From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Thank you for your hard work, Professor William."

After listening to William's report about the current situation of the Death Eaters, Dumbledore said to William with a smile.

"It's a good idea to take advantage of the school and go see old acquaintances and friends..."

After sorting out his language a little, William directly told Dumbledore about deception to obtain real information - although catching the prisoner with his own hands seemed interesting, he thought he was not that good in acting, and he also asked Dumbledore If you don't have a good actor, you can just leave it to the principal and give him a headache.

"cheat?"

Dumbledore looked at William, "So you are now more inclined to believe that Peter planned a huge scam twelve years ago?"

"That's right," William stated his position before setting off, "So, among the three plans, which one do you like?"

"the last one."

William did not hesitate to agree with all the plans copied from the scammer - the other party was a professional after all, and in the subsequent conversation, the deception plan he had previously considered could also be embedded depending on the situation.

For example, after all, it is normal for honor to be mixed with betrayal caused by assassination and jealousy, and it is not unexpected at all.

"I think that's good too." Dumbledore nodded. "Although he said a lot of things after talking to Remus, it's too difficult to find Sirius based on this. After all, the school's manpower is limited."

Neither of them mentioned the power of the Ministry of Magic - Fudge was so eager for quick success that he even resorted to newspaper announcements. If he revealed a little bit of news about Sirius, he might not know what kind of nonsense would happen.

"Yes, and he probably won't believe anyone," William shook his head - whoever it was, who was separated from his original family and was stabbed in the back by someone who thought he was his best friend, probably wouldn't be able to believe it. Would trust anyone.

Anyway, Sirius went to Azkaban to stay without any excuse, which probably had something to do with this tragic experience.

"But having said that, they were probably the best students in the school at that time. The three of them learned the Animagus at the same time..." Dumbledore shook his head in a rare way, "James has always been a brave warrior, and neither did I. To think that he is so talented in the art of transformation."

It was difficult for William to interrupt with such reminiscences. He could only wait silently for Dumbledore to finish.

"Remus said that Sirius's Animagus was a dog, a huge black dog - I think it was the one responsible for the attack in Hagrid's class last time. Unfortunately, after that, it Disappeared without a trace..."

"I remember that except for the gate, the rest of the place was even the most..."

William was originally a little curious about why the other party was able to escape Hagrid's search in Hogwarts, but then he suddenly remembered the Marauder's Map - for people who can make that thing, can this school really trap them?

I don’t know if Lupine mentioned that map - how did Luping and the others make that map back then?

William, who had been disturbed by the matter of Sirius and Pettigrew, remembered this matter that he should have thought of two days ago.

'Even four wizards can't do it. They can monitor the whole school's wizards...I can even see myself up there...but I don't feel like I'm being monitored at all. ’

'I doubt even Dumbledore could find it... Did it use the power of the castle? ’

'Should we provide the map to Dumbledore now...the power to monitor everyone...' William hesitated a little - with the help of the map, it would be much easier to deal with this matter, but at the cost - the entire school Everything is monitored, even the toilets.

'Not as a last resort... absolutely not... If I can't help but use it one day, then I will hand it over directly...'

"Don't underestimate them. Remus told me that those children turned the school upside down. Maybe Filch is not as familiar with them as he is..."

Dumbledore smiled and shook his head, lost in memories again.

"Dong dong dong."

A knock on the door interrupted Dumbledore's memories.

"Come in, Remus."

Lupine, who didn't know what words to use to describe his expression, walked in - his face was a complex mixture of worry, fear, regret, guilt, etc., making him look extremely haggard.

"Ah, Professor William," Lupine looked at William and his face became a little cheerful, "It's that club. The students are spreading the news. I want to ask the students, are lower-grade students also recruited?"

"The charter is still being prepared. They are really well-informed..."

William replied subconsciously. Just as he was about to make a wisecrack, he suddenly realized a terrible thing - Lupine had just experienced a hell not long ago, and now, he had opened the next level of hell for Lupine. door.

According to Hogwarts' office habits, the only reason Lupine came here was because he was chosen as the person to test - or in other words, the person who robbed Peter Pettigrew of his honor.

When it comes to deception, the fewer actors the better. A person like Lupine shouldn't theoretically know about it. Now let him do it, so it shouldn't be too obvious what he does.

In addition to competing for honor with his friend who was thought to be dead, the terrible thing he has to experience is that although the situation has changed, it is always his other friend who betrays his friend...

"Principal, is there any news?"

He didn't seem to intend to ask for William's answer at all, or in other words, the previous question was just to give himself the ability to speak normally.

‘Professor Lupine should have explained a lot of things in the morning or afternoon, otherwise it would be impossible to ask this question... How did Dumbledore persuade him? ’

"Not yet, Remus."

Lupine's expression suddenly became complicated. He looked at William and seemed to want to say something, but he held back.

‘…’

William was stunned for a moment and immediately guessed what he was thinking - as the oldest self-defense professor in the school, if Sirius is really captured, then he will definitely be a member of the capture team.

'What did Dumbledore say? ’

However, there was no way to answer this doubt. The principal only hesitated for a moment before telling his guess about Sirius and Peter. Then, before Lupine could accept the fact, he patiently began to explain the deception plan.

"..."

Silence, still silence

After Dumbledore briefly told him his plan, Lupine's face suddenly became extremely sad...

After a long silence, he finally made a sound as if resigned to his fate.

"Peter is a murderer? Blake is a good guy?"

"I'm responsible for all the glory, and then I use this to provoke Peter?"

After a series of questions, his voice became hoarse.

"No...I can't, Principal..."

