337 Revenge, Regret, Sacrifice, Light

337 Revenge, Regret, Sacrifice, Light

How could it be Professor Kettleburn?Didn't he go to the Fire Dragon Sanctuary?Why did it suddenly appear here?And the werewolf who just transformed...

Karan looked up in confusion at Professor Lear who was struggling to support the Iron Armor Curse, only to find that the other party was not surprised by the true identity of the werewolf, but was still quietly sizing up Karan - Professor Lear was looking at him. Here comes the hope of saving Remus, the hope he's been longing for.

Callan had no choice but to look down again. Professor Kettleburn was now sitting up firmly. He narrowed his eyes and glanced around. The memory recovered after returning to human form made him quickly understand the current situation. .

"Although there were some mistakes, it seems that the plan was successful." He said in a deep voice, and took out his wand from the prosthetic arm: "Get out of the way, Lille, I will support you for a while, I’ll come back to you later.”

Professor Lear breathed a sigh of relief - his magic power had been exhausted under the siege of the werewolves, and Professor Kettleburn quickly took his place.

"Iron armor!"

The crumbling invisible barrier was once again reinforced, and they could hold on for a while longer.

"Professors?" At this time, Karan finally asked in an uncertain tone: "What on earth is going on?"

He looked left and right at Professor Lear who was gasping for air and Professor Kettleburn with a stern face, and finally focused on Professor Kettleburn's only intact arm - there were several scars visible to the naked eye. Directly to the back of the hand.

"You really turned into a werewolf, professor?!" Karan asked in disbelief: "Is that a wound from a werewolf attack on you? When did this happen?"

Professor Kettleburn lowered his head and glanced at Callan: "I know you are not a simple little guy. It should be a full moon night now, right? In this way, you can save me. And you and a few others When the little guy secretly went to my house, luckily nothing happened at that time, otherwise the failure of the plan would be considered minor, but it would be really bad if it turned you all into werewolves."

Karan was shocked - it turned out that the Greyback they saw at that time was already Professor Kettleburn. He had been hiding since he pretended to be rescued until today?

For some reason, Professor Kettleburn suddenly started talking, and he continued: "It all started during the Christmas vacation - after I fully recovered from my health, I found Mundungus - He is a sneaky little thief, but there is always news about the black market. Although the price is high, what else is worth cherishing about an old man who lives alone? I learned from him the whereabouts of Greyback - want It's not difficult to know this, that stupid werewolf always goes around bragging about the crimes he has committed - you should know this very well, Lil."

Professor Lear silently met Professor Kettleburn's gaze, and he seemed to understand something from that.

"That's right, that's right." Professor Lear began to tell Karan what he thought was a terrible fact without any scruples - including Greyback's attack on Remus and his transformation into a werewolf, and Greyback's subsequent The boast led Principal Dumbledore to find Professor Lear and his family.

"Are you okay, Karan?" Professor Leal asked with concern, with caution in his eyes - he was afraid that Remus' identity would scare him.

"Oh, of course, Professor." Karan came back to his senses in time. He looked around the two of them again and found that something was wrong with the atmosphere at this time.

Without giving him much time to continue thinking, Professor Kettleburn continued: "After learning about the place where Greyback often hangs out, I secretly hid there for a few days - without sleeping. Fortunately. Just before I breathed my last, that damn werewolf showed up."

"I sneak attacked him and received a fierce counterattack, but in the end I won the battle."

He looked down at the scars on his arms. Those wounds were from werewolves and would never heal.

"I turned into a werewolf." He said calmly: "Later I returned to my home and informed Albus about it. He was very angry about it - this is really interesting, I haven't seen him for many years. But he got angry. Even though I caused so much trouble in the Forbidden Forest, as the principal, he still didn't get angry."

"Then I thought of a plan, a perfect plan - and the identity of the werewolf will fill the last loophole in this plan. This will not let me reveal my true identity when the full moon is full, and will allow me to perfectly eliminate Greyback. Damn werewolves, plus the werewolf riot had just happened, and the mysterious man had not had much personal contact with the werewolves. This greatly increased the success of the plan and allowed me to obtain the trends of the mysterious man's forces anytime and anywhere. "

"After hearing the plan, Albus became even more angry."

Professor Kettleburn suddenly laughed, and Professor Lear added in a low voice: "It is precisely because of this opportunity that I chose to come to Hogwarts to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

Callan nodded silently. He completely understood what Professor Lear meant - because Greyback, the culprit who attacked Remus, had been caught. This was an offer that Professor Lear could not refuse, and it was even considered a condition. This has always been his obsession.

