The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

"Who are you?"

Sirius said in a daze.

"Your savior."

Michael replied seriously.

"I must admit this," Sirius shook his head, "but I still don't understand..."

Michael interrupted:

"What don't you understand? It's easy to understand. I save you, and then you give me money. Everyone is happy!"

"So you are bounty hunters... no no no, mercenaries or something like that?" Sirius' eyes lit up and said, "Then can you help catch Peter Pettigrew? I can pay you a lot of money. Galleons!”

Hearing the name Peter Pettigrew, Michael turned back and looked at John deeply before continuing:

"Of course - you can! But the premise is that you must first pay us the cost of rescuing you, and then you can negotiate the next business deal with us."

"How much do you want?"

Sirius looked very excited. He struggled to sit up from the ground, but the severe injuries of multiple fractures all over his body made it impossible for him to complete this action. "I have a lot of money. Really, I can definitely afford it!"

Michael just looked at Sirius with a smile quietly, and then said after a long time:

"All."

"What did you say?"

"I said... I want all your property, including the Black family's thousand-year accumulation."

After Michael finished speaking, the atmosphere in the abandoned cabin suddenly stagnated.

Lupine was relieved at this time.

The other party came for the Black family's property.

This does make sense.

Although this news is not good for them, it at least proves that Sirius and the dark wizard are indeed not colluding.

Sirius burst out laughing when he heard this.

"Yes...I can give you all the wealth, including the ancestral home of the Black family." Sirius said without hesitation, "But I must see the body of Peter Pettigrew, so it is only fair! "

Michael shook his head and said:

"You don't have the power to choose."

"Of course I do," Sirius continued, "I don't care about property, Galleons, I don't even care about my own life. I just want that traitor Peter Pettigrew to die!

Without that rat's body, even if you kill me, I won't let you get what you want! "

Michael pursed his lips, then chuckled and raised his wand.

"Then go to die."

As he spoke, an ominous green light appeared on the tip of Michael's staff.

Seeing this, Sirius, Lupin, and even John were stunned.

Because this time, the person Michael pointed his wand at was not Sirius, but Lupin.

"Wait! What are you doing!?"

Sirius struggled and shouted.

"Don't you care about nothing but Peter Pettigrew?" Michael said lightly, "What's your reaction now?"

Sirius didn't answer, but Michael continued:

"As I said, you have no right to choose. I can actually use the [Imperius Curse] to make you spit out all the wealth of the Black family, but that would be more troublesome in the actual operation stage. After all, you are eyeing that sum. We are not the only ones with money.

But if you really don't want to cooperate, I can only use this method.

Moreover, before that, this werewolf, your only good brother now, will also die! "

While Michael was speaking, Sirius and Lupine were looking at each other.

Lupine kept shaking his head slightly, meaning to tell Sirius to leave him alone.

Just as Sirius was willing to sacrifice his life to kill Pettigrew to avenge the Potters, he was also willing.

But Sirius had a different idea than Lupine.

You can tell if you think about it carefully.

Why did Sirius transfer his identity as Secret Keeper back then?

Because he already knew at that time that there was a traitor among them who had been leaking information to Voldemort.

Then why did he transfer the identity of Secret Keeper to Pettigrew?

Because he looked at everyone as a traitor at that time, and he couldn't trust even Dumbledore.

Lupine, as the last member to join the quartet, also has the identity of a werewolf, so he is obviously his primary suspect.

As it turns out, he was wrong, very wrong.

This also made him feel a strong sense of guilt towards Lupine.

This feeling of guilt made it impossible for him to give up Lupine's life.

"I promise!"

Sirius' eyes widened and he murmured, "I'll give you everything, don't kill Remus."

"Blake..."

Lupine groaned in pain.

Michael smiled and stretched out his hand:

"Happy cooperation! Then, in order to ensure that you are completely voluntary and will not regret it, come and sign the 'unbreakable oath'!"

