Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 242 Reunion with an Old Friend, Sudden Illness!

After Sirius walked to Lupin's bedside, Lupin, his joy at the reunion with his old friend, began to apologize to Sirius.

Sirius listened for a while, then realized what Lupin was referring to and quickly waved his hand to stop Lupin from speaking.

“Moonface, this is not your fault, you don’t need to blame yourself. It was because I was too sad, angry and desperate back then that I never stood up for myself, which is why I was eventually imprisoned in Azkaban.”

Although Barty Crouch Sr. did not go through the normal legal process to try me, I actually had several opportunities to defend myself and ask Professor Dumbledore for help during my arrest and imprisonment.

But I didn't do that.

I trusted the wrong person, made a foolish decision, and deserve to be punished.

When the topic of what happened back then came up, Sirius's smile disappeared, replaced by self-reproach and guilt.

This left Lupin speechless.

Offering comfort is not an option, nor is condemning it.

"Alright, that's all in the past. We should look forward; Harry and Dudley are the future!"

Sirius did not wallow in self-blame and sadness; shortly after Lupin fell silent, he changed the subject.

“You’re right. We must protect Psylocke and Lily’s child and ensure that Harry grows up healthy and safe from the harm caused by the Mystic.”

Lupin wholeheartedly agreed with Sirius's words, but the worry on his face had not yet faded. "I wonder what Professor Dumbledore will arrange for me to do next. I wish I could stay at Hogwarts."

"Moonface, you want to stay at Hogwarts too? Great! That way we can keep each other company again!"

I am now a teaching assistant at Hogwarts, responsible for assisting Dudley in teaching and taking care of the Muggle talents in Hogsmeade Village.

Although he hasn't officially appeared in front of the school's teachers and students yet, it's certain that he'll stay at Hogwarts.

Weren't you on a mission with the Weasleys to find Muggle talent?

Once the poison in your body is cured, you can naturally tell Professor Dumbledore and Dudley that you want to stay in Hogsmeade to protect Muggle talents!

Dumbledore had meant this all along: if it weren't for your poisoning, this whole thing would have been a foregone conclusion!

Sirius Black spoke to Lupin with great enthusiasm.

He is now alone at Hogwarts, and in some ways he is quite lonely.

He had to avoid Snape and couldn't talk to the other professors much either.

Because he used to be a troublemaker who gave many professors a real headache.

His beloved Harry, on the other hand, wanted to dedicate his time to attending classes, reading books, practicing spells, practicing Quidditch, and so on.

There is very little time that I can actually chat and communicate with him.

As for Dudley and Dumbledore, they were too busy to have the time or inclination to chat with him and relieve his boredom.

He was still somewhat afraid of Dali.

It would be best if Lupin could stay with him.

"That's great!"

Hearing Sirius say this, Lupin felt much less uncertain about the future and his smile returned.

The two old friends chatted about the past and had a very pleasant conversation.

Of course, they all tacitly chose to talk about happy things, omitting the unpleasant past.

As Lupin continued talking, his face suddenly turned bluish, his skin began to shimmer with blue snake-scale-like patterns, his head began to deform, his fingernails began to grow, and he let out an extremely painful growl.

"Transformation? Moon Face, you're transforming? But it's daytime, and tonight isn't a full moon! And why is your transformation different from usual?"

Sirius's expression changed drastically, and he quickly pulled out his wand and started waving it.

The ward door opened completely immediately, and Professor Moody, who was unconscious beside him, moved quickly along with his bed, heading straight for the door.

Lupin forcibly suppressed the strange sensations in his body, took out his wand, and cast a calming spell on himself.

The calming spell only allowed Lupin's reason to prevail and stabilize his mind; it did not interrupt Lupin's transformation process.

At the same time, waves of excruciating pain, far exceeding any previous transformation into a werewolf, relentlessly assaulted Lupin's mind, contorting his face in agony.

"Moon Face, just like before, hold on! Seal it up quickly! Make it as solid as a rock! Call upon the gods for protection!"

After Sirius Black moved Professor Moody, bed and all, out of the room, he immediately waved his wand to close the door again.

At the same time, he cast a Reverse Lock Charm and a Defense Enhancement Charm on the ward door, and then cast a Patronus Charm to summon his Patronus, which passed through the wall to inform Dudley and Dumbledore.

Then, Sirius Black drew all the curtains on the windows of the ward and turned off all the light sources in the room, making the room dark and more in line with the environment when the werewolf transforms.

Then, Sirius prepared to use his mouth to hold his wand and transform into a big black dog using Animagus, just like in the past, to accompany Rupert through this transformation safely.

Just then, a furious male voice suddenly came from outside the ward door, followed by a loud noise.

"Damn it! Divine Edge Without a Trace!!"

Snape prepared a preliminary antidote and rushed back to the ward, only to find Professor Moody moved out and the ward door gleaming with gold. He immediately realized that something had happened.

So he muttered a curse under his breath and then unhesitatingly unleashed his self-created attack spell on the ward door.

In an instant, four or five incredibly sharp, invisible blades of energy shot from the tip of Snape's wand, striking the hospital room door that Sirius had enchanted with the 'Impregnable' spell.

After withstanding two invisible energy blades, Sirius's "Immovable Fortress" spell was shattered. The ward door was cut into several pieces by the remaining invisible energy blades, and it fell helplessly off the door frame to the ground.

Then, to Sirius's astonishment, Snape, his robes billowing, burst into the ward and strode over to Lupin, the werewolf who had completed more than half of his transformation.

With Lupin maintaining his composure and cooperating, they pried open Lupin's mouth and poured a large bottle of strangely colored, bubbling fresh potion into Lupin's wolf mouth.

At this point, Lupin's waist and above had swelled and expanded, bursting through his clothes and transforming him into a wolf-headed monster covered in blue scales.

Its appearance was ferocious and terrifying, even more frightening than a normal werewolf with a body covered in stiff, long hair.

After Lupin drank Snape's potion, his transformation process was interrupted and began to reverse, gradually returning him to human form.

"Cough cough cough... This potion is so sour and bitter!"

After regaining his normal human form, Lu Ping lowered his head and coughed several times, then couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't worry, you won't feel this way next time you take your medicine. That was just the initial stage; the real suffering is yet to come!"

Seeing that Lupin had returned to normal, Snape began spraying venom again.

He deliberately made the potion smell like that, and seeing Lupin's miserable expression made him very happy.

Then Snape turned his gaze to Sirius Black and said in a cold voice:

"So you really are at Hogwarts! What a fool you are, always making things worse! You were like this in the battle last night, and now you're doing it again!"

Why didn't you lead me inside this time? Instead, you locked me out! You almost killed your friend, you know that?!