311 Search and Discovery

311 Search and Discovery

Under the moonlight night, inside and outside the wall.

After James retreated silently, Snape suddenly came to his senses. He took out his wand and pointed the tip of the wand in the direction of the window.

"Why are they here?!" Snape asked in surprise. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be planning to guard this window. If anyone dared to show up again, he would definitely cast a curse.

"They..." After Karan thought about it carefully, he looked at each other silently with Snape, whose eyes also began to change.

werewolf.

During the Christmas vacation, Sirius also discovered the werewolves here, and there could only be one reason why they secretly came here - Remus Lupin.

At this moment, outside the window.

After James explained the reason clearly, Sirius frowned: "How could it be such a coincidence?"

Remus's face became much paler. He didn't want Kahlan and Snape to discover the reason why they came here, and he didn't want his werewolf identity to be exposed.

Peter was even more timid and whispered: "James, we... better go back..."

He was really afraid of Karan's wandless magic, and at the same time he remembered that the other party had saved his life from an eight-eyed spider in the Forbidden Forest, and he didn't want to run into Karan at all.

"Go back?" Sirius snorted angrily: "Just because they are here, we have to go back? If you want to go back on your own, I will not be afraid of them."

"Don't-" Before Remus could stop him, Sirius gripped his wand and got out of the invisibility cloak.

James immediately followed him: "You can't do this without me."

"You—!" Remus sighed helplessly. He also got out of the invisibility cloak and faced the window.

When Peter saw the other three people running out, after a slight hesitation, he had no choice but to take off the invisibility cloak and stand up shivering.

At this moment, all four people appeared outside the window. James and Sirius looked even more aggressive, as if they were ready for a big battle. At the same time, the two of them were carefully observing the surroundings to avoid any rocks suddenly flying. stand up.

Remus stood behind them with a bitter expression. He did not expect to encounter such an accident again - but he encountered the two "dead enemies", Callan and Snape.

The only thing left on Peter's face was fear. He couldn't even hold the wand steady, and his palms couldn't stop shaking. He aimed at James in front of him and at Sirius on the other side, but he couldn't. Point in the direction of the window.

Snape in the room was still holding up his wand, and judging from his vicious expression, it seemed that he would attack the four of them in the next second.

The two sides looked at each other angrily and warily, both feeling unhappy about this unexpected encounter.

Callan, on the other hand, did not raise his wand.

He was observing James and Sirius through the moonlight, and there were many traces of soil on their witch robes.

【soil......】

Karan thought about it carefully. He remembered that whether it was the Shrieking Shack or the secret passage hidden by the One-Eyed Witch Statue, they all needed to go through a landslide. It seemed that they probably sneaked out from these two secret passages, and Not the secret passage behind the neat fifth-floor mirror.

This was somewhat good news, and Karan's tense nerves gradually relaxed a little.

The two sides faced each other silently, in the light and in the dark. The expressions on each other's faces became more and more fierce, but they refused to take the lead.

Everyone knew in their hearts that they sneaked out of the school. If they were not discovered, it would be fine. But if they really started fighting, they would definitely attract the attention of nearby residents, and they might even be patrolling somewhere. Aurors.

In that case, none of them would be able to escape, and they would all be caught and given a serious demerit.Presumably the only Ravenclaw house that was not present would be very happy to see this scene, which would allow them to win the final House Cup easily. Even losing in the Quidditch Cup could not change this.

Not to mention the reason that few people could explain why they came here - werewolves.

If the school knew this, Principal Dumbledore might suspect Remus's motives, and he might be forcibly expelled from school. James and Sirius did not want to see such consequences.

But Snape's eyes narrowed slightly - this seemed to be a good opportunity. The reason why he originally agreed to Karan was because he wanted to find a way to deal with the werewolf, but now the werewolf was delivered to him by himself. It was really a good opportunity. A great opportunity - proactively causing conflict and getting Remus to drop out.

Moreover, he was already a traitor to Slytherin, so there was no need to worry about house scores, which were nothing compared to Lily's safety.

However, this plan will definitely affect Karan...

Snape turned his head quietly and looked at Callan with questioning eyes.

But Karan shook his head inadvertently.

The Acromantula incident alone was enough. He did not want to continue to raise his threat level in Dumbledore's mind - no matter how he looked at it, approaching a strange werewolf was not something a kind and righteous student would do. Things, not to mention the way he got the news was through overhearing.

This was hardly rational, and Dumbledore had changed a lot - as evidenced by the Ravenclaw diadem.

He needs to be careful enough.

"It looks like he can't fight anymore."

In the dark, Karan said softly and directly: "No matter what you want to do, remember to close the windows tightly and don't let passersby see it."

