After the disagreement, Lockhart began to do something, and this time it really did.

hand.

If he did it last time, he must have been unreasonable to confront the Ministry of Magic, but this time he is maintaining the authority of the Ministry of Magic. well.

Lockhart didn't use his half-baked Patronus spell, but the type of magic he was best at.

\"Expathic_Ttalus 1o" Lockhart yelled.

Without saying a word, he blocked the communication of the dementors' consciousness. He didn't believe that these dementors could be more powerful than Voldemort.

Dementors are all blind, and even using the Curse of Blindness on them is of no use. Even if their sense of smell is cut off, they can accurately find the location of each other through the emotional fluctuations of the surrounding life.

In this case, it should be more effective to directly isolate their perception of emotions.

Lockhart wasn't sure if it would work for them, but it was the best way he could think of to deal with the Dementors.

Fortunately, this magic does work.

After he used this magic, there was a commotion among the dementors.

\"What did you do?!" the Dementor leader roared uncomfortably.

Lockhart could feel that its mind was desperately pulsing outwards, but it never got any feedback.

This magic really turned them into "blind men", and without perception, they couldn't even feel the toy they had kept for several days, the mouse family in the mouse hole in the corner of the railway station.

"Punishment," Lockhart replied, "You should know exactly what the Ministry of Magic has given you, and pretending to be dumb won't help you solve your current predicament.

In desperation, the dementor's language ability seems to have recovered a lot: "We are working for you! How dare you treat me like this!"

"Yes, and then what?" Lockhart asked rhetorically.

Dementor: ?

"Let's just talk about it here." Lockhart magnified his maliciousness a little bit again. The guys are just a bunch of **** wagging their tails in front of wizards. We keep you just to deal with them. Something we don't want to touch, understand? What we give you is yours, what we don't give you, you can't take it, you have crossed the border. "

If Lockhart hadn't cut off all the dementors' senses, the dementors wouldn't have spoken to Lockhart in such an eloquent manner, but the fact is that this official of the Ministry of Magic - personally subdued thirty of them, and they Not sure if Lockhart can do more.

At least it's not exactly bluff.

The Dementor's little boss decided to take it easy:

"Loyalty should be rewarded...Wizards...We haven't violated your rules??

Hearing that the Dementor was softened, Lockhart was relieved. He was really worried that the Dementor would smash around like flies. In that case, his control range would need to be expanded accordingly, and the scene would inevitably get out of control.

"But you definitely got your position wrong." Lockhart said, "We took pity on you, allowed you to survive, sent food to your little island with nothing, and brought you back. Come out... We do so much because you will be obedient, not to make you go against the grain."

"We... follow the rules... but next time... you need to be more specific," the Dementor replied.

After saying this, it is actually equivalent to tacitly acknowledging a fact - that is

It's within the Hoghold Land perimeter, and Lockhart's status is better than them.

"Very good, this is a good start." Lockhart lifted his perception blockade. "As long as you follow the rules as you promised, the Ministry of Magic will give you what you want."

After the negotiation, Lockhart opened the door of the station and wanted to go to Hogwarts to explain the "accident" just now.

But right outside the door he saw a man who saved him the trouble of going to Hogwarts to explain it.

Breathe good! A middle-aged man in a tattered robe said to Lockhart, "My name is Remus Lupin. Originally, I wanted to see if there was anything else I could do to help, but now it doesn't seem necessary." "

\"Lupin?" Lockhart looked over subconsciously.

Sure enough, the middle-cut hairstyle with a lot of white hair, gray eyes, a slightly haggard face, and the robe that is definitely not decent, all confirm the identity of the person who came: "Jie The leader of the "Pirates" group of four, werewolf Remus Lupin.

"Hello, Senior Lupin, I'm Gilderoy Lockhart, do you still recognize me?" Lockhart showed a hearty smile, "Remember when you were a prefect, I caused you a lot of trouble. ."

All four of the robbers were born in I960, four grades older than Lockhart, who had just entered school when Lupin became a prefect in 1975. When Lupin and the others graduated, Hermione had just been born, and Lockhart was still in third grade.

Lupin didn't expect Lockhart to have such a good memory, but since the other party is willing to get close, Lupin, who has suffered from the indifference of others because of his werewolf status, will naturally not make any moves to distance himself because of this.

"It's not me, it's your Prefect Quirk," Lupin said mockingly, "I can't even manage a few of my comrades... If I can manage them, now

You probably don't have to be so inspiring.

After all, Sirius Black is also one of the four robbers. Lupin said this somewhat to clarify the meaning of it. Black's "betrayal" was actually a big blow to him.

Thinking of the **** dog in his house, Lockhart solemnly assured: "Don't worry, we will never let him cause any trouble."

