Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 349 A Good Person

"What? You're saying this letter was delivered by Crookshanks on behalf of Black?"

As the owner of Crookshanks, Hermione was quite surprised when she heard Harry recount what had happened.

How did this person and the cat end up together?
They are completely unrelated!
My 14th birthday gifts brought me so many surprises.

"Because the whiskers of Crook Mountain contain luminous silver threads."

"what?"

Hermione turned her head in surprise and saw Luna gently turning her carrot earrings, turning her gaze away from the clouds drifting outside the window.

She looked at Hermione and said earnestly in a dazed voice:
"It pressed its paws against Blake's shadow and found that glimmer of light hidden in the darkness was like a thread in its own beard."

After darkness comes dawn; their meeting was destined.

Hermione: "..."

Can you say something I can understand?
Just then, Sherlock finished reading the letter, returned it to Harry, and stated his conclusion directly:

"Judging from this letter and his actions after his escape, Sirius Black was sincere."

Furthermore, Peter's testimony matches my reasoning, which proves that he is indeed on our side.

Sometimes his mind isn't quite right, and this was already evident before he entered Azkaban.

Hearing Sherlock's assessment of Sirius, Harry couldn't help but look embarrassed. "So, your suggestion is to go?"

"Go! Why don't you go!"

Sherlock smiled and looked at Harry:

“My dear Harry, if you agree, I intend to go with you on this trip.”

"Great!"

Upon hearing that Sherlock was going to go with him to see Sirius, Harry immediately felt reassured, and his initial hesitation vanished completely.

However, Hermione was no longer calm. She even temporarily forgot about how Crookshanks and Black had gotten together, and asked anxiously:
"Wouldn't that be dangerous?"
Sherlock, should we call Dumbledore or Headmaster McGonagall instead?
Or Professor Lupin would also work; isn't he friends with Sirius Black?

“My dear Hermione, I’ve already given my reasoning on this matter, so there’s no need to go into it again.”

Sherlock smiled and said, "Trust your pet; it can keenly detect the malice hidden deep within a person's heart."

He paused here, "Even if you don't trust it, please trust my judgment—that of your friend Sherlock Holmes—on this matter."

Hermione blushed slightly upon hearing this.

"Of course, caution is an advantage, but courage cannot replace recklessness."

So we should indeed tell them about this, but there's no need to invite them along.

Sherlock spoke crisply and decisively, pointing to the lines on the letter:
"This shows that our Sirius Black still really wants to spend time alone with Harry."

First impressions are very important, and once formed, it often takes many times more effort to change them.

Therefore, if a professor were to accompany Harry to meet him, it would signal a lack of trust.

"Is Professor Lupin not suitable either?"

“Remus Lupin, also a professor,” Sherlock said calmly. “And Sirius’s level of trust in Professor Lupin isn’t as high as you might think.”

"what?"

This time, everyone was shocked.

"They were good friends when they were in school!"

Harry couldn't help but ask, "Big feet, moon face, pointed forks..."

Harry suddenly stopped talking at this point, adding that Wormtail was also a good friend of theirs.

"It seems you've already noticed, my dear Harry."

With a renewed sense of purpose, Sherlock appeared quite patient. "If Sirius has enough trust in Professor Lupin, then he should suggest that your father replace him with the Secret Keeper instead of Wormtail."

"But...but isn't it because the insect's tail is the most inconspicuous part?"

“Good question, Ron, but that’s only one aspect.”

Sherlock said quietly, "Even though Wormtail was more suitable to be the Secret Keeper than Lupin, your parents and Sirius didn't tell Professor Lupin about it."

In fact, the only person Sirius truly trusted from beginning to end was your father; his feelings for Wormtail were more of a contempt.

Furthermore, he also doesn't fully trust Dumbledore, just like your father.

"what?"

"From an outsider's perspective, isn't Dumbledore the most suitable person to keep secrets?"
But your father chose Sirius Black, and even later switched to Wormtail, without telling Dumbledore or his other good friend Lupin.

After a long silence, Harry finally spoke with difficulty: "So that's why you thought of coming with me..."

"For Sirius, when you and your classmates appear in front of him, he will subconsciously put himself in the position of an elder, and his original distrust will turn into trust and understanding."

Harry hesitated for a moment, then asked:
"Sherlock, Sirius Black... is he a good person?"

"Dear Harry, the standards of good and bad are always relative."

