There are only two days left before the start of the second half of the semester, and most of the teachers and staff have returned to work early to start some teaching preparations, and the little wizards who have gone home for Christmas have also returned to school sporadically, which has gradually begun to bustle the castle that has been deserted for two weeks.

Amosta and Remus also returned to school early in the morning of the second day before the start of school.

Sirius temporarily placed Regulus' body in the family mansion, and he ordered Kreacher to take care of Regulus, and followed Remus back to Hogwarts in Lenny's form again.

Perhaps it was the wonderful Christmas holidays that had made the little wizards lazy, and it should have been breakfast time, but the auditorium was empty with not a single student in sight, except for Professor Sprout and Mrs. Peace, who was accustomed to getting up early, chatting at the faculty table.

"It's been a rare sight in recent years--"

As Amosta and Remus, who had entered the castle side by side from the foyer, wished a happy new year to the two colleagues, Professor Sprout, wearing a mud-stained wizard's hat, smiled happily and said,

"I mean, two Defence Against the Dark Arts professors showed up at the same time."

"I'm afraid it's not me, Pomona—"

Remus, who has been smiling more and more lately, laughed heartily, and he looked at Amosta and said,

"Seriously, Amosta, I've been thinking lately, I think you really have some secrets to keep people in the professor's seat in this class for a few more days, I still like this job."

"It's wise to get out early-"

Amosta shrugged his shoulders and smiled lightly,

"If I had continued to do it, I might have ended up in the same situation as my predecessor."

"Your ex is Gilderoy Lockhart's swaggering guy, he deserves to be sent to Azkaban, and you don't fall into his shoes."

Thinking of Gilderoy Lockhart, Professor Sprout shook his head as if he were driving away annoying flies.

After a few pleasantries, Amosta and Remus went upstairs.

Because he also needed to prepare for the second half of the year, Remus went back to the office alone, and Lenny followed Amosta on his way a little further, and when he arrived at the student safety office, Amosta turned Lenny back into a human body.

As the morning passed in small talk, Amosta continued to study the stack of manuscripts related to the Blood Charm and chatted with Sirius about the details of infiltrating Azkaban.

"At the very least, we need a boat."

Sirius sat on the sofa and crossed Erlang's legs and said,

"Since you don't want to enter Azkaban through official means, and I can only discern the general direction, this means that we may have to drift on the sea for a long time, and you have to prepare a strong enough ship, Amosta, I don't know what the reason, the sea around the island is covered by thunderstorms and typhoons all year round, it is a natural barrier, and if you are not prepared enough, you don't even want to break through."

"And how did you get here?"

Amosta stopped the calculation and looked up and asked with interest.

"I was in the form of Animagus, and thunderstorms and typhoons didn't affect me that much,"

Reminiscing about the experience of crossing the sea, Sirius revealed the happiness of the rest of his life,

"And I was lucky enough to find a large piece of deck that had been blown apart by the wind and waves. I guess it was probably left behind by a Muggle ship that accidentally went off course, tsk, hapless guys. ”

Amosta bowed slightly.

Indeed, the situation that Sirius said had to be taken into account.

The prison was located on the sea far from the mainland, and if the Muggles lost their shelter ships, they had only one way to die, and wizards did have more means at their disposal, but the vast majority of ordinary wizards might have to wait for death in the face of that harsh environment.

In an extreme case, Amosta could indeed teleport back to the mainland with Sirius, but if he did, the magic consumed by such a long-range teleportation would be secondary, and the point was that the previous long search would be in vain.

"I'll think about it."

After a moment's thought, Amosta said, and before withdrawing his gaze, he casually glanced at the surveillance footage opposite, and his soothing brow suddenly wrinkled slightly.

Near the Slytherin common room, Professor Snape was standing in the doorway of his office talking to a blonde-haired wizard.

Following Amosta's line of sight, Sirius also spotted the wizard who wasn't supposed to be at Hogwarts.

"Who's that, a professor at the school?"

"Lucius Malfoy, the current patriarch of the Malfoy family--"

Amosta said with a blank face.

"Oh!"

Sirius's exclamation was filled with hatred,

"It's this guy, I know him, he's a Death Eater, he openly proclaimed his support for Voldemort when he was in school, and after graduation, he was appreciated by Voldemort because of his unwavering support for the supremacy of purebloods, when Voldemort didn't fall, there were many clues about Muggles being tortured and killed that all pointed to him, but he was extremely cunning and very good at using the power of money, so the Order of the Phoenix couldn't catch him at that time, what did he come to Snape for, old colleagues to catch up?"

The last sentence Sirius spoke was extremely natural, and it wasn't until the words came out of his mouth that he realized what he had said.

Amosta didn't make it to the table, and in fact, Sirius wasn't wrong that Professor Snape did have experience as a Death Eater.

The conversation between Professor Snape and Malfoy on the screen had probably come to an end, and Amosta could see that Professor Snape's expression was a little suspicious, but he still seemed to agree to some kind of request from Malfoy, and they stopped talking, and Snape led Malfoy out of the basement, up the stairs on the side of the foyer, and appeared on the third floor.

"They're coming for you?"

Sirius stood up alertly from the couch and looked at Amosta, who was resting on his upturned knees, with his fingers intertwined.

"What do you think it's for?"

"I'm just as confused as you are," Amosta said calmly, "I don't have any friendship with Lucius Malfoy. Strictly speaking, it's a bit of a holiday, but I don't think he's here to trouble me. ”

Who has what it takes to trouble you?

Sirius was about to say this, but a flash of lightning from Amosta's sleeve turned him back into Lenny.

After howling a few times in dissatisfaction, a helpless Lenny jumped onto the couch and cleverly maintained the posture of a cat.

Not surprisingly, there was a quick knock on the office door, and after closing the curtain again, Amosta walked over and opened the door.

"I learned from Pomona that you went back to school,"

With his relationship with Amosta, Snape didn't have to hide anything at all, he squinted his eyes and lifted his chin and asked,

"I thought you were home for Christmas, why did that guy show up together?"

"It's just a train encounter—"

Amosta shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said lightly, and then, he turned his gaze to Lucius Malfoy, who maintained a great restraint, and a cold smile on his lips.

"This is Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy--"

Professor Snape stepped out of the way, and he glanced quickly at the expressions of Amosta and Lucius looking at each other, and immediately confirmed that what Lucius had told him earlier that Amosta had a relationship with him was a lie, but it was clear that the two men did know each other.

When Snape's eyes skimmed his face, Lucius also cast a hidden look, and Snape, who received the signal, was slightly silent for a moment, and then said a little reluctantly,

"Lucius told me he had some personal matters that he wanted to talk to you about alone."

What did Lucius Malfoy want to do to try to get that notebook from me?

In an instant, the thought came to Amosta's mind because he knew that I was unlikely to deal with him, so he wanted to borrow Professor Snape's relationship?

"In that case—"

Amosta nodded,

"Come in, Mr. Malfoy."

(End of chapter)