356 Knight Bus, Loch Ness, mysterious passenger, doll costume

356 Knight Bus, Loch Ness, mysterious passenger, doll costume

Callan did not expect that Mr. Lear would be in such a hurry to come to Hogsmeade. When Mr. Lear staggered out of the car, Callan and Snape were both in the Gobstone shop. Prince The lady frowned and stared at the uninvited guest.

"Am I too impatient?"

Mr. Lear said awkwardly, with traces of hot chocolate still on his collar. The door of the Knight Bus slammed shut behind him and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Well..." Karan looked at the violent swing of the car and thought to himself that maybe it was time to learn to apparate. If it was too difficult, it wouldn't be impossible to do it with a broomstick.

Snape did know why Mr. Lear came. After briefly introducing his identity to his mother, he welcomed Mr. Lear into the shop.

"Lots of Gobstones!"

After seeing the dazzling array of suits on the shelves, Mr. Lear exclaimed: "It's really good, but it's a pity that there wasn't such a store when I was young - eh, do I know you?"

He suddenly looked at Mrs. Prince and asked, inexplicably feeling that she looked familiar.

Mrs. Prince finally came to her senses - the two were students of the same class at Hogwarts, and Mr. Leal was one of the few people who had not laughed at Mrs. Prince.In his words, it is——

"How can a Slytherin who likes Gobstone be a bad person!"

The atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed. Mrs. Prince asked Snape to stay at the counter while she went to prepare tea and snacks. Callan sat face to face with Mr. Lear.

Now Mr. Lear became nervous again.

"I know this is very sudden." He stumbled and explained: "But I didn't expect you to really agree. I saw your changes in the secret room, and your face suddenly turned pale. I knew it was definitely It doesn’t feel good——”

Snape, who glanced sideways at this scene, was filled with weirdness - he knew that rescuing Remus would be important to Mr. Lear, but he didn't expect that Mr. Lear would attach such importance to it - so much so that while explaining , and also took out a round cloth bag from his pocket.

"Of course, this is the reward." Mr. Lear opened the bag and pushed it in front of Karan, who looked puzzled. He didn't look distressed at all.

The bag seemed to contain all the belongings of Lille's family - Karan identified them based on the bronze Nats that were particularly conspicuous among the full gold galleons.

"It's not just that, it's certainly not just that."

Mr. Lear misunderstood Karan's expression, and he explained in a panic: "I came in a hurry this time, and I didn't have time to go to Gringotts. There is more gold in the vault - Oh, thank you, Prin. Si.”

He took the tea from Mrs. Prince and drank it all before he finally felt better and was no longer so thirsty and anxious.

"Well...well, Lear teaches——Mr. Lear,"

Only then did Karan have the opportunity to interject. He pushed the bag back to Mr. Lear, and then asked tentatively: "You should know that my humanoid restoration spell is not valid for life, right?"

Judging from Mr. Lear's performance, it is difficult for Karan not to suspect that the other party may have misunderstood his ability - one spell can only save one werewolf during the full moon. After all, the taboo in the moonlight is still there, Karan There is no way to eliminate the opponent. The last time, he just escaped from the opponent's hands in time.

"Of course, of course I know."

Mr. Lear said as he pushed the bag back, his eyes full of excitement and caution.

"But even just once is enough. It's better than no change at all. Remus... Remus is too young, but he has shouldered a burden far beyond his age. I can see it." , he would blame himself after every full moon and secretly cry several times."

"One, even if it is just one full moon that passes safely, can definitely bring hope to Remus. Not only him, but also my wife. She is just a Muggle, but stronger than my son and I, but she secretly cries. It’s also the most frequent…I’ve encountered it a few times, but never said it out loud.”

"This is not only for my son, but also for my wife, even if it's only once, even if it's only once..."

Mr. Lear clenched his fists tightly and tried not to let the tears flow out, for fear of frightening the child in front of him.

There was silence in the shop. Mrs. Prince behind the counter gently put her palm on Snape's shoulder. Snape, who was not used to this kind of communication, stiffened for a moment - but he soon understood his mother's intention. mean.

