After leaving the classic car to the guards and going through a series of rigorous checks, it took a while for the group to finally enter the basement of the mansion, and Tonks, who came to the umbrella headquarters for the first time, was a little surprised by the secrecy system here, but the worry about the next direction of things made her too deep in these places.

Four Eyes led the group into a place that was almost like a living room on the basement floor, a circle of blue soft leather sofas in a U-shape in the large and bright hall, a coffee table full of snacks, and a few salute flowers piled up on the stall - and there was already a large group of people waiting here, and when they saw Alan and them enter the room, many people immediately stood up and gave way to several sofas, looking a little uncomfortable, and they cautiously looked at Four Eyes who pushed the door open.

Luna, who was still a little pale, threw her things on the table and lay down on one of the sofas with her shoes on, Helena obediently materialized herself and put her mother's head on her lap and began to massage her head.

"These are all people introduced by Mr. Lupin to volunteer to join the wolf poison potion experiment, they are all his friends, today is not the day of the full moon test, but they all came to celebrate Mr. Lupin. To avoid embarrassment, she didn't explicitly say that these were werewolves.

Despite being taller than the Hogwarts students, these werewolves inevitably developed low self-esteem, and none of them attended Hogwarts, the best school in the world, except for Remus Lupin, who was lucky, and in fact many did not even have a permanent place to live.

"Everyone, please feel free, everyone here has only one identity - a friend of Remus. Alan noticed the restraint of the werewolves in the room, and pulled Tonks over, "This is today's heroine, Miss Nymphadora Tonks." ”

"Hello, Nymphadora. A relatively cheerful werewolf took the initiative to say hello, "You can call me Jacob." ”

"Oh, please call me Tonks, I hate the name Nymphadora. Tonks reached out and shook the werewolf gently, who was a little overwhelmed. Perhaps for the first time, an ordinary girl was willing to take the initiative to shake hands when she knew that he was a werewolf, and the werewolf put down his hand and put his hand behind his back slightly.

After a brief greeting, everyone sat down on the sofa, and pressed a switch near the door, and the wall shook like a wave, and the wallpaper disappeared, revealing a mirror that occupied an entire wall.

"With a one-way mirror, we can see the opposite room, but the other party can't see us. The corners of Four-Eye's mouth turned up, and he lifted his glasses and pointed to the telescopic ears hanging from the ceiling, "I've settled quite a bit on the Weasley Magic Tricks. ”

Hermione looked at the room across from her, which was decorated like an office, and sneaked a few more glances at Tonks, who was unusually quiet next to her, and then leaned over to Alan and whispered, "Isn't it good to expose their private affairs to everyone?"

"Don't worry about Hermione, Tonks she likes to be boisterous, Daisy has confirmed her opinion beforehand. Alan patted Hermione on the shoulder, "As for Remus's opinion, it doesn't matter, this is in itself caused by his hypocrisy, and it is also a punishment for him, I have to go over and wait for him first." ”

Just as Alan passed to the opposite room, after pretending to take out some documents and pretending to review them, at this time, there was a knock on the door of the room opposite the one-way mirror - even if they knew in advance that the sound here would not reach the other side, the group suddenly consciously started the mute mode.

With Allen's invitation, Remus Lupin entered the room in a proper suit, his complexion had actually been very good in the past few years, but this has been especially true this year, because Lupin has made a lot of good friends in this laboratory, and he has really encountered werewolf friends similar to him, without sympathy or discrimination - only occasionally the melancholy in his eyes makes him seem preoccupied.

A person behind a one-way mirror can see their expressions clearly.

"Remus—" Tonks' well-groomed purple curls dimmed in an instant, she shook her head, and the purple curls fluttered playfully, "I've seen Remus for a while, he's not bad, he's a little fatter but cute. ”

Daisy grabbed her shoulders, who were both a guard and a close friend, and hugged Tonks tightly, wanting to give her strength, Daisy looked at Alan on the other side of the one-way mirror, hoping that Alan's method worked, these two people loved too much.

Alan waved his hand to let the teapot pour himself a cup for Lupin, and pushed another plate of scones towards the other.

"Thank you, Alan. Lupin took a sip from his teacup, "By the way, Sirius has been desperately trying to contact you, and he wants to talk to you about Kreacher. At the beginning of this semester, Sirius was on the platform at King's Cross Station for a long time, but like those subsequent attempts, he unfortunately missed it, when will you be able to meet him? ”

"Oh, I don't know, I'll see him when I'm free. But the deal I made with him about Kreacher was protected by a magical contract, and I couldn't change the devil's contract. Alan took a sip from his teacup, "Remus, how are you doing? ”

Allen's words are not polite, although Severus Snape has real talents, but his quirky personality can't even stand Allen himself most of the time, let alone students.

Even if this year he taught Defence Against the Dark Arts that made the students very interested, the consequence of this behavior was that some students hated the house and Udi and became bored with taking this course, and after the destruction of Umbridge and Snape, Lupin's previous good things were infinitely magnified in their minds, and even had many more unwarranted advantages.

