From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Slughorn? I seem to have some impression..."

After Sirius and Harry communicated about the trip, Sirius thought about it for a while before he remembered this person.

"He is a master of potions, and he is serious enough in class, but I don't have a good impression of him."

“He was a very capable professor, well-connected, and willing to help students—but only those he liked.”

Because too much time had passed, Sirius could only retrieve information about the professor from his memory, "He is particularly picky about students. Although he does not have the blood prejudice that many Slytherin graduates have, he is What do people say? It's a bit philistine. Once a student has no value in his eyes, it is really equivalent to being completely abandoned."

"You mean he likes power?"

Harry understood what Sirius said.

"No, no, no, he has no pursuit of power - he is the kind of professor who likes geniuses, or you can have a relationship with geniuses. He is always working tirelessly to collect talented people. That is completely different."

Sirius said as he threw Harry a bag of potato chips, "It's just that usually, those who are talented will become powerful people in all walks of life, which makes him seem to be pursuing power, but in fact, he His desire for money and power is very low - according to his network, if he was willing to enter politics, the Minister of Magic would basically be stable, and if he wanted to get rich, he would already have countless cash piled up in his treasury. It’s booming.”

"I still don't quite understand..."

Harry really can't understand it now - this is too contradictory.

"Let's put it this way," Sirius sighed, he only figured this out recently, "basically all the top people from all walks of life in the UK have entered his club, and even many people from the Ministry of Magic have entered the middle level. Most of the students are members of his club, and coupled with his status as the Head of Slytherin...guess, how many people can he find if he wants to accomplish something?"

"What are you two talking about again?"

Lupine came over, with doubtful and uneasy eyes - it was almost the full moon, and he had to take the potion to fall asleep again, but what happened last time he fell asleep made it impossible for him to be as peaceful as before. Went to spend the full moon.

"We were just talking about Slughorn. Do you remember the dean of Slytherin? He was him. If nothing else, he will be Harry's new professor next year."

"is that so?"

Lupine's eyes were a little suspicious. He looked at Harry and thought for a moment with a little worry, "Is he the new professor?"

"Well, Dumbledore must have taken you there to convince him, which makes sense, but Professor Snape taught you well, why don't you teach him anymore?"

"Who knows, maybe old Snotlout got fired."

Sirius' words were as rude as ever.

"How is that possible? In all these years at Hogwarts, the dean has never been fired -" Lupine shook his head and retorted, "Eh, maybe Dumbledore is worried about Snape." If I teach fifth grade again, Harry’s score won’t be enough…”

"Not enough points?"

Harry and Sirius looked at Lupin at the same time.

"Yes, scores. As you know, Aurors require a lot of certificates. It is difficult for Harry to get the highest score in Potions class. Snape will probably directly raise the score requirements for the class to block Harry's hand. .”

With a former Auror in the same office, Lupine was particularly clear about the Auror recruitment criteria.

"This seems like the disgusting thing a Snotlout would do...but what's Harry doing as an Auror?"

Sirius didn't forget to mention Snape before asking.

"Eh? When we were chatting in the office, didn't Professor William say that Harry's best choice is to become an Auror - he is very talented in combat."

"Yes, yes, the professor communicated with me -" Harry nodded and confirmed Lupin's words, but with a somewhat suppressed smile on his face, "the professor said that I am very talented in Quidditch, but, When you are an Auror, your teammates are all capable wizards. If the time comes to have to deal with Voldemort, you can go together without having to think about silly things like having to duel with him alone."

"Yes, if we can go together, there is really no need to duel with him alone."

Sirius got silly and put his arm around Harry's shoulders, which made Harry finally laugh without worrying about revealing the exact words he heard back then.

[Aurors are awesome, there are so many of them, so just go together. Don’t keep thinking about wizard duels. If you are an Auror now, you can bring a group of Aurors to smash that guy Blake’s head. In the same way, If you are an Auror in the future, you can lead a group of people to smash the Dark Lord's head. 】

"Then it's settled. It's really safe to bring a group of Aurors. After all, even people like Umbridge are Death Eaters. It's really a good choice to bring a group of reliable teammates."

His ability to change topics quickly made Lupine silent for a moment, before he shook his head and went to drink the potion with a smile.

'I hope they wake up this time and are still carrying out Animagus transformation peacefully - although that is outrageous enough...'

Lupine pinched his nose and drank the potion, then returned to the room specially prepared for his transformation, locked the door with magic, and asked Sirius to lock the door from the outside. Then he lay on the bed with peace of mind, waiting for the night 's arrival.

——

"The ceiling is still there."

When Lupine woke up, he immediately confirmed the safety of the house, and then began to check the surrounding warning magic to prevent the medicine from being ineffective.

"Safe, not triggered - another full moon passed."

He sighed, and then began to take care of the scattered hair around him - although his hair has been healthy so far, there is no need to worry about baldness, but getting up to take care of his hair in the morning is not so pleasant after all. .

'I have to thank the Wolfsbane potion, otherwise I would never be able to tidy up my hair so calmly in my life... To be honest, transformation without sleep is too painful...'

'But, having said that, will Sirius lose his hair when he turns into a dog? ’

I don't know whether it was the quietest life that made his mentality improve, or whether it was the influence of his office colleagues. Anyway, such a question suddenly appeared in Lu Ping's mind.

'Ask Sirius secretly... There is no need to discuss this topic with Harry...'

While he was thinking about this question strangely, he subconsciously looked at his hair in the mirror...

"Then, clean the hair..."

Lupine waved his wand to get rid of those annoying things, then unlocked the magic he had arranged last night, and knocked on the door to tell Sirius to let him out.

"Good morning, Remus."

