A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 661 Persuasion
On the afternoon of March [-]th, Felix appeared with a small note with the address on it.There was a beautiful little house in front of him. He stood on the steps and looked around. The surrounding environment was very empty. Felix could smell the faint fragrance of flowers. He guessed that there must be a beautiful garden behind the house.

Felix knocked on the door.

The door was opened by a man with blond hair and a big belly, who looked at Felix suspiciously.

"Hello, who are you looking for—" the man asked, he was taken aback for a moment, "Oh, you are Mr. Haip, Felix Haip?" After getting an affirmative answer, he led Felix Haip Go into the house and come to the living room.

"Sorry, I didn't recognize you! I have to say—compared with your great fame, you are too low-key. I haven't seen it in the newspapers a few times... Yes, Dora told me you would come, But I didn't expect it to be two hours earlier—Domeda? A guest is coming."

The man stood in the living room and called down a passage, then he looked at Felix and held out his hand in a friendly way.

"I'm Ted Tonks, Dora's father."

"Hello, Mr. Tonks, Felix Hemp." Felix shook hands, looked around the cleaning tools in the living room, and said with a hint of embarrassment: "I think I may have misremembered the time... "

"Oh, it doesn't matter," Mr. Tonks said, picking up Mrs. Skoll's all-purpose magic stain remover at his feet, and put it next to the potted plants on the table. "Dora and the others won't arrive until seven o'clock in the evening. She's an Auror with a lot of responsibility."

"Is this a one-leaf orchid?" Felix asked, staring at the potted plant. This is a perennial evergreen herbaceous plant. Because the berries look like spider eggs, and the underground rhizomes exposed to the soil are similar to spiders, so it has A name "spider eggs".

"That's right, it—" Mr. Tonks' words were interrupted by the sound of footsteps, Felix and Mr. Tonks turned their heads at the same time, and a strange woman appeared at the door of the living room, who suddenly looked like Bellatrix Blake was somewhat similar, except her hair was a soft beige instead of black, and her eyes were larger and kinder.

There is no doubt that this woman is Andromeda Tonks, born of the Black family, and the same sister as Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy, but she is now Tonks mother.

Mrs. Tonks smiled at Felix, and exchanged a look with Mr. Tonks.

"This is Mr. Felix Heap," said Mr. Tonks.

"Oh, hello, Mr. Hype, Nymphadora has mentioned several times..." Mrs. Tonks said, "I was just cooking in the kitchen. But you came early enough."

So Felix used the excuse of "misremembering the time" again.

Mrs. Tonks nodded reluctantly. "Sit down, please," she said. "I'll get some tea—Ted, Ted, help me." "Oh, oh, yes." Tonks said. The gentleman turned his head to look at Felix, and muttered, "I remember that I did store some tea... I'll be right back! You can read the newspaper first, it's on the table."

Felix nodded slightly, watched them disappear into the corridor, leaned over to pick up the newspaper beside him, and listened carefully.As expected, somewhere in the room—perhaps the kitchen, or the bedroom—there was a small argument.

"...I know the reason... Act as a lobbyist, don't mention the war to me, it's over...I warn you, Ted Tonks, if you dare to promise indiscriminately..."

Felix shook out the newspaper calmly. The news worthy of attention was that Ms. Burns, the Minister of Magic, returned from the headquarters of the International Federation of Wizards. During this period, she participated in several important meetings with representatives from various countries in the world.

The specific details of the meeting have not been released.

Some speculations have been made in the newspapers, and the biggest possibility is related to the law of exclusive wands, which may be expected to become a reality in a few years.There was also a photo hanging in the newspaper, a dozen stiff figures standing together, and the new chairman, Babajid Akinbad, looked tired.

A few minutes later, Mr. Tonks came back dejectedly, with an expression similar to that of Babajid in the newspaper.When he walked over, he bumped into the table, and couldn't help but let out a cry of pain. The potted plant was shaking, so he hurried to hold it.

"Knocked off a few leaves," he whispered, taking a look, and sitting down, "then—er—"

"Oh, Mr. Tonks." Felix put down the newspaper and said, "I just remembered something." As he said, he stretched out his hand, and the two fallen leaves in the potted plant turned into two beautiful invitation cards.

"I'm planning to hold a small press conference this weekend, the kind of party, if you have nothing to do, you can go and see it."

Mr. Tonks accepted the invitation and muttered in a low voice, "A press conference? That should be at the headquarters of the 'Future World' company? I think... well, there might be some problems, and it's inconvenient." His voice lowered, and he began to Read the introduction above attentively.

After a while, he raised his head.

