Surrounded by rough stone walls, most of the light in the cave-like deep kitchen comes from one end of the room, the large fireplace lit by Amosta for warmth. The smoke from the pipe fills the air. If the smoke on the battlefield is , the heavy iron pots and basins hanging from the dark ceiling looked hideous and eerie in the smoke.
The silver-striped snake that bound Sirius disappeared, but he still did not stand up. Instead, he fell on his side and fell to the floor. His expression was twitching, and he looked at Amosta with a look of confusion. Covered anger.
Today, the news Amosta heard was subversive, so he couldn't just listen to Blake's words. At that moment, he went to Blake's mind to make sure that he would not be fooled by these ridiculous things. Words deceive.
"Okay, Mr. Black, don't look so sad--"
Amosta cleared his throat and said angrily,
"Do you expect me, who has never met you, to believe the 'truth' you tell me without any doubt after hearing it? I always have to find a way to verify the authenticity!"
This is the truth, but Sirius still can't help but be angry. This is of course. If anyone breaks into your brain without your consent and peeks into the past that you most don't want to look back on, you will also Will be extremely angry.
"Now that you know the truth, Blaine,"
Sirius stood up tremblingly while holding on to the legs of the table. He also pulled out a stool and stood down. He gasped and stared at Amosta opposite him, and said in a gloomy and resentful tone,
"What are you going to do now?"
"What else can be done?"
Amosta looked at him sideways, as if he were facing a naughty little wizard who asked his parents to take action after getting into trouble.
"Of course I want to find a way to catch the guy named Shorty Peter and send him to the Ministry of Magic to see if I can get some reward money... Ahem, I mean, let the Wizengamot put him on trial. , so as to restore your innocence."
Sirius:.....
"I don't care about innocence or anything, Blaine!"
After a brief silence, Sirius waved his hands and roared,
"I just want to send Peter to hell. Ever since I knew this despicable guy was still alive, I have been thinking about it day and night and dreaming about taking his life for months. Now that you know I am innocent, Brian , you can help me enter the Gryffindor dormitory and catch that rat, I will cut it into pieces with my own hands!"
"That's easy to say -"
Amosta sneered,
"In my opinion, there are two issues that urgently need to be resolved."
"No problem is as important as killing Peter, Blaine!"
After staying in Azkaban for twelve years, Sirius has been tortured by hatred and has become inhuman. The only reason that keeps him from collapse is that he wants to avenge James and Lily.
Even if he knew that Black was just wronged, Amosta couldn't like this guy. On the contrary, Black didn't like Blaine, a young wizard with strong magic but cruel methods... who seemed to be particularly obsessed with gold galleons, especially Yes, Amosta Brain seems to have a close relationship with Snape, the snot-nosed guy. If possible, Sirius would rather get rid of him immediately!
"The first question is,"
Amosta's eyes were deep and he raised his index finger towards Sirius.
"I'm afraid you don't know that a month ago, on the second night after you broke into Hogwarts, Ron's rat named Spotted had died. Ron found Spotted on his bed. Blood stains, and at the same time, a few yellow hairs of Crookshanks were found there... This incident almost led to the death of Ron and Granger... two of Harry's best friends..."
"This is impossible!"
Before Amosta could finish speaking, Black shouted. He was furious and scratched the table with his nails.
"I bet it's a scam, that mean guy!"
Sirius couldn't find a way to express the rage in his heart, so he could only grit his teeth.
"He escaped by faking his own death. This was the case when I cornered him on the Muggle street before I was imprisoned, and it is the same now. He is definitely not dead. That cowardly and shameless guy must have sensed the danger and hid in advance!"
"Stop yelling--"
Amosta said coldly,
"Who do you think caused this trouble, eh, Mr. Black? Whether it was after Voldemort fell or when you just came out of Azkaban for a walk, Dumbledore had a lot of means to clear your suspicions. , let Peter go to Azkaban and live in prison for the rest of his life,
But now, we have to find a mouse, and this mouse may appear all over the world. Mr. Black, maybe your brain is rusty, maybe you have no brain at all, but I still want to ask, are you ready? What to do, spend the rest of your life chasing a rat around the world. A friendly reminder, according to statistics from Muggle scientists, there are about 20 billion rats in the entire world...
I think you must be very happy when you hear this number, right? Because you can finally find something to kill your excessive energy! "
More than ten years ago, facing such an insult, Sirius would have definitely taken out his wand and wanted to duel Amosta. Even now, when he heard Amosta say this, he had this idea in his mind, but The harsh truth was, he didn't have a wand, and... at least until Peter died, he had to keep himself alive.
"I know Peter,"
Sirius' face turned red, and he explained with a hum,
"I bet he's still at Hogwarts and he's afraid to leave because to do so would be to give up the protection of the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore."
"so what?"
Amosta still had a bad look on his face;
"Tear Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry into pieces and dig three feet into the ground?"
Sirius fell silent, but Amosta then raised a finger.
"The second thing, why do you think I will help you, Black, this is the trouble you caused yourself, and you also caused me to lose the entire 50,000 gold galleons bounty...
I could have pretended that I hadn't heard those things from you tonight and just kill you, and no one would have blamed me, not Dumbledore, not Remus Lupin, not Harry, not Connell. Leigh Fudge would even be so grateful to me that he would personally award me a Merlin Order, First Class, just because I helped the Ministry of Magic solve a big problem!
Of course, I'm not that conscience-stricken. I knew you were innocent and still took your body in exchange for money... But why should I help you enter Gryffindor and help you catch Peter... I didn't kill you? Just thank me for my kindness! "
Sirius would have cursed if he could.
He never thought of telling the truth about James and Lily's sacrifices, nor did he think of asking others for help. Otherwise, he would have found Remus long ago, and it wouldn't be because he was careless and was killed by Amosta Brain. He had to catch him and send him to the Snivellus for humiliation, so he relented.
But these words cannot be said, because he can see that Amosta Brain is undoubtedly a wizard born in Slytherin. He will not pity himself just because he is innocent, or treat him in order to seek justice. Great help.
"Follow me back to Hogwarts to meet Dumbledore."
After a long time, Amosta, who had lost his temper, said indifferently,
"For the sake of Harry and Remus, I will not let the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Potter go unpunished, but you discuss with Dumbledore and Remus how to catch Peter. I still have a lot of questions about myself. Now that I have confirmed that you will not take action against Harry, I will leave Hogwarts soon..."
"No!"
When he heard that Amosta wanted him to explain everything to Dumbledore, Sirius looked stubborn.
"I won't tell anyone the truth again. I don't want to see them before I kill Peter!"
"how?"
Amosta mocked,
"Now I know I feel ashamed for my stupidity. I'm sorry, Mr. Black. I can neither ignore the news I heard, nor do I want to play boring revenge games with you... Be smarter, I won't be able to do anything tonight." Go to sleep, I hope that after dealing with your troubles, I can at least make it in time for breakfast at Hogwarts!"
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