Chapter 480
: Silent Separation Surgery
Chapter 480: Silent Separation Surgery
In the morning, Wade habitually got up at dawn, opened the window first, and then went to wash up.
When Wade returned to the room, two or three letters had been left on the desk. Owl Ava was standing on the shelf next to it, drinking water with her head down.
"Mr. Weed Grey." Dobby stood in the middle of the room holding a round tray and said happily, "Dobby heard that Mr. Weed Grey got up. Dobby came to bring honey water."
"Thank you, Dobby." Wade took the honey water and praised, "The scarf is very beautiful."
Dobby tugged at the scarf tied around his neck. There was a cute yellow bear on it. Dobby grinned happily and said, "Mrs. Grey let Dobby pick it out himself, and Dobby thinks it's great!"
Other house-elves are not allowed to get clothes, but Dobby is used as a clothes rack by Wade's mother Fiona in the Grey household. All the children's clothes that Wade decisively rejected when he was a child are now bought by Fiona, so that Dobby can change a set every day.
Dobby's aesthetic taste is exactly the same as Fiona's. He loves all colorful and fancy clothes - except for his socks, which he always likes to wear differently.
After drinking some water, Wade ran around the closet twice to stretch his body, then returned to his desk and began to deal with the letters.
By this time, there were a few more packages on the table, and a large eagle owl temporarily occupied Ava's seat, eating the owl food on her tray in big mouthfuls.
Ava was so angry that she hunched her shoulders and hid in the corner. When she saw her master appear, she immediately spread her wings and made a threatening sound, trying to drive the eagle owl away from her throne.
The eagle owl ignored her, only glanced at Wade tentatively, and then hurriedly ate up the remaining rations.
"Be generous, good girl."
Wade touched Ava's head, grabbed two handfuls of food for her, and two handfuls for the eagle owl. Finally, he poured a full plate and placed it by the window, ready for other owls that might come.
The package sent by Eagle Owl came from Marchionne, and as usual, it contained various alchemical materials, potion materials, financial reports and the like.
Sometimes when Marchionne went to other countries to develop business, if he saw any interesting little things, he would bring a copy for Wade.
If it weren't for the powerful Marchionne, it would have taken a lot of effort for Wade to get these materials himself.
For example, the African bush snake skin needed to make the polyjuice potion is basically a controlled drug in the magical world. Not only is it expensive, it is also difficult to buy.
It was because of Marchionne's provision of the medicine that Wade was able to keep Polyjuice Potion as a common potion on hand and provide it to Mabel in unlimited quantities.
Vader wrote back, and then came DeLaine's letter.
This witch party can obviously communicate using the communication pea, but they always like to write letters - perhaps because it is easier to sort out their thoughts when writing letters.
Delain never talked about personal matters. He would write about the recent activities of the Witch Party in his letters [although Wade would soon be able to see the news in the stream mirror, Delain's content was naturally more comprehensive and involved some non-public content], and would also discuss magic and video editing techniques, but most of the time he discussed ideological issues.
For example, the nature and significance of war, why the idea of wizard supremacy is opposed by many wizards and even pure-blood wizards, and the various pros and cons of the current changes in the Wizarding Party...
When Wade corresponded with him, he always felt more and more excited as he wrote, but at the same time he felt a little trembling, as if every word he wrote would become a spark that would ignite this decadent, closed, stagnant magical world one day in the future.
In order to prevent these letters from becoming bullets shot at him in the future, Vader signed all his letters with the pseudonym [Braun] and changed his usual handwriting to avoid being recognized by acquaintances.
Then there were the letters from Gringotts, the letters from Michael and Theo, the letters I received in response to my questions to Professor Murray, and then the letters from St. Mungo’s…
Fortunately, under the effect of magic, the quill pen can write automatically, otherwise Wade suspected that if he handled letters like this every day, he would sooner or later have calluses the size of peas on his hands.
Wade opened the letter from St. Mungo's.
Dear Mr. Wade Grey:
Hello!
