HP Bella's Lie

38 - Curse of sickness

When Dumbledore learned that his student had an accident, he was choking on the latest super-spicy honey candies in his office, his face flushed.Slughorn, the head of Slytherin, pretended to be ignorant of his predicament, saying tactfully, "You'll have to go and see, Albus. Poor little girl from our house fell into the Forbidden Forest, when Pilat arrived, she was seriously injured and passed out, and Miss Jones was about to strangle him by the neck and lose her temper."

So Dumbledore rushed to the medical wing fieryly, and met the expected reprimand there.

Miss Jones kept all visitors out of the ward and glared at them like a door god.

"Albus! Look, you have to think about the necessity of flying lessons! Poor Miss Black, she is still in a severe coma. She has thirteen wounds on her body! She has also received black magic from the magical plants in the Forbidden Forest Hurt! Merlin, you can hardly imagine that if Pilat is a little late..."

"Calm down, Miss Jones, calm down." Dumbledore said gently, "How is Miss Black now, can I accept visits?"

Miss Jones's complexion was a little calm, but she still said sternly: "No. Although it is out of danger, it needs to rest. You can look at the situation at the window."

Dumbledore obeyed obediently and walked to a side window.There was already a circle of people standing there, Andromeda, Rodolphus, Mona, and the teacher of the flying class. Poor. Suffered. Accused of poor supervision. Almost strangled to death by the furious Miss Jones. Professor Pilat.

Dumbledore walked over to greet them.

"You have worked hard, children, go to rest. This is enough for me and Pilat."

"No. I have to wait for her to wake up." Rodolphs said with dark circles under his eyes.

"Well, it won't help if you stay here. I'll have Pilate notify you as soon as Bella wakes up, will you?" said Dumbledore kindly.

Mona asked hesitantly: "Principal Dumbledore, why can't Bella wake up?"

Dumbledore walked to the window and watched Bella on the hospital bed.

"Although I want to answer you very much, I need to ask our dear Miss Jones to know this question." He said after a while, "In short, children, go back and rest first. You still have important lessons to attend, here are What about us."

Although reluctantly, Mona and Rodolphus were persuaded by Dumbledore to leave.Unexpectedly, Andromeda, a first-year girl who has been standing in front of the window without saying a word, looks weak and introverted, but unexpectedly stubborn.

"I want to take care of my sister here."

The little girl only said this, and then stood in front of the window and said nothing more.Even though Dumbledore was eloquent, Andromeda didn't respond at all.

"Mr. Principal, I know that I am of no help to my sister here, but I don't worry about my sister being alone. Please promise me a request." Just when Dumbledore was about to give up, Andromeda mustered up the courage to say, " If I leave, please call the family to come and take care of my sister."

This is not the planned timing.But Andromeda was so worried that she couldn't hold on any longer, and she took the risk of asking for a visit earlier.

—I'm sorry, sister.sorry.I really don't want any surprises for you...

She looked at Dumbledore imploringly.There is nothing false about the anxiety and fear in it.

"Poor child..." Dumbledore showed a loving expression, "There is an experienced Miss Jones here to take care of you, don't worry. I understand your longing for your loved ones. If it is normal, this is not a problem, but recently the school is in a sensitive situation. Expect……"

Despair climbed up Andromeda's heart wall little by little, and the fragile bricks and stones seemed to be turned into dust by the wind.

"However, in the case of Miss Black... there can be one exception." Dumbledore blinked and repeated, "Only this one time."

Andromeda's hanging heart finally let go, and wept with joy: "Thank you... thank you...principal..."

Dumbledore looked at him kindly, with an unknown light in his blue eyes.

……

"Are you sure you want to go?" The words from the front desk made RT stop in front of the door.

A few minutes ago, Avery brought the news that Bella was seriously injured and unconscious. After driving him away with a blank expression, he couldn't hold back anymore, got up and left.

"Don't forget that you haven't mastered the power of the timeline yet." The front desk said matter-of-factly, "Didn't you endure for so long because you were afraid that it would mess up Bella's timeline? Are you going to fail now?"

"...she is in danger now."

"Hogwarts has Miss Althea Jones, a genius in herbal medicine, and the famous headmaster Albus Dumbledore, a white wizard. Even if Bella is seriously injured for a while, her life is definitely not in danger. But you go, Maybe even her own existence will be erased." The front desk expressed their biggest worry all the time.

RT stood there silent for a long time.

"I'm not going to let it happen."

The front desk watched him leave without any further persuasion.

RT has always been too cautious in handling Bella's affairs.It's even unbelievable that he would be so worried about gains and losses.

"This guy... it's time to be willful again."

Even though that's the case, RT didn't rush to visit Bella directly after all.He did exactly what he did when Bella was born, using the Disillusionment Charm to sneak into the hospital wing.But found that things did not go as smoothly as expected.

Dumbledore was guarding Bella's ward, and no one was allowed to visit except Miss Jones.

The others were nothing to be afraid of, but Dumbledore's existence was really tricky. The only person who couldn't guarantee that he could successfully hide it was the white wizard. He stopped far away before approaching the ward.

But since it was on the Hogwarts site, RT had expected this to happen.

Just when he was about to call out his servant to lead the tiger away from the mountain, a word from Miss Jones made him dispel the idea.

