330 After-dinner conversation, regaining plans, sewer

330 After-dinner conversation, regaining plans, sewer

After returning to the dormitory after dinner, Karan and Guspard played wizard chess while Steve watched.

"Principal, you are really amazing."

Karan suddenly said while directing the chess pieces: "Not only did he not admit the existence of werewolves, but the principal also compared the threat of werewolves with the mysterious man, thereby weakening the impact of the werewolf rumors. If anyone else said this, it would definitely It won't have the same effect as it does now, but it happened not long after the principal defeated the mysterious man."

The chess pieces cleared the obstacles and roared at Gaspard with a flourish.But Gaspard just pushed up his glasses silently, changed his tactics, nodded calmly and said: "Yes, after all, he is Principal Dumbledore, no one will doubt his ability, and he also made The promise not to leave the castle - this is not simple. The principal is a busy man, and this will make him miss many important meetings. But once he makes such a promise, not only the students, but also the parents' There will be much less opposition - after all, the person who broke the news is Fenrir Greyback, a wanted criminal, which inherently lacks credibility."

"Principal, you are indeed very powerful."

He repeated Karan's words, casually smashing the chess pieces that he was so proud of a second ago, and the situation in the chess game suddenly turned around.

Steve felt something was wrong.

They were obviously words of boast, but the atmosphere in the venue seemed a bit gloomy and depressing, which was completely different from the performance of the two.

"Is there something wrong?" He asked confusedly, "I don't see anything wrong?"

The chess game continued, but both of them shook their heads.

"Of course it's wrong." Callan whispered: "The key to the problem has not been solved. Fenrir Greyback has escaped and is hiding somewhere. He could have just said Remus' name. But it just didn’t happen. That’s not a good sign.”

Gaspard continued: "And this is only temporary. Once Greyback says Remus' name, what can Dumbledore do? There is no way he can protect Remus after this. Si - don't underestimate the wizarding world's ill will toward werewolves, not to mention that Remus still lives with the students."

"perhaps......"

Karan and Gaspard looked at each other silently, and they thought of the same thing - [This is just the first step of the mysterious man's plan. 】

At this moment, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Remus was sitting on the side of the long table. He lowered his head deeply and his face was still a little pale.

Professor Leal sat opposite Remus. He stared at his son, at this werewolf who was destined to be miserable from the moment he had memories.

The two were silent for a long time, so long that a matchbox on the table began to make a restless sound.

The strange sound broke the silence in the room, like ripples in stagnant water.

Professor Lear quickly cast a few spells, and the matchbox slowly calmed down.

"Remus..." Professor Lear whispered, his tone full of guilt and apology: "About today's report - your mother and I have been hiding something from you - "

"I know." Remus's voice was even lower than Professor Lear's, almost inaudible: "I know who the werewolf who bit me is."

This was a fact that he had long learned in Professor Kettleburn's house, and he had never confessed it to his father. He did not want Professor Lear to be worried because of his recklessness, and he was even more afraid that Principal Dumbledore would know this. Something happened - he owed the principal so much, and his nervousness and anxiety made him fear that he would be expelled from the school, and he was also afraid that his friends would be blamed.

Professor Lear didn't know what Remus was thinking, and he didn't doubt the way Remus got the news - after all, it had already been published in the newspaper, and even a guess could be made.

It was just his son's silence that made him even more heartbroken.

"There's something I have to tell you."

Professor Leal said suddenly, suppressing the guilt in his heart and telling the story of how Remus was bitten - the problem has never been about Remus, but about his derelict father.

It started to rain outside the house gradually, and Remus's eyes slowly widened - this was the first time he knew all the secrets. Was he just a victim of Greyback's revenge when he turned into a werewolf?

He stared at his father who was looking at him anxiously. The expression made him heartbroken and confused, but vaguely, Remus seemed to know what he should do most at this time.

"I don't blame you, Dad." The victim said kind words. In order to avoid Professor Lear's worry, he even forced a smile: "Didn't Greyback's actions prove that your choice is correct?" You didn’t do anything wrong, this was all Greyback’s fault.”

Professor Lear was stunned, and at the same time, the guilt in his heart became deeper.

"Go back quickly."

He also smiled slightly, but it was more forced than the expression on Remus's face.

After Remus left the office, rainwater seemed to float into the office, covering Professor Lear's face.

