Hermione chuckled slightly, and Harry laughed so hard that he was heartless.

"What's wrong?" Lupin asked in confusion.

"No, nothing," Harry laughed even happier, "Of course the professor is on our side, how normal it is-"

"You make sense," Lupin said seriously, "but he is too autonomous, and sometimes the news doesn't match...I almost got beaten to death by him."

"What's going on?" Harry stopped laughing.

"I took a few days off some time ago to talk to my friends about the past," Lupin said gloomyly: "You should be clear that I mean my kind..." Harry and Hermione nodded slightly, knowing that he was talking about werewolf.

"Originally Dumbledore wanted me to lurk into the werewolf community, but my face became a little famous and I went to the newspaper several times... So I simply acted semi-publicly, trying to convince those relatively mild werewolf groups to provide stable wolf poison potions so that they could stand on our side and at least remain neutral. As a result, one time I met Felix to find a dark wizard. The relationship between werewolf and black wizard was very complicated, and sometimes they would get together, probably because they were both on the edge of society, but werewolf was forced... After that, there was a little conflict, and several impulsive werewolf rushed up and was struck back by black lightning the next second."

"The speed is too fast, I can't react at all." Lu Ping said with lingering fear, "But the mission has been completed, and the group of werewolfs moved away overnight."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other.

"Children, I'm not saying this to blame Felix - although his approach is indeed a bit rude," Lupin said at last, "But you must recognize that werewolfs are dangerous. Although they are divided into brutals and moderates, they are all within the danger category. The only difference is whether they actively attack people, so don't form the illusion that moderates are good-tempered-"

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

The witch had a pale, heart-shaped face, a pair of glittering black eyes, and her spiked short hair was a bright and dazzling violet. Her dress was also inclined toward Muggle style, with weird shirts and patched jeans, just like the rebellious girl Harry occasionally saw.

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

"Hello, Tonks." Luping introduced to the two calmly, "Tonks is an Auror of the Ministry of Magic. He was chosen to be in the Order of the Phoenix as a liaison between the two parties."

Harry and Hermione immediately understood.

Tonks walked forward and looked at them with great interest. She stretched out a hand, "Hello, I've always wanted to find an opportunity to talk to you." She said familiarly.

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

"Congratulations-" Harry said dumbly, he couldn't think of anything to suit the situation.

During this period, Kliche remained silent. When Harry looked at him, he bowed respectfully, "Please allow Kliche to make tea for the young master."

"Oh, uh, okay," Harry said. Then Kliche disappeared in front of him. He felt Kliche's attitude was a bit weird.

"He treats us as air," Lupin said, "because of my werewolf, he should actually be better at Tonks, but-"

"My mother was removed from the Black family," Tonks shrugged, "I don't think he agrees with me either."

"Delisting? That tapestry?" Harry asked.

"Yes." Tonks gestured to launch a spark.

Hermione watched the conversation between them in confusion.

Harry whispered: "There is a tapestry on the second floor wall, which is a family tree of the Black family, but not everyone is on it. Some members who seriously violate the tradition of the family will be wiped off the tapestry, which was the case before Sirius."

Hermione nodded to show her understanding.

"Then - welcome you." Lupin smiled and opened his arms and hugged Harry.

...

Harry and Hermione sat on the sofa, feeling the surroundings were very novel.

"Are you the only one?" Hermione asked.

"Of course not, Sirius contributed this place as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Everyone is very busy and rarely gets together. They just find free time to come over." Lupin explained, "Molly has packed up a few rooms, and now she can barely live in."

"I remember Sirius and Clicher had cleaned up the house before," said Harry, who had lived here for a few days, and the environment was only bad at that time.

"Well, let me say it another way, it barely meets the needs of new residents," Lupin said with a smile: "Siris is a bachelor, and Kliche... asked me to say that although he is still responsible, he is old after all, and I strongly suspect that his aesthetic has been deviated..."

Lupin looked up at the time, "Sirius is almost back soon. He said he would try to get off work early today and I will go to cook."

"Do you need help?" asked Tonks.