After saying this, Karan forcibly pulled the confused Snape away, and they walked up the stairs quickly without even looking at the four similarly confused people outside the window.

"What... does he mean?" Sirius said with a frown. The back view of Karan's unscrupulous appearance made him feel underestimated.

This is really bad.

The expression on James's face was also a little unhappy. Although he had recently been practicing transformation in order to learn Animagus, this did not mean that his magic level had declined. He had long wanted to find an opportunity to interact with Karan once again competed.

Remus immediately noticed the strange looks on the two of them. He sighed silently in his heart, suppressed his bitter thoughts, and asked them in a low voice: "You still don't plan to leave, right?"

The stubborn two remained silent, but this already showed their choice.

Of the two, neither one planned to leave, let alone admit that letting them escape just because Callan appeared here was even more uncomfortable than losing the Quidditch final.

"Then let's go." Remus reminded helplessly: "It's best to hurry up. We have stayed outside long enough, and we haven't put on the invisibility cloak yet."

"Now, go find the werewolf."

On the other side, Karan, who walked up to the second floor, had quietly unlocked the door lock of a room. Fortunately, Professor Kettleburn’s awareness of precautions was not so strong. None of the doors here had been cast an anti-Alajo opening spell, otherwise the whole The difficulty of the search process would increase exponentially, and he was not sure whether he could repair every door and restore them all to perfect condition.

The door opened, and it looked a bit like a study room. There were some books on the empty bookshelves, such as "Fire Dragon Illustrated Book" and "The Hatching of Dragon Eggs".

"The werewolf isn't here."

Karan turned back and said: "And there are no dangerous magical animals. I hope the next room will be like this. I don't want to see a second Chimera."

It was hard to tell whether Snape heard what Callan was saying. He was standing at the top of the stairs outside the door, staring silently at the living room on the first floor, with an expression on his face that was both wary and disgusting.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked in a low voice: "Remus Lupin, that damn werewolf-"

"Shh!" Karan gestured quickly. He stood on the fence and glanced down. The four of them, James, had already entered the living room one after another, but James and Sirius went directly without looking back. Checking the doors of other rooms on the first floor, only Remus and Peter were left locking the windows, as if they were unwilling to follow Karan's instructions from the bottom of their hearts.

After confirming that the four people on the first floor had no intention of coming up and that they had not heard what Snape said, Karan explained in a low voice: "The matter of Remus being a werewolf will be kept secret for the time being. I don't want to tell anyone about it. There is a conflict with them here - although it is not difficult for me, I am not good enough to deal with four people at once, and I can't guarantee that I won't make a sound."

"I can help you share two." Snape said immediately: "At least two!"

Callan couldn't help but chuckle a little as he thought about the one-on-two duel that Snape should have been at a disadvantage in fifth year.

"Why are you laughing?" Snape asked with strange eyes: "Do you think I will lose? Just because of them?"

Karan didn't explain the chuckle. He asked in a low voice: "Snape, don't you hate You-Know-Who?"

"What?" Snape was stunned. The sudden change of topic made him unable to react at all, but it also reminded him of a vague memory - in the dim space, he seemed to be floating on the clouds. , without any worries, until the unstoppable thirst and the sudden reappearance of childhood memories woke him up, and he escaped from the control of the Imperius Curse in an extremely short period of time.

He saw himself raising his wand and pointing it at Kahlan.

This was the first time he saw Karan in such a miserable state. He could not stand firmly, his body was shaky, and his face was horribly pale.

But it was also at that moment that he suddenly realized that Karan seemed to have woken up long ago, much earlier than he and Lily.

Snape did not regard this as something surprising, but rather as an expected scene.

After all, Karan was much stronger than both him and Lily.

So, Snape followed the reaction of his weak body and let himself fall to the ground without any warning.

In fact, until now, Snape didn't understand why he did this.

For him, this was a completely unfamiliar feeling. Some felt like the only choice he had no choice but to make, and some felt like a surprisingly complete trust.

But he still remembered Lily's extremely weak words.

"Karan...run away..."

[At least one person must survive, no matter who that person is. 】

[It can be Karan or Lily, they both need to survive——]

Before he was finally manipulated again, Snape remembered that he was trying to raise his head to look at Callan, with determination in his eyes.

[Not necessarily, it has to be me. 】

Snape was uncharacteristically silent and didn't say a word.

"How can you not hate it?" Karan continued as if he didn't notice: "He wanted to kill us - you, me, and Lily, and he even almost succeeded."

"Remus doesn't matter."

Callan suddenly said: "He is just a werewolf, and he is also a Gryffindor."

"But Professor Meadows has already told us that there are a large number of werewolves under the mysterious man."

"This is what's really important."

Snape suddenly looked up at Callan, his eyes widening.

