Maple told Hermione about the previous night's experience early the next morning, skipping the process of abusing Hermione's pet cat.

"What, Sirius Black is innocent?" Hermione exclaimed.

"Be quiet." Although Maple took Hermione to the unoccupied venue, he reminded Hermione anyway.

"I've checked, Sirius doesn't have a Dark Mark on his arm, I think Voldemort's own imprint, they shouldn't be able to get rid of it, otherwise Malfoy and they wouldn't have kept this mark that can't be hidden." Maple said.

"Could it be that Voldemort disappeared before he could brand Black with the Dark Mark?" Hermione asked another question.

"I don't think so, if Sirius was really a traitor, then Voldemort would definitely brand him with the Dark Mark so that he would not be able to turn back, and Voldemort would be able to force him to tell him the news of Harry's parents as soon as possible." Maple analyzed.

Hermione nodded, and then said: "No wonder Peter Pettigrew only left one finger after the explosion, although the spell of the explosion was powerful, but the corpses of the thirteen Muggles around him were left, it makes no sense that Peter Pettigrew only had one finger left." And since the three fingers were not crushed, why were the other bodies so completely shattered that there was not even scum left. If everything was done by Peter Pettigrew and he cut off his fingers and ran away, then it all made sense. ”

"Yes, a spell that can blow people up to powder in one spell doesn't say if Blake can do it, but since he doesn't need to do that to kill Peter Pettigrew, is it necessary for him to waste his magic. Wouldn't it be more convenient to have an Arvada Calling Spell, and to make such a big noise, it quickly attracted the personnel of the Ministry of Magic. If Blake was a madman, he wouldn't have been tied up when he met Fudge from the Ministry of Magic. If Blake's strength is really that terrifying, I'm afraid he wouldn't mind giving Fudge another spell and blowing up our current Minister of Magic and the team members who were with him at the time. Maple agreed.

Hermione suddenly became angry again: "There are so many suspicious things, why is it that the Ministry of Magic doesn't need to notice it at all, and wronged an innocent person for twelve years?" ”

"There are still so many Death Eaters in the Magical Prison, and if the Ministry of Magic were more careful, they wouldn't have even noticed the Dark Mark on the Death Eater's arm. If the Ministry of Magic was to do justice, Malfoy and the wizards who still believed in pure-blood supremacy and committed disgusting acts towards Muggles after the Quidditch World Cup should be locked up in Azkaban.

The dignified magic prison is actually in the company of monsters like Dementors, and giving them a place to survive will only allow such monsters to continue to multiply, more and more.

There is also Hagrid, where there is a noticeable difference between the wounds of a corpse bitten by a spider and killed by a basilisk. Myrtle's body was found without any scars from a spider bite, but no one looked into it, and if the Chamber of Secrets hadn't been opened again, Hagrid might have been wronged forever. ”

"Hagrid has been wronged for fifty years, and he will be wronged for the rest of his life." Hermione shuddered at the thought of this.

Maple approached Hermione with the intention of asking her to help figure out how to tell Harry the truth, but it turned into a denunciation meeting against the Ministry of Magic.

"I didn't expect there to be an eavesdropper, what do you think I should do with you?" Maple suddenly stared at him and said viciously.

Hermione was wondering when a beetle heard it and flew out in a hurry.

Maple smiled contemptuously, and the beetle's body was suddenly bounced back, as if an invisible barrier had been installed, and then the Flying Charm.

"Beetles flying!" Under Maple's magic, the beetle simply could not escape.

"Let me see who you are? Illusion is real! Maple's wand glowed blue-white, and the beetle hung in the air and struggled frantically. Then the beetle fell to the ground, and there was another dazzling white light, and then it was like a quick shot of a tree growing. From the white light came a head, then a body and limbs.

"Rita Skeeter?" Hermione screamed in surprise.

"How long have you been flying here, you seem to have heard something you shouldn't know." Maple threatened by pointing his wand at Rita Skeeter.

Rita Skeeter, who had returned to her human form, looked embarrassed, her hair and clothes were disheveled, and it was the first time that this reporter who liked to make up rumors and make things so embarrassed, and if the wizard she had reported on saw her now, he would be very happy.

Rita Skeeter looked at Maple with her wand pointed at her in horror and pleaded, "Spare me, please let me go!" Whatever you want, as long as you let me go and don't tell others my secrets, I will give you all my possessions, and whose secrets you want to know, I will tell you! Please! ”

Unexpectedly, the desperate Rita Skeeter still had such a disgusting posture, which made Hermione extremely disgusted.

"Oh, what's your news, tell me about it." Maple said.

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"Forget what you just saw, forget everything you told us, and what you heard from us that you shouldn't know." Maple pointed her wand at Rita Skeeter, ready to cast a spell.

"What are you going to do?" Rita Skeeter looked horrified.

"Forget it!" After Maple used the Oblivion Charm, she immediately pulled the stunned Hermione out of here, and threw down Rita Skeeter, who had just been hit by the Oblivion Charm, and her head was a little confused.