"No need," Lupin said, but Tonks followed him out. After a while, a "ping-pong" sound came from the stairs below and Tonks' apology - "Oh! Sorry-"

As soon as the two of them left, Kliche appeared. He brought a pot of tea, "This is Mr. Harry's--" He thoughtfully poured hot tea into the cup, and then he glanced at Hermione with his big eyes, without any movement.

Hermione poured himself a cup of tea in awkward manner and started drinking it in small sips.

"If Master Harry has any instructions, even if he calls him Clice, Clice is always here to serve you." The house elf disappeared with a "bang".

Harry whispered, "Kliche has served the Black family for generations and is greatly influenced by pure blood thinking. Sirius has spent a lot of effort to stop swearing, but I guess it is only half successful. Kliche has completely ignored the pure blood wizard."

"I can understand." Hermione held the teacup and looked at the direction where Kliche disappeared with interest.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the house. I've been here a few times before, but it's so strange. I didn't find any suitable place to practice magic... We are on the second floor now, the first floor is the foyer and the restaurant, and the third floor has several bedrooms. However, a lot of rags were piled up in the previous cleaning. I don't know what the situation is now... The end of the corridor is the study..."

Harry and Hermione looked into the study and saw the professor sitting in a chair and muttering to themselves: "Animagus?" He raised his head and looked at Harry and Hermione and asked, "Is Sirius 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, which once belonged to Sirius and Regulus, there is also a spacious activity room. It was locked before. Practicing ordinary magic is not a problem. The first floor of the underground is the location of the kitchen, but when you go down from another hidden entrance and pass a long step, you will find a huge space, which barely counts as the second floor of the underground. I guess it may be the Black family's spell laboratory, which was abandoned later, but the walls there are all made of extremely strong stones, and there are various magic protections..."

After Felix explained, he asked again: "By the way, do you know about awarding merits?"

"Give me a medal?" Harry and Hermione said in unison.

Felix smiled, "Ms. Bones said in person that you have the opportunity to receive the second-level Merlin Medal, this is not a scam."

Harry completely forgot about this.

Until he returned to the living room, Harry was still dizzy and he was about to get the Merlin medal?

...

When it was almost eight o'clock, some noise came from 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. "Montungus finally did something reliable." He sat down opposite Harry, almost sitting on Montongus, "Ouch-"

"Is it time for dinner?" Montongus said sleepyly.

"Not yet," Sirius said. He changed his seat and sat down, and Crook Mountain jumped onto him, causing Sirius to scratch its chin.

Montongus muttered a word that no one heard clearly, and covered his ragged clothes on his head and continued to sleep.

"What have you been busy with recently?" Harry asked.

"There are many things that can be done," Sirius leaned tiredly on the sofa. "We are in the preparation stage now, and both sides are very cautious. In fact,... we have never had a head-on confrontation - if it is not counted as a few dementor injuries. We think Voldemort is secretly recruiting troops, winning over the team, or planning some conspiracy... in short, we will not be idle. We are doing the same thing, but belonging to the stable defense," he glanced at Harry. "On one side, there is no place to live, and the family is big and big, that's the situation."

"The magic world has been peaceful for many years, and most people are not wary and have many loopholes to dig into. You should have heard of Azkaban's incident...Amelia has been working as a papermaker for a while."

"There is also Floornet." Montongus muttered in his sleep.

Sirius grinned.

"Yes, who could have thought that the inconspicuous Floor Network Administration would become so important during the war? Amelia ordered the Floor Management Team to clean up old and illegal lines and monitor the abnormalities in it-"

"What about here?" Harry asked, thinking of Montongus's telling them before that the Black family had mastered some of the Floor Network technology.

"Don't worry yet," Sirius said slyly, baring his teeth, "There has been cast a spell here, and the Ministry of Magic cannot find it. At most, they find uncontrolled nodes, but they cannot locate them at all."

...

During supper, everyone exchanged information while eating.

"Foggy was sent to various European countries to lobby, reminding people to be wary of the Death Eaters' activities in the local area... It's also for the best use of people." Sirius shrugged and said.

Harry was greatly surprised.

"Molly told me that she would move in in two days and would take with her a few children." Lupin also revealed a message.

Harry and Hermione were both excited to hear the news.

"I'm going out for a few days," Felix said, "and will come back before the award begins."

"Where do you go?" Lupin asked keenly.
Chapter completed!