From Azkaban to Hogwarts.

【October 24rd sunny

The Daily Prophet came to the school for an exclusive interview with Professor Lupin—it's said to be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper.

It seems that the plan has already begun, and I wonder what the headmaster and the Ministry of Magic have been exchanging ideas with these past few days.

But I don't care about that, I'll just enjoy the show.

There's one thing that's both satisfying and unsatisfactory: the reporter named Rita, who has a bad reputation in prison, didn't come—people in the prison say she seems to be illegally gathering information, and if possible, I'd like to use her to test the weaknesses in our defenses…

Also, after writing it down, I felt it was a bit too crazy... After spending even a short time in Azkaban, the boundaries of magical law became blurred...

【October 25rd sunny

The front page headline of the Daily Prophet.

What a wonderful interview! The reporter's storytelling skills are almost on par with Professor Lockhart's (by the way, I'll go visit Professor Lockhart when I'm less busy during the Christmas holidays).

(A line of text has been crossed out.)

Hahaha… Professor Snape’s face was as red as boiled pig liver, it was absolutely hilarious! It was definitely worth hiding for those two days!

……

(Newspaper clipping)

According to our investigation, several Hogwarts students, who wished to remain anonymous, provided us with highlights from Professor Lupin's first lecture.

It was an extremely safe practical class where no one would get hurt, and every student interviewed claimed they had a great opportunity to practice.

'Yes, that's right. We prepared a lot for that Boggart, a lot of it. Everyone did what they did best.'

That's what the students said.

They used a series of unimaginable weapons—canes, women's hats, and even the Sorting Hat from Hogwarts—to fight the Boggart, ultimately overcoming their fear.

(End of clipping)

Haha, how dare they!

It was definitely done by a Gryffindor student, I'm sure of it—but Professor McGonagall disagrees and intends to investigate…though she then went straight to the library…

Rain on October 26

What a terrible day—why did the Daily Prophet put a small column about the Sorting Hat in the corner of yesterday's paper?

That hat went crazy... it felt really bad that its photo was relegated to the corner...

Dumbledore was jolted out of his office... because the hat had dug up all his old, worn-out songs and started singing them one by one.

After negotiations, it was placed in the auditorium lobby for a full-day concert…

It's the weekend, and this is ridiculous... What's worse, I was assigned to watch over the lottery for an hour... I should have secretly cheated with a Confusion Charm...

……

【October 1rd sunny

Hogwarts without holidays is trash!

Even though I didn't write in my diary last night because of a headache from drinking with Hagrid, and only wrote "nothing serious" to make up for it, I still want to firmly say that Hogwarts without this holiday is very...

However, tomorrow is the weekend, so I can take a day off to make up for it...

That said, just how patient is Peter Pettigrew? If it weren't for the inconsistencies in the details, I would have thought he had really gone mad.

However, he genuinely played the role of a mouse for twelve years; I wouldn't underestimate his patience.

【October 2rd sunny

Nothing major happened, except that when I got back to my office I found a note from Dumbledore, which had been brought over by an owl from the school.

He told me not to rush, that being too nervous would only prevent me from getting the results I wanted…

Ok…

Well, although I'm not very good at the history of magic, I am still very clear about Sun Bin's feigned madness, and a bunch of others followed suit... If I remember correctly, Zhu Di also feigned madness?

Their ability to fake it is outrageous... Anyway, for me, the people I'm most worried about are lunatics...

Wait a minute… coming to that, although Professor Lockhart and I both drank a lot of his Truth Potion and had it checked, we're still not sure… how about we don't wait until Christmas and go check this week?

【October 3rd sunny

The visit ended, and Professor Lockhart was still the same as always…

After carefully questioning the nurses, Professor Lockhart himself showed no signs of improvement…

However, I don't feel the slightest bit ashamed... to be honest... if it weren't for the truth serum, that guy would be lying in the innermost part of Azkaban with the Death Eaters right now.

Opening a locked room and murdering a student—it's utterly outrageous for a professor to do such a thing! If he were sober, I'd make him rot in Azkaban!

Perhaps because of his status as a professor, it was quite easy for him to get the nurses away.

I had a check-up during the flight, and just as the nurse said, there were no problems.

That's it. Let's put this matter behind us.

……

Rain on October 16

Well, I underestimated Dumbledore's patience, and I also underestimated Wormtail's patience.

In these days, Lupin has received almost every honor he could possibly deserve, including the Order of Merlin—a medal awarded for his ingenious defenses against Sirius Black's attacks since entering Hogwarts.

