Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

This was far beyond Lynn's expectations, and he was generous with his praise in the class on October 10st, and even considered sending out individual club invitations.

Until today, a week later, he was still waiting before class, looking forward to the possible performance of this little witch who was not very conspicuous but very talented and hardworking.

After all, according to what he had heard from other professors, Miss Greengrass's grades were consistently excellent, she had almost no weaknesses in any subject, and her talent was obvious.

However, until the bell rang and the little wizards filled the classroom, he still didn't see Astoria - only she was missing.

"Why didn't Miss Greengrass come?" he asked puzzledly while standing on the podium.

"Professor, she is sick and has been in the school hospital since this morning." The little witch from Slytherin raised her hand timidly. She was Astoria's roommate.

"Is that so..." Lin En nodded regretfully. "Well, please help me relay the content of this lesson to her after class, or ask her to come to me for extra lessons when she is free. Now let's start the class. The content of this lesson is the magic nodes of Rune magic. Please turn to the first section of Chapter 2 and read the first three paragraphs silently. Then we will divide into groups according to the arrangement of the last class and experience it with the Rune metal plates."

Do you want to visit after class?

While the students were silently reading their textbooks, he was thinking about his plans for the afternoon and evening and had some ideas.

Excellent students always get some preference, especially when they have good personalities.

When Percy and Doris both graduate, he will probably still need some outstanding students to serve as assistants.

Cedric was one, and perhaps this clever Miss Greengrass could be another.

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After class, Lin En rarely stayed in the classroom to clean up. He packed up his things and left first, striding towards the school hospital, but found it empty.

"Miss Greengrass has gone to St. Mungo's. Her illness cannot be cured in the school hospital." Madam Pomfrey said this, with regret evident in her eyes.

This shocked Lynn.

"You can't even cure her... What's wrong with her?" He frowned and asked, "This child is very talented, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"That's because—"

"It's because she is very talented, Eric." Before Madam Pomfrey finished her words, a sinister voice sounded from behind Lynn. It was Snape.

He walked closer silently, his face as pale as ever, with a hint of bitterness between his brows.

"boom--"

As they were talking, the door of the school hospital was slammed shut. The sound spread far along the corridor, scaring away many little wizards who were chasing and playing during break.

"She doesn't have a disease, but a blood curse, a curse that sleeps in Greengrass' blood."

"Blood curse..." Lin En's eyes became fierce.

The memories buried deep in his mind slowly awakened, and he recalled this name that he had not remembered clearly in his previous life, as well as some of her experiences.

"The principal asked me to come to you to ask if you have any possible solution - are you going to go to him now?"

"No need, what's the point of looking for him?"

Lynn turned and walked away without any hesitation. The rune symbol shone behind him, and his figure disappeared in the distance in the blink of an eye, leaving only the echoing sound.

"Tell him I went straight to St. Mungo's."

Chapter 264 Price

Pure-blood wizards are a hypocritical proposition, but in the eyes of many self-proclaimed noble families, they are an irrefutable truth.

This is true even for the Greengrass family, which had remained neutral during the Wizarding War.

In the corridor on the fifth floor of St. Mungo's, Lynn met the members of this family, the parents of sisters Daphne and Astoria, Florence and Fanny Greengrass.

His father's face was gloomy and his mother was secretly terrified, but she just tried hard to maintain the dignity of being from a big family.

"Mr. Eric, what can I do for you?" Florence said coldly, blocking the door.

Lynn stopped and said in a deep voice, "I was asked by Dumbledore and Snape to come and take a look."

"Thank you for your generosity and enthusiasm, but I don't think it's necessary. Astoria is just experiencing the inheritance of her family's bloodline. This is the recognition and gift from her ancestors."

Florence said proudly, "This kind of power does not appear in every generation even in the history of the Greengrass family. I think a wizard like you cannot understand it. After all, you have never come into contact with the power of blood."

This family, which had maintained neutrality through strength during the heyday of the Dark Lord, was still arrogant, even when facing a wizard like Lin who was both notorious and powerful.

Among the so-called "Twenty-Eight Holy Clans", they were considered the best as they had powerful wizards in every generation. At least they were stronger than the Lestrange family who only came from France.

Looking back on the past, only the Bones family, which had not yet been severely damaged in the war with the Dark Lord, and a few other families known for their powerful heritage could rival them.

"If the blood power you're talking about is the weird stuff that wizards injected into people's bodies hundreds of years ago, then I really can't experience it, but I don't regret it." Lin En's face was calm, and he tried to maintain his composure as a professor.

