[HP] Alchemy and Love

"Thanks to your locket, they are still alive now," said Dumbledore, and Lorenthia almost collapsed on the pillow behind her with a long breath, "but unconscious. All St. Mungo's healers , including the portraits, said that they have never seen such a situation, so I am afraid they will not be able to testify in court in a short time."

"You discovered...?" Lorenthia asked gratefully.

"Newt contacted me in a hurry in the middle of the night, saying that you were missing, and you didn't even have time to put on your shoes." Dumbledore said, "And at that time, a little bit forward, it was when everyone informed each other that James and Lily had been killed. Time. You disappeared from a well-guarded house in the middle of the night, and you didn’t disturb anyone else. You obviously left on your own initiative. Then contact the subject you participated in in the United States-you were so anxious to do something at that time. It was obvious. I made a quick trip to Godric's Hollow, and luckily managed to get them both back."

"Is the locket still there?" Lorenthia asked, "I'm going to start researching, maybe I can find out the specific process of how they were hit by the spell at that time, and I can help study how to treat them."

"The locket—or perhaps I should say, its wreckage—is in my hands, but I won't give it to you now, you need to rest." said Dumbledore, standing up, "Sirius's I will deal with the matter myself, and I will talk to him first. Besides, if I disturb your recovery again, I am afraid I will be blacklisted by St. Mungo's healers."

He nodded to Lorenthia and walked towards the door.Seeing that his hand was already on the doorknob, Lorenzia finally mustered up her courage and called out: "Professor."

"What?" Dumbledore asked back.

"I, did I—did I—I mean, I didn't know what was going on—" Lorenthia bit her lip. "I was—was that a silent outburst?"

"According to our subsequent investigation, it was just a burst of magic power." Dumbledore said, "Of course, I have to say, it was a very rare burst of magic power."

"But doesn't magic burst only happen to underage wizards?" Lorenthia asked tremblingly.

"I think you still remember, Loren, that your magic power is more unstable than the average adult wizard." Dumbledore said, "I assure you, judging from my personal experience, it was just a burst of magic power, nothing else .Sirius, Frank and Alice are all well and you didn't hurt anyone."

Lorenthia closed her eyes, and the feeling of the afterlife surged up late.She took a deep breath: "Thank you...thank you, Professor."

As soon as Dumbledore left, the healer came in again.Lorenthia lay obediently on the bed for her inspection, feeling drowsiness gradually rising.But as soon as the therapist left, Newt pushed the door open again.This time his behavior was a bit unusual: he opened the door wide when he entered, and then delayed closing the door for some time, and even put earplugs on the door.Lorencia looked at him curiously—she herself had participated in many missions of the Order of the Phoenix, and although she didn't go directly to the battlefield, she was experienced enough to be able to tell that he brought someone wearing an invisibility cloak.Who would need to wear an invisibility cloak to get in or out of St. Mungo's?For a moment she even thought—couldn't it be Sirius?

But then two figures appeared in the air, but they were two people she never expected.

"Mum?! Dad?!" she cried in surprise, leaning forward. "Why are you? Why did you come to England?"

She had just learned from her therapist that she had been in a coma for less than three days, and even if she disappeared on Halloween, it was less than a week.The time required for cross-border application is far longer than a week. Even if her parents received the news and submitted the application immediately, they should still be in the United States by now——

But the parents didn't answer at all.Cassandra took off her invisibility cloak and threw it to the side, then rushed to the bed impatiently. "Loren!" She looked like she was about to cry, and hugged Lorenthia tightly into her arms, "Oh my God, I thought...we thought...thanks to Merlin..."

Lorenthia hugged her back a little at a loss, and turned her gaze to her father standing by the bed.Her father still had no expression, only his lips trembling slightly.But his appearance here is a good illustration of the problem - asking her father to illegally make a cross-border door key and invisibility cloak, and then take her mother who was an Auror to smuggle, this kind of thing was never thought of by Lorencia in the past. I dare not even think about it.

