Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office.

Sirius drank warm black tea, ignoring the cursing and nagging of his great-great-grandfather on the wall, the first headmaster who graduated from Slytherin, Phineas Nigellus Black.

"Oh, Professor, to be honest, I feel like I'm still in a dream and I haven't woken up."

After drinking a cup of black tea, Sirius sighed faintly, as if he had come to life.

"Don't be so nervous, kid."

Dumbledore looked at the letter in his hand, then handed it to Fawkes.

He needed this letter to be delivered to the recipient as quickly as possible. After all, everything that happened today was beyond his imagination.

"Professor, when are we going to get Bella's vault key?"

Hermione was sitting on the windowsill eating a piece of cake, her calves were dangling back and forth, her expression looked extremely relaxed.

Sirius set his eyes on her, his eyes full of weirdness and disbelief.

After all, how can you let a prisoner who has been imprisoned for eleven years understand that there is a first-year little witch who can rival Dumbledore in the new era.

Lucius Malfoy did not enter Hogwarts, Dumbledore and Hermione were very relieved to let him return to Malfoy Manor.

They also didn't worry that Malfoy would find Bella's key first and then take the contents of the vault.

After knowing that Hufflepuff's gold cup was Voldemort's Horcrux, Lucius decided to stay away from that vault!

He didn't want to think about keeping the gold cup and then claiming credit for Voldemort and returning to Voldemort's camp.

Just the destruction of the diary is enough for Voldemort to reward his family of three with one Avada to eat big melons!

After knowing Hermione's strength and talent, Lucius had no other ideas. He hugged Dumbledore and Hermione's thighs, boarded the white magic era train, and ran over the dying Dark Lord to welcome A brand new age of Malfoy is ready!

"For the key, don't worry, we need to find someone first."

Dumbledore nodded slightly, and he glanced at Sirius.

Now Sirius was smuggled out by them, and if he wanted to be cleared of his crimes, there was only one way to find Peter Pettigrew, who should have died but was still alive!

As long as Pettigrew Peter is found, even if the Ministry of Magic doesn't want to admit it anymore, it will have to release Sirius Black and remove all charges against him.

However, although Dumbledore knew that Pettigrew Peter was an Animagus, and through Sirius' memory, Dumbledore also knew that Pettigrew Peter's Animagus was a mouse, but after eleven years, they wanted to Where to find a mouse?

"Professor, can I go and see Harry?"

Sirius asked hesitantly, he really wanted to take a look at Harry, and wanted to know if he was doing well and if he was being bullied.

Dumbledore shook his head. Before he found Peter Pettigrew, he couldn't let Sirius go to see Harry, that would only scare the snake away.

"Professor, Peter Pettigrew is hard to find, if we don't destroy the Horcrux as soon as possible, I'm worried..."

Hermione glanced in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. Now Voldemort is still wandering around Hogwarts!

Fearing the strength of Dumbledore and Hermione, it is impossible for Voldemort to sneak into the castle for the time being, but this does not mean that he has no threat!

If they put too much focus on Peter Pettigrew, maybe Voldemort will find a chance to invade the castle, get the wizard, and even hurt Harry!

Dumbledore frowned, and now the difficulty lies in the ring of Pettigrew Peter.

If Pettigrew Peter is still active in the wizarding world, then when the news of Black's escape comes out, he will definitely go into hiding again.

And when they eliminated the Dark Lord, it would be impossible for Pettigrew Peter to show up again. Who can wash away Black's grievances by then?

The testimony of Lucius and the Death Eaters will not be adopted by the Ministry of Magic. What they want is to "see it with their own eyes"!

boom!

While Hermione and Dumbledore were still discussing, there was a light sound from the fireplace, and a middle-aged man who was dressed in "plain" clothes and looked a little disheveled walked out of the fireplace.

"Remus!"

Sirius cried out in surprise, and Remus Lupine, who was called by Sirius, raised his head and saw Sirius. He looked at Dumbledore in disbelief after a long time of identification.

"Professor Dumbledore...what's the matter?"

Remus Lupine didn't answer Sirius' call after so many years, he took out his wand and pointed it directly at Sirius.

"Lupine, relax, relax."

Dumbledore raised his hand and directly disarmed the wand in Lupine's hand, which made Remus Lupine a little confused.

Soon, Dumbledore explained the past. When he heard that Sirius was framed by Peter, Lupine believed Dumbledore without any doubts!

In other words, he has never doubted Sirius, but the "facts" of the past made him unable to accept it!

Eleven years later, the two who loved each other like brothers hugged each other again. Sirius closed his eyes, and the hot tears in his eyes couldn't stop swirling.

"Why, why didn't you tell me about this back then, if you told me..."

Remus Lupine asked sadly while patting Sirius on the back.

At the beginning, although Peter was also in the Predator team, the relationship between Lupine, Black, and Potter was obviously better.

Lupine couldn't understand why Sirius had chosen Peter as Potter's secret keeper instead of him, without even telling him about it.

If he had known, he would have definitely tried to reverse the case for Sirius back then, and it was absolutely impossible for Sirius to stay in Azkaban for eleven years!

"no way."

Sirius looked at Lupine apologetically, and he sighed.

Back then, there were traitors in the Order of the Phoenix, and everyone was quite cautious. Sirius could trust Potter, and Potter could trust Sirius, but the two could not trust Lupine.

It's not because Lupine is bad, but because of Lupine's identity.

"Is it because I'm a werewolf?"

Remus Lupine was a little sad, did his identity even have a grudge against his own brothers?

"Lupine, you have to know that the werewolf leaned against the Dark Lord back then. Neither Potter nor I dared to bet."

Sirius sighed. The status of werewolves in society was quite low. Even he didn't think much of Lupine at first, and the relationship between the few became more and more profound later on.

He could trust Lupine, but he couldn't trust werewolves.

A werewolf transformed under a moonlit night cannot maintain reason. If the Secret Keeper chooses Lupine or tells Lupine about the Secret Keeper, then Sirius and Potter cannot guarantee that the Dark Lord will not get it through the werewolf channel. know these things.

Remus was silent for a while, he just hugged Sirius tighter.

On this standpoint, he really couldn't make an absolute guarantee.

"Okay, both of you, let's talk about the old days later. Black, the professor and I rescued you not just for you to chat with your brother."

Hermione stepped forward to interrupt Sirius and Remus' reminiscence. Remus was a little surprised to see a first-year little witch in the room. After Sirius told Hermione about it, Remus Si was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

"What does the professor want me to do? Fight the Dark Lord again!"

Blake came to his senses. Although he had been imprisoned in Azkaban for eleven years, he was definitely still alive. Even if he fought the Dark Lord again, he would definitely bite off a piece of his opponent!

"No, Sirius, I need you to take us to your ancestral home and find something."

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Blake's ancestral home, 12 Grimmauld Place, London, UK.

When Black returned, the door that had not been opened for a long time was reopened.

The only life in Black's ancestral house, the house-elf Kreacher was extremely mocking when he saw Sirius, and he looked down on Sirius at all.

However, under Sirius' orders, Kreacher still took out the locket that Regulus had asked him to destroy before his death.

"Professor, what is this?"

In the hall of Black's ancestral house, Sirius completely ignored the cleanliness that Kreacher deliberately messed up, and looked at the pendant box placed on the table in confusion.

"Zhu Shi Da Luo"

Dumbledore and Hermione looked at each other, and Hermione drew her wand.

Sirius and Remus also looked at each other, and then they took a step back very naturally, wanting to see what kind of abilities this genius little witch, whom Dumbledore praised as surpassing her, was capable of.

【Star shines brightly】!

A star-like light was released from Hermione's wand, and then enveloped the Slytherin's locket.

Just like when Ravenclaw's diadem and Tom Riddle's diary were destroyed before, the screams echoed in the hall of Black's ancestral home, and Sirius and Remus felt their scalps go numb.

About ten seconds later, a puff of black smoke floated from Slytherin's locket. Hermione stepped forward to pick up the locket, and put it in her pocket.

It has to be said that the Horcruxes Voldemort selected are all treasures one after another.

Not to mention the first horcrux diary he split at the age of sixteen, the crown of Ravenclaw that can make people have extraordinary wisdom, the golden cup of Hufflepuff that is said to have the magic power to generate food out of thin air, plus now The Slytherin locket, these are the relics left by the first headmaster of Hogwarts!

Although I don't know what effect Slytherin's pendant box has, but judging from Slytherin's name, this pendant box is definitely not ordinary!

On the other side, Dumbledore also explained to Sirius and Remus what a Horcrux is, and Hermione was just destroying a Horcrux!

Remus opened his mouth wide in surprise. He couldn't imagine that a first-year little witch could destroy Voldemort's resurrection method!

What were they doing in first grade?

As for Snape, the gloomy guy, well, Potter was still thinking about poaching people.

This is really comparing people to people, it's maddening!

After finishing Slytherin's locket, the group returned to Hogwarts.

Before leaving, Black ignored the vicious curses that forced his mother, and he gave an order to Kreacher that he must clean up the entire ancestral house before he came back next time. If there is a little dust, let him eat big dung eggs!

Hearing Black's order, Kreacher was extremely annoyed, but he couldn't disobey Sirius' order, and could only curse Sirius while doing it.

Hermione frowned slightly at the enslaved Kreacher, but she didn't say anything.

After returning to Hogwarts, everyone began to discuss the issue of Pettigrew Peter.

Even Dumbledore had a headache and wanted to ask his friends to pay attention in the magic world. Has anyone similar to Peter appeared before?

After closing her eyes and viewing Sirius' memories, Hermione suddenly discovered something that surprised her.

"Black."

Hermione opened her eyes and called Sirius softly.

Sirius turned his head to look at Hermione, his expression slightly puzzled.

"If I remember correctly, Peter Pettigrew left a piece of finger when he ran away, right?"

According to the report of the Ministry of Magic, Peter Pettigrew is a hero. In order to stop the Death Eater Black, he was blasted to pieces, leaving only a piece of finger.

But the fact is that Peter Pettigrew broke off a part of his finger, then cast a blasting spell to plant Black, turned into an Animagus and escaped!

Transforming into an Animagus with a disabled body will affect the transformation of the Animagus!

In other words, the mouse of Pettigrew Peter's Animagus is now deformed, and it should be missing a toe!

And a mouse missing a toe, Hermione just happened to know one!

However, she wasn't sure about her own judgment. After all, if her guess was true, how strong was Pettigrew Peter's Animagus level plus his psychological quality?

"Professor, we're going to have Ron come, um, with his mouse!"

Hermione's expression became a little cautious. Ron's mouse has been with the Weasley family for several generations. Hermione recalled~lightnovelpub.net~Ron once said that this mouse named Scabbers, Has been to his house for ten years!

How could an ordinary mouse live for ten years!

The Weasley family isn't rich enough to feed a mouse the elixir!

Dumbledore also understood what Hermione meant, and after a little thought, he shook his head.

"No, Hermione, we're going straight to Mr. Weasley, and his mice."

Dumbledore was a little worried that if they disturbed Pettigrew Peter by calling Ron, he would take the risk and hurt Ron and Harry.

And they went to Ron, Dumbledore could assure them.

Even if Banban is really Peter Pettigrew, he will definitely not be able to cause any disturbances!

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