Chapter 369: Mungo's Trip

Regardless of why the other three warriors did not appear in the Great Hall at dinner time, Xie Ling was obviously not resting in the dormitory room as everyone guessed.

His figure appeared in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

It was night time, and the time for the public to visit the sick had long passed, so Xie Ling sneaked in here secretly.

Although the guards of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries were far less strict than those of Hogwarts or the British Ministry of Magic, they were still not to be underestimated. But all this was a piece of cake for Xie Ling, and those so-called security measures were only better than nothing, and did not give Xie Ling any difficulty at all.

Today, with Xie Ling's magical strength, especially when he was proficient in hypnosis, invisibility, Disguise Magus, Animagus and other skills, it was too easy to sneak into a mere hospital, and there was no need to waste space to elaborate on it here.

This was not the first time that Sherin came to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. When he was a child, he and Draco had eaten unknown fruits in the yard because of playfulness. As a result, they were both hospitalized for poisoning. After they recovered and were discharged from the hospital, they were severely scolded by Lucius. Sherin still remembered that although Lucius scolded fiercely, the tree in the yard that could produce colorful fruits was uprooted the next day and disappeared without a trace.

Later, when his grandfather Abraxas suffered from dragon pox, Sherin's family also visited him several times.

Therefore, Sherin had a certain concept of the topographic structure inside St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

At the entrance on the first floor, there was a waiting reception with only a fat blonde witch. Although it was already night, there were still many patients in the waiting room. On the same floor was the Artifact Accident Department, which specialized in treating accidents caused by artificial products, including cauldron explosions, wand misfires, broom collisions, etc.

Familiar with the route, Schelling knew where his target was tonight. In stealth mode, he carefully bypassed the reception desk without alerting anyone, then climbed the stairs next to him and headed directly to the Spell Injury Department on the fifth floor.

After pushing open the double doors marked with the Spell Injury Department, there was a long corridor. Schelling ignored all the wards at both ends of the corridor and went straight to the last ward deep in the corridor - Janus Siqi Ward.

Janus Siqi Ward is a closed ward. Its door is usually locked to prevent the patients inside from walking around. This is a ward for permanent patients, and the brains of the patients inside have been permanently damaged by spells.

Schelling glanced at the words "Note Locking - Janus Siqi Ward" written on the door to confirm that he had come to the right place. Below these signs, there is a handwritten business card embedded in a copper frame - "Head of Therapy: Meliam Straw; Intern Therapist: None".

Schelling shook his head. Usually, each ward needs two therapists to take care of it - a director and an intern as an assistant. However, Janus Hitch Ward has the same problem as the Muggle Psychiatric Intensive Ward, that is, it is often faced with the dilemma of insufficient staff. Young therapists do not like it and will not choose this ward for internship.

No wonder Ms. Straw in the original book made mistakes repeatedly. First, she accidentally let Gilderoy Lockhart out of the closed ward, and then when delivering Christmas gifts, she accidentally put the devil's snare next to Broderick Bode's bed and strangled him to death. All this was actually due to insufficient staff.

Schelling smiled. Maybe he did a good thing this time and reduced Ms. Straw's burden, although his own motives were not pure.

He did not choose to use the Aladong Hau to open the lock on the door, because magic always leaves traces, but skillfully used the Muggle universal lock pick to pry the door lock open and entered the ward.

There are five beds in the ward, but there are only three patients in total, and two beds are still empty. Xie Lin had done his homework in advance and used the intelligence network in his hands to find out the daily schedule of the patients. During this period of time, Ms. Slaughter, who is busy with daily affairs, will give the patients a magic potion with a calming and concentrating effect, so that the patients can rest or sleep, so that she can have enough time to enjoy her dinner.

So in the next half an hour, Ms. Slaughter will have dinner in the tea room on the sixth floor, and there is no need to worry about the risk of being caught by her.

At this time, the three patients in the ward were sleeping in their respective beds, and they did not notice the existence of Xie Lin, the intruder.

Xie Lin first carefully set up various warning and soundproof magic around, and then began to carefully check the mental state of the patients.

Alice and Frank Longbottom's situation was similar to what Schelling had expected. After a long period of physical torture, the accumulated pain caused damage that exceeded the limit of the mental endurance, leading to the collapse of the entire mental level. The whole person lost the normal thinking logic and fell into a trance and crazy state.

With the current medical level of the wizarding world, this is irreversible magical damage.

To repair their spirits and allow them to restore their previous memories, thoughts, and personalities, this involves extremely complex and profound magical theories in the three fields of spirit, magic, and soul, which is beyond the ability of even Schelling.

However, Schelling is not here to treat them - at least not the traditional treatment that restores patients to their original state.

Since their memories, thoughts, and personalities are irrecoverable, wouldn't it be possible to reset their spiritual world by simply performing the Oblivion Spell?

In this way, although they cannot be considered to be "recovered" to their original selves, at least they have "recovered" their functions as a healthy adult.

Perhaps, perhaps, this is also a kind of relief for them!

Thinking of this, Xie Lin sighed deeply, and then his eyes became clear again. Without any hesitation, he raised his wand and whispered: "Oblivion!...Oblivion!"

Then it was——-

"Soul out of the body!...Soul out of the body!"

In this way, the two became puppets controlled by themselves.

Xie Lin eliminated only all their past experiences. They did not remember their identities, names, and past, but they still retained the ability to speak, read and write in English, and remembered all the magic they had mastered.

Although it is not easy to do this with the Oblivion Spell, Xie Lin is one of the few people in the world who can do this. With Xie Lin's attainments in the Oblivion Spell, the possibility of failure is almost non-existent.

This is the most suitable ending for Schelling's plan.

The Longbottoms are usually locked up in the closed Janus Hitch ward, so they don't have much contact with other hospital staff. The only person who usually comes to visit him is Neville, who has little magical knowledge and cultivation. The possibility of their Imperius Curse being discovered is very small.

Once it is late at night, the Longbottoms, as former Aurors, can use the Disillusionment Charm and various stealth techniques to wander around St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, collect intelligence, and transmit information to the outside world in secret, such as using a two-way mirror.

As for the locked ward door? Don't be ridiculous, Schelling doesn't believe that a mere door lock can stump a pair of famous Aurors.

As for the possibility of the Imperius Curse being broken, it is not impossible, but as characters without any memory, they should not try to resist Schelling's Imperius Curse. However, just in case, the cautious Sherin still buried a mind magic trap in their minds. Once they really started to resist the Imperius Curse, the curse would be activated automatically, forcing them into an endless sleep.

After doing all this, Sherin was about to leave, but he glanced and saw the third patient sleeping on the bed.

The female patient was named Agnes. Her face was covered with dark and thick animal hair. Her medical record stated that she had lost the ability to speak and could only make sounds similar to dog barking.

Although there was no diagnosis written on the medical record, Sherin guessed that this should be the result of the failure of the Animagus transformation. The soul and spirit have been transformed into beasts under the effect of the transformation, but the transformation of the flesh is incomplete, which leads to this half-human, half-beast situation.

Faced with this situation, Sherin had no better way.

Although Xie Lin had thought about brainwashing her and controlling her by taking away her soul, since this witch dared to practice Animagus, it meant that her family background was not ordinary. If there were masters among the visitors who usually came to visit her, the risk of being discovered would be outweighed.

Thinking of this, Xie Lin also gave up the idea of ​​controlling her with the Imperius Curse, and then left St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries quietly.