At the time, Lupin's teaching was indeed very solid, and the wizards really learned a lot about defending against the dark arts during his time in the period of teaching. When Alan was surveying the students in his own class, most of the wizards who had taken Lupin's Patronus Charm course were able to perform it successfully, and Lupin was undoubtedly a good professor.

"I miss them too, and my time teaching at Hogwarts is one of the few fond memories of my life. Lupin's eyes turned red as he remembered his last visit to the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.

Alan picked up the teapot with his hand and refilled some black tea in his teacup, "Remus, you seem to be doing well lately, how is your love life? ”

Lupin paused for a moment as he picked up his teacup, and the face of a somewhat crazy and cheerful Tonks suddenly came to his mind, and he shook his head, both answering Allen's question and trying to shake off the portrait in his mind.

"I'm a werewolf, Alan, and although the new wolf poison potion that has been developed now allows people like us to stay sane and spend the full moon safer time, the infection problem has not been solved, and there are still many hidden dangers and risks. If I fall in love or marry any ordinary woman, it will be irresponsible to the other person. Lupin's voice was full of bitterness, "Not to mention that you know that I am still a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and now the Mysteries and Death Eaters have stirred up countless storms around the world and caused a lot of trouble. Although our British wizarding community is calm and very safe now, no one can say that one day the mysterious person who has gathered enough strength will make a comeback, and it is too selfish to consider starting a small family of his own in such an unstable situation. Perhaps it will be when the power of the mysterious man is destroyed that I will have the heart to think about my own personal problems. ”

Hermione felt sorry for Lupin, and she couldn't help but look at the werewolves that Lupin had introduced to her, and now they looked like ordinary people who were worried about their friends. She sympathized with her, the house-elves certainly wanted to improve their living conditions, but the status of these werewolves was in a way more difficult to get out of their current situation, because of the contagion.

For these werewolves brought by Lupin, it is more empathetic - they are facing the same situation as Lupin, all because of the identity of werewolves, they are in emotional despair, they have experienced several incarnations of werewolves, they are convinced that they can't risk getting married, they can't imagine ruining their children by accidentally passing on wolf venom to the next generation, or hurting the person they love the most when they can't control it one day, just imagining this picture is enough to make people's hearts ache - This directly leads to the fact that even if there are men and women in this group of werewolves who have feelings of admiration for each other, the self-exile and pessimism in their bones make them just maintain a pure friendship relationship with each other.

Noticing that Emily jumped off the couch, took off her fanny pack, and offered to give the werewolves the candy she kept in her fanny pack, Hermione's eyes flashed, and the seven-foot-tall man standing behind the werewolves caught her attention, his hair was combed into a Viking-style golden braid, and his muscular body was wearing an inappropriate shorts and T-shirt, but even if he was wearing flip-flops, he looked amazingly brave, and he was looking at the situation in the one-way mirror with a strange smile.

Hermione frowned suspiciously, even if the other party showed a smile, but he couldn't feel any emotional fluctuations in his eyes, Hermione looked at the strong man carefully, he was too quiet, he didn't breathe, his chest didn't rise or fall, and the aura emitted from his body was a bit like the feeling behind the black curtain of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic.

Hermione tugged at her eyes, lifted her chin in the direction of the strong man, and asked, "Isn't that a living person?

"Miss Granger, you're talking about Lynch. Four eyes glanced at it and explained in a low voice, "He is this trained death knight, well, the batch that the young master brought back from ancient times." Although the undead no longer have the feelings of the living, but out of the habit in front of him, he often goes to the basement to talk and play with these werewolves, you know that the undead will no longer have the trouble of infection and disease, plus it is not a vampire that werewolves hate, so I finally accepted it. ”

Hearing their conversation, Emily leaned over to eat candy and looked at the Vikings along Hermione's gaze: "His braids are pretty good... Crunch, squeak... I don't know if it fits on a girl's head. ”

Helena played with the butterbeer bottle cap necklace around her mother's neck, resting on her lap, looking more at her father, mimicking the action of Alan pouring tea.

"This is also the reason for the existence of our laboratory, we can develop a medicine that can cure infections sooner or later," Alan relieved, "solve the point that this scares ordinary people the most, and many of the problems that werewolves will encounter will no longer be a problem." ”

"I see all the efforts that Umbrella has made for us werewolves, and we are very grateful, it has changed our lives, our lives, and given us a decent job... Or for my future work. "Then let's get down to business, Allen, what do you call me over today but what do you need my involvement in?" as long as it's not against your conscience and doesn't involve the Order of the Phoenix, I'm willing to do anything for you." ”

"I have a way to improve the werewolf's reputation among wizards to some extent. Alan put down his glass, clasped his hands into fists on his knees, and leaned forward.

Lupin also put down the cup in his hand and sat down intently to listen.

Alan deliberately raised his voice: "Although it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, it is more representative, and it definitely has the significance of anti-discrimination against werewolves! If you can make this plan successful, I believe that the image of werewolves in the eyes of wizards will definitely improve, but it will be a certain sacrifice for you personally..."

