Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 166 The Chains of Hatred

"Severus was coaxed into the secret passage. Sirius said he was going to show Severus a little color. None of us thought that he told Severus the way to enter the secret passage under the Whomping Willow." , and egged on, it was 'fun' in the Screaming Shack."

Harry yelled in horror: "What? How could Sirius do such a thing! He knew that Remus was in the Shrieking Shack, allowing an underage wizard to encounter a deformed werewolf, and the result can be imagined... Could it be he thinks……"

"Harry, Sirius made a joke that went too far. When he told Severus how to get into the Witcher's Secret, he was just trying to make fun of Severus running away in embarrassment after seeing the werewolf."

Harry clenched his fists angrily, his nails digging deep into his palm: "Don't you call this a 'joke'? Go ask Professor Snape, he sure doesn't think it's funny!"

"Sirius was only a teenager then..." Peter reassured.

"I'm a teenager too! Why didn't I kill someone?" Harry roared, "I'm going to confront Sirius to his face. I can't believe he did such a bad thing!"

Saying that Harry was about to turn around and leave, Ron and Hermione hurriedly stopped him, and Peter took his hand and dragged him back to the chair.

"Harry, don't you want to know what happened next? Maybe you should finish the story."

Harry snorted resentfully, and Peter pretended not to hear, and went on: "After this happened, Sirius confessed to the fact that he encouraged Severus to go into the Shrieking Shack, and he was put in Azkaban, sentenced to six years in prison, paid the due price."

"Hmph." Harry made another sound of disapproval.

"Because of the public's fear and discrimination against werewolves, this event had a very bad impact. Werewolves ate wizards, which was considered unforgivable. Many people advocated that Remus be executed—"

"Ah!" Harry bounced off his chair like a firecracker, "I almost forgot, what did Sirius think of Remus? Even if Professor Snape hadn't been bitten, Remus' identity would have been exposed , it just shows that he didn't want Snape to live at all!"

"Harry!" Hermione stopped Harry and pulled him back into the chair. "Don't say that! You speak too hard!"

Peter continued: "Later, under Dumbledore's argument, Remus was not executed, he was expelled from school, and registered with the Department of Magical Beast Management and Control of the Ministry of Magic. All to the Ministry of Magic for short-term detention."

"Dumbledore himself has also been under a lot of pressure. Abraxas Malfoy, a member of the school board, proposed to dismiss Dumbledore from the position of headmaster. By the way, this Mr. Malfoy is Lucius' father. , Draco's grandfather, and Lucius had a close personal relationship with Severus at school."

"Fortunately, this proposal failed in the end. Voldemort was raging in the wizarding world. Hogwarts became the safest place because Dumbledore was in charge. But during that time, groups of owls flew to the principal every day. Office, with angry yelling letters tied to their feet."

"Look, my godfather has really caused quite a stir," said Harry sarcastically. "To borrow my mother's words, I'd rather have the giant squid in the Black Lake be my godfather."

"Harry, Sirius has paid for his stupidity. Do you know what six years in prison means? Most prisoners have their minds destroyed by dementors within a few weeks of entering Azkaban , Sirius' heart is also scarred. He was determined to leave this country, leave his heartbroken place, and now he returns for you."

Harry was about to say a few more sarcasm words, but he thought about it and kept silent.

"After this happened, Lily was very sad. She was probably the only one who was really sad for Severus. Before that, they seemed to have had a lot of quarrels about the dark arts. James and I were not fired, The two of us stayed and continued our studies..."

"Did my mother accept my father because he was trying to save Professor Snape?"

"No, Harry, how is this possible!" Peter said incredulously, "You now know that Severus survived, but at the time, everyone thought he was dead. Lily knew that James and Severus We have a very bad relationship with James, accepting James is like betraying a friend, and besides, it's hard for anyone to believe that the screaming shack incident has nothing to do with James."

Harry pursed his lips tightly, and after a long silence, he asked in a low voice, "Professor Peddie, is it true that my father wasn't involved in this...?"

"No, I assure you that James Potter is an upright person. Not only that, he stepped forward and saved his enemies regardless of the danger of his life. You should be as proud of him as I am."

"Then why does Professor Snape hate my father so much?"

"Isn't that obvious, boy? James got everything he wanted, and jealousy breeds hatred."

"But what about my godfather? How could he do such a thing?"

Peter looked into Harry's green eyes and considered his words: "We've been to Sirius' house, we've read about Regulus' memories together, and we've seen his mother in the portrait."

Harry asked in bewilderment, "Sir, does it matter?"

"Please listen to my explanation." Peter said in a persuasive tone: "The Black family emphasized hostility to Muggles and forced Sirius to accept their views, which made him a very rebellious person. In order to sing against his parents, he established Enmity against Slytherin."

"At the same time, almost all Slytherin students are preparing for Death Eaters. You can't imagine how Slytherin House used black magic on Muggle-born students back then. I dare say that the difference between them and Death Eaters is only A Dark Mark."

Harry said: "You mean, Professor Snape is almost a Death Eater, and Sirius killing him can be understood as an act of war."

"No, that's not what I meant." Peter shook his head slightly.

"So……"

"Harry, what I want to tell you is that love breeds more love, and hate breeds more hate. Slytherins hate Muggle-born wizards, Gryffindors hate Slytherins, Sirius hates His own parents, Severus hated us all..."

"This backlog of hate is going to blow up like a crumbling exploding card sooner or later. If Severus hadn't been killed, there might have been an innocent Muggle killed by his dark magic. You can't just see one end of the story , while ignoring the other end.”

"Why can't we be kinder to each other? Why can't we treat other people as flesh and blood? In Sirius' eyes, Severus is a 'Dark Magic Monster', a 'Slytherin', a 'Slimy , greasy freakin', but not a... person."

"It wasn't Sirius who made this mistake first, those wizards who held the extreme concept of pure blood, regarded Muggles as 'lower creatures', 'mudbloods', and house elves as 'slaves' , 'property', and Severus was one of them."

"Before the incident, Sirius really didn't care about Severus' life or death, because he didn't treat Severus as a person with feelings and sentience. He did something wrong, and now he has woken up."

The anger on Harry's face completely disappeared, replaced by an expression of pity, Peter didn't know how much he understood, after a pause, Peter said: "Our generation has come out of war and hatred, and every one of us has changed. Got scarred."

"Sirius wasted half his life in regret, tortured by dementors, and he spent his whole life trying to get rid of the influence of the Black family. And Severus, his body and soul are broken, because of his withdrawn personality , no one ever cared about him."

"I hope you treat them better. They abandoned their hatred for the sake of love, and finally came to our side and fought side by side with us. The most worthy of pity are not the dead, but those who lack love in their lives."

Peter stood up from the chair, returned to the desk and picked up the students' homework, "Go to the auditorium quickly, it's time for lunch." He said kindly.

None of Harry, Ron, and Hermione got up from their chairs. The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was long empty, and they were still deep in thought.Hermione raised her hand and wiped her eyes calmly.

(End of this chapter)