"Albus, there is bad news. Miss Black may have been cursed by the cornflower."

Miss Jones came out of the ward again worried.

Dumbledore asked, "What's going on?"

"Before, I only found out the coma magic of the Misty God Tree. This is not a problem. A dose of sober potion can solve it. But the medicine was given in the afternoon, and she still has no sign of waking up." Miss Jones said He took out a piece of gauze while explaining, "I suspected there was something else. But the magic test showed that everything was normal. I don't believe in evil, I boiled a dose of target water, and it turned black. You see."

Dumbledore took it, put it up to his nose and sniffed it.

"It's the smell of cornflowers."

"That's right," Miss Jones said, "Even black cornflowers are not common in the Forbidden Forest, they are often hidden in the middle of a large bunch of weeds, and you can only be cursed if you step on its only black leaf... Miss Black No luck. When Pilat brought her here, she had a lot of stubborn weeds wrapped around her, and I'm afraid a black knapweed grew where it fell."

Dumbledore frowned.

"The curse of black cornflower's accumulated disease is stubborn and difficult to get rid of. From the time of this curse, you will be very easy to get sick. Every time you get sick, it will accumulate after you recover, and the next time you get sick, it will all recur, and it will become more and more serious until Death." Miss Jones showed a trace of impatience, "This is too cruel for a child. Albus, we must find a way. Now the curse has just been planted and has not yet taken root."

Dumbledore nodded in agreement: "Although the curse of the Black Cornflower is tricky, I know that there is someone who can solve it."

RT left after hearing this.

He also thought of that person.

Sergey Shafik, the eldest lady of the herbal medicine family Shafik.Rare medicinal herbs that can keep healthy people disease-free have been cultivated, but because wizards are less troubled by diseases, and the cultivation process of medicinal herbs is complicated, costly, and has a short validity period, it is considered only suitable for a few wealthy Muggle nobles , It can be called tasteless-although this did not prevent Psyche, who was only 19 years old at the time, from being awarded the title of genius-but it happened to be a good medicine to break the curse of the black cornflower.Relying on their extensive and profound knowledge and photographic memory, Dumbledore and RT thought of her at the same time.

Psyche became famous at a young age, but it was rare that she was not dazzled by fame, but devoted herself to the cultivation of the more complex and profound ideal plant in the world of herbal medicine—the time tree.Because of this, he joined the Volpes Research Institute where darklord's talents gathered, and highly respected darklord, who has a high attainment in time and soul.

In short, RT can't wait to apparate to his own research institute right away, pull out all the flowers and plants in Shafek's experimental field, pack them into boxes and ship them to Bella.

However, thanks to Hogwarts' inability to apparate, he calmed down on the way out of Hogwarts, and gradually formed a plan in his mind...

On the other hand, Signus, who was finally invited to the school by Dumbledore after all the hard work, was not happy.

"Andromeda, what are you thinking? There will be a next time if I don't see you this time. Although I have expectations for you, there is no need to risk your life for this opportunity!" Signus said with a sullen face, " Do you think I will be proud to be admitted to the school at the price of my daughter's unknown fate?"

Andromeda was so trained that she couldn't hold her head up.

"Honestly, what did Bella plan?" Signus said sternly.

"My sister just wanted to create an accident, so that my father could come to visit the doctor at any time... We have already stepped on the place where we fell. The trees are lush and can take off half of the force. The ground is soft grass, which can act as a buffer The twisting grass can prevent my sister from continuing to fall after falling unconscious. My sister has also trained in the magic of armor and body protection, and the broom has been run-in in advance... Although the situation at the time looked thrilling, it was actually planned ...Sister...Sister also wore that heart-protecting necklace to make sure everything is safe..."

"Faithless? You will be cursed by the black arrow if you are foolproof?" Signus couldn't help but angrily said, "Do you think you can make sure there is no danger by stepping on the grass and patting the trees a few times at night? If the Forbidden Forest is that simple To deal with it, you need repeated orders to prohibit entry? The game guards dare not go deep, but you are capable!"

Andromeda looked like she was about to cry.But she fought back the tears.

Signus felt a pain in his heart, calmed down, and hugged Andromeda into his arms.

"I'm sorry... Ann and Bella are great, it's dad who is useless and angry at you."

Andromeda's eyes were wet, and she shook her head in her father's arms, her voice was crying: "Dad is right, it's my fault, I can't help my sister..."

Signus felt soft in his heart: "Okay. Don't cry. We must find a way to find Miss Hafek now. Bella's curse can only be undone by her."

There has been no news of Shafik in the wizarding world for a long time, and Dumbledore had to go back to inquire about the news first.Miss Jones still stayed in the medical wing to take care of Bella. After Dumbledore's consent, Signus called his wife to replace him, and planned to go back to find out the news.

But his wife Druella, who came overnight, brought good news.

"The head of the family told me that he had heard about Serge Shafek at the Knights Gathering."

Signus's heart moved: "You mean..."

"Shafek may be a member of the knights." Druella said, "The head of the family promised to ask that lord for help."

Signus said in surprise: "Great, if we can really invite that lord..."

"But." Druella interrupted him and said word by word, "The Patriarch has disqualified you from running for office."