Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 763 The lonely hero

"Oh, why are you here?"

Twenty minutes later, Mrs. Longbottom finally calmed down her daughter-in-law and coaxed her to return to bed instead of squatting barefoot in the bathroom in the ward. She was going to go outside to feed Neville's mother and, Even though there was such a big commotion in the ward, Neville's father was still sleeping there to get some food. When he turned around, he saw Sirius, Tonks, and the little girl in the wheelchair appearing at the door. .

"Let's come over and see if we can do anything to help, Augusta--"

Not accepting the invitation, the three of them remained at the door, Sirius said.

"It's a small situation, but it doesn't bother me -"

Mrs. Longbottom stood up from the hospital bed. Although she said so, the tossing she had just done still put a lot of load on her old body. When she stood up, her back felt sore, and she was finally willing to lie down. When the daughter-in-law saw that she was about to leave, she immediately sat up nervously, grabbed her sleeves, refused to let her go, and looked at the door fearfully.

"Don't be nervous, Alice——"

Mrs. Longbottom was a little helpless. She turned to Sirius,

"Alice is probably a little afraid of you. Sirius, if it's convenient for you, could you please help get some food for Frank and Alice? This time of day is the busiest time in the courtyard -"

"No problem, Augusta--"

"Can we come in, Mrs. Longbottom-" Tonks asked.

Sirius agreed simply. He turned around and left, but before he took two steps, he stopped and said to Hermione when he remembered something,

"Don't forget, Hermione, you can only stay out for half an hour--"

"Come in, Alice seems to like you quite a lot--"

"Hello, Mrs. Longbottom--"

"Excuse me—" Hermione said in a breathless voice.

Neville's clumsiness has always been well-known in Hogwarts. In the past two years, the group headed by Malfoy always liked to tease Neville. Apart from Harry, Snape was the least favored among the Gryffindor students. It was Neville he met, and even in Gryffindor House, many people liked to make harmless little jokes about Neville's clumsiness.

Hermione's voice was wet. She looked at the woman in front of her who had shrunk behind Mrs. Longbottom, and was too sad to say anything more.

Mrs. Longbottom said to Alice.

"Alice, these are Tonks and Hermione. They are here to visit you-"

The woman on the hospital bed was thin and haggard, and her body was shriveled under her pajamas, making her look extremely weak. The skin on her cheeks had no luster, and most of her hair was gray, which made her look more than ten years older than her actual age. What was unusual was that when looking at herself and Tonks, the woman There is still light shining in his eyes, it is not the wise or deep look of an adult, but the timid look of a child——

There were still obvious tears on Neville's mother's face, probably because she was frightened when she didn't find Mrs. Longbottom after waking up.

Mrs. Longbottom did not answer immediately, but glanced at her daughter-in-law. She didn't know how she judged it. Mrs. Longbottom turned her head and waved to them.

Hermione saw that after the old lady said this, Neville's mother, who was hiding behind her and only dared to show her head, the light in her eyes became obviously brighter, and she grunted vaguely.

And Neville doesn't seem to be good at remembering these troubles. He has been trying hard to blend in with everyone and be friends with everyone, but who would have thought that Neville behind the scenes is actually bearing such pain!

"This girl," Mrs. Longbottom said, pointing to Hermione, "Hermione Granger, she was Neville's best friend at school -"

There was another indistinct sound.

The moment she saw the lady lying on the hospital bed, Hermione bit her lips and her dull brown eyes filled with tears.

"Yes, my friend -" Mrs. Longbottom, who had become very good at hearing the slurred voice, said loudly, "at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -"

"--She's fine, Alice. It's just a small problem. She will recover soon!" Mrs. Longbottom rubbed Alice's hair.

Through the old lady's answer, Hermione figured out the meaning of Alice's grunt just now. She was moved and suddenly felt very regretful. She regretted that she had never asked Neville about his family and didn't know his parents. This is the case!

After receiving Mrs. Longbottom's affirmative response, Neville's mother didn't look so scared anymore. She slowly crawled out from behind the old lady, squatted on the bed, and rubbed something under her pillow with her skinny hands. After a moment, , under their gaze, took out a piece of paper with colorful and playful animations. Hermione recognized it immediately. It was the wrapper of Chuibao bubble gum.

Neville's mother put the wrapping paper into the old lady's hand, gently pushed the old lady's arm, her eyes showed grievance,

"I told you, Alice, Neville is studying at Hogwarts. He has only been away for less than ten days, right? He won't come back so soon - oh, okay, okay, let me ask you - "

Mrs. Longbottom said a little helplessly,

"Alice wants your help to take this to Neville, and when you get back to Hogwarts-"

If the circumstances were different, Hermione might have laughed out loud at this funny scene, but now, she was trying her best not to cry.

"I-I'd love to, ma'am!"

Hermione said in a hoarse voice. Tonks, knowing that she couldn't move, took the wrapping paper, carefully folded it and put it into the pocket of Hermione's hospital gown.

This scene made Alice happy, and she even hummed a weird tune. She moved much more briskly and took out something from under the pillow again - the Chuibao bubble gum wrapped in the wrapping paper just now.

"This is what Alice gave you—" Mrs. Longbottom sighed and stuffed the bubble gum into Hermione's jacket pocket, "to thank you for helping her bring something to Neville—"

Looking at the woman who was happily playing with her nails on the bed like a child, Hermione felt as if a stone was stuck in her heart, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Is there no way to treat it?

Hermione opened her mouth, wanting to ask this question, but before the words came out, she closed her mouth rationally.

She believed that Mrs. Longbottom must have tried her best. Since Neville's parents became like this because they resisted the mysterious man, then maybe Professor Dumbledore had come to visit them personally, but there was nothing he could do.

What about Professor Brain?

Hermione couldn't help but think so. It wasn't that she thought Professor Blaine's magical attainments were deeper than Dumbledore's, or that he was more professional in treatment than the therapists at St. Mungo's.

Only in the first half of the year, when Professor Moody was explaining the three unforgivable curses to them, Professor Brain added some theories at that time, and some of his views on the three unforgivable curses made him and the dark wizard fight for most of his life. Professor Moody was surprised. Maybe he would have some fantastic ideas?

Hermione was thinking in her mind, and then, she suddenly saw a figure jumping up next to Neville's mother's hospital bed, which was isolated by another curtain!

That was probably Neville's father - Hermione immediately reacted.

Wow!

Neville's father, who was lying on the hospital bed inside, opened the curtain, exposing himself to everyone's sight.

"Oh, leave now!"

Mrs. Longbottom, who had always behaved competently, showed some panic for the first time.

"Frank likes to lose his temper with strangers when he doesn't sleep well. He used to be quite gentle!"

Mrs. Longbottom stood up in a hurry, walked around to another hospital bed, and stopped the man with the same haggard face and gray hair, but with angry bloodshot eyes from smashing the vase on the bedside towards them.

"We'd better get out of here quickly and call for help!"

Knowing that staying would only make things more difficult, Tonks pushed Hermione's wheelchair in a panic and left. In the ward, only Mrs. Longbottom was left struggling to 'fight' with her son, and at a loss. Neville's mother huddled on the bedside

(End of this chapter)