From Professor Snape's perspective, he wouldn't consider him a good person, but..."

Sherlock smiled at Harry. "By your and your father's standards, he is undoubtedly a good man."

"Okay, I'll go!"

After Harry made the decision to meet Sirius, he suddenly found himself filled with anticipation for the meeting:
"Should I write a letter now and have Crookshan take it? Should I tell him we're coming together? And where should we set up the meeting place?"

Sherlock reached out and put his hand on Harry's shoulder. "Calm down, Harry."

"Feel sorry……"

"It's okay, I understand." Seeing Harry's excited expression, his friends realized that Harry really wanted to see his godfather.

Sherlock then took out a quill and paper and began to write.

Soon, a letter was completed under his pen.

To Harry's surprise, after Sherlock finished writing the letter, he didn't give it to Crookshanks, but to Hermione instead.

"Sherlock, what's going on?"

"Hermione, please have Watson deliver this letter to Dumbledore. I've told him the whole story."

Harry suddenly realized that it was a letter for Dumbledore.

He thought it was a reply to Sirius Black.

Wait a minute, it seems I should be the one writing the reply to Sirius.

Oh no, the longer I know Sherlock, the stronger this dependence becomes.

Even though it has developed a brain, it doesn't want to use it.

Hermione nodded and took the letter from Sherlock's hand.

Luna immediately leaned over, "I want to see too."

Hermione looked at Luna in surprise; this girl was really straightforward!

“Read it if you want,” Sherlock said in an utterly casual tone. “After you’ve read it, give it to Dumbledore as soon as possible.”

After saying that, he stood up, patted Harry on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go, bro."

Harry instinctively stood up, then realized what he was doing: "Where to?"

"Of course, I'm going to see your godfather."

"But...don't I need to write to Sirius anymore? Only Crookshanks knows where he is."

“Ha! That’s just wishful thinking on his part,” Sherlock said proudly. “Let’s go find him directly and see what he’s been living in all this time.”

“I know, the Marauder's Map! Just like Peter Pettigrew, you must have seen his name on it too, right?”

Harry secretly gave himself a thumbs up for his cleverness, but then immediately sighed:
"Unfortunately, I forgot to bring it when I left home, so I have to go back to the dorm first."

"Map? What map? I am the map!"

Sherlock chuckled and strode forward. "Harry, keep up!"

Once they left, Ron and Ginny didn't plan to stay in the library any longer. They said goodbye to Hermione and Luna and then left.

Because it was a last-minute decision to go home, they still had some things to pack.

At this moment, Luna, who was looking down at the letter, looked up at Hermione.

"You want to go with them, right?"

“No… well, I did want to go with them.”

Hermione was initially reluctant to admit it, but after seeing Luna's clear eyes, she thought about it and told the truth.

This girl is so different from Gemma that she can't bring herself to be wary of her.

"Then you should have told them just now that none of them would refuse."

Sure enough, Luna even offered her advice after hearing Hermione's words.

"Thank you, Luna, but doing that... isn't right."

Hermione said in a low voice, "You just noticed that Harry really wants to meet his godfather, but if too many of us go, it will give Black the impression that Harry doesn't trust him."

Since the Crookshanks incident, Hermione has also begun to reflect on herself.

She is now gradually learning to consider things from other people's perspectives.

"Who cares what he thinks!"

However, Luna said in a matter-of-fact tone:
"Just do what you feel is right, and you don't need to consider what others think."

"Uh……"

Sherlock had said this to her a long time ago, but unfortunately she couldn't live up to it.

Unexpectedly, Luna has now said something with a similar meaning.

In this respect, she really is quite similar to Sherlock.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, Luna. Have you finished reading it? Give the letter back to me, and I'll have Watson deliver it to Mr. Dumbledore."

"What, aren't you going to watch?"

"I... okay, let me see."

Curiosity ultimately prevailed.

In addition, since Sherlock had already made it clear that she could go see it, Hermione took the letter Sherlock had written to Dumbledore from Luna.

Hermione had expected Sherlock to give a detailed account of the matter, but the letter turned out to be quite brief.

I will accompany Harry to his meeting with Sirius as a student and friend. Everything is under control. I await good news.

"Is everything... under control?"

Hermione looked up, a complex expression in her eyes.

On the other hand, Harry is in a terrible situation.

(End of this chapter)