Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Chapter 238 Lupin: I am the one who is wrong

Just when all the teachers and students in the school were watching Peeves' joke.

Lupin was eventually blocked in the classroom by Harry with the photo.

He looked at the photo for a long time in silence. Harry saw sadness, resentment and other emotions in Lupin's expression.

Without waiting for Harry to ask, Lupin said slowly:

"That was a dark time. A year before I enrolled, the mysterious man officially took full control of the government and personally appeared to make his position known.

The Death Eaters used all kinds of forbidden magic to deal with wizards who opposed the dark arts. Muggle-born wizards were publicly executed, and there was chaos everywhere in society..."

Harry opened his mouth, about to say that this was not what he wanted to hear.

Lupin seemed to see through his thoughts, and slowly shook his head and said:

Douglas has always felt that these things should be known by the new generation so that everyone can remember history. He said he didn't want anyone to distort history many years later, and he worried that some people would ignore reality and regard the mysterious man as an idol...

But due to the residual influence of the mysterious man, people in the magic world have always been reluctant to mention it.

At that time, we were protected by Headmaster Dumbledore and stayed away from the war."

Harry interrupted:

"It's because Voldemort is afraid of Headmaster Dumbledore!"

Lupin nodded and continued:

"Even so, we always heard news from various channels that he recruited giants, werewolves...some marginalized magical creatures, which caused quite a bit of chaos in the Ministry of Magic at that time.

And some people in the school began to idolize the mysterious man. "

"It must be Slytherin!"

"Later, some wizards became disappointed with the Ministry of Magic, so under the leadership of Headmaster Dumbledore, they began to organize a counterattack.

Later we graduated and joined the battle. This photo was taken when we just graduated.”

When he said this, Lupin took a deep breath, as if to dispel some emotions.

“Later, it seemed like there was a traitor in the team, but we never knew who that person was.

At this time, for some reasons that I don’t understand, James and Lily, who was pregnant with you, were arranged by Dumbledore to go to Godric’s Hollow, and proposed to use the Fidelius Charm to protect you…”

Harry continued:

"The secret keeper of the Fidelius Charm is Black, Professor. I told you that before."

Lupin nodded, then stared at Harry and asked:

"I remember you said at the beginning that this wasn't necessarily the truth and that you had to investigate it yourself. Then what?"

Harry shook his head in annoyance and said:

"But later I came to think that the secret keeper could only be Black. He had such a good relationship with my father and became my godfather. He must have been the person my father trusted the most at the time. Unfortunately, he was wrong..."

Lupin sighed and said quietly:

"He was not wrong, he was never wrong. It was others who were wrong, and they paid a huge price for their mistakes."

Harry asked doubtfully, "Who's wrong?"

Lupin did not answer him, but asked:

"If you cast the Fidelius Charm, who would you choose to be the Secret-Keeper?"

Harry's mind flashed through the names of Ron, Hermione, and Douglas, and he was about to answer Lupin.

Lupin glanced at him and said again:

"Don't worry about answering me. Do you think your enemies can't think of what you can think of?"

Harry was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Lupin meant.

Then he remembered the real purpose of this trip and asked quickly:

"Professor, I came to you this time to inquire about something about Black. We suspect he is a werewolf.

Since you knew each other in school, do you know how he turned into a werewolf?

Why would my father trust a werewolf?"

When Lupin heard this, he took a deep breath and said seriously:

"James is a kind man and he believes in his friends."

Harry said unconvincedly:

"But he was wrong!"

Lupin said in a hoarse voice:

"I said, he's not wrong, he's never been wrong.

It was my fault, it was Sirius' fault, we believed in the wrong thing...

Sorry, question time is up, you can go now, Harry!"

After saying that, Lupin ignored Harry and walked out of the classroom.

It was he who persuaded James and Sirius to accept Peter. If Peter had not been a good friend from the beginning, Sirius would not have chosen Peter as the secret keeper.

Ever since he learned the truth, he always felt that he was wrong and had harmed two people.

If Douglas hadn't kept emphasizing that Peter was more meaningful alive than dead, he would have rushed into the Gryffindor dormitory without hesitation and torn the rat to pieces.

