#166 - Section 166

"Ah!"

After being restrained by Lupin, Sirius also yelled maniacally, his bloodshot eyes still fixed on Snape.

He had put in so much effort to catch Peter, but now it was all for naught.

He estimated that it would be difficult to have this opportunity again, and he would never let Snape go.

"Calm down, even if you kill Snape now, it won't solve the problem."

Lupin didn't dare to let go, and also asked Harry to retrieve his wand.

Although he also hated Snape to the bone, he still maintained a little sanity.

Not to mention whether the two of them could win against Snape, just Sirius using an Unforgivable Curse would land him in Azkaban.

If Snape seized on this and reported it to the Ministry of Magic, Sirius would have another charge added to his name.

He could even be arrested right now.

Now that Peter had escaped, the first priority was to find Dumbledore.

Although he couldn't revoke Sirius's wanted status, he could at least let him know the truth and be prepared.

It took several minutes before Sirius calmed down.

During this time, Snape stood silently aside, feeling that he had really made a mistake just now.

"Harry, what exactly is going on?"

Thinking of this, Snape's dead-man-like eyes stared firmly at Harry.

He wanted to hear his explanation.

"It's just like I said, Peter was the one who betrayed my parents, he just framed Sirius for it all, and then faked his death to escape."

"Ron's pet rat Scabbers is Peter, and before Halloween, he used Polyjuice Potion to turn into Ron, and then turned Ron into the form of a rat."

"It was Ethan who helped us catch him, but now because of you and Ron, Peter has escaped."

Harry was also full of resentment, he had clearly said it from the beginning, but now they didn't believe him.

Now that Peter had run away, what was the point of asking now?

"Impossible, Sirius was the one who betrayed Lily, he was the Secret-Keeper of the Fidelius Charm, if it weren't for him, Voldemort wouldn't have been able to find Lily."

Snape instinctively didn't believe it.

Mainly because he couldn't believe that he would let go of one of the murderers who killed Lily, if it was true, he would hate himself even more.

"The Secret-Keeper for James and Lily's safe house wasn't Sirius, but Peter, because…"

Lupin told Snape what he had learned from Sirius.

This was what he had said after he met Sirius last year.

When they set up the Secret-Keeper back then, they directly excluded him.

Although James and Sirius had always said they trusted him, they were actually still a little wary.

Lupin didn't have any resentment about this.

The situation at that time was like that, every moment there were wizards from both sides dying in battle, and both sides had spies hidden on the other side.

And as a werewolf, he was already disliked by other wizards.

Moreover, at that time, some werewolves had already chosen to serve Voldemort, under this circumstance, if it were him, he would also be wary of werewolves.

"You said that Adrian helped you catch Peter, why would he help you?"

"Why would he know Peter's identity?"

Snape was already somewhat accepting Lupin's explanation, based on the situation at the time, it wasn't impossible.

But why would Ethan get involved?

How could he discover Peter's identity, and after discovering it, he didn't report it to the professor, but instead joined forces with Lupin and them.

"I paid half of the Black family's inheritance, is that enough?"

Sirius sneered as he looked at Snape.

According to the Unbreakable Vow, Ethan had already completed his part, which was to hand Peter over to him.

He would need to fulfill the vow later, otherwise, his death would be in half a year.

Hearing Sirius say this, Snape was speechless for a moment.

That was a really big price, and that kid Ethan was really black-hearted.

No wonder he didn't report it to the professor, so he was planning to make a big score.

"Now we are going to find Professor Dumbledore, are you going?"

After seeing that Snape didn't have any intention of attacking, Lupin didn't want to stay here for long, of course, he was still on guard.

"Go, and call Adrian too."

How could Snape be absent at this time.

Although he still hated Lupin and Sirius to the bone, he would definitely give them a lesson if he had the opportunity.

But Peter, one of the Marauders, was now on his must-kill list, and he couldn't miss any clues about him.

"I'll go!"

Harry glanced at the three of them.

Sirius was obviously not suitable to go, and it would be a dream to let Snape go with his personality.

Lupin wasn't suitable either, if he left and Snape and Sirius started fighting again, he wouldn't be able to stop them.

As for Ron, he hadn't seen him yet, maybe he was still in the same place, maybe he had left, who knows!

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Chapter 209: Snape's Stolen Potion

"You said Peter ran away?"

Ethan, who had just come out of the elegant Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, was shocked by Harry's news.

Four wizards, two adults and two children, guarding a Peter who had his magic restricted, how did he run away?

Did he really think everyone was Grindelwald?

