Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 252 Remus Lupin

In front of the Boggart-turned-Sirius, Ron and Hermione were as dumbfounded as Harry.

Ron: [What is Harry afraid of? Is worrying about Sirius' innocence all a lie?]

Hermione: [Oops, how can I let Professor Lupin see it! What if he knows that Sirius is not dead? 】

As early as the trial that foreshadowed the confrontation between Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic, the news of Sirius's death spread throughout the wizarding world, still as an innocent person.

But today, the scene that happened in the office was a little hard to explain.

As the person involved, Harry's mind became extremely confused. He could not think that Hermione was as far-sighted as Ron. He still exposed his inner fear - what if all this was false?

What if Sirius is not innocent?

After all, he had never seen the other person in person, and he still held an unattainable fantasy in his heart - hoping that he could leave the Dursleys and never have to go back to suffer.

At this time, Lupine suddenly stood in front of Harry and shouted at Sirius: "You are dead. I am deeply sorry for this, but don't disturb the living and go back quickly - funny!"

Sirius acted as if he suddenly stepped on something slippery and fell hard. Then he quickly stood up again, pretending as if nothing happened, and the expression on his face was extremely embarrassing.

If he hadn't seen this scene with his own eyes, Harry didn't think anyone could make the Boggart so vivid.

Then, the Boggart suddenly changed again and was spinning in circles. Before the three of them could see clearly, Lupine shouted in anticipation - "Funny!"

He cast a funny spell again, causing the boggart to be immediately locked back into the box, and after two bangs, there was no sound.

Harry fell to the floor as if he had lost all his strength, sweat dripping down his cheeks. Hermione and Ron hurried over.

"I'm fine," Harry gasped, as if he had just finished a marathon. He looked up at Lupine, who had his back to the three of them: "Professor, you... do you know Sirius?"

Hermione and Ron looked over in surprise and found that Professor Lupine's back had become much older in an instant, and they could not hide the gray temperament.

"We did know each other when we were in school." He said in a low tone: "He, me, James, and Peter Pettigrew, we often hung out together. Later, he even thought about helping me, looking for a job or something -

But you probably know what happened next."

Harry's heart became stinging. He really couldn't understand what Peter Pettigrew had done, and he couldn't reconcile himself to Sirius' inexplicable suffering.

But Sirius is obviously still alive——

Harry suddenly noticed that Hermione pinched himself hard on the inner side of her invisible arm, and almost screamed out in pain.

"Oh, by the way." Lu Ping said as if he had come back to his senses: "You guys should go back and rest first. That's all for today's class. Remember to review well and don't forget to eat chocolate - do you still have it?

You can get some from me, I’ve prepared a lot in advance.”

When the three of them left with bags full of chocolates, Harry rubbed his arms and asked, "Why did you pinch me so hard just now?"

Hermione stared, looking exactly like Professor McGonagall.

"Did you just want to tell Professor Lupine that Sirius is actually not dead yet?" She asked, "Did you forget that Professor Highmore asked us to keep it a secret?"

"Really?" Ron asked confusedly: "I really don't remember. Did Professor Heimer say that? I only know that the matter of transforming into a devil must be kept secret."

"Even if it doesn't happen, you can't go around talking about it." Hermione said angrily: "Who knows where Sirius is hiding now? Did Professor Highmore tell you?"

Harry shook his head in frustration. Ever since they discovered Sirius' traces at Hogwarts, Professor Heimer had never revealed anything related to Sirius to him, and it seemed that he had forgotten it long ago.

"But why doesn't Professor Lupin know?" Ron said confusedly: "He said he was Sirius's friend, and he seemed to have a good relationship with Professor Hemmer - I mean, he even promised Hemmer

Professor Mo helped us tutor the Patron Saint - but why didn't he get any news from Professor Heimo? Is it because Professor Heimo didn't trust him? Do you think so?"

Harry obviously didn't think so. This was the first time he had seen a professor who had such a good relationship with Professor Highmore - Snape was certainly not included, that was at best a blood feud.

