Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

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"Everyone will think I am James's secret keeper, and Voldemort will try every means to catch me... Of course I won't reveal the secret, but I think it would be more appropriate if the secret keeper was replaced."

Sirius clutched his head in agony, his bony fingers digging into his hair.

There is no need to say more about what happened next.

The friend he trusted, Peter Pettigrew, chose to betray him, and tragedy happened!

"A brave choice... but reckless and foolish!"

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore made a rare and sharp comment.

"Sirius - I thought you had learned caution during the war..."

He said in a deep voice, like an angry lion.

"And what I find most unbelievable is that after all this happened... you didn't tell anyone about it."

As he said this, Sirius's face became more and more guilty and painful.

"James and Lily... They died because of me. After I killed that traitor, I felt that life was boring... But I didn't expect that traitor - Wormtail..."

Having said this, he became angry again.

"Dumbledore, tell me where he is - I must personally..."

"Oh, that's not what you should be focusing on, Sirius."

But at this moment, Dumbledore gently rejected his request.

After saying this, he ignored Sirius and turned to look at Ryan: "Ryan, you said you had something to ask him?"

Hearing this, Ryan nodded as a matter of course: "Of course."

He put aside the prophecy and walked to the front of the cell: "Mr. Sirius, I am Ryan Elias... You can call me Ryan."

As he spoke, he gently pointed his finger at Sirius.

Then Sirius felt that his body, which had become shaky after so many years in Azkaban, began to warm up rapidly.

Strength began to fill his body and the warm feeling resurfaced.

This made him look at Ryan in disbelief.

"Silent and wandless casting, and...what kind of spell is this?"

His mind was in a fuzzy mess, and he wondered if it was just an illusion - were all the young wizards nowadays so perverted?

He was somewhat speechless.

But at this moment, Ryan's expression was still casual.

"You just called Peter Pettigrew Wormtail—that's a reference to his Animagus, isn't it?"

He asked softly, "As far as I know, your nickname is 'Big Foot'?"

"!!!"

Then Sirius looked at Ryan in surprise.

But when I think about what Dumbledore said, Ryan once saved Harry from Peter.

The slight hesitation that still existed in his heart disappeared.

"That's right - my Animagus is a black dog, so I'm 'Padfoot'."

"Remus, his nickname is 'Moon Face', and Dumbledore knows why."

"And James, his animagus is a deer, so his nickname is 'Prongs'."

He explained.

"That's right... You are the creators of the Marauder's Map. What I want to ask is - where did you get the materials to make the Marauder's Map?"

Ryan looked at Sirius seriously: "I want to know everything about it."

"The Marauder's Map... is that thing in your hands?"

And Sirius was also surprised when he heard this.

"That was indeed made by the four of us, using almost every spell we knew at the time..."

He showed a look of nostalgia, but the nostalgia quickly turned into pain.

Because among the four friends who made the map, one had betrayed him, and another had died tragically because of it.

So, Sirius answered after a moment's silence.

"...that map—I don't know exactly where it came from, except that James found it at school."

"It originally appeared to be part of another map."

He spoke with difficulty.

It was as if the mention of the name 'James' was enough to use up all his strength.

"He didn't tell you?"

Ryan was a little unbelievable.

He was now almost certain that James and Sirius were true best friends—the kind who could trust each other with everything.

There are almost no secrets between such friