witch mary bennet

The recruitment interview for St. Mungo's Hospital was scheduled to start at [-]:[-] p.m. on Saturday. Mary woke up too early in the morning, and Sophie was still asleep, so she ran to the library to read.

All the textbooks on healing spells and potions had been thrown aside, and she was reading with gusto an unnamed "One Hundred Oldest Healing Spells".Since she borrowed this book, it has been regarded by Mary as a high-quality pastime reading, although she feels that many of the ancient spells introduced in the book are more unorthodox and may not be used in St. Mungo's.

For example, she was reading this article, "The River Tiber Turns Red and the Emetic Curse".

[The most famous French psychic is Nostradamus in the 16th century. He is also unanimously recognized as one of the greatest psychics in the wizarding world. His successful predictions are famous, especially for the then What the French Muggle royal family did made him absolutely respected by the Muggles when he was alive. , causing most wizards to dislike him.

What is going to be said here is an unfulfilled prophecy of Nostradamus. In fact, historians of magic believe that he directly copied the temples of ancient Rome in the book of prophecies "Hundred Poems" written to Muggles. The prophecy made by the priestesses of the Witches, unfortunately, we have no factual evidence of the sages among those witches who made this prophecy.

In the "Hundred Poems Collection", this prophecy is written like this, "When the river turns the color of blood, the glory of the empire will collapse."

To this day, the vast majority of people still believe that this prophecy is unrealizable. The river flows endlessly. Even if a war breaks out and a large number of casualties accumulate in the riverbed in a short period of time, most of the rivers can wash away the blood in a short period of time. .Therefore, this prophecy has always been considered theoretical, just because the river provides water for humans. Once the river water cannot be used, wizards and Muggles will face an existential crisis.

However, some early Gauls and Germanic literary works did record that on the eve of the demise of the glorious ancient Roman Empire, the Tiber River flowing through the whole of Italy had indeed turned red.This also means that the above prophecy has actually been fulfilled.

Considering the living conditions of the nobles in ancient Rome, research has found that it is absolutely possible for the Tiber River to turn red, which requires mentioning a spell invented by the priestesses, the emetic spell.

In the later period of the Roman Empire, people were more obsessed with banquets than any other period in human history. Nobles went to entertainment venues such as grand theaters and arenas day and night, and various banquets followed one after another. However, The amount of food that human beings can eat is limited. After the continuous death incidents, the nobles began to complain that the problem of "food intake" affected their interest. It was against this background that the emetic spell was invented.

According to records, at some banquets at that time, when most people were full of wine and food, a witch would stand up and cast an emetic spell on the people present, and a maid would serve them and eat all the food they had eaten. Spit out, take a break, and continue the feast.The vomiting caused by this spell does not cause much pain, so it is very popular.But the problem that followed was that all the vomit was dumped in the Tiber River, and a large amount of red algae and plankton grew rapidly, especially in the hot summer, when the river water actually turned bright red.

From this point of view, it is obviously opportunistic for Nostradamus to let such a fulfilled prophecy play its role again. After all, the river turning red is definitely possible to happen again. So, once the river turns red again, do you understand? What a terrible thing it will be for the ignorant Muggles who hide in it.

Emetic spells are of little use to us today, after all no one likes to vomit.In fact, if your child is overeating a particular food he or she likes due to a lack of self-control, you might really consider trying this spell.Of course, emetic spells can also be used in first aid for poisoned victims, but they are far less effective than bezoars and other common household antidotes. 】

The whole book is in such a mysterious style, so it can only be used as a recreational reading. After the background introduction above, the author also introduces the method of casting the emetic spell, pointing out that the key point is to aim at the target of the spell. throat, which aroused Mary's interest, and she wanted to find a chance to try it out.

For a long time, it has been very troublesome for wizards to learn healing spells. It is said that some wizards use their own house elves as experiments, while most people experiment on themselves. Mary vomited several times when she was sick when she was a child , she still remembered that terrible feeling, so she finally gave up the experiment of emetic spell.

At 09:30, Mary put down the book and picked up the "Common Healing Potions" that she had been reading repeatedly for the past few months. She wanted to read the antidotes again, but turned to the part about painkillers , so I watched it with peace of mind.

Mary's original plan was to read until twelve o'clock, and go directly to the interview at St. Mungo's after lunch. However, she was hungry after eleven o'clock. It's lunch time.

