Snape, the Sunshine of Hogwarts.

Chapter 96 Isn't this my nephew Remus Lupin?

Everyone present was stunned by this scene.

No one could figure out what had happened!
Greyback's lower body was neatly severed, and his upper body fell to the ground, blood gushing out continuously.

The extremely evil black magic continued to damage his body through his wounds, causing him pain. His miserable howls sounded like he was being tortured by a thousand cuts!
Lupin, who had been struggling and staring wide-eyed on the ground, was stunned.

He was certainly familiar with the spell, for this dark magic was invented specifically to deal with him! Or perhaps it was one of the four of them!

There is only one person in the entire magical world who can use it!
Only that one person could use such a spell to create such a terrifying cutting effect!

What Lupin found truly unbelievable was that, just a second ago Graybuck was shouting, the man actually arrived the very next second!
The children had no idea what was happening; they just screamed in fear, clinging to the nearest friend, too afraid to look at Graybuck's miserable state.

Harry, pinned to the ground by the werewolf, stared blankly at the scene.

He had never seen this magic before, nor did he know who had used it.

The other werewolf wizards only reacted after Greyback's pitiful howls rang out. They all drew their wands, but before they could even find out who the enemy was!

More than ten spells shot out from all directions at once!
Kingsley and his men burst from the shadows of the woods, brandishing their wands, and most of their spells landed on the werewolf wizards.

But a few werewolf wizards still managed to react, including the one who had pinned Harry down!
In his panic, he tried to grab Harry and use Apparition to escape immediately, but after reciting the spell, he did not disappear as he wished.

This land has been shrouded in anti-apparition magic, and Kingsley and his men had made thorough preparations in advance as instructed by someone!

This time, no one will be allowed to escape.

Just as the werewolf was about to use Apparition again in despair, a beam of crimson light suddenly struck him, freezing him in place and rendering him incapable of casting spells in response!
Harry finally found an opportunity to escape from the werewolf. He ran to the group of frightened children and loudly comforted them.

"Don't be afraid! Everyone, stay on the ground and don't move! Our rescuers have arrived! Our rescuers have arrived!"

He was brave and smart enough to know that the most important thing right now was to make sure the children didn't run around and get hurt.

The Aurors were quickly clearing out the werewolf wizards.

Although some people may think that the people in the Ministry of Magic are unreliable, for most wizards, being able to join the Ministry of Magic and become an Auror means being among the elite of Hogwarts' graduates throughout history!

Extremely important defensive spells like the Ironclad Charm are not commonly used by ordinary wizards, and even employees of the Ministry of Magic's non-Auror division may not know how to use them. However, becoming an Auror requires everyone to master them.

So, after Greyback, the werewolf's head, was taken down, the whole situation became one-sided.

In less than three minutes, the once noisy werewolf camp, filled with shouts and cries, fell silent once more.

All the werewolves were subdued, and only then did three figures emerge from the shadows.

When the flickering light of the campfire illuminated the faces of the three men.

Harry shouted excitedly!
"Teacher! I knew it was you!"

Hermione, her eyes still brimming with tears, stared blankly at one of the figures holding a spear, her voice murmuring as if she were talking to herself in disbelief.

"Dad, Dad."

Lupin, who was lying on the ground, also saw the figure wearing Hawaiian beach shorts and holding a magic wand, a figure that seemed somewhat out of place compared to the person in his memory.

He couldn't speak, nor could he make any movements, but his shocked eyes had already expressed his thoughts.

Severus gave Harry a reassuring look, then walked over to Greyback, who was lying on the ground crying and struggling, with a playful expression.

"What a coincidence, Fenrir. We just saw each other two hours ago, didn't we? I didn't expect you to miss me so much. What were you shouting just now?"

Greyback stopped his howling, which sounded like a wild beast. He stared intently at Severus with his vertical eyes. If looks could kill, Severus would have been torn to pieces long ago!
"Kill me! Go ahead and kill me now if you dare!!"

"Tsk! This won't do." He shook his head, then gestured towards Kingsley not far away. "Can't you see? The cops are still here. I only cast the spell because of your kind invitation and to protect the child from harm. Now that you're incapacitated, if I kill you, wouldn't I become a murderer?"

He crouched down, facing Greyback, and revealed a smile that only the werewolf leader could see.

"Let me tell you a secret, I could have easily chopped off your head with that Divine Sharpness Without Shadow, but do you remember what I told Little Barty? You're just a carrion-eating beast."

"This is just right, isn't it?"

"The Aurors will try to save your life, but they won't be kind enough to reattach your lower body. They'll just send you to Azkaban and let those Dementors squeeze every last bit of value out of you, you beast."

“Kill me!” Greyback roared in terror. “Snape! You coward! Kill me if you dare!! Why won’t you kill me!!!”

Greyback is completely finished. This werewolf leader was born a werewolf, so he had never learned any magic and didn't even have a wand. His most powerful weapon was his own body. Even when he wasn't in werewolf form during a full moon, he possessed extremely strong magic immunity, a body far exceeding that of an average wizard.

Now that he's been crippled, this is even more despairing and painful than killing him outright.

Severus, however, had no interest in paying attention to him. He stood up and went to the group of children.

Female Aurors rushed over to comfort the children who were crying in fear, and Granger immediately hugged his daughter. Hermione, with tears still streaming down her face, insisted on holding her head high and showing off that she wasn't afraid at all.

Harry was jumping around Severus.

"I knew it was you, teacher! I knew you would find me!"

"How did you feel about this experience?" Severus asked with a smile.

