Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 287 Successful Absorption! Failed Recovery!

Dudley stepped forward, and Hagrid opened the large box.

A large green python, barely coiled up with a bulge in its belly, lay quietly asleep with its eyes closed inside a large wooden box.

"She's sleeping quite soundly!"

Dudley sighed and then told Hagrid to step back.

He's about to make his move.

"Petrify them all!"

Similarly, Dudley took the initiative to immobilize Nagini, casting a petrification spell to prevent Nagini from waking up midway.

Next, he took out three new C-grade ordinary version energy-stealing talismans, absorbed the hereditary, uncontrollable, and irreversible nature of the Blood Curse on Nagini, and basically replicated the operation he had performed on Lupin.

The Blood Curse is not wolfism and is not contagious.

However, the Blood Curse possesses the irreversible property that once a person undergoes multiple transformations and becomes a snake, they can no longer revert to human form and will forget their memories as a human.

This trait is the most cruel one of the Blood Curse traits, and it was one that had to be removed before obtaining the concept version of the Restoration Charm to restore Nagini to human form and resolve the regrettable incident of the Blood Curse poisoning her.

Dudley and Hagrid watched together as the three energy-draining runes absorbed the negative properties of the Blood Curse.

One of them appeared rather somber, while the other was filled with doubt and curiosity.

A very short time later, the result was in.

The result went very smoothly.

The Blood Curse on Nagini's body seems to have entered a dormant state, just like Nagini himself, and it offered little resistance to the suction force of the Energy-Stealing Talisman.

The absorption time for any negative trait is significantly shorter than the absorption time for the wolf-like side effects in Lu Ping.

After absorbing the energy, the three ordinary talismans retired successfully.

One of the surface patterns turned into a snake incubating eggs, another into a snake going mad, and the last one returned to its original form, simply a coiled snake.

Keda, however, did not feel any obvious joy because of this smooth progress, because the system did not provide any hints about resolving the unfortunate event. Not to mention the reward notification for a perfect solution, there was not even a reminder for a basic solution.

This proves that even if Nagini has now eliminated the uncontrollability and irreversibility of the Blood Curse, she cannot regain her human form and memories of being human on her own.

Dali frowned slightly, a bad feeling creeping into his mind, a feeling that was far from what he expected.

But since things had come to this point, he couldn't give up halfway; he could only continue operating to verify the final result.

He took out the B-grade advanced version of the Energy Stealing Talisman from his personal space, which he hadn't been able to use with Lupin before.

He infused the talisman with magic power, just like when he used a regular talisman, and directly activated this B-grade energy-stealing talisman to absorb the blood curse on Nagini, which had already had three negative characteristics removed.

Dudley didn't want the ability to transform into a snake. Even though the snakes formed by the Blood Curse were different from ordinary snakes, possessing magical properties and having stronger venom, it wasn't enough to tempt him to sacrifice a B-grade fusion opportunity.

Therefore, Dudley did not fuse the talisman, but instead chose to activate it directly.

A moment later, the Blood Curse on Nagini's body was steadily absorbed by the B-grade advanced version of the Energy Stealing Talisman.

The pattern on the surface of the talisman transformed into a large snake with its tongue flicking, fangs bared, and blood oozing from it. The talisman's rating was upgraded from B to A.

But Dudley only glanced at the talisman before tossing it into his personal storage space.

Then, Dali turned his gaze back to Nagini in the large wooden box and waved his hand to dispel the petrification spell he had just cast on Nagini.

He hoped the snake could turn into a person, or it could turn into her. Even if it couldn't have an immediate effect, at least there should be some slight change. He also hoped the system could provide him with a hint to resolve the regrettable event.

But things didn't go as planned. Nagini didn't move at all. She remained exactly the same as before, still hibernating and sleeping soundly. The spiritual connection established by the contract didn't transmit any information.

The system remained completely silent, offering no notification whatsoever.

Undeterred, Dali raised his hand and unleashed a full-force 'All Curses End' at the sleeping serpent Nagini.

A brilliant, bright yellow light enveloped and permeated Nagini's serpentine body, lasting for quite some time before dissipating.

But it was still no use; Nagini remained a snake, and instead, nourished by the energy of the 'End of All Curses' spell, she slept even more soundly.

"His true colors are revealed!"

Dudley was still not giving up, so he raised his hand and unleashed another full-force revealing spell, striking Nagini's serpentine body.

As a result... Dudley gave up.

"As expected, I guessed right."

Dudley muttered to himself in disappointment, then waved and closed the lid of the large wooden crate.

His guess was correct. Although Nagini has been freed from the Blood Curse, he is now a snake through and through, and his human form is a thing of the past.

To Nagini now, it is simply a giant serpent without any curses; its original form is that of a serpent, not a human.

Therefore, powerful spell-breaking spells are useless, as are spells that can restore people and objects to their original state.

If Nagini could encounter Dudley while switching between human and snake forms before completely transforming into a snake, and if Dudley were to perform the same actions as before, then he would definitely be able to break free from the Blood Curse and return to being a normal wizard.

Dudley was able to resolve this unfortunate incident with just the Power-Stealing Charm and receive the system reward.

But Nagini only fell into Dudley's hands after he had completely transformed into a snake.

The blood curse on her body had completed its mission and entered a dormant state after she completely transformed into a snake, and everything had settled down.

This is like someone who has been infected with a virus for a long time, whose organs have failed and whose body has mutated due to the torment of the virus.

At this point, even if all the virus is extracted from the patient through some method, the organs will still be failing and the body will still be mutated. The patient will not immediately become healthy again just because the virus is gone.

Instead, other methods are needed to repair organs and reverse mutations.

Similarly, Nagini's return to her former human form can only be achieved after Dudley obtains the conceptually enhanced version of the Restoration Charm.

Today, it's impossible for Dali to receive the system reward of two B-level fusion opportunities from Nagini.

"Hagrid, you should rest and recover first. I have something to do, so I'll be going now. We'll talk about helping you with the lesson plans later!"

Seeing that things were hopeless, Dudley quickly made up his mind, turned around and left.

"Oh... okay!"

Hagrid was still wondering what had happened and was in a daze when he heard Dudley's words. He turned around but only saw Dudley's departing figure.

All he could do was rub his big head and reply in a silly way.

Then he moved the large wooden box containing Nagini back to its original position, sat back down on his stool, and continued to look at the lesson plan with some difficulty.

Meanwhile, Dudley quickly flew back to Hogwarts Castle and went to the Room of Requirement.

This time, he constructed a spacious room that did not restrict apparition or reappearance.