“That’s right, that’s it—iron armor protection!”

Professor Kettleburn slowly put away his wand. He looked at the werewolves rushing up in the darkness and explained again: "Later, Albus still couldn't agree to the plan. On the same day, he found someone stationed at The Aurors of Hogsmeade - Kingsley, Ted, and Andromeda. As a werewolf, I am destined to be unable to hide in Hogsmeade under their supervision. Albus said to They explained what happened, so they agreed to keep the secret, and joined the Order of the Phoenix - a secret organization whose goal is to resist Voldemort's forces. You may deal with them often in the future, or even join the Order of the Phoenix. ."

Judging from Karan's past performance, he is indeed suitable to join the Order of the Phoenix - whether it is the Chamber of Secrets or this time the werewolf attack, he has more than once prevented Voldemort's plan to some extent, and even took it away in advance Basilisk sheds this important item.

But he did not respond to Professor Kettleburn's words, but was silently recalling what happened during the Christmas vacation - when he, Snape, Regulus, and Sirius secretly went to Near Professor Kettleburn's house, they all heard howls like werewolves - several people thought it was just a simple werewolf attack, but now it seems that the person who made the howls was actually just injured. Professor Kettleburn.

In addition, Callan has always suspected that Kingsley joined the Order of the Phoenix prematurely - it turns out that this thing really happened, and the reason was to protect the secret of Professor Kettleburn's transformation into a werewolf.

"I'm rested."

At this time, Professor Lear suddenly said, Karan looked at his pale face and frowned, but Professor Lear still insisted on changing places with Professor Kettleburn.

The person sitting next to Karan became Professor Kettleburn, and his face was also a little pale. Although he successfully returned to human form, the transformation inevitably made him a lot weaker, and the continuous use of iron armor The curse increases the load on the body...

Neither of them asked Karan for help, nor did they ask him to continue maintaining the Iron Armor Curse - even though both of them had personally witnessed Karan's superb magical talent.

"The next thing will be much easier." After coughing twice, Professor Kettleburn said again: "Albus performed Transfiguration for me. His Transfiguration skills have always been the most powerful. This Saves me from having to take Polyjuice Potion every day. And who would doubt a real werewolf? No one can imagine anyone willing to pay that price."

"The real Greyback was hidden by them, and the news of the false Greyback's capture was secretly spread by the Order of the Phoenix. This was so that I could smoothly return to the werewolf group."

"After a moderate [commotion], the plan was successfully carried out. But I didn't expect that the mysterious man would not even meet this group of werewolves in person, so the information I could get was very limited. There is no way to know where the mysterious man is hiding. He is very vigilant, more vigilant than all of us imagined, and is only willing to send those loyal servants to contact the werewolves, and has never shown up in person. "

"It wasn't until this attack plan that I was finally put to some use."

"But I didn't expect [to lose] from the beginning."

Professor Kettleburn stared directly at Callan, as if blaming him.

Whether it was the [riot] in the house or the [defeat] in the screaming shack, Karan was involved in both incidents. He even knocked out Kettlebo first in the latter. Greyback disguised as Professor En.

"Professor, you have turned into a werewolf..." Karan seemed to be still in unbelievable shock, he murmured in a low voice: "I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it... ."

"Why are you doing this?" Karan asked confused.

The expression on Professor Kettleburn's face became much calmer. His face was as decayed as rotten wood, filled with various scars and signs of aging.

"Of course it's for Qiqi!"

He seemed to be unable to hold back any longer, and suddenly he spat in anger: "The damn mysterious man actually killed Qiqi. I treat her like a child! But he actually killed her with his own hands!"

"I know." He glanced coldly at the werewolves outside the barrier: "I know that no one would care so much about a dead Chimera, but even the mysterious man shouldn't mess with one. An old guy with only one and a half limbs left!"

"This is revenge! This is complete revenge!"

"My only regret is that I never saw the mysterious man with my own eyes, and then I used my prosthetic limb to smash his mouth! I severely trampled his damn face under my feet!"

Professor Kettleburn's chest was beating violently. Karan stared at this scene blankly and already understood the reason in his heart.

In Callan's memory, Kettleburn has always been a person who is not afraid of danger, otherwise he would not be left with only one and a half limbs.And although he had never joined the Order of the Phoenix, even during the Second Wizarding War, when Voldemort was resurrected and returned, he still kept all his inventory of Flobber Caterpillars in his house in Hogsmeade. It was thrown from the skylight onto the Death Eaters passing by.

