Chapter 186 It's Murder
"This...this is..."
Lupine muttered to himself, his face full of astonishment.
As if he really couldn't believe it, he picked up the medicine bottle and took a sip.
"It's so delicious!"
It wasn't until he drank the entire bottle of Wolfsbane potion that he sighed, "John, is this the original taste of Wolfsbane potion? Snape just took a useless bottle of potion and asked you to fool me, right? ?You can’t joke about this kind of thing, John, I’m serious!”
"Hehehe..."
Seeing Lupine's expression of disbelief, John couldn't help laughing.
"My poor Professor Lupin," John said, "You don't have to be so nervous. I also know very well what serious consequences a werewolf running out of control in Hogwarts will have."
Hearing this, Lu Ping's face flashed with panic, but he soon felt relieved.
"John, you are a good boy, thank you." Lupine sighed, "Thank you for bringing me the wolfsbane potion with normal taste, and thank you for keeping my secret."
John shook his head and said:
"Don't be too happy too early. Professor Snape has been teaching for you during this period. Do you know what courses he is teaching the students?"
"If I guess correctly, it should be a werewolf."
Lupine smiled and said, "Severus will not miss this opportunity. I know him well."
"Do you mind?" John said, "If your werewolf identity is made public, then the only way waiting for you is to resign. After all, neither the Ministry of Magic, the school board nor the parents will allow a werewolf A professor at Hogwarts."
"Yes, I know, but there's nothing we can do about it."
Lupine spoke with the smile still on his face.
But that smile was mixed with a little bitterness, as if it was deliberately squeezed out to prevent John from worrying.
John did not doubt Lupine's sincerity.
To be honest, not everyone can remain kind despite being discriminated against.
Although John didn't understand this, he admired Lupine a little.
But this does not affect John's mentality.
The threatening stick was always hanging over Lu Ping's head, and he had just fed Tian Zao out.
Then it’s time to get down to business.
He took a deep breath, suppressed his smile and asked:
"Tell me, Professor Lupin, what specific incident was that joke that Professor Snape said earlier?"
As soon as these words came out, Lu Ping was obviously stunned.
He stared at John, as if trying to see through John's purpose.
After a long time, he sighed deeply and said:
"Well, that was many years ago. I have been infected by werewolves since I was very young. The reason why I was able to attend Hogwarts was because Dumbledore took me in. So that I could Like other little wizards, learn magic at Hogwarts."
John nodded.
Lupine continued:
"In order to solve the problem of my transformation every full moon night, Dumbledore also built a secret passage that leads directly to an uninhabited hut in Hogsmeade Village so that I can be alone there. Transformation. At the same time, Dumbledore also planted a precious whomping willow at the entrance of the passage as a cover.
This method is really great!It hid it from almost everyone, but not from my three good friends.
James, Pettigrew, and Sirius Black.
After all, I couldn't explain to them why I always disappeared once a month. "
As if recalling the good times in the past, the smile on Lupine's face slowly became brighter, "What surprised me was that they didn't stay away from me after discovering my werewolf identity like others. Or exclude or discriminate against me. They still regard me as a close friend. In order to help me, they will even swim out at night to accompany me when I transform."
"Wait," John interrupted, "these three little wizards will accompany you when you transform?"
"Yes, I know it's dangerous, that's why I'm so moved."
Lupine explained, with an unnatural look on his face.
John pursed his lips and raised his hand to signal Lupine to continue speaking.
"You are Severus' most valued student. Perhaps you already know that Severus particularly dislikes James. I think it is because he is jealous of James' talent on the Quidditch pitch.
Of course, we didn't like him either, we might even say we hated him... Anyway, Snape saw me walking across the grounds with Madam Pomfrey one evening, and she led me to the Whomping Willow to transform.He thought we were up to some conspiracy and was very curious about it. "
Lupine began to speak faster, "Sirius told him that as long as he touched the knot on the trunk with a long stick, he could follow me into the tree hole. Sirius thought it was... oh... very interesting. . Well, of course Snape tried that...if he walked through the entire secret passage, he would encounter a complete werewolf..."
"This is murder," John stated.
Lupine looked sad and ashamed.
He bowed his head and said nothing.
John answered the question for him:
"And then, Harry's father rescued Professor Snape?"
"Yes...yes." Lupine said in a deep voice.
"Well, thank you for satisfying my curiosity, Professor Lupin."
John stood up to say goodbye and left the office.
The moment he closed the office door completely, a smile suddenly appeared on his face again.
He really didn't know much about the story in the original work.
But he had learned about the interesting curse of [Animagus] in a short video.
Therefore, he also knew that James, Black and Peter were all unregistered Animagus.
It is precisely with this transformation magic that they can accompany Lupine in animal form without being hurt by Lupine.
But Lu Ping had deliberately concealed this part of the information just now.
And judging from the current situation, Lupine probably didn't even tell Dumbledore this information.
Otherwise Sirius wouldn't be able to get away with it so easily.
"Tsk tsk - my dear Professor Luping, it seems that you are also very dishonest."
John murmured, returned directly to the dormitory, and then got into the magic suitcase.
Dobby courteously brought a cup of hot tea.
John lay on the sofa, drinking tea and taking out a mirror.
This is a two-way mirror that is magically connected to another mirror, allowing people to communicate with each other in different locations.
Along with the input of magic power, a mist first surged on the mirror.
But then, the fog dissipated, and Michael's handsome, somewhat weathered face was revealed.
"what's up?"
"Where are you?"
Michael grinned, picked up a goblin corpse and showed it to John.
"I thought you were looking for Blake."
John said with a frown.
"Yes, I did this for Black." Michael threw away the goblin body and said, "The goblins want to catch Black more than the Ministry of Magic, and the goblins also did a very good job in detecting Black. By interrogating the goblins, I You can get a lot of information."
"By coincidence, I also obtained some key information."
John looked forward to Er Lang's legs and said, "Come to Hogsmeade quickly, we need to meet."
"Can't it be in a double-way mirror..." Michael paused, seeming to understand something, and said with a smile, "Okay, I know your next Hogsmeade day will be before Christmas. Let's get there. See you in Hogsmeade then."