Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 243 High Emotional Intelligence: There is still a lot of room for improvement (Duanwu Ankang)

After seeing Harry and Hermione returning with bread, the two middle-aged single men realized belatedly that they were hungry.

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that they seemed to have not eaten any food since lunch yesterday.

Professor Lupine maintained some demeanor, while Sirius simply tore off the bread and stuffed it into his mouth without even using a knife. It could be said that he didn't care about image at all.

During the meal, Harry told Hermione in detail the details of last night's adventure, and took out Regulus's fake locket.

According to the excuse Harley prepared, she took out the locket from the stone basin last night.

And the stone basin seemed to be out of the special environment of the cave, and the magic on it temporarily failed, allowing Harley to easily succeed.

"This is normal, after all, the environment in that cave is so special." Professor Lu Ping nodded,

"I didn't expect that you could actually think of such a way to directly cut the black stone slab from the island and pack it away."

Sirius drank the milk at hand, forced himself to swallow the bread in his mouth, and then took the fake locket.

This locket is very ordinary, slightly smaller than the Slytherin locket that Voldemort used to make Horcruxes.

The box was made of ordinary metal, and there was no Slytherin pattern on it, and it was also missing the gorgeous S-shaped mark made of emeralds.

Sirius opened the locket easily, and where the portrait should have been, a piece of folded parchment was tightly stuffed inside.

Without thinking, he took out the parchment and read it carefully. Looking at Regulus' handwriting on it, tears slowly fell from his eyes.

"...I am willing to risk death in the hope that you will be killed when you meet your opponent..."

Sirius read this sentence softly, rubbing his fingertips repeatedly on the place where Regulus' initials were located at the back.

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After breakfast, Sirius took Harry and Hermione to Regulus's grave.

After all, Regulus's identity was very sensitive, and in the eyes of other wizards he was a standard Death Eater.

It is not easy to reverse his case. After all, Voldemort's Horcrux is involved and it is not convenient to disclose it to the outside world.

Therefore, Sirius could not hold a funeral for him, but after removing the magic from Regulus' body, he buried him directly in the Black family cemetery.

Harry stood in front of the tomb and looked at the words Sirius had engraved on the tombstone:

"Here lies a hero, a hero who gave his life to fight against Voldemort - Regulus Black!"

Sirius solemnly knelt on one knee in front of Regulus's tomb, carefully hung the locket on the tombstone, and used magic to attach the parchment under the inscription.

He planned to read some books in the next two days, find a way to permanently paste this parchment here, and use magic to prevent it from decaying as much as possible.

In the next few days, Harry and Hermione spent time in the library of the old Black house, and borrowed several books before leaving.

But this time, Sirius was going to follow the three of them back to Hogwarts, taking the Horcrux with him.

Professor Lupine plans to resign and prepares to leave Hogwarts after submitting subsequent teaching plans and no longer serve as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

After all, this sudden transformation was still fresh in his memory. Professor Luping was afraid that this transformation would be out of control and suddenly appear during class.

This time I was lucky to be able to keep my memory, but what about next time?

What should I do if I fall into madness and it happens to be class time and I face a group of first-year students?

Professor Luping was unwilling to gamble with his students' lives, so he voluntarily gave up the job.

But Sirius found Lupine a new job - being his tutor.

In the process of dealing with the Inferi this time, Sirius deeply realized his own lack of strength.

"Remus, if you think about it carefully, we have been fighting Voldemort since we graduated and have not studied magic in any depth."

When Lupine wanted to refuse Sirius' offer, Sirius said this,

"Later, I was imprisoned in Azkaban for twelve full years. Both my magical knowledge and magical skills are no longer what they used to be."

"Voldemort has Horcruxes and is not dead yet. There is a high probability that he will regain power and create war in the future."

"Remus, you know I don't want to be a jerk."

After listening to Sirius's explanation, Professor Lupine admitted that he was right and accepted Sirius's employment.

After arriving in Hogsmeade through Apparition, Lupine contacted Professor Dumbledore who had just returned from Azkaban through the Patronus.

Two minutes later, a house elf appeared in the Three Broomsticks pub and took the four people back to the principal's office.

Professor Dumbledore was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed and concentrating with an indifferent expression on his face. When he noticed that several people had arrived, he greeted them happily.

But Harry was keenly aware that there was an unconcealable tiredness in his eyes.

After a brief chat, Professor Dumbledore's eyes gradually became sharp:

"Sirius, I heard Phineas say that a Horcrux of Voldemort appeared in the Black Mansion?"

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore." Sirius nodded vigorously and touched the pocket on his waist.

It was a bag that Sirius dug out from the old Black house and cast the Invisible Stretching Charm. The space in the bag was not much smaller than the bag that Harry was using now.

Sirius quickly took out the ice ball and put it on the desk.

The ice is still cold and shows no signs of melting.

Harry raised his hand, and black flames appeared out of thin air, melting the ice and covering up the various curses and black magic inside.

Professor Dumbledore watched this scene quietly and said nothing.

After Harley finished everything, he reached out and picked up the locket, played with it carefully and exclaimed.

The old principals also gathered in the portrait with the best view, and even wanted to stick their heads out of the portrait.

After all, this is the first relic of the founder obtained by Hogwarts.

The four founders all have a representative item. Hufflepuff's golden cup was originally in the hands of her descendants, but the news disappeared hundreds of years ago.

It is not known whether this treasure was secretly collected by a branch or whether it was really lost.

