Chapter 243
“Harry? What happened to you?”
Ron followed the footprints all the way to the edge of the forest.
He only heard Harry sobbing softly.
The snow under his feet was hit by tears and pitted one after another.
He walked forward and lifted the invisibility cloak.
But he saw Harry curled up in a ball, crying.
“Harry, what’s wrong with you?”
“There are… a lot of things, Ron… I’m very confused now…”
“Sirius… He is my parents’ best friend and my… godfather! But he betrayed them!”
Ron was stunned by the news.
“What did you say? Sirius is your godfather!”
“My parents… trusted him so much!” Harry was immersed in his own world and couldn’t extricate himself.
He murmured in a low voice.
“I want to find him, I must find him and avenge my parents!”
“Harry, I think we should think about this matter more.”
Ron thought for a while, put his hand on Harry’s shoulder, and continued to persuade: “I think we should discuss this matter with Principal Dumbledore first…”
“And Professor Lupin, isn’t he a good friend of your parents? We can ask him for help!”
Hearing these two names, Harry looked up suddenly.
There was confusion in his eyes.
“Can I… can I still trust them?”
“What do you mean?” Ron didn’t understand what Harry was talking about.
Harry wiped the tears from his face: “I just heard in the bar that it was Sirius who betrayed my father that made them die at the hands of Voldemort.”
“But… but Professor Lupin, as their good friend, never showed up from beginning to end.”
“No way, Professor Lupin doesn’t look like this kind of person.” Ron heard this and was a little unbelievable.
His expression was exactly the same as when Harry just learned about it.
“Even if Professor Lupin is not good enough, we still have Headmaster Dumbledore!”
“If I say… from the time I was born until now, everything was arranged by Headmaster Dumbledore, would you believe it?”
Harry laughed bitterly.
The two elders he once respected the most turned around one after another, making him wonder who he could trust now.
Ron hadn’t reacted yet: “Isn’t that better?”
“Headmaster Dumbledore thinks that you are in Hogwarts…”
“What about before you came to Hogwarts?”
Harry interrupted Ron.
Ron remembered the scene when Harry came to live in his house, and when he and the Weasley twins drove a flying car to Harry’s house to pick him up.
He stammered: “You… you mean, Dumbledore arranged you at your aunt’s house?”
“He knows all about your situation, and he deliberately let you…”
Harry didn’t speak, but shrank again.
“Impossible! Dumbledore is the greatest white wizard of this century. He can’t do such a thing!” Ron is a die-hard fan of Dumbledore and doesn’t want to believe it at all.
“I don’t want to believe it either, but this is what Argus said in front of me, and Dumbledore admitted it himself!”
“Over the years, every danger and every accident of mine was protected by Argus in secret…”
“Impossible! It must be that evil Slytherin who lied!”
When Ron heard Argus, he immediately became like a chicken with feathers flying.
His red hair stood up, and his face flushed with excitement.
“Why can he be with Principal Dumbledore and Minister Fudge!”
“The Saints are all dark wizards, and they are the best at pretending!”
“Ron, Dumbledore admitted it himself! It was Dumbledore, do you understand!”
Harry did not give in.
His guilt towards Argus made him unable to sit back and watch Ron speak ill of Argus as usual.
“That… that doesn’t mean he’s a good person!”
“Maybe he knew you were there and said that on purpose!”
Ron had nothing to refute, but he still didn’t want to admit it.
“Impossible!”
Harry’s head was like a mess. In his understanding, the only person he could trust now was Argus!
Recalling his experience since he met Argus, Argus seemed to have never done anything to let him down.
Even every time he was in danger, he would appear by his side.
He wanted to talk to Argus, but he also knew that he had been hiding from Argus for so long.
Even if he went to apologize to Argus, he might not be forgiven by him.
His eyes were full of helplessness.
“Ron… what should I do now?”
“Who else can I trust…”
…
A month passed.
Still on a full moon, Lupin quietly disappeared from Hogwarts.
Snape was responsible for substitute teaching.
He was now sure that Argus had known about Lupin for a long time.’s identity.
It was just that for some reason it was not revealed!
This made Snape, the head of Slytherin and Lupin’s enemy, very upset.
Don’t forget who you are under now!
Can’t tell the difference between the big and small kings!
As the student in Slytherin who had the most contact with Snape, Argus noticed something was wrong with Snape on the first day he acted weird.
He understood the reason after a little thought.
“I’m sorry, Professor Snape, it’s not time to reveal Lupin’s identity yet.”
“However, during this period, Alan has gained a lot of reputation with the Saints and the Ministry of Magic Aurors.”
“Dumbledore also took action against Fudge.”
“Using the Dementors, Fudge was condemned by many wizard parents.”
“Barty Crouch and Amelia Bones joined forces and barely suppressed Fudge.”
“But having tasted the power, how could he give up easily?”
“In a few days, Fudge will probably ask the Saints for help again.”
“As for Snape…”
In the classroom, Argus looked up at the Slytherin Dean who was giving a lecture on the podium.
“Voldemort’s resurrection is not far away. It’s time to tell Snape something interesting.”
After class, Argus returned to the bathroom on the first floor and returned to the timeline as usual. He went to Snape’s office to help him deal with potions.
“Close the door and deal with these materials quickly!”
Snape was extremely impatient.
Argus took a look and saw that it was the familiar wolfsbane potion material.
Snape had no idea how many times he had mixed it this month. Not to mention this month, it was probably almost enough for this year.
But Argus could still see various wolfsbane potion materials scattered on the ground.
The first time, he was not very familiar with these materials.
After Snape’s strict training and the repeated production of wolfsbane potion.
Argus could recognize the names and uses of these materials with his eyes closed.
After helping Snape deal with the materials again, Snape threw a bottle of potion to Argus.
“Send it to your beloved Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.”
“Understood, professor.”
Argus nodded, but Snape mocked him.
“Understand? What do you understand? Mr. Grindelwald, I thought you were a smart man.”
“Now it seems… Tsk tsk…”
Argus was not angry, and put the potion on the table calmly.
“Professor. If you are talking about Professor Lupin’s identity as a werewolf, there is no need to be like this.”
Snape turned his head and stared into Argus’ eyes.
“I guessed it a long time ago, you know his identity!”
“No, no, no, professor.” Argus looked up at Snape.
“I know more than you think.”
Snape sneered: “For example?”
“For example, a Hogwarts professor almost died in the Shrieking Shack… For example, a potion master was hung on a tree.”
“For example, where Sirius was hiding… For example, who helped Sirius escape the search of Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic…”
“For example, what happened back then…”
“For example… How did Lily Evans die!”
