"I deliberately stopped the transformation halfway through. If I'd completed it, you would've turned into a real basilisk today and never been able to become human again."
Hermione smiled. "Your current state is ideal. You're a half-human, half-fantastic beast hybrid. You don't have to worry about a beast's instincts swallowing your consciousness, you can switch freely between human and snake, and you've gained some basilisk abilities."
"Though they're much weaker than a real basilisk's."
Hermione added, "Looking straight into someone's eyes can petrify them, but it won't kill them."
She couldn't have managed a transformation like this if Nagini hadn't been a Maledictus with a beast form.
Even the Spellbook could only transform magical creatures into closely related species, such as turning a horse into a unicorn or a snake into a basilisk.
Trying this on a human would only kill them through bloodline rejection.
Nagini wept with joy, tears streaming down her face.
The hopeless curse that had tormented her for half her life had actually been resolved, just like that.
Credence bowed deeply to Hermione and showered her with thanks once more.
Aberforth and Dumbledore exchanged a glance.
This effectively meant Hermione had saved another member of the Dumbledore family. After all, Nagini would be called Nagini Dumbledore in the future.
"Nagini, come with me for a moment." Hermione pointed a short distance away. "The transformation has only just finished. I need to explain a few precautions."
The two walked to the edge of the woods outside the old house, where Hermione flicked her wand and cast a Silencing Charm.
"I've suppressed the blood curse." Her smile faded as she looked at Nagini. "But I really can't do anything about him being an Obscurial."
Nagini's expression froze.
"Dumbledore is helping Credence regulate his magical power, but no one