Chapter 176 Lupin's Real Problem

Lupin actually still had an impression of Lockhart, or it was difficult even for students who wanted to forget this kind of problem.

It's like a class reunion ten years after graduation. Basically, what everyone can remember is only the top students in the class who study best, or the students who study the worst and often cause trouble, and students who don't have any characteristics can't even remember. Who is he.

And Lockhart is such a problem student - but no one in his age group will forget that he replaced the curtains in the auditorium with a banner with his name on it.

Although this is notorious, it is at least notorious. The old classmates of that year can think of him the first time they see him. In a sense, this is also the reason why Lockhart's book was able to sell so well in the first place. Everyone I want to see how that flower peacock became a master of fighting against black magic.

When they met again at this time, Lupin couldn't help but feel some emotions about the impermanence of the world.

The problem student of the year has become an internationally renowned wizard with a promising future, but the good student of his own year was yelled at by everyone because of his werewolf status. This person's fate... Where should I start?

Lupin knew very well in his heart that the reason why Dumbledore hired him as a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts was that he hoped that he would have another fight with Sirius Black. After all, of the three people in the world who know Sirius Black best, only Lupin is alive now (Dumbledore didn't know Peter was alive at this time)

But" even knowing Dumbledore's purpose, Lupin was still grateful that Dumbledore gave him a job.

He's been in trouble for a long time, and he's been worthless for a long time. I'm afraid that there will be another point along the way

Earnings, he would starve to death in some unknown place. Even if he can only teach for one year, with the savings of this year, he may be able to live for a few more years.

Lupin's miserable situation is also the status quo of all werewolves, vampires and other humanoids in human society, and compared with Lupin, other people are afraid that it will be worse, they have not received systematic magical education.

In the army that Voldemort mustered in the future, only the werewolves can be said to be the products of the white wizards. Because of their excessive discrimination against werewolves, almost all werewolves sided with the Death Eaters in the end.

Either accept the werewolves or kill them all, and the final result will not be worse than it is now.

Lockhart will not look down on Lupin because of his downfall. On the contrary, Lupin is one of the few people in "HP" who can make Lockhart respect him.

It may be easy to be kind in a tolerant environment, but it is very rare to be kind in an environment of discrimination, exclusion, and hostility, let alone someone who is erudite, fearless, and loyal.

So he was very nice to Lupin, and even invited him to sit in Hogsmeade, but Lupin turned him down on the grounds that he still wanted to attend the school dinner.

When he was leaving, looking at Lupin's tattered robe, Lockhart's heart moved.

Ding Ye asked, have you ever thought about going abroad to work in the future? You also know that you can only teach this course of defense for one year at most, and the domestic environment is really too unfriendly to you. "

Lupin stopped. "How?"

"Nigeria's new oil well needs a general manager to watch, we have to deal with the local wizards... They are all Animagus there, so it's not a big deal to turn into a wolf, you don't There will be discrimination over there, and the Aurors should visit from time to time, and safety..." Lockhart threw out olive oil.

Olive branch.

Lupin made a decision without much thought: "No problem, it just so happens that I don't have a family, so I can travel for a long time."

"That's great, people who go on business trips abroad enjoy 150% extra wage subsidy, and the general manager also enjoys 3/10,000 of the monthly output of the oil well... Go back to the castle first, I'll treat you to a drink next weekend, let's talk in detail Talk about it."

Seeing Hagrid in the distance coming to greet the first-year students on board, Lockhart quickly stopped talking.

Lupin glanced back at the students, and realized that it was indeed time for him to leave. \"Alright." He said, \"That would be annoying."

Just as Lupin turned around, he suddenly caught something out of the corner of his eye.

- A huge black shadow disappeared in a flash and got into the bushes next to the station. There was a subtle change in the focal length of Lupin's pupils - did he see it wrong just now?

\"What's wrong?" Lockhart asked him.

"It's nothing." Lupin shook his head, "I think I saw it just now... I'm just too hungry and hallucinating! Seriously, I can't wait to go to Hogwarts to have a good meal, The last time I ate it was more than 20 years ago."

Lupin glossed over the incident, but Lockhart knew exactly what he saw.

Just now, the **** dog that Sirius Black had turned into ran over by himself without knowing it, and leaned towards the train ruthlessly.

For this reason, Lockhart had to increase his voice and stopped Lupin: Sirius finally noticed this and fled in time, but because he moved slowly, Lupin saw a Dot.

That's why Lockhart specifically asked Lupin what he saw, but

Lupin said nothing to Lockhart just now.

Lupin obviously had many opportunities to reveal to the Ministry of Magic or Dumbledore that Elek could transform, but he never did. betrayed his trust"

Lockhart believed that this was the case, because after only a few minutes of talking with Lupin he discovered that this person was a typical "low self-esteem personality" and was only one step away from a "pleasant personality".