"Actually," Hermione said hesitantly, "I seem to know part of the reason."

The two looked at her eagerly, but Hermione was unwilling to continue: "This matter is of great importance. I have to provide more evidence. I can't just say it casually - especially during this critical period."

"How long do we have to wait?" Ron asked dissatisfied.

Hermione said cautiously: "Perhaps, just wait until the next ancient magic class."

Ron quickly took out his class schedule and looked at it, and found that there was a class tomorrow. He suddenly panicked. After remembering that he had finished his homework, he calmed down again. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What are you planning to do tomorrow?"

Tell us?"

"Not this section." Hermione said mysteriously, "We have to wait a little longer."

"Look at her, Harry." Ron turned his head and said sarcastically: "Hermione is going to have her own little secret again. Are you ready to become a doormat again? Harry—where is Harry?

?”

The two of them turned to look around in the crowd. In just a moment, Harry actually disappeared.

"professor?"

"Oh, it's Harry, why are you back?"

"I'm here." Harry stood at the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office with a very troubled expression.

Lupine didn't look as heavy as before. He smiled and waved, "Have you eaten all the chocolate yet? I can maybe make some hot chocolate if you still want it - would you like a cup?"

In the next ten seconds, Harry witnessed Professor Lupine skillfully use magic to mix two cups of steaming hot chocolate. The aroma was fragrant just by holding the cups.

"I'm used to drinking something warm." Lu Ping said: "Because of my health, I have to take a good rest - so, do you have anything to say? Of course, if not, just after drinking this cup

You can leave after hot chocolate, it doesn’t matter-"

"Yes, Professor." Harry took courage and said, "I want to know, when Sirius was in school -"

Just by saying this half sentence, Harry felt something was wrong in the atmosphere. It was very strange, but he believed that it was definitely not because Professor Lupine was angry or something, but because he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Lupine's face was hidden by the cup, and his questioning voice came from the rising fog: "What do you want to know?"

"The more, the better." Harry said decisively.

After all, he still had not seen Sirius later, and he never thought that this incident would bring him so much fear - what if Sirius was not what he imagined?

Or, what if we never see each other again?

According to his understanding, Sirius was still in a very dangerous state and could encounter danger at any time - for example, a person who was reported dead should not appear in public.

Especially during this critical period when relations between Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic are so tense.

"You really posed a problem for me." Lu Ping said with a wry smile: "But how much do you know? His story about Sirius is a bit complicated, and it's hard to tell clearly for a while - have you asked?

Have you ever asked about Toby?"

"Not yet." Harry asked puzzledly: "I only know that they should know each other, but I don't know the specifics."

"That's the problem," said Lupine: "Some people can't be avoided, even in another person's story - and, unfortunately, this has happened more than once."

Harry didn't understand why he said it was unfortunate?

"But this and Professor Hemmer-"

"I seemed to hear someone calling my name - can you tell me why? Is it possible that you must think of me when you summon the patron saint? That would be an honor."

Toby walked in with a smile and looked around: "Why are you alone? Where are Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger? Don't tell me that you were detained - I know exactly what happened.

The thing is, Remus, you must think that you must teach Harry the Patronus Charm. Although it is not necessary, it doesn't hurt to try. How does he do?"

"Not bad." Lupine helped Harry cover up the "little" mistake. He said gently: "Why are you here? Are you worried about letting me teach them? Or do you want to show off your patronus?

"

Harry's eyes suddenly lit up, but Toby just waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it will be bad if you are liked too much."

Both Harry and Lupine were speechless at Toby's "confidence".

"So, what are you talking about?" Toby asked, looking at them.

"We -" Harry was about to speak, but was immediately interrupted by Lupine: "Nothing, just some past things, talking about his father -"

"Come on." Toby also interrupted: "You can tell by looking at you that you must be talking about Sirius - there's nothing that can't be said -"

"I don't think so." Lupine said this decisively, but he still couldn't cover up Toby's next words: "I can only say that the mysterious man - no, it should be said to be Grindelwald, he is better than

It's a lot better than mine, otherwise, I would have been the one who framed Blake and sent him to jail."