On her shoulder, Cassandra was still sobbing and chattering: "You don't even know how we feel... Disappeared suddenly in the middle of the night! No shoes! Nothing! Your father and I have thought about the worst There is no possibility... Aurors can't find any trace... Loren, something is going to happen to you, what do you want your mother to do?"

"I... I'm fine." Lorenzia whispered.

"Yes, yes, as long as you are fine, thank Merlin..."

After hugging tightly for a while, Cassandra let go.Lorenthia had a chance to take a good look at her and was shocked to see that she wasn't even wearing make-up.This is simply unimaginable.Suddenly, she felt that her eye sockets were also a little wet.

After the accident when she was a child, she didn't resent her parents, but after all, there was a vague estrangement.Especially for her father, she always felt that his father didn't really care about her very much.It wasn't until now that she suddenly realized that perhaps her parents' feelings for her were deeper than she thought.

After that, Lorenthia lived a regular hospital life.

This is actually not very boring, after all, she is still weak and spends at least ten hours a day in sleep.And in her waking hours, a large part of her time was occupied by many therapists—Lorenzia soon realized that she was being studied as a rare case.She doesn't have much opinion on this, and if her research can help treat the silent people who may appear in the future, that would be a good thing.

In the first few days of hospitalization, many visitors took up more than half of her remaining time—everyone from the Order of the Phoenix and her own friends visited once or twice, and Lorenzia also visited the ward. Watch Frank and Alice.The two of them suffered from the more intensive and powerful Cruciatus Curse, but the therapist assured her that they were recovering.She also visited James and Lily, who were still unconscious.The therapist in charge of the two of them talked about them with admiration—James and Lily are now externally portrayed as great wizards who defeated Voldemort and escaped from the death curse, presumably to protect Harry.Although Lorenthia knew the truth, she didn't intend to correct them, but felt a little dumbfounded.

In the next few days, the number of visitors dwindled, and Lorenthia began to have more free time.She immediately started researching - she asked Dumbledore for the remains of the locket, asked Edgar to get James and Lily's medical records, and then began to study how the locket worked at that time.

This was not easy, because the insides of the two lockets had been charred black, some parts had become distorted black charcoal, and some relatively small parts had even turned into fragments and black ash.As for the runes engraved on it, it is impossible to recognize any of them.This in itself shows that the role of the locket in actual combat is far from theoretical derivation. In their previous theoretical models, even the worst case has never had such a tragic result. James and Lily Still alive, it can be said to be a miracle.

What's more, the original locket was made based on the research results of the entire research team. Lorenzia made it after applying to several alchemy masters. Now she has to find out the details of the damage and the magic power flow at that time , the workload is only a lot more than manufacturing.Fortunately, during the two years in the research group, she learned not only the knowledge of alchemy, but also further patience, self-control and time management.During the time spent in the hospital, she went through all the relevant literature, reviewed the research notes at that time, and wrote down the experimental ideas that could not be implemented for the time being in the notebook one by one.

That day, she was setting up the small bed table specially made by her father, and was opening two notebooks while comparing and recording something, when she heard the door knock.She raised her head, and then smiled: "Is it okay that you come to the Spell Damage Department from the Biological Damage Department all day long?"

It was Edgar Burns who entered.He closed the door casually: "It's okay, I didn't delay my job. Besides, there are not a few therapists running to the fifth floor these days—everyone wants to see the legendary savior couple, even if they are still in a coma .”

"How are they doing?" Lorenthia asked with concern.

"It's still the same as before, the vital signs are stable, but the magic power response is weak, and they can't wake them up by all means. It seems that the magic power in their bodies has formed a small internal circulation and resists all external disturbances, so no one. Dare to forcibly wake up."

"What about Harry? Still in foster care with his aunt and uncle?"

"Yes, we can't risk it until Lily wakes up. After all, although our propaganda is that Lily and James killed Voldemort, many people among the Death Eaters know the truth." Edgar said, "Dumbledore The plan is for him to live there until Lily wakes up, or at least until Sirius is cleared - and speaking of which, I'm responsible for letting you know by the way that Newt may not come around very often in the next few days, Dumbledore asked him Help find Peter's trace."