It was still early after lunch, and Mary really didn't want to continue reading. After strolling around the gate of the castle, she decided to go back to the dormitory to wash her face.

She didn't see Sophie in the lobby or the common room. Mary took it for granted that Sophie was still in the dormitory, but when she opened the door and went in, there was no sound in her and Sophie's dormitory.

Mary put down the book in her hands, and Sophie's bed curtains were still hanging, as if she was still sleeping.

"Sophie? Aren't you up yet?" Mary called out, it was a little too late to sleep.

On the other side of Sophie's bed, there was no sound, and an indescribable sense of fear suddenly enveloped Mary's whole body.

She felt that she was trembling involuntarily, and walked carefully, step by step, to Sophie's bed, and lifted the bed curtain with trembling hands.

Sophie lay flat on the bed, as if asleep.Almost instinctively, Mary knew that she was not asleep, and this thought made her want to scream desperately.

But Mary didn't shout, because she saw the small bottle on Sophie's bedside table, and there was still a little bit of dark green concoction in the bottle, which made her even more frightened—fortunately, there was a note under the bottle .

Mary snatched the note, it was from Sophie.

"Mary, don't tell Mom and Dad, don't tell Dean McNabbs, tell Professor Ethelon, this is a brand new potion that can make people die in a painless sleep, just let him come and see me gone."

Suddenly Mary was no longer afraid, and an indescribable anger filled her mind. How could Sophie have given up her life like this?Did she give up her life for Professor Esolen, and leave the pain to everyone?

What an irresponsible behavior... Mary laughed back, she should have written to Vincent immediately, since Sophie forgot her brother in the note anyway.

But Mary immediately vetoed her own idea, and those healing spells and antidotes that she had reviewed quickly emerged in her mind. She knew that Sophie should be saved as soon as possible, if she could still be saved.

Mary didn't know how long Sophie had been drinking that awful potion, and she hoped that her own potion wasn't as effective, but the thing was, she didn't have any antidotes, and she didn't have bezoars.

Mary suddenly thought of the emetic spell she had just read this morning, and she remembered it clearly.Mary quickly drew her wand, aimed it at Sophie's throat, and contemplating the feeling of vomiting with all her awareness, said the mantra, "Pull up!"

Sophie seemed to move, and Mary quickly turned Sophie over, supported Sophie's body with her body, and continued to cast the emetic spell on her throat.

Sophie's body was shaking strangely, and she really started to vomit. She spit out a mouthful of pungent light green liquid, which looked very much like the dilution of the medicine in the bottle.

Mary cast another emetic spell, and Sophie vomited several times in a row. Mary hurriedly put her down and let her lie on the edge of the bed. It was still too late for the Windermere family, and as for Professor Ethelon, it was impossible for her to find him.

So Mary rushed to the next dormitory, thank God, Anne Palmer was in the room, and she fussed, "Mary, what do you smell like?"

"Sophie has a sudden illness," gasped Mary. "Call Dean McNabbs."

Miss Palmer immediately ran out of the dormitory and rushed down the stairs. Mary hurried back to her own dormitory. Sophie seemed to vomit a little bit of the liquid again, and she decided to continue using the emetic charm.

A few minutes later, Dean McNabbs hurried over, "What's the matter, Miss Bennet?"

Sophie's note was in the pocket of Mary's jacket, and she simply pointed out the vial to the professor, adding, "I cast the emetic charm."

Dean McNabbs immediately called a few students and sent Sophie to the school hospital, "Miss Bennet, you follow, take that vial," she said seriously.

Mary followed the emergency team to the school hospital, and she handed the vial to Mrs. Haijieya. The head nurse looked very surprised.

"I've never seen this potion before," she sniffed, then looked at Mary. "Where did this come from?"

"I think Sophie made it herself," said Mary calmly. "She's been experimenting with some of her own potions."

"You young people just like to mess around," Mrs. Hai Jieya had already walked over to check on Sophie, she raised her head and asked, "Has anyone given her first aid?"

"It was me," Mary replied, "I cast the emetic, and Sophie spat out some light green liquid."

"Well, things are not that bad." Mrs. Hai Jieya seemed relieved, "Since she didn't die before, all she needs is time to recover."

She turned around and called the name of another assistant nurse, "Bring me my antidote!"