We are very pleased to inform you that after a period of careful treatment and care, your uncle, Mr. Cornelius Dhawan, has shown significant improvement in his condition and is in a steady recovery phase. Currently, his physical condition is close to the discharge standard.
If all goes well, Mr. Dhawan is expected to be discharged from the hospital within three days. After discharge, he only needs to take medication regularly and perform simple daily care to gradually return to normal life.
If you have any questions about Mr. Dhawan's condition or need more information, please feel free to contact us. I will be happy to provide you with the support and help you need in a timely manner.
I wish you and your family good health and a happy life!
Therapist: Mary Nunes]
As Wade finished reading the letter, his diligent feather pen immediately jumped up and wrote down line after line of words -
Dear Mary,
Thank you for taking good care of Uncle Dawan. It is a great comfort to our whole family...】
Wade naturally did not have an uncle named Cornelius Dwan. This man was a scientist that his father Ferdinand found for him. Because he was seriously ill and dying, even his family abandoned him. Wade entrusted Lupin to send this man to St. Mungo's for treatment.
Of course, St. Mungo's generally does not accept Muggle patients unless they are seriously injured by magic. However, all profit-making institutions in the world will eventually give in to money.
In order to allow the Muggle old man to receive treatment, Lupin cast a mild curse on him, which successfully allowed him to meet the hospital's admission standards.
Now that he is about to be discharged from the hospital, Lupin needs to go through the discharge procedures, and Wade also needs to go and meet in person the scientist who is said to be very capable.
Of course, he was not worried that the other party would refuse his invitation - any ordinary person who had seen magic would not be able to resist the charm of this mysterious world.
What's more, he had just experienced the torture of a serious illness. No one would want to experience the despair of watching his body gradually lose control and move towards death step by step again.
For wizards, although immortality is difficult to achieve, there are indeed some ways to prolong life. Even if they eventually die, various potions will make the process more decent and comfortable than that of Muggle old people.
Vader wrote another letter back to Lupin, then looked at the rest of the correspondence.
Invitations to unknown events, invitations to unknown wizards' banquets, requests for alchemy, questions about his alchemy, requests for donations to certain groups or items like puppets, love letters from people who confidently wanted to date him, and reporters who wanted exclusive interviews...
Wade basically glanced at the signature on the envelope, threw the letters aside, grabbed the Rubik's Cube, asked it to help reply, and went downstairs to have breakfast.
Today's breakfast is a French meal: Earl Grey tea with bergamot aroma, hot milk, whole wheat bread with nut butter, thin crepes, boiled eggs and a fruit platter.
Mother was spreading nut butter on bread. Seeing Wade sitting at the table, she handed him the bread and asked, "Aren't you going to watch the Quidditch World Cup? The news has been talking about that game recently."
Of course, Fiona was talking about the wizard news on the stream mirror. "I don't have time recently," Wade said, "and there's nothing interesting to see in the beginning. It's only interesting when the trials start."
Ferdinand took a sip of coffee and said, "I remember you said you were going out yesterday."
"Well, I was just visiting a friend," Wade said. "Mabel, she's been suffering from the Obscurus for a long time. Professor Dumbledore has asked a specialist to see if she can be cured."
"Can Obscurus be cured?" Ferdinand asked in surprise.
"It's still in the trial stage, we hope so," said Weider.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray looked at each other and did not ask any further questions.
"I hope so"... It sounds like there is little hope, but no one says this out loud, as if they are worried that it will come true once they say it.
"It will definitely go well. Good people will always be blessed by God." Fiona said, "By the way, when will the person who will pick you up come?"
"No one picked me up, Mom. I'll go by myself this time." Wade saw his parents' worried looks and smiled, "I'm already fourteen years old, and I've learned how to Apparate. I'm just going to Hogsmeade, nothing will happen."
He would also carry a wardrobe space with him, which contained Michael. Unless he encountered a wizard of Grindelwald's level, it would be difficult for ordinary people to keep him.
Ferdinand was silent for a moment, but did not stop him. He just said, "Tell us when you get there. Don't let your mother and me worry."
