After returning to the office, Dracula thought more and more that Sirius Black's friend sounded familiar -
He was in Romania, his name was Lais-something-Ping, and he had always lived in poverty. Dumbledore called him to Hogwarts to help catch Sirius, and actually meant to give him some help as well...
"Have I seen this person before?" Dracula was a little skeptical and kept searching his memories in his mind.
The Earl's memory is undoubtedly excellent, otherwise he would not be able to organize the more than a thousand years of his experience in his mind so clearly and without any confusion.
But the problem is that there are many things in this world that are not that important in his eyes. Even if he sees them, he will probably turn a blind eye to them and will not give them the chance to stay in his memory.
If Dracula really had to remember everything, all the trivial and boring things over the past thousand years would drive him crazy!
But then again, Sirius Black's friend did feel somewhat familiar to Dracula.
He thought about it carefully. Since he woke up from his sleep, he had returned to Romania only a few times. He had met only a few strangers in their early thirties there, and even fewer of them left any impression on him.
"Could that friend of Blake be a werewolf?" Dracula's eyes moved.
He suddenly remembered that during the holiday after the end of the first school year, after he had driven away a large number of Inferi and werewolves, a werewolf who had fallen into the trap came to Dracula's Castle to meet him.
"The werewolf's name seems to be Remus Lupin, and he seems to have said that he is a member of the Order of the Phoenix..." Dracula's expression became a little strange, "If that's the case, then isn't it my fault that Dumbledore couldn't contact Lupin before?"
At that time, Dracula, thinking of having fun, tricked Lupin into becoming the Werewolf King of Romania.
In the past two years, he has been living among those savage werewolf packs. He must have had a very hard time and had no chance to contact the outside world. It is normal that he cannot be contacted by owl.
But now that they are in contact, it seems that Lupin has really made a name for himself among the werewolf community.
Thinking of this, Dracula hesitated for a moment, picked up his pen and wrote a short line of words to his adopted daughter Selina in Romania:
"Give me a report on the recent situation of the werewolves, in a bit more detail."
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that this text that didn't look like a letter at all was a bit sloppy. After seeing it, Selina might not only not send him the information about the werewolf tribe, but she might even send him a yelling letter scolding him...
So Dracula curled his lips and reluctantly added a few more lines on the letter paper:
"To Serena: How are you doing recently? Don't be too surprised, I wrote to you because I really care about you, there is no other purpose.
In addition, I feel very confident in handing over Dracula Castle to you. Under your management, the vampire clan will surely prosper and get closer to your goal!
By the way, what is the current situation of the werewolf group near the castle? Please give me a report on the recent situation of the werewolves, in a little more detail.
—BD”
Looking at the parchment that finally met the format of a letter, Dracula nodded with satisfaction, grabbed a passing Hogwarts owl, and tied the parchment to its leg.
The owl flapped its wings, flew out of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, and headed towards Romania.
Dracula thought for a moment and felt that the owl might fall halfway across the strait and the continent, so he silently opened a dark moon and sent it directly to the vicinity of Dracula's castle.
Then he immediately retracted the Dark Moon, fearing that Selina would discover his whereabouts and then drag him to deal with the backlog of matters in the castle. That would be terrible...
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While Dracula waited for Selina's reply, martial law at Hogwarts was lifted.
The young wizards could not stay in the Great Hall for their entire lives, nor could they avoid classes for their entire lives because of fear of a criminal who had undoubtedly left the castle.
The vandalized portrait of the Fat Lady had been taken down from the wall and replaced by another.
The new portrait showed a fully armed knight standing next to a fat grey pony. From time to time he would nervously point the sword in his hand at the students outside the portrait and make some meaningless declarations.
The knight's name was Cadogan, and he preferred to be called Sir Cadogan.
Sir Cadogan stayed on the seventh floor of the castle before coming here to become the doorman of the Gryffindor common room. The young wizards of Gryffindor often saw him when they returned to the common room from the lower floors, so they were quite familiar with him.
But no one was pleased that Sir Cadogan had assumed the role of warden of the common room.
Sir Cadogan spent nearly half his time challenging people to duels, and the rest of his time was spent on coming up with ridiculously complicated passwords—he changed them at least twice a day.
According to Sir Cadogan, this way Sirius Black would have no chance of cracking their password.
"He's really crazy," the little Gryffindor wizard complained angrily to Percy, the head of the student union, "Can't we just change someone else?"
"No other painting was willing to do this job," Percy sighed helplessly, "The other portraits were frightened by what happened to the Fat Lady. Sir Cadogan was the only one who stood up..."
"Well, although he likes to brag and does things in an unethical way, he does have the courage of a knight."
However, as the savior of the wizarding world, Harry has been troubled by more than just Sir Cadogan's affairs recently.
Ever since Sirius destroyed the Fat Lady's portrait, he has been under close surveillance by professors and prefects.
Professors would always find excuses to walk with him in the corridors; Percy would always follow him everywhere under the pretext of tutoring and taking care of his juniors, but the problem was that Percy had learned tracking magic very well, and Harry couldn't get rid of him even if he wanted to.
The worst thing was that Professor McGonagall called Harry into her office, and the expression on her face was so heavy that Harry thought the Minister of Magic had been assassinated by Sirius!
"Potter, I think you should have some guesses about who Sirius Black came for." Professor McGonagall said seriously.