The fierce news that was exploded by Rita Skeeze refreshed the three views, and Hermione, who was pulled away by Maple, couldn't calm down for a long time.

They came to an empty classroom and cast earplug listening spells on the windows and doors of the room so that no one outside could hear them.

"I really didn't expect that Ludo Bagman was also accused of participating in Death Eater activities." Hermione closed her mouth in surprise, "Maple, you say, is he really innocent?" ”

"I don't know, his father's friend Lukewood is a Death Eater, he doesn't know about it, or he doesn't know it, and whether his father is involved with Lukewood, we don't know. But he's not a big character, I've felt his magic, it's not very strong, and you can deal with him. Maple said.

"Won't it?" Hermione had an unbelievable look on her face, as if she was even more surprised than she had been when she learned that Ludo Bagman had been accused of delivering information to Voldemort's henchmen.

"That's right, you can beat him easily. And even the Minister of Magic, Fudge," Maple smiled contemptuously, "is no match for you. ”

"Is this true?" The look on Hermione's face was even more shocked.

"After last year, when I became more comfortable with magic, I was able to feel the strength of a wizard's magic in a rough way. Professor Dumbledore felt like the ocean was as deep as the ocean, and Professor Moody, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick were all much more magical than me.

Professor McGonagall gave me the richest feeling, but not as strong as Professor Snape. ”

"This is probably Professor McGonagall's personality who doesn't like to fight!" Hermione said.

"Yes, apart from Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall has the richest accumulation of magical power, but in addition to being calm and heavy, there is no aggressive momentum, and there is almost no murderous aura." Maple said that if she changed her mind, she might be even better than the real Moody.

"It's just a little strange to me," Maple said with a frown, "Professor Moody's magic isn't much stronger than Professor Snape's, is it because of his physical disability?" ”

"What about Karkaroff?" Hermione asked.

"He seems to have fallen even more after escaping," Maple smiled confidently, "and I don't feel like he's my match." ”

"I didn't expect your magic to be so strong, and the gap between me and you has widened." Hermione said a little sourly.

"It's all a silent credit to me, and it's remarkable that you've been able to get to where you are today without the help of external forces. You're already the most magical wizard among the Hogwarts students. ”

"Voldemort's magic in school doesn't necessarily outshine you," Seeing Hermione's joking face, Maple explained, "I suspect that Voldemort's magic is so powerful because of his own talent. ”

"Is it a potion of magic?" Hermione was so well-informed that she even knew that.

"It should be, and it's not an ordinary magic potion, it's probably a magic potion with the basilisk's venom!" Maple said.

"Basilisk venom?" Hermione exclaimed.

"It's also now that I learned that the basilisk's magic is most abundant in its eyes and venom. Its flesh has the ingredients to stifle its venom, but there is more magic in its blood. There seemed to be some regret in Maple's words, those snake blood were wasted, and Maple also secretly hated himself for being confused, he knew before that after being poisoned by snakes, snake venom serum had the effect of detoxification, and there was only a trace of anti-venom in snake meat. But when he dissected the basilisk, he forgot all about it.

"I've always suspected that Slytherin left more than one basilisk in his vault, and that the basilisk was just his domesticated pet. Slytherin must have understood that no matter how strong the basilisk is, it can't compare to a powerful wizard. I guess he still has a recipe for a super potion in his secret room, and the most important use of the basilisk is not to be used as a murder weapon, but to provide the most important recipe for a super potion of magic. "But I guess, with Voldemort's character, he might have destroyed these things when he got his hands on them." ”

It was incredible, but Hermione had a vague feeling that Maple might be guessing the truth.

"Of course, I don't want you to use it, even if you still have snake blood. Voldemort uses a basilisk, Professor Dumbledore has a phoenix, and you also have a unicorn. ”

"But unicorn blood is cursed." Hermione said.

"The blood of the unicorn that was forcibly taken away was cursed, and only the blood provided by the unicorn itself willingly was not a problem, and it also had powerful magical powers, as well as the unicorn's powerful healing powers." Maple said.

"I don't know if Imer's approval will be able to get my approval." Hermione said.

"Don't worry, you can do it." Maple encouraged.

After a while, they talked about Durmstrang's headmaster again, and Hermione said, "Karkaroff was once a Death Eater and betrayed other Death Eaters, so can such a person be the headmaster?" ”

"Karkaroff taught his students a lot of dark arts, so be careful when you and Harry meet Durmstrang students."

"Well, it's just that Snape is also a Death Eater, which is really unthinkable, no wonder he always targets Harry?" Hermione said. As soon as she heard that Snape was a Death Eater, Hermione's attitude towards him changed dramatically, and she called him by his first name again.

"Professor Snape targeted Harry more because of Harry's parents than Harry for bringing Voldemort down." Maple said.

"You're still willing to believe him, do you know anything?" After learning that Snape was a Death Eater, Maple called him Professor, causing Hermione's suspicions.

"Professor Dumbledore personally vouched for him, and Professor Dumbledore was willing to believe him, and I think that's enough." Maple said.

