The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 337: No chance for Starbucks in this life 3
When a man is about to die, his words are kind; when a bird is about to die, its cry is sad.

Sirius Black's words "Lily, James" were probably his final confession to his friends. Since Black had confessed, why didn't he say a word about Peter Pettigrew? Logically speaking, his friend also died in his hands!

Black's lucidity was short-lived, and he fainted again immediately. This time, he kept mumbling the names of Lily and James, and occasionally Remus could be heard, but he still never mentioned Peter Pettigrew once.

This scene, and Blake's mumbling, made Fred and George look confused.

What is this, a deathbed confession? Or is he planning to kill the Potters after he dies? But why did he mention Lupin? Was he dissatisfied with Lupin for not accompanying him to see Merlin?
Crookshanks still stared at the three people. If they made any unusual movements, he would pounce on them without hesitation. Garlon looked at Black who had fallen into coma again, and was very anxious. He whimpered.

If the person lying there was Ada, Garlon wouldn't have been so anxious. It turned out that this pet was raised in vain. Ada raised it for Blake.

Ada lowered the wand in her hand and wanted to go forward to check on Black to see if he was dead or alive, but Crookshanks stood in front of Ada and prevented her from approaching the unconscious Black.

With a wave of his hand, Crookshanks was pushed aside by Ada. Crookshanks had just gotten up when he pounced on Ada again. Garlon seemed to have finally remembered who his master was. He intercepted the ginger cat in mid-air, and the cat and the dog rolled into a ball.

Ada leaned over to check on Blake's condition. As soon as she squatted down, she felt heat surging around Blake's body and his breathing was labored.

Using her wand to push aside the clothes on Blake's shoulder, Ada saw the wound she had left on him.

The curse that hit Black's shoulder caused him to bleed a lot, otherwise his clothes wouldn't have been stained red. There was no medicine or doctor in the Forbidden Forest, and the environment was very bad. Not only did the wound show no signs of healing, but it became infected and festered, which was also the reason why Black's body was hot.

"How is it?" George asked. "Is Blake seriously ill now?"

"I won't die for now. Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years." Ada shook her hands and said, "He lost so much blood, and he has an infection and inflammation, but he's not dead yet. He's really lucky!"

In ancient times, many soldiers were not killed on the battlefield, but died of tetanus or wound infection after leaving the battlefield.

Sirius Black is worthy of being a fugitive who escaped from Azkaban. He can actually hold on until now with such a body. Ada truly admires such tenacious vitality.

Fred also came over to take a look, and frowned subconsciously when he saw Black's wound. Fred asked, "Should we take him back? Should we hand him over directly to the Ministry of Magic, or..."

Needless to say, Fred and George's meaning was clear. If Ada wanted to detain Blake privately, then the two brothers would not have seen anyone today.

"Take it back first!" Ada replied after thinking for a while, "I have something I want to figure out."

Putting aside whether Black's physical condition allows him to be taken back to Azkaban, the first thing the Ministry of Magic will do when they see him is to let the Dementors give him a passionate kiss, ending everything for Black.

But this was not the result Ada wanted to see. There were some things she had not figured out. Once she satisfied her curiosity, she would naturally hand Black over to the Ministry of Magic.

Whether he will continue to be imprisoned or suffer the Dementor's Kiss, it will not be Ada's turn to worry about it.

Crookshanks and Garlon stopped biting each other, and Garlon had another scar on his face caused by the cat's claws. A cat and a dog led the way. Ada and the other two used a levitation spell to make Black float in the air, and followed the cat and dog out of the increasingly dark forbidden forest.

When Ada brought Blake back to the Twilight Cottage, it was already dark. Ada placed Blake in an empty room, and looking at Blake who was in a coma, Ada gradually fell into deep thought.

The only people in the cabin now were Ada in deep thought, Blake in coma, and the traitorous cat and dog guarding Blake's bed.

After leaving the Forbidden Forest, the twins went straight back to the castle. They went back to prepare some things that Ada needed to save Black's life. After nearly two hours, Fred and George returned to Twilight Cottage with a lot of bags and small things. In addition to the things that Ada asked them to prepare, they also brought back some food.

"On the way back, we ran into Hermione and the others," Fred said. "The verdict of the trial has come out."

"The committee of foolish old men sentenced Buckbeak to death," George continued. "Hagrid will probably choose to appeal, but..."

The twins knew very well that the appeal would not change the verdict. Lucius Malfoy had already pulled all the strings, and the only thing the appeal could do was to delay Buckbeak's execution date.

Ada, who was eating, suddenly stopped and said vaguely, "I understand." Then she continued to eat with her head down.

While Ada was eating, the twins took out the contents of the package one by one, including potion ingredients stolen from Snape's private storage room, disinfectants and medicines stolen from the school infirmary, and so on.

After filling her stomach, Ada began to treat Blake's festering wound. She first picked out all the maggots from the affected area, and then used diluted disinfectant to clean the wound over and over again.

Disinfectants can completely replace physiological saline and hydrogen peroxide. At the same time, this agent can also replace iodine and alcohol for disinfection. Unfortunately, disinfectants still cause strong pain when washing wounds.

Especially for infected wounds like Blake's, it needed to be rinsed multiple times. During the rinsing process, even though Blake had fallen into a coma, he still felt the intense pain and his eyebrows were wrinkled.

The entire debridement process lasted a long time, and the removal of pollutants and necrotic tissue took the most time. It was not until Blake was given the medicine that Ada breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is this how Muggle doctors who cut people open do it?" Fred couldn't help asking the question he had been wanting to ask while Ada was cleaning the wound.

"Almost, but my method is not professional." Ada said as she made the cut tissue and maggots disappear. "But you can't just throw Black in front of the school infirmary, or St. Mungo's, then I won't have to ask anything."

Although Ada hated the ward and the hospital, she always respected the medical staff in her heart, and she also respected the healers at St. Mungo's.

"Unprofessional?" George also said, "But I think you are quite skilled!" George didn't know what the Muggles thought of Ada's dazzling operation just now, but he thought Ada was quite skilled.

"I am also learning by trial and error." Ada showed a sly smile on her face. "If it were you lying there, I would definitely send you to St. Mungo's, but Black is fine. I can use him as a training ground."

To Ada, Black was a fugitive, a tool to satisfy her curiosity, and it didn't matter whether he was dead or alive. If he died, she would hand the body over to the Ministry of Magic. If he was lucky enough to be saved, she would use him to satisfy her curiosity.

Because she didn't care, Ada dared to take action and cleaned Blake's wounds and provided treatment. If Blake died, it was no big deal.

Sirius Black may make a lot of money in this wave, but Ada will never lose!
"What's next?" the twins asked in unison, "Just let him lie here?"

"I also need to make some blood-replenishing medicine. After all, he lost so much blood." Ada gestured with her hands to show how much blood was lost. "Then it all depends on his luck. This is all I can do."

"To put it bluntly, it all depends on luck!" Fred complained. He thought Ada was so amazing after watching her operations, but it turned out that she was just relying on luck.

Ada snapped her fingers and said, "Yes, that's what I mean!"

Buckbeak the Hippogriff was sentenced to death, and Sirius Black fell into the hands of the quack doctor Ada, and his life or death was uncertain. The "Starbuck" fugitive group was disbanded before they even met each other.

Contents on debridement and infection are definitely a bit unprofessional, so just take a look.
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