Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 416, Section 410: Treating Moody

Dumbledore had actually arranged for Hagrid to persuade the giants, but the attempt failed at the crucial moment. A coup d'état was launched within the giant race, and the new leader beheaded the old leader, who then completely sided with the Death Eaters.

The main reason was that Dumbledore did not agree with Dudley and Grindelwald's suggestion to strike first and eliminate the giants directly.

Giants and werewolves are arguably evil dark creatures, and there's no way to intercept them beforehand. Simply binding them with interests is useless; often, they don't care about interests, they just want to enjoy the feeling of killing and destruction.

For example, Fenrir Greyback, the werewolf leader, is simply bloodthirsty and wants to turn more wizards into werewolves like him. Another example is the giants, who want to hunt indiscriminately (consuming ordinary people; essentially, they are no different from ogres).

There's simply no way to negotiate interests with these two groups. Moreover, they are among the most likely of the dark creatures Voldemort has recruited to defect.

Giants are intellectually challenged but can at least communicate, while werewolves, due to the Restoration Charm, have largely escaped Greyback's control.

The most difficult to deal with are the remaining ones, starting with the Dementors. These were the first dark creatures to join Voldemort. The demands of the Dementor race are something that normal people would never agree to, and only Voldemort would agree to. They want to freely consume people's happiness.

There are also humanoid witches, which are non-human creatures that look like ugly old witches. They know some basic magic, but their overall level is below that of wizards. Like giants, they like to eat human flesh, especially the flesh of children.

I've heard that even the banshees have been won over by the Death Eaters. I wonder how Voldemort persuaded these guys and what benefits he promised them.

Then there are the eight-eyed giant spiders; well, they joined with Dudley's permission.

Interestingly, the vampires, who mostly appear as villains in many works, are not included. To avoid retaliation from the Death Eaters, most of them go into hiding.

Hogwarts - Headmaster's Office.

"Mr. Dursley, I heard from Albus that you wanted to see me?"

Professor Moody hobbled over with his cane and sat down in front of Dudley. Then he shouted urgently to Dumbledore, who was sitting in the headmaster's seat, "Albus, this is the crucial moment in the race for Minister of Magic. I've already contacted some old Aurors for you. We'll definitely vote for you when the Minister of Magic election comes."

He insisted that Dumbledore should become Minister for Magic, because only under Dumbledore's leadership could the Ministry of Magic fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

Clearly, this elderly former Auror was unaware that Grindelwald had transformed into Fudge; to be precise, only Mr. Weasley knew about it within the entire Order of the Phoenix.

In fact, according to Dumbledore's original plan, all members of the Order of the Phoenix should share information, but this was strongly opposed by Dudley.

After all, with Peter Pettigrew as a precedent, unless you can completely trust him, how do you know he won't be the next Wormtail? Don't forget, Peter is also one of the original members of the Order of the Phoenix.

However, it wasn't that Moody was untrustworthy and that's why he didn't tell him; rather, it was because he had more important things to deal with, and the more he knew, the harder it would be to accomplish.

"Alastor, I think we should listen to what Dudley has to say first."

Dumbledore interrupted Moody's rambling. He took out a candy jar from somewhere, took out a honey candy, put it in his mouth and savored it, and then handed one to Moody.

"Alright, Albus, alright."

Moody shook his head and refused the candy. Since retiring, he had never accepted food or water from anyone, not even Dumbledore.

"So, Mr. Dursley, what brings you here? Newly discovered dark magic or anti-curse? You're the most talented and hardworking wizard I've ever seen."

Having taught Dudley for a period of time, he was naturally very familiar with him.

"Neither." Dali shook his head, not answering Moody but looking at Moody and asking, "I've heard that you've experienced countless battles, big and small, in your life, and these injuries are from those battles."

Moody nodded, touched his prosthetic leg, and said with deep emotion, "Yes, including this leg and this eye, it was a very brutal battle, and I almost didn't make it back."

His tone was slightly boastful, as if the scars on his body were his medals of honor.

That is indeed the case.

With the medical level of the wizarding world, it only takes one night for an arm bone to grow from nothing, and the whole process is only a little painful, let alone a superficial injury like a broken leg.

Yes, in the wizarding world, broken legs and arms are indeed considered superficial injuries.

Moody's numerous scars weren't due to his refusal to seek treatment, but rather because they were incurable. Otherwise, who would want to be a normal person, constantly using a cane, or wearing a prosthetic eye?

The reason these injuries are often unhealable is because of a curse. Injuries caused by curses are just as difficult to cure as the curse itself. For example, the Weasley brothers had their ears cut off by the Shadow Curse in the original story. Mrs. Weasley tried everything to help them grow their ears back, but to no avail, because ordinary healing spells are ineffective without knowing the counter-curse.

Moody's injury is the same.

Dudley continued, "I have a question I'd like to ask you."

"What?"

Moody asked, and at that moment he realized that Dali's problem must be related to his own injuries.

"If possible, would you like your wounds healed?"

"?!?!"

Although he had some guesses, he didn't expect it to be this, and Moody's expression looked somewhat surprised.

He quickly realized that Daryl had another identity besides being a student—the Potions Master whom even Snape praised.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and politely declined.

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Dursley."

While suffering from these injuries and pains, he did seek help from therapists, but without exception, the result was that the condition was incurable.

You get used to it over time.

Without finding a corresponding curse, it is impossible to break the curse.

Even a magical master like Snape was no exception.

This is the rule of the magical world: unless you can find an antidote to break the curse through potions, which is no less difficult than finding a counter-curse.

In Moody's view, Daly's statement was a case of youthful arrogance and fearlessness.

Dudley saw what Moody was thinking, so he took a bottle of potion out of his pocket and handed it to him.

"Professor Moody, you can give it a try first."

(End of this chapter)