Chapter 369: Mungo's Trip

Chapter 369: Mungo's Trip
Regardless of why the other three warriors did not appear in the auditorium at dinner time, Xie Ling was obviously not resting in the dormitory room as everyone guessed.

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

It was night time, well past the hours for public visits, so Xie Ling sneaked in secretly.

Although the security of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries was not as strong as that of Hogwarts or the British Ministry of Magic, it was still not to be underestimated. However, all of this was a piece of cake for Schelling. Those so-called security measures were only better than nothing and did not pose any difficulty to Schelling at all.

Today, with Schelling's magical power, especially his mastery of hypnosis, invisibility, Disguise, Animagus and other skills, it is too easy for him to sneak into a mere hospital. There is no need to waste space to elaborate on it here.

This was not the first time that Shaylin 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 they were playful. As a result, they were both hospitalized for poisoning. After they were discharged from the hospital, they were severely scolded by Lucius. Shaylin still remembered that although Lucius scolded him fiercely, the next day the tree in the yard that could produce colorful fruits was uprooted and disappeared without a trace.

Later, when grandfather Abraxas was ill with dragon pox, the Schelling family came to visit him several times.

Therefore, Shearing had a certain idea of ​​the terrain structure inside St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

At the entrance of the first floor, there is a waiting area with only a fat blonde witch. Although it is already night, there are still many patients in the waiting room. Also on this floor is the Artifact Accident Department, which specializes in treating accidents caused by artificial products, including cauldron explosions, wand misfires, broom collisions, etc.

Xie Lin, who was familiar with the place, knew where his target was tonight. In stealth mode, he carefully walked around the reception desk without alerting anyone, then climbed the stairs next to him and went directly to the Spell Damage Department on the fifth floor.

Pushing open the double doors marked with the Spell Injury Department, there was a long corridor. Sherin ignored all the wards at both ends of the corridor and went straight to the last ward deep in the corridor - Janus Sichy's ward.

Janus Sidge Ward is a closed ward. Its door is usually locked to prevent the patients inside from wandering around. This is a ward for permanent patients, whose brains have been permanently damaged by the curse.

Schelling glanced at the words "LOCKED - Janus Sitch Ward" on the door to confirm that he was in the right place. Below these signs was a handwritten business card embedded in a brass frame - "Head Therapist: Meliam Straw; Intern Therapist: None".

Sherin shook his head. Normally, each ward needed two therapists to take care of it - a director and an intern as an assistant. However, Janus Hickey Ward had the same problem as the Muggle Psychiatric Intensive Ward, which was that it was often faced with a shortage of staff. Young therapists did not like it and would 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 placed the Devil's Snare next to Broderick Bode's bed, causing him to be strangled to death. All this was actually due to lack of staff.

Xie Ling smiled. Perhaps his trip here was a good thing, which eased Ms. Strauss's burden, although his motives were not good.

He did not choose to use Aladunho to open the lock on the door, because magic would always leave traces, but he skillfully used the Muggle universal lock pick to pry open the door lock and entered the ward.

There were five beds in the ward, but there were only three patients, and two beds were still empty. Sherin had done his homework in advance and used his intelligence network to find out the patients' daily schedules - during this time period, Ms. Slaughter, who was busy with daily affairs, would give the patients a magic potion with a calming and concentrating effect, allowing the patients to rest or sleep, so that she would have enough time to enjoy her dinner.

So for the next half hour, Ms. Slaughter would dine in the tea room on the sixth floor, and there was no need to worry about the risk of being caught by her.

At this time, the three patients in the ward were all sleeping in their respective beds, and were not aware of the presence of Xie Ling, the intruder.

Xie Ling first carefully set up various warning and soundproofing magics around him, and then began to carefully examine the mental state of the patients.

The situation of Alice and Frank Longbottom was similar to what Schelling had expected. After a long period of physical torture, the accumulated pain caused more damage than the mind could bear, 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 restore their previous memories, thoughts, and personalities involves extremely complex and advanced magical theories in the three fields of spirit, magic, and soul, which is beyond the ability of even Schelling.

But Schelling wasn't there to treat them—at least not in the traditional sense of restoring a patient to his original state.

Since their memories, thoughts, and personalities cannot be restored, can't we simply reset their spiritual world by forgetting everything?

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

Maybe, perhaps, this is also a relief for them!

Thinking of this, Xie Ling sighed deeply, and then his eyes regained clarity. Without any hesitation, he raised his wand and whispered, "Oblivion is emptiness! ...Oblivion is emptiness!"

And then——
“The soul is out of the body! …The soul is out of the body!”

In this way, the two became puppets under his control.

What Schelling erased was only their past experiences. They did not remember their identities, names, or past, but they still retained the ability to speak, read, and write in English, as well as remembering all the magic they had ever mastered.

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

This is the outcome that best fits Schelling's plan.

The Longbottoms were usually kept in the closed Janus Hitch ward, so they would not have much contact with other hospital staff. The only person who usually came to visit him was Neville, who had little magical knowledge and cultivation, so the possibility of the Imperius Curse being discovered on them was very small.

Once it was late at night and everyone was asleep, the Longbottom couple, as former Aurors, could use the Disillusionment Charm and various stealth techniques to wander around St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, collect intelligence, and pass on information in secret ways, such as using a two-way mirror.

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

As for the possibility of being able to break free from the Imperius Curse, it was not impossible, but as characters without any memories, they should not try to resist the Imperius Curse. However, just in case, the cautious Schelling still planted a mind magic trap in their minds. Once they really started to resist the Imperius Curse, the buried curse would automatically activate and force them into an endless sleep.

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

The patient's name was Agnes. Her face was covered with thick, dark animal hair. Her medical records stated that she had lost the ability to speak and could only make sounds similar to dog barking.

Although the diagnosis was not written in the medical record, Schelling guessed that this was probably the result of a failed Animagus transformation. The soul and spirit had been transformed into beasts under the effect of the Transfiguration, but the transformation of the physical body was incomplete, resulting in this half-human, half-beast situation.

Faced with this situation, Xie Ling had no better solution.

Although Xie Ling also thought about brainwashing her and controlling her soul, the fact that this witch dared to practice Animagus meant that her family background was not ordinary. If there were masters among the visitors who came to visit her, the risk of being discovered would be not worth it.

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