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"Full moon."

Remus lowered his head slightly and spoke the command absentmindedly.

He was standing in front of a portrait of a very rich woman wearing pink clothes - the Fat Lady.

She looked at Remus' pale face and asked with a worried tone: "Are you okay, kid?"

"What?" Remus didn't hear clearly for a moment. After being stunned for a few seconds, he gradually came back to his senses.

But the Fat Lady's concerned gaze was like a needle pricking into his heart - Remus had slowly become afraid of other people's concern.

Because he is a werewolf.

"It's nothing." He whispered quickly: "It's just that I don't feel well."

The dutiful Fat Lady didn't waste any more time. The portrait moved forward unsteadily, revealing a circular hole in the wall.

Remus crawled through the hole in the wall and came to a comfortable circular room filled with soft armchairs.

This is the Gryffindor common room, and several students are sitting around the fireplace playing wizard chess or chatting.

Remus didn't stay here for long. He passed through a door and walked up a spiral staircase. He looked distracted all the way, and even almost entered the wrong dormitory.

After finally returning to his dormitory, Remus put down his heavy backpack. He took out the book "Dark Arts: A Guide to Self-Defense", but he couldn't read it.

After hesitating for a short while, he slowly opened the pages of the book, and finally turned to a page that he had secretly read countless times - [Werewolf].

Remus stared closely at the howling werewolf portrait on the page, his face became paler and his fingers clenched tightly unconsciously.

He felt that Professor Leal, his father, seemed to be hiding something from himself - don't leave the castle and don't go to Hogsmeade?Isn't this something he would never do in the first place?Why did Professor Lear suddenly remind him of this?

Could it be because of... werewolves?

Along with a burst of frolicking, the door of the dormitory was suddenly opened from the outside.Remus subconsciously wanted to open the page to cover up the past, but suddenly realized that he no longer needed to do so - because the people who came in were his roommates, James, Sirius, and Peter who were following them.

"You came back so soon?"

James looked a little excited. As soon as he came in, he asked Remus: "What did your father tell you? Did he explain why he came to the school to be a professor?"

Remus shook his head in silence, still thinking about Professor Lear's unusual attitude and advice.

"Forget it." Sirius said nonchalantly: "He will only stay in school anyway, right? Hogsmeade is so big, he can't find us. What do you think, Remus? ?When are you going to Hogsmeade? This may be your only chance to know who the werewolf who bit you is."

"What?" Remus was suddenly stunned.

"Hey, man." James looked at his appearance and immediately frowned dissatisfied: "What are you thinking? Didn't we all agree during the Christmas vacation? First, Sirius was in Kettleburn A werewolf was found in the professor's house, and he told me about it, and I wrote to you again. This is one of the few opportunities we have to come into contact with other werewolves."

Fat Peter stood behind the two of them. He also received a letter from James, and you could not help but cringe after hearing this.

Remus finally came to his senses.

"I didn't promise you." He said quickly.

James sat opposite him with a smile: "But you didn't reject us. Normally you would have told us how dangerous this matter was, and then discouraged us in a long way. Stop pretending, I know you have I want to know this so bad.”

He finally added weirdly: "And all this is just because you sympathize with the werewolf who bit you. This is simply the funniest joke I have ever heard. You should publish a joke book."

Sirius laughed unceremoniously, and Peter also winced and laughed twice.

"This is not a joke." Remus immediately said seriously: "That's what my father told me. You don't understand how...how..."

His expression gradually became painful, and James patted his shoulder comfortingly: "I'm sorry, man. But you have to know that werewolves are classified as dark creatures. What your father said is too unbelievable - it's just that Did you get bitten because a werewolf transformed and lost control? And then managed to escape? This doesn't sound like a simple loss of control."

Remus frowned: "This is the first time I know you have such a big opinion against werewolves."

"Don't get me wrong, you are not included in this." James said with a smile: "After all, when we saw you on the train, you were not furry yet."

Sirius continued: "In fact, you are the weird one among werewolves. Do you know how rare a kind werewolf is? It's like looking for a Muggle-born in Slytherin House, or meeting one Black who was sorted into Gryffindor."

"As you can see, it might be possible, but so far it's just me."