Professor Kettleburn has always had this temperament, but in the future he has long since aged, but now he can still lurk quietly in the snow for a few days, and finally capture a dangerous werewolf leader.

It seems that there is also the power of [love]...

[No wonder Principal Dumbledore would agree to this extremely risky plan. 】Karan thought silently in his heart - even the great Dumbledore cannot refuse Professor Kettleburn's request.

No one can resist such hateful revenge.

"Hufflepuff has always been so brave." Professor Kettleburn said solemnly: "Never underestimate a badger, never."

Just as Karan nodded silently, Professor Kettleburn suddenly said: "By the way, your name seems to have spread among the mysterious man's forces, although it is not as loud as Dumbledore, and it has not even been compared with the mysterious man. Dorcas is famous for having fought head-on, but many people still know your name. After all, you also played a big role in the secret room. Remember to pay attention to safety in the future."

Before Callan could recover from these words, Professor Kettleburn stood up after patting him on the shoulder, silently taking over Professor Lear's position.

"I have a request."

Professor Lear said nervously as soon as he came up. He didn't even worry about his weak body that almost fell: "My son, Remus Lupin, I don't know if you know him. As I said before In that case, he has turned into a werewolf. If...I mean if, if you are willing, could you help me once or twice during the full moon, not too much, just once every six months. Cost It's easy to negotiate. I'll give you my wife's address and just send her an owl. I've saved a lot of royalties, and there may be more in the future, if any newspaper continues to quote my articles. , this is very possible, after all, I can be regarded as a world-renowned expert in non-existence research..."

"What about Baigete?" Karan felt more and more that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and he suddenly interrupted: "What should we do about the Baigete who escaped?"

"Bagot... just tell Principal Dumbledore, he will find a way to solve this problem." Professor Lear was still watching Karan closely, eager to get a positive answer from him.

Karan suddenly tightened his cheeks.

At this time, Professor Kettleburn, who cast the Iron Armor Curse a few more times, said: "Speaking of werewolves, I almost forgot about it. Do you remember the report in the Daily Prophet? That was indeed me. The news that came out while pretending to be Greyback, or more like a signal that the plan has begun to be implemented. It's just that the little guy Remus will not be in any danger of being exposed. There is indeed a werewolf in Hogwarts. .”

"that's me."

"When you are safely out of here, tell Albus everything that happened. He will know how to deal with it."

Karan's eyes kept scanning the two of them, and Professor Lear suddenly showed an extremely forced and ugly smile: "You... shouldn't be scared, right? I know, this is really too much. Not everyone is willing to come into contact with a werewolf on a regular basis. You need time to think about it. I understand your thinking. I understand it very well. Just wait for you to think about it and send a letter to my wife, or let Remus pass the message directly. ..."

His voice gradually became lower. At the same time, the invisible barrier gradually began to crack. Professor Kettleburn could no longer maintain it. He warned in a deep voice without looking back: "Don't worry about the ground for a while." It would be nice to just let the two Death Eaters die here. It's just a pity that they have the information in their heads, and Dolohov's attitude is simply terrible. It's a pity that there is no chance to teach him personally. "

Professor Lear also suppressed the smile on his face and sighed softly, his tone full of sorrow.

"It's okay." Whether to comfort Karan or to comfort himself, Professor Lear slowly shook his head: "It doesn't matter even if you refuse..."

"Okay, hurry up and take out the invisibility cloak." Professor Lear suddenly sped up his movements: "Where did you hide it? In your pocket? Your pocket is really not small. Hurry, put it on quickly. superior."

He put the invisibility cloak on Karan with rough hands and feet. He was so nervous that he even forgot that Karan could do wandless magic and didn't need his help at all.

"Remember." He looked at Karan, who had only one head exposed, and earnestly warned: "Run as far as you can in a moment, don't look back, don't look back, and don't sneak out from under the invisibility cloak, someone will If you find you, at least hold on until dawn, the principal will definitely find a way to find you, he is so powerful..."

"What about you?" Karan asked calmly: "What are you going to do? The invisibility cloak can cover the three of us."

"Don't be ridiculous." Professor Kettleburn could no longer support the strength to stand. He bent one leg: "Even if there are two baits on the ground, they can't feed so many werewolves at the same time."

