Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 171 Memories in the Sun

In the evening, Hermione happily hugged Crookshanks and stood outside the Leaky Cauldron to say goodbye to Harry, while Mr. Granger stood in front of his car waiting with a box full of books.

"See you on the train, Harry." Hermione waved goodbye and got into the car.

Harley watched her leave before returning to the Leaky Cauldron.

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Time passed by on September 1st, and Harry arrived at King's Cross Station early as always.

Hedwig was released early by Harley, while Sirius was held tightly by Harley's hand, for fear that the big dog would suddenly run away.

This time, Harry found a public toilet and became invisible inside before taking Sirius into King's Cross Station.

After all, such a large Scottish Deerhound is quite eye-catching.

Harry's actions surprised Sirius again. He didn't expect that his goddaughter could actually know the wandless disembodiment spell, and the casting effect was so good!

He couldn't do it with a wand!

After entering platform nine and three-quarters, Harley lost her invisibility.

It was less than half past eight, and the sun filled the empty platform.

The familiar Hogwarts Express was bathed in the rising sun and breeze.

Looking at the long-lost Hogwarts Express, Sirius' nose felt sore and he tried not to cry.

James, Lupin, Lily, Arthur, Professor McGonagall, Principal Dumbledore...

Familiar faces flashed before Sirius's eyes.

They were standing or sitting, or holding hands, with smiles on their faces as they looked at Sirius.

But things have changed now.

Some people have already embarked on the journey after death; while some people, although alive, cannot see themselves again.

If they really meet, they may kill him directly!

Sirius didn't resent them for that, though.

Because he should have died that night twelve years ago and should atone for his mistakes.

The figure in Sirius's eyes quickly disappeared, and finally only a small young man was left, a young man with a pointed nose and small watery eyes.

He also had a smile on his face, the same smile that had graced Pettigrew's face the last time Sirius saw him.

But in the eyes of Sirius now, this smile contained sarcasm, mockery, and the despicableness of a betrayer.

"Peter Pettigrew, damn Wormtail, the mouse who betrayed James and Lily!"

Sirius' heart burned with hatred;

"I will capture you and take you to James and Lily's graves and tear you into pieces to comfort their souls!"

Harley didn't know that so many images were flashing through the mind of the big dog next to her.

After she got on the train, she walked all the way to her fixed box at the rear of the train.

This made Sirius feel in a daze again, and his heart was filled with nostalgia.

From the time they returned home from the end of the first semester, the four of them sat in that position until they graduated from seventh grade.

Harry led Sirius to the outside of the box, but slowed down when the door was opened halfway.

Because there is already someone in this box. A middle-aged man was leaning against the window, looking out at the scenery.

The man was wearing a tattered wizard's robe, which was patched in several places.

He looked very sick, and there were many silver strands in his light brown hair.

Although the hand he placed on the table was slender, his skin was pale and without any color.

On the luggage rack above the man's head, there was only a lone, tattered small box.

This box was also fully patched like the man's robe, and the outer layer was neatly tied with ropes.

Harry keenly noticed a name printed on the corner of the box, "Remus John Lupin."

Harley immediately apologized respectfully: "Sorry, Professor, I didn't know there was anyone in the box."

At this time, Harley already had some guesses about Lupine's identity. He was probably the new professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course.

But alarm bells were ringing in her mind.

On the one hand, Harley was on guard that the man in front of her was Sirius's transfiguration.

On the other hand, and the most important aspect, if Harley saw it correctly, the thing in front of her is a werewolf!

When Harley went to the library, she was still very interested in information about vampires and werewolves.

After all, they are creatures from both worlds. As a witch, Harley often deals with those shady things, so she is naturally very familiar with them.

This made Harley really want to study the difference between the two.

To this end, Harley also specially used the magic mirror to help her recall the vampires and werewolves in the sequence path world.

To Harley's surprise, vampires aside, many of the characteristics of werewolves in both worlds were similar.

It's just that in the mysterious path world, the werewolves of the alien path can freely control whether to turn into werewolves, but the werewolves in the magical world cannot.

But this does not prevent the two from sharing the same signs, such as the abnormal distance between their mouths and noses.

"It's okay, I'm the only one in the box, you can sit down too." Professor Lu Ping also noticed someone outside the door and said softly.

However, his voice revealed exhaustion, and although he tried hard to energize himself, he still couldn't hide his weakness.

When he saw clearly that it was Harley standing at the door, Professor Lupine was stunned for a moment, a trace of surprise flashed across his face, and then quickly returned to normal.

Seemingly noticing that Harley's muscles were slightly tense and her hands were placed on her sides, Professor Lupine chuckled and stretched his hands into his arms.

While Harry was on guard, Professor Lupine pulled out a piece of parchment that emitted waves, unfolded it gently and placed it on the table:

"This is the employment letter written by Professor Dumbledore to me. It is stamped with the magical official seal of Hogwarts and cannot be forged."

Harley took a quick glance and confirmed that it was real.

She then let down part of her vigilance, but still paid part of her attention to Professor Luping.

Of course, she was not prepared to reveal Professor Lupine's identity.

Harry didn't believe Professor Dumbledore didn't know Lupine was a werewolf.

Why are you just making fun of something that even the greatest white wizard agrees with?

Despite this, Harry still complained in his mind, what on earth is Professor Dumbledore doing?

For the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, in the first year there was a dark wizard with the remnant soul of the Dark Lord, in the second year he was a thief who did not teach seriously, and in the third year there was a werewolf?

Then, should we hire a Death Eater who hides his identity and a hypocritical toad to make this position full of evil?

Harry began to suspect that the rumor among the students was true. The course Defense Against the Dark Arts had been cursed by Voldemort, and no one could teach it for more than one year.

And Professor Dumbledore wanted to use this curse to kill some people who were inconvenient for him to kill.

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)