The blood curses that survive in most wizarding genetic lines are often the result of failed or partially failed experiments.

Most of them are harmful rather than beneficial, and basically will lead to extinction of the family line, so they are unlikely to last for too long.

A few have both benefits and harms, such as Nagini's blood curse that can transform into a magical animal - but the curse nature of this blood curse is greater than its positive effects.

Astoria's blood curse probably belongs to the latter, but the principles and effects are still unknown.

But having said that, Lin En had no intention of going in to take a look. He had already done his responsibilities. The new students were likable, but not that cute.

"Let me remind you that adding black magic to your body will not give your offspring better talents. Don't be a fool like Graham Gaunt."

He gave a final warning and turned to leave.

Just then, several healers arrived, with Hippocrates at the forefront.

"Lin En, why are you here?" Seeing Lin En walking back in a bored manner, he asked in surprise, "Did Amanda ask you to come over to help? I heard that the patient this time is very dangerous."

"No, that girl is a first-year student at Hogwarts. I found out about it not long ago." Lin En stopped and said, "I won't get involved. Come to me if there is any problem."

"Eh? Oh..." The steady therapist was a little confused, but nodded and made way.

"Please wait a moment!" Fanny ran to the front of several people regardless of being stopped. "What do you mean when you say she is dangerous?"

"Don't listen to their nonsense. I told you a long time ago that this is the remnant of the Greengrass family's thousand-year bloodline. It is not life-threatening!" Florence said, suppressing his anger.

This is always the case for people who have not experienced the blood curse, especially those who have benefited from it, who always appear to be justified.

But Fanny, as a mother, had already noticed it and her face turned pale.

She pushed open the door of the ward, rushed to her daughter, and stared at her little face, which was quiet due to sleep.

"Ms. Sever, what happened to my daughter?" She eagerly grabbed Amanda, who was discussing treatment strategies with her colleagues, her face full of panic.

"Please wait outside, Mrs. Greengrass." Amanda said expressionlessly, "The examination is not over yet, so we cannot give an accurate conclusion for the time being...Lynn?!" She showed a bit of unexpected joy, "You are lucky, a real expert is here."

She picked up the examination report, walked out of the ward quickly, and met Lynn who was confronting Florence.

"She is your student, right? Here are the reports and previous treatment records. The blood in this family is abnormal, and her condition is particularly serious."

"What did you say--" Florence jumped up and down as if his tail was stepped on, "You are insulting the Greengrass family! Our bloodline is not like yours... It is not something that wizards like you can understand!"

Lin En was sure that the words he was holding in his mouth were the most insulting ones, but he didn't say them out loud because he was afraid of being there.

"Your IQ is slightly higher than that of the Malfoy and Flint families, Greengrass." He glanced at the person in front of him coldly, "I've said it before, corrupt families should be swept into the garbage dump of history, especially idiots like you who can only be complacent with worthless waste."

The invisible magic power turned into shackles, firmly fixing Florence in place, "It is your daughter's school performance that helps her, and it also helps you."

Lynn walked into the ward, placed his wand against Astoria's forehead, and whispered an ancient spell.

After a moment, bits of magic power slowly rose from her body, then disintegrated and disappeared in the air, emitting an aura that made people feel instinctively uncomfortable.

It seemed to be some kind of toxin, or some kind of curse, with the aura of black magic, ancient, powerful, and dangerous.

"Florence, I didn't expect that your ancestors actually liked the magic of the Nangdu leopard and the Voldemort." Lin En turned his head and looked up and down at Florence, who was well-dressed but had a sullen face.

"What is going on?" Fanny didn't care about her face and looked at Lin En pleadingly.

"It's a hereditary blood curse. It uses black magic to stimulate potential, but it also damages the foundation of the body. It's already very thin, and for some reason it rebounded in this child."

Lin En could understand the mother's feelings, and her tone softened a little, "Perhaps you should ask your husband what happened to the women in the Greengrass family who had this kind of [gift] in their ancestors. Did they almost never give birth?"

"...Yes." After a long silence, Florence said with a heavy face, "Since an ancestor died young after giving birth six hundred years ago, the family has left a record that female descendants who receive blood power are not allowed to have children, and male descendants must also strictly follow the instructions to maintain their bodies."

"That's right. This curse will probably greatly damage the wizard's body during pregnancy and childbirth."

