As Lupin, the werewolf, lunged at Maca again, Maca stepped back and pointed the tip of her wand firmly at the ground between Lupin and him.

"Broken bones!" "Bang!"

With an explosion, large chunks of mud and rocks mixed with turf flew up, and Lupin, who was rushing towards him, was enveloped in it.

Although it is quite loud, it obviously does not cause any harm to the werewolf, and this kind of behavior seems to be a bit redundant.

But the next moment, Maca aimed her wand in Lupin's direction again—more accurately, at a large mass of mud that had struck Lupin's arm!

What is he going to do?

If someone is watching at this time, there must be such doubts. It's just a pity that there is no audience here, and no one can see the magic spell application skills he is going to show next.

The lump of mud deformed in mid-air, quickly wrapping around Lupin's left arm, turning into a ring of iron that shone with a metallic sheen.

"Float into the air!"

This was the last spell, and Maca controlled the hoop to keep Lupin's feet off the ground. Then, he flicked his wand violently, and the ring dragged Lupin to his feet and fell to Maca's feet.

Maca, who had been waiting there, lifted the syringe in her left hand and stabbed it smoothly into the side of Lupin's neck, pushing the potion into his body.

It's a beautiful set of spell combinations, each one closely connected to the next, quickly and precisely, and cleverly reduces the effect of the spell directly on the werewolf.

The types and powers of the spells used in them are not beyond the scope of what the average student learns. Theoretically, any senior student at Hogwarts can do that.

Lupin, who had been infused with the potion, was still struggling, trying to get up from the ground, and it took a while for him to finally fall asleep.

I have to say that the various resistances of werewolves are really terrifying.

Seeing that Lupin had calmed down, he had time to take a look at the castle, and then dragged Lupin all the way to Hagrid's hut with a levitation charm.

Soon, he found Blake, who had turned back into a human form, under the beating willow, but he didn't find any trace of Spotted here.

"What about Peter?" Maca asked Blake, who was sitting next to the secret passage.

In fact, he had already roughly guessed without asking.

“…… He ran away again! Blake's eyes flashed with rage, and his dirty face was terrifying.

Maca glanced into the secret passage that had been opened, and there was nothing to see in the dark inside. Needless to say, Blake must have searched the Screaming Shack, but apparently he hadn't found it.

He turned his head again to look at Lupin, who was still asleep, and his brow furrowed.

While Maca doesn't know when Peter Pettigrew fled, it definitely won't be now.

To be honest, he didn't care too much about it, because he had already made up his mind to face Voldemort on his own - that guy would definitely come back, and with or without Peter Pettigrew, the result would be similar.

But now things are still a little different from his expectations, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.

"Although he has left a back hand, but the inexplicable advance of Peter's escape time has added an unknown factor to the original plan......" Maca kept thinking in her heart, and after a while she shook her head again, "Forget it, let's figure out about Lupin first!" ”

"I'm afraid it has nothing to do with Peter Pettigrew's escape......" he couldn't help but think.

The wolf poison potion needs to be taken in advance, and it will definitely not work if you pour it now, so you can only wait honestly.

As for the period of weakness after returning to human form, it doesn't matter much.

At Maca's urging, Blake took Lupin and him to the Screaming Shack so that the searchers wouldn't find them.

It wasn't until the sky lit up that Lupin gradually regained his body.

"Professor Lupin?" "Lupin."

Maca and Blake shouted at Lupin, who had just opened his eyes.

"Hmm...... How ......" Lupin understood himself halfway through his words, "I'm transformed again?" And it's still ...... Didn't the wolf poison potion work? ”

He looked up hurriedly, and was about to ask something, but he immediately saw Blake.

"Sirius?"

Blake nodded silently, as if to say hello.

Lupin looked at him intently, with some suppressed emotion in his tone: "Why did you come out, Sirius?" ”

Blake had no expression on his face, he sat still in place. After a few seconds, he said in a dull voice, "I have something I have to do......

Maca on the side couldn't help but shake her head and said, "Professor Lupin, he came out to catch Peter Pettigrew." ”

"What?" Lupin abruptly turned to Maca's side.

