Study Days at Hogwarts

"Going to Hagrid's place to catch mice?"

Both Harry and Ron found this matter a bit baffling. Although they all knew that there were indeed a lot of rats in Hagrid's hut, they... always felt that this thing was weird.

"Do you want to go together later?"

Hermione picked up Crookshanks and placed her on her knees. She took out the comb Albert gave her for Christmas from her robe pocket and smoothed the cat's fur. She asked Harry and Ron casually.

"Well, we haven't been to Hagrid's place for a long time." Harry turned his head and asked Ron, "Would you like to go together?"

"Of course." Ron nodded.

Since the last incident of Buckbeak's escape, the three of them had never been to Hagrid's side in order to avoid suspicion.

Now that the Buckbeak incident has passed for a long time, no one should be paying special attention to it now. It is a good opportunity to ask Hagrid what is going on.

The three of them have always been curious about how Albert made Buckbeak disappear out of thin air and where he hid the Hippogriff.

Hermione also asked Professor McGonagall. However, the disappearing spell obviously couldn't do that, at least Professor McGonagall couldn't.

After a brief discussion, the three of them decided to go to Hagrid after dinner, so as not to catch mice and make them have no time to eat. Being hungry at night is not fun.

Hermione found Albert who was eating, "Would you like to go find Hagrid together?"

"I have something else to do, I'll go over there later." Albert gave Lee Jordan, who was about to say something next to him, a shut-up look and continued eating.

After the three Harrys walked away, Albert turned his head and asked Lee Jordan: "How are you doing with your Patronus Charm practice?"

"It's done." Lee Jordan puffed up his chest proudly and said.

Fred and George joked, "It must be an orangutan!"

"Yes, it's the orangutan." Li Jordan was a little depressed, but Albert really guessed it right.

"Barely catching up," Albert muttered.

"Catching up for what?" Lee Jordan asked puzzledly.

"Is the last plan about to start?" George asked in a low voice. He thought it might be because of this incident that Albert asked Lee Jordan if he had mastered the Patronus Charm.

"When does it start?" Fred was not stupid either. He immediately guessed what was going on after being reminded by George.

"Later." Albert said.

"Later?" Li Jordan was still a little confused and couldn't figure out what was going on now. Could it be that the plan to capture Black Dog Black was about to begin?

"You think that guy is hiding with Hagrid now?"

George, the most attentive of the three, immediately realized something. Albert once said that Peter Pettigrew's Animagus might be a rat.

It was obvious where that valuable old mouse was hiding.

Therefore, Albert asked Hermione to take the cat to Hagrid, intending to use the cat named Crook to force Peter Pettigrew out.

Then, he lured the black dog Black through Peter the mouse, so that he could catch them all in one fell swoop.

But, is this really effective?

Such thoughts were quickly suppressed by the three of them. Albert was very shrewd and never did anything he was unsure of. Just look at the Hippogriff escape incident a while ago.

"I remember Professor Lupin as..." Fred said in a low voice.

"Today is the full moon." Albert reminded.

At this time, Professor Lupine was probably in his office, waiting to get through the painful stage of becoming a werewolf.

"Okay, that's right!"

The three of them looked at each other and nodded to show that they understood.

In fact, Fred, George and Lee Jordan all thought wrong. It was not about Albert's predictions, but that Albert planned to directly turn the predictions into reality.

"You go back and make preparations first. Use this to keep an eye on the three Harrys. Now is not the time for us to appear."

"Where are you going?" George asked confusedly, taking the parchment and three strange badges, "And what are these?"

"This thing can block tracking on the Marauder's Map."

"I was just wondering why I couldn't find Albert's date place before. It turns out that this guy already knew how to block the Marauder's Map." George put the map into his pocket and gave the badges to Fred and Li. · Jordan.

Albert planned to go to Professor Lupin, give him a hint, and talk about restoring the werewolf curse.

Professor Lupine was sitting behind his desk enjoying his dinner when he knocked on the door to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

"Is something wrong? Mr. Anderson." Lu Ping was surprised that someone came to see him now.

"Well, something happened." Albert looked at the slightly pale Professor Lupine and said straight to the point: "Professor, have you ever heard of the Humanoid Restoration Curse?

"What kind of magic is that?" Lupine looked at Albert in confusion. He had realized that the other person obviously had other things to do when he came to him at this time.

Albert calmly introduced: "A magic spell that can help werewolves return to their human form."

Professor Lupine's face instantly turned ugly. He knew what Albert meant by saying this. The other party obviously knew his identity as a werewolf, but he soon felt relieved. Albert was too smart. Just observe him asking for leave. It is not difficult to deduce this at the time. The other party came to persuade me to resign early last time. I am afraid it was also due to this reason.

"Does such a spell really exist?" Lupine put down his fork and asked gently: "I still haven't heard of a similar spell, otherwise werewolves wouldn't be so feared by everyone."

"Gilderoy Lockhart mentioned the Restoration Charm in "Wandering with Werewolves"."

"It's just a novel, and I heard..." Lupine finally did not say Gilderoy Lockhart was a liar in front of Albert.

However, Albert had no estimate in this regard and shrugged: "Yes, he is a liar and likes to turn other people's stories into his own."

Lupine was so shocked by Albert's shocking words that he opened his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"The humanoid restoration spell did indeed exist. An old Armenian wizard once used it to deal with the Wagga Wagga werewolves in Australia." Albert looked at Professor Lupin in a daze and continued: "It's just that the old wizard because of Loha A large part of his memory has been wiped out about his relationship with Te, and now he has become a bit stupid."

"So, this spell is lost." Lupine felt that Gilderoy Lockhart had ended up like that entirely because of himself.

"That's right. I got the old wizard's notes from Lockhart last year and reconstructed the spell, but I haven't tested the effect of the spell on werewolves." Albert said the reason why he came here.