Peter looked around and tried to say: "You are different from other werewolves, Remus."

Remus was silent.

"Thank you." He lowered his head and said, "Thank you. But..."

"But -!" James suddenly raised his voice and interrupted: "After saying so much, until now, you still haven't stopped us from going to Hogsmeade - isn't this obvious? You also want to know if It's possible to find the werewolf that bit you. When we do, you'll know if it's who your dad said it was, or who we say it is."

"So, how about it? When exactly are you going?"

Remus looked at them intently.

They were his only friends. Although his father's admonition and the guilt towards Principal Dumbledore were still weighing heavily on his heart, at this moment, he suddenly hesitated.

Growing up, he could not go out alone and could only stay at home.Not to mention making any friends.Once the neighbors notice even the slightest thing is wrong, the family will move immediately.

He was never free.

Remus suddenly realized that if he continued like this...

He will never be free.

"When?"

Remus asked aloud, his eyes sparkling like never before.

He had seen this light with his own eyes - in the eyes of James and Sirius, and still saw it often.

That's Gryffindor's adventurous spirit.

James smiled with satisfaction.

"Wait in a few days," he said. "We have to choose a night that is less noticeable. This will make it easier for us to move and not be discovered by people in the school and the village."

"At night?" Remus asked doubtfully, "Why does it have to be at night? I remember that the castle gate was locked at that time. Don't you have to go on the weekend? With other students?"

"That way there would be too many people." Sirius shook his head and said: "And Professor Kettleburn must not have slept at that time - but before that, we have to find out whether Professor Kettleburn is still there. , we haven’t heard from him for a while, and he may have gone to St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Magical Injuries after the attack.”

"Don't worry about the castle gate." James' face showed excitement again: "We just discovered a little secret while practicing transformation, a secret related to the castle."

He deliberately lowered his voice, but couldn't help but say proudly: "Maybe we found a secret passage - like the Shrieking Shack."

"A secret passage leading to Hogsmeade."

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After no longer caring about Snape's enhancement plan, Karan's life became routine again - in addition to going to the library every day to borrow books related to werewolves, he also took the time to visit Newt again. gentlemen.

The person accompanying him was still Steve, but this time the location was no longer outside the castle, but in Mr. Newt's office on the third floor of the castle.

This place seems to be no different from other offices, except that a large space is deliberately left open, and a tall yew tree is planted - Pickett is standing on the withered branches, its friendly approach Steve waved, and then looked at Karan cautiously, not daring to say hello.

"The Bowtruckle likes wood that can be used to make wands, so I transplanted this yew tree from the Forbidden Forest to the office. I will return it before leaving." Mr. Newt introduced with a smile, He waved his wand lightly, causing the suitcase at his feet to retract under his desk.

Steve hummed quietly twice, as if to express protest.

Mr. Newt patted Steve's head twice and twisted it to the side to tell him to stop peeking into his suitcase.

"Okay, what do you want to see me for?"

Then Callan asked: "Sir, do you know how Professor Kettleburn is doing lately?"

"Are you asking Sylvanus?" Mr. Newt blinked: "What are you asking him for?"

Callan briefly explained the secret room incident in the first half of the semester, and moderately expressed concern for Professor Kettleburn.

Mr. Newt obviously knew about this, as Steve had told the story of the thrilling adventure during the holidays.

"So that's it." Mr. Newt didn't seem to have any doubts: "Unfortunately, I don't know what's going on with him recently. I originally planned to go see him before coming to Hogwarts - in "Magic" Before the publication of "Where the Animals Are", Sylvanus helped me a lot with the Chimera beasts. Unfortunately, I never met him in person. I only know that he refused to recuperate at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies. , ran to the Fire Dragon Sanctuary."

"This is really messy." Mr. Newt sighed: "Sylvanus has always been reckless, and he treats terrible things like injury as a trivial matter - but this is who he is, isn't he? And I guess he’s fine, otherwise the only half of his remaining limbs wouldn’t be enough for him to torment in front of the fire dragon.”

Karan didn't ask any more questions and left the office with Steve.

"Really, I can't even take a look at the suitcase. I'm so angry." Steve closed the door and vented his dissatisfaction in a low voice.

