Not far from the shore of the lake, two heads suddenly appeared in the black lake, which were two mermaids who happened to come to the lake to breathe, they found Dumbledore standing on the shore, and before the two of them came to say hello, a cold, cold breath instantly swept across the lake, making the two silent mermaids stiffen on the surface of the lake, neither daring to dive nor swimming.

"Are Kakus Foley and his family still alive?"

Amosta's eyes were cold, he squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Dumbledore, no longer that gentle and frugal appearance, at this moment, he became the famous golden viper in the underground world of Tumbledown Alley!

"Of course the Foley family is still alive, Amosta, in fact,"

Amosta, who was close to Amosta, who had already retracted his hand into his sleeve, did not make Dumbledore's expression change in any way, he looked at Amosta gently, his beard trembled and said,

"If you look closely at the issue of the Daily Prophet at the end of January, you will know that not only are the Foleys safe and sound, but they also have a cause for celebration, Mr. Kakus Foley's sister, Ms. Aderi Foley, has become the head of the Department of Strange Bacterial Infections at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, and honestly, I think she deserves it, and when she was a student at Hogwarts, she dreamed of one day becoming a healer..."

"That's enough, Headmaster Dumbledore,"

Amosta closed his eyes and took a moment to adjust his slightly rapid breathing,

"Remarkable, remarkable... I've never, even for a second, considered the possibility that you have the power to break the bonds of an unbreakable oath..."

"Magic must follow rules, Amosta, you must know that, the more powerful the spell, the more it is conditioned by the rules," Dumbledore smiled faintly,

"The restraint of the unbreakable oath is secured by the soul of the wizard, and I am not as strong as you think to be able to break this contract."

"So--"

Amosta still had his eyes closed in the face of the Black Lake, no one knew, at this moment all the color in his eyes had dissipated, and he had regained his original brown pupils, Dumbledore's words made his eyebrows move,

"You knew the Golden Viper was Amosta Bryan for a long time, right, where did it come from?"

"What do you think?"

Dumbledore didn't deny this, he seemed to think it was a bit silly and tiring to carry the money bag, so he withdrew his hand again, and never thought of taking out his wand.

"Hah!"

The moment Amosta opened his eyes, the sudden wind around him overwhelmed the trunks of a row of willow trees on the shore, and a small piece of lake in front of the two of them shook significantly.

The coldness in Amosta's brown eyes was very real, the corners of his mouth were slightly slanted upward, and the rebellious rebelliousness around him was almost unbearable for Dumbledore's all-encompassing eyes.

"It's Remus Lupin, right?"

Amosta's voice was cold,

"Of those werewolves, I was the only one who left, and he promised me that he would not reveal my true face to anyone, so I relented for a moment and let him go, and now it seems that I have made a serious mistake!"

Three years ago, it was not long after Amosta was active in the underworld, because he completed a series of commissions cleanly, so he made a name for himself in the underworld, and also accumulated some wealth, that day, he was in the trading market to deal with some valuable antiques that he accidentally obtained in the commission, and a group of greedy werewolves under Fenrir Greyback approached him.

It was the first time that Amosta had fought someone else in the underground world, and the battle was very fierce, and of course seven or eight werewolves were nailed to the rock wall by Amosta and died, and they fought from the underground to the ground, and finally, in the small square at the entrance to the underground world, in front of the statue of Merlin.

The result of the battle was undoubtedly the final victory for Amosta, however, he also made a fatal mistake.

At that time, like most people in the underworld, he simply covered his face with a mask, and did not use magic to protect himself, because of the fierce battle, his mask was torn by a werewolf with its claws, accidentally revealing his true face.

All the werewolves who saw his face that day were basically bloodied on the spot, with one exception, and that was Remus Lupin.

Amosta spared the haggard-looking werewolf for two reasons, first, during the entire battle, Lupin, who was with the werewolves, did not cast a spell on him, but only passively defended, and he seemed to be forced by the group of werewolves to do these nasty things together, not out of his own heart.

A werewolf screamed as he died, wailing out the name of Remus Lupin, hoping that Lupin would save him, and it was this wail that caused the only vague memory of Amosta to come flooding back, and he remembered that Remus Lupin seemed to be a very important plot character, and Amosta spared him in order to avoid a catastrophic chain reaction.

If it were Amosta Blaine, who was already quite thoughtful today, even if he chose to spare Remus Lupin again, he would definitely be like Kakus and sign an unbreakable oath with him, but at that time, Amosta had just left school and was free to operate in the shadows of the wizarding world for the first time, and his experience was not 'rich' enough to leave a hidden danger.

"This was a 'mistake' to be thankful for,"

Dumbledore nodded at him, his expression finally solemn,

"If you had made the 'right' choice that day, Amosta, I'm afraid I'd have to regret telling Severus that if he wants to see you, he'll have to go to Azkaban."

"Do you think he's nobler than the werewolves, Dumbledore?"

Amosta sneered at the inexplicable resemblance to Professor Snape, his eyes mocking as he asked,

"Do you know how much Remus Lupin has done with those werewolves in private, Dumbledore, if I should be in Azkaban, then he will not be able to escape the blame as well!"

"That's not what Remus intended, Amosta,"

Dumbledore's voice weakened, and he looked tired,

"You and I both know that the wizarding world we live in is full of prejudice and discrimination, and Remus was originally a normal wizard like everyone else, but a misfortune in his childhood forced him to face this tragic fate...

He needed to survive, but the Werewolf Code of Conduct and the Non-Wizard Half-Human Treatment Code almost made it difficult for him to move in the wizarding world, and out of frustration and threat, he mixed up with Greyback and his werewolves, like I said, Amosta, it wasn't Remus's intention, he insisted on not harming anyone, and his conscience was tormented--"

"So what, Dumbledore?" Amosta sneered, "Is he innocent?" ”

The complexity and cruelty of reality and human nature are insurmountable, and even a powerful wizard like Dumbledore feels powerless in the face of this mountain, and he cannot change the prejudice in people's hearts, because prejudice is also a 'right' concept derived from reality, even if he is determined to overthrow the Ministry of Magic.

Looking at the silent Dumbledore, Amosta snorted softly, the wind subsided, and the gradually settled lake showed bottomless darkness like an abyss, Amosta stared at the lake, as if he and this darkness were also one.

"Since you issued this commission, Headmaster Dumbledore,"

Finally, after a long silent confrontation, Amosta, who seemed to have regained his composure, asked in a calm tone,

"What are you trying to get me back to Hogwarts, I don't think it's just teasing, right?"





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