"The pudding is gone. If you still want it, you may have to wait until dinner time. However, I still have some sizzling bees here... Oh, you happen to be in bed right now, so this is a good time to try it. Chance!"
The person who suddenly appeared next to Candice and Kevin was obviously Luna - to be honest, with her off-key words and ethereal voice, few people could not recognize her.
"I remember you are all Muggles... Don't worry, the sizzling bees will only make you float in the air for a short while. As long as you don't move around, you won't fall down."
When Candice heard what she said, she was very interested and said:
"Floating in mid-air? Oh, this is the wizard's candy... Big sister, give me one!"
However, compared to Candice, who is very curious about candies in the magical world, Kevin's character seems more calm. Although he didn't want to taste the candy Luna put in his pocket, he wanted to know what he should do next.
After a final subconscious glance out the window, Kevin temporarily put aside his quarrel with the couple in the garden below, turned around and sat back on the bed.
"Sister, may I ask... are you also a wizard?"
"Yes!" Luna nodded while rummaging in her pocket, "Maybe you want to find out what a wizard is, but it's hard to explain."
"Oh!" Kevin was immediately surprised, "How did you know I wanted to ask this?"
But in response, Luna couldn't help but tilt her head.
"I have been practicing a kind of magic during this period, but it is always difficult to control, so from time to time I hear the voices in other people's hearts."
At this point, she suddenly shrugged and said:
"Of course, I usually don't notice whether those sounds are what other people are thinking or whether they are actually coming out of their mouths."
Just as Kevin blinked in confusion, Luna finally grabbed a handful of candies from her seemingly deep pocket, making Candice's eyes widen.
There were so many candies hidden in that pocket, why didn't you see any of them just now
But just as Luna was about to hand the handful of sizzling honey candies to Candice, who was looking forward to it, another question that just popped up in Kevin's heart made her hold the candy for a moment. For a moment.
"Charles? Yes, I know him." Before Kevin said anything, Luna said to herself, "He is our senior. Although he is not in the same college as me, he is very nice. all know… "
Seeing that Luna suddenly mentioned her cousin, Candice's attention finally shifted slightly from the candy - as Charles's surface, she naturally also wanted to know what the other side of her cousin was when he was a wizard. different.
However, before Luna could continue speaking, the three people in the ward heard a string of jumping syllables suddenly coming from the direction of the door.
"Candy is coming!"
The sound of chanting a curse suddenly passed through the ward, and Candice and Kevin saw a large handful of candies in the eldest sister's hand flying into the air and falling quickly towards the door.
"Miss Lovegood, you cannot give such dangerous snacks to patients!"
"Oh, it's Madam Pomfrey..." Luna knew who was coming without looking back. She quickly interrupted the topic about Charles and whispered to Candice and Kevin, "Sorry, I think it's better to wait. You can taste it again after you have fully recovered! Then I will take you to Honeydukes, there are many wonderful candies there!"
While she was speaking, Madam Pomfrey at the door had quickly walked over. He saw her glare at Luna quite angrily, and then she spoke:
"Miss Lovegood, even if you don't have any lessons scheduled for this period, I think you should review the contents of Potions and Care of Magical Creatures. You have to know that there is diluted Billy in Bees. Wiegworm venom—even though it’s basically safe, consider the risk of allergies!”
It is recorded in Newt Scamander's "Monsters and Where to Find Them" that the venom of the Billywig can make people float dizzy, and an overdose of this venom may make people unconscious. Float in a controlled manner for several days.
Of course, the dose of venom used to make the sizzling bee candy is indeed safe—because even if someone who has eaten the candy is allowed to float as much as they want, it will not float too high.
However, the worst thing that can happen after being stung by a billywig bug is undoubtedly an allergy. Once someone unfortunately "wins the lottery", it is very likely that he will float in mid-air permanently. Even if the modern magic world already has a cure, the entire treatment process will be very difficult.
After all, the patient must endure the pain of living in extremely heavy shackles, otherwise he will float back to the sky if he is not careful.