Lupine was silent. He finally knew what Albert had come to see him for now. He was preparing to experiment on himself!

Although Lupine didn't like this kind of thing, he didn't reject Albert's proposal immediately. He knew the importance of the humanoid restoration spell, and that spell was really important to werewolves.

If it works, it could make dangerous werewolves harmless.

As for the wolfsbane potion, that thing is too expensive, and werewolves simply can't afford it.

At this time, someone knocked on the door of the Defense Against Dark Arts office, interrupting the brief conversation between the two.

"Come in," said Lupine loudly.

The door opened, and Snape walked in, holding a steaming goblet in his hand. When he saw Albert, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Ah, thank you, Severus." Lupine smiled at Snape, "Will you put it on the desk?"

Snape put down the steaming cup, looked back and forth between Albert and Lupin, pursed his lips, and said softly: "You should just drink it, Lupin."

"I'll drink it. I'll drink it after dinner." Lupine said.

"If I were you, I wouldn't stay here too long." When Snape left the room, he did not forget to remind Albert, "I think you must know the reason."

Seeing the door being closed again, Albert withdrew his gaze, glanced at the goblet that Snape brought to Professor Lupin, and said softly: "Wolfsbane potion, if you drink too much of it, it will be harmful to your health. And the lifespan will be slightly reduced?"

"You know?" Lupine asked curiously.

"Of course I know, I have participated in the improvement of Wolfsbane Potion." Albert said calmly and unbelievably, "This thing was initially because it was too expensive and too difficult to bear, so basically no one paid attention to it. Later, after After several generations of improvements, the price of this thing has been reduced by more than half compared to the original, it is easier to brew, and the effect is quite objective, but the potion is relatively toxic and will have a negative impact on the body."

Although wolfsbane potion can make werewolves harmless and stay sane, the potion itself is also poisonous.

As the improver of Wolfsbane Potion, Albert naturally knew this very well. Once you drink too much of this stuff, it will be harmful to your body. What’s more, this stuff is too expensive.

"Oh, I almost forgot, you are also the champion of the magic school potion competition." Lupine's expression quickly returned to normal. He now finally understood why many professors strongly followed Albert.

"But, to be honest. This stuff tastes really bad." Professor Lupine couldn't help but complain.

"Because this thing was not used for drinking in the first place." Albert said in a weird tone: "This thing is used to get the Sir Merlin Medal. You said how many werewolves can really afford such an expensive potion? Even if The price of the improved wolfsbane potion is still beyond the reach of ordinary people."

"You are right." Lupine nodded, feeling that what Albert said was really reasonable. He suddenly asked: "Where is the humanoid restoration spell?"

"That is a very complex spell, and it is also a magic that belongs to the advanced transformation field." Albert said calmly: "To be honest, many friends think that I should take this opportunity to get the Order of Sir Merlin."

Or for the Order of Merlin?

Lupine was silent.

However, he actually didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"What a mature and over-the-top student."

Lupine, who was sitting behind his desk, couldn't help but reveal a wry smile. In fact, he had nothing to refuse, and his intuition told him that he should agree to Albert's suggestion, even if it was clear that the other party was going for the Order of Sir Merlin, but this The point is very true, and the importance of the humanoid restoration spell cannot be denied.

"Are you going to try this spell on me now?" Professor Lupine asked.

"Of course not now, I won't take this risk." Albert stood up and said: "Wait for the summer vacation. If you are willing to help, you can treat it as a job and I will pay you a lot of money." Galleons.”

It was normal for Lupine to hesitate. After all, he was using himself as a test subject, even though Albert said that the spell would be harmless even if it failed, and was willing to spend a large sum of galleons to thank him for his cooperation.

"If you are willing to help, I can tell you another secret that I discovered a while ago, which may be related to Black." Albert said mysteriously when Lupine didn't speak.

"What secret?" Lupine agreed.

"I once saw the name Peter in Hogwarts Castle." Albert said in surprise.

"What."

Lupine stood up in surprise.

"That thing is actually very useful. You confiscated Potter's Marauder's Map, so you probably don't want him to seek revenge from Black!" Albert looked at the Marauder's Map placed next to Lupine with a half-smile. Before Lupine spoke, he said: "Before the Marauder's Map was given to Harry, I used him. I even saw the name Peter in school. As far as I know, Black once killed a man named Peter. wizard."

"Thank you." Lupine said gratefully.

"You're welcome."

After Albert turned around and left, Lupine didn't care about eating anymore. He picked up the Marauder's Map and carefully screened the name Peter in the castle, but he did not find Peter's name among the many names.

Peter has left Hogwarts?

It shouldn't be, if Black were still blocking him outside, there would be no way he could escape from the castle.

When Lupine slumped back into his chair, he saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaking out of the castle and heading to Hagrid's hunting lodge.

Professor Lupine frowned, stared at the Marauder's Map in his hand, and checked it again. He didn't think Albert would deceive himself or play tricks on himself, because there was no need for it and he wouldn't do that.

I must have missed something.

What could it be?

Lupine regretted that he had not asked clearly just now. He felt that Albert must know some secrets.

"If Peter is really alive..." Lupine was very confused. He knew that he had to do something. Maybe he should confess everything to Dumbledore.

However, Lupine was afraid that if Dumbledore knew that he had failed him, such guilt would completely consume his heart.

"Be brave, you should be brave Lupin and stop running away."

Lupine slapped himself in the face and murmured, "Harry has no family anymore, he can't lose his godfather again.

Lupine decided to wait until he recovered tomorrow and go to find Albert. The other party must know something. He had to find out whether Peter was really alive, and then go to Dumbledore and confess to him what he knew. , only Dumbledore can help Black get out of trouble.