Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

"hey-hey."

Alice grinned and handed Neville a bubble gum wrapper.

It was the only thing she had, and she gave it to Neville as a gift.

Neville carefully put it away as if it were a treasure and gently placed it in his pocket.

Almost every time he came to visit his parents, his mother would give him one as a gift.

Day after day, it's the same every time.

So far, Neville has collected nearly four hundred.

Maybe to outsiders it was just a piece of trash, and Mrs. Longbottom had asked Neville to throw this "gift" into the trash can more than once, but Neville still insisted on putting it in his pocket every time.

This was a gift from his mother and it was his most precious thing.

Dudley and Hermione stood quietly at the door, watching everything in front of them quietly without making a sound. When Hermione learned about the story of the Longbottoms from Dudley, her eyes instantly turned red, and she gently buried her head in Dudley's arms, as all sentimental girls do.

At this time, Neville seemed to sense something. He turned around and saw Dudley and the others. He immediately stood up from the stool and opened his mouth: "Sorry, Brother D, I..."

"Neville, no need to apologize." Dudley shook his head slightly: "I know about the Longbottoms. They are very great wizards."

Neville was at a loss as to what to say.

"Can I see your parents?"

"Of course." Neville said.

Dudley first checked on Alice Longbottom's condition, then looked at Frank Longbottom.

He frowned slightly.

The results are quite pessimistic.

Not just the mental aspect, which Dudley barely touched on, but the physical aspect.

Although the Longbottoms are only in their 40s, their physical condition is comparable to that of people in their 60s.

This result was caused, on the one hand, by the aftereffects of the three unforgivable curses, and on the other hand, simply due to insufficient nutritional intake.

"Neville, come visit your parents more often and bring more food."

Dudley reminded.

The body has the ability to repair itself, provided that there is enough nutrition.

"Brother D, can my parents help me?"

Neville suddenly asked for some unknown reason.

Looking at Neville's round face full of expectation, Dudley couldn't bear it, but he still sighed and said truthfully: "I have no way for now."

It is much more difficult to cure the Longbottom couple who have suffered mental breakdown due to the Cruciatus Curse, one of the three unforgivable curses, than to cure the two old wizards of the Oblivion Curse.

The Oblivion Curse can be forcibly broken by other spells. In the original novel, Voldemort once used it on Bertha Jorkins, who was hit by the powerful Oblivion Curse of Barty Crouch Sr., and successfully broke the effect of the Oblivion Curse. Although this violent method has huge side effects, it at least shows that there is a solution.

And he suffered a mental breakdown after being hit by the Cruciatus Curse. It's really not a level of difficulty.

It's not that there's no hope at all

But Dudley can't do that yet.

He still needs to study further.

As for using the Philosopher's Stone. First of all, the Philosopher's Stone is not omnipotent. It can only serve as a pass to ignore the principle of equivalent exchange, especially for the soul and emotions. Its effect will be much smaller. For example, it can't make other people fall in love with you, nor can it resurrect the dead.

It is more reliable to use the seven dragon balls to summon the dragon or win the Holy Grail (uncontaminated) and make a wish.

'temporary'

Neville, who usually looks silly, caught the word very keenly at this moment.

The fire of hope that had been extinguished in my heart was rekindled.

Although he was very excited, he did not ask Dudley when it would be possible. He knew that Dudley would tell him when he thought it was possible.

He didn't even consider the fact that Dudley might lie.

Brother D never says something he can't do. Since he says it, it means he is confident that he can do it.

"Neville, Hermione and I are waiting for you outside. Please keep them company."

Dudley patted Neville on the shoulder and said a few words of encouragement.

"Study hard and make yourself better. I think Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom will want to see a better you when they wake up."

Of course, if there really comes a day when the Longbottoms wake up, they would prefer to see a healthy and growing Neville.

Except for a very small number of scumbags, most normal parents hope so.

Chapter 184 Professor Snape, Mother Misses You Very Much

Where does Snape live?

Some might say that at Hogwarts, this answer is both right and wrong.

Snape was indeed usually at Hogwarts.

But during the holidays he would choose another place, his former home

The small town of Cokeworth is a famous slum in England.

Many years ago, Snape lived here with Irene Snape (Snape's mother) and Tobias Snape (Snape's father).

In fact, with Snape's current abilities, he could go to more and better places, but he didn't do that. During the holidays, Snape would still return to this small town.

Because this was where he and Lily lived together.

The specific location of Snape's house is on Spider's End, a suburban street in the small town of Cokeworth.

This is a slum within a slum, and the surrounding environment can only be described in three words.

Dirty, messy and poor.

Even though Dudley had seen the world, he was still shocked by the harsh environment when he came here.

It is hard to imagine that this is the spotlessly clean England depicted in magazines such as Yimumu and Duzhe.

