[HP] Liar

Ep.63

Even though many, many years have passed, whenever Viola thinks back to the year when the Second Wizarding War ended, everything that happened will still be like an old-fashioned projector-it keeps playing in her mind over and over again. playback.

To her, the memory of that period was as clear as yesterday.

Alice Atwood, Bill's best friend, was one of St. Mungone's most respected therapists.On the day Viola and Penello were admitted to St. Mungo's, Atwood therapist graciously took them both to the emergency room and arranged for them to separate wards.

Penello's injury, which was treated in time, finally gradually improved, and Viola's eyes finally stopped stinging continuously.

only……

"Your sister is out of danger now, you can rest assured about it, Miss Clearwater." When Atwood was holding Penelope's case, he explained her condition to Viola at a fast speed. However, Viola only nodded in confusion, "However, there is no way to eliminate the damage caused by black magic on her body."

"What does this mean?" Viola couldn't help asking back with some worry.

"Just like your eyes, although the scars on your eyes have begun to scab, even if you fully heal, your left eye will still be blind." Atwood explained unhurriedly, "The same Reason, even if your sister's body can recover soon, she's probably... no longer able to have children."

Viola opened her mouth speechlessly.

"No longer fertile?"

"Yes."

"Is it because her womb was burned by black magic?"

"Yes."

"Do we have any other remedies? Like organ transplants or something?"

Atwood glanced at her almost with pity. "I'm sorry. But I think it's very difficult to achieve, Miss Clearwater."

Viola didn't say anything more this time, she just lowered her head quietly, staring at her hands with a little embarrassment.

In all fairness, for her, whether or not Penelope is capable of becoming a mother, she will always be her sister, there is no doubt about it.So Viola didn't feel overly sad by Atwood's words at first.But after thinking about it, in her memory, Penello's greatest wish has always been to start a family and have children with the one she loves.In this way, if the black magic really deprived her of her fertility, what a big blow it would be to Penello?

Viola didn't even have the courage to imagine Penello's expression after hearing the news.

The period of imprisonment in St. Mungo's seemed to Viola to be both tormented and numb.

Every morning, caring nurses will always bring hot and nutritious meals to Sister Clearwater, and after breakfast, Viola will perform rehabilitation exercises under the guidance of the therapists.

As for the war in the magic world, it suddenly seemed as far away as something that happened in the last century.

Although like most of the patients, Viola has been in a state of isolation since she was sent to St. Mungo's, but the outside world can still be reported through newspapers or verbal reports from the therapists. in Viola's ear.

One night just before the end of this war, Viola had a long, long dream.In the dream, many things that seemed ridiculous to her happened.For example, Professor Snape in the dream was able to lead the Hogwarts students to fight against the mysterious man like a leader; facing the oppression of the mysterious man, the Slytherins in the dream also fought against the mysterious man. Like the students, they chose to stand up and resist; in the dream, Draco and Harry Potter would shake hands and reconcile, and burn down the House of Requirement where the Horcrux was hidden...

Although Viola still couldn't help feeling a little sad when she saw that the House of Response, which meant so much to her, was easily buried in the sea of ​​fire.

Through this absurd dream, Viola felt as if she was the party involved in this decisive battle, witnessing the moment of the end of this war together with them——she saw Harry Potter and the man in black robe The mysterious man stood face to face on an empty, rubble-filled ground, and saw them raise their wands towards each other at the same time, and then saw two lights, one red and one green flashing in front of people's eyes, and finally saw—mysterious The person finally fell backward heavily like an ordinary person.

The war is over.Viola opened her eyes suddenly.

Viola raised her head and took a look, and found that the hour hand in the ward was exactly pointing to nine o'clock in the evening.

It was just a dream...

She reached out and rubbed her temples, and was about to laugh at her innocence silently, but at this moment, the door of the ward was suddenly knocked open with a "bang".

Viola was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously looked outside the door, only to see Therapist Atwood was holding the door frame panting, with an expression of unprecedented ecstasy on his face.

"Miss Clearwater..." Before Viola could react, Atwood therapist rushed towards her, stretched out his hand and hugged her tightly, "We just received a message from The news from the front - The Mysterious Man has been defeated by Harry Potter! This war is finally over!"

……

The end of the war didn't make much sense to Viola. Although the people in St. Mungon were screaming and reveling for it, Viola's life didn't change too much because of the end of the war. .

Half a month later, Viola's sister Penello was finally able to get out of bed and walk.However, from Viola's point of view, Penello's mood seems to have never been able to get out of the shadow brought to her by the war.In fact, after she knew the real situation of her body, she neither cried nor fussed, but whenever Viola greeted her with concern, her response always sounded so perfunctory and weak.

