The little mouse, missing a finger, ran desperately in the Forbidden Forest.

Unfortunately, it didn't go very far, and a gust of wind blew over its head......

Peter Pedirou was forcibly transformed back into his prototype, and the wand in his hand was knocked out of the way to a dozen yards away.

A tall, thin old man appeared in front of Peter.

Deng ...... Professor Dumbledore......" Peter said with a shudder.

"Good evening, Pedirus!" Albus Dumbledore's voice was very calm, as if he was still talking to his students more than ten years ago.

"Just ten minutes ago, I heard a very interesting story!" Dumbledore said with a smile, "This story tells me that it wasn't Blake who betrayed James Potter's secret, but you?"

"I ...... I ......" Peter screamed, as if plucking up courage, "I didn't betray James?"

"Oh?" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow, "You mean, James Potter's secret man isn't you?"

"No...... Jaime's secret was me, and I was the one who gave him his address...... The Dark Lord ......" Peter said tremblingly, "but I swear, I didn't betray James!"

If Blake had been here, hearing such a ridiculous argument, I am afraid that in his rage, he would have smashed Peter to pieces with a spell.

But Dumbledore obviously wouldn't: "Really, looks like I can hear a new story!"

"Jaime trusts me, I have made an unforgivable oath with him...... Peter's voice became very low, "there are some things I have sworn and cannot tell anyone...... Especially Lupin and Blake!"

"Just twelve years ago, Jaime and his wife found an ancient spell...... Peter's voice, unconsciously calmed down: "If a wizard is willing to sacrifice his life for another wizard, then he can put a protection on the other person, and this protection can reflect the evil spell......"

"But the spell is not strong, or even weak...... For a dark wizard like the Dark Lord, it won't do much at all!" Peter's voice suddenly became louder, "But there is that prophecy from Trelawney...... Boy born at the end of July...... Parents escaped the Dark Lord three times...... Possess an energy that the Dark Lord does not understand...... One must die at the hands of the other......"

"With the augmentation of this prophecy, that ancient spell will produce terrifying power!" Peter almost shouted, "This is the method that James came up with, the way he came up with to destroy Voldemort!"

It took him almost a great deal of effort to utter the word "Voldemort".

Dumbledore couldn't help but frown.

"Jaime has always been very, very brave,...... Peter's tone softened again, "He came up with this way of dealing with the Dark Lord, through Harry...... So he found me, and I was the only one who could help him, the only friend he had mastered Occlumency, that Blake idiot couldn't keep such a secret, and that Lupin, that werewolf, couldn't be trusted!"

"We put the action into action......" Peter's voice began to tremble, "I managed to get myself caught by the Death Eaters, my Animagus is a rat, Professor Dumbledore, you know, I'm very good at escaping...... If I hadn't taken the initiative, the Death Eaters wouldn't have been able to catch me!"

"I took refuge in the Dark Lord and became a Death Eater...... I betrayed Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon and then Edgar Bones, and completely gained the trust of the Dark Lord!" Peter sighed: "Finally, James proposed to Blake that the secret keeper be replaced by me...... That Blake idiot naturally agreed, he didn't know anything about our plans!"

"In Jaime's presence, I wrote to the Dark Lord with my confidential address!" Peter continued, "and then, in this final moment, Jaime told his wife about our secrets and plans, and told me to bind her with a spell, take her away, and hide her!"

Peter's tone suddenly became angry: "But Evans, this woman, ruined everything!"

"Evans, this idiot, this slut...... She was supposed to be with Snape, and then hooked up with Jaime...... She broke free from my spell, knocked me unconscious, and went back to her husband...... By the time I woke up, it was all over...... She's dead, killed by the Dark Lord!"

Peter fell to his knees and said in despair, "Although our plan succeeded, the Dark Lord was defeated by that ancient spell, but she died...... She's the only one who can prove my innocence!"

"So far, it's a story with no loopholes!" Dumbledore said calmly, "What about Pedirus, what about the back?"

Peter covered his mouth and tried to say something to stop him...... But he still forced his hand to let go.

"There's another secret, Professor Dumbledore!" he said with a shudder, "Jaime made a serious mistake when he was younger, and Evans, Black, and Lupin didn't know it, only I knew about it...... That's the only hope!"

"Blake knows I'm the real secret, and he's found me!" Peter shouted hysterically, "but I can't get into Azkaban, and I'm looking for that last hope...... I can only blame him, Blake is still as stupid as he was when he was younger, he was easily deceived by me, and then he stayed in Azkaban for twelve years!"

"What mistake?" Dumbledore asked with some sternness.

"I'm sorry, Professor Dumbledore...... I swore I couldn't say!" Peter cried out hoarsely, holding his throat, "Jaime has given something very important to his Auror guide, Mentor Gideon Prewit!"

"That thing...... It's hope!" Peter gasped, "But...... But Prewitt died the day after Jaime's death...... With the fall of the Dark Lord, the enraged Death Eaters found him and his brother, and they were besieged...... Dead!"

"Jaime's belongings, along with their belongings, were lost to Gideon Prewit's only surviving relative, his sister Molly Prewit, who was also home to Molly Weasley...... I had to find that thing, so I infiltrated the Weasleys and managed to become a part of them!"

"The Weasley boys treated me like a pet and brought me to Hogwarts every year...... I only have time to look for that thing during the summer vacation...... I made many, many holes in the ground of Weasley's house, and finally, I found it, at the very bottom of the basement, inside a pile of garbage!"

"I did my best to dig a path...... Peter whimpered, "and in another summer I can get it...... But Blake's idiot actually escaped from prison, and I knew Blake was here to find me, but I never left, and I was looking forward to waiting until the summer vacation, hoping that I would escape Blake...... But now, Ron knows who I really am...... The last hope was shattered......"

"What a touching story!" Dumbledore stood up, "At least the logic before and after can be self-justifying." ”

"Professor Dumbledore......" Peter said with a shudder.

"I think I can spare you, Pedirus!" Dumbledore said with a serious face, "But you have to promise me one condition......"