"Remus, I'm very glad that you can find me. You know, I've been very busy these days, busy going to various places to give speeches. Harry specially invited me to watch the game so I have time to come here. Now we finally have a chance to have a good chat." Peter Pettigrew knocked lightly on the door of Lupine's office a few times, and then found that the door was ajar, so he pushed the door open and walked in, and found that Lupine was sitting In front of the dilapidated wooden tabletop that had been used for an unknown number of years, he was looking at him with a tired face.
"My friend, you are still so poor." Peter Pettigrew said with some pity. He kept looking at everything in front of him. This was the first time he came to Lupine's office. On his left was a A dark blue brush was cleaning the dusty bookshelf automatically, but it became more and more dirty. At his right foot was a gray-black trash can. Peter Pettigrew glanced at it from the corner of his eye and saw that it was full of dust. Dwarf, Peter Pettigrew casually picked up a quill on the desk and began to play with it, looking at everything with his rapidly improved taste these days.
Shabby, poor, no future.
"You could have found a better job," Peter Pettigrew said.
Man is a very complicated animal, and this is especially evident in Peter Pettigrew. Now that he has achieved fame and aura, he has seen a world that he could never have imagined before, and he is treated with courtesy wherever he goes. Became a hero in the eyes of everyone.
The adoring gazes of others made him float, infinitely inflated, and now he is like a child who got a novelty toy, eager to show it off to his old friends.
"Come and beg me, now that I am so famous, I can help you, Lupine, as long as I say hello to the Ministry of Magic, your problems will be solved." Peter Pettigrew screamed so crazy in his heart, he Urgently needing the recognition of his former friend, how he wished to see a trace of envy or even jealousy in Lupin's eyes, just like the original him, a follower who followed the three of them step by step.
They will never understand the inner feelings of a follower.
People with weak hearts often rely on the approval of others to anesthetize themselves. .
"I'm fine, Peter. The profession of a teacher is very suitable for me. I'm very satisfied to see the students' eyes full of curiosity." Lupine said calmly, as if he didn't notice the faintness in Peter Pettigrew's tone. sense of superiority.
"Oh, well, you're still so stubborn." The disappointment in Peter Pettigrew's tone flashed past. "So what did you want from me today?" Peter Pettigrew asked afterwards, not knowing why Lupine had come to him all of a sudden.
"It's just a normal reminiscence between old friends." Lupine waved his hand and said, trying to squeeze a smile on his pale face that was too old, and picked up the wand he put on the desk without a trace.
With a "creak", the half-hidden door was suddenly closed with a dull sound, perhaps brought by the wind blowing outside.
"We haven't seen each other for twelve years, but everything seems to have happened yesterday." Lupine looked up at the kerosene lamp hanging on the ceiling, and said with emotion. "I thought you were dead at first, but you really gave me a surprise that night, and you are so close to me, you are my middle school student's pet."
"Justice will be late, but it will never be absent." Pettigrew patted his chest, and said in a straight voice. This is a sentence Malfoy taught him, so that he can use it in speeches. Whenever he says this sentence Sometimes, the audience in the audience will always look at him with tears in their eyes and be incited by him.
But Peter Pettigrew will not know that this sentence is actually aimed at him, and only when he is brought to justice will this sentence be truly realized.
"I've always thought so." Lupine nodded, and replied in a weak voice, "Evil can never prevail, and Voldemort has brought upon himself the blame and his own destruction."
Hearing the former master's name so directly, Peter's short and fat body trembled, and he almost staggered and fell down.
At this time, the sound of gada gada kept coming from the bookshelf beside Peter.
"Remus, it's time for you to change your bookshelf. Look, it's been shaking all the time. I don't even suspect that it will fall down in the next moment. Shall I give you one? A gift of affection." Peter Pettigrew is now holding his chin with his thick palm, and his small eyes are narrowed, carefully looking at this unsteady bookshelf, trying to hide that he just heard someone's name The tension afterwards.
The shaking of the bookshelf became more and more violent, and the books inside seemed to jump out at any moment and hit Peter Pettigrew on the head.
"Look, it's really going to fall down! Remus!" Peter Pettigrew said in panic, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart, he always felt that there was something hostile to him hidden behind this bookshelf, would Rush out to deal with him at any time.
Lupine ignored Peter Pettigrew's words, didn't even look at the crumbling bookshelf, but shook his head lightly and said: "But the words I got from other people are the same as what you said those days, and later Speeches are completely different.”
The ominous feeling in his heart rose more and more, and his premonition of danger was always accurate. Peter Pettigrew cautiously pulled out his wand from behind and pointed it at the bookshelf. This was a wand that Ollivander specially re-tailored for him. — of chestnut and dragon's nerve, nine and a quarter inches long, with a brittle texture that suited him well.
The halo brought to him by his heroic deeds even allowed the world's best wand maker to make an exception for him. Thinking of this, Peter's hand holding the wand unconsciously became stronger.
"Expelliarmus!" A figure suddenly sprang out from behind the shaking bookshelf, raised his wand and cast a spell at Peter Pettigrew, scarlet light shot out from the stick without hesitation, Peter Pettigrew Even though he was on guard, he still couldn't resist the swift disarming spell.
The wand was thrown high into the air by the spell, and returned to the figure's hand.
Peter Pettigrew was repelled many steps by the powerful impact, and he fixed his eyes with his small eyes. With just one glance, the chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead.
Sirius Black!