Even if there are only two people, at least it is a complete home.

Callan sighed softly. He pushed the bag back again and quickly explained before Mr. Leal misunderstood: "I understand."

"Leave now, sir."

Until the end, Karan didn't ask for any so-called reward.Under the gratified eyes of Mrs. Prince, he left the shop with Mr. Leal who was still in disbelief. When passing by Snape, Callan complained softly: "I hope Remus has a Floo network connection at home." , I’m not interested in the Knight Bus at all.”

Snape wanted to laugh but couldn't.

Mrs. Prince looked at the backs of the older children and the younger ones and suddenly said: "Karan is really a kind child. I'm so happy that you have made such a friend in school."

Kind?

Snape swallowed back the shock he almost blurted out. He actually understood Karan's purpose of rescuing the werewolf - it was originally a shocking desire to take revenge on the mysterious man, but later it turned into a vain attempt to study the taboo in the moonlight. By.

As for kindness?

Although he knew that Karan's behavior had nothing to do with kindness, Snape found that he could not refute it.

No matter what Karan's purpose is, just saving the werewolf is kind enough.

"Yeah...Mom."

Snape thought about his experiences since he met Callan, and he finally whispered: "Callan is indeed a kind man."

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On the other side, after hurriedly packing his luggage at home, Karan asked Mr. Leal: "Can I use floo powder?"

Mr. Lear shook his head in embarrassment: "We just moved not long ago, and we haven't had time to go to the Ministry of Magic yet."

"Can I ride a broomstick?" Karan asked with the last glimmer of hope.

"I'm afraid not..." Mr. Lear's voice became even lower: "It's a bit far away, and it's easy to be discovered by Muggles."

Now it's better, even Apparition can't be used, because the distance is a bit far, and not every wizard can cross such a long distance.

After seeing Callan reluctantly nodding in agreement, Mr. Lear finally breathed a sigh of relief silently. He stood at the door of the house and stretched out his wand. After a while, the Knight Bus appeared again in Hogsmeade Village.

"Fortunately, we haven't gone too far." The conductor said cheerfully, until he saw Mr. Lear's face clearly: "Hey, why is it you again?"

Mr. Lear paid the fare for the two of them, and he took Karan to the bus. Since it was daytime, Karan did not see a bed in the carriage, but a few chairs standing upright.

Looking at the crooked appearance of the chair, Karan couldn't help but imagine how tragic the scene would become in a while.

The driver sat on an armchair in front of the steering wheel. After seeing the two of them sitting down, the conductor patted the armrest and said, "Let's drive."

After a deafening bang, Karan quickly grabbed the curtain to prevent him from falling.The Knight Bus was so fast that it kept throwing Karan and Mr. Leal backwards, and even pulled out a long trace on the chairs under them.

"Are you okay?" After stabilizing his body, Mr. Lear asked with concern: "The Knight Bus is not good at this point, but it is good in other aspects, and it is very convenient to travel -

"Of course!" The conductor who looked at this scene with a smile said at the right moment: "Especially in terms of safety! We haven't had any accidents for a week!"

Mr. Lear felt bad after noticing Karan's stiff expression. He quickly glared at the conductor to tell him to stop talking. The conductor immediately turned around with a murmur.

"Um, do you want a cup of hot chocolate? I wonder if they arrange ice cream in the summer-"

"No sir, I'm much better now."

Karan struggled to hold the handle of the chair and said, Mr. Lear was still staring at him nervously.

The Knight Bus is no different from the future. Drivers will never learn how to drive, and will always hit sidewalks and houses without hitting anything; those street lights, mailboxes, and trash cans will all be lost as the car drives past. They all automatically jumped out of the way and returned to their original positions when the car passed by.

"Where is the next stop?"

When Karan looked out the window at the unique scenery, he heard the conductor ask: "It seems like Ni... Ni..."

"Loch Ness." The driver urged: "Hurry up and get the passenger down. I don't know why he has to go to such a ghost place."

Loch Ness?

