Chapter 268 Dementors attack the castle! Sirius takes the blame

After the fight, the three of them calmed down.

Although Snape still wanted to kill Peter,

but he heard Argus whisper in his ear: "Professor Snape, you don't want Harry to be tortured at his aunt's house all the time, right?"

Finally, he chose to surrender.

Yes! Harry is Lily's only child after all.

No matter how much he despises James, he has to take Lily into consideration.

Although Sirius is reckless, arrogant, and brainless... he is still good to his own people.

With him, Harry's safety is at least not a concern.

The few people who reached a consensus temporarily set out for Dumbledore's office together.

Among them, Peter and Sirius temporarily used Harry's invisibility cloak in case they encountered any little wizards or professors who could not explain clearly.

The group walked towards the principal's office from the eighth floor.

Peter Pettigrew in the invisibility cloak became more and more panicked.

He tried every means to delay time.

He was afraid that Argus would really hand him over to Dumbledore.

If Sirius hadn't been holding his wand against him, he would have turned into a mouse and run away.

"Sirius, please, please let me go!"

"We are friends, can you bear to see me being tortured by Dementors!"

"Thinking back to the past, we were together..."

"Shut up! You are not qualified to talk about the past!"

Sirius was annoyed by Peter and poked Peter's waist with his wand.

Outside the invisibility cloak, Harry only felt his scalp tingling and a little chilly.

He blew a few breaths into his palms.

Asked Lupin: "Professor Lupin, do you feel a little cold?"

"Why do I feel like the temperature around me seems to have dropped?"

"The temperature has dropped?" Lupin didn't react to what Harry meant.

Argus seemed to realize something.

He looked up suddenly!

Through the windows and the rooftop, he could clearly see several black cloaks approaching the castle!

"Dementors! Dementors!"

"They are trying to break into Hogwarts Castle!"

This sentence made everyone present change their faces.

Snape glanced at Sirius coldly.

"You are the one who caused the trouble again!"

"I tell you, if the students of Hogwarts are injured because of you, even if you can prove that you were not a traitor, you will be waiting for the trial!"

Sirius rarely responded.

He held the wand in his hand more and more tightly.

He also had deep feelings for Hogwarts.

If it was really because of him that Hogwarts suffered casualties, he would really feel guilty for the rest of his life.

"We can't keep them alone. We must notify other deans and professors as soon as possible!"

As Argus spoke, he had already taken out his wand and prepared to cast the Patronus Charm.

He couldn't help but sigh for his future self.

He even forgot that there were Dementors outside Hogwarts!

They had just chased Sirius, and it was reasonable for them to follow him to Hogwarts Castle.

Not only that, Sirius went to the headmaster's office from the Room of Requirement.

The room was all on high floors, far away from the lounges of the four colleges, which ensured that the Dementors would not be attracted by the students.

Even if one or two went there, the Patronus Charm that he had taught during this period could protect their safety.

It was safe, reasonable, and could cause a huge commotion, creating an opportunity for Peter to escape!

Dementors were indeed a perfect way to break the deadlock.

A large group of Dementors approached Hogwarts Castle.

Especially in the towers and high floors, they were overwhelming.

The scale was even larger than the Black Lake!

"Expecto Patronus!"

Argus was the first to summon his patronus, Kirin, to clear the way.

There was no sign of the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Professor Lupin, you, Sirius, and Harry, take Peter to Headmaster Dumbledore's office."

"Professor Snape and I will guard this place!"

"Quick!"

Lupin nodded, and without any hesitation, he dragged Harry to the rooftop.

Argus used his wand to command Kirin to move.

Silver-white mist floated in the Hogwarts Castle.

Light footsteps moved around the castle.

The light was so bright that it woke up many young wizards and professors from their sleep.

…

Professor McGonagall, who had just fallen asleep, felt that the temperature around her seemed to be dropping.

Then, a flash of white light flashed outside the window.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a Dementor floating in front of her window.

She hurriedly used the Patronus Charm to drive it away.

Looking through the window, she saw that the castle was surrounded by dense Dementors.

She was horrified and hurriedly summoned her own Patronus.

The silver-white tabby cat was flying in the air.

She hurried out of her room without even changing her pajamas.

A similar scene also happened in the rooms of Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout.

The three of them almost followed each other and walked towards the top floor at their fastest speed.

They stopped to defend with them until they saw Argus and Snape commanding the Patronus to drive away the Dementors.

"Argus, what's going on!"

"Why did the Dementors suddenly break into the castle!"

Professor McGonagall is not stupid. Other professors and deans are wearing pajamas, but Argus and Snape are dressed neatly.

There's just a little dust on them.

You can tell at a glance that they have been here for a while.

"Professor McGonagall, I'll give you a perfect explanation in the principal's office later."

"But now, we should first find a way to drive away these dirty dark creatures!"

There were only dim lights in Hogwarts, but through these, Argus also saw several Dementors entering the interior of Hogwarts Castle from other windows.

Professor McGonagall also saw this scene.

But she was trying her best to resist most of the Dementors at this time, and she had no time to deal with them.

More importantly, the locations where these Dementors entered were very scattered, and it was a waste of time to clean them up one by one.

After thinking for a long time, Professor McGonagall was ready to clean up the rooms that were broken into by Dementors.

She couldn't bear to watch her students being attacked anyway!

At least there were other professors and deans to resist in front, and even if she withdrew, they could take over in time.

But it was different in the castle!

These children had no ability to fight Dementors at all!

Facing Dementors, there was only one way to die!

"Mr. Grindelwald, Pomona, Severus, Felius!"

"Get ready, I'm going to withdraw!"

Just as Professor McGonagall was about to withdraw from the area she was defending and go to the school to rescue other young wizards.