And in this half month, the first person to visit the Clearwater sisters in St. Mungo's will be Ernie McMillan.

As a pureblood who supported the Order of the Phoenix in this war, McMillan reaped both flowers and praise after the war. "I will be able to graduate from Hogwarts in June, and the Aurors in the Ministry of Magic invited me immediately after I graduated." He said to Viola enthusiastically, "And the other Two men who have been given the same status as me are heroes of this war - Harry Potter and Ron Weasley."

After hearing what McMillan said, Viola just said lightly: "Congratulations."

McMillan then began to look at her with scrutiny, and he said to her in a worried tone: "I heard about your family, Viola. I'm really sorry about it."

"It's okay, Penello and I survived anyway."

"But your eyes..."

His words stung her a little.

But she still forced a smile and said, "Anyway, it's not that both eyes are blind. Besides, isn't 'Mad Eye' also one-eyed? He is also the most prestigious Auror in the Ministry of Magic!"

Seeing that Viola was not as immersed in grief as she imagined, McMillan's words gradually became bold and bold: "Speaking of which, I have a cousin who works in St. Mungo's Institute for Advanced Study. He Tell me that they have recently developed a kind of artificial eye, and the effect is even better than the original eye after wearing it. From a distance, there is no difference at all, but the price is a bit expensive. But it does not matter, after all, you are my friend , Viola... I will definitely have St. Mungo's therapist install that kind of false eye for you as quickly as possible!"

After hearing this, Viola was about to refuse his offer, but found that Ernie MacMillan never gave her a chance to refute.

After Ernie left, the second person to visit Viola was Hermione Granger.

She brought Viola shocking news.Among them, what Viola was most concerned about was that Severus Snape, who had always been regarded as a Death Eater, was actually Dumbledore's eyeliner buried deep inside the Death Eaters, and the reason why he He was willing to work for Dumbledore because he loved Harry's dead mother deeply.In this war, he even paid his own life for it.

"Harry and Ron are both preparing for the Auror entrance exam, although the Ministry of Magic has told them in advance. They are [-]% able to pass this interview." Granger told her, "And I think, you are in the summer vacation After it's over, I should return to Hogwarts to go to school, right Viola?"

"Also?" Viola caught the point of these words, "You mean, you will return to Hogwarts like us?"

Granger looked at her meaningfully and blinked, without denying it.

"Why?" Viola felt a little curious, "Since the three of you are war heroes, the Ministry of Magic should treat you equally."

Granger shrugged his shoulders: "Indeed. The Ministry of Magic did send me an invitation, but I declined. Because before entering the job, I still hope to complete my studies and get back my all-A transcript."

Oh, this answer is really typical Hermione Granger.

Viola hooked the corners of her lips awkwardly, and was not surprised or surprised by Granger's thoughts.

"By the way, besides that," Granger said to her suddenly at this moment, "there is one more thing that I think I must tell you."

"what?"

"It's about where the Malfoys end up."

Viola's heart couldn't help but tighten.

"You can rest assured," Granger said calmly, "The Malfoy family is simply a typical opportunist. At the last moment of the war, because they realized that the situation was not right, they all cunningly joined the Order of the Phoenix. Lucius Malfoy was even seriously injured by the Dark Lord's severe punishment. Fortunately, Draco Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy also got the Phoenix because of Lucius' final choice society's forgiveness."

Viola just listened in silence.

"Narcissa Malfoy even publicly stated that she is willing to donate half of the Malfoy family property to help the recovery and construction of the wizarding world. In this way, those radicals in the wizarding world who have always hated the pure-blood sects will not be able to do so now. It’s hard to say anything more.” Granger continued to elaborate, “Not only that, in addition to the pure-bloods who have already surrendered, the Shafik family and the Greengrass family who have been in the neutral camp have also stood up to support Mal. The Fu family. As the father of Astoria and Daphne Greengrass, the owner of the Greengrass family, and one of the chief members of the Wizengamot, Greengrass also expressed to major newspapers and media that if it were not for the brave Little Mr. Malfoy stood up in the decisive battle, and his youngest daughter Astoria may be buried in this battle."

After finishing speaking, Granger silently glanced at Viola, but was surprised to find that there was no expression change on Viola's face.

So she took a deep breath, summoned up her courage, and said the last words: "So Mr. Greengrass decided to get his youngest daughter engaged to Draco Malfoy."

Viola was silent for a few seconds, and then asked her expressionlessly: "Why are you telling me this?"

"I just thought you should know," Granger said.