Chapter 291 The Werewolf's Dilemma

Werewolves have keen hearing. Although the girl named Claire was a little distracted, she immediately looked over with vigilance as soon as Wade walked into the alley.

Seeing that the other party was a strange wizard, Claire turned sideways, leaned against the wall, and made way for him.

But the strange wizard stopped not far in front of her.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to listen to you." The strange wizard said gently: "But I just seemed to hear you say... are you a werewolf?"

"Ah!" The girl was startled and said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, I, I'll leave right away!"

Werewolves are a discriminated group even in the magical world. Claire hurriedly wanted to leave, but accidentally stepped on a jar on the ground and fell backwards, waving her hands in panic.

Suddenly, her arm was grabbed and her whole body was pulled back.

Claire stared in shock, looking like she was very surprised, and then said quietly: "Thank you, thank you."

"Don't worry, I don't mean any harm." Wade stretched out his hand again and said, "Let me introduce myself. I'm Weiner. As you can see, I'm a wizard."

"Ah, I...my name is Claire."

Claire carefully stretched out her hand and gently shook Wade's hand. There was still an uneasy expression on her face, but she was slightly more relaxed.

After a few minutes.

The two of them sat outside the ice cream shop. Wade ordered two ice creams. He pushed one of them to Claire. The girl scooped up a small spoonful and put it into her mouth. Then she narrowed her eyes slightly, showing a very satisfied expression.

"It's delicious." She sighed, and then smiled: "Thank you for treating me to ice cream."

"Nothing." Wade said.

"Well...what do you want to do with me?"

Claire held the spoon and whispered: "As you can see, I turned from an ordinary person into a werewolf. I don't know magic, I'm not very strong... and I don't have any money."

Wade was silent for a moment, and seeing that Claire was very reserved, as if she wanted to run away at any moment, he said:

"Actually, I want to study the possibility of lycanthropy being cured, so I need to find a werewolf who can cooperate... I thought I heard you say just now that you are willing to help test the medicine..."

Upon hearing Wade's purpose, Claire's eyes suddenly lit up. Before he could finish speaking, she nodded quickly and said, "Okay, okay! If you can stop turning into a werewolf, I can do anything you want!"

"But testing drugs is dangerous...and the reward I can give is not much..."

Seeing that she was very active, Wade pretended to be embarrassed and said.

Claire gritted her teeth and said, "It doesn't matter, I don't need any money!"

"How can that be done? I definitely can't let you work in vain."

Wade smiled and then said: "Actually, it is best to have a reference group for comparison in this kind of research. Can you introduce that magical companion to join our research? In this way, I can eliminate the interference of magic and find out What are the factors that cause lycanthropy?”

"Will..." Claire hesitated for a moment before saying, "Will may not be able to do it. He has work to do... Can I introduce other werewolves to you? They also have magic."

"Yeah, everything is fine." Vader said casually, "Do you know many werewolves?"

"We have our own community and we can usually help each other. Because... you know, most wizards cannot accept the existence of werewolves." Claire said as naturally as possible.

"Then how do you maintain your daily life?" Wade asked.

"I usually find some odd jobs in cities where ordinary people live, working as a restaurant waiter or handing out flyers." Claire said softly, "Because I can't work before and after my transformation, I'm often fired."

"What about when you transform?"

"Just lock yourself up in advance. I will also take a few sleeping pills...but it's not very effective. I heard that the water of life and death is very effective, but...the magic potion is too expensive..."

Claire tried her best to smile, as if to say, ‘This is nothing,’ and her fingers unconsciously stretched the sleeves until they covered the back of her hands.

She was still wearing long-sleeved pants and an old scarf around her neck in July.

But even so, Vader could still see that she had a long, thin scar near her ear.

He remembered something he had read about werewolves in the book.

For example, a werewolf on a full moon night will be very brutal after transformation, attacking anyone in sight indiscriminately, even if it is a relative or friend.

The Ministry of Magic stipulates that werewolves must lock themselves up on full moon nights to avoid harming others.

But werewolves who have no target to attack will not calm down because of this. Their blood is still boiling with manic and bloodthirsty desires. Unless they are accompanied by other animals, werewolves will be relatively peaceful.

If unaccompanied, they will turn on themselves, waking up scarred in the morning, restored to their human form, and reminded of all their actions since becoming wolves.

This process is obviously very painful.

Therefore, the werewolves who abide by the law will appear more haggard and weak, while the werewolves who let themselves go will gradually lose their humanity.

The function of the wolfsbane potion is to allow the werewolf to remain rational after the transformation, not to hurt others or himself, and to spend the night quietly.

Even so, this period of time was difficult, so Lupine always seemed particularly weak in the past few days after his transformation. It wasn't until Sirius was always with him after he was released from prison that Lupine visibly regained his healthy complexion.

Only at this moment did Wade suddenly understand why he felt something was wrong when he first saw Will, but he didn't know what the problem was.

——That person’s mental state is too high-spirited.

Although he was as thin as Lupine used to be, he was not at all gloomy or depressed. On the contrary, his attitude was very enthusiastic and his smile was so bright that it even made Wade feel a little aggressive.

Of course, just because someone has a cheerful personality, you can't say that there must be something wrong with him... After all, Will may be a naturally e-person, and he can face it happily no matter what kind of setbacks or hardships he faces.

Or maybe he just expresses his happy mood in a more exaggerated form because his living conditions have improved recently.

Vader gently rubbed the handle of the wand, and many thoughts suddenly came to his mind.

"That...Mr. Weiner..."

Claire finished her ice cream and asked in a low voice: "When will I start working? Do I need to make any preparations?"

Wade had just made a random excuse to talk to him and was about to deal with it casually. But before he spoke, he saw Claire's eyes.

Her eyes were filled with strong longing, longing for what he casually said to come true, but she seemed to know in her heart that it was impossible.

Therefore, there was both dependence and prayer in those eyes, as well as deep fear.