Hogwarts: Who made her a professor?

Chapter 455 Legilimency

A day in Belvina's life is a busy day, a fulfilling day.

In the morning, she had to teach students at Hogwarts, worrying about the upcoming 0.WL exams.

In the morning, she has to handle various affairs at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, listen to work reports from various departments, and attend various internal meetings.

In the afternoon, she had even more meetings to attend, including internal meetings, meetings with colleagues from other departments, and instructions from the Minister of Magic.

Despite being mentally prepared and managing everything in an orderly manner, Belvina was still incredibly busy, and by the end of the day, she felt like she had lost weight.

If there's any advantage to being busy, it's that Belvina simply doesn't have time to overthink. She doesn't even have time for lunch, so how could she possibly have the leisure to think about anything else?

And so, Belvina, born in Rome but still working like a slave, finally had her evening, and her work at the Ministry of Magic was over.

However, it should be noted that this only ended his work at the Ministry of Magic, not his entire career.

Belvina dragged her weary body and walked heavily to the main hall, preparing to leave the Ministry of Magic.

As Apparition activated, Belvina's figure vanished from the magnificent main hall, but she did not return to Hogsmeade.

Belvina appeared on a wide street in central London, lined with shops with a dazzling array of goods displayed in their windows.

On this bustling commercial street, a department store called "TaoTao Co., Ltd." stands out from the crowd. The old-fashioned red brick building looks dilapidated and deserted, and the dusty shop windows contain only a few old and broken mannequins.

To Muggles, TaoTao Ltd.’s department store is a strange shop that has never opened for business, but to wizards, this old red brick building is the famous St. Mungo’s Asylum of Magic.

Belvina walked through the door with a "Closed for Renovation" sign and stopped in front of a shop window.

The shop window displayed only one particularly ugly female mannequin, with her false eyelashes about to fall off and wearing an outdated green nylon dress.

Belvina leaned closer to the shop window and whispered to the mannequin inside, "I've come to visit Eric Munch."

The hideous female mannequin nodded slightly, then waved its joined fingers. Belvina walked straight through the glass window and disappeared into the bustling street.

Belvina lingered in the waiting room for a while, listening to the noisy chatter inside. Although it was already evening, the waiting room at St. Mungo's was still filled with many strange-looking patients, making it even more bustling than the streets outside.

After a brief pause, Belvina walked through the crowded waiting room, then down a narrow corridor lined with portraits of therapists, before climbing the stairs and heading straight for the Spell Damage Department on the fifth floor of St. Mungo's.

Soon, Belvina arrived at the door of ward number 49.

The members of the law enforcement team guarding the ward door quickly stood up and respectfully greeted Belvina.

At that moment, the ward door opened, and a female therapist with a smile as kind and gentle as a mother walked out of the ward.

"This is Miss Black, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. She's here to visit Eric Munch," the law enforcement team member introduced to the healer.

Then, the team member said to Belvina, "Miss Black, this is Melanie Straw, Munch's healer."

Melanie Straw is a motherly therapist who oversees the Janus Sitch ward, also known as Ward 49, a long-stay ward.

"Miss Black, come in with me," Straw said gently.

"Thank you." Belvina followed the therapist into the ward. "How is Eric Munch?"

Ward number 49 is a long-term ward. The patient's personal belongings are placed around the bed, and the ward has a homey feel to it.

"This is bad," Straw said, locking the hospital room door behind him. "Eric has suffered permanent spell damage. He's awake, but he's not responding to anything."

With that, Melanie Straw led Belvina deeper into the ward.

Eric Munch, a guard for the Department of Mysteries, lay motionless on the hospital bed, his eyes vacant and lifeless.

"Eric, someone has come to see you," Melanie Straw said gently to Munch on his sickbed. "Everyone cares about you, isn't that nice?"

Although Belvina didn't care about Eric Munch, she didn't refute the therapist's words.

"Miss Black, you've seen it too," Straw said, looking at Belvina. "Eric has been like this ever since he woke up, completely still and unresponsive."

