Chapter 217 The chance to explain
When the word werewolf suddenly popped up from Felix's mind, what seemed to be very unreasonable was explained at once.
Lupin has always brought him a sense of weirdness, and he thought it was Snape's words that had an impact on him. It seems that this is not the case now. It is him who captured some characteristics of the werewolf's undeformed form, pupils, hair, and the faint breath of dark creatures;
But unfortunately, Felix didn't think about this at all.
In addition, Lupin has always given people the impression that he is in poor health, but when is this impression most obvious? Around the full moon! Especially in the past two days, the cold has not been cured, it is all excuses... It should be that the full moon has just passed.
Mrs. Pomfrey's craftsmanship is not that bad.
"It's too obvious! I didn't find it, and the clues were placed in front of me." Felix looked at the information he wrote on the parchment and compared them one by one.
'Lupin was poor because he had no serious job at all. In order to conceal his identity, he had to be ready to transfer his location and change his identity at any time.'
‘He must have a lot of experience in concealing, but once was accidental, twice a coincidence, three or four times? For the werewolf, in a few months, the abnormality will be discovered by the people around him, because no matter how many excuses are, it cannot change the fact: the werewolf will definitely disappear at the full moon!’
‘He had a disgust towards the Minister of Magic Fudge, who had been in office for a few years, because Fudge presided over the amendment to the Werewolf Registration Act. He bound the werewolf registration list to the wolf poison potion. If he didn’t register, he would not be able to buy the potion. This also explains why Lupin came to Hogwarts this year, and he couldn’t get this potion that was rational when transforming the full moon.’
You should know that the transformation of werewolf is extremely physically exhausting. Without wolf poison, they will attack anyone they see frantically. Even if they are locked in a cage, they will go crazy enough to lose their minds, slap, and tear them in the obstacles in front of them.
The sequelae of this behavior is strong and often lasts for three or four days, or even a week, depending on the individual's physical condition.
With the wolf poison potion, werewolfs are much more comfortable. They can stay rational when the moon is full and find a hidden place to hide themselves. Everything will return to normal the next day and at most it is a little tired, but if you force yourself to hold on, you won’t see the flaws. This is thousands of times better than being recognized as a werewolf.
Felix remembered that two weeks before school started, Snape was called back by Dumbledore in advance. He was in a bad mood and said that it was to make a pair of 'disgusting' potions. Is there any other possibility besides the wolf poison?
Felix couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. It was hard to imagine the scene where Snape was pressed by Dumbledore and made potions for the people he hated.
‘Severus’ expression must be very interesting!’
There are some small details to pay attention to.
For example, Snape once said to him, "Lupin's true face will surprise you", which should be hinting at his werewolf identity;
Before the school dinner, Professor McGonagall deliberately avoided Snape when introducing Lupin, which means that Professor McGonagall knew the conflict between them, in other words, she also knew Lupin's werewolf identity.
Who knows other than that?
Dumbledore must have known, even...
Felix calculated the time. Dumbledore was already the principal when Lupin was in school. If he could come to school, he would have to obtain the principal's consent.
Even the entire plan was promoted by Dumbledore. He may not pretend to be a man, but will come to persuade him in person...
If you want to bring a werewolf wizard to Hogwarts to go to school, you must prepare a series of protective measures for him, including the werewolf transformation location, as well as the care and treatment after the transformation.
Felix had no idea about the former. In theory, it would be fine to choose any abandoned classroom. With Dumbledore's ability, he could use various silence spells to isolate the howls of young Lupin when he transformed.
‘Hagge once said that many werewolfs were rejected by the entire wizarding world and were discouraged and would rather live with the wolves, but for the young Lupin, he could not make such a choice. The biggest possibility was that his parents locked him in the house and used a silence spell to prevent the neighbors from hearing it…’
‘When thinking about it this way, will Lupin have a huge psychological shadow on the curse of silence?’
As for the latter, Lupin personally admitted that Mrs. Pomfrey helped him a lot when he was in school.
Felix suddenly thought of an interesting question, Harry's father, James Potter, and Sirius Black and Peter Pediru, do they know Lupin's werewolf identity?
‘It should be known,’ Felix guessed silently, ‘Otherwise Lupin wouldn’t miss that time.’ He thought of the smile on his face when Lupin introduced his experience in school, and his eyes seemed to be glowing.
This made Felix's question more, not about Lupin, but about Sirius Black.
Judging from the information he pieced together, there was a clear sense of separation in this person's behavior, and this feeling even reached an abnormal level.
When he was a teenager, Black was a Gryffindor with a full sense of justice, strongly rejecting Slytherin and even his own family. Although judging from some of the prohibited records Felix saw, this person was a little brainless...
After graduation, Black joined the Order of the Phoenix almost immediately and became the backbone of the fight against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. From this perspective, he was a fearless warrior.
‘When did Black start to deteriorate? Was he unable to fight against family affection, inspired by his family's family, Death Eaters, or was he captured by Voldemort himself in an action, threatening death and his family? Or was he just simply unable to withstand the torture of the trance curse?’
‘Is this going to be the case? After tasting the pain, we go from courage to cowardice…’
Felix suddenly became unhappy, and if things were as he thought, he hated the story.
Especially when he saw that Longbottom and his wife were completely tortured by the Death Eaters and never revealed any information, this strong contrast made him extremely conflicted.
How would he choose if this matter is on him? Will he betray his best friend for some reasons?
"The assumption is not valid at all." After thinking for a long time, he muttered.
Felix suddenly felt worried that he had not made a caring friend during his school days. He was busy studying and fighting for the first three years. In the middle, in order to practice the spell, he completely ignored everything around him. When the fifth grade ended, everyone looked at him with awe.
‘Speaking of this, a few Slytherin girls gave me chocolates during my school days, but I suspected there was a curse and threw it away.’
‘Did I miss something?’
Felix chewed on his past experiences, and for a while, he burst into laughter.
"I'm really bored, but... Sirius Black, whether it's for Black's old house's collection or confirming whether you have a despicable soul, I will give you a chance to explain."
Chapter completed!