Harry stayed for several seconds.

"Ah?" His eyes widened.

"We are sworn enemies." Toby looked into Harry's eyes and said, "We are sworn enemies with very deep hatred, and we have both thought of killing each other - as for now, it seems that I am more capable, he is already dead.

, but I am still alive.”

Harry listened in a daze - he only understood one meaning, which was that Professor Highmore seemed to be secretly reminding him not to tell the news that Sirius was still alive. It was not yet time to confess to Lu Ping.

No matter what the reason is.

But the relationship between mortal enemies - is this true or false?

"It seems you need time to calm down." Toby walked over and pulled Harry up and said, "Let's go, either go to the school hospital to lie down for a while, or go play a game of wizard chess with your friends - by the way, your homework

Have you finished writing? There are still classes tomorrow, but don't let me find out that you have learned to be lazy."

After Harry left, Toby looked at Lupin who looked helpless.

"He will always know." Toby said nonchalantly: "What I'm more curious about is his expression when he knows about the grudge between James and Severus - it's really exciting, but Severus

Les will definitely not say it himself, so guess who else is most likely?"

"It won't be me anyway," Lupine said, staring straight at Toby.

"I didn't want to tell the truth." Toby said with wide eyes: "That would be meaningless, and Severus would definitely hate me to death - although it's almost the same now."

"Although I am very willing to listen to you continue to say these useless words." Lu Ping said as if seeing off a guest: "But it is already getting late. Do you have anything else to do?"

"Otherwise, what do you think I'm doing here for you?" Toby looked around and said, "Reminiscing about old times? I can't see that - well, it's about induction training."

"What?" Lu Ping was stunned.

"Induction training." Toby said with emphasis: "Do you still remember the divination I went to your house to do before school started?"

"Of course I remember." Lu Ping's expression became a little strange: "Before that, I never knew that you had the talent of divination. But the result later - didn't you say that the prophecy would only happen on the full moon?

Time?"

In that divination, it was shown that Lupine was attacked after turning into a werewolf. Although it was not known who the murderer would be, the time was very certain - it could only be the full moon.

"Yeah." Toby said seriously: "I have some questions to ask you next."

Lupine was still frowning.

"Have you seen anyone suspicious recently?" Toby continued to ask.

Lu Ping thought carefully for a while: "No."

"So did you feel you were being watched?"

"No, I'm having a good time at Hogwarts - wait, is this part of the induction training? It doesn't sound right."

"Just think of it as a follow-up question - next question, when did you start liking hot chocolate?"

"It should be considered recently. The professor's salary allows me to pay more fees - but does this have anything to do with the sophistication you mentioned?"

"No." Toby smiled and said, "I'm just a little curious."

Lupine looked a little angry.

"If you don't mind," he said, "I have classes to attend."

"Don't worry." Toby said, slowly lowering his tone: "Last question - are you really unable to remember what happened after you transformed into a werewolf?"

Lupine was silent for a while.

"Only those that cause me pain." He said in a low tone.

"Physically?" Toby continued to ask: "Like a scratch or something?"

"No." Lu Ping shook his head and said: "This is not enough, it must be painful enough in the heart - for example, it makes people feel scared. This happened to me many times when I was in school, and I have always regretted that I should not be with you during the full moon.

They are wandering around, and danger can happen at any time - are there any other questions? Your next subject is werewolves? Is this also related to ancient magic? "

He seemed to gradually understand Toby's intentions.

"If it is related to ancient magic, there is no doubt that this is the only possibility." Toby handed over an envelope and said: "But this has nothing to do with my next project, but an almost forgotten project.

Let’s take a look at the event, this time it’s for real, there won’t be any more Christmas gifts or anything like that.”

Lu Ping opened the envelope without knowing why, and inside was an invitation letter.

[Hogwarts Teacher Recognition Ceremony—Remus Lupin.]