Hogwarts: I am Harry's Cousin

Chapter 386 380. Ancient Mandrake

"Brother D. Is it really okay?"

Walking in the corridor of the pure white St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, Neville looked at Dudley beside him with a worried look on his face and asked.

"Neville, this is the three hundred and seventy-eighth time you have asked me this question."

"It really can."

Dudley answered like this. In fact, he could fully understand Neville's mood at this time. If it were him, he would probably be more excited than Neville.

"I tried many methods and tested many herbal medicines. Finally, I successfully developed a potion."

During this time, Dudley was not only developing his special potion, he was also testing another potion in his spare time. Maybe this potion was not important to Voldemort or the upcoming war, but it was to Neville. It's the best potion in the world.

"Although it's not 100%, there is more than 80% certainty that we can wake them up."

"Brother D, me."

Neville spoke with a choked voice, not knowing what to say for a moment. He had never shown this weak side since he started training with Dudley, but he couldn't bear it today.

"Thank you."

"Neville, your parents are unknown contributors hidden behind the scenes, heroes fighting on the front line against evil forces. I think they should not be forgotten by the world, and they deserve a happy and happy family."

"Bad people can't be happy and good people are ruined."

"I don't think it's fair."

As they talked, the two came to Ward No. 49, gently opened the door and walked in.

"So I'll cure them."

Dudley looked at the two adult wizards sitting on the hospital bed, playing like children.

This is the purpose of Dudley and Neville coming here, he wants to cure the Longbottoms.

This is their fifteenth year at St. Mungo's Hospital.

The Longbottoms were both Aurors and elders of the Order of the Phoenix. They fought on the front line against the Death Eaters. They escaped from Voldemort three times, uncovered countless Death Eaters' conspiracies, and made countless contributions to the Order of the Phoenix. , they don’t ask for anything in return (the Order of the Phoenix is ​​a non-governmental organization, without any remuneration or benefits, purely for love), they just do it for the justice in their hearts, and they just do it to prevent the dark wizards from continuing to harm other people.

Later, because of their carelessness after giving birth to Neville, they were captured by a group of Death Eaters such as Bellatrix. The couple grew up in front of Neville, who was only more than one year old at the time, and was tortured by the Cruciatus Curse to the point of mental collapse. I stayed at St. Mungo's Hospital for more than ten years.

It can be said that the original Neville was cowardly, timid, and submissive in the early stage, largely because he lost the care of his parents since he was a child.

Although he grew into a heroic figure in the end, his parents still stayed in St. Mungo's Hospital and were never cured.

Fortunately, there is Dudley in this world, and he believes that the Longbottoms' situation is not impossible to cure.

Dudley had also seen the St. Mungo's therapists' treatment plan for the two of them, which mainly focused on neurological aspects.

St. Mungo's doctors believe that the Cruciatus Curse only affects the body and is not a curse. It must be irreversible trauma to the injured person's nerves that caused the current situation, so they work on the nerves.

It's just that the current situation of the two is a mental breakdown, not a nervous breakdown. Simple physical therapy is of no use. All the organs in their bodies are functioning normally, but they don't have the thinking patterns of ordinary people.

But this cannot be blamed on the therapists here. The main reason is that there is indeed no good way to treat mental problems in the entire wizarding world. Otherwise, there would not be so many mentally abnormal wizards in the wizarding world.

But according to Dudley's understanding, the current situation of the Longbottoms is that their consciousness has fallen into a deep sleep, and their entire people have fallen into an excessive self-protection mechanism.

All Dudley had to do was suspend the protective mechanism and awaken their sleeping consciousness.

It is quite troublesome to explain. Even with the blessing of magic, it will take a lot of effort to wake them up.

There is no such thing as spiritual magic in this world.

It would be much more convenient if Dudley had a mind gem or something in his hand. He could just hold the gem and press it on their heads to recover.

It's a pity that Dudley didn't have it, and the system didn't give it to him. Even if it was given to him, whether he could use it in this universe is another matter. According to the setting of the Marvel Universe, the Mind Stone is just a beautiful stone when it leaves their universe.

So he could only deal with it through potions.

"The first step is reassurance."

Dudley took out a fluorescent green potion from his pocket.

"Mandrake juice!"

Neville, who was excellent at herbal medicine, recognized the main ingredients in the potion at a glance.

"Yes, it's mandrake."

Mandrake is a very magical plant. In ancient legends, it usually looks like an ordinary plant. When it encounters danger, it will use incredible power to disappear into the soil. It can only appear on a full moon night. Only during the twilight period can it transform into a human form and move around freely. Its cries are terrifyingly lethal, and close contact can even lead to death.

The above is an excerpt from the book "The Mysterious Plant That Must Be Said". The author is unknown. It is said that he was a master of herbalism at the same time as Hogwarts more than a thousand years ago.

However, this book is not recognized now, because the current mandrake in the wizarding world is not like what is recorded in this book. Although its cry can cause people to coma, it does not have the power to disappear in the soil or even It is difficult to even move, and it cannot transform into a human form and move freely, and most of the time it is disguised as an ordinary plant.

Therefore, the book "Must-Tell Mysterious Plants" has been labeled as a fake by many herbal masters.

But Dudley doesn't think so. The reason is that his mandrake called 'Walking Grass' has the power recorded in the book. It can move quickly in the soil, can move automatically in human form, and also has the ability to ripen plants. Many magical powers.

Dudley suspected that what the author of "The Mysterious Plant That Must Be Said" recorded was an advanced mandrake, or ancient mandrake.

According to "The Mysterious Plant That Must Be Said", Mandrake also plays an important role - it is the main ingredient in potions for treating 'stupor syndrome'.

The symptoms of catalepsy are similar to those of a vegetative state. The body is also trapped in an excessive self-protection mechanism. It has breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure, but does not possess higher self-awareness such as intelligence, thought, will, and emotion. It is similar to the current situation of the Longbottoms. Very similar, that's why Dudley said he was sure.

Dudley had read through many potion books about mandrake (thanks to the pile of books in Black's old house and the help of Grindelwald), and made countless attempts before he successfully prepared such a small bottle of potion. .

This is the key to saving the Longbottoms.