In the white-painted hospital room, the ancient wall clock rings in winter, bringing the last shimmer of life to the calm place.

There is only one door away from the permanent ward, and the inside and outside of the door are like a chasm between life and death.

St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, Permanent Ward.

Ranko stood in front of the hospital room, carefully flipping through the files and medical records in his hand.

Frank Longbottom, male, 37 years old, Auror, was diagnosed with dissociative reality syndrome (SDS) in 1981 after suffering from a Diamond Heart Curse that caused signs of schizophrenia.

Treatment Options: Mind Wandering (it has been determined that this regimen does not cure the patient's psychiatric disorders)

Potions Healing ......

On January 12, 1982, it was determined to use black magic for healing, healer: Timo Atlas.

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Abnormal treatment results, failure of the third stage of black magic treatment, psychoanalytic results ......

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In 1983, he was identified as a permanent mentally disabled patient and transferred to a permanent ward.

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Alice Longbottom, female, 35 years old, was diagnosed with dissociative reality syndrome (SDS) in 1981, which caused signs of schizophrenia.

Treatment Options: Mind Wandering (it has been determined that this regimen does not cure the patient's psychiatric disorders)

Potion treatment has not made effective progress, and new treatment options are being tried.

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On January 12, 1982, it was determined to use black magic for healing, healer: Timo Atlas.

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On April 23, 1982, the third stage of black magic therapy ended, and the patient's mind further developed self-destructive tendencies, and after psychoanalysis, he tried to use amnesia spells to control them.

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In 1983, he was identified as a mentally disabled patient and transferred to a permanent ward.

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Regarding the two patients in the permanent ward, the treatment plans and treatment methods given by St. Mungo are very detailed, which is enough to show the degree of care that St. Mungo's care for them.

It wasn't until after reading it that Ranko pondered for a long time before he said to the two old men, "Lord Bohan, Professor Dumbledore, let's talk in another place?" ”

"Let's go, go to my office."

Dean Bohan spoke.

A few people left the door of the permanent ward, no longer disturbing the silence.

Not long after leaving, he came back here, Ranko put down the information in his hand, picked up the juice that the house-elf on the table had re-delivered, took a sip and said:

"I looked at their condition and it was worse than it was recorded."

Professor Dumbledore was silent, and he sat there without the somewhat suffocating sense of oppression he had before.

Ranko looked over, only to find that the old man, who seemed to be able to stand alone, was really old.

From the initial affection for Grindelwald, to the subsequent confrontation, the defeat of the Dark Lord who started the war, the rise of a new wizard star who covets great power, the unending relationship between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters, and the departure of many people.

These were wordlessly pressed on the old man's back, and no one asked him if he was willing to bear it.

Even Harry, no, Harry......

In the next seven years, Dumbledore's organization will be exhausted, even if it costs his life, and his dear junior will die.

Tired, right?

The incompetent Ministry of Magic, the students who see him as their strongest backing, have more and more burdens, as do those who are holding back.

But Ranko will not sympathize with him.

The path you choose, you have to finish it on your knees, where do you have so many opportunities to choose again in life?

Ten years ago, Dumbledore was able to sacrifice many people for the wizarding world, and ten years later he may not be able to sacrifice himself for the wizarding world, and sacrifice everyone he felt he could.

That's why Ranko doesn't want to be associated with the UK.

It doesn't feel good to be calculated, although he is confident that he can protect himself, but why bother?

What if the apprentice rules the British wizarding world, can he still kill the International Federation of Wizards and the International Wizengamot?

When the time comes, it will only be more deaths, Muggles, wizards, under the wheel of history, wizards who have abandoned humanity and are only willing to follow power, will eventually be eliminated by the unspoken rules of the world.

Ranko never worried that Tom could threaten the entire wizarding world.

Unlike Grindelwald's madness that fanned all those who tried to start wars, mold the boundaries of Muggles and wizards, and then rule the world, he relied on force to suppress it, and eventually only brought about its own demise under the reign of blood and death.

Dumbledore couldn't think of any of this? He did not believe.