"That's right, everyone is now on the path outside the Shrieking Shack leading to Hogwarts, preparing to go to Professor Dumbledore. Professor Snape hopes you can come over," Harry said, supporting his legs and gasping for breath.

He had asked many students before finally finding Ethan's location. Ethan was really fast.

"Then I'll go over first, you guys continue on your own."

Ethan had no choice but to part ways with Cassandra and the others now.

Although he didn't have any after-sales service, he still had to go and understand the situation if there was a problem.

"Harry, what exactly is going on?" Ethan asked curiously as they walked.

Could it be related to Snape? Ethan had sensed Snape when he came out.

But wasn't he hiding aside, watching with a Disillusionment Charm?

Why did he suddenly appear?

Snape didn't know the true identity of that big black dog, and Harry hadn't encountered any danger, so he shouldn't have shown his face!

"Snape…" Harry said, walking quickly, recounting what had just happened.

Ethan was silent after listening. What was Snape doing, suddenly jumping out? And what was going on with Ron?

In the original story, Ron hadn't done anything like this.

Was this another butterfly effect caused by him?

Before long, the two arrived at the location Harry mentioned. Lupin, Sirius Black, and Snape were all there. Ron was also staring at them not far away, not knowing what he was thinking. The atmosphere was particularly silent.

Especially Sirius Black and Snape, their gazes towards each other were filled with hatred, wishing they could kill each other.

"Let's go, to Dumbledore's!" Lupin said, breaking the silence as he watched Ethan arrive.

Snape originally had some questions he wanted to ask Ethan, but he didn't know how to bring them up. After all, Ethan wasn't an ordinary little wizard and wasn't so easy to manipulate. He decided to leave it to Dumbledore.

Along the way, everyone didn't say a word and went directly to the location where the Thestral carriages were parked.

Although it wasn't time to return to Hogwarts yet, they could take a carriage back, especially the professors, who had the authority to do so.

In the original plan, Sirius Black and the others were going to return to Hogwarts by Thestral carriage.

A carriage was spacious enough for four people, and they could all fit in, preventing Peter from escaping if something happened along the way.

Unfortunately, this accident happened before they even reached the carriage.

But now, they had to split into two carriages. Ethan chose to ride with Sirius Black and Lupin, while Snape rode with Harry and Ron.

Throughout the journey, Snape's gaze never left Ron, staring at him intently. Judging from his expression, he probably had already sliced Ron into pieces with Sectumsempra in his mind.

Although he had a significant part to play in Peter's escape,

he hadn't intended to let Peter go. He was planning to catch all three of them and hand them over to Dumbledore after figuring out the specific situation, at most taking a little revenge himself along the way.

But Ron had simply let Peter escape, which was a fundamental difference.

Saying that Ron was colluding with the enemy now wouldn't be a problem at all.

Being stared at by Snape, Ron was also very uncomfortable.

At the same time, he also noticed that Harry was sitting a little far away from him and hadn't said a word to him since the incident happened.

Could it be that Harry was going to break off their friendship? Thinking of this possibility, Ron felt terrible.

No, absolutely not. Without Harry, he wouldn't even have anyone to talk to at Hogwarts.

Ron knew that what he had done was quite unkind, but Harry shouldn't be like this!

In this silent atmosphere, the Thestral pulled the carriage to the grounds outside Hogwarts.

Filch saw that the carriage had returned so early and was preparing to go forward and check it out.

But after seeing Snape and the others get out of the carriage, he immediately went back.

He just assumed that these few little wizards had somehow offended Snape again. As for Lupin, he directly ignored him.

Given what Lupin and his group had done at Hogwarts in the past, he didn't have a good impression of Lupin.

Snape led the way, and they came to the entrance of the Headmaster's office on the eighth floor.

"Lemon Sherbet!" Ethan remembered this password that Snape said. He seemed to have used it before.

So, the dessert password had come full circle?

As the stone statue separated, revealing a spiral staircase, Snape still walked in the front.

Lupin and the big black dog walked behind him, and Ethan and Harry also walked in without hesitation.

Only Ron stood there, hesitating, but finally gritted his teeth and followed.

Bang!

Just like during class, Snape violently pushed open the door to the Headmaster's office. There was no such thing as knocking.

Compared to this, Ethan realized that he was really too polite.

"Severus, what is this?" Dumbledore asked, looking somewhat bewildered at the group of uninvited guests who had barged into his office, putting down the Daily Prophet in his hand.

Although he had a lot of plans, he really didn't know what was going on at this moment.