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Chapter 149 The Only Family

Sherlock's words silenced the scene.

Blake gritted his teeth and said.

"Harry lives well at his aunt's house. He doesn't need to know about my existence. James and Lily's deaths are related to me. I don't deserve to be his godfather!"

"If he lived really well there, he wouldn't want to go to Hogsmeade to go through the secret passage, and was caught by Snape in the end." Sherlock said calmly.

Blake stared at him.

"What do you mean?"

"His aunt and uncle didn't sign the consent form for him to leave school, because Harry was an outlier in their eyes, a man who knew magic, was out of tune with them, and at the same time was the most hated outlier of the Potter family."

At this moment, even Lupine looked at Sherlock.

"Harry is having a bad time there?"

"At least he has food and shelter." Sherlock said lightly, "Although he didn't give him any warmth from his family, it still wouldn't cause him to starve to death on the streets."

Both Sirius and Lupine could hear the meaning in his words, Harry's standard of living at his aunt's house was only to the point where he wouldn't live on the streets.

"Oh!"

Black punched the desk, he said angrily.

"That's her own sister's son!"

Sherlock looked into his eyes.

"I don't deny that Harry's aunt's family has gone too far, but you have to ask yourself, what was Harry's father's attitude towards them back then? Or why did they treat Harry like this?"

Regarding why Harry's aunt's family had such an almost hostile attitude towards Harry, Sherlock went to find out some things during last summer vacation.

It wasn't that the Dursleys hated wizards, but when they got along with Harry's father, they left a very bad impression on them.

Since that time, the two families have completely broken off and never communicated with each other (also mixed with Petunia's jealousy that Lily became a wizard).

Then Harry came to their house, and they passed on this emotion to the young Harry.

The Dursleys were behaving badly, but James Potter was also having a lot of problems at the time.

Sirius and Lupine fell silent again. They were James' childhood playmates, so they naturally knew what kind of character he was, and they were just a little better than the more extreme Sirius himself.

"So, even if it's not for yourself, think about it for Harry." Sherlock sat on the chair, looked at them and said, "He may not need your care, but he needs the affection of a family."

Sirius stood there blankly, he had the courage to defy death, but Sherlock's words made him hesitate.

If it was really like what he said, then besides his aunt's family, Harry had only one legal relative. After all, when he was just born, he and Sirius established a godfather and godson relationship.

Sherlock sat on the chair and drank tea leisurely, waiting for Sirius to make a decision.

After a long time, he slowly raised his head and said.

"Can I get a closer look at him?"

Sherlock shrugged.

"Every weekend evening, he will come to me to learn the Patronus Charm. If you want to meet him, you can come to me, but it's up to you to decide whether to recognize him or not."

"Before I catch Peter, I can't recognize him." Sirius shook his head and said, "Only when everything is settled, I can let him know of my existence. If he knows these things, there will definitely be problems."

"You know his character well."

"After escaping from Azkaban, I secretly observed him from behind for a while."

Sherlock got up from his chair.

"In this case, then you should first become an Animagus and follow me. I will take you to report to Professor McGonagall. At least let other people in the school know of your existence."

Things have been settled for the time being.

Sirius turned into a dog again, and after Sherlock changed his breed with magic, he took him to find Professor McGonagall.

"You want to keep this dog in Hogwarts?" Professor McGonagall frowned and looked at Sirius in Animagus form, and it could be seen that she was not very interested in creatures like dogs.

Sherlock explained.

"This dog is very smart. I think it might be helpful to let him patrol the castle to catch Black."

Sirius also wagged his tail in satisfaction and walked to Professor McGonagall, rubbing his head against her.

"Well, it might be useful in catching Black, but you have to make sure it doesn't hurt the students." Professor McGonagall nodded.

Charlotte assured: "Don't worry, it will mingle with the students."

After getting the approval of Professor McGonagall, Sirius now has the right to act in the castle aboveboard.

Then Sherlock took Sirius away from Professor McGonagall's office, and when they went downstairs, Snape, with greasy kelp-like hair, pale face, and a robe like a big black bat, this I happened to meet them in the lobby on the first floor.

