"You don't know what I'm talking about?

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! ”

In the silence and dimness of the huge theater, Sirius Black's mockery echoed repeatedly.

"For the past twelve years, you've not been hiding from me, you've been hiding from Voldemort's old men, have you?

During my years in Azkaban, I also heard something.

Peter...... They all think you're dead, or they'll make you confess...... I heard them whispering in their dreams.

They all seem to think that it was you, that you were a liar who betrayed them.

Voldemort went to Potter's house on your intel...... Voldemort was defeated there.

But none of his men actually entered Azkaban, did they? ”

Blake looked playfully at Peter Pettigrew, his eyes full of mockery.

"There are still a few of those scum out there, waiting for the right moment, pretending to have reformed themselves...... If they learn you're still alive, Peter—"

Some of the crowd in the stands were even louder, and the drama was completely unexpected.

Some wizards who are very alert and have government functions even drew their wands and prepared to notify the ministry, but after discovering that the magic was invalid, they remembered that this dragon farm was a space of its own, and many communication magic could not be used at all.

Not to mention the unrest in the audience, on stage, Peter Pettigrew's voice was even sharper.

He wiped his face with his tattered sleeve, "I don't know...... What are you talking about...... You're a madman! Murderer! No one will believe your......"

"I believe him, Peter." A suave voice rang out in the front row of the stands.

This sudden change stunned everyone, is this also an actor.

No! No.

Some of the students in the room recognized the standing spectator, his emaciated body, tattered patched clothes, and gray hair, which was very distinctly the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor whom the students loved, Lupin.

"Lay-Remus......" Peter Pettigrew also seems to recognize the comer, and even the relationship between the two is not ordinary.

"My friend...... My old friend......" he cried out as he watched Lupin hurry, "you won't believe him, will you......?" He wants to kill me, Remus......"

Lupin didn't pay attention to him, but looked at Blake and looked at him, and the two of them seemed to have a silent exchange of eyes.

"It's hard for me to believe it...... Why hasn't he been there before? Unless—"

Lupin's eyes widened suddenly, as if he saw something behind Blake that no one else could see.

—unless he's the ...... Unless you change ...... Didn't tell me? ”

Blake nodded slowly, his sunken eyes staring at Lupin's face.

"Remus," Peter Pettigrew's voice trembled harder, "don't believe it—"

But he didn't finish, because the scene before him made his voice disappear from his throat.

Lupin's whole body relaxed, as if some burden had been lifted from his heart, and even the wrinkles of sorrow on his face were smoothed out a lot.

He stared intently at Blake, then walked up to Blake, grabbed his hand, pulled him up, and then hugged Blake like a brother under the shocked gaze of the surrounding audience.

In the audience beneath the stage, Harry couldn't tell if it was drama or reality.

He only felt his heart sink heavily.

Harry felt himself tremble, not from fear or anything, but from the new surge of anger, and he felt like he had been deceived.

"I don't believe it!" Harry shouted loudly, so loudly that it startled everyone.

"Harry?!" When Lupin heard this, he quickly let go of Blake and turned towards him.

Harry had broken free from Ron's pull and jumped onto the stage in a few steps, standing in front of Blake, Lupin, and Peter.

"I trust you so much," he yelled at Lupin, his voice trembling uncontrollably, "so you've always been his friend!" ”

"Harry, calm down, please listen to me!" Lupin shouted, "I wasn't Sirius' friend before, but now I am—because I just confirmed something for me to explain......"

"No!" Nervous, Peter saw the turn of events and suddenly screamed, "Harry, don't believe him, he's Black's accomplice, and he wants you dead too—he's a werewolf!" ”

There was a silence that pressed on the eardrums, and all eyes turned to Lupin, whether it was Harry standing on the stage, Ron following him, and the spectators of different ages sitting in the stands.

When you can't refute a person in fact, attacking the person himself, denying him morally, and then deducing that it has something to do with him is also problematic, which may be very immoral, but it is often very effective.

Peter Pettigrew may not have studied journalism and communication, but as a bad breed, he seems to have been born with a talent for it, and at least some of the audience in attendance, especially the parents of their children attending Hogwarts, reacted violently to the incident.

Whether it was a real theatrical performance or not, they had already pulled out their wands and pointed vaguely at Sirius Black and Lupin in the field.

Lupin didn't seem to notice this, his face was as pale as paper, but he was very calm, as if he had expected that there would be such a scene when he stood on this stage.

"Harry......" Lupin looked at him, "I do know Blake, but I've never helped him enter the castle, and I don't want you to die." ”

His face trembled strangely, as if struggling to make up his mind, "Of course, I don't deny it, I'm a werewolf. ”

Some of the little wizard parents in the stands stood up, their wands brazenly revealed, pointing at Lupin in the distance.

"We need an explanation!"

"Yes, it's no joke!"

"What about the Hogwarts teachers? Isn't there anyone to explain? ”

……

With the sound of the crowd clamoring, the atmosphere in the theater was extremely oppressive for a while.

Seeing this, Peter Pettigrew secretly smiled at the corners of his mouth.

"Think of it, a dangerous werewolf who has become a Hogwarts professor, staying in the school, spending time with the children, oh! I couldn't believe it could happen.

What if on a full moon night, he went berserk and turned into a werewolf and attacked our children?

And he hangs out with Sirius Black, the notorious murderer who escaped from Azkaban, and calls him a brother.

I'm worried about the safety of this school, and we must act now! ”

Peter's words resonated with most of the parents, some of the children were pulled behind them, and many more righteous parents even squeezed to the front with wands and surrounded the stage.