'For the greater good. ’

Sacrificing a small number of people, speeding up the course of history, saving more people, and no longer breaking down the invisible barriers between wizards and Muggles, may be what Professor Dumbledore wants to do.

Even if the sacrifice is a parent, a child, or himself.

He himself can be the one to be sacrificed, and so can Ranko.

Teaching at Hogwarts is almost equivalent to putting himself in the hands of Dumbledore, can he still kill Dumbledore and become the headmaster?

It's like Karkarov, how good he is, no one cares if he kills him...... No, no, you can't think like that, how can he kill people casually.

Well, the sentence just now was just casual nonsense, touching the scene.

Ranko didn't have much emotion in his eyes when he looked at the old man in front of him, and just recounted his diagnosis diligently:

"Judging from the current situation, it is extremely risky to use the method of mind wandering to sneak into the brains of these two patients."

"Even if it doesn't kill people, it's one of the best ways to torture people, and the constant release of the damage caused by the curse will cause damage to the body of the person who is under the spell, and it will also cause their soul and spirit to be tormented by the spell."

In the study of dark arts, even Professor Dumbledore is not as strong as him.

Academic wizards, the requirements for theoretical mastery are almost harsh.

"Body, spirit, soul, and the relationship between the three are clearly explained in the ancient magical explanations as the 'Trinity'.

A healthy body, an agile spirit, an eternal soul, a trinity, this is what makes a human being.

The body destroyed by the heart mantra will gradually synchronize to the spirit and soul, the damage of the body can be treated with potions and spells, and the mental damage can be treated with the roaming of the mind, so what about the soul, how to treat the soul that is divided and riddled with holes? ”

Today's healing system is still at the physical and spiritual levels, and Ranko has not heard anyone propose a treatment method at the soul level.

The body carries the soul, the soul carries the spirit, the body is the protector, the spirit is the carrier of thinking and memory, and the soul is the most essential and important thing of a person.

It's the cornerstone.

This is also the reason why the heart mantra is listed as one of the unforgivable mantras, the physical pain is bearable, but what about the spirit, and even the soul tearing?

Those who are cursed are better off than dead.

This is an infinite number of times more painful than physical pain.

And this is the unforgivable curse.

The unforgivable curse will eventually be unforgivable.

The soul split caused by the Heart Drilling Spell is not like a Horcrux, but causes countless tiny cracks to appear on the complete soul, which is generally considered a person, but the appearance of a thousand holes has long been unable to allow this person to 'function normally'.

The soul is like a leaky ball, it can lead to the loss of the spirit that dominates the mind and memory, no matter how many times the mind wanders, as the soul has problems, the thoughts and memories hidden in the spirit will gradually disappear.

Memories are destroyed, thoughts are degraded, and this is the Diamond Mind Mantra, which tortures a person from body to mind until his death before spasms to death, giving a new red color to the reputation of the Mind Drilling.

St. Mungo's inability to heal wizards who had developed into split-soul spirits, and the wizards who used the Heart Dashing Charm on the two Order of the Phoenix members had no intention of letting them leave alive, and it was lucky to be able to pick up a life.

"Malfoy, what do you mean by being curable?" Seeing that Professor Dumbledore did not speak, Dean Bohan grasped the point.

He understood the situation of the two patients in the permanent ward, who had been caught by the Death Eaters and tortured to madness under the Curse of Penetration, and he sympathized, but reason told him that St. Mungo could not be treated.

This is clearly beyond what can be cured by the modern medical magic system.

As someone at the pinnacle of the therapeutic field, it can be extremely difficult to alleviate this symptom, let alone treat it.

But Malfoy didn't come out of nowhere.

Dean Bohan thought of something and asked, "Is it a black magic cure?" ”

"Yes."

Ranko looked at Professor Dumbledore, who had not spoken since he entered, no, he should have seen the Longbottoms who had not spoken since the beginning, and showed a just right smile.

For a Malfoy, having all the conditions available to him is the most basic quality.

His mastery of dark magic healing was the sharpest knife he could currently hold.

Birth, old age, sickness, death, anyone can be injured, and a powerful healer can be a lifesaver, or even a second life for a wizard.

