Chapter 91: The Human Heart
Harry looked at Dumbledore with a puzzled look, then at Lupin, and after seeing them nodding, he finally believed the fact, "I only heard that you escaped from Azkaban to kill me!" ”
"No, Harry, you have to be clear about one thing, there is no one in the world who wants to protect you more than I do." Blake said in an excited tone.
"But you've killed a lot of people......"
Looking at Blake's sincere expression, Harry's wary expression finally relaxed, but he still reserved a little bit of vigilance for a murderer who had escaped from prison.
"Nope! Harry, I wasn't the one who killed that, not ...... I thought I was the one who did the wrong thing, that's why I'm in Azkaban...... But then I found out...... Only to find out that it was Peter Pettigrew! ”
Blake was so anxious to explain the situation to Harry that he even stumbled and couldn't understand it.
But fortunately, with the occasional help of Lupin next to him, Dumbledore would also explain at the right time at a critical time, which made Harry understand the ins and outs of the matter.
The sugar jar in his hand fell off his hand and smashed on the desk. Harry stared blankly at the three in front of him, his head echoing everything he had just heard.
At this moment, a strong hatred welled up in Harry's heart. It was a resentment against Voldemort, a hatred for an enemy who had betrayed his parents.
Harry...... Harry? ”
Seeing him standing there dumbfounded, Blake immediately said with concern, "I know all this makes you very sad, but you have to be brave, Harry!" ”
Harry's voice was a little dry, and his eyes were fixed on Blake:
"Where's Peter Pettigrew?"
"He must still be in the castle, Harry, don't worry, we can catch him and avenge your parents!"
Blake spoke so solemnly that it sounded like he was taking an oath.
At this time, there was another knock on the door of the principal's office.
Rosie, who followed Snape into the headmaster's office, could never have imagined that Harry, Lupin, and Black were all here.
She raised her eyes in surprise, her ocean-blue eyes staring straight at Dumbledore.
"Peter Pettigrew!"
Seeing Peter being dragged by Snape, Blake screamed and rushed towards him, not noticing that he was still unconscious.
Snape's eyes lit up, and he flicked his wand to stop Black.
"I think he's my trophy."
His voice was clear, and his proud gaze only stopped for a second on Black, and then turned to Dumbledore, who was sitting in the head of the office, "Headmaster, why the fugitives from Azkaban are here, I think you should explain this to our Miss Auror." ”
"Huh?"
Rosie, who was named, was stunned for a moment, then looked at Snape with some amusement, and said in his heart, "Obviously you want to know, right?" Instead, they will borrow someone else's name. ”
"No, Rosie, Blake is not a fugitive."
Before Dumbledore could speak, Harry hurriedly explained, "He's not even supposed to be a criminal, you know what, the one who really deserves to be locked up in Azkaban is Peter, Peter Pettigrew!" ”
We're older than you know, silly boy!
Rosie grumbled inwardly, smiled and nodded at Harry, then turned his gaze to Dumbledore again.
She also wanted to know why Black was in Dumbledore's office. If Blake has been in contact with Dumbledore since he escaped Azkaban or entered Hogwarts, then the details behind this incident are worth scrutinizing.
I think Snape had the same suspicion as Dumbledore when he asked Dumbledore such a question.
"I'm here to ask the professor for help."
Blake explained, "I thought that since it was certain that Peter was really near Hogwarts, I would have to get Professor Dumbledore's help and support to capture him. ”
Speaking of this, he looked at Rosie with a smile in his eyes: "I didn't expect you to find him first, Rosie." ”
Blake easily judged the fact that it was Rosie who found Peter.
So he said something like this, openly and covertly refuting Snape's words about the spoils of war.
"It's also a coincidence, I heard Hermione mention Ron, and I remembered Ron's abnormality in the past few months, so I thought of the possibility that Peter pretended to be Ron."
Rosie said, and a sigh suddenly popped up in his heart: There have been too many coincidences recently, right?
"He's pretending to be Ron?"
Harry let out a startled cry and ran to Rosie and grabbed her arm, "What about the real Ron?" Where is he? How is he? ”
"He's been taken to the school infirmary by Hermione, and it looks like he's fine." Rosie comforted gently.
Hearing this, Harry's eyes paused on the unconscious Peter, and after a moment of hesitation, he finally looked at Dumbledore with a determined gaze:
"Professor, I'd like to see Ron......"
Harry's words seemed to make Dumbledore very pleased, and he smiled happily and said:
"I'm so happy, Harry! It's very rare that you chose the latter among hatred and friendship, and really, I'm especially proud of you. ”
Speaking of this, Dumbledore smiled and waved his hand:
"Go and see your friends!"
As Harry left, he whispered silently, "He's not like him, is he?" ”
"Huh? Was Dumbledore talking to anyone? ”
Seeing Dumbledore's lips silently open and close a few times, Rosie couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
What happened next was no surprise.
Peter Pettigrew wakes up under the revival spell, and as soon as he opens his eyes, he is directly confronted with accusations and interrogations from two friends who have been separated for many years.
In the face of Peter's blurted out "Professor Dumbledore sent me to go undercover with the Death Eaters", Dumbledore just replied with a calm face:
"But I didn't let you betray your friend, Peter! In that situation, there was no one more suitable for an undercover mission than you, and I remember saying that to you. ”
Hearing Dumbledore's words, Peter's face suddenly turned to ashes, and he cried out:
"No, it's not, it was Sirius who betrayed James! He suggested that Jaime make me a secret on the front foot, and the Dark Lord on the back foot found me! It was he who betrayed Jaime! It's him! ”
"Never have I ever betrayed Jaime and Lily!"
Blake roared excitedly, his voice hoarse because of this, "I'd rather die than betray them!" ”
Seeing his hideous expression, Peter's body suddenly stiffened, and then he cried out in pain:
"No, it has to be you! It has to be you! You and Jaime have such a good relationship, you can betray James, why should I die for this? Why ......"
"Then you deserve to die!!"
Lupin stepped forward angrily, lifted him from the ground fiercely, and scolded, "Even if you die, you can't betray your friends, and we will do the same for you!" ”
Peter was thrown out of the way, his head slammed into the wall, and he fell into a coma again.
Perhaps affected by the anger of the emotion, or perhaps the fact that Voldemort was undercover when he was in power was a matter of course, no one in the office mentioned that Peter Pettigrew was sent by Dumbledore to be an undercover agent.
It wasn't until the Ministry of Magic sent Black and Peter away, and Lupin as a witness with him, that Snape, who had been silent, asked Dumbledore again:
"You know he's such a cowardly person, why did you send him undercover!"
"I have no more options in that situation, Snape."
Dumbledore sighed, "I miscalculated people's hearts......"