Chapter 129: The Rat Enters the Urn

"Remus, I'm glad you came to me, you know, I've been busy these days, I've been busy going to various places to speak, or Harry invited me to watch the game so I had time to be here, and now we finally have a chance to talk. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Peter Pettigrew knocked lightly on the door of Lupin's office, and then found that the door was hidden, so he pushed the door and entered, and found Lupin sitting in front of the shabby, I don't know how many years old, looking at him with a tired face.

"My friend, you're still so poor. Peter Pettigrew said with some pity, he kept looking at everything in front of him, this was the first time he had come to Lupin's office, on his left hand was a dusty bookshelf, a dark blue brush was sweeping automatically, but the more it was swept, the dirtier it became, next to his right foot was a gray-black trash can, Peter Pettigrew swept his eyes and saw that it was full of medicine residue, Peter Pettigrew picked up a quill on the desk at random, and began to play with it, looking at it all with the connoisseurship he had rapidly improved these days。

Shabby, poor, and without a future.

"You could have found a better job. Peter Pettigrew said.

Man is a very complex animal, and this is especially evident in Peter Pettigrew, who is now famous, aura, and has seen a world that he could not have imagined before, and has been treated with courtesy wherever he goes, and has become a hero in the eyes of everyone.

The admiring eyes of others made him flutter and infinitely inflated, and now he was like a child who got a novelty toy, eager to show off to his old friends.

"Come and beg me, now that I'm so famous, I can help you, Lupin, as long as I say hello to the Ministry of Magic, your problems will be solved. Peter Pettigrew roared so wildly in his heart, he desperately needed the recognition of his former friend, how he wished he could see a hint of envy and even jealousy in Lupin's eyes, just like the old him, a follower who followed the three of them step by step.

They will never understand the inner feelings of a follower.

People who are weak at heart tend to rely on the approval of others to anesthetize themselves.

"I'm fine, Peter, the profession of a teacher suits me well, and I'm satisfied to see the inquisitive eyes of my students. Lupin said calmly, not at all apparently aware of the seeming superiority in Peter Pettigrew's tone.

"Oh, well, you're still so stubborn. The disappointment in Peter Pettigrew's tone flashed. "So what are you looking for me today?" Peter Pettigrew then asked, wondering why Lupin suddenly found him.

"It's just a reminiscence between normal old friends. Lupin waved his hand and said, squeezing out a smile on his pale face, which was too old, and picked up the wand he had placed on the desk without a trace.

With a "creak", the door was suddenly closed with a dull sound, perhaps brought by the wind outside.

"We haven't seen each other in 12 years, but everything feels like it happened yesterday. Lupin looked up at the kerosene lamp hanging from the ceiling and said with emotion. "I thought you were dead, but you really surprised me that night, and you were so close to me, the pet of one of my students. ”

"Justice will be late, but it will never be absent. Pettigrew patted his chest and said rhetorically, this is a phrase Malfoy taught him, he can use it when he speaks, whenever he says this, the audience will always look at him with tears in their eyes, and be incited by him.

But Peter Pettigrew won't know that this sentence is actually addressed to him, and only if he is brought to justice will this sentence be truly realized.

"I've always thought so. Lupin nodded, and replied in a weak voice, "Evil is invincible, and Voldemort is to blame for his own destruction." ”

Hearing the name of his former master so directly, Peter's short and fat body shook and almost fell.

At this moment, the sound of Gadaga kept coming from the bookshelf beside Peter.

"Remus, it's time for your bookshelf to be replaced, look, it's shaking all the time, I don't even doubt that it's going to fall down in the next moment, do you want me to give you one? Peter Pettigrew now held his chin with his thick palms, his small eyes narrowed, and he looked at the unsteady bookshelf in an attempt to hide the nervousness he had just heard someone's name.

The sway of the bookshelf became more and more violent, and the books inside seemed to jump out at any moment and smash on Peter Pettigrew's head.

"Look, it's going to fall, Remus!" Peter Pettigrew said in a panic, a hint of foreboding rising in his heart, he always felt that there was something hostile to him hidden behind this bookshelf, and that he would rush out against him at any moment.

Lupin didn't pay attention to Peter Pettigrew's words, didn't even look at the crumbling bookshelf, but shook his head lightly and said, "But what I have heard from other people is completely different from what you said in those days, and in the speeches that followed. ”

The ominous feeling in his heart rose more and more, and his premonition of danger had always been accurate, and Peter Pettigrew warily pulled his wand out from behind him and aimed it at the bookshelf, a wand that Ollivander had specially made for him - using chestnut wood and dragon nerves, nine and a quarter inches long, and a crisp texture, which suited him perfectly.

The aura brought to him by heroic deeds even allowed the world's best wandmaker to make an exception for him, thinking of this, Peter's hand holding the wand unconsciously became even harder.

"Except for your weapons!" a figure suddenly sprang out from behind the throbbing bookshelf, raised his wand and suddenly issued a spell at Peter Pettigrew, scarlet light shot out from between the wand without hesitation, Peter Pettigrew even though he was on guard, but still could not resist this lightning disarming spell.

The wand was thrown high into the air by the spell, and then returned to the figure's hand.

Peter Pettigrew was knocked back many steps by the force of the impact, and he fixed his eyes on it, and with just one glance, a chill rushed through the soles of his feet to his head.

Sirius Black!