"I'm a little scared, but it's also very exciting!"

"When you stood up at the end and said you were Snape's student, I thought you weren't afraid at all."

“Of course I’m scared, but I’m even more scared that my friends will get hurt and I won’t be able to do anything about it!” Harry said earnestly.

Severus put his arm around his shoulder and whispered.

"Then remember this feeling, use it as your motivation to move forward, and strive to ensure that you never encounter such a helpless moment again."

"I will remember this!" Ghost Snape was overwhelmed with complex emotions upon witnessing this scene; he didn't know how to describe the feelings that were welling up inside him.

Just as Severus and Harry were talking.

Old Lupin also came to Lupin's side and helped him remove the petrification curse.

“I knew something had happened to you because you didn’t send me a letter last week, so I went to Dumbledore and learned what had happened to you from him.”

After being liberated, Lupin gave his father a hug.

"Thank you, Lyle."

Old Lupin patted him on the shoulder, then, as if he had already made a decision, he released Lupin, his expression hesitant yet serious.

“I understand why you haven’t come home all these years. First, you don’t want to come back and disturb me every time the moon is full. Second, you know that I’ve been keeping something from you.”

Lupin looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"If you don't want to talk to me about certain things, you don't have to. I'm not one of them."

"No, I never told you those things before because I was afraid you would blame me for it, but what happened this time made me realize that I can't keep this a secret forever, and you've already encountered him."

As Lupin spoke, his gaze fell upon Greyback, who was surrounded by Kingsley and several Aurors, who were putting shackles on his arms.

"The reason you became a werewolf is because he bit you when you were a child."

Upon hearing this, Lupin appeared somewhat surprised, but that was all.

“Greybuck has bitten many children, and he bit me too. It’s not your fault.”

"No, no! Let me finish." Old Lu Ping stopped Lu Ping from continuing. He took a deep breath and did not avoid Lu Ping's eyes.

"The reason he bit you was actually to get revenge on me. That year, dark magic creatures in the magical world were unusually active. Later we learned that it was a mysterious person preparing for his rise. At that time, the Ministry of Magic gathered many relevant experts to help deal with them, and I was one of them."

"The Aurors captured Greyback at that time, but were fooled by his disguise, thinking he was just a Muggle vagrant. I saw through his lies and tried to get the Control Board to keep him until the end of the full moon that month before making a decision, but they wouldn't listen to me. I was furious, and I insulted Greyback, saying he was soulless, evil, and deserved to die!"

“He remembered those words, and on the night before your fifth birthday, he found our home, turned into a werewolf under the full moon, and bit you. In the end, I chased him away! But from then on, you became a werewolf completely!”

Old Lu Ping's eyes revealed guilt and self-blame.

“It’s all my fault, Remus! It’s because I said those nasty things to him that this revenge has fallen on you! I’ve never dared to tell you the truth before, but after learning that you joined Greyback’s team and became an undercover agent, I became even more afraid. I was afraid that he would recognize you and discover your identity!”

Hearing this for the first time from old Lupin, Lupin stared blankly at Greyback, who was still screaming wildly for the Aurors to kill him, even though the bleeding had been stopped.

He had never known the details before, only vaguely remembering that when he was very young, a werewolf rushed into his house and bit him.

Unexpectedly, this was actually revenge against his father!
However, Lupin quickly came to his senses, patted old Lupin on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

“This isn’t your fault, Lyle. You didn’t do anything wrong back then, did you? The ones who really made mistakes were the Ministry of Magic for not listening to your judgment, and Greyback himself for committing the evil deed. I’m no longer the reckless and ignorant young man I once was. I understand the cause and effect, and I know who the real culprit is!”

Today, after finally speaking out what he had kept in his heart for so many years, Old Lu Ping's eyes reddened.

He grasped Lupin's arm and said sincerely.

"After this is over, come home with me. We'll live together, and I can help keep an eye on you even when the moon is full!"

After thinking very seriously for a moment, Lupin shook his head at old Lupin.

"No, it's not that I don't want to go back with you, it's just that I have things to do."

Old Lu looked puzzled.

"What else do you want to do? Does Dumbledore or the Ministry of Magic have something else for you?"

“It’s not them, it’s my own business.” Lupin looked at Harry, who was jumping around beside Severus, recounting his experiences during the past two days of his capture, and said with a complicated expression, “That child is my best friend’s son.”

Following Lupin's gaze, old Lupin showed a surprised expression.

"Severus's student?"

Even now, Lupin still feels a sense of unease when he hears this title again, and he nods.

"Yes, that's him."

Upon hearing this, Old Lu Ping frowned slightly and began to talk to Lu Ping about something else.

"When we found that sea cliff in Eastbourne today, it was Severus who discovered the clues you left on the rocks. He told me about some things from your student days."

Before he could finish speaking, Lupin knew what he had heard from Severus.

"Okay, I apologize for not telling you this before."

"So things are as Severus said?" Old Lupin stared into his son's eyes. "Your friend tried to trick you into killing him while you were transforming!"

Lupin fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"I don't know what it was like for you to get along with Snape, Lyle, but the Snape of the past was different from the one in the rumors now, and..."

"No matter what, this should never have happened!" Old Lupin's voice was grave. "This is the fault of your group. If you were unaware of this, then it's the fault of your friends. They're not just trying to kill Severus, they're trying to harm you!"

Just as the father and son were talking about the past, the voices of the parties involved could be heard from the side.

"It's been a long time! Isn't this my nephew Remus Lupin?!"

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