Lu Ping was in a panic. The calmness that had been brought out by countless tortures disappeared without a trace. He was no longer the experienced and reliable person he had been before, but a Mao who had been beaten severely when he first entered society. Head boy.

"Blake...Peter...why is this happening..."

He was really panicked, and even said a little unscrupulously, "Let Snape go, Wormtail hates him... He also hates Peter..."

"Severus can't do it," Dumbledore said in a serious tone, "I have considered that it is precisely because of the previous hatred that he can accept this and endure it. If our speculation is true, he will accept it the most. The only person who cannot be honored is you."

Dumbledore didn't explain too much, but William suddenly understood it - the original foursome, James died, Sirius was in prison, and Peter lived a real life like a mouse...

This might be bearable, but Lupine, who had done nothing in the end, suddenly got all the glory. If the glory was envied by everyone, it would be much more exciting than anyone else could get.

If they are true friends, they will most likely be jealous and bless at the same time - but if the speculations about Peter Pettigrew are true, then how could he endure the fact that he planned everything, only to be plucked by Lupine, a 'friend' ?

Putting himself in his shoes, William felt that he would be pissed off if he were Pettigrew.

One of the two 'friends' was killed, the other was sent to prison, and he ended up becoming a stepping stone? What a joke!

We are all ‘friends’, why can’t you be a stepping stone?

"I think you'd also like to know the answer, Remus."

"I..." Lu Ping hesitated for a long time, but still didn't make a decision in the end, "I don't know, principal, I need time to think..."

"Then it's best to hurry up..." Dumbledore nodded kindly, "There are too many doubts, and I think you don't want me to directly accuse Black or Peter of everything... But you should know that Black is eager to Kill Peter immediately... He is too familiar with this school, and we don't want to see more tragic things happen..."

No doubt that was a reference to Sirius successfully killing Peter and then being captured by the Dementors.

Lu Ping said goodbye without hesitation, and after promising not to contact anyone, he left the principal's office worriedly.

"I'm afraid I have to wrong you again, Professor William."

After Lupine left, Dumbledore shook his head at William and said.

"Because of that fraud plan, the previous discovery and subsequent events, I'm afraid you won't be able to participate."

This William is understandable - he was a little too involved when he found out that the rat was wrong. If he joins again later, the whole thing will look too coincidental, and it will be too difficult to deceive people.

Although he participated in most of the incident, it is best for him to stay away from the hospital and not even appear there, let alone relevant news reports. There can only be one protagonist in the newspaper.

"But as for the salary increase, I guess Minerva won't agree anymore..."

Dumbledore shook his head helplessly, "I don't even dare to bring up this topic with her."

The professor's salary has to be approved by the school director, and it lasts for one year once he leaves. William's current salary is already very considerable, and it is difficult to raise it any more, but it must be a joke that he dare not mention it - Dumbledore is so Said, there must be something better than galleons.

Sure enough, while William was still thinking about what it could be, a book flew out of the bookshelf and landed in Dumbledore's hands.

"Here is a notebook from my original research on dragon blood...or test records or something like that. I think there is some knowledge in it that might be helpful to you."

'You are too modest...'

If he hadn't maintained a little reserve, William would have wanted to stand up and grab the things right away - of course, this was just a joke.

As a semi-amateur Chocolate Frog card collector, although William's willingness to collect cards is different from others, he has a very deep impression of the Dumbledore card with the highest card production rate.

In the introduction of the Dumbledore card, the first one is that Dumbledore discovered the twelve uses of the fire dragon's blood.

That was a great discovery, one of which was related to the potion. After the fire dragon's blood was soaked in several special herbs and then added to the potion, the stability of the potion could be greatly improved.

After being treated with this method, the shelf life of the potion can be extended by more than one month on average compared to the previous commonly used method, and what's even more terrible is that the cost is almost reduced by half.

Anyone who has some common sense about potions will understand what a great discovery this is, and it is a disruptive technological upgrade.

The rest of the uses are similar and can be called subversive. William remembers these very clearly. There are five of them that he has mastered and can use. Each of them is a technological innovation-otherwise, why would this thing be ranked first?

By the way, juxtaposed with this is the alchemy collaboration with Nick Flamel, who picked up the brightest pearl of alchemy, and the defeat of a generation of Dark Lords. Looking at these foils, you should know the gold content of this discovery.

Although all twelve uses have been announced, few wizards would disclose experimental records, which involve experimental ideas, highly valuable emanative thinking, and precious records of experimental misunderstandings...

How should I put it, just about the magic potion with dragon blood effect, if someone brought the genuine product to William to buy it, he would even ask Adams to borrow money to buy it after he had finished his fortune...

Seeing William stunned, Dumbledore used magic to push the book to him and joked, "Well, going to bed too late is not good for the health of the elderly. I don't have any candy here to give you. Professor William.”

‘Nonsense, I saw the candied fruit bag in the drawer over there. As a senior candy lover, don’t even think about lying to me! ’

Just when this sentence was about to blurt out, the heavy notes reminded William of what should and should not be said - although the candy is cute, Galleons can still be exchanged for it.

"Then I won't disturb you, principal."

William took the note, said goodbye and left - he would try to get some preserves next time.

'Many of the candies at the principal's store are experimental versions that are not sold outside...it's really enviable...'

With this idea in mind, William returned to his office, opened the door, and put the biggest gain of his trip over there - he probably wouldn't be able to watch the subsequent scenes. Peter, who was good at deceiving people back then, would definitely find out... Normal place.

There is a limit to how powerful you can be - 'Just wait for the results, and think on the bright side, Minister Fudge is much more anxious than you are...'

After making a comparison, William happily opened the research notes belonging to Dumbledore.