"I can hear what you are saying, Steve!" Mr. Newt shouted in the office: "Don't let me really bring Tina here, she will bring all the cats and cats in the house with her. Come here, don’t blame me for not warning you in advance!”

Steve immediately pursed his lips and walked down the corridor glumly.

Karan quietly covered his mouth and stared at Steve silently.

"You're still snickering!" After walking away, Steve suddenly shouted to Karan: "Aren't you curious about what my father brought to Hogwarts? He rarely hides things like me What’s going on—maybe it’s a magical animal that hasn’t been discovered yet?”

Steve gradually began to fall into fantasy: "If this is really the case, then I should see it with my own eyes."

Karan couldn't help but chuckle again.

"correct!"

After fantasizing for a while, Steve suddenly asked: "Why didn't you tell me that the thing you wanted to ask was related to Professor Kettleburn? I almost exposed the secret. Don't think that I don't know what you really want to do." What to do—isn’t it the captured werewolf? Gaspard has been talking about it for a while."

"Because I just suddenly thought of it not long ago, and I haven't had time to tell you yet." Karan explained: "And it's impossible for me to take you there, it would be too dangerous."

Steve mumbled twice, seemingly complaining that Karan looked down on his strength. Then he glanced at Karan and asked cautiously: "Are you really not giving up yet? Could you have been with Gus a long time ago?" Is Pade colluding with you?"

"Not yet." Karan said frankly: "I'm still waiting for the list of ingredients and materials from him and Lily, and I plan to wait and see."

Unfortunately, Karan heard some bad news next.

"There is no need to buy potion ingredients this time." In the Charms class, Lily cast the tickling spell to make Steve laugh loudly, and quietly said to Karan: "We don't plan to prepare anything too difficult this time. For potions, the students’ ingredients cabinet is enough for us.”

When she said this, her eyes continued to glance at Karan, with some suspicion in her eyes.

It seemed like she was planning to stop Kahlan from going to Hogsmeade.

Karan looked at Steve for a moment, but Steve shook his head convulsively.

He never told Lily about Karan's true purpose. All of this was Lily's spontaneous suspicion.

"That won't work."

Gaspard, who remained expressionless even after the tickling spell was cast, said: "Potions may not require additional ingredients, but alchemy requires several sets of robes and shoes alone. By the way, don't forget There’s also a wizard’s hat, and I’ve recently had some ideas.”

Quietly, Gaspard exchanged glances with Karan. He also understood Lily's intention, but unfortunately he was on Karan's side - he wanted the werewolf too.

Research werewolves?It couldn't be better.

This is much more fulfilling than strengthening a second-year student.

Lily narrowed her eyes. She felt that something was inexplicably wrong with the atmosphere. Gaspard's stepping forward confirmed her suspicion.

Unfortunately, she was weak at this time, and no one could speak for her—that is, Snape.

So she said nothing more in class until later that day when she found Callan in the library with Snape.

"Here's the list of ingredients I need."

She said placing a note in front of Karan.

Karan put down the book in his hand. He looked at the two of them, then picked up the note and read it carefully - judging from the ingredients, quantity and type, Lily seemed to have lied. The student's ingredient cabinet was obviously not enough.

Karan chuckled twice, but Lily did not realize that the lie was exposed at all. Instead, she pressed both hands on the table and leaned forward to stare at Karan.

"But you will have to go get the package together then," she said, pointing at Snape.

Snape nodded seriously.

"I'll keep an eye on you," he warned.

This is a matter of course. There are not many wizards in the entire magical world who are not afraid of werewolves. Ideas like that of Gaspard are completely crazy.

Karan doesn't look like a madman, but some of the things he has done are not something that an ordinary madman can do, or even think about in retrospect.

"no problem!"

Karan replied equally seriously, acting as if he really had no thoughts at all and was simply going to pick up a few packages.

The two of them clearly felt something was wrong.

After leaving the library together, Snape looked at the worried Lily and comforted her: "Don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on him and won't let him mess around, let alone let him get close to Kettle." Professor Byrne’s house.”

But Lily's response was completely different from what he had imagined.

"Oh." Lily sighed softly, looking at Snape with a look that seemed to see through everything.

"I have to stay up late these days again."

She said sullenly.

"Karan, you are really annoying."