After a moment of silence, Hermione spoke, "Blake said that Professor Lupin was his classmate with Harry's father, and Peter Pettigrew couldn't find it for the time being, so it would be easier to ask him to come over and explain." ”

"Good idea." Maple said.

On the weekend, they went to Hogsmeade together. Without the threat from Black, Professor McGonagall passed Harry's application directly, and Harry didn't need to sneak around to Hogsmeade anymore.

"Professor Lupin, why are you here?" Harry was surprised to see Professor Lupin here.

"Hello, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Maple, let's go over now." Lupin said that Maple had told Professor Lupin everything in the letter.

"Everyone is together, let's go." Maple said.

"Where are we going?" Harry wondered.

"Screaming Shack!" Maple said.

They walked past the three broomstick shops and up a slope to the Screaming Shack, which sat slightly higher than the other houses in the village, with its windows nailed to its planks, and its garden damp and overgrown with weeds.

"Even the ghosts of Hogwarts don't come here." Ron said as he looked at the haunted house with a little hairiness. "I asked Nick, who was almost headless, and he heard that there was a very rough group of people living here. No one was able to get in. Fred and George apparently tried, but all the entrances were sealed... ”

"How are we going to get in?" Hermione asked.

"Apparition, Hermione, take my hand." Hermione could also apparilate, but she hadn't been to the Screaming Shack and needed Maple to take her there once to determine the location of the space.

"Ron, grab my hand, I'll take your retinue to move, Harry, wait a minute, I can't take two people at a time." Professor Lupin said.

"Okay." Harry said. The reason why Harry was the last to come in was because he was worried that he would lose control of his emotions when he met Blake.

"Apparition shifting!" After a brief moment of discomfort, they entered the Screaming Shack, and Professor Lupin soon disappeared again, going to bring Harry over.

"Sirius Black!" Before Ron could take a good look at the screaming shack, he immediately screamed loudly when he saw the figure on the bed.

"Ron, don't get excited, he doesn't have a wand in his hand." Maple told Ron to calm down.

"Sirius Black!" After a while, Lupin came in with Harry, and as soon as Harry saw Sirius Black, a hateful expression immediately appeared on his face, and if it wasn't for Lupin holding him back, he would have rushed towards Black.

Harry drew his wand and pointed it at Sirius Black, and Maple immediately walked over and pulled Blake's left arm to show Harry: "Harry, calm down, look at his arm, he doesn't have a Dark Mark on his arm, he's not a Death Eater!" ”

Harry was quieter, but the look on his face was still suspicious.

"I didn't have time to take pictures of the Quidditch World Cup, but if you want to be sure, it's easy to say that Karkaroff was a member of the Death Eaters. If you don't believe me, we can find a way to take a look at his left arm. Maple said.

"Karkaroff is a Death Eater? Can you still be a referee in the Triwizard Tournament? Ron said in surprise.

"Karkaroff is a referee in the Triwizard Tournament?" Blake stood up excitedly and roared.

"Don't get excited, Mr. Black, I think it's more important to let Harry know the truth first. You'd better tell Harry what happened back then. Maple said calmly.

Before Blake could speak, he pulled out a crumpled Prophet's Daily in his robe.

Maple took it and unfolded the newspaper for Harry to read.

"What does this mean?" Harry said angrily.

"Look at that mouse in the newspaper." Blake said hoarsely.

"Spotted, what's wrong with it?" It's the Weasley family's grand prize newspaper a year ago, and Ron asks suspiciously, seeing a picture of his family and the spots on his shoulders.

"He's not a mouse, he's Peter Pettigrew." Blake said, with a fierce hatred in his tone.

"There are witnesses who see Peter Pettigrew dead," Harry said, "Witnesses on the street!" ”

"No, he's not dead," said Blake, "and I drove him so far that the whole street heard him that I had betrayed Jaime and Lily. Then, before I could curse him, he blew up the entire street with a wand hidden behind his back, killing everyone within twenty feet of him. Then he used the Animagus Transfiguration to become a rat and fled into the gutter with the other rats... ”

"Hear me, Harry, the biggest piece of Peter's remains ever found is his finger." Professor Lupin said.

"Look," Professor Lupin said, pointing to the patch in the newspaper, "look at its front paws, which is missing a toe. ”

"Peter Pettigrew is the Animagus? Is that what he transformed? The thought of the spot he slept in the same bed was made by a wizard, and Ron felt his scalp tingle and goosebumps.

"Yes, Sirius too," said Professor Lupin, who turned into a big dog in front of them and changed back again.

"Harry, and your father, who is also an Animagus."

"My father is also an Animagus?" Harry was surprised and speechless.

"Yes, Peter Pettigrew is a mouse, Sirius is a dog, and your father, Harry, Animagus is a stag." Lupin said.

"Yes, thanks to the Animagus Transfiguration, I was able to escape from Azkaban." Blake said.

"How did you escape from Azkaban without using the Dark Arts?" Hermione asked with great interest.

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