"Don't listen to his nonsense!" As if he was worried that this would scare Karan, Professor Lear immediately retorted: "Anyway, remember not to look back, we will hold the werewolf back, you can find a place to hide. ..."

"The invisibility cloak is big enough." Karan repeated again: "It's more than enough to hide the three of us."

There was a brief silence.

The howls of the werewolves have gradually come in from outside the fragmented barrier. They seem to have endless energy. In fact, this is indeed the case. The price paid when transforming will always be reflected after they return to their human form. come out.

"We had no intention of living."

Professor Kettleburn suddenly said: "One turned into a werewolf, and the other turned his child into a werewolf. When we decided to participate in this project, we had no intention of living."

"But at least you have to survive."

"Although the hope is slim, you, the student, have to survive."

He seemed to be speaking the unquestionable facts without any hesitation.

Professor Leal opened his mouth again, as if he wanted to mention helping Remus again.

But for some reason, he didn't say anything, and just silently helped Karan cover his head with the invisibility cloak.

"Don't turn into a werewolf."

He stared at the air in front of him and said.

"Never turn into a werewolf."

The invisibility cloak obscured his vision, and Karan silently stared at the iron armor barrier that was about to break in front of him, as well as the two people who were extremely weak, but still struggled to stand in front of Karan.

Regret, and sacrifice.

Karan has already foreseen the next result-the two professors may help him fight for a short period of time, and then they will be torn apart by the ruthless werewolves.

Just like Lily and Snape in the future.

They are powerless and have no choice in the face of impending death.

This is regret, and sacrifice.

The invisibility cloak like running water suddenly floated up and fell on them from behind before the weak two people could react.

Karan clasped the elder wand in his hand in a dueling stance!

"I hate sacrifice!"

He gritted his teeth.

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

A rare feeling of exhaustion emerged from Karan's body. At the same time as the barrier shattered, a violent explosion immediately hit the spherical werewolf circle, burning the hair on the bodies of the people facing them, and making all the werewolves roar. He flew out upside down!

Karan's body jumped to an unusual height under the urging of wandless magic. He pointed his wand in the direction where the werewolves were the most, and shouted again: "Thunderbolt explosion!"

The werewolves that had just landed were immediately blown out again. This time, many furry guys were unable to get up again, and they could only growl without meaning from their mouths.

Professor Lear and Professor Kettleburn turned their heads and looked into the air in surprise.

In the next second, they suddenly saw a circle of light appear inexplicably from behind Karan, with layers of extending branches inside. Then a ferocious brown beast suddenly jumped out of the circle, with a long pink tail like Silk is generally flying in the air.

Mr. Newt, who was riding on Zuowu, grabbed Karan who almost fell.

"You little guy are actually here?"

He said in surprise, and then immediately noticed the wolf monsters around him and the two people on the ground.

"Fortunately, I'm still in time, come up!" He shouted: "Also, long time no see, Silvanus, aren't you supposed to be in the Fire Dragon Sanctuary? Why are you here?"

"Aren't you the same?" Professor Keltburn seemed to suddenly become more energetic: "Who told you we were here?"

"It's Dumbledore. He seemed to have encountered some accidents suddenly, so he tried to find a way to ask me for help." Mr. Newt helped pull the Death Eaters on the ground onto Zuowu's back: "I have done things for him before. , know what it feels like - he rarely makes the same mistakes, but always full of unpredictable surprises in new tasks - especially when I was young. So I came to Huo I brought Zuowu here specially before Gwartz, and Steve has always wanted to know what I brought in the suitcase. I can’t let him come into contact with Zuowu, they may go anywhere.”

"Okay, sit tight now, don't stretch your legs out, we have to start running!"

The agile Zuowu immediately rushed towards the dark corridor, knocking away all the werewolves that rushed towards him along the way - this was a prerequisite for Zuowu to use an ability similar to phantom, they needed to run, It is a magical animal that was born to run.

"Retract your legs? I don't need it anymore, old man." Professor Kettleburn said while looking at Zuo Wu: "I am a werewolf now, so I don't have to worry about being bitten by them."

"What?" Mr. Newt turned his head in surprise, and he immediately saw the scar on Professor Kettleburn's arm.

"Merlin's beard!" After finally accepting this shocking news, Mr. Newt suddenly said seriously: "You have lost the opportunity to visit my house, and you will never get close to those cute little guys in the basement. !”

Professor Kettleburn immediately opened his eyes. At the same time, Zuowu finally had the opportunity to jump up in the gradually widening corridor, and a space tunnel appeared out of thin air in front of them.