He clenched his fists tightly and hammered the long table with an angry roar, not caring even if he got bruises.

Someone has to pay the price, but it should not just include a poor child, but also...

Professor Lear's eyes were red, and the resentment in his heart was getting deeper. He gritted his teeth and said as if he wanted to eat him alive.

"Damn werewolves!"

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Despite Dumbledore's promise in front of the entire school, the teacher's desk was still crowded with owls at breakfast the next day. These were all letters from parents. Fortunately, Principal Dumbledore's prestige remained. , no one dared to send him a howling letter.

"I dare say I have too much time to reply."

Principal Dumbledore said with a smile. He didn't seem to take it as a big deal at all, and put everything away briskly.

"Do you think the principal really has a way to solve this effect?" Lily asked through the rising smoke in the Potions class. She quietly glanced at Remus not far away: "The full moon will be around soon. What should we do then?”

"Don't worry, Lily." Karan also whispered: "The principal will be fine. All he needs to do is to be more concealed. No one except Remus's roommate will know that he has left the castle."

Lily nodded with a slightly softened expression. Although Remus was not one of them, she did not want Remus to be blamed like this for no reason - he clearly did nothing and did not become a werewolf of his own free will.

Remus on the other side noticed the two people's gazes, and he was startled, but after seeing Lily's worried gaze, he felt something strange for no reason, and his cheeks turned red involuntarily.

"What's wrong?" James, who took the initiative to stay in the same group with Remus, asked with concern: "Did the flames burn you? Are you still feeling unwell? Do you need to leave the classroom? I will cover you."

Remus quickly shook his head and said no. James looked around suspiciously and happened to see Lily who had just turned around.

"It's because of her." James nodded with understanding, and Remus' heart seemed to have stopped beating.

Fortunately, James was not aware of Remus's true thoughts. He just said: "I have known for a long time that Evans is different from those people. She is at least not that annoying, and she can even be considered a good girl. "

Remus glanced at James secretly. He kept his words of approval in his heart and did not dare to say them out.

"Okay, kids."

Professor Slughorn on the podium said loudly: "It's time to check your crucible, starting with my favorite student."

He walked towards Lily without hesitation, and after stirring it twice with a spoon, he nodded with satisfaction: "Perfect! Just as perfect as before! Five points for Gryffindor!"

However, this time Lily didn't act as happy as before. Mary turned to look at her doubtfully and quietly tugged on her sleeve.

"What's wrong, kid?" Professor Slughorn asked with concern, "Are you worried about werewolves?"

Lily was startled. She thought Professor Slughorn knew the secret guarded by several people.

"Don't worry!" Professor Slughorn said with a hearty smile: "Nothing can be hidden from Albus's eyes. Even if there is a werewolf in the school, Albus will definitely be able to find him out!"

Lily didn't dare to look at Remus's reaction. She was afraid that Professor Slughorn would notice something.

After class, Karan found Lily: "What happened to you just now?"

Lily quietly looked around. She hesitated for a while, and then whispered sadly: "I just suddenly thought of Sev. I remember he said that he used to live the life of a werewolf..."

Karan stared at her silently without interrupting.

Lily continued: "My previous attitude towards him was too bad. I didn't care about Sif's feelings. I originally thought that everyone was the same."

Karan pursed his lips, but still didn't speak.

After Lily came to her senses, she stared at him angrily, as if blaming Karan for refusing to say any words of comfort.

"That was before." Karan said helplessly under Lily's gaze: "But now everything has passed, Snape left Spider End Alley, and Mrs. Prince also opened a Gobstone shop. "

"Yes." Lily murmured softly. She couldn't help but look at Karan a few more times: "All of this is thanks to you. Now that I think about it, I think it's really amazing. You actually It really did.”

Karan was stunned for a moment: "What?"

"Help Sif." Lily said matter-of-factly: "Isn't that what you did from the beginning? You also prevented him from coming into contact with black magic, and you also helped him change his clothes to a suitable size."

"I was just..." Karan chuckled. He wanted to say that it was just his own bad taste, but this time the words came to his lips but did not come out.

Lily's green eyes stared at him, and Karan saw the seriousness in Lily's expression, as if she wanted to see straight into his heart.

[Harry's kindness comes not only from James, but also from Lily...]