Peter Pettigrew stared in horror at the man in front of him. This was a man he never expected to appear here. He was tall, with fanatical eyes, and a mess of dirty, tangled hair hanging down to his elbows; Without the glow of eyes in deep, dark sockets, he might be a corpse; the waxy skin clings to the skeleton of his face, giving him the appearance of a skull. He bared his yellow teeth and grinned, but in fact, in Peter Pettigrew's memory, this man should be staying in an iron cage in the form of a dog, looking at him weakly.
"Lupine! What do you mean! Are you with him? Have you forgotten? This is the man who killed James and Lily, and almost killed me." Peter Pettigrew looked at Lu in a panic Ping screamed, and in panic, the address was changed from the familiar first name to the last name.
"I really hate that I didn't kill you back then." Sirius Black stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, something flickered in his dark eyes, like a hunting dog that had found its target and was ready to kill its prey.
"Calm down, Sirius," said Lupine, reassuring Sirius Black.
"I'm just a little curious. I heard something very different from Black's mouth." Lupine stood up slowly, staring at Peter Pettigrew with fiery eyes.
"Among you, one of you must be lying." Lupine walked between the two, looked around, and then said slowly.
"Remus, my old friend, when have you been bewitched by the dark wizard's rhetoric? I remember that you used to be the most upright and sensible classmate. Quick, let's subdue him. We now have two people, this traitor I can't escape." Peter Pettigrew's body was trembling, his small eyes could not stop swirling in their sockets, and his head was frantically thinking about how to solve the current situation.
Since Lupine showed the current behavior, it means that he must have doubts about himself, but this cannot be explained at all.
Peter Pettigrew was more and more puzzled, how could Lupine have the mood to listen to Black's explanation, even though he has a gentle temperament, but he was treating friends, once the two met, Lupine would first take action to subdue the traitor Sirius in his eyes, Or the latter subdues Lupin. If it is the latter, Peter Pettigrew doesn't think that Sirius' empty words can make Lupine give him so much trust, and even persuade Lupine to set him up.
You know, he is the target of publicity in the outside world now, Peter Pettigrew is the hero who avenged his friend and almost died!
There was no way Lupine would trust Sirius Black so much just because of a few words from Sirius Black.
Just when Peter Pettigrew was still thinking hard about what made Sirius Black win Lupin's trust, Lupine spoke.
"Smart words? Peter, if you can talk sweet words to me after drinking Veritaserum, then I will trust what you say."
Lupine said hoarsely, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Veritaserum?" As if a big strong hand suddenly grabbed his heart, Peter Pettigrew felt that the blood in his whole body began to flow backwards, and the factor of fear penetrated into every inch of his bones.
A name popped into his brain!
Draco Malfoy!
Why did Sirius come out of the cage? He was clearly locked up in Malfoy's cage, but where did he get the Veritaserum? In Peter's memory, this potion only once appeared in Malfoy's hands.
"I'll give you one last warning, Peter, if you continue to perfunctory me like this, you will have good fruit." At this moment, Peter suddenly thought of the warning Malfoy gave him after he met Malfoy the last time, the one with The boy with short pale blond hair had indifferent eyes and a chilly voice.
But he didn't take it seriously at that time
Another scene came to his mind.
"Peter Pettigrew, what are you going to do with this black dog?" This sentence suddenly appeared in Peter Pettigrew's mind. It was earlier, when Malfoy explained to him the last question after the plan was completed. .
"My suggestion is to kill it, then it will be done once and for all. We are the only two people in the world who know this secret." Malfoy bewitched him with a devilish smile. "That way you'll have nothing to worry about," he said, and Peter Pettigrew's heart began to shudder.
Human nature is complicated, and when he was already safe, Peter Pettigrew actually felt compassion. He looked at the thin black dog and felt unbearable.
"Let me think about it." Peter Pettigrew stammered timidly, his eyes were full of struggle and hesitation, a person like him can only burst out of strength when he is in a desperate situation, and he dares to attack anyone for his own life, but in An Yi It is impossible to make such a cruel decision.
He could inform Voldemort and indirectly kill James, who regarded him as his brother, but he could never kill him himself.
Same goes for Sirius.
At this time, he remembered how kind Sirius was to him, and chose to let him go.
So, is this situation all caused by yourself? His momentary soft-heartedness gave Sirius Black an opportunity to escape from the cage, and even persuaded Lupine to set a trap for himself.
Peter Pettigrew felt extremely regretful in his heart. He wanted to go back to that time and make himself more decisive and cruel, so that what happened today would not happen.
Of course, he didn't know that it was a test Malfoy deliberately gave him, just to see if his character was greedy for comfort, not cruel enough, and whether he could be controlled by him. If he had chosen the latter, he would say It may not be of any use value, it has been reported now, and it is staying in Azkaban.
"Peter, you still have one more chance to win my trust, and that is to drink this bottle of potion and answer my question." Lupine held a transparent bottle in his hand, and Sirius' footsteps approached slowly. Pettigrew Peter Fearfully, he retreated step by step until there was no way to retreat, and he shrank in a dark corner of the wall.
"Joke, this may be the poison specially prepared by this traitor, and he wants to kill me by this means, Lupin, please be sober, and don't be confused by his absurd statement." Peter tried his best to show a sneer expression, he now I can only procrastinate for time, which may give me some hope.
"Then Black and I will die first, we both drank." Lupine still said in a slightly tired tone. "Now this is the only way I can think of for you to prove yourself. I hope in my heart that there is some misunderstanding between the two of you, and neither is a dirty betrayer." Lupine stared at Peter Pettigrew, seemingly calm. Underneath the appearance, there is a dark tide surging inside.
Even Lupine himself could not have imagined that in such a short period of time, this matter would have such a big reversal.
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