Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 373 The Appearance of St. Mungo! The Longbottoms regain consciousness!

The corridor outside ward 49 on the fifth floor of St. Mungo's Hospital for the Injury and Wounds.

Dudley's figure suddenly appeared here.

Behind him stood Neville, slightly dazed, and the magic mirror that was still open.

Neville glanced at Dudley, then at the empty bedroom displayed in the magic mirror, and asked an obvious question:

"Dali, you just Apparated here like that?"

"Otherwise what? I had you point the magic mirror at this corridor so that it would be easier for me to locate and teleport."

Dudley turned around, looked at Neville, and replied matter-of-factly, "I didn't expect you to come to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses tonight. That saves me a lot of trouble."

"Come on, go see your parents. I can help them get back to normal now."

"what?!"

Neville couldn't believe what he was hearing; in his mind, Dudley shouldn't know anything about his parents.

During the video call just now, he didn't explain in detail how Dali was so certain that he could cure his parents.

Neville was confused and shocked, but after a moment, he quickly said, "Dali, my parents' chief healer said they were afflicted by an indelible Cruciatus Curse, you..."

“I know that your parents, the Longbottoms, were elders of Dumbledore’s Order of the Phoenix. They escaped from Voldemort’s clutches three times. More than ten years ago, they were unfortunately besieged by Death Eaters and suffered a lot of Cruciatus Curse torture, which caused them to become permanently mentally deranged.”

I am here today to save them; I am now fully capable of curing them.

"But you, you must have overheard this, right? Didn't your grandmother cast a forgetting spell on you again to make you forget your pain?"

Dudley spoke frankly and resolved Neville's confusion.

After hearing Dudley's explanation, Neville was overjoyed and excited. He believed in Dudley, who never boasted and always did what he said he could do. His parents could finally return to normal!

But at the same time, he was a little embarrassed by Dudley's question and said with a hint of shame:

"I did overhear that news, and I pretended to be in the same state as before to deceive my grandma. She still thinks I'm slow-witted and clueless."

Dudley waved his hand, dispelling the magical mirror in mid-air, patted Neville on the shoulder, and comforted him:

“This is not deception, it is a well-intentioned disguise. Just like your grandmother cast a forgetting spell on you when you were young, that was also a well-intentioned concealment. This kind of behavior cannot be considered right or wrong, it is human nature, and there is no need to feel ashamed.”

Neville nodded heavily and led Dudley toward the door of ward 49.

The fifth floor of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries is the Department of Curses Injuries, which specializes in treating curse injuries.

Some wizards suffer from spell damage and aftereffects that cannot be removed, so they stay in the long-term care wards on this floor for long-term treatment.

Neville's parents, the Longbottoms, lived in one of these long-term care wards.

Ward 49, also known as the Jenas Sitch Ward.

Similar to the main ward of Hogwarts Hospital, it is a large ward with multiple beds that can accommodate many patients.

In the original story, Gilderoy Lockhart used Ron's broken wand to cast the Forgetfulness Charm on Harry and Ron, but the charm was bounced back onto him by the broken wand, leaving him with almost no memory.

The damage was irreversible and incurable, so Lockhart was eventually sent to this long-term ward for treatment.

Lockhart is neither crazy nor sick now, so he's naturally not here.

When Dudley and Neville pushed open the door to the sickroom, they saw only the Longbottoms and their wife, and a sleeping witch named Agnes.

"Your grandma isn't here?"

After Dudley entered the ward, he looked at the Longbottoms, who were sitting on the bed with blank stares and swaying slightly, and asked in a low voice.

“My grandma went to the shop on the sixth floor of the hospital to buy something,” Neville replied.

With his grandmother gone, he could be less of a pretentious man.

At this moment, Alice Longbottom, Neville's mother, who was lying in the hospital bed, noticed Neville's arrival, and her blank gaze gradually softened with maternal tenderness and love.

She looked at Neville silently, still swaying her body, but her right hand, which was clenched around something, slowly rose and reached out to Neville.

Neville hurried over to his mother's bedside and took the things she handed him.

It was a crumpled bubble gum wrapper.

Neville's eyes welled up with tears; he had received countless candy wrappers like these since he was a child.

His grandmother told him to throw it away, but he never did.

Even if he was confused in the past, he could understand that this was a gift from his mother, so he smoothed out the candy wrappers and put them away carefully, treasuring them very much.

Dudley looked at Alice Longbottom, who had a similar round face to Neville, with messy gray hair, and who, despite her madness, still cared for children, and was deeply moved.

Without further hesitation, he cast a conceptual restoration spell directly on the Longbottoms on their sickbeds.

To restore their mental state to its normal state and their physical condition to its healthiest state.

At the same time, their ages were reversed by five years.

She looks five years younger, with little change, which can be attributed to her regaining her good health and complexion.

This time, Dudley silently cast a conceptual restoration spell. The entire restoration process was silent and without any obvious changes.

Neville was still immersed in his grief, his head bowed as he smoothed out the crumpled candy wrappers, waiting for Dudley to come forward and treat his parents.

Unexpectedly, a warm, large hand reached out to the corner of his eye and gently wiped away the tears that had fallen from it.

Neville looked up in surprise and saw... his mother, whose eyes were clear, whose hair had regained its original color, whose fine wrinkles had disappeared, and whose complexion was healthy.

"Mom...Mom?"

“It’s me, Neville.”

Alice embraced her excited son. Despite the years she and her husband had been insane, she still had memories, and more importantly, a blood connection and maternal love, so she naturally recognized her son.

"Alice, Neville!"

In the adjacent hospital bed, Neville's father, Frank Longbottom, had also regained consciousness and health. Seeing his wife and son embracing and weeping, he couldn't help but call out to them.

He hurriedly put on his hospital gown and got out of bed.

Alice and Neville heard Frank's call and temporarily separated from their embrace. Seeing their husband (father) back to normal, they were even more excited and happy, and their tears flowed even more.

Soon, the family of three hugged each other.

【Congratulations to the host! 】

[Successfully resolved a Class A regrettable incident - parents driven to madness by suffering!]

[The host helped Neville's parents recover their health and escape the Cruciatus Curse damage that would normally be impossible to remove, allowing Neville to regain a complete and loving family.]

This unfortunate incident has been perfectly resolved!

[Special offer, fixed reward: 1 A-level fusion opportunity.]

[Bonus Reward: 1 A-Rank Fusion Opportunity.]

[Currently available magical item fusion opportunities: S-rank *6 time, A-rank *6 times, B-rank *6 times, C-rank *3 times.]