Chapter 376： Doubt and conflict

Neville was not unlucky, not to mention that Sirius Black, who sneaked out of the castle, really felt unlucky.

Worst case!

He tried his best to come to Hogwarts, and was almost killed by a three-headed dog. He finally slipped into the Gryffindor dormitory, but Pettigrew Peter had already escaped?

Wasn't he wasting time all this time? !

But after leaving Hogwarts, where should he go to find Pettigrew Peter?

Sirius didn't forget that he was still wanted by the Ministry of Magic. If he dared to show up to inquire about Peter's whereabouts, he would only be sent back to Azkaban...

Or just get sucked out of souls by dementors.

Sure enough, I still have to contact Lupin...

Sirius was still hesitating in his heart.

Contacting Lupin itself is not difficult, just go to the Shrieking Shack and wait during the full moon through the secret passage under the willow, or just leave a message inside or something.

And even though Lupin is a werewolf, he has always been the calmest and most forgiving of the robbers. Sirius believed that if he really found him, the other party would definitely give him a chance to explain.

Although he doesn't want to involve his old friends again, Sirius Black has no better way now.

It's a little bit regrettable that the full moon has only passed, and if he wants to contact Lupin, he will have to wait until next month. But now that things are in this situation, Sirius doesn't care about waiting for a while.

Sirius, who had made up his mind, thought for a while, and ran directly in the direction of the punching willow. Of course, he didn't intend to wait for Lupin's arrival in the screaming shack. The risk was still higher. Lupin left a message, giving him time to think calmly by the way.

Just as Sirius slipped into the Screaming Shack, Hogwarts began a big search again, and Fish joined the search team, just like the last time.

However, the result was the same as last time, and everyone found nothing.

"Damn meow!" The kitten, who had nothing to gain, waved his fists angrily, and said with an oath, "If Fish hadn't gone to the Forbidden Forest tonight, Black wouldn't have had a chance to escape meow!"

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"Hehehe," Dumbledore stroked his beard and smiled, coaxing the kitten, "Perhaps Black dared to go to Gryffindor's dormitory because of your absence."

He does not mean that.

Feixu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: "Yes! How did he know that I wasn't in the dormitory? Feixu rarely went to the Forbidden Forest recently!"

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Because of the cold weather and the fact that Blake has not been there, Fish has recently greatly reduced the frequency of going to the Forbidden Forest to play. After Blake picked up Neville's note, he immediately knew that he was no longer in the dormitory. A bit too coincidental.

Fish quickly spoke out his doubts.

Almost all the professors had strange expressions on their faces, and several professors looked at Professor Lupin subconsciously. Although they quickly withdrew their gazes, they couldn't hide it from Fish.

And Snape showed such an expression as he expected: "I said it a long time ago!"

He snarled at Dumbledore in a low voice, but his eyes turned to Lupin.

"I said it long ago...the school has Black's internal support!"

Snape stared at the pale Lupin, gritted his back molars, and said word by word.

"Severus," Dumbledore frowned, "I trust Remus."

"Yeah, didn't you trust Blake before?" Snape sneered, not compromising this time.

The surrounding professors exclaimed in unison, seeming to be dissatisfied with Snape's disrespectful headmaster's behavior, and Professor Lupin's face became even paler.

There was no expression on Dumbledore's face, he just looked at Snape silently through his half-moon glasses with those blue eyes, and Snape looked at him without fear.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and even the little cat, Fish, noticed something was wrong, grabbed Professor McGonagall's arm, and looked at Dumbledore and Snape nervously.

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"We can use Veritaserum." After being silent for a long time, Snape finally gave in, he lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "I have stock there, only three drops are needed. Find out if Lupin was Black's accomplice."

"Veritaserum isn't completely effective either. Occlumency can make it useless, I think you should know that, Severus."

Dumbledore rejected Snape's offer.

"Of course, but I could try his Occlumency to no avail, Mr. Dumbledore."

Snape still refused to give up. As a master of potions and a master of Occlumency, he had indeed done research in this area...

As for the fact that this method was overkill, and that it had not been put into practice, Snape deliberately ignored it.

"I wouldn't agree with you, Severus." Dumbledore showed a hint of anger, and with his level of knowledge, he could probably infer Snape's tactics, "We can't just because there's nothing at all. Based on the guesswork, treat your companions the same way you treat criminals!"

"Companion?" Snape laughed, "A werewolf?"

"Enough! Severus!"

Professor McGonagall finally couldn't help it, and stepped forward to stop Snape's rudeness to Dumbledore.

"Professor Lupin doesn't know that Fish isn't in the dorm tonight!"

"Uh...Actually I know..." Lupin said shyly, "I happened to bump into Fish when he was going out."

But he still defended himself: "But after that, I went back to my office, and I didn't have a chance to pass the news to Black, and the portrait in the corridor can testify for me... Ah, yes, and Peeves , I ran into him when I went back, and he was applying glue to Mr. Filch's office door handle."

"Oh, who knows if there is any special connection between you and Blake." Snape sneered disdainfully.

"I think Professor Lupin is unlikely to be Black's internal aid," Professor Flitwick also stood on Dumbledore's side. He did not favor Lupin, but based on his own analysis: "As a professor, Lupin Ping, there are too many opportunities to do something to Potter, but he didn't do anything, didn't he?"

The other professors were also persuaded by Lupin's sloppy performance and Professor Flitwick's analysis, dispelling their doubts, and they all spoke up for Lupin.

"Humph!" Seeing that he failed to win any supporters, Snape snorted coldly, and threw his sleeves ugly, "Wait until Potter dies at Black's hands, you don't regret it!"

After he finished speaking, he left without looking back.

"Everyone, let's go back to rest first..." Dumbledore pinched his eyebrows tiredly, "Remus, don't take Severus's words to heart."

"Of course, Headmaster," Lupin shrugged and smiled bitterly, "I'm used to it."

After all the professors had left, Fishh carefully tugged at Professor McGonagall's sleeve.

"Minerva What's the deal with Severus and Lupin meow? Why does he insist that Lupin is helping Black? Just because he's a werewolf meow?"

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"Don't ask more about this," Professor McGonagall didn't like to talk about others behind their backs, so she hesitated, instead of telling Fish about the grievances between Snape and Lupin, she just sent him back to sleep , "Go back to the dormitory quickly, we have class tomorrow."

"Don't say it, Fishy will ask Severus tomorrow!"

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It was not the first time that the little skin cat, who had been demolished by crossing the river, made a face at Professor McGonagall angrily, and then ran back to the dormitory.

Professor McGonagall didn't take it to heart...

Given Snape's awkward personality, how could he possibly tell Fish about this.

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