Fortunately, it’s not in Neon, otherwise I would have to add some toilet water to make it clean enough to drink.

A huge chimney rose straight into the sky, a relic of an abandoned mill, standing tall and eerie, exuding a decayed atmosphere and an ominous look. Rows of dilapidated brick houses, the windows of which looked dark and lifeless in the night.

Most of the ordinary people living here have moved out, leaving only a very small number of elderly people who are unable to leave.

Right next to it was a dirty, smelly river with green, blue and yellow unknown substances floating on it.

Not to mention fish in the river, even if a mutant water monkey suddenly popped out, Dudley would think it was normal.

A pretty standard industrial town.

Maybe it was once glorious, but now it is just a forgotten place.

It is completely incomparable to Godric's Hollow where the Potter family's old house is located.

Dudley came to one of the dilapidated houses.

It looks like it has been exposed to wind and sun for many years, and the paint on the exterior has peeled off in many places, giving the illusion that it is shaky and may collapse at any time.

It's actually quite sturdy.

"哐, 哐, 哐"

Dudley walked up and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door was slowly opened a crack, and the cold, deep and vigilant gaze relaxed a little after seeing that it was Dudley.

Inside the door, Snape was wearing a light black pajamas and a dark green nightcap that looked a little worn, and his hair was as greasy as ever.

"Mr. Dursley, I think it's the holidays."

Although the words were cold and indifferent, the door was completely opened and Dudley was signaled to enter the room.

The room is much more spacious than it looks from the outside. Although the floor and furniture look historical, they are very clean and tidy.

Dudley followed Snape to the room on the left, which was the reception room. Dudley's only impression of this place was books. There were bookshelves everywhere in the room, filled with all kinds of books. All of them were about magic without exception.

'Lily has loved reading since she was a child.'

Dudley remembered a detail his mother had once mentioned.

Snape sat on a chair and motioned Dudley to sit down, then looked him in the eyes and said, "I don't remember telling you where I live, Mr. Dursley."

"Petunia told me," Dudley answered honestly.

The chairs in Snape's house had obviously gone through the test of history just like the house. When he sat down, the chairs made a creaking sound as if they would collapse at any time.

"It's rare that she still remembers it." Snape sighed lightly.

"Mother actually misses you as an old friend. If you have time, I hope you can come to our house and visit us."

These were not just polite words from Dudley. Ever since Dudley really went to Hogwarts, Petunia's knot in her heart was untied. After learning from Dudley that Snape was a professor at Hogwarts, she also wanted to meet Snape, her 'old friend'.

Snape's eyes were still lifeless, but there was a hint of reminiscence in them.

Petunia is Lily's older sister. When Nesper went to find Lily when he was a child, he was often stopped by Petunia. The reason was naturally to guard against Snape. Petunia kept a close eye on Lily and didn't want her sister to be abducted by some bad boy who came from nowhere.

But at that time Lily liked to stay with Snape, so she basically didn't listen to Petunia.

A long period of time passed with one person blocking (Petunia), one person running away (Lily), and one person responding (Snape).

After a few visits, we became familiar with each other.

Actually, thinking about that time was quite interesting.

Although Petunia was unable to go to Hogwarts in the end, Lily was indeed abducted by a bad boy other than Snape, and the relationship between the three was naturally severed.

Looking back now, everything has changed.

How nice it would be if time could stay at the carefree childhood.

Or maybe, if they had not received the letters from Hogwarts, did not know about wizards, and had continued to live as ordinary people, perhaps everything would have been different.

"I need your help, Professor."

Dudley got straight to the point and slowly told Snape what he wanted.

"You want to treat two wizards who have been cursed with Oblivion and have completely forgotten their past? That sounds serious."

Snape was a little surprised, but his expression didn't change much. This was the sequelae of the brain occlusion technique: "But why not send them to St. Mungo's? The healers there are professionals."

'I used to think so, too, until I broke my knee. No, until I actually went to St. Mungo's.'

'If the healers at St Mungo's were any good, I wouldn't be here.'

Those healers can only treat minor injuries at best, not more serious ones. Most of them are not even as good as Madam Pomfrey, the school doctor at Hogwarts.

"In terms of potion proficiency, you are the strongest wizard I have ever seen. There will be no problem if you are the one in charge."

Dudley complimented generously.

"Lily is better than me." Snape blurted out without thinking.

Dudley:.

'Ah, yes, yes, yes, Aunt Lily is the best potion master in the world. Aunt Lily is invincible.'

Perhaps realizing that he had lost his composure, Snape coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment and quickly changed the subject.

"Where are they now?"

“London’s Tulip District.”

Hearing this strange address, Snape frowned slightly: "Why is it there?"

He thought for a long time but couldn't remember any wizards living there, nor any buildings from the wizarding world.

It seems to be a place purely inhabited by Muggles?

“I own a property there.”

Snape: