Chapter 171 Remembrance in the Sun
In the evening, Hermione happily hugged Crookshanks and said goodbye to Harry outside the Leaky Cauldron, while Mr. Granger was waiting in front of his car with a box full of books.
"See you on the train, Harry." Hermione waved goodbye before getting into the car.
Harry kept watching her leave before returning to the Leaky Cauldron.
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In a flash of time, it came to September 1st, and Harry arrived at King's Cross Station ahead of schedule as always.
Hedwig was released early by Harry, while Sirius was tightly held by Harry's hand, for fear that the big dog would run away suddenly.
This time Harry found a public toilet, and took Sirius into King's Cross Station after being invisible in it.
After all, such a large Scottish Deerhound is quite eye-catching.
Harley's actions caught Sirius by surprise again, he never thought that his goddaughter would be able to cast the Wandless Disillusionment Curse, and the effect of casting the spell was so good!
He couldn't even do it with a wand!
After entering platform nine and three-quarters, Harley lifted her invisibility.
At this time, it was not yet half past eight, and the sun was shining on the empty platform.
The familiar Hogwarts Express was bathed in the morning sun and breeze.
Looking at the long-lost Hogwarts Express, Sirius had a sore nose, trying not to let himself cry.
James, Lupine, Lily, Arthur, Professor McGonagall, Headmaster Dumbledore...
Familiar faces flashed before Sirius' eyes.
They stood or sat, or held hands, and looked at Sirius with smiles on their faces.
But now things are different.
Some people have embarked on the journey after death; while some people can't meet themselves even though they are alive.
If they really met, they might kill them directly!
But Sirius didn't resent them for it.
Because he should have died that night twelve years ago, and he should atone for his mistakes.
The figure in Sirius' eyes quickly disappeared, leaving only a small young man at last, a young man with a pointed nose and small watery eyes.
He had the smile on his face too, the same smile that Pettigrew had put on when Sirius saw him for the last time.
But in the eyes of Sirius right now, this smile is full of sarcasm, mockery, and the meanness of a betrayer.
"Peter Pettigrew, damn Wormtail, betrayed James and Lily's mouse!"
Hate burned in Sirius' heart,
"I'll catch you and take you to the graves of James and Lily, and tear them to pieces to comfort their souls!"
Harry didn't know that so many images flashed through the mind of the big dog next to him.
After she got on the train, she walked all the way to her fixed box at the rear of the train.
This caused Sirius to be in a trance again, and his heart was full of nostalgia.
From the way home at the end of the first semester, the four of them also sat in that position until they graduated from the seventh grade.
Harry led Sirius to the outside of the box, but slowed down when the door was opened halfway.
Because there are already people in this box. A middle-aged man is leaning against the window, looking at the scenery outside the window.
The man was wearing a tattered wizard robe, which was patched in several places.
He looked sickly, with silver streaks in his light brown hair.
Although his hand on the table was long and slender, its skin was pale and bloodless.
And on the luggage rack above the man's head, there was only a lonely, tattered small box.
The chest was also patched like the man's robe, and the outer layer was neatly tied with rope.
Harry keenly noticed a name printed on the corner of the box, "Remus John Lupine."
Harry immediately apologized respectfully: "Sorry Professor, I didn't know there was anyone in the box."
At this moment, Harry already had some guesses about Lupine's identity. He was probably the new professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course.
But alarm bells were ringing in her heart.
On the one hand, Harry was wary that the man in front of him was transformed by Sirius with transfiguration.
On the other hand, and the most important aspect, if Harry read correctly, the thing in front of him is a werewolf!
When Harry was in the library, he was still very interested in the materials about vampires and werewolves.
After all, it is a creature that exists in both worlds. As a witch, Harley often deals with those shady things, so she is naturally very familiar with it.
This made Harry want to study very much, what is the difference between the two.
For this reason, Harley also specially used the magic mirror to help him recall the vampires and werewolves in the world of sequence passage.
To Harry's surprise, vampires aside, many of the features of werewolves in both worlds were similar.
It's just that in the world of the mysterious path, the werewolves of the heterogeneous path can freely control whether they are werewolves, but the werewolves of the magical world cannot.
But this does not prevent the two from sharing the same hallmarks, such as the unusual distance between their snouts.
"It's okay, I'm the only one in the box, and you can sit too." Professor Lu Ping also noticed someone outside the door, and said softly.
However, there was exhaustion in his voice, even though he was energetic, he still couldn't hide his weakness.
When he saw that it was Harry standing at the door, Professor Lupine was taken aback for a moment, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and then quickly returned to normal.
As if noticing that Harry's muscles were slightly tense, Professor Lupine chuckled lightly and stretched his hands into his arms.
While Harry was on alert, Professor Lupine pulled out a piece of parchment that was emitting waves, gently unfolded it and placed it on the table:
"This is an employment letter from Professor Dumbledore. It is stamped with Hogwarts' official seal of magic and cannot be forged."
With a brief glance, Harry confirmed that it was true.
Only then did she let go of her vigilance, but she still paid some attention to Professor Lupine.
Of course, she wasn't going to expose Professor Lupine's identity either.
Harry couldn't believe that Professor Dumbledore didn't know that Lupine was a werewolf.
What are you making fun of when the greatest white wizard in the world agrees?
Even so, Harry still complained in his heart, what the hell is Professor Dumbledore doing?
For the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, the first year is a dark wizard with the remnant soul of the Dark Lord, the second year is a thief who does not teach seriously, and the third year is a werewolf?
Then, do you want to hire a Death Eater who hides his identity and a hypocritical toad next, so that this position will be full of five poisons!
Harry began to suspect that the rumor among the students was true that the subject Defense Against the Dark Arts had been cursed by Voldemort and that no one could teach it for more than a year.
And Professor Dumbledore wanted to use this curse to kill some people he was inconvenient to kill.
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(Thanks to Nine-Tailed Yanhu for the reward!)