Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 592 Harry's Decision

Looking at Black with a sad face in front of him, Lupin's expression was also helpless.

This old friend of mine has been sitting here for almost a whole day, and as the host, I naturally have no choice but to accompany him.

Looking at the clock hanging above the fireplace, Lupin felt a little anxious.

It's almost time to prepare snacks for Tonks. This is a big deal. Tonks is still pregnant and is lacking in nutrition.

But given his current situation, he can't leave in the short term.

When Lupin thought of this, he began to feel anxious.

After hesitating for a moment, Lupin gritted his teeth and said to Black:
"By the way, Sirius, have you been to Diagon Alley these days? There have been huge changes there, haven't they? And the Ministry of Magic, the Werewolf Office has been reorganized, and it's different from before. Now they are much more serious and responsible in their work. You can't imagine that now a werewolf like me can go to the Ministry of Magic to handle business without a muzzle! This is really great!"

After saying this, a smile appeared on Lupin's face.

Although what he just said was just for fun, he was also genuinely happy.

Because those were his personal experiences.

Not long ago, he went to the Werewolf Office to register his wife's pregnancy and the upcoming birth of their child as required. He originally thought that he would be harassed or insulted. After all, this was a basic operation of the Ministry of Magic. Although they were called werewolves, they were actually just pests in the eyes of other wizards.

But the result surprised him. The clerks did not look down on him at all. In fact, their attitude towards him seemed somewhat attentive and flattering.

Lupin didn't know whether it was his illusion or not, but in any case, it was the best experience he had ever had in his life.

However, Black, who came from an ancient noble family, obviously could not empathize with Lupin's thoughts. Hearing this, he just curled his lips and said:

"As they should be! This is just their job!"

"That's true, but before Mike came on stage, they wouldn't even look at me." Blake said unconvinced, "If you ask me, Mike did a great job!"

Black didn't seem to want to argue about this topic with Lupin. He waved his hand and said:
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Harry is on my mind now. Where on earth did that brat go? I've looked for him in all the places he could go! The Weasleys', Hermione's, Hogwarts, and even his aunt's! There's no sign of him anywhere! I'm so worried!"

After that, Black sighed deeply, gritted his teeth, approached Lupin and whispered:

"I know this is difficult for you, but I have to ask you again, help me, for James' sake, help me, help me find Harry. You are a professional when it comes to finding people!"

Lupin didn't say anything, he lowered his head to hide the complicated expression on his face.

He used to value the relationship between him and Blake and others more than anything else, and he was even willing to sacrifice his life for these friends.

After all, at that time, James, Blake and others were his only bonds. If he lost them, he would become a real loner.

But after marrying Tonks and finding his true love, Lupin found that he didn't take this relationship so seriously anymore.

Sometimes when he recalled the past when they were together as marauders, he would feel a little awkward. The relationship between them seemed unequal. Unlike the relationship between James and Sirius, looking back now, he and Peter Pettigrew were more like their followers.

This made Lupin feel very complicated.

Of course, Lupin is not denying the feelings between them. In fact, Lupin is still very grateful to James and Black. They help him selflessly, which is also noble!
But he also had to admit that as time went by, this feeling and gratitude were slowly fading.

Especially now, Tonks was pregnant and their first child was about to be born!
At such an important moment, he really didn't want to leave Tonks!
Lupin hadn't said anything the whole time, and this long silence had already told Black the other party's answer.

Seeing this, Black said nothing. He silently patted Lupin on the shoulder and said:

"I understand, please take care of yourself."

After saying this, Blake turned and left.

But Black's reaction made Lupin panic. In his impression, with Black's temperament, he should be scolding him as a traitor or even beating him up, instead of being so calm like he is now.

"and many more!"

Lupin's scream stopped Black in his tracks. He turned around slowly, looked at Lupin with a calm and sincere gaze and said:

"It's okay, Lupin. I know your situation. Maybe I used to be angry with you, but after living with Harry, I began to understand, understand the feelings of parents for their children, so I don't blame you. But don't be too proud! When the child is born, you must buy me a drink! And you have to let me be the child's godfather! Got it?"

"Good... good!"

"That's it, I'm leaving first!"

Black smiled at Lupin, then continued to walk out in a dusty manner.

Seeing this, Lupin seemed to have suddenly thought of something and called Black again. At the same time, he hurriedly picked up a newspaper with a picture of Mike on the cover on the coffee table and placed it in front of Black and said:
"Sirius! Go find Mike! He is now the Minister of Magic, the most powerful wizard in the country, and also one of the strongest legendary wizards! As long as he takes action, Harry will be found!"

Hearing this, Blake's expression became a little distorted.

He did not tell Lupin that Harry had been attacked by one of Mac's men not long ago, and his disappearance this time might be related to Mac.

Seeing that Black's expression was not right, Lupin thought that Black was embarrassed to ask Mike, a junior, for help, so he spread his hands and chuckled:

"Come on! Mike has done so many great things, he's a good man! Don't be shy, as long as you tell him the situation, he will definitely take action!"

Looking at Lupin's sincere expression, the words Black was about to say were suddenly stuck.

He forced a smile and said:
"I will."

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to Lupin's call, nor did he care whether it was polite to use the Disapparation Charm in Lupin's house. He simply shook his wand and turned into a shadow and disappeared.

When he appeared again, he was already at home.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

As soon as he landed, Blake held onto the wall and started coughing violently.

