surface yet, that is, during the incubation period, is this curse contagious?"

"No, although there is no way to be sure at the moment, I think it can't be," Derwent said without hesitation, "but Mr. Longbottom, when the Muggle Queen left, Mr. Tucker's abdominal wound had already begun to fester.

Yet?"

"this"

Obviously, Devonte's question is not easy to answer.

Because although Tucker was already in some bad condition at that time, he was not at a level that attracted people's attention. In addition, the white essence allowed him to recover very well from the cut on his abdomen. Maybe even he himself did not doubt it.

What.

And the more critical point is...

"Sir, I remember that when Tucker said that he felt very uncomfortable in his abdomen, he couldn't see anything on his abdomen. So I think the rot probably started from the internal organs."

Derwent knew what Neville meant as soon as he heard it. Indeed, if the ulcer started from the inside, it would be very difficult to accurately determine when it started.

In particular, in order to ensure that the injured person did not continue to deteriorate to the point where he could not be dealt with, Neville used white fresh essence several times to kill the injured person.

But at this moment, Tonks waved her hand and said:

"I asked whether the incubation period is contagious. I didn't want to confirm whether the queen was actually infected. I was thinking, if I hurry up and bring the queen back now... is it too late?"

The most terrifying thing about the plague is the spread of infection.

At this time, before treating her as a queen, it may be more correct to treat her as a hidden source of infection.

After all, if it starts to spread from her, the situation on the Muggle side will undoubtedly become very bad.

Others soon realized that her worries were indeed justified, and saw Derwent arrive immediately:

"It's in time, it should be too late... Although due to physiological differences, I'm not sure how this plague curse will behave on Muggles. But as long as she hasn't had an attack yet, it should be too late!"

"Jones, Neville, let's go bring the queen back!" Tonks said decisively after hearing Derwent's judgment, "We can only do it ourselves and we must not let this plague spread."

"Then...what about me?" Ron whispered from the side.

"Just stay here!" Tonks said without hesitation, "After we leave, this place may be very dangerous. The dark wizards who came to attack three times before may appear at any time. You were sent by Maka to help, I believe you

He must be very strong...Help guard this place and wait until Maka comes!"

Ron couldn't help but be startled when he heard that Tonks seemed to have some misunderstandings about him.

Yes, there never seemed to be any weak people around Maka, and Tonks didn't know much about Ron. Therefore, she naturally thought that since Maka personally brought him here, he should be very strong.

Look at Neville! One person can be worth a whole team of Aurors, what an amazing Patronus Charm!

"Oh, this"

Ron felt very sorry, but this seemed to be the first time that he was trusted so much by someone. Under such circumstances, it seemed to be a very difficult thing to confess to the other party that he was a "waste".

.

"Neville?"

He didn't say it directly, but he couldn't help but look towards Neville, but the other party gave him an encouraging look for no reason.

Of course, Tonks definitely didn't know what Ron was thinking. The situation was urgent because no one knew what happened to the Muggle Queen, so she decided to leave immediately.

"Okay, then...Mr. Derwent, and Ron, I'll leave this place to you!"