"Mr. Haip, I don't quite understand—'witness the birth of a new type of treatment with the guests, and discuss the causes of some diseases that plague wizards'..." He read out a passage, and then asked: "Sounds like It is a serious academic report."

"Basically, I invited many well-known pharmacists and healers in their fields, and even some alchemists." Felix said with a smile: "But it is still a party in essence, because I didn't expect these People can understand what I'm talking about in a short period of time, the press conference will last for a week, of course, you are attending the first day's dinner, the main purpose is to socialize."

"By the way, I overheard Tonks mention that you know something about Muggle medicine?"

"Ah, you say this," said Mr. Tonks cheerfully. "My uncle is a surgeon. I used to go to his house when I was a child," he said cheerfully. "He has a study in his house. There were various surgical models in it, and I was quite frightened at the time..."

Felix listened with a smile, and said, "It's just a coincidence that the new healing method I mentioned may introduce the Muggle concept of surgery. To my surprise, wizards seem to be quite repelled from using knives on themselves."

Mr. Tonks slapped his thigh excitedly.

"Oh, I thought so too! When I was in school, I always thought that Madam Pomfrey could only deal with minor injuries and ailments. It was only after I went to St. Mungo's a few times after graduation that I realized that wizards don't have this concept. Of course, I think it's because magic is so convenient that you don't need to..."

The Muggle-born wizard had an expression of having found a common thread.

"Anatomy," Felix said softly, "is not a subject that is used in healing because, for wizards, a problem that plagues Muggles can be solved with a simple spell...it's Potions." There are some applications left in the field, and they will conduct detailed drawings and potion tests when researching new potion materials."

"But will it really work?" Mr. Tonks asked curiously. "I mean, in terms of treatment? I've talked to some wizards about this topic, and they think Muggle doctors are a bunch of..."

"The lunatic who cuts people open." Felix nodded and said, "I personally think it's a matter of positioning. Given the difference between the two societies, the surgical knowledge that is very important to ordinary people may only be used as a filling for wizard treatment. The role of supplementary means of means. But having and not having are different concepts.”

"for example--"

"Dragon pox, a disease spread only among wizards, is fatal. Early symptoms are a green and purple rash that develops between the toes and sparks come out of the nostrils when you sneeze. If treated in time, the general They all heal, leaving at most some unsightly scars or bruises."

Mr Tonks nodded slightly puzzled.

"I remember a Minister of Magic who died of dragon pox?"

"Edrich Diggory, who worked sick and died in his office. The disease was more common in the elderly, and it was more insidious and therefore more dangerous. Some healers believed that dragon pox Originally related to the Peruvian Venomodont."

Felix was ready to say it.

"The teeth of the Peruvian Venomodont are extremely poisonous," Mr. Tonks reminded.

"For ordinary wizards, it is true." Felix explained: "So it may be diluted toxins, or saliva, or parasites, pathogenic bacteria that have not been found on them... In short, it is not yet conclusive " Then he changed the topic, "However, I once found a patient with dragon pox in the late stage in St. Mungo's. Out of curiosity, I checked his physical condition. Unfortunately, there was no cure for him at that time. He was covered in bruises. Swelling—Of course, this is just a small problem, what is really fatal is that his magic power has also become a mess, and some unknown mutation has occurred, which makes all existing treatment methods ineffective."

"That man must be suffering," murmured Mr. Tonks.

"I suspect that there are many hidden wounds in the body of advanced dragon pox patients. In fact, those wizards' bodies may already be riddled with holes." Felix said slowly.

"A hidden wound?"

"I found a similar example. The body structure of magical animals is different from that of wizards. Their magical abilities rely more on the special lines in their bodies. These lines are integrated with the texture of flesh and blood, making them difficult to detect, but they are The channel for the flow of magic power, or... the magic power circuit. Therefore, magical animals do not need to learn the ability to cast spells like little wizards."

"So that's the case." Mr. Tonks suddenly said.

"...But this kind of lesion is undoubtedly harmful to wizards. Some lines are messy and the result is life-threatening, such as dragon pox; some have reached a strange coexistence with wizards, which are influential but not fatal, such as werewolves."

Mr Tonks drew a breath.

There was a cry from the door. It was Mrs. Tonks, and the teapot fell from her hand.Felix waved his hand and let the teapot fall on the stand.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Hype," said Mrs. Tonks, in an unnatural tone, listening at the door for a while.She walked over carefully and put down the cup, "So, can the werewolf problem be cured?"

"Good question. I found and isolated the 'lesion pattern' affecting werewolves. Combined with what I said earlier, there is actually a lot of hope for a breakthrough. Of course, I am not an expert in this area, so this weekend's party .”