Callan suddenly remembered the story he heard at Newt's house - the so-called Loch Ness Monster is actually a magical animal - it is the largest horse-shaped water monster in the world, and its favorite image is a sea snake. In order to cover up, the Ministry of Magic Its existence can be described as being very troubled, and every once in a while it has to cast a forgetting spell on the Muggles it has seen in person.

"Loch Ness?" Mr. Lear also heard the conversation between the two: "Is Newt also in this car?"

Except for magizoologists, he really couldn't imagine anyone being interested in the world's largest equestrian water monster - it was not easy to tame, and it was not something ordinary wizards could do.

The Knight Bus had only three extra seats on each floor, and the conductor walked past Mr. Callan and Mr. Leal and went up a narrow wooden staircase.Both of them were looking at the stairs curiously.

After a while, the conductor came down again, followed by a wizard with a green face. The man's hair was very thick, and his eyes were completely covered, so his eyes could not be seen clearly.

But Mr. Lear immediately recognized the other party's identity. He frowned slightly, with a faint expression of dissatisfaction and disgust on his face.

"This way." The conductor greeted happily from the front.

"Mr. [Bock]."

Bock?Why is he here?

Just like Mr. Lear, Karan quickly recognized the other person, and he had even met him before.

Before entering the second grade, in order to find the missing disappearing cabinet, Karan deliberately named the wrong place when using Floo powder and led himself to the [Bojin-Bock] store in Knockturn Alley.

The shop is ostensibly an antique shop, but is actually a shop for dark magic items, frequented by notorious dark wizards.

Bork never appeared during the time of young Harry (the only owner of the shop at that time was Borgin), but Voldemort had worked under him when he was young, purchasing historical magical items for him at low prices, including Slytherin. 's locket and Hufflepuff's golden cup.

Similarly, Bock was also the one who entertained Karan in the first place. Unfortunately, Karan did not find the disappearing cabinet leading to the Hogwarts Room of Requirement in the store, otherwise he would have bought it long ago.

After the car passed a vast lake, the driver stepped on the brakes and all the seats slid forward a certain distance.

"Loch Ness is here, Mr. Bock." The conductor said while carrying his luggage, but Bock was not in a hurry to go down.

He finally noticed the other two customers in the carriage. Not only was Karan who had caused trouble for him in the shop, but he also seemed to know Mr. Lear.

"Long time no see, Lupin."

Mr. Bock said in a deep voice: "You haven't been to Knockturn Alley for a long time, and I'm waiting for you to visit again."

The disgust in Mr. Lear's face deepened.

"No need." He warned in a very obvious way: "Don't even think about fooling others with your fancy things. Now, before I regret it, hurry up and get out with your luggage!"

The conductor watched this scene nervously, and the driver silently clenched his wand, but Mr. Bock just sneered indifferently.

"I hope you can always think like this," he said mockingly, taking the luggage from the conductor: "Don't let the person who regrets it become you again."

"And you, little one -" He cast a last sidelong glance at Callan, as if he wanted to take revenge for the original fool, but Mr. Lear stood up all of a sudden. He stared at Bok fiercely, as if he didn't care about the other party. When he was about to say something, he would punch him hard twice.

"Don't—" the conductor shouted in a panic. The driver had already stood up with his wand in hand, and a few curious heads poked down from the stairs.

"I said, you all should know that the Knight Bus works for the Ministry of Magic, right?" The driver has much more experience in handling accidents than the young conductor. Burke recovered from the shock. He had not expected it at all. Mr. Lear's reaction would suddenly become so great.

"Then, goodbye."

Bock uttered these words forcefully, and he walked out of the car door with a livid face. After the car started moving again, Karan found that he was still staying there silently.

"What happened just now, sir?" Karan asked, grabbing the armrest of the seat.

Mr. Lear stared at the conductor who was looking at him curiously, and only when the other person turned his head in fear did he explain in a low voice: "Before I met you, I tried many methods to cure Remus. The place I care about the most is It's the Borgin-Bock store, which has a lot of weird dark magic items that might just be suitable for dark creatures."