After passing through the end of the tunnel, Zuowu suddenly landed on the wide field in front of Hogwarts Castle.

"Huh -" Mr. Newt took a deep breath: "It was really scary just now. Let Dumbledore deal with those werewolves tomorrow."

"No." He suddenly raised his head and glanced at the full moon in the sky, and then looked suspiciously at Professor Kettleburn, who had not changed: "Why haven't you transformed? Are you trying to scare me?"

"How is that possible?" Professor Kettleburn snorted: "That's all because of this little guy..."

His palm suddenly fell into the air, and Professor Leer behind him suddenly came to his senses: "Where is Karan? Did he come out with us?"

"Of course..." Mr. Newt said doubtfully, "I kept holding on to him until I escaped."

At this moment, the three of them suddenly noticed that the gate of the castle opened automatically and then slowly closed.

It was like someone wearing an invisibility cloak had just passed by.

When he just returned to Hogwarts, Karan immediately and quietly left Mr. Newt and others, as well as Zuowu, whom he met for the first time.

【What a magical ability. ] He couldn't help but think.

But he didn't slow down, and he never looked back.

There was a noise in the castle due to the abnormality in the playground. Filch and Mrs. Norris walked angrily past Karan under the invisibility cloak.

Karan ignored everything around him. He walked resolutely on the moving magic stairs, continued to go up without hesitation, and finally stopped in front of the blank wall on the eighth floor.

"I need a place to hide things."

"I need a place to hide things."

"I need a place to hide things."

He recited it silently three times in his mind, and when the door to the Room of Requirement appeared, he immediately walked in quietly.

The illegal items accumulated over thousands of years were piled up like mountains in the vast hall. Karan walked quickly along the familiar path in his mind, without hesitation for a moment, even as if he was in a hurry.

He was really in a hurry and couldn't wait even a moment.

So, he successfully found Ravenclaw's diadem, which was still placed on a familiar statue.

The parchment recording the complete magic gestures flew out of Karan's pocket and floated in front of him.

It was a pattern of an eagle with intricate lines.

Although he has not yet figured out the exact sequence of gestures, Karan already understands how to cast this mysterious ancient spell.

From bottom to top, wearing a crown.

He glanced hesitantly at the ash wand in his hand, but finally chose the other elder wand.

"Not this time," he said softly.

The spellcasting begins.

Perhaps because of Professor Kettleburn's experience, or perhaps because of everything that happened inexplicably tonight - Karan suddenly realized that there was no such thing as a foolproof chance.

As long as Dumbledore lived, he would never be able to use the diadem without risk.

Before that, he couldn't even return to a peaceful life: because another person was still alive - Voldemort.

The risk of accidents is everywhere, it is like a curse in the moonlight, it will always appear at the full moon, and no one can stop it.

[Or maybe it’s just because the power of love has affected me more and more deeply, making me unable to wait any longer. 】

Karan's fingers trembled slightly, and his weak body had almost collapsed him, but his natural talent as a hermetic was carefully utilizing every ounce of his magic power, so that the casting process was not interrupted.

This is the first time Karan has felt such a powerless feeling. He has never encountered it even in his daily practice of magic spells. He seems to be using strength borrowed from the future, and his thin body has long since dried up.

While Karan was casting the spell, neither the tip of the staff nor the surrounding area showed any change at all.

This ancient spell seemed not as reliable as the humanoid restoration spell used on the werewolf, making him seem to be drawing talismans out of thin air and just doing it randomly here and there.

Finally, the last magic gesture was completed as if by a miracle, and the tip of the staff pointed at the highest point of the eagle's head.

Now all that's left is the crown.

But in Karan's eyes, the crown remained unchanged. Apart from the weakness that seemed to make him fall down the next moment, Karan felt nothing.

So, he whispered the only possible spell - which was also the words engraved on the crown.

"Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest wealth of human beings."

Suddenly, the crown shimmered with a layer of light, and then the light became brighter and brighter, completely covering the silver texture, turning it into the shape of a crown made of light.

Everything seems natural.

The elder wand fell feebly from Karan's hand. He exhausted his last bit of strength, held up the light in front of him, and slowly leaned it toward his head.

Karan couldn’t care about anything.

This was the first time that he was so careless about the consequences, and he didn't even care about the shouts coming from the door.

【Resurrection. 】

He put the light on his head and became one with the light in an instant.

[Mr. Anthony. 】