"Mr. Bernthal, I heard that you went to see me when I was away in the afternoon?"
As the principal of St. Mungo's Hospital of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and during this period of time, Maka has resolutely raised her trombone,... In fact, she can still get some privileges.
For example, the tent that Maka just walked into was obviously larger than the ones around it. When Maka entered, he immediately saw Bernser sitting behind the desk, his head slightly lowered, as if reading a book.
Hearing a voice suddenly coming from the entrance of the tent, Bernser raised his head.
"Mr. McClain?" He was stunned for a moment, then greeted, "Oh, yes... I do have something to see you for!"
While speaking, Bernser suddenly stood up and walked quickly towards Maka.
"Mr. Bernthal, just say it! I'm listening!"
Seeing that Maka didn't seem to be very present, the expression on Bernser's face didn't change at all.
"Actually," he said with a slight frown, "there's actually no need to say more about the problem. You'll know when you see it with your own eyes—"
Before he finished speaking, Bernser rolled up his sleeve and stretched out his right hand that had been hidden in the sleeve of the therapist's robe. Immediately afterwards, an arm that looked too dry to be human appeared in front of Maka.
"Um?"
Maka hurriedly walked forward, lowered her head and looked at it carefully for a while.
"What's going on... what happened? What caused it?"
While he inspected Bernser's arm, he even touched the skin of the arm that was so dry that it was almost skinny - it had a rough touch that was similar to tree bark.
It is worth mentioning that Bernthal has actually dealt with it once - he put an alchemy ring on his arm to block the spread of magical properties, so that the drying phenomenon only occurred there. The part below the golden armband.
"It was a comatose patient with a necklace hanging around his neck... When I was examining him, I found the necklace hanging close to his body and accidentally touched it with my bare hands."
Bernser was also looking down at his arms, with a wry smile on his always solemn face.
"There was some very scary black magic on it. It was obvious, but I didn't know what it was," he said. "It was one of the last batch of injured people to be sent to the hospital."
"Um-"
It's hard to tell just from the injuries on his arms. Makazi examined it carefully for a moment, but only noticed a wave of alien magic power in the withered arm that was not Bernser's magic power.
"Mr. Bernthal, where is the necklace you just mentioned? Can you let me see it?"
"Of course, it's right here with me—just wait."
As Bernthal spoke, he pulled out a small box from the drawer and placed it in front of Maka on the desk.
Maka Jianzhang then waved his hand and let the box float smoothly in front of him.
As the lid of the box was opened, a string of delicate-looking silver necklaces mixed with an unusual wave of magic power came into Maka's eyes.
"It's a curse..."
Maka gently hooked her fingers to make the necklace float out of the box and spin a few times in mid-air.
"And it's still a curse in ancient magic. But... Mr. Bernthal, is there anyone else who has the same symptoms as the comatose patient?"
Upon hearing this, Bernser immediately shook his head and said:
"No, no more—nothing like it except that patient."
"Then take me to see it first!"
Maka signaled Bernser to retract her arms into her sleeves, then turned around and walked out.
…
Since a large part of St. Mungo's is filled with patients, when the team came to camp here, a lawn was set aside as a patient area to treat patients who needed a quiet environment. and life.
On the way to the tent where the patient was, Bernser told Maca that he had implemented an isolation treatment plan for the patient in a timely manner. No one was allowed to enter except for him and the other main healer who was responsible for the treatment.
Of course, Maca is obviously a special case. Because even if Bernthal hadn't warned the several Aurors guarding there in advance, the latter probably wouldn't have let Maka in.
Following Bernser, he walked forward, and after passing through the front and middle parts of the patient area, he finally came to a tent at the very back.
There were two guarding wizards standing at the door of the tent. When they saw Maka and Bernser, they immediately gave a slight salute. Afterwards, the safety inspection of the two people began.
After the two passed the security check, they entered the tent used as a temporary ward one after another.
But as soon as she entered, Maka discovered that just as Bernser said before, a patient was being tied up and placed on the hospital bed.
"Is this... have you ever woken up?"
Maka was obviously a little confused about the situation in which they tied the patient up - wasn't he comatose? What's the matter, the show has been temporarily changed
"Oh no, I haven't woken up," Bernser immediately shook his head and said, "Just in case."
Maka was actually non-committal about this over-cautious approach - even if it was a little salty, it would still reap more benefits than the other person standing by and watching indifferently.
Of course, after all, it is just a relatively big storm at the moment. It is recommended to deal with it in a more vigilant way instead of distinguishing people so clearly.
Maka said casually as she walked to the bound patient and also examined the patient.
Ten minutes passed, but Maka still didn't stop. He found a trace that looked like a necklace on the other person's chest - what's going on? Is it possible that the silver necklace is still "fading"? .
Although it was a bit of a joke to say that the color had faded, Maka really wanted to know what the traces meant - anyway, at least, there was no magic fluctuation on it.
"Mr. Bernthal, which part of the necklace did you touch before?"
He wanted to know why this patient had nothing serious and was just in a coma for a long time. On the contrary, Bernthal's arm has become "like that".
What's the difference between the two
"Ah, it's the pendant part."
It is said to be a pendant, but it is actually just two pieces of silver, and there are not even any strange carvings on it... However, the curse in Bernser is no joke, it is a real curse magic.
After looking at it twice more, Maka shook her fingers and let the necklace fall back into the box. Then, he turned his attention to the patient again.