According to legend, Ravenclaw's diadem was stolen, and the thief was Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena Ravenclaw.

As previous headmasters, they naturally knew the true identity of Ms. Grey, Ravenclaw’s resident ghost.

But with their status and dignity, they would not allow themselves to force Helena, and would only wait for her to tell the truth.

What's more, Helena seemed to have been killed by Barrow, a disciple of Slytherin and the resident ghost of Slytherin College.

What exciting story happened in this incident is unknown to the principals.

However, this also led to the possibility that Helena would lose the Ravenclaw Diadem. After all, she was killed.

Gryffindor's sword has long since disappeared along with Gryffindor himself. Neither goblins nor wizards have any news about this treasure.

Therefore, Slytherin's locket is the first relic of the founder that Hogwarts has collected in hundreds of years.

The only pity is that this locket was actually made into a Horcrux by that damn Voldemort!

"It's just unforgivable. If it were my time, I would have strangled him to death in first grade!"

A headmaster with a hooked nose waved a stubby wand and looked at the locket sadly.

The expressions of the other old principals were not very good either, and they were arguing with each other.

After admiring the locket, Professor Dumbledore placed it gently on the table, then crossed his fingers and looked at the four people in front of him calmly:

"Sirius, please tell me the origin, process and results of this matter from your perspective. I want to have a comprehensive understanding."

Sirius nodded quickly: "Of course, Professor Dumbledore."

"This matter starts with me asking for leave for Harry. As you know, the Black family has many collections of books..."

When he first heard Kreacher's story about Regulus, the whole principal's office was silent, and one could even hear the sound of Fox preening his feathers.

Although the old principals usually didn't deal with Phineas, a Slytherin guy, they had all sorts of weird and shady attitudes.

But at this time, they still respect the descendants of Slytherin and Phineas, and have absolute respect for his awareness, courage, kindness and sacrifice!

"What a touching child." Professor Dumbledore gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then put on his glasses again.

"Yes, I can still remember him," the Sorting Hat lying on the cabinet beside said.

"Although I assigned him to Slytherin originally, it was just to respond to his inner expectations."

"In fact, I think he can enter any academy, which is extremely rare among the Black family."

Sirius continued until he buried Regulus, then stopped describing, waiting for Dumbledore's response.

Professor Dumbledore's eyes were deep, he held his chin with one hand, and knocked on the table unconsciously with the other hand:

"A cave...a cave..."

Professor Dumbledore obviously remembered something, but more evidence was needed to support his conjecture.

He looked at Sirius again: "Sirius, let me confirm when Remus turned into a werewolf."

Sirius shook his head in embarrassment: "Professor Dumbledore, I'm not sure either."

"We were dealing with the Inferi in the cave at the time, and we didn't have time to determine the time."

"But...," Sirius scratched his hair hard, trying to remember the situation at that time,

"Less than two minutes after the giant inferi appeared, Remus had this change."

Professor Dumbledore's eyes were a little more confused.

Obviously, the problems he encountered today puzzled even a well-informed magic master like him.

After a moment's hesitation, he waved his wand.

A pen on the table automatically recorded Sirius's description on the parchment, unchanged and without changing a word.

"I will ask the masters in this field about this question." Professor Dumbledore looked at Professor Luping.

"And, Remus, I'm so sorry..."

"I know, Professor Dumbledore." Professor Luping said in advance,

"After this happens, I will definitely not serve in Hogwarts. After all, it is disrespectful to the lives of students and blasphemous to the profession of professor."

As he spoke, Lupine pulled out a roll of parchment from his robe:

"In fact, I discussed this issue with Sirius a few days ago. This is my resignation report, followed by my remaining teaching plans."

"As for my luggage, I took it with me when I was preparing to leave school for the Easter holidays."

After saying that, Professor Luping smiled and added humorously, "After all, I don't have much luggage."

Professor Dumbledore took the parchment and put it aside without opening it.

He looked at Lupine's patched robes and sighed softly.

He understood that Lu Ping did not even say a simple farewell to his students because he had reasons for himself.

Although it will be safe to say goodbye in public with your own company.

But if Lupine turns into a werewolf in public, it will bring a lot of pressure to himself.

This pressure is greater than the pressure that would arise if a student discovered that Professor Lupine was a werewolf.

After all, the psychological impact of hearing that someone is a werewolf is different from seeing a werewolf transforming in front of you.

"Remus, I will explain your resignation to the students for you."

Professor Dumbledore nodded at Lupine, "What are your plans next? Do you need my help?"

"No need to trouble you, Professor Dumbledore. I have made an agreement with Sirius to be his tutor for a period of time."

Professor Luping shook his head without thinking.

"Through this battle, Sirius feels that he has stayed in Azkaban for too long, and there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of strength."

Professor Dumbledore nodded: "Okay, I understand. Is there anything else?"

Seeing Lupine and Sirius saying that he had finished everything, Professor Dumbledore wanted to chat with the two for a while.

Finally, Professor Dumbledore pointed to the parchment on the table: "Mentos."

The parchment trembled for a while, emitting blue fluorescence, and then fell silent again.

"The settings of the door key are the same as the last target location. They will take effect in three minutes. Have a safe trip."

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After seeing off Sirius and Lupin, Professor Dumbledore asked Hermione to go back to the Gryffindor common room first, while he wanted to chat with Harry.

When Hermione closed the door, Dumbledore and Harry were the only ones left in the room.

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(Thanks to the "Nine-tailed Yanhu" boss for the reward!)