Since he had been wasting more than ten years in Azkaban, he was not very good at using the Disapparation Charm. Naturally, the experience of using it rashly just now was not very good.

But compared to the physical discomfort, Blake felt even more uncomfortable inside.

He felt very upset that his good brother was so concerned about Mike, the possible culprit of Harry's disappearance.

Blake gritted his teeth, barely stood up, wiped his hands and walked towards the wall, ready to get a glass of water.

However, as soon as he walked into the kitchen, he was surprised to find that bright light was shining through the gap of Harry's tightly closed door!

All the hairs on Blake's body stood up. He held his breath, stood on tiptoe, and walked carefully towards the door with his wand in hand.

As Blake got closer to the door, waves of rummaging sounds could be heard from inside the room.

Upon hearing the voice, a bad idea suddenly came to Blake's mind, and a surge of anger rushed to his forehead. At this moment, Blake no longer cared about anything else. He gritted his teeth and rushed forward to break open the door. Then he threw the wand in his hand and pointed it at the figure in the room.

"Except your weapons!"

A red light flashed in the room, and the figure fell backwards onto the bed, and the object in his hand was also knocked out. Blake wanted to take advantage of the situation, but he froze when he was just reciting the spell.

"Harry? Is that you?"

Blake said with some uncertainty.

Hearing this, the figure who was sitting on the bed and covering his wrist raised his head and said helplessly to Blake:

"Sirius, you are so cruel!"

"Oh! Merlin! It's really you!"

Black suddenly threw away the wand in his hand, rushed over to hug Harry, and patted Harry's back hard while talking.

Harry clapped back a few times with a helpless look on his face.

The two hugged each other for a while before Black reacted. He suddenly pulled Harry away from his body and said seriously:

"Where have you been? Did Mike and the others kidnap you?"

Harry fell silent after hearing this. He stared at Black for a while with complicated eyes, then he forced out a smile and said:

"No, it has nothing to do with them. I just went to Iceland to relax."

"you are lying!"

Black was furious. Even though he had only cast a Legilimency spell, he could tell at a glance that Harry was lying.

But before he could finish his words, Harry, who was sitting opposite him, rubbed his temple and said:

"That's enough for today, Sirius. I just got back from Iceland and I'm already tired."

Black wanted to say something, but seeing the tired look on Harry's face, he changed his words and pointed at Harry and said harshly:

"Don't think you can get away! I must get to the bottom of this matter!"

After that, Harry made a series of promises to Black, and then let Black leave the room.

As soon as he left the room, Blake's already frowned brows became even tighter.

Black sensed something was wrong with Harry.

Blake himself couldn't describe what was wrong. Perhaps his eyes had changed, or his body movements had changed. Such subtle changes could usually only be noticed by people who were very close to him and who spent every day with him.

In short, he just felt that something was wrong. He could swear that some kind of change must have happened to Harry that made him feel this way.

Recalling this feeling, he instinctively reached out for the door handle of the room, but when he thought of Harry's tired look, he suddenly retracted his hand.

"Ask him tomorrow. Let him have a good rest today."

Black thought to himself, then raised his wand again and began to draw blue rays of light at the door of Harry's room.

The lights flashed a few times at the door of the room and then disappeared.

Then he ran out of the villa and set up the same light outside the villa.

These rays are a special kind of protection spell, usually used in safe houses. As long as someone tries to cross it, it will send a warning to the caster, which is very useful.

This protective spell is two-way. Black did this not only to protect Harry from harm from others, but also to prevent Harry from escaping.

Blake himself didn't know why he had to be on guard against such things, but the strange feeling that had always lingered in his heart still drove him to do so.

Even after setting up the protective spell, he took out a bunch of alarms that Moody gave him and placed them on the doors and windows of Harry's room.

After doing all this, Blake finally drank some water and returned to his room to rest.

He has been running around for Harry's affairs these days and he is very tired.

……

The next day, Blake got up again when the sun just rose.

He had dark circles under his eyes, obviously he didn't sleep well last night.

But he still stared with bloodshot eyes and went to Harry's door to check the protective spells and various alarms there. After confirming that everything was correct, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the kitchen to prepare today's breakfast.

Although foreigners often say that Yingguo cuisine is a pile of shit, in fact, Yingguo breakfast is still very good.

Grilled bacon, grilled mushrooms, grilled sausages, grilled tomatoes...

This high-calorie breakfast is enough to make a person fully motivated to greet the new day.

With the help of magic, even though Blake's cooking skills were not very good, this not-so-complicated Ying country breakfast was still made to be delicious and fragrant.

Black carefully arranged them one by one and then took them to Harry's room.

"^_^Harry, have breakfast...!!!"

Blake pushed open the door and just said the greeting as usual, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by a look of horror.

Because the room in front of me is empty!
Harry is missing again!

"Dangdang!"

The silver plate in Black's hand fell to the ground, but he didn't care. He walked forward and frantically lifted Harry's bed, trying to find Harry inside, but found nothing.

Well, it can't be said that nothing was gained, because as he moved, an envelope slipped out from the messy bed.

Blake was overjoyed when he saw this. He opened the letter with trembling hands.

There was a familiar handwriting inside:

"I'm leaving, Sirius, don't worry about me or come looking for me, I'm just going to do what I should do.

Those things happened too fast and too suddenly, that's all I can say.

I love you.

You will always be my favorite godfather!"

(End of this chapter)