Lin En looked at Florence meaningfully, "You actually knew it a long time ago, right? You just don't care."

"You're talking nonsense——!"

Florence immediately struggled violently, but was unable to move due to the restraints on Rune.

"You know whether I am talking nonsense or not, that's why Dumbledore asked me to come here."

"Mr. Eric, please, save my daughter." Fanny grabbed his arm tightly, and her same sad eyes swept back and forth among the therapists.

"Unfortunately, the blood curse cannot be cured at present." Lin En shook his head. "This is the price that ancient wizards paid for attempting to challenge the essence of life. I can only alleviate it, unless..."

"You can't do this to the heir of our family!"

"Silently! Unless what?"

Florence was furious, but his wife used a silencing spell to completely silence the sound.

Fanny glared at her husband fiercely and asked impatiently, "I will find a way, as long as it can save my daughter!"

"It is very difficult to completely eradicate the black magic that remains in the blood." Lynn said, "and there is no precedent. There is only a treatment method that was developed some time ago, but it is still at the theoretical level."

"what way?"

"Deactivation spell." Amanda said in a deep voice, "Use the werewolf treatment plan as a basis to stimulate and eliminate the blood curse. If you want to try this treatment plan, you need to find the dean. We have no right to practice untested technology."

The air in the ward gradually solidified.

Chapter 265: Alternative Pure Blood Concept

Lynn returned to Hogwarts in the evening.

As expected, even Fanny Greengrass, who loves her daughter dearly, would not try this hypothetical treatment option until it is absolutely necessary.

She could only ask Lynn to take good care of Astoria's health at school, and then returned home with her husband worriedly, accompanied by an argument.

Whether their daughter's body is a curse or a gift is a question that is sure to spark a lengthy debate in their home, and even extend the dispute to the entire family.

During this period, although the blood curse would continue to damage Astoria's body, she could still be maintained - but if the blood curse was not eradicated, she would probably not be able to live a long life.

In the headmaster's office, Snape and Dumbledore, who had received the news first, were waiting. When they saw Lin En pushing the door open, they both stood up hurriedly.

"That child is under a blood curse. There is nothing I can do for now. There is a theoretical treatment plan, but it is still only a theoretical conjecture." Lynn looked at Dumbledore and said, "She will probably be able to be discharged from the hospital and return to school on Sunday night."

"That's it..."

Dumbledore sat down slowly, and he seemed to be hiding a lot of thoughts behind his half-moon glasses.

Snape's face looked a little ugly. He had a good relationship with Florence and was also very caring towards the sisters Daphne and Astoria.

"That's what it is. I'm going to go back first because I have students to tutor tonight." Lynn was not interested in asking about Dumbledore's private affairs, so he turned around and left after he finished speaking.

Snape did not stay here, but went straight back to the medicine storage room in the basement office to think about the treatment plan.

He knew better than most people what a conservative and traditional wizard Florence Greengrass was - he trusted family heritage 100%, was proud of his own bloodline, even though he did not inherit that bloodline, and his magical powers were entirely due to his own hard work and practice.

This is a concept that has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years and is deeply rooted in pure-blood wizard families. No one is willing to face those risks. After all, that is tantamount to questioning the origin and foundation of the family.

As for curing the blood curse, even a potion master like him would feel helpless.

There is no precedent in history.

Snape felt very sorry when he thought of his eyes that were different from those of most Slytherin students and always smiled at everyone.

On the other side, Lynn left the principal's office and went straight into the Room of Requirement, where Neville and Luna were waiting.

"Good evening, professor." Seeing him come in, Luna slowly stood up and greeted him. "There are suddenly more harassing horseflies around you. What happened?"

"It's nothing serious, let's get started." Lin En didn't intend to tell the little wizard about the things outside of school. It was too early for them. "You said before that you wanted to learn how to use the rune. This is a difficult rune. It may be the most difficult in Freya Etri. You must be mentally prepared and know that you have to eat one bite at a time."

Neville nodded excitedly. He was still wearing the dragon-skin gloves Lynn had given him. There was some dirt on his body, and it was obvious that he had just returned from the greenhouse.

"Clean it up." Lynn raised his wand and removed the stain with a light wave, smiling, "It's good to like Herbology, but don't be too unkempt, understand?"

"Okay, Professor!"

"Then let's start the class and get out your rune metal plates."

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On Monday morning, when Lynn returned to school from Birmingham, Astoria, who had completed treatment, looked no different from usual.