#100 - That's the truth.

《The Daily Prophet》 Urgent News

"A horrifying murder occurred in Godric's Hollow last night. According to sources, the Dark Lord broke into the Potter's home on the night of October 31st and brutally murdered the young couple, James and Lily. He then attempted to murder their infant child. However, when he attacked their child, Harry Potter, the Killing Curse failed for unknown reasons. According to senior Auror analysis, the Dark Lord was suspected of being harmed by his own Killing Curse and has perished. The boy who survived the Killing Curse has been taken into protection by Hogwarts Headmaster Dumbledore."

The front page of 《The Daily Prophet》 clearly depicts last night's tragedy, with headlines in large font such as 'Godric's Hollow Incident,' 'The Fall of the Dark Lord,' and 'The Boy Who Lived.'

Anduin's heart sank. He hadn't expected the tragedy he had been avoiding to still occur. But he couldn't understand. Weren't Lily and her family under Dumbledore's protection? And what about Sirius? Wasn't he responsible for protecting Lily's family? How could such a tragedy still happen?

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Anduin continued to browse 《The Daily Prophet》, trying to find answers. On the second page, Anduin saw news about Sirius, but it was bad news.

The newspaper reported that Sirius Black had used a spell to blow up an entire street in a Muggle neighborhood, killing Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggles. He was arrested by the Hit Wizards who arrived at the scene. The reason he did this was because Sirius had betrayed the Potters, directly causing the Godric's Hollow incident.

"That's impossible!" Anduin stared at the report in the newspaper, his eyes wide with disbelief. For a moment, he was stunned. Vivian, who was next to him, was startled by his loud shout.

The young wizards around them, after confirming the news of the Dark Lord's fall, all celebrated excitedly. Some threw their wizard hats into the air, some launched fireworks into the hall, and some even jumped onto the tables, shouting loudly. This included many Slytherin students beside Anduin, with only those pure-blood wizards staring at the newspaper with an expression of disbelief.

At this moment, the excitement and joy from last night had long gone from Anduin's face, replaced with suspicion, panic, and anger!

With a 'swoosh,' Anduin stood up from his seat, grabbed the newspaper, and ran out of the hall. Vivian looked at him rushing away, confused.

'Bang, bang, bang,' Anduin frantically knocked on the door outside Professor McGonagall's office. Professor McGonagall was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix, he should know what exactly happened.→

But Anduin waited for a long time, and there was no movement inside. It seemed that Professor McGonagall was not in. So Anduin turned and hurried to Professor Bones's office.

Professor Bones opened the office door and saw Anduin panting, clutching a newspaper tightly in his hand. He immediately understood what had happened. He himself was shocked by what happened last night.

"Is what's written here true, Professor?" Anduin stared at Professor Bones, unfolding 《The Daily Prophet》 in his hand.

"Yes, Dumbledore knew about all of this last night. He and Professor McGonagall have already left Hogwarts. He arranged for me to stay at Hogwarts to take care of the students," Professor Bones said in a deep voice.

Then Anduin turned to another page of the newspaper. "Is this also true? Sirius... did he really betray the Potters?"

"Alas!" Professor Bones sighed. "I know you and Sirius are very close, but unfortunately, according to the information we have at the moment, Sirius did indeed..."

"That's impossible!" Anduin shouted hoarsely. "I understand him, and I know his feelings for the Potters. There must be something wrong!"

"Calm down, Anduin," Professor Bones pulled Anduin into the room and made him sit down. "Facts speak louder than words. I don't want to believe that such a thing would happen either, but..."

"Is there any evidence? Even if he killed Peter Pettigrew, maybe there's some hidden reason?" Anduin still couldn't accept this fact. Lily, his friend who he always thought was safe, couldn't escape her fate, and another one of his friends was one of the accomplices.

"Alas, now I should tell you the truth," Professor Bones pondered slightly. "I know you once suggested to Dumbledore that Lily's family should be well protected, but do you know what method they used to protect Lily's family?"

Anduin frowned, looking at Professor Bones, confused.

"Lily's family has never actually left their original residence, but the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters have never been able to find them. Do you know why?" Bones reminded Anduin.

"They never left, but they couldn't be found, are you saying?" After thinking for a while, Anduin thought of something. "The Fidelius Charm? So that's how it is, so the memory of their home address suddenly disappeared?"

Professor Bones nodded. He knew that Anduin had a wealth of knowledge and would understand immediately. "So you know why we're so sure, right?"

"Are you saying that Sirius is Lily and James's Secret-Keeper?" Anduin asked.

"Yes, haven't you noticed that Sirius disappeared after the Potters were hidden?" Bones reminded him. "At first, we thought he was hiding to avoid the Death Eaters, but the truth may not be so."

"Is it possible that the Death Eaters found and captured him, and he revealed Lily's location after being tortured?" Anduin really couldn't accept this result.

"If that's the case, where would he have gotten the energy to go and attack Peter?" Bones said seriously. "And you may not understand the Fidelius Charm well enough. Unless the Secret-Keeper actively reveals the secret, even the Imperius Curse or Veritaserum can't pry it out of his mouth."

"Then that's the truth, that's the truth..." Anduin stared blankly at the newspaper in front of him, unable to believe it, but Professor Bones ruthlessly shattered his fantasy.

"Alas." Professor Bones knew that Anduin had a deep friendship with the Potters and Sirius, and now he didn't know how to comfort him.

Anduin didn't know how he returned to the cabin in the Forbidden Forest. He was still reeling from the news he had just received. He, who didn't remember the plot development very well, didn't know if everything that happened today was the same as in the original plot.

But when he was really in it, he found that he couldn't look at these living people with a third-person perspective. Lily, who was always kind and gentle and had helped him a lot, and Sirius, who was free and unrestrained and loved to show off, had all formed a deep bond with Anduin.