"Do you know Ron's pet mouse?" Maca asked rhetorically, "The one called 'Spotted'." ”

A hint of surprise appeared on Lupin's face, but that was all. It can be seen that in fact, he has already had some kind of speculation in his heart.

"That is—but—" Lupin turned his head again, and looked intently at Blake, as if reading his thoughts, "why didn't he reveal the truth before?" ”

"Unless—" Lupin's eyes widened suddenly, as if he were looking at something other than Blake, the focus of his gaze wandering to the air in front of him.

"Unless he's the ...... Unless you don't tell me...... Changed? ”

Blake looked up at Lupin's face and nodded slowly.

Lupin, despite his weakness, struggled to his feet and walked over to Blake, grabbed his hand, pulled him up with all his might, and they hugged each other like two brothers.

"Friendship between men?" Maca touched her chin, revealing a pensive look.

The two patted each other on the back, then sat down separately, and it seemed they needed to have a good chat—especially about Peter Pettigrew.

"Professor Lupin," Maca spoke first, "I suppose before I can get to know about the Wolf Poison Potion...... Is the pill bottle still on you? ”

"It's in my office, but it's not lost yet, let's go and see it together in a while." "In fact, I'm curious to know what's wrong...... Hopefully I didn't hurt anyone. ”

Maca shrugged her shoulders and said, "Probably not, you jumped out of the window as soon as the howl of the transformation ended, and then you ran towards me, and there was no chance to hurt anyone else." ”

"Oh-" Lupin asked nervously, "are you alright?" ”

"Of course, I injected you with some potions that can make you sleepy without any problems." Maca said, spreading her hands to indicate that it was nothing.

Lupin had long been accustomed to Maca's strange behavior, and when he confirmed that Maca was not injured, he couldn't help but tap his fingers on the iron ring that still hung in the crook of his arm.

"So, what did you do to me?" He couldn't help but ask.

"You know, werewolves' skin is very resistant to magic, so ...... I'm going to have to rely on something else to bring you down. "Otherwise, it's really hard to get close to a standing werewolf. ”

“…… I'd love to give you a few points. Lupin said with a bitter face.

"Then there is no need," said Marca, and stood up, "Professor Lupin, and Uncle Black, you catch up here, and I'll go back to breakfast first." ”

The two looked at the back of Maca leaving, and couldn't help but glance at each other, with a hint of wonder in their eyes.

……

The Easter holidays aren't really relaxing.

There had never been so much homework for third-graders, and Neville seemed to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and he wasn't the only one.

"It's also called a holiday!" One afternoon, Seamus Finigan yelled in the common room, "The exam is still far away, what are they doing?" ”

But no one was as busy as Hermione.

Even though for some reason she no longer attends divination classes, she still attends more classes than anyone else.

In the evening, she is usually the last to leave the common room; And the next morning, she was the first to go to the library. She already had a shadow under her eyes like Lupin, and the endless busyness seemed to make her a little nervous, and she felt like she was going to shed tears at any moment.

Ron had already taken over the matter of the Buckbeak case.

When he's not doing his homework, he's engrossed in reading the thick dossier, which is titled "The Hippogriff's Mental Handbook" and "Poultry or Monster?" "A Study on the Savagery of Hippogriffs" and so on.

Lately he's been so immersed in it that he's even forgotten to be a little more aggressive with Crookshan.

At the same time, Harry had to find time to do his homework outside of Quidditch training every day, not to mention discussing tactics with Wood.

Incidentally, the Gryffindor vs. Slytherin match will take place on the first Saturday after Easter.

As for Maca, after he detected the sugar in the vial of the wolf poison potion, he already knew that it must have been the secret work of Peter Pettigrew.

Although I don't know when he did it or how he did it, the suspicion is almost obvious.

And now, he's probably gone to show his loyalty to his old master—or simply to seek refuge, who knows?

It was useless to think about it any more, and Maca decided to settle the matter of Buckbeak first. Although he missed a whole day because of an accident, this matter is not so urgent after all.