"Forrest, when are you going to pay me the final payment for the potion ingredients!" Snape asked for the debt with a gloomy face when he saw Sherlock.

Only then did Sherlock remember that when he bought materials from him last time, he owed a sum of money and forgot to give it to him.

"I'll send it to you at noon."

Snape snorted coldly, and then he noticed Sirius following Sherlock.

One person and one dog looked at each other, and Snape always felt that the dog gave him a very annoying feeling, as if he had met some kind of enemy.

Sirius bared his teeth at him too.

"What's the matter with the dog?" Snape asked, frowning.

"It's used to catch Black." Sherlock raised his eyebrows, "I just reported it to Professor McGonagall."

Snape made no secret of his distaste for him.

"Hopefully it won't be killed by one of Black's spells."

After speaking, he turned around and continued to walk towards the auditorium. Apart from disgust, he didn't find any problems with Sirius.

Sirius looked at Snape's back and rolled his eyes at him, and Sherlock patted his dog's head to signal him to follow him.

They returned to Sherlock's office. Today happened to be Saturday, and Harry would come to the office in the evening to continue practicing the Patronus Charm.

So Sherlock asked Sirius not to go out in the office, and he went to the kitchen to tell the house elves that from today on, three meals for two people would be delivered directly to his office by magic.

And just when Sherlock and Lupine found Sirius and figured out what happened from him.

Ron finally reconciled with Hermione too.

On the day Harry's Marauder's Map was confiscated by Lupine, Hagrid also lost the lawsuit against Buckbeak at the Ministry of Magic. Almost all the jury members sided with Lucius and sentenced Buckbeak to death. , and determine the execution date.

Hermione's mood was very broken. After meeting Ron and Harry, she cried and apologized to Ron. At this time, Ron's awkwardness finally disappeared, saying that she was not to blame for this incident, and the two reunited. reconcile.

When they reconciled, they happened to meet Draco on the sidelines, and Hermione was angry because his father bribed the jury to execute Buckbeak, so she slapped him on the spot, and directly slapped Draco in a daze up.

Afterwards, Hermione seemed to have completely overlooked it.

Because there were too many courses, she gave up the divination class, which she didn't like in the first place and was useless in talking about it, and concentrated her energy on other courses.

In addition to continuing to learn the Patronus Charm, Harry has also been juggling his last Quidditch match against Slytherin at the end of term.

Today, this weekend, he came to Sherlock's office as promised. After this class is over, he plans to take another week's vacation, and come back to continue class after the Quidditch match is over.

As soon as he walked into Sherlock's office, Harry saw the big dog lying on the desk.

He immediately walked over with his eyes wide open, looking at the dog who also stood up from the ground in front of him.

"Professor, is this your new pet?"

Black wagged his tail, stared at Harry with piercing eyes, and moved to his side actively.

Harry tried to touch his head, and found that Sirius not only did not resist, but also looked happy, and he became more courageous.

Sherlock watched Sirius wagging his tail quickly, and knew that he must be enjoying this time now. After all, not only Harry, but his family, in disguise, Sirius himself is also emotionally only Harry. a loved one.

"That's right. To prevent Black from breaking into the school, I specially raised this dog. I will take care of it for the time being."

Harry stroked Sirius' dog's head for a while, then said.

"I'm going to ask you for leave next week, professor. It's the Quidditch final soon. In order for Gryffindor to win the championship, I have to focus on training."

Sherlock waved his hand.

"You don't need to ask for leave. You don't have much to learn about the Patronus Charm. It's just an opportunity to really shape your Patronus. You've done a good job theoretically."

"Are we still in class then?" Harry asked.

Sherlock pointed at Sirius with his finger.

"In this class, you can help me take this dog for a walk in the castle. It is the last task for you."

Harry naturally accepted this, and he took Sirius out of Sherlock's office, wandered around the corridors and castles, and finally brought him into the Gryffindor common room.

This surprised all the Gryffindors.

Ron, who was helping Hermione look up the Hippogriff file, looked at Sirius and asked with a wink.

"Where did you get the dog?"

(End of this chapter)