"I know, Dad," Wade said.
The Vaders had no anti-Apparition spells, because wizards could only Apparate to places they had been to before. As long as they hadn't hosted dangerous and strange wizards in their home, this place was safer than the outside world.
What's more, there is Dobby at home now.
After Wade hired Dobby, he wrote a special letter to report to the Ministry of Magic. Therefore, when he used magic in his own home, the Ministry of Magic could not tell whether it was Wade, Dobby, or Moody who occasionally visited. This made Wade do whatever he wanted in his own home.
After breakfast, Wade took the things he needed, turned around, and disappeared from the room in an instant.
In a flash, he appeared in a secluded alley in Hogsmeade, next to the Three Broomsticks pub, and Weed could hear pleasant music coming from inside.
He pressed the communication pea and told his parents that he was safe, then waited for a while and saw two people apparating directly to the street in front of the Three Broomsticks, each of them holding a suitcase in their hands.
The two stood there, looking around.
Wade walked out of the alley and smiled, "Good morning, Mr. Scamander, Steven."
Scamander smiled and nodded, "Good morning, Vader."
"Oh, Wade!" Steven smiled brightly and said, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"No, I just got here too." Wade said, "Come with me, Remus's house is in this direction."
"Oh, then can I meet Sirius Black too?" Steven said expectantly, "I read the story of the four of them in the newspaper two years ago, and I've wanted to meet them for a long time!"
"Unfortunately, Sirius went out for something and hasn't been back for several days," said Wade.
Steven was indeed very regretful, his eyebrows and eyes drooped.
Scamander looked at his assistant's childish appearance and smiled indulgently.
They soon arrived at Lupin's house. Lupin and Dumbledore were there, and even Madam Pomfrey came.
Mabel had naturally been waiting for this day for a long time. She clutched the corner of her clothes tightly, looking at the old man who seemed to be able to decide her fate. She was so nervous that a dark aura was about to emerge from her body.
"Relax, kid." Scamander bent down and said gently, "Let's take a look at your condition first, and then we can choose the safest way to treat it. I won't hurt you, believe me, okay?"
Mabel pursed her lips, looked at Dumbledore, Lupin, then at Wade, then nodded, and the dark aura around her retracted.
"Good boy."
Scamander said with a smile, and then, along with Madam Pomfrey and Dumbledore, took Mabel to the inner room to check on the Obscurus.
"Please take a seat, Steven. What would you like to drink? Wade, would you like some hot chocolate?"
Lupin invited the two to sit down, and waved his wand again, causing cakes and drinks to fly to the table and be placed there.
"If the Obscurus can be cured, it would be a first in the wizarding world," Steven said anxiously, "but I'm worried whether it can be done smoothly."
After all, the last little girl who underwent the "Separation Obscurus Surgery" died in the end.
"If the three inside can't cure it, then no one else in the world can do it." Lupin said calmly, "So the only thing we can do is to trust them and wait."
Wade watched him speak as he poured the milk that was to be added to the coffee into the carrot juice, and he knew that Lupin was not so calm inside.
He held the drink but didn't drink it. After thinking for a while, he asked, "If I use the Felixir, can I increase the chances of success?"
"No, that won't work." Steven sighed and said, "I've asked Mr. Scamander the same thing. If he needs it, I can get him a bottle of Felix Felicis. Of course, Mr. Scamander also has his own channels."
"But Mr. Scamander said that Felicis doesn't just bring good luck to the user, it can also make people arrogant and reckless."
"Separating the obscurus requires great precision, rigor, and meticulousness. The impact of any emotional change is huge."
"So he would rather not borrow good luck through magic, and make sure his mind is always clear."
"One more thing, Vader." Lupin also said: "Felix Felicis can help people make the right decisions, but not necessarily the decisions that the drinker wants-"
"When facing an Obscurus, what if the best option is to let the creature die along with its host? Magic will push things in that direction."
"So don't rely on this potion, Vader, you should only use it when absolutely necessary."
(End of this chapter)