Sirius rushed over happily and looked at his old friend, "You look very good today. Dobby has prepared a quite sumptuous breakfast. I guess you should wake up!"

"Fortunately, the potion works as well as always."

Lu Ping made a relaxed expression, "By the way, I..."

"We didn't do anything!"

"no!"

"The Animagus' first step has been successful!"

"no!"

"Okay...I admit, I helped Harry with his Divination homework so that he could concentrate on learning Transfiguration, but you know, Remus, that's what Divination is all about."

"Divination class..."

"Okay, I secretly bought Harry a book from Knockturn Alley as a birthday gift...just one! I haven't had time to give it to him yet!"

"Blake!!!"

Lupine's anger suddenly rose. How old are you?

"No more, really no more!"

"You..." Lu Ping felt his blood pressure suddenly rise. His godfather didn't look like a godfather, and his godson didn't look like a godson...

"Then, what's going on..."

"I just want to ask you, do you lose hair when your Animagus transforms?"

"Shedding hair?"

Sirius was stunned, losing his hair?

I told you earlier, just such a small thing...

"Well, I haven't really observed this carefully. You know, Moon Face, it's normal for everyone to bite off a bunch of hair when they are fighting. Basically, you won't see any injuries when you transform back, unless there are special circumstances. Just like...that traitor..."

The two were silent for a while, and then Lupine seemed to remember something and stretched out his hand to Sirius, "The thing you gave as a gift is confiscated!"

After the gifts that Harry had not received were destroyed, Lupine looked at Sirius angrily: "Look at you, and then look at Professor William, there are many more people who can do things more safely than you!"

"Have the subsequent spells before the transformation been arranged... I have to communicate with Hagrid once. We must complete the transformation quickly."

"Don't worry, I've made all the arrangements!"

Sirius smiled and nodded - they had almost completed the traitor's Animagus back then, so he shouldn't be too familiar with this set.

Lupine was quite relieved at this point. Padfoot was just fooling around and would not risk Harry's life for a joke.

Even when he wanted to settle the score with the traitor, he had entrusted the motorcycle and Harry to Hagrid before leaving, otherwise he would not have allowed Harry to practice Animagus transformation by default.

Just when he returned to the table and was about to write a letter to Hagrid to discuss the feasibility of thunderbirds creating thunderstorms, an owl came to the window sill and knocked on the window.

"Whose letter?"

Lupine looked at it curiously. It was not a familiar owl, it looked like a public owl.

He waved his wand to open the window and let it in, then took out a small bowl of owl food from the drawer and handed it over. He untied the unknown letter while it was eating quickly, and then carefully checked it with magic.

'It's not a roaring letter, nor does it seem to have a magic curse attached...'

After a brief inspection, Lupine came to a definite conclusion while laughing at himself for being too cautious.

However, when he opened the letter, he was stunned.

[Dear Professor Luping:

You must be surprised when you receive the letter, but this letter is indeed a letter from me in Greece.

…

Because there are so many things about curses here, and coupled with some of my recent gains, I decided to make a public appearance in Greece, and then conduct a wave of research on curses...

This was a decision made after weighing the pros and cons. I found that if I continued to conceal my identity during the investigation, the opportunities to be exposed to high-end magic would be too rare...

…

Just like what we guessed last semester, the Dark Lord is likely to sneak into the school through the identity of a professor, so we must remain vigilant and conduct necessary investigations...

In order to prevent such information from being tortured when I am replaced, I will delete the relevant thoughts and memories from my memory in the future, so I leave the inspection and sneak attack to you, Professor Luping...

...]

…

When Lu Ping read the letter, he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart - he was involved in the investigation last semester, but he always felt that even if he had a problem, Professor William would not There will be no surprises.

’ What kind of knowledge related to the curse would allow him to stand on the bright side? '

Lupine was a little confused, but Ye Xin destroyed it immediately after reading it and firmly remembered it - according to their previous analysis, because of Harry's blessing, this place is actually the safest. place, not to mention that there are two good players here, him and Sirius.

Call Professor Moody when school starts, and then let’s check on Professor William together..."

'If he is replaced, it will be okay. If he is not replaced, then he can only sneak attack... I will add Professor Moody, it should be okay...'

Just when Lupine was relieved to accept all this, another owl flew in from the open window.

'No way? ’

However, upon careful inspection and opening the letter, Lupine was dumbfounded at first glance.

[Dear Professor Luping:

You must be surprised to see this letter...

(I was not only surprised, I was simply frightened...)

…

For some unexplainable reason, I am now in Canada...

It's close enough to danger, but not that dangerous - I found something strange...

…

In view of our discussion last year, I am sending you this letter. The reason why I am not Professor William is entirely because he likes to wander around outside. Although he is good at concealment, there is still a certain risk...

(You don’t need to say it. I know that I am absolutely safe here, and it doesn’t seem like the situation is too serious like entrusting it to Dumbledore...)

Anyway... please check carefully when school starts, Professor Lupine...

I can…

(How come you two can even think of deleting relevant memories...)

…

】

‘Don’t you have to go find the principal in the end...Can I sneak attack two of them by myself? ’

Lupine destroyed the letter and complained.

"Moony Face! I have already discussed it with Professor McGonagall, and then we can let Harry go to the Forbidden Forest to make preparations for his first transformation!"

"Are you ready?"

"It's ready!"

Sirius was confident.

"If the Thunderbird refuses to help, have you prepared comfort food? If the transformation is not successful enough, will Professor McGonagall come to help? Where is Dumbledore? How many times has Harry checked the recitation of relevant regulations? Protection during thunderstorms And what about the protection work against magical creatures? If successful, have you told Harry how to change back?"

"..."

After being questioned by Lupine, Sirius, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly withered...

"Hurry up and get ready, we need to be fully prepared, Padfoot!"