"Is there any possibility that his current terrible condition can improve?" Belvina asked.

"Of course, with intensive treatment and a little luck, his condition can improve," Straw said. "Eric will get better."

Belvina looked at Eric Munch on the hospital bed; his eyes were vacant and his face was expressionless.

"Please have a seat, Miss Black. I'll go check on Agnes and be right back," Melanie Straw said as she walked toward another bed in the ward.

Belvina's gaze slowly moved down, then she stared intently at Eric Munch's fingers.

She wondered if she should conjure up a needle and prick Eric Munch's fingernails; perhaps the pain would revive Munch.

Fortunately, this unfriendly idea remained just a thought, and Belvina did not put it into practice, but she did not want to make a wasted trip and had to do something.

Belvina turned to look at the healer, Melanie Straw, who was still standing in front of Agnes's bedside. Straw was a hairy witch who responded to every word Straw spoke with barks from Agnes.

Seeing that Melanie Straw's attention was elsewhere, Belvina went to Munch's bedside, her dark eyes fixed on Eric Munch's empty, lifeless eyes.

Capture the spirit and seize thoughts.

Belvina wanted to use Legilimency to peer into Eric Munch's memories and find out what happened before he touched the prophecy orb.

Soon, images related to Eric Munch flashed through Belvina's mind like a movie.

The act of capturing thoughts was very successful; Munch on his sickbed was like a book that anyone could read.

The only drawback is that this book lacks an index and table of contents.

After watching several fragmented memories, Belvina finally found the key: she saw the corridor of the Department of Mysteries.

Judging from the appearance, Eric Munch was on duty in the corridor, guarding the entrance and exit of the Department of Mysteries.

Then, the elevator creaked and stopped on the ninth floor. Munch walked towards the empty elevator, puzzled.

The memory ended there, and Belvina no longer invaded Eric Munch's mind.

Although she didn't get to see the key footage, Belvina is confident that Eric Munch's theft of the prophecy orb was not a voluntary act.

According to the Silencers Broderick Bode and Glenn Hawke, Eric Munch once deserted his post during his shift and entered the Prophecy Hall, behaving somewhat strangely.

However, Belvina did not find any images related to the Hall of Prophecy in Munch's mind. There are two possibilities for this discrepancy: either Belvina did not learn the material thoroughly, or there is a problem with Munch's mind.

First, we must rule out the first possibility: Belvina is quite confident in her magical abilities.

Moreover, Eric Munch lay motionless in his hospital bed, unresponsive to the outside world, making it impossible for him to resist Legilimency.

According to the Silencer Thor Crook, the magic protecting the Prophecy Orb could at most cause mental instability, which clearly does not fit Munch's current situation.

Given Eric Munch's current state, Belvina even suspects that he might have taken some time to travel to the ends of the universe and perhaps encountered a druid skilled at turning living people into giant trees.

According to Belvina, someone used magic to control Eric Munch, and under the control of the magic, Munch forced his way into the Department of Mysteries and touched the crucial prophecy orb.

The combined effects of the magic controlling Munch and the magic protecting the Prophecy Orb have turned Eric Munch into his current wretched state, unresponsive to anything around him, almost like a vegetable.

When it came to forcibly controlling and manipulating the magic of others, the first thing Belvina thought of was the Imperius Curse, one of the Unforgivable Curses. The Imperius Curse was also a common trick used by Voldemort and the Death Eaters, who had used it to control many wizards to do terrible things.

The Imperius Curse is the Death Eaters' signature move, and the Prophecy Orb is what Voldemort wanted; the answer is already obvious.

The person who cast the Imperius Curse on Munch must be either Yaxley or McNeil, since Munch was only recently transferred to the Department of Mysteries.

With this in mind, Belvina felt it necessary to return to the Ministry of Magic. She wanted to remind Thor Crocker once again that in addition to guarding against external threats, the threat of internal strife should not be overlooked.

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