"Maybe I met him somewhere--"
Remus smiled, his expression looking a little disappointed. He finally looked away, looked at Amosta and said, "So, you got nothing last night?"
"Apparently so-"
Amosta stood up, walked to the fireplace, took off the hot teapot and made himself a cup of tea. He turned his back to Remus and said,
"I have checked all the secret passages that Filch doesn't know about, and I haven't found any clues related to Black. Well... I have sealed the secret passage under the Whomping Willow."
Regarding this result, Remus didn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed. In short, he looked devastated when he left. He reminded Amosta that he would transform again in a few days. When the time comes, please Mosta walked out of the office after helping to teach.
Amosta held the tea cup, Lenny, who drooped his ears with interest, said nothing.
After a while, Sirius asked Amosta to change him back to his original form, and asked dully,
"So, you already know that Remus is a werewolf?"
"Since Dumbledore hired him as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, he would definitely not hide it from the school board and the Ministry of Magic. The current professors in the school also taught him back then, and they had already known about Remus being a werewolf. You know, and as for me..."
Amosta took a sip of tea and smiled,
"I knew Remus before we were colleagues."
Sirius seemed interested, and Amosta told him briefly,
"--You must be aware of the underground world deep in Knockturn Alley. In recent years, Remus has been hanging out there in order to have enough food to eat. Of course, he has not done many illegal and criminal things. Everyone When Yue transforms, he will go to the forest or the wilderness to survive that period of time alone. After the transformation is over, he will get some herbs from the forest and sell them. However, he doesn't seem to be very good at this. Most of the time, None of his stuff sells for a few cents--"
Seeing that Sirius was listening very seriously, Amosta thought for a moment and then said,
"In the early years, I mean when Voldemort first fell, the wizarding world had a deep prejudice against werewolves. At that time, Remus was forced to hang out with Greyback for a while. However, he obviously couldn't stand Greyback. Ke's cruel style of doing things...working hard...well, that's probably it."
"Before, I meant when we just graduated from Hogwarts,"
Sirius said gloomily,
"Remus's life is not going well. He is unwilling to accept my help... Some of James' relatives own industries. He wants to introduce Remus to work there, but Remus is afraid to give James a job. Even if Mu brings trouble, he also refuses to agree."
Sirius took a deep breath to shake these unpleasant memories out of his mind, and then looked at the young wizard leaning against the fireplace with strange eyes.
"I suddenly noticed something, Blaine."
uh-huh--
Amosta used a nasal sound to express doubt.
"You graduated from Slytherin, right? It's so rare that a wizard who graduated from that academy has the courage to call Voldemort by his first name?"
Sirius said in a sarcastic tone,
"In those years, Slytherin was almost a Death Eater reserve. Many Slytherins we knew became the backbone of the Death Eaters directly after graduation. Of course, including Snotlout Snape, your relationship with him Not bad, right? Has he ever told you about his glorious past?"
"I don't see how you have the right to mock Severus Snape, Black."
Amosta said coldly,
"It is true that Professor Snape may have made mistakes when he was young, but he has been helping Dumbledore over the years, hoping to make up for the mistakes he made when he was young and ignorant. And you, Black, after your stupid suggestion What did you do after the Potters died? To put it mildly, entering Azkaban was an act of forgiveness. To put it badly, you just hoped to avoid the condemnation of your conscience in this way.
In my opinion, Snape is much more courageous than you, Black. If you are really responsible, why don't you take the initiative to take up the responsibility of raising Harry? As far as I know, you seem to be his godfather. ? "
"I did want to do that!"
Sirius stood up with a swish, his cheeks flushed red as he felt humiliated.
"The night the Potters were killed, I wanted to raise Harry, but Hagrid said that Dumbledore wanted to place Harry with his aunt!"
"Just what you meant, right?"
Amosta sneered and said,
"Compared to raising a child with such a long and arduous responsibility, obviously it is more in line with your ability to run for revenge when your head is hot."
He couldn't fight, quarrel, or even slam the door and leave. Sirius was so angry that his lungs almost exploded. However, Amosta's immediate words made him look stunned and fell into silence for a long time.
"Last summer vacation, for some reasons, I went to visit Harry's aunt and uncle's house. In private, he told me that before coming to Hogwarts, he had been living in the storage cupboard under the stairs. ...The Potters are obviously very happy to see Harry grow up in such a 'favourable' environment, right?"
The whole room fell silent, and the quarrel came to an end.
Throughout the morning, Sirius lay motionless on the sofa. Even when faced with Crookshanks' curious proddings, Sirius showed no reaction. It seemed that he was really hit by Amosta's sharp words.
"What plans do you have for the Christmas holidays, Amosta?"
After the two classes in the morning, just before lunch, Professor McGonagall walked out of her office and went upstairs to knock on Amosta's office door.
"Well, I plan to go back to my orphanage. Professor, do you have any advice--"
Is he an orphan?
Hearing the word orphanage, Lenny on the sofa raised his head and looked at Amosta Blaine who was standing at the door talking in amazement. Suddenly he came back to his senses...
"That's right, Amosta,"
Professor McGonagall clutched the parchment in her hand, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Here's the list of kids who requested detention over the Christmas break, considering Blake is still on the loose, so--"
Amosta blinked, "Where are all those people?"
"Mr. Potter must be one,"
Professor McGonagall sighed and said, "The child has nowhere to go...and Granger and Weasley stayed with him!"
Slytherin's Malfoy and two of his followers are not going home for Christmas this year. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw also have several senior students who are preparing for the NEWT exam. Gryffindor It's a trio. In addition, Neville Longbottom was also forced to stay in school this year because of his lost wand.
"Speaking of Neville's wand-"
Amosta suddenly came to his senses. He took out his wand from his pocket and showed it to Professor McGonagall.
"I discovered it accidentally while walking in the yard yesterday."
"Oh, thank God!"
Professor McGonagall immediately said happily,
"I persuaded Longbottom for a while, and was even willing to help him write a letter to Augusta, but he just didn't dare to go back. Now, Mr. Longbottom can finally go back for Christmas... Well, as for Since you have arrangements for taking care of the children during the holidays..."
Professor McGonagall hesitated, "I'll ask Remus. He probably won't have any additional travel plans."
Black, who blamed himself for Harry's situation, was once again hit hard in his heart.
Amosta finished his lunch in the office, and during the break before class, he planned to go to the Gryffindor common room to return Mr. Longbottom's wand to him and get his own spare wand back.
The 'cute' little Lenny obviously wanted to go along, but was rejected mercilessly.
"Help me keep an eye on little Lenny, Crookshanks."
After giving these instructions, Amosta locked the door with a click and disappeared from the sight of the two cats, who were both unhappy.
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