Peter Pettigrew looked horrified at the man in front of him, a man he never expected to be here, tall in stature, fanatical eyes, a clump of dirty, tangled hair that hung down to his elbows, a corpse if the eyes hidden in the deep, dark sockets did not glow, and the waxy skin clinging to the skeleton of his face, looking like a skull. He grinned with yellow teeth, and in fact, in Peter's memory of Pettigrew, the man was supposed to be in an iron cage in the form of a dog, looking at him weakly.

"Lupin, what do you mean by that, are you in league with him? have you forgotten? This is the same man who killed Jaime and Lily, and almost killed me," Peter Pettigrew looked at Lupin in panic and screamed, and in horror, he changed his name from a close name to a last name.

"I really hate that I didn't kill you then. Sirius Black stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, something twinkling in his dark eyes, like a hound that had found its target and was ready to cull its prey.

"Calm down, Sirius. Lupin said, calming Sirius Black's emotions.

"I was just a little curious, and I heard something very different from Blake's mouth. Lupin slowly stood up, staring at Peter Pettigrew with a flaming gaze.

"There must be one of you who is lying. Lupin walked between the two and looked around before speaking slowly.

"Remus, my old friend, when will you be seduced by the rhetoric of the dark wizard? I remember that you used to be the most upright and sensible classmate, quick, let's subdue him, we have two of us now, this traitor can't escape. Peter Pettigrew's body trembled, his little eyes swirling in his sockets, and his head was frantically thinking about how to solve the situation.

Since Lupin is acting like this, it means that he must have doubted himself, but it doesn't make sense at all.

Peter Pettigrew became more and more puzzled, how could Lupin be in the mood to listen to Blake's explanation, even if he had a gentle temperament, but that was to treat friends, once the two met, Lupin would definitely subdue the traitor Sirius in his eyes first, or the latter subdued Lupin, if it was the latter, Peter Pettigrew didn't think that Sirius's empty words could make Lupin give him so much trust, and even persuaded Lupin to set himself up.

You know, now the target of propaganda from the outside world is him, and Peter Pettigrew is the hero who avenged his friend and almost died!

Lupin couldn't have trusted Sirius Black so much for his few words.

While Peter Pettigrew was still pondering what would make Sirius Black win Lupin's trust, Lupin spoke.

"Peter, if you can talk to me after drinking the truth potion, then I trust what you say. ”

Lupin said hoarsely, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Truth Elixir?" It was as if a large, strong hand suddenly grasped his heart, and Peter Pettigrew felt that the blood in his whole body began to flow backwards, and the factor of fear penetrated every inch of his bones.

A name scurried into his brain!

Draco Malfoy!

Why did Sirius come out of the cage? He was so well kept in Malfoy's cage, but where did he get the truth potion? In Peter's memory, the potion only appeared in Malfoy's hand.

"I give you one last warning, Peter, if you continue to be so perfunctory to me, you will have good fruit to eat. Peter suddenly remembered the warning Malfoy had given him after his last meeting with Malfoy, the boy with short pale blonde hair with a chilling look in his eyes and a chilling voice.

But I didn't take it seriously at the time?

Another scene came to his mind.

"Peter Pettigrew, what are you going to do with this black dog?" Peter Pettigrew suddenly came to his mind again, and it was the last question that Malfoy had asked him to explain the plan to him earlier.

"My suggestion is to kill them, then once and for all, there are only two of us left in the world who know this secret. Malfoy bewitched him with a demonic grin. "That way you don't have to worry about it anymore. He said that Peter Pettigrew was starting to feel a chill in his heart.

Human nature is complicated, and when he is already safe, Peter Pettigrew actually moved his heart of compassion, he looked at the thin black dog, and actually had unbearable emotions.

"Let me think about it. Peter Pettigrew stammered timidly, his eyes full of struggle and hesitation, a person like him can only burst out in a desperate situation, and dare to attack anyone for his own life, but in a comfortable time, he can't make such a cruel decision.

He could tell Voldemort and indirectly kill James, who he regarded as his brother, but he could never kill him with his own hands.

It's the same with Sirius.

At this time, he remembered that Sirius had been kind to him, and chose to let it go.

So he said, is the current situation all caused by himself? His own momentary soft-heartedness gave Sirius Black a chance to escape from the cage, and even persuaded Lupin to set a trap for himself.

Peter Pettigrew's heart was extremely regretful, he wanted to go back to that time, make himself more decisive and cruel, so that today's incident would not have happened.

Of course, he wouldn't know that it was a test that Malfoy deliberately gave him, just to see if his personality was greedy enough to be comfortable, not ruthless enough, and whether he could be controlled by himself, if he had chosen the latter at the time, maybe it would have been reported for no use and would have been in Azkaban by now.

"Peter, you now have another chance to gain my trust, and that is to drink this bottle of potion and answer my questions. Lupin held the transparent bottle in his hand and slowly approached Sirius's footsteps, and Peter Pettigrew followed in horror until there was no way to retreat, cowering in the dark corner.

"Joke, this may be a poison specially prepared by this traitor, and he wants to kill me by this means, Lupin, be sober, don't be fooled by his ridiculous statements. Peter did his best to make a sneer, he could only stall for now, so that he might have some hope.

"Then if we want to die, it will be me and Blake who will die first, and both of us will drink. Lupin said in a slightly tired tone. "Now this is the only way I can think of you to prove yourself, and I hope in my heart that there is some misunderstanding between the two of you, and that you are not filthy betrayers. Lupin stared at Peter Pettigrew, seemingly steady, but undercurrent.

Even Lupin himself could not have imagined that in a short period of time, there would be such a big reversal in this matter.

He had even thought that everything would be sealed with Peter's appearance, and that he only needed to catch Blake and everything would be settled.