Chapter 497： Recent situation

Hermione pursed her lips and chuckled, and Harry's smile became less heartless.

"What's the matter?" Lupin asked suspiciously.

"No, nothing," Harry smiled happily. "Of course the professor is on our side. What a normal thing—"

"You make sense," Lupin said solemnly, "but his autonomy is too strong, and sometimes the news is not right... I was almost beaten to death by him."

"What's the matter?" Harry stopped smiling.

"I took a few days off some time ago to tell my friends about the past," Lupin said gloomily, "You should be clear, I mean my kind..." Harry and Hermione nodded slightly, knowing that he said It's a werewolf.

"Originally, Dumbledore wanted me to lurk into the werewolf community, but I gained some celebrity in this face, and had been in the newspaper several times... So I simply acted semi-publicly, trying to persuade the relatively moderate werewolf groups to promise to provide stable Wolf poison potion, let them stand on our side, at least stay neutral. As a result, once I met Felix came to find a dark wizard-the relationship between werewolves and dark wizards is very complicated, and sometimes they get mixed together, probably It's because they are all on the fringe of society, but the werewolves were forced to... Then there was a little conflict. Several impulsive werewolves rushed up, and were struck back by black lightning in the next second."

"It's too fast, I can't react at all." Lu Ping said with lingering fear, "but the task is considered complete, and the group of werewolves moved out overnight."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other.

"Children, I don't say this to blame Felix-even though his behavior is indeed a bit rough." Lupin said at last, "but you have to recognize one thing: Werewolves are dangerous. Although divided into brutal and moderate, But they are all in the category of danger. The only difference is whether they actively attack people, so don't form the illusion that being moderate is a good temper—"

"I don't think so, Remus, you have a better character than most people I know." A young woman's voice appeared in the living room.

The witch has a pale, heart-shaped face, a pair of gleaming black eyes, and her short spiky hair is a bright and dazzling violet color. Her dress is also Muggle style, a weird shirt, and patchwork. His jeans are like the rebellious girl Harry occasionally sees.

Harry was familiar with this face, and he looked carefully for a few seconds before remembering that he had seen her in the third grade.

"Hello, Tonks." Lupin introduced to the two calmly, "Tonks is the Auror of the Ministry of Magic and was chosen to reside in the Order of the Phoenix as a liaison for both parties."

Harry and Hermione understood immediately.

Tonks stepped forward and looked at them with great interest. She stretched out a hand, "Hello, I have always wanted to find a chance to talk with you." She said familiarly.

Harry and Hermione hurriedly reached out, and Tonks leaned closer and quietly said to them, "I have joined the Order of the Phoenix."

"Congratulations—" Halim said, and he couldn't think of anything to meet the occasion.

During this time, Kreacher remained silent, and when Harry looked at him, he bowed respectfully, "Please allow Kreacher to make tea for the young master."

"Oh, uh, all right." Harry said. Then Kreacher disappeared before his eyes. He thought Kreacher's attitude was a little weird.

"He treats us as air," Lupin said, "because of my identity as a werewolf, he should actually have a better attitude towards Tonks, but—"

"My mother was removed from the Black family." Tonks said with a shrug. "I don't think he recognizes me either."

"Delisting? That tapestry?" Harry asked.

"Yes." Tonks made a motion of firing sparks.

Hermione watched the conversation between them incomprehensibly.

Harry explained in a low voice: "There is a tapestry on the wall of the second floor with the family tree of the Black family, but not everyone is on it. Some members who seriously violate family traditions will be erased from the tapestry. Before Sirius That's it."

Hermione nodded to express understanding.

"Then—welcome you." Lupin smiled and opened his arms, hugging Harry.

...

Harry and Hermione were sitting on the sofa, thinking they were all new.

"Are you just a few of you?" Hermione asked.

"Of course not, Sirius contributed here as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Everyone is usually very busy. It is rare to get together. They are all looking for free time." Lupin explained, "Molly cleaned up a few rooms. Now I can barely live in."

"I remember Sirius and Kreacher cleaned up the house before." Harry said. He had lived here for a few days before the environment was considered bad.

"Well, let me put it another way. It barely meets the needs of the new residents," Lupin said with a smile. "Sirius is a bachelor, and Kreacher... I want to say that although he is still responsible, he is old after all, and I strongly suspect that his aesthetics have been biased..."

Lupin looked up at the time, "Sirius is almost coming back. He said he would leave work as early as possible today and I will cook."

"Need help?" Tonks asked.