Peter Pettigrew was the anomaly discovered during these defensive actions. 'Let's imagine, without Lupin, the victims might still be being kept like rats, which is probably the punishment that villain Black dreams of!'

'As for the victim Peter, out of protective considerations, we will not report on him.' This was the only sentence about Peter in all the newspapers, and because of this sentence, very few people talked about him in private.

He's been selectively forgotten by various media outlets... all we hear is pity for him and praise for Lupin. How can he possibly bear it?

Rain on October 17

Okay, I think I can understand how a wizarding village views a Muggle-born wizard, but I never imagined that Harry would come to me trying to get my autograph.

That's ridiculous...

Okay... Teenagers are naturally rebellious, especially when their friends can go but they can't...

This is a problem, especially with the twins involved. I think they'll definitely try to run away...

Although Sirius Black has most likely been ruled out as a villain, this risk was really unnecessary...

I need to think of a way.

-

In Professor McGonagall's office, William handed over his application.

"Too slow, Professor William. Didn't your club apply for a venue at the beginning of the semester?"

Professor McGonagall shook her head, took the application, and said, "Regarding funding, the school can't allocate too much in the early stages... so I'm sorry..."

She picked up the application and began reviewing it, a routine budget cut.

But soon, Professor McGonagall frowned.

"Not a club?"

She looked at William, trying to confirm again.

“Yes, Professor McGonagall,” William nodded. “I’m still struggling with the club’s plan. None of the proposed plans are quite suitable for the current situation, so I estimate it won’t be ready until around Christmas. Even if everything goes perfectly, it won’t be until after Halloween.”

"Hmm, a well-considered decision is fine... but what's the deal with the extra lessons?"

"It means keeping the children in the castle and having them attend classes on weekends. Hogsmeade is theoretically safe, but it's off-campus after all. You know, Dementors and Sirius Black can appear, and I don't want any of the students to come into contact with them."

"They're not on vacation... Besides, the third-year students have been looking forward to this for ages..."

“The situation is special, Professor,” William said seriously. “Since everyone else can’t go, there won’t be any competitive mentality.”

"But what about Hogwarts..."

That village is school land. If students aren't allowed to leave school on weekends, it won't just be the students who rebel; the shop owners will go crazy too.

“I’ve thought it through, Professor. We can approve them bringing their goods in to set up stalls. The school will provide temporary sheds and stalls. Besides, inspecting vendors is much easier than inspecting students. We just need to make sure that illegal goods don’t get into the school.”

“They’ll agree!” William said confidently. “It’s a bit of a hassle, but first and second graders weren’t customers before!”

Chapter 305 The Trigger

There is no laboratory in the world that is without accidents, just as there is no code that runs perfectly on the first try without any bugs.

In terms of danger, magical experiments are by no means low, not to mention that the twins' foundation in most courses was far behind their own thinking—fortunately, they were clever enough not to attempt experiments that were too dangerous.

After the crucible exploded, the two looked at each other's deformed faces and began to laugh at each other wildly—attacking each other with their appearance was no easy feat for them.

"Ouch... Be gentle, I don't think our ointment can solve this problem."

George grinned as he spoke to his brother.

“I think so too. Let’s go find Mrs. Pomfrey; she never speaks carelessly.”

After observing for a while, Fred decisively agreed with George's opinion.

After secretly observing their surroundings, the two decisively slipped through the secret passage to the vicinity of the school hospital. Only after confirming that no one was around did they endure the pain and go to the school hospital.

"Mrs. Pomfrey, thank you for your help."

The two tried to appear polite, but it was difficult—the protective spells were being cast so slowly that their faces were covered in blisters and scabs from the potion.

"It's a potion burn. We were trying to review potions, but the cauldron exploded. It must have been from the spikes we added..."

They described their ordeal to Madam Pomfrey in great detail—though Madam Pomfrey wouldn't have asked even if they hadn't said anything, but that would have slowed down the treatment considerably.

Sure enough, after they described the cause of their injuries in detail, Mrs. Pomfrey smiled slightly. "With these, I think I can get some better medicine. You all wait here and don't touch the injuries. It will take some time to prepare the medicine."

"Of course!"

The two answered in unison with unwavering conviction, even more focused than when answering Dean McGonagall's question.

However, while Madam Pomfrey went inside to prepare the potion, the two of them couldn't sit still anymore. Fred looked at the figure vaguely visible through the partitioned bed and said, "Is that Scabbers?"

"That should be it. The newspapers said that Professor Lupin found him, and then Dumbledore rescued him from the terrible Transfiguration."

George carefully glanced at the injury on his face, making sure not to touch it, and then said.