"I admit that I was confused when I was young, but I didn't have many other methods at that time. As a result, I was cheated out of a lot of gold by the profiteer Bock. He seemed to be vaguely aware that I kept buying black magic. Because of the items, he even wanted to threaten me with it.”

"Then what?" Karan asked curiously. He remembered that Remus's identity as a werewolf should not have been exposed before.

"Then of course I gave him a good lesson."

Mr. Lear said matter-of-factly: "He also recovered a lot of gold, that's why he hates me so much - don't look at me like this, kid, my temper was much hotter than this when I was young, otherwise I wouldn't be in the trial. Greyback made the stupid mistake of contradicting a member of the Wizengamot. At that time, I was dazzled by the easy achievements and thought that the reputation of a world-famous expert was greater than anything else, but I didn't expect it. That there are still stupid old fogies like that in the Ministry of Magic."

Only then did Karan realize that he had underestimated the world-famous expert in front of him. The most amazing thing is that Mr. Lear still does not feel that he is wrong until now, and is not willing to compromise. Instead, he puts all the blame on the old and conservative people. Pure-blood wizards - the members of the Wizengamot who were on the jury.

But this is true. If those people hadn't been stupid, Greyback would have been caught long ago, and there would be no chance of harming Remus.

"What's the matter with you?"

After a brief education, Mr. Lear asked seriously: "Why does Bok know you?"

Although he begged Callan, Mr. Leal did not let it go - he at least understood that Knockturn Alley was not a place where a child should go.

Karan had no choice but to fool Mr. Lear on the grounds that he said the wrong place name.

On the other side, it seems that in order to get Mr. Lear, an irritable guy, off the bus as soon as possible, the driver and the conductor made a tacit understanding of the next station to become Mr. Lear's destination.

"Goodbye."

When the two of them marveled at the efficiency of the Knight Bus, the conductor quickly pushed the suitcase into Karan's arms.

"Let's go."

Mr. Lear said happily that he has been in a good mood since the bus arrived at the station - this is always more peaceful than worrying that Karan will regret getting off the car at any time.

The two of them walked to a two-story house accompanied by the roar of the Cavalier bus. The surrounding neighbor houses were far away. It seemed that Mr. Lear deliberately chose such a place to avoid being noticed by others. restless factors.

"Hope has wanted to see you for a long time."

Mr. Lear introduced in advance: "She is my Muggle wife. She has been very interested in you after hearing about your experience in the secret room. You can tell her whatever you want to eat. Of course, I also I can show off my skills, and my long-term business travel life has honed my good cooking skills. If you have any requests, please feel free to ask."

"One more thing is..."

When he said this, Mr. Lear's expression suddenly became hesitant.

Karan swallowed his polite words of agreement and waited silently for the other party to speak again.

"My wife is a Muggle,"

He repeated again with an unnatural look on his face: "She quickly accepted the existence of magic, but she accepted too much, more than the wizard himself could do, which made her seem a little out of touch. , sometimes it’s hard to accept——”

Although he didn't quite understand, Karan quickly understood what Mr. Leal meant.

Before the two of them could reach the door, the door was pushed open from the inside.

A slightly thin woman stood behind, and Karan recognized her as Mrs. Hope. Judging from the salute in her hand, it was specially prepared to welcome him.

But Remus standing in front was different - he was wearing a slightly larger doll suit, all furry, and his reluctant face was exposed from a hood with a wide mouth.

The moment their eyes met, Karan's expression suddenly became a lot weirder.

Remus dressed up as a werewolf?

"boom!"

Mrs. Hope pulled it, and the salute exploded immediately, and colorful paper flowers flew out.

"welcome!"

She said with her arms spread wide, her face beaming with joy, which even made her look less haggard.

Then Mrs. Hope lightly kicked Remus twice, causing the hood on his head to rock back and forth, almost not covering his face completely.

In this awkward silence, Remus finally reluctantly raised his two paws, and then he opened his mouth.

Karan even heard cries from there.

"Ow"