And since this is an allergic state, no matter how small the dose is, the result will be the same.
"Okay, Miss Lovegood, now I'm going to do a routine check-up on the patient."
After saying that, Madam Pomfrey folded her hands in front of her and stared at Luna with a calm but firm look. Although she didn't say it clearly, her intention was very obvious.
Under Madam Pomfrey's gaze, even Luna was quickly defeated. She pursed her lips and blinked at Candice and Kevin with an innocent face, and finally swayed toward the door.
After "inviting" Luna out of the ward, Madam Pomfrey couldn't help but whisper:
"I will write a warning letter and send it out in a while. Candies that are dangerous to eat must be prohibited from being sold. Hogsmeade is so close to the school, and so many students buy candies every year, even if they are risky The chances are very small, but what if something goes wrong?"
After she checked Candice and Kevin carefully while muttering softly, her dissatisfied soliloquy finally came to an end.
"Have a good rest! There are many subtle differences between Muggle bodies and wizards. You have to wait for another day to observe... Especially you, you have just woken up. I will bring you some nutritious lunch that is easy to digest."
Her last words were naturally addressed to Kevin.
After forcing the two children to lie down on the bed, Madam Pomfrey turned around with confidence and pushed the trolley next to her to the door of the ward.
However, when she came to the corridor outside, she found that Luna had not left yet—for no other reason than because there was another figure here.
"Oh, good afternoon, Poppy!"
"Poppy" is Madam Pomfrey's name, but there are obviously very few people who can still call her that. You know, when Snape and the others were still students, Madam Pomfrey had been working at Hogwarts for many years.
But the wizard standing by the door now, who had just stopped talking to Luna, was Slughorn, a fat, bald old man.
To be honest, out of decades of loyalty to Madam Pomfrey, even Professor McGonagall rarely calls her by her first name.
That is to say, seeing Slughorn, who could shamelessly try to build relationships with anyone, he still smiled and acted like a familiar person in front of Madam Pomfrey.
Of course, given his qualifications at Hogwarts and being almost the same age as Dumbledore, he really has the qualifications.
"Good afternoon, Professor Slughorn."
Madam Pomfrey naturally doesn't care what others call her, because she only cares about patients. I heard her say hello in passing and then immediately say seriously:
"The patient needs to rest. If you two need to talk about anything, please find another place."
After saying this softly, she turned back and carefully closed the door of the ward.
However, at this moment, Slughorn smiled and said:
"I was talking to Miss Lovegood mainly to wait for you to come out... Poppy, it was Minerva who asked me to come here this time. She wanted to know when the two Muggle children in the ward would be ready. End treatment?”
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Madam Pomfrey couldn't help but pursed her lips and thought for a moment, "At least we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning, because I'm not sure yet whether there will be any sequelae."
"Is that so?" Slughorn nodded and said clearly, "Well, with Muggle physiques, treatment does require time for observation - I can understand this!"
After all, he is also a master of potions. Although there are differences in the research directions of potions masters and therapists, there will always be some inferences as you learn more deeply.
However, after Slughorn understood Madam Pomfrey's opinion, he continued:
"So... when do you think it will be until their bodies can safely withstand the power of the Forgetting Curse? You know, they have to return to their parents and return to normal Muggle life as soon as possible. "
After Madam Pomfrey told her the approximate time between recovery and casting the Forgetting Curse, the old man nodded slightly again.
"Okay, I will tell Minerva this - she is very concerned about the situation of these two Muggle children. After dinner, she will definitely come to visit them in person." Slughorn said , and suddenly added, "Oh, by the way! Remember not to mention the Browns to them. They will forget it sooner or later, and there is no need to know those unpleasant realities!"
"Of course, I won't tell them." Madam Pomfrey said calmly, "I am just the head nurse of the school hospital and a therapist, nothing more."
In response, Slughorn nodded again, and then smiled at Luna.
"Miss Lovegood, I think you will come to visit them again, so... just like what I told you just now, please remember and don't let it slip!"