Karan sighed silently in his heart. He slowly showed a gentle smile and changed the words he was about to blurt out: "After all, you have all smelled the flavor of the polyjuice potion that became me - strawberry flavor. Who makes me a kind person?" Where are the people."

[This is all thanks to you, Mr. Anthony. 】

Karan added in his heart, while Lily smiled with relief.

"I knew it!"

She clenched her fists and raised her hand, as if she had won.

"Although you violated school rules many times, yelled at me, and always pretended to be stupid, I know you are a good person."

Lily happily counted Karan's achievements, and then asked with some confusion: "Why did your face become so dark?"

Karan rolled his eyes, curled his lips and said, "I just shouted at you once. How long do you plan to keep talking?"

Lily snorted twice, obviously not intending to stop there.

The two walked side by side in the corridor, and soon Snape, who had also just finished class, joined them.

"I figured it out." He said as soon as he came up, as if to express his determination.

"What Remus has become has nothing to do with me. No matter how hateful he is, he is not as good as the people who regard me as a traitor. Moreover, Remus' current identity is similar to mine - both are victims of the mysterious man and his men. .”

Lily looked at him in surprise, and Karan's eyes were also full of surprise.

"Really?" Lily asked with a smile.

"Did your head get hit?" Karan thought of other possibilities: "You couldn't be Kinch, right? Where is Snape?"

Snape impatiently shook off Kahlan's hand, his cheeks turning slightly red from the sudden confession.

"But that's only for Remus!" he added hastily: "Don't even think about asking me to forgive Potter and Black!"

"No problem." Lily greeted them with a smile: "I don't like them either."

Snape's mood finally improved a lot. He was still immersed in the confusion and panic, and he didn't notice that Lily had put her arm around someone's shoulder and hugged him and Karan.

"It's great." Lily said from the bottom of her heart: "It's great to have you here."

Snape finally heard these words clearly, and his body suddenly froze.

Karan looked back curiously and heard a rush of footsteps.

"Lily!"

Pandora suddenly appeared, and she hugged Lily tightly from behind. She also pulled the two little boys around her apart, as if to demonstrate her right to belong.

After the inexplicable happiness disappeared, Snape inexplicably became a lot lonely.

Karan's eyes rolled, and he moved quietly a few times. Pandora, who had sharp eyes, quickly noticed his small movements.

"Karan Sangster!" She called out Karan's full name angrily: "Why are you always avoiding me?"

Little Lovegood, who finally caught up from behind, asked doubtfully: "Is there any?"

"Of course!" Pandora said bitterly: "You haven't seen him for how many days, and there's never been a time when you didn't walk away as soon as you met him, leaving no time for us."

Lovegood blinked.

"I forgot." He said honestly: "Steph always has countless new ideas. I'm still thinking about whether to take Care of Magical Creatures next semester."

At this time, Karan had quietly walked a short distance away. Pandora's idea of ​​​​inventing a spell was too enthusiastic, and she always refused to give up her obsession with the castle stairs and refused to listen no matter what she said.

After Pandora came to her senses, she immediately chased after him. She didn't forget to grab Lily's arm with her palm, and Lily helplessly ran with her.

Lovegood and Snape were left behind, and they looked at each other silently. They had never been alone together, let alone chatted alone.

Snape silently prayed that he could run faster and break this embarrassing silence as soon as possible.

Lovegood was staring at Snape's hospital uniform.

"Slytherin..." he whispered, and suddenly laughed: "Oh, forget it. Do you know Moon Frog?"

"Moon...what?" Snape couldn't help but think of his pet - Kinch the toad. What new species is the moon frog?Could potions be better tested?

As the two men arrived from behind, Pandora caught Karan again.

"Alas..." Karan decided to take the initiative in speaking in advance: "It is too dangerous to invent magic spells. Give up the stairs in the castle, there are 142 in total!"

"Yes, there are 142!" Pandora said yearningly: "What a powerful spell Ravenclaw hides."

Lily was stunned. Although Pandora's words made sense, she always felt that something was wrong.

"Why do you always think about inventing magic spells?" Karan asked with a strange look on his face: "Didn't I tell you the dangers a long time ago? And you are only in the second grade now, which is really too early. "

Pandora blinked mysteriously, her long golden hair dancing on her shoulders.