No one wants to offend a therapist easily, after all, no one can be sure that they will not get sick or hurt in the future.

"Dismantling, mending, and putting together, the central principle of the black magic healing system is 'conditioning and balance', and what causes the current situation is the broken soul and the spirit that can no longer carry memories and thoughts, and the damage of the body can be repaired in the way we know, but what about the spirit, the soul?"

The smile on the corner of Ranko's mouth has not changed, like the most delicate doll, showing people the other most perfect appearance: "'Restriction and balance', only by giving up a part can we save a part, it is a very simple truth." ”

There is giving, there is gain.

What you give up to gain what you can get, this is black magic healing.

It seems to be a little similar to Professor Dumbledore's philosophy.

Although this gives people a sense of déjà vu of tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall, it is more important than the other, and this is what the patient's family considers.

It doesn't have much to do with him after all.

Leave this kind of tangled matter to others to think about.

"Still." Ranko suddenly turned his head and asked Dean Xiang Bohan, "Which healer is doing the dark magic treatment on these two?" Is it still in the hospital? ”

He could tell that the Longbottoms had signs of a dark magic healing.

"Timo Atlas Therapist, what's wrong, he's doing something wrong?"

"Oh, it's not a big deal." Ranko said sincerely, "Let's get him away." ”

As a young healing system, he didn't say that he couldn't tolerate those who fish in troubled waters, but this kind of wizard who was obviously 'ahhh

It's a miracle that the Longbottoms are alive and now without even figuring out the 'constraints' of the core rules.

"What did he do?"

Dean Bohan noticed what Ranko meant, but asked anyway.

Dean Bohan had theorized Malfoy's dark magic treatment, but it was all based on help within his field, and the rest was left to Ranko's own exploration.

But judging from the current situation, after the Black Magic treatment, the Longbottoms did not say that they had done a few copies, at least it was useless.

"yes, what did he do to make a wizard who hadn't deteriorated to this point almost self-destruct."

Ranko laid the information in his hand flat on the table, and said in a low voice as if mocking: "To turn the object of the restriction around, so that the soul that is already in danger will be hit hard again, hehe, self-destruction is good." ”

The root is in the soul, to heal the spirit? Tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall is not such a way to play.

St. Mungo's others may not be able to see the problem, and the reason for the self-destructive tendency is quite well-groomed, but it seems that the spirit, soul, and information are not written.

Not even a word about it.

This kind of problem has occurred in the Longbottom couple, who are highly valued by St. Mungo, and there is nothing wrong with it?

Ranko lowered his head, hiding the corners of his mouth raised mockingly.

People, whether they are magical or not, as long as they form a society, all kinds of problems will naturally arise.

For example, now.

He vouched for the little head of the school's will, and he took it off and kicked it off as a ball for the dean.

School Will: ???

"So Dean, I don't think I need to say more, you should know that."

Ranko got up and prepared to leave.

"I should go back, Dean, Professor Dumbledore, although it has only just started, I do have a lot to do, if you have any questions, please contact the Norwegian Ministry of Magic, they will pass it on to me."

"Professor Malfoy."

Professor Dumbledore spoke suddenly.

He looked at Ranko, but there was no longer a smile in his blue eyes.

"I thought, can I talk to you alone?"

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In the dean's office, Dean Bohan was the first to leave.

In silence, Ranko made a cup of tea and brought it to Professor Dumbledore before sitting down again.

"Professor Dumbledore, is there anything else?"

Ranko asked politely.

"Professor Malfoy."

Professor Dumbledore looked at Ranko without blinking, as if he wanted to see the true portrayal of his heart through the outer skin.

But for Ranko, who has amplified his vigilance to the extreme, this kind of painless gaze has never been lethal.

But at this person's eyes, Ranko still frowned and didn't say anything more.

Look, look, what, can you still stare him to death?

Ranko was showing a down-and-out manner, but it was Professor Dumbledore, who behaved strangely.

Ranko has known Professor Dumbledore for so many years, has come into contact with him when he was younger, and has learned about him in old age from books, but he has never been like this, he has noticed the obvious kind from Professor Dumbledore, which can be called-

Dead stuff.