"Alan, you don't have to worry about me. Lupin knew how good Allen's planning skills were, "As long as you can do it, you can take my life without a problem." ”

Although the people behind the one-way mirror don't know why what should have been supposed to be a matchmaking between Tonks and Lupin has become a matter of improving the image of werewolves in the eyes of wizards, they are also aroused by curiosity, whether it is wizards or Muggles, the impression of werewolves has been deep-rooted for a long time, and Alan has a way to improve and change people's concepts, they really can't imagine what kind of wonderful means they will use.

"Daisy, is Eren playing a prank on Lupin? Did he tell you about his plans?" Tonks squeezed a smile at Daisy to make herself look as cheerful as ever, but her involuntarily swaying body on the couch and changing hair color made Daisy sense the other's inner unease.

Daisy touched her chin suspiciously: "Alan didn't mention it, but don't worry, if my brother wants to accomplish something, he will always have the means to help him achieve it." ”

Those werewolves unconsciously leaned forward in the same way as Allen, and even stood up in a hurry, eager to rush over and urge Alan to hurry up and say the way, and as long as it worked, many of them were willing to replace Lupin, who had a good girl's favor, to make sacrifices.

"Mother, when are we leaving, what's so nice about this?" Helena moved Luna's head over her lap and sat in a different position, then noticed that a small camera had appeared in Luna's hand.

Luna, who was still uncomfortable, had been half-hanging her eyes before, her mouth was closed tightly, as if she was afraid that she would not be able to control it and spit it out, but at this time, she stretched out two fingers and pointed at Emily and refused to put it down.

Helena opened her mouth and cried out, "Auntie, my mother called you over. ”

Emily got up from her couch and sat down reluctantly, Luna pointing her thumb and forefinger in a C shape.

Hermione tilted her head a little puzzled, "Luna, do you want water?"

Luna shook her head, pursed her lips even tighter, and continued to gesture in the direction of the long table and the one-way mirror on one side, her index finger twitching.

"What do you want me to do? Would you like candy?" Emily asked, looking at the fanny pack that had just been dropped on her couch after handing out the candy, she didn't understand why Luna called her over, considering that she and Luna didn't have a good relationship - Emily had been reluctant to get too close to each other since she knew that Luna had a knack for seeing through people's hearts.

Daisy, Tonks and the others came up to guess after temporarily putting down the one-way mirror, but none of them said it, Luna closed her eyes and shook her head, and the hand just repeated back and forth on the long-table one-way mirror and Emily in a C shape.

In the end, Helena understood what her mother meant, and she unconsciously even came out of the old Scottish dialect: "Mother, what others say is irrelevant, only I know what you mean! Do you want your aunt to help you take the picture? Do you think Miss Granger is too serious, and you are afraid that she will not want to shoot or shoot badly, and you are worried that I will lose my mind and miss the best time when I am shooting, so you want to let my clever aunt come?"

It wasn't until Emily jumped off the couch again, took out the camera that Luna had just dropped in her bag on the long table, and walked to the one-way mirror, that Luna nodded slightly, lowered her hand, and let out a long breath to lie back on her daughter's lap.

“... This reminded me of a neighbor of mine, who was a stingy but wealthy Viking who was sick after eating unclean things, and when he was dying, he kept holding out two fingers while everyone was watching over him, but he refused to breathe, and finally his wife understood and put out one of the two torches stuck in a pillar before he swallowed. The Viking strong man also came around, but after the water came out, he simply sat on the ground, "I just turned my head to look for it, and thought to myself, there is no waste of torches here..."

Faced with this farce and her too serious evaluation of herself, Hermione was a little speechless and turned her attention back to Alan and Lupin behind the one-way mirror.

"So I just asked you about your love life, and I have to make sure to you again, you don't have someone you like, right? Alan raised his eyebrows and looked at Lupin, not missing a trace of hesitation that flashed in his eyes, "Of course, I hope you can agree, after all, Professor Lupin, you are a member of the Order of the Phoenix, alone, you have been a Hogwarts professor, you have a certain social status, and you are relatively famous among werewolves, so you are the most suitable object to perform this task, and if others come to perform it, the effect will be much worse, if you can complete this difficult task, I believe that the road for wizards to change their discrimination and prejudice against werewolves will be much smoother." ”

Lupin lowered his head, and Tonks' playful and smug expression as he constantly changed his hair and face in front of him, the mischievous movement of sticking out his tongue, the cute look of walking in her big leather boots and almost tripping over something, and the firmness and persistence when he said that he liked himself...... After hesitating for a while, after taking three deep breaths, Lupin raised his head suddenly, he nodded his head fiercely, and his voice was calm and resolute: "I am willing to complete this task, for the sake of the werewolf." ”

"Okay, great. Alan stood up and clapped his hands, and exaggeratedly shook Lupin's hand with both hands, "Since you don't have someone you like, and you're willing to make sacrifices for the werewolves." So, Remus Lupin, I've married Dolores Umbridge to you. ”