Surrounded by thick stone walls, most of the light in the deep cavernous kitchen came from one end of the room, the large fireplace lit by Amosta for heating, the smoke from the pipes filled the air, like the smoke of the battlefield, the heavy iron pot and iron basin hanging from the black ceiling, it looked hideous and terrifying in the smoke.

Sirius's silver-striped serpent bound to him was gone, but instead of standing up, he lay on his side and fell to the floor, his expression twitching, and he looked at Amosta with undisguised anger in his eyes.

Today, the news that Amosta heard was subversive, so he couldn't just take Blake's word for it, and he went to Blake's head for a moment to make sure he wasn't deceived by these ridiculous words.

"Alright, Mr. Black, don't put on that plaintive face--"

Amosta cleared his throat and said angrily,

"Do you expect me, who has never met you, to believe the 'truth' without doubt after hearing what you say, I always have to find a way to verify the authenticity!"

That's true, but Sirius still can't help but be angry, of course, anyone who breaks into your brain without your consent and peeks into the past that you don't want to look back on in the bottom of your heart, you will be angry.

"Now that you know the truth, Brian,"

Sirius stood up tremblingly with his legs on the table, and he pulled out a stool and sat down, gasping and glaring at Amosta opposite, and said in a gloomy and resentful tone,

"What are you going to do now?"

"What else can I do?"

Amosta squinted at him, his eyes like facing a naughty little wizard who asked his parents to solve the problem after getting into trouble,

"Of course, find a way to catch that guy named Peter the Short and send him to the Ministry of Magic to see if we can get a bounty on it... Ahem, I mean, let the Wizengamot put him on trial to restore your innocence. ”

Sirius: .....

"I don't care about innocence or anything, Brian!"

After a brief moment of silence, Sirius waved his hand and roared,

"I just want to send Peter to hell, for months since I knew this despicable creature was still alive, I had been thinking and dreaming of taking his life, now that you know I'm innocent, Brian, you can help me get into the Gryffindor dormitory, get that rat out, and I'm going to dismantle it with my own hands!"

"It's easy to say--"

Amosta sneered,

"In my opinion, there are two issues that need to be addressed urgently."

"Nothing is important to kill Peter, Brian!"

After twelve years in Azkaban, Sirius has been tormented by hatred, and the only reason he has not broken down is because he wants to avenge Jaime and Lily.

Even if he knew that Blake was only wronged, Amosta couldn't like this guy, and on the other hand, Blake didn't like Brian's powerful but cruel methods... The young wizard who also seemed to be particularly obsessed with Golden Gallon, especially Amosta Bryan seemed to have a close relationship with Snape's snot spirit, and Sirius would rather get rid of him immediately if he could!

"The first question is,"

Amosta looked deep and raised his index finger at Sirius,

"I'm afraid you don't know that a month ago, the night after you broke into Hogwarts, Ron's Spotted Mouse was dead, and Ron found a stain of blood on his bed, and a few Crookshank Hill yellow hairs there... This incident almost caused Ron and Granger... It's Harry's two good..."

"It can't be!"

Before Amosta could finish speaking, Black screamed, and he thundered, his nails creaking and scratching the table,

"I bet it's a scam, that despicable fellow!"

Sirius couldn't find a way to express the fury in his heart, so he could only squeak his teeth,

"Fake death to get out, this is how it was when I blocked him on the Muggle streets before I went to prison, and it is the same now, he is definitely not dead, that cowardly and shameless fellow, he must have sensed the danger and hid in advance!"

"Don't shout--"

Amosta said coldly,

"Who do you think this is causing the trouble, well, Mr. Black? Whether it's during Voldemort's fall or when you just came out of Azkaban, Dumbledore has a lot of means to clear your name and get Peter to go to Azkaban for the rest of his life.

But now, we have to find a mouse, and this mouse may appear all over the world, Mr. Black, maybe your brain is rusty, maybe you don't have a brain at all, but I also want to ask what you are going to do, spend the rest of your life chasing a mouse all over the world, and kindly remind you, according to the statistics of Muggle scientists, there are about 20 billion mice in the whole world...

I guess you're very happy to hear that, because you've finally found something to beat your over-exerted energy! ”

More than ten years ago, in the face of such an insult, Sirius must have taken out his wand to duel with Amosta, even now, hearing Amosta say this, this thought came to his heart, but the truth is cruel, he doesn't have a wand, and... At least until Peter died, he had to keep his life alive.

"I know Peter,"

Sirius's face swollen red, and he snorted as he explained,

"I'm willing to bet he's still at Hogwarts, he won't dare leave there, because to do so would be to give up the protection of the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore."

"So what?"

Amosta still doesn't have a good face,

"Tear Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry into eight pieces and dig three feet into the ground?"

Sirius stopped talking, but Amosta immediately cocked up another finger,

"Second thing, why do you think I'm going to help you, Blake, it's your own trouble, and you've caused me to lose a bounty of fifty thousand gold Galleons...

I could have pretended not to hear about that from you tonight and killed you, no one would blame me, not Dumbledore, not Remus Lupin, not Harry, and Cornelius Fudge would even be grateful to me and personally present him with a Merlin First Class Medal for me, just because I helped the Ministry of Magic solve a big problem!

Of course, I didn't have such a bad conscience, knowing that you were innocent and still taking your body to exchange for money... But why should I help you get into Gryffindor and help you catch Peter... If you don't kill you, thank me for my kindness! ”

Sirius would have wanted to scold if he could.

He had never thought to tell the truth about Jaime and Lily's sacrifice, nor had he thought of asking anyone else to help, otherwise, he would have found Remus a long time ago, and it wasn't because he was careless that he was caught by Amosta Bryan and had to give him to Snot to be humiliated.

But he could not say this, for he saw that Amosta Bryan was undoubtedly a Slytherin wizard, and that he would not pity him for his innocence, or help him for the sake of justice.

"Come back to Hogwarts with me to meet Dumbledore."

After a long time, Amosta, who had lost his temper, said indifferently,

"For Harry and Remus's sake, I won't let the killers of the Potters get away with it, but how to catch Peter, you discussed it with Dumbledore and Remus, I have a lot of things of my own, and now that I've confirmed that you won't make a move on Harry, I'll be leaving Hogwarts soon..."

"No!"

Hearing that Amosta was going to let him explain everything to Dumbledore, Sirius looked stubborn,

"I'm not going to tell anyone the truth again, I don't want to see them until I kill Peter!"

"How?"

Amosta scoffed,

"Now I know that I feel shameless for my stupidity, and I'm sorry, Mr. Black, I can neither ignore what I've heard, nor do I want to play a boring game of revenge with you... Quick action, I haven't slept all night tonight, and hopefully I'll at least be able to make it to breakfast at Hogwarts after I'm done dealing with your troubles! ”



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