"I won't tell you!" she said happily.

Karan was stunned, he didn't understand what was worth being happy about.

Then Pandora added: "If Lily asked, I might tell her."

Karan's expression became even weirder, but he didn't forget to wink at Lily.

Lily successfully received the signal, but before she could ask any questions, Pandora turned back and said, "But not yet, I haven't decided yet."

However, Lily still expressed her worries: "Let's forget it, Pandora, you haven't seen that Karan has given up."

Karan's face darkened again, and he inexplicably became a unit of measurement in Lily's heart.

Pandora became even happier because of Lily's worry. Her whole body was almost pressed against Lily's body, and her hair was rubbing against Lily's face.

This time, Snape's expression became much weirder when he finally caught up. He asked uncertainly: "Pandora...likes Lily very much?"

Lovegood's answer broke Snape's heart.

"Isn't it obvious?" He said nonchalantly: "I have never seen Pandora like someone so much."

Karan coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention.

"That's it for the stairs." He said seriously, "Because I discovered something more important - the werewolf."

Lovegood blinked in confusion, Pandora stared at Callan suspiciously, Lily's eyes showed contemplation, and Snape gradually fell into memories - he still remembered going to Professor Kettleburn's house That night, Karan told him personally that he planned to study werewolves.

This was not a whim of Karan's, but a plan he had already had, only to be interrupted by the crown.

Now that he has obtained the complete wand gesture, Dumbledore suddenly announced that he will no longer leave Hogwarts Castle. In this situation where he may be caught at any time, Callan certainly will not take the risk. The Room of Requirement freed up a lot of his time.

Karan has many more plans, including the ruins of the Forbidden Lake and the Marauder's Map, but now there is an imminent problem - the werewolf Remus.

Once his identity is exposed, this will become the strongest weapon against Dumbledore, and it may even allow those pure-blood families to tear him away from the position of principal and replace him with a hidden Death Eater, or perhaps Voldemort. of admirers.

Now is the dark age of war, when anything can happen.

Kahlan didn't want Hogwarts to become chaotic, especially before he got his crown, not to mention that there were many people he cared about here - just like Antony Yard, Kahlan would still pay attention to it to this day. Case.

He was unable to deal with Greyback, who knew everything, nor was he able to find where the opponent was hiding.

But he can shapeshift, and he's particularly good at it.

"Restore Humanoid Spell." Karan looked around at several people and said, "It's time to continue."

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This is a dark sewer, and Greyback and Chuck, the second-in-command among the werewolves, stand one behind the other.

"It's too late again!" Chuck said angrily: "Those damn wizards will never know how to respect you!"

Greyback's face was also a little gloomy. After the two waited impatiently for a while, three black mist finally exploded from the darkness ahead.

Dolohov, Bellatrix, and her husband Rodolphus came out of the shadows one after another, with the same disgusted expressions on their faces after seeing the situation around them.

"How's it going?" Greyback asked anxiously, "Has the master agreed to our plan?"

"The master has important things to do, and he has no intention of paying attention to your ridiculous plans." Dolohov said arrogantly: "Unless you can provide more information, at least tell us who the werewolf in the castle is. "

"Dream!" Chuck shouted angrily: "You want to take all the credit? You are just dreaming!"

"Keep your mouth clean!" Bellatrix raised her wand without hesitation.

"It's you who should be careful." Greyback sneered, and a low roar suddenly sounded from the darkness behind the two of them.

That's countless werewolves.

"Are you threatening us?" Rodolphus's face turned ugly.

The two sides faced off silently, neither of them willing to let down their guard. Although they all belonged to Voldemort's power, the werewolves' status was always much lower than that of the Death Eaters. They did not even have a Dark Mark.

"Okay, damn it!" Seeing that the other party had a large number of people, Dolokhov, the leader, spat and said unwillingly: "The master has agreed to your plan, but he will not participate in it personally. Three of us are required to assist.”

"That's enough." Greyback immediately agreed: "The Dark Lord will see the werewolf's loyalty."

After the three people turned into smoke and left, Chuck said ecstatically: "It's you, Fenrir, who can help us all breathe a sigh of relief!"

Greyback nodded: "That's not all."

He looked around at all the werewolves walking out of the darkness and showed a ferocious smile.

"This time, it will be complete revenge!"