"But they already know," Lupin's voice was not loud, but everyone present could hear me, "at least the teachers at Hogwarts know I'm a werewolf!" ”

"What?!" One of the parents at the front of the door questioned loudly, "Is Dumbledore crazy when he knows you're a werewolf and hires you?" ”

The parents next to him also looked incredulous, but the smile on Peter's face was stagnant.

Cautious, he secretly looked around again, but now the stage was full of people, and it seemed that only behind the curtain could escape.

"Some teachers do share your concerns," Lupin continued to explain to those around him, "Headmaster Dumbledore had to do a lot of work to convince some of the teachers that I could be trusted—"

"But he was wrong!" Peter was fanning the flames again, and he pointed to Black, "You've been helping him into the castle!" ”

"I didn't help Sirius all the time." Lupin said, making a surprise move.

He tucked his wand back into his belt, then stretched out his free hands for all to see.

"As you can see, now you have weapons, we don't, so you can listen to me, right?"

Harry, who was facing him, didn't know what to make of it, and Peter, who was sweating on his forehead, was still struggling.

"You must have been preparing some kind of trick again, if you hadn't been helping him," Peter glanced at Black angrily, "how could he have taken me captive here?" ”

Blake looked at him with a sneer, and Lupin ignored him at all.

Years of misunderstood life have taught him a truth, don't try to explain anything to someone who is hostile to you in the first place, because they don't need an answer.

"It's a long story......

"Long story short, Remus! If you're going to tell them something, tell them quickly. Blake clasped his hands over his chest, still watching Peter's desperate struggles, "I've waited twelve years, and now I don't have much patience. ”

"Okay...... But you'll have to help me, Sirius. Lupin said, "I only know the beginning ......."

He brushed away the gray hair in front of him and thought about it for a moment, as if he were explaining to the crowd of onlookers, but more often than not, it was facing Harry.

"It all started at Hogwarts twenty years ago, where it all began—if I hadn't been bitten, maybe a lot wouldn't have happened...... If I weren't that reckless......"

Lupin sighed half emotionally, half regretfully, looking haggard.

Ron tried to interject, but Harry pulled him back, "Shhh ”

The people around him also listened without saying a word, just staring at him firmly.

"I remember when I was bitten by a werewolf, I was very young. At that time, my parents also tried various methods, but nothing worked.

The wolf poison potion that Professor Snape gave me was only invented in the last few years, and you know, it will make me safer.

As long as I take this potion a week before the full moon, I will be able to keep my sanity when I transform into a werewolf...... I was able to crouch in my office cage, lock the door, be a harmless werewolf, and wait for the full moon to pass.

That's why Professor Dumbledore agreed to me teaching at Hogwarts, and he had spoken to Minister Fudge of the Ministry of Magic about it before the semester began. ”

The hostility of the surrounding parents was much less tempered by his explanation.

"However, before the wolf poison potion was invented, I would be a terrible monster every month, and it would be almost impossible for me to enter Hogwarts, and other parents would not agree to let their children come into contact with a werewolf child."

"Fortunately, there is also Dumbledore, who became the headmaster at the time, and when he found out about me, he was very sympathetic to me.

He said that as long as precautions are taken, there is no reason why a child of school age should enter Hogwarts......"

The surrounding families couldn't help but admire Dumbledore's kindness, and Lupin sighed and looked directly at Harry.

"A few months ago, I told you that the beating willow was planted the year I came to Hogwarts, but actually, it was planted because I came to Hogwarts."

"Beneath that beating willow, there is a tunnel that leads to the village of Hogsmeade outside the castle.

Once a month, on the night of the full moon, I was secretly taken out of the castle and transformed into the house at the end of the tunnel.

They planted the beating willow at the entrance of the tunnel so that no one would touch me during the dangerous period. ”

Harry didn't understand what Lupin meant by this, but he was fascinated by the sound of Peter's heavy breathing, except for Lupin's voice.

"In those days, my metamorphosis — it was horrible.

The process of becoming a werewolf was painful, and I had to bite away from the crowd when I wanted to bite, so I had to bite myself, which is the origin of the screaming shack. ”

"Hurry up!" Blake urged impatiently.

"Well, well, that time was happier than I had ever been, and for the first time I had three wonderful friends, Sirius Black...... Peter Pettigrew...... Of course, Harry, and your father, James Potter."

"Because of the monthly disappearances, they discovered my secret.

I thought they would alienate me when they found out I was a werewolf. However, instead of leaving me, they came up with a way to make my metamorphosis not only a little better, but also the happiest time of my life.

They learned the Animagus. ”

"Is my dad too?" Harry asked, surprised.

"Yes," Lupin couldn't help but compliment, "it took them almost three years to do this, and it can be said that your father and Sirius are the brightest students in the school. ”

"When I was in the fifth grade, they learned to shapeshift, to transform into different animals, to come and stay with me when I was sick on a full moon night."

"I'm glad you still remember that!" Peter couldn't help but interject, "It was an unforgettable time. ”

Lupin turned his head to look at him, "At the time, we gave ourselves nicknames, Blake was Bigfoot, I was Moonface, Jaime was Pointed Fork, and you, Peter, were Wormtails. ”

"Do you remember that?" Peter smirked.

Lupin had a serious expression on his face, and he stood in front of Peter, looking down at him condescendingly.

"Wormtails are rats, so—Peter, it's as if I know why an innocent man would risk his identity confusion and be willing to be a rat for twelve years and be a pet in a wizarding family?"

Peter staggered back a few steps in a panic.

"Click!"

A crisp shutter sounded, accompanied by flashes and fog, and the scene was recorded on film.

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