"Sounds very convincing, Mr. Haip, I can't find a loophole." After a while, Mrs. Tonks said flatly, "But you can't deny that all this is just a theory, a castle in the air... Even if the theory is correct, I don't know how many years have passed before it becomes a reality."

Even though the conversation was close to the core, and both sides knew it well, neither of them mentioned that name.

"I agree, Mrs Tonks."

Felix said, in a somewhat cheerful tone, that everything seemed to him to be going well.

"In the field of healing, especially the part related to potions, I may not be able to intervene, and I may not be able to make any pioneering results. But don't forget, I am an expert in ancient runes, and I always learn from ancient times. From the perspective of runes. Fortunately, some results have been achieved so far... Although it is extremely difficult and not suitable for large-scale promotion, it is still possible to use it on one or two people to solve some difficult problems. You have to listen ?"

Mrs. Tonks pursed her lips. After a long time, she said icily, "You're such a good talker, Mr. Hype—I'd love to listen."

Half an hour later Felix, accompanied by Mr. Tonks, visited the rooms of the house.

"This is Dora's childhood toy." Mr. Tonks pointed to a row of plush dolls on the shelf. She became a small animal, mostly rabbits and bears. But her aesthetics still has some deviations, she obviously prefers violet or pink hair, rather than her own taupe." He said a little hurt.

Felix knew that Tonks' original hair color had obviously inherited the characteristics of both parents - a balance between light brown and blonde, but she was obviously not satisfied.

They came to the garden in the courtyard.

Mr. Tonks dutifully introduced the various plants, "You've seen the pink, here's the purple—we've grown quite a few violets, all kinds. See that hollow in the middle? Now It’s not pretty, it’s kind of ugly, but it’s filled with water during the rainy season, and we choose to grow some aquatic plants, such as water hyacinths, oh my god, it’s purple again, I just realized…”

Then there was a commotion in the room behind them.

"Someone's coming," said Mr. Tonks doubtfully.

"Is it Tonks and the others?" Felix asked.

"I don't think so. It's still early, and there's more than an hour before Dora gets off work...that's strange." Mr. Tonks said, walking towards the house.They faintly heard voices.

Felix followed behind, rolling his eyes, he probably guessed who was coming.

"Hello, Sirius." As soon as they entered the door, they heard Mrs. Tonks's annoyed voice, "There is no need to send so many things, the living room can't fit at all."

Then they heard a burst of hearty laughter.

"Oh—you're welcome, my dear cousin. And I know Remus so well, I can't believe he's ahead of me..." Mr. Tonks suddenly slowed down, even tiptoeing a little , he quietly opened a slit from the back door, making Sirius' overly enthusiastic voice clearer.

"...Cousin, when it comes to Remus, he is one of the few people I admire. He is both brave and kind, and always puts others first. I can swear that the number of people he has taken care of over the years is far beyond imagination. , even if he himself is poor, er, I mean, once, he is quite rich now, and he can buy a house in Diagon Alley..."

Felix looked over Mr. Tonks's shoulder and saw Sirius talking with a smile. He was dressed very formally today, wearing a crisp suit, with a green handkerchief inlaid with silver thread in his breast pocket, with a corner embroidered With the coat of arms of the Black family.

Looks like a best man.

But Felix isn't sure if the look backfired, or if it was the reason for Sirius' increasingly explicit hints.Because Mrs. Tonks's face was getting more and more gloomy, her fingers were tightly clutching the soup spoon, as if she was ready to lift it up and hit her cousin on the head at any time.

Felix really wanted to pretend he didn't see it, so as to avenge Sirius for framing him, but he cleared his throat considering the stability of the Future World company in the next few decades.

Sirius stopped talking and turned around in astonishment.

"Felix? Why are you here so early?"

"What else could it be?" Mrs. Tonks said teasingly with a straight face, "Of course it's the same purpose as you."

……

When an anxious Tonks came back with a cautious Lupine more than an hour later, the two were surprised to find that they had been treated not warmly, but definitely not coldly. A smile appeared on the corner of Mrs. Tonks's mouth when she intentionally brought up her childhood memories.

After dinner, they bid farewell and left.Lupine walked out of Tonks's house with light steps, his face was half disbelief and half rejoicing after the disaster.

Before parting, Sirius patted him on the shoulder. For a moment, Lupine seemed to understand something, and his eyes were moist.He hugged Sirius hard, took a long time to let go, and turned to Felix.

"Felix, this birthday is my—"

"Work hard," said Felix, disruptively.Sirius on the side rolled his eyes.

(End of this chapter)