HP: I just wanted to drop out of school, but I saved the world

The room was silent, and an invisible awkwardness spread.

The five warriors who were facing the wall to reflect on their mistakes wished they could bend themselves into the shape of shrimps, and Lupin, who had skipped work for an afternoon, was sweating profusely.

Remus Lupin, a veteran worker who had not yet completed his time card, had his brain working rapidly as he quickly began to stack armor for himself in front of the two bosses.

"Sorry, this is all my fault. Padfoot asked me to... I thought my lunch break would be enough to take them shopping, so I didn't ask for leave."

"I will not take a penny of this month's attendance bonus. I don't deserve to be an outstanding employee. I will make up for all the work I do when I get back..."

It has to be said that he has a very good sense of self-management, which shocked Jian Yu.

Dumbledore sighed slightly, with a reproachful tone:

"So Remus, why didn't you hold them back?"

Lupin looked even more dejected. He was silent for a few seconds, glanced at Harry and Sirius with a strange look, and smiled bitterly:

"Uh…ha…Padfoot just charged right in. I was afraid it was a trap. There was no way I could leave them…him there alone."

"And he ran so fast that I couldn't catch him... so everyone followed him into the alley... and I couldn't make it in time..."

Listening to Lupin's statement, the leader Sirius became increasingly restless.

He glanced nervously at his godson.

After he regained his consciousness, he realized that he almost left his three children there and broke out in a cold sweat.

He felt deeply guilty because his friend missed the clock-in time and lost his perfect attendance bonus.

Harry took a step forward and was about to say something, but Sirius, who was very familiar with his godson's temper, covered his mouth.

"Don't deduct Moony's attendance award!" Sirius immediately changed the subject, trying to save his friend's financial loss, and added, "After he came back, he immediately said he had to go to work, but... I thought since he was already late and didn't have perfect attendance, we might as well just skip the afternoon and have a good time together. Anyway, we always take risks like this when we are in school - umm -"

Lupin covered his good brother's mouth with the same action, and looked at Jian Yu's gradually stabbing eyes, his robe soaked with cold sweat.

This made his expression even more desperate, filled with deep sadness of "no hope of promotion or salary increase".

"I'm sorry, Jade..." He lowered his head guiltily, "I'm worried about Sirius...ah..."

When Dumbledore heard the words "It was always like this in school", his eyes gradually turned unfriendly.

"Sirius, I have always admired you very much." Dumbledore said suddenly, "You were born in the Black family, but you got rid of the decadent pure-bloodism and never bowed to oppression; you are loyal to your friends and would rather endure the pain of imprisonment. You are worthy of the name of Sirius."

The bedroom suddenly became very quiet, with only the tinkling of wind chimes.

"But I am very worried about you." He continued, "I am worried that you will pay the price for your impulsiveness. You rarely consider the consequences when attacking your enemies and people you hate. You even burn your own soul and hurt your friends who really care about you."

Sirius hung his head, the shadow cast by his hair obscuring his bruised features.

Jian Yu didn't know what he was thinking, but he seemed to have lost his usual lively and happy dog ​​look and became much more serious.

Dumbledore continued to speak earnestly:

"I try to let Harry and you spend more time together." Dumbledore continued to sigh, "I hope that after being tortured by the Dementors, you can feel love and affection instead of supporting yourself with hatred for your enemies. But what I fear most is to see the impulsive sides of your two personalities being influenced and magnified by each other, like today, running to Knockturn Alley to take your friends to send..."

Jian Yu wasn't sure whether he meant to give away his life.

But she felt that she had to say a few words for Lupin, the former outstanding employee who was absent from work:

"At least you shouldn't skip work with Remus. He worked so hard and finally beat out a bunch of competitors to be named an outstanding employee, but his bonus has been deducted before he even gets it."

The more she talked about it, the more upset she became. Seeing her excellent employee absent from work like this made her want to keep Sirius on the job and make him work for someone else for 24 hours.

"When you asked him to skip work, did you ever consider what would happen to Remus?" she continued, "If he wasn't working for me and was absent without leave, would he have been suspended or lost his job somewhere else?"

Sirius uneasily turned into a dog again, shook his fur, and curled up in the corner, not daring to look her in the face.

He looked at Remus who also turned his head away and didn't meet his eyes...

Thinking about the serious consequences of losing his job as a werewolf, his friend might never find a job again...

A long-lost feeling of guilt suddenly weighed on his chest.

Although he was a little unconvinced, Jian Yu's words really hit his brain hard and made him realize:

Perhaps in the past, he had done things too little considering Remus's thoughts.

Somehow, he suddenly remembered the night when he led Snape to the Shrieking Shack during his school days, and it suddenly woke him up:

If Snape really died, given Remus's identity as a werewolf... and the fact that he had killed someone... could he still stay in school?

"Moon...Moon Face..." He began eagerly, "Our friendship is indestructible, right?"

Lupin still had his head down. He didn't look at Sirius, but was looking sadly at a corner, as if that was his lost attendance award.

His voice was firm but carried a different meaning, perhaps his despair for a promotion or a pay raise:

"certainly..."

But seeing his friend's physical movements, even if he was a thick-skinned man, Sirius realized that something was wrong and immediately became anxious:

"I know I get carried away sometimes, I get arrogant like a fool sometimes and forget to consider the consequences."

"I'm sorry, Moon Face, please scold me, you - I - ah -"

Lupin finally turned his face away, and for a moment he found it difficult to speak because a sour feeling suddenly spread.

In the past many years when he had to endure the pain of losing friends and suspicion alone, no one had ever asked him how he felt.

But Jian Yu asked a question that no one had ever asked him before:

What will happen to Remus?

"Over the years, I've watched one person after another leave." He finally said, "Among us, James and Lily were the first to leave; Peter became a traitor, betrayed him, and died himself; only the two of us are left, Padfoot."

"I'm afraid that I will be alone in the end, looking at your photos, looking at your graves... I don't want to..."

Sirius made a low whine in his throat.

"I'm worried," Lupin said quietly. "I'm going to lose your friendship, Padfoot. I wanted to go to work today, but I was afraid you wouldn't be happy if I left, so I took the risk."

Sirius was stunned, his mouth slightly open, suddenly not knowing what to say.

He suddenly felt the silent pain coming from his friend, which tortured him just as much as Azkaban full of Dementors.

He let out a guilty whimper.

He seemed to be crying, because the hair around his eyes was wet and began to separate into clumps.

Harry walked over silently and hugged his godfather, burying his face in his silky, absorbent fur.

Lupin also squatted down and hugged Harry and Sirius, and the two of them and the dog cried in each other's arms.

He felt that he had thousands of words in his heart, but all he could say were a few simple sentences:

"Padfoot, I've wanted to say these words for a long time. Don't be impulsive when you encounter an enemy, be calm and rational..."

"Even if you are disliked by someone like Kreacher, be polite and friendly... I am afraid that your actions will bring disaster to yourself and others."

He wiped his face and let out a long sigh:

"Live well, even if it's for Harry, for me..."

He swallowed back the words "my perfect attendance award and outstanding employee award".