"Yes, I know he is looking for me," Harry said very tiredly, "I heard the conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Weasley before school started. Tonks, who is an Auror at the Ministry of Magic, also gave me a brief introduction to that person."
"In that case, you must understand why I think it is not a good idea for you to practice Quidditch in the evening." Professor McGonagall said, "On the field, there are only your teammates around, so you are completely exposed to the attack range of others..."
"But we're going to have our first Quidditch match soon!" said Harry, feeling very annoyed. "I have to train, Professor!"
Last year, it was because of his personal reasons that the Gryffindor Quidditch team failed to retain its championship position. Although Harry didn't say it, he always cared about it in his heart.
This school year, Gryffindor team captain Wood is in his seventh year. This is his last year at Hogwarts, and all team members want to leave a perfect ending for their captain.
Harry also hopes to prove his true strength and win back the respect of others through this school year's competition.
Professor McGonagall was watching him intently.
Harry knew that she was actually very concerned about the future of the Gryffindor team.
After all, Professor McGonagall was a Quidditch fanatic, and it was she who first suggested two years ago that Harry be allowed to make an exception and serve as Gryffindor's Seeker.
Harry, too, was looking at Professor McGonagall, waiting, holding his breath nervously.
"Hmm..." Professor McGonagall stood up and stared at the Quidditch pitch outside the window with wide eyes. The pitch was vaguely visible in the rain.
"Well... To be honest, I would love to see our team win another trophy." She said, "But no matter what, Potter... I think you would be safer and I would feel more at ease if there was a professor present to supervise your training..."
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Time passed quickly at the spire of Hogwarts Castle, and suddenly it was late autumn.
During this period, Remus Lupin came to Hogwarts as a visiting professor. He did not actually teach any classes, but came simply to solve Sirius Black's problem.
The information about the werewolf pack collected by Selena has also been sent to Dracula.
It turns out that ever since Dracula captured the newly appointed werewolf leader Fenrir Greyback, the werewolf community in Romania has been plunged into a long period of civil strife.
Under Dracula's deception, Lupin had a dream in his heart that werewolves could live in a magical world without any discrimination.
So, with full of enthusiasm, he went to the turbulent werewolf territory, won over like-minded werewolves, and used his excellent magical abilities to drive away those brutal and murderous werewolves.
Because of Dracula's instructions, the vampire community would occasionally help Lupin with his actions.
More than a year passed, and Lupin had unknowingly gained a very high prestige among the werewolf tribe in Romania. He led a large number of conservative werewolves to create a new force.
During this period, the author of the best-selling book "Hairy Nose, Human Heart" was inspired by Lupin's behavior and personally came to Romania, a new werewolf force. He used his influence to build momentum for Lupin among the werewolf group and attracted more werewolves with bright hearts to come and join him.
"Hairy Nose, Human Heart" has a great influence. It was once regarded as the most acclaimed werewolf-related work together with Gilderoy Lockhart's "Wandering with Werewolves". It tells the poignant story of a wizard infected by a werewolf and his struggle against lycanthropy.
After Gilderoy Lockhart's behavior of deleting other people's memories was exposed, "Hairy Nose, Human Heart" became the best werewolf book, no doubt about it!
Therefore, Lupin's reputation gradually spread throughout the wizarding world through the author of this book, and was known to almost all werewolves.
Dumbledore learned about this at the time and contacted the busy Lupin through the author.
Logically speaking, it is time for Lupin to consolidate his strength in the newly established force and enhance the cohesion of the werewolves, but for the sake of his old friends and the students of Hogwarts, he resolutely gave up his power and returned to Hogwarts Castle.
"Professor Dracula, it's an honor to see you again." The first thing Lupin did when he arrived at Hogwarts was to knock on the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office and visit Dracula.
"I'm glad to see you, too, Mr. Lupin." Dracula looked at the werewolf in front of him with interest. His clothes were still shabby, but his temperament was completely different from that of the past. He said, "It's been less than two years since I last saw you. You really impressed me now."
"This is all thanks to your help." Lupin shook his head. "If it weren't for your encouraging words, I would probably still be a werewolf struggling to make a living and doing nothing. I would never have the dream I have today, let alone the achievements I have now."
"This is all your own hard work. It has nothing to do with me." Dracula took a sip of red wine and said lightly.
He appeared calm on the surface, but he actually felt a little weird inside.
Back then, just for fun, they tricked a werewolf into becoming their wolf king, and they didn't expect that he would succeed? Should they feel proud or embarrassed about this situation
"I know your role in this, Professor Dracula." After a moment's silence, Lupin shook his head firmly. "There were several times when some of my conservative werewolf companions and I were besieged by those brutal elements and were almost in desperate situations—"
"At that time, we were able to escape danger with the help of the vampires under your command. I will always remember your help, but I don't know how to repay you for the time being..."
"Stop, stop, stop. Why are you getting so cheesy?" Dracula put down his goblet and gave him a look of disdain. "To be honest, I only helped you a few times just for fun. I never thought you could do this."
"No matter what you think, Professor Dracula, it is of great help to me." Lupin said seriously, "I can still tell the difference."
"I really can't do anything about you." Dracula raised his hand to support his forehead and said helplessly, "How about this, you write the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam for me this year, how about that?"
"Well, the deal with Dumbledore has expired, and Riddle's current ability to set questions is not good enough. You came just in time, so this is your reward!"
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