This kind of person is actually quite common, especially when a child grows up in an environment of “parents and evaluation education” when he is young, it is easy for him to develop such a low self-esteem personality when he grows up.

Modern psychology believes that people's self-awareness and character are derived from the interaction with others. In the early stages of life, the way and evaluations of those around us will gradually internalize as a voice within us that governs how we think about ourselves.

Probably because of his werewolf blood, Lupin was discriminated against and treated unfairly when he was a child, so that he subconsciously agreed with these views and always felt that "I don't deserve it".

From "I shouldn't have friends", to "I'm not trustworthy", to \"\"I can't do anything", and even "I don't deserve to have love", Lupin grew up in the People who come through this kind of psychological torment.

It is precisely because of this that the friendship of the robbers, Dumbledore's letter to him, and Tonks' love for him, in Lupin's opinion, are not what he deserves. He said he was. Afraid of revealing Leke to Dumbledore, it is estimated that the probability is true

Tragedy in this world often stems from the distortion of human character and cognition, and because of the magical relationship of wizards, a person can affect more environments than Muggles by virtue of his personality and cognition, so it happens in the wizarding world. more tragedies,

bigger.

Changing customs is not an easy job, and there is a lot of work ahead of Lockhart.

Chapter 177 The Second Project

- After Lu Ben returned to the screaming shack, Sirius Blake felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

He never imagined that Remus Lupin would actually appear here.

Lockhart's ignorance of his black dog form made him aware of the fact that the Ministry of Magic had so far not known that he was an Animagus, free to morph into a black dog.

In Black's view, this must be because James Potter is dead, Peter Pettigrew has never dared to expose himself because of his transformation into a mouse, and Remus Lupin, the only one who knows about it, may also is already dead, so the fact that he is an Animagus is not revealed.

But when Lupin was found at the station, Sirius was naturally taken aback - the fact that he could turn into a black dog could be hidden from the Dementors, from the Ministry of Magic, or even without warning. Dumbledore, but he knew very well that he couldn't hide it from Lupin.

Just as he had seen Lupin transformed into a werewolf dozens of times, Lupin did not know how many times he had seen him transformed into a black dog, it was impossible for him not to recognize himself.

So after discovering Lupin, Blake immediately got into the bushes, so that he didn't collide.

Lupin is also at Hogwarts, which is a problem...

Although he didn't know why Lupin was alive but never exposed himself, Blake didn't dare to be careless, because he knew that as long as Lupin found out that he had broken into Hogwarts, no matter how difficult he was, he would definitely report directly to Dumbledore. inform.

Must avoid him... Only by avoiding him and entering Hogwarts can he kill that sinister, dirty rat.

I have to...wait!

Sirius Black suddenly remembered something else, something equally vital.

—If Lupin could recognize himself, couldn't he recognize Peter Pettigrew?

No way, just let Lupin see Peter Pettigrew, and he'll be able to recognize the rat, just like himself.

If he met Peter, Lupin might not be able to react, but Peter would definitely be scared away, so how could he catch it?

Oops!

Sirius Black didn't worry about his own safety at all. In his opinion, the worst thing was that his soul was sucked away by the dementors. Instead, it was all over, and he didn't have to live in such pain.

But he is very worried that Peter Pettigrew will escape because of this. If Peter escapes, the motivation to support him to swim back to England from the middle of the North Sea along the current will also disappear.

How to do?

- Thinking of this, Blake scratched his head.

Dobby watched strangely as the wild dog his master had brought back spun around restlessly, no amount of reassurance.

"Be quiet, if the master sees you come in with another paw of dirt, he might throw you out and you won't have supper," Dobby warned him.

But Blake had no time to think about dinner. His biggest worry was that Peter Pettigrew would run away.

Probably not...Students generally don't bring pets in class, so Lupin is different

He will see it soon, and as long as he is not in a hurry to show his face, then in Peter's nature, he will continue to hide in the "safest" Hogwarts.

If he didn't hide at Hogwarts, he would have to sleep in the open air, where could it be compared to the security at school? He didn't know where Voldemort was anyway, and he had nowhere to go.

With the knowledge of Peter Pettigrew, Blake slowly became quiet.

Anyway, after so many years, he is not in a hurry for revenge. The flame of revenge will not be extinguished with time, but will only burn more and more prosperous.

It seems that these days, I have to behave a little better, go out as little as possible, and never startle the snake. It is best to let the world think that I have escaped.

After you find out the exact location of Peter Pettigrew and find out the guarding measures, find a suitable time to enter the Gryffindor lounge and kill him. Of course, better get another wand...