The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 715: Response and Medicine

Like St. Mungo's, patients who require long-term care are also housed on the top floor of the hospital. There is also a gate to isolate the ward to prevent those patients from running out and encountering any danger.

After pulling out the wand and opening the door to the ward, Meliam led them into the ward. The walls on both sides of the ward were beige, and according to what she had said on the way, this was suggested by several therapists, who believed that this color could help patients become more mentally stable.

At the end of the corridor was the ward belonging to the Longbottoms. After entering the door, Ryan realized that this ward was very different from the one in St. Mungo's. The one in St. Mungo's was a pure ward, with nothing but a bed and a bedside table. But this ward looked more like a hotel, with tables and chairs in addition to the bed, and Christmas decorations hung everywhere. It looked more suitable for people to live in than the cold ward.

"It's much bigger now than before," Meliam said, "so the environment we provide for patients is much better than before. In the past, at St. Mungo's, there was not enough space and we couldn't expand, so the patients had to be packed in like sardines in a net."

Because they had just finished lunch, the Longbottoms, in their pajamas, were now sitting quietly on wooden chairs on either side of the coffee table, eating their dessert: a small piece of cake filled with canned fruit. A small incense burner under the coffee table was emitting wisps of green smoke, filling the room with a faint, citrus-like aroma.

"We used the medicine you sent them before, and now they are much better than before. At least in this week they haven't suddenly become hysterical and screamed like before. They haven't suddenly woken up in the middle of the night and hid under the bed." Meliam introduced. "In short, they are much quieter now and their health is much better than before."

After hearing the voice, Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom raised their heads together with the small cakes in their hands, and then looked at Ryan and Hermione who were standing behind Healer Meliam with curious eyes.

After they looked up, Hermione tightened her grip on Ryan's hand because the two men in front of them looked very thin, which made their eyes look very big, and besides, their hair was already white, and looked messy and dry, like weeds in winter.

"Who are they?" Hermione had seen old photos of the Order of the Phoenix at Sirius's place, and she really couldn't connect the two people in front of her with the two round and happy faces in the photos.

"Damage to the soul often affects the body, especially black magic like the Cruciatus Curse." Ryan explained, "The sequelae of this black magic lasted for more than ten years, so naturally their bodies would not be very good."

"It's much better than before." Meliam explained to Ryan and the others, "In the past, they were always nervous and exhausted, but now they are much better. It's just that their bodies have become what they are now after being tortured by black magic for more than ten years, so for safety reasons, we can only use some very mild tonic potions to replenish the weak parts of their bodies."

"Of course, if they eat well and sleep well every day like this, I believe it will only take them more than a month, at most two months, and all the previous deficiencies in their bodies will be made up." Meliam concluded.

"That's great news." Hermione also smiled. "Okay, now let me check them out."

"What—are—they—going to do—now?" After swallowing the last bite of cake, Mrs. Longbottom tilted her head slightly to look at Ryan and the others, then asked word by word like a child who had just learned to speak.

"Be obedient." Meliam said gently, as if coaxing a child. "I found these two people to relieve your discomfort. The potion that made your head cool after drinking and the spices that made you sleep well after burning were all theirs."

"Oh, that's it." Mrs. Longbottom put her hands on her knees like a little child, her back straight. Mr. Longbottom beside her saw this and quickly finished his cake and wiped his mouth with his sleeve, then sat down on the chair. "Okay, don't move." Hermione roughly understood the current situation at this time, and she also stepped forward and comforted the two patients in a coaxing tone, while slowly pulling out her wand with a somewhat exaggerated movement. "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt at all."

After comforting the two patients, Hermione first waved her wand to summon a stool from under the cabinet and sat in front of the Longbottoms. Then she silently chanted a spell and released a thin thread of blood-red smoke from the head of the wand, and then directed the blood-red thread to wrap around the bodies of the two people in circles.

As a person who majored in life cycle spells, Hermione had more advantages than Ryan in both diagnosis and treatment when facing soul injuries. This was why the current examination was completely conducted by Hermione instead of the higher-level Ryan.

"How is the situation?" After watching the red threads on the two patients disappear, Ryan turned to look at Hermione, who was more relaxed than before, and asked, "Is there a possibility of their recovery?"

"Yes, but..." Hermione hesitated, then lowered her voice. "They have been traumatized for too long, so many of their memories have been permanently and completely lost. Even if we try our best to treat them, it will be difficult to fully restore them to their past state."

"Can you recover some of your memory?" Ryan's eyes widened in surprise. This was much better than he expected. He had thought that recovering the ability to take care of oneself after such a serious injury was good enough, but he didn't expect to be able to do better. Out of curiosity, Ryan asked, "How much memory can this part have?"

"Between 30% and 60%." Hermione closed her eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "And there's no way to choose which part of the memory to recall, but in any case, this is better than completely forgetting everything like this."

"You're right." Ryan nodded slightly. "Self-awareness is indeed very important for a person. Okay, let's start the next step of treatment. Which of the medicines you prepared earlier do you think is more suitable for use now?"

"Neither is suitable," Hermione said. "But if you combine the duration of potion three with the strength of potion seven, and make them release their effects as gently as potion two, I think it will be completely suitable."

"It doesn't sound that difficult." Ryan looked at Meliam and said, "By the way, Ms. Meliam, is there a place nearby where I can mix potions? I think I need to make a batch of potions that are truly useful."

Soon, Meliam found them an empty house that met the requirements. Just half an hour later, the targeted potion was successfully prepared using the potions on hand.

"Is this potion complicated?" Hermione, who watched the entire process of making the potion and helped inject some soul energy, asked curiously. "I saw that you just summoned the Madonna of the Rose and performed a very complicated alchemy technique."

"Well, it's not very complicated." Ryan said, holding a large bottle of transparent ice-blue potion that exuded a peaceful atmosphere. "It's mainly because using the Rose Mother will be faster, and it's more convenient for me. When I usually make potions, I use various magic props mainly because I need to consider the need for large-scale production in the future, so I must summarize a set of solutions that are suitable for others to use."

"Now, this potion is specially tailored for a certain person. Since I don't need to consider letting others learn it, I will naturally do it in the most convenient way." Ryan finally explained, and then walked out the door with the medicine bottle. "Okay, give these medicines to Ms. Meliam. According to my judgment, as long as they take it for a month, the Longbottoms should be able to get rid of their current bad condition."

(End of this chapter)