"What exactly do you want to do?" he asked: "Don't think that I will accompany you to go crazy! Even Lily will not agree!"

"Don't get excited, Snape." Callan said softly: "This is just a suggestion. I know it is difficult to do. Yes, no doubt, I do know it is difficult."

When talking about this, Callan couldn't help but think of Principal Dumbledore who was no longer trusted by him, which made everything more difficult.

Snape frowned and stared at the expression on Callan's face, as if he wanted to see something from it, but in the end Callan just sighed softly.

"It's just a simple proposal." Karan repeated again: "And I'm not crazy."

"Otherwise, the place where I appear now wouldn't be here."

[But the Pig’s Head Bar and the Room of Requirement are two locations closely related to Principal Dumbledore. 】

This is the trouble Karan least wants to get into, not some werewolf who was captured in secret.

Although Callan's words were unclear, Snape did not stop him.

It didn't take long for all the rooms on the second floor to be searched. A brief glance was enough and it didn't take too long.

But until the end, Karan found nothing, not a single werewolf.

"Not here..." He murmured softly and turned his attention to the living room on the first floor again.

The four of them had gathered together again. Judging from the way they looked up, they seemed to have found nothing.

Not so good.

"James, it's time for us to leave now." Peter couldn't help but remind him in a low voice again, but all he got in return was a look of disdain from Sirius.

"You are really a drag," he accused unceremoniously: "What are you afraid of? Sangster won't notice you, anyway, you will just hide aside."

"Okay, Sirius." Seeing Peter's expression gradually turning ugly, James raised his hand to stop him: "Don't make it too difficult for him."

Sirius cut it with disdain, and Peter lowered his head in shame.

Suddenly, Karan, who was standing on the second floor, whispered: "Something's wrong."

Snape looked at him and heard him continue to murmur in a low voice: "This house doesn't look like it can accommodate Qiqi. Those are ordinary rooms, and it would be difficult for Qiqi to move... ....”

He said and walked down the stairs quickly. Snape also realized this abnormality and followed him immediately.

The two sides met again on the first floor. James and Sirius stared at the two of them warily, while Remus tried to hide himself and reduce his sense of existence.

But Karan didn't even look at them. He directly ignored the four people and checked the room they had searched again. Snape silently helped him guard the door to prevent the four people in the living room from suddenly attacking.

It didn't take long for Karan to walk out of the last room. His eyes kept moving in the living room. This strange scene made the four of them confused.

Finally, Karan set his sights on the heavy carpet at the feet of the four of them. He remembered that the werewolf howling he heard originally came from the living room, and that Steve also had a basement in his house, which housed many magical creatures. animal......

Karan raised his head and looked at James and Sirius respectively.

"Are you looking for something?" he asked.

Neither of them said a word, but stared at him warily.

Snape scoffed mockingly.

Karan ignored the other party's attitude and continued: "Then do you still plan to continue standing here?"

This time, even if Karan didn't continue, James and Sirius noticed something was wrong.

They all looked at the carpet under their feet and stepped hard twice each.

There was a muffled thumping sound under James' feet, as if he was stepping on thick ground.

But everyone heard the difference in the sound under Sirius' feet.

"Boom, boom."

The floor is hollow underneath.

"Don't waste time." Karan narrowed his eyes: "You all get out of the way!"

Sirius and James immediately looked towards Callan. Both of them were extremely dissatisfied with Callan's attitude towards the order, and Snape had pointed his wand at them again.

However, due to the quick reactions of Remus and Peter, they were forcefully pulled to the edge of the carpet before they could speak.

"Let go-" Sirius shook Remus's hands hard, his expression vaguely angry.

But when the words came to his lips, he didn't say them completely.

The thick carpet, which was enough to completely cover the four of them, floated smoothly, rolled up along one side automatically, and was finally piled aside quietly.

The entire process was completed in extremely eerie silence, and Karan did not cast any spells.

"Sangster is getting stronger and stronger..." James said through gritted teeth, Sirius's expression was colder than frost.

Remus looked at this scene in shock. This was the first time he had witnessed Karan's wandless magic.He originally thought that the stone was heavy enough, but he didn't expect that Karan was so powerful that he could easily control the entire carpet.

Not only them, but also Snape was staring at Karan in surprise.

Is this really a flying carpet?

But Snape remembered that the sale of flying carpets was prohibited in the UK, so Professor Kettleburn should not be able to buy flying carpets.

Karan didn't care about the reactions of several people. After the carpet was moved to the side, he immediately walked to the empty floor and reached out to fumble around.

Just a few seconds later, Karan felt a gap.

He took a few steps back, and then under everyone's surprised eyes, a large piece of the floor slowly and silently opened up.

The moonlight shines through the window into the exposed hole, and a staircase appears in front of everyone's eyes.

Bottomless.