"Invite him?" Lorenthia wondered, and then suddenly said: "Invite his animals?"

"Most wizards don't have much experience in hunting down a mouse." Edgar said, "Remus is also helping, after all, he and Peter are the most familiar."

After she woke up, few people would take the initiative to mention Remus to her, as if everyone thought that Remus hadn't come so far, she must be very angry—she wasn't angry, but those who believed her were not. Edgar was one of them, and Lorenthia was secretly grateful for his unabashed and frank attitude. "Actually, when you were in a coma, Remus stayed in the hospital for almost 24 hours." Edgar continued, "I don't know why you woke up, but he didn't dare to come in. Then there was something about Sirius—you Got it too."

"I know." Lorenthia shrugged, "but I'm really not angry—I'd be happy if he could come, but it's not his obligation after all. You can help bring him the next time you see him." A word? Tell him—”

Before she could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.Lorenthia frowned a little displeased: "Please come in."

The door was pushed open, and Remus stood outside.

Lorenthia and Edgar looked at each other, and then laughed together.Standing at the door, Remus raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, obviously not expecting their first reaction to be to laugh.Edgar got up and said goodbye: "Then I won't bother you."

He walked past Remus, closing the door behind him.Remus went to the bed and sat down: "Long time no see."

"Long time no see." Lorenzia said, closing the notes and pushing them aside.It could be seen that Remus put on a new robe on purpose, but his face was still tired and haggard.Before seeing him, all the speeches that Lorencia had prepared suddenly flew out of the sky—at this moment, those speeches seemed to be irrelevant.

"Would you regret it if I was killed, or never found?" she asked straightforwardly.

Remus was taken aback by the question, and slightly lowered his gaze: "...Yes."

"...When I was in the United States, I talked to my mother about you." Lorenzia said, "She has no objection to werewolves, but she asked me, is it all about you? The world is gentle, kind, There are not a few men who are interested in alchemy. Even if you look for it according to your standards, there are many people who are suitable for dating me and being with me for a lifetime. If the qualities I love are not unique, why should I Attached to you?"

Remus didn't speak, just waited calmly for her to finish.

"You know, I have a lot of time to think about this issue in the United States." Lorenzia continued, "Indeed, there are many people who meet my so-called standards-gentleness, kindness and consideration. There are many people who can be with I get along without making me feel any pressure. There are hundreds of men in this world who can live with me and die together. But I hope that man is you."

Remus still didn't speak, but Lorenthia clearly saw his eyes move.

"I hope that person is you." She repeated, "I like not only your tenderness, kindness, thoughtfulness, and humor, but also many other things that cannot be said, and every detail of you. I like you and James Just kidding, I love the way you look up at me when we share a lab, and I love when you help me carry my boxes and hang my scarves. So if - if you're going to regret it - you're willing to give us both a chance to start over ?"

She finished speaking in one breath, seemingly speaking fluently, but her heart was about to jump out of her throat.After speaking in a hurry, she didn't dare to look at Remus anymore, and lowered her head.One second, two seconds, three seconds, but there was still no sound from the other side.

Just when she couldn't help raising her head, suddenly a pair of hands gently held her shoulders, she raised her head in surprise, Remus leaned forward and kissed her.

Lorenthia froze for a second in surprise, and then was melted by the kiss.She had almost forgotten how good it felt to kiss Remus.She reached out and grabbed Remus' neck, pulling him closer until they were almost cheek to cheek, nose to nose.His lips were soft and warm, and Lorenthia felt like crying and laughing at the same time, a joy that was lost and found again.

It wasn't until they were both out of breath that they had to separate.Lorenthia pushed away the wooden table on the bed, leaned over and rested her forehead on the side of Remus' neck.Remus hugged her tightly.

"I really like you," she said with a smile, softly, but it felt like she was declaring to the world.

Remus bowed his head and kissed her hair: "I love you."