Sirius shook Michael's hand in his.

John, who was waiting on the side, also stretched out his wand.

"You swear, Sirius Black, that you will give all the property belonging to the Black family to these two people who are standing before you now."

"I swear!"

"You swear, Sirius Black, to keep it a secret and not to tell anyone what happened today."

"I swear!"

……

Golden chains and thorn-like lines were spreading on Sirius and Michael's arms, and gradually wrapped around their bodies.

"...As a price, we will set you free. Then, the oath...is established!"

As John finished speaking, those golden lines disappeared into the bodies of the two of them.

Sirius fell weakly to the ground.

Michael, on the other hand, waved his hand and said coldly:

"Okay, the mission is accomplished, you can get out."

Lupine gasped and said:

"You can't do that, we are still injured..."

"Recover quickly!"

Michael waved his wand, treated Sirius and Lupin's injuries, and then threw out two bottles of Bone Spirit.

"Just think of it as a gift, let's go!"

Sirius and Lupine looked at each other, both a little confused, but in the end they helped each other and left the hut.

After confirming that they were gone, Michael lit another chimney:

"With that oath, I can take out the Black family's wealth in Gringotts. Of course, the goblins won't let this go too smoothly, but I have my own way. By then, the Black family's wealth in Gringotts I only need [-]%, and I’ll give you the other [-]%.”

John sat on the sofa and said:

"Why are you so generous all of a sudden?"

"This is not generous, but fair. I want the ancestral home of the Black family, No. 12 Grimmauld Place."

“Tsk—that’s fair enough, let’s make the deal.”

Hearing this, Michael also smiled, and he blew out a smoke ring and said:

"Then it's time for your surprise. Peter Pettigrew, he should be in your hands, right?"

The corners of John's mouth also raised slightly.

After being held back for so long, his purpose of making Michael uncomfortable has been achieved.

He snapped his fingers, and Dobby opened the magic suitcase and pulled out the human form of Peter Pettigrew inside.

"It turned out to be so!"

Michael put his wand against Pettigrew's neck, forcing him to look up so that Michael could see more clearly, "You are the servant of the Dark Lord, the traitor who betrayed the Potters."

Pettigrew nodded obsequiously and wanted to say something else.

Unfortunately, his mouth was sealed by Dobby's magic.

"Sirius has been drained by us," John said. "We can give Pettigrew to Fudge in exchange for a large sum of money."

Michael was slightly startled and said:

"Fudge? Minister of Magic? You want him to overturn the previous judgment of the Ministry of Magic on Sirius? This is impossible..."

"What's impossible?" John interrupted, "The person who initially judged Sirius as a murderer and imprisoned him in Azkaban was not Fudge, he came to power later!

He couldn't get Sirius back now, and he had lost the gains from the goblins.

Then using Pettigrew to overturn the previous Ministry of Magic's accusations against Sirius is the best choice.

This would give him a lot of prestige and at the same time undermine his political opponents. "

It took Michael a while to digest John's idea.

He took a deep breath and said:

"That's a good suggestion. You do have extraordinary wisdom and talent. It's really amazing.

But...we can't do that.

In fact, I have promised a certain client to hand over the criminal who betrayed the Potters alive to him.So... ah - let's do this, I will give you the remaining [-]% of the Black family's treasury income, and I will give you a small gift as well. "

As he spoke, Michael threw a green cocoon-shaped object to John.

"The Curling-Winged Demon is extremely dangerous. It has extremely poisonous and extremely fast flying speed. It has been domesticated and is a good combat assistant."

After taking the Winged Demon, John hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Michael's request.

Because according to his estimation, even if Pettigrew is handed over to Fudge, the benefits he can get will never be as much as what Michael is giving him now.

But watching Michael check Pettigrew's physical condition, John's brows still furrowed.

He didn't understand, who was the client that Michael was talking about?

And why must the traitor be alive?