"No need." Lupin said, but Tonks still followed out. After a while, the sound of "Ping Pong Pong" and Tonks' apology came from the stairs below—"Oh! I'm sorry—"

As soon as the two of them left, Kreacher appeared, and he brought a pot of tea, "This is Master Harry—" He poured warm tea into the cup intimately, and then he glanced at He with his big eyes. Min, nothing happens.

With some embarrassment, Hermione poured herself a cup of tea and sipped it.

"If Master Harry has any instructions, just call Kreacher, and Kreacher will be there for you at any time." The house elf disappeared with a "bang".

Harry explained in a low voice, "Kreacher has served the Black family from generation to generation. He was greatly influenced by pure-blood thinking. It took a lot of effort for Sirius to stop him from cursing, but I guess it was only half the way. Kreacher is completely ignoring it now. Not a pure-blood wizard."

"I can understand." Hermione held the teacup and looked at the direction of Kreacher's disappearance with interest.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you around the house. I’ve been here a few times before, but it’s weird. I didn’t find a place suitable for practicing magic... We are now on the second floor. The first floor is the entrance hall and restaurant. There are a few bedrooms on the third floor, but a lot of debris was piled up during the previous cleaning. I don’t know what the situation is now...the end of the corridor is the study..."

Harry and Hermione looked around in the study and saw the professor sitting in the chair and muttering to himself: "Animagus?" He looked up and looked at Harry and Hermione and asked, "Sirius is back. ?"

"Not yet." Harry said honestly.

"Professor," Hermione asked, "where can we practice magic?"

"There are two places. In addition to the two bedrooms on the fifth floor that once belonged to Sirius and Regulus, there is also a spacious activity room, which was previously locked. It is not a problem to practice general magic. The basement floor is the kitchen. Location, but from another hidden entrance, after a long step, you will find a huge space, which can barely be counted as the second underground floor. I guess it may be the spell laboratory of the Black family, which was later abandoned, but the walls there They are all made of extremely strong stones, and there are all kinds of magic protection..."

After completing the explanation, Felix asked: "By the way, do you know about awarding honors?"

"Honoring?" Harry and Hermione said in unison.

Felix smiled, "Ms. Bones said personally that you have a chance to get the Merlin Medal. This is not a lie."

Harry completely forgot about it.

Harry was still dizzy when he returned to the living room, he was about to get the Merlin Medal?

...

When it was almost eight o'clock, there was some noise downstairs.

Harry pricked his ears, and he heard the familiar footsteps, it was Sirius!

"Harry!" Sirius appeared at the door of the living room and smiled at Harry. "Mundungus has finally done something reliable." He sat down opposite Harry and almost sat down on Monton. On Gus, "Ouch—"

"Is it time for dinner?" Montongues said sleepily.

"Not yet." Sirius said. He sat down in a different position, and Crookshanks jumped on top of him and made Sirius scratch his chin.

Mondungus murmured something that no one heard clearly, and put the tattered clothes on his head and continued to sleep.

"What have you been up to lately?" Harry asked.

"There are many things that can be done," Sirius leaned tiredly on the sofa. "We are now in the preparation stage, and both sides are very cautious. In fact... there has not been a head-on confrontation-if you don't count a few dementor injuries. In terms of human incidents. We think that Voldemort is secretly recruiting troops, wooing the team, or planning some conspiracy... Anyway, we will not be idle. We are doing the same thing here, but we are on the side of a solid line of defense," he sees He glanced at Harry, "While living in an unfixed home and having a big business, that's the situation."

"The magic world has been at peace for many years. Most people are not very vigilant. There are many loopholes to drill. You should have heard about Azkaban... Amelia has been a paperworker all this time."

"And Floo Net." Mondungus murmured in his sleep.

Sirius grinned.

"That's right, who would have thought that the humble Floo Network Administration would become so important during the war? Amelia ordered the Floo Management Team to clean up old and illegal lines and monitor them for anomalies—"

"What about here?" Harry asked. He thought of Mondungus having told them before that the Black family mastered part of the technology of building a Floo network.

"Don't worry about it for the time being Sirius gritted his teeth and said slyly: "Here has been cast with a loyalty curse, and the Ministry of Magic can't find it. At most, they find there are uncontrolled nodes, but they can't locate them at all. . "

...

At dinner, everyone exchanged information while eating.

"Fudge was sent to lobby in various European countries to remind people to be wary of Death Eaters' activities in the local area... It is also considered to be the best use." Sirius said with a shrug.

Harry was surprised.

"Molly told me that she will move in in two days and bring a few children with her." Lu Ping also revealed a message.

Harry and Hermione were very excited to hear the news.

"I'm going out for a few days," Felix said, "I'll be back before the award starts."

"Where to go?" Lupin asked keenly.

"Visit Mr. Scamander, I miss the little guys he kept in the basement."