Looking at Lupin's back as he left, Harry said loudly:

"Peter Perrum isn't dead... I doubt it."

But Lupin seemed not to hear and just left.

Harry was confused by Lupin's reaction and said a lot of confusing things.

Wrong Black, it's Lupin, what does this mean?

It was already half past eleven in the evening when Lupin left the classroom, but he did not return to his office.

Instead, he walked straight towards Douglas' office.

"Douglas got any wine?"

Douglas, who was wearing pajamas, didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he snapped his fingers and several kinds of wine in the cabinet flew onto the tea table.

Then a quill on the desk jumped out of its holder, wrote a few words on the paper, and then the note flew into the fireplace.

Soon, Sirius emerged from the fireplace in his pajamas.

"What happened?"

Lupin poured himself a glass of wine and drank it directly, then handed over the photo in his hand.

Douglas glanced at it, then looked at Sirius beside him.

"What a waste of this skin!"

Sirius picked up the photo, took a closer look, recognized a mark on it that only he knew, and said in a deep voice:

"This photo is the one of James's house, Moon Face, you went..."

Lupin shook his head and said:

"Someone must have found this photo among James's belongings and then gave it to Harry.

Douglas, Harry came to me tonight with this photo, and I told him some key information as you instructed."

After saying that, Lupin drank another glass of wine.

Douglas frowned slightly. He could tell that something must have touched him during this process, but he was not very clear about what was going on between them.

Sirius looked at Lupin in this state, poured himself a glass of wine and drank it directly, then said in a hoarse voice:

"Moon Face, I know what you're thinking. You're not wrong about this. We all considered him a friend, didn't we? No one could have imagined what happened next.

Even...even, I would rather doubt you than him. I was wrong."

Lupin smiled bitterly, then slowly shook his head.

Douglas poured himself a glass of wine, clinked glasses with both of them, and then took a sip himself.

When the two saw Douglas clinking glasses, they subconsciously raised their glasses and drank from them.

Lupin seemed to see Douglas's doubts and said slowly:

"It was I who persuaded James and Sirius to accept that damned traitor."

Douglas then understood why Lupin was in this state.

At this moment, he guessed that Lupin must have had this seed in his heart since he learned the truth.

This time, it was because Harry had touched him during his questioning.

Sirius looked at Lupin for a moment and said:

“Moon Face, you are always so kind.

I remember you used to hope that James and I wouldn't break the rules, and you were a prefect, and sometimes you made us feel a little ashamed..."

Douglas looked at Sirius. What he said seemed irrelevant. Was this guy drunk?

Lupin followed up Sirius' words and said:

"Oh, Merlin's beard, you still feel ashamed. I remember asking you to let Snape go... It took me a lot of determination to tell you that I think you have violated the school rules!"

Douglas' eyes lit up and he quickly filled the glasses for both of them, saying with a grin:

"Tell me more..."

Chapter 239 Why did Peter betray?

Harry returned to the Gryffindor common room.

He found Ron and Hermione first, but Ginny was sitting next to Hermione.

Harry looked at the two of them hesitating, opened his mouth, and finally changed the subject and asked about the homework.

However, Ginny noticed that Harry seemed to have some secret to tell the two of them, so she sighed silently and prepared to get up and leave.

Hermione grabbed Ginny and said:

"Ginny is also a member of the detective agency, and even a data organizer. I think she can listen too. What do you think?"

As soon as the voice fell, Ron said disdainfully:

"We are all doing big things. What does she, a little kid, know? She's just helping you sort out the information."

Ginny glared at Ron.

Harry coughed softly when he saw the looks on Ginny and Hermione's faces.

"Actually, I don't think it's a big deal. One more person can help us analyze it."

Without waiting for Ron to speak, Harry recounted his conversation with Lupin.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the three people carefully:

"So, did you find anything?"

Ron thought for a moment and said seriously:

"Professor Lupin has a hidden meaning!"

Ginny responded without hesitation:

"Why are you talking nonsense?"

Hermione pondered for a moment and asked doubtfully:

"Professor Lupin had no reaction to the news that Peter was still alive?"

Harry nodded, which he also found strange.

Judging from the photos, the two people should have a good relationship. When he heard that his old friend was still alive, he didn't react at all, which made him puzzled.