HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 114 Shameless Sophistry

After Lupin took Harry's map, he kept wondering why Peter's name appeared on the map. But when he looked at the map again, the name was no longer there. He began to wonder if there was really something wrong with the map.

But maps never lie.

"You should have told me instead of coming to him in person." Lupin stared at Sirius. "Long time no see Sirius. Look at you now - you shouldn't have escaped."

Sirius sneered crazily, "Remus, you know I have to come out! Little Peter has been playing hide-and-seek for more than ten years and I found him!"

As he spoke, he stared at the petrified rat in Ron's hand, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

Lupin asked: "Is he really still alive?"

Sirius's cold gaze fell on Ron's hand, "Don't tell me that more than ten years have passed and you don't recognize his Animagus form."

When Lupin saw the mouse in Ron's hand, his pupils constricted.

Sirius noticed his change and laughed wildly, "You know my Remus, let's kill him together!"

Gloria scolded him in a cold voice, "Shut up, Sirius! I captured him alive to get the truth, not to kill him for you!"

"Are you in cahoots with him?" Harry noticed that Lupin and Sirius seemed to be very familiar with each other, and his voice was filled with tears. "He betrayed my parents and killed them!"

Lupin said nothing, walked around Golinia and approached Sirius, and the two hugged each other like brothers.

"I understand Sirius, I know what you did back then-"

"No——" Hermione looked at Gloria for help, "We trusted him wrongly, they are friends!"

Draco looked at Gloria and squeezed his wand again and again.

"Professor Lupin, we must go back to find Headmaster Dumbledore as soon as possible." Gloria suppressed her anger. "If we delay any longer, the Dementors will come. Pettigrew has been caught. The truth will be revealed tonight."

Lupin nodded and let go of Sirius, then walked towards Harry. "Harry, I know you are very angry, but there is something hidden in this matter. I will not help him escape. You will know everything when you get to the headmaster."

After saying that, he returned the three wands to Harry and the others.

Harry first looked at Sirius, who had an angry and sad expression, and then saw Gloria's determined eyes, and finally did not raise his wand.

Lupin cast an Disillusionment Charm on Sirius, and Gloria returned to the size of a thumb and returned to Gloria.

"Give him to me." Lupin held out his hand to Ron. "He's a wizard, not a pet."

Ron hesitated, but Hermione grabbed the petrified mouse and threw it to Lupin.

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As the group returned to the castle, they ran into Hagrid head-on.

"Oh - where have you been?" Hagrid asked them, brushing off the crumbs on his beard. "I've been talking to Professor Flitwick for a long time, and I didn't see you in the Great Hall."

Harry and the others were completely stunned, and Draco didn't know how to answer.

"Hagrid." Lupin stepped forward. "I found them near your cabin and now I have to go find Headmaster Dumbledore."

Hagrid said, "My cabin? You have something to talk to me about... The school has a rule that we can't go out without permission. It's not too late to talk until I have my class. Gloria, why are you hanging out with them, and..." He didn't want to say Draco's name.

Lupin clenched his hands, "I have to take them away immediately, Hagrid, you go back and rest first."

"Would you like me to come along?" Hagrid said enthusiastically.

Lupin shook his head, "No, Headmaster Dumbledore should want to see them as soon as possible."

Hagrid felt a little sorry and watched them leave.

The students in the auditorium had left, and I didn't meet anyone else on my way to the principal's office, and I arrived at the door smoothly.

Lupin must come here often. He immediately gave the correct password.

A group of people entered the office. The headmaster looked up from the desk and then his eyes fell on Sirius who was trying the Disillusionment Charm. "Finally--"

Professor Lupin knew the headmaster's strength, so he contacted the spell and a ragged figure of Sirius appeared.

Without saying a word, Gloria snatched the mouse from Professor Lupin's hand and threw it on the ground. The magic wand emitted a blue light, and the mouse on the ground was like boiling water. After twisting violently, a head replaced the mouse's head, followed by curled up limbs and a fat, wrinkled body.

The short man had sparse hair, a large bald spot, and loose skin hanging on his body, which reminded Gloria of Kreacher.

The petrification spell was lifted, and the man looked around in horror. His facial features were those of a rat, with green eyes and particularly protruding front teeth.

Sirius rushed over, "How could you do that? We trusted you so much!"

Although he looked calm before, he had actually been suppressing the anger in his heart. At this moment, it was like an erupting volcano, all his rationality was burned away, and he pinched Pedrillu's almost non-existent neck.

Pettigrew struggled hard, "Save me..." His green eyes turned back and forth, hoping someone could lend a helping hand.

Lupin walked forward, hugged Sirius and dragged him back, "Calm down Sirius, Headmaster Dumbledore is here, let Harry know everything, he deserves to know the truth!"

Sirius, who had been imprisoned for more than ten years, was very weak and could not match Lupin's strength. Pettigrew escaped from the "clutches" and retreated to dodge. He pointed at Sirius with his hand without an index finger and screamed, "He's going to kill me again, just like he did twelve years ago!"

Hermione frowned as she held Crookshanks in her arms, and Ron was in disbelief. The pet he had raised for many years turned out to be an old man, a bald old man!

Ever since he raised Banban, he has been sleeping with the mouse!

Headmaster Dumbledore walked up to Pettigrew with a serious expression, his blue eyes flashing a light through his half-circle glasses.

Pettigrew lowered his head instantly, still shouting, "He killed Lily and James, and now he wants to kill me! He still won't let me go after twelve years!"

"Peter, since we are all here, let's find out exactly what happened twelve years ago." Dumbledore's voice was steady, giving people a sense of reliability and security.

Pettigrew humbly knelt on the ground and carefully grasped Dumbledore's feet. "Headmaster Dumbledore, Sirius betrayed Lily and James. I was hunted when I went to visit them. I was so scared..."

"You lying beast!"

Sirius was about to storm up again, but Lupin held him down.

"Sirius, don't worry. We are trying our best to find out the truth." Dumbledore comforted him and turned to ask Pettigrew, "Then why didn't you show up for twelve years? We can all provide protection."

"No!" Pettigrew shook his head. "Black will definitely look for me. Look - he has escaped from Azkaban now. That prison has been established for so many years, and he is the only one who escaped. It must be... that person who taught him the terrible dark magic. The Black family is loyal to that person!"

"Voldemort taught me the Dark Arts?"

Sirius laughed horribly, and Draco squeezed Gloria's hand.

Ron shuddered at the mention of Voldemort, as did Pettigrew, who flinched back a little, trying to get further away from Sirius.

"What's wrong? Are you scared when you hear your master's name?" Sirius looked at him with crazy eyes and smiled. "You know, there are many of Voldemort's men imprisoned on the floor where I am. They have a lot of complaints about you."

Pettigrew's expression became even more terrified, and his face was covered with sweat. "I don't know what you are talking about." He threw himself at Dumbledore's feet again. "Of course Voldemort's subordinates will be dissatisfied with me. I directly led to Voldemort's most successful spy being sent to Azkaban. That's for sure!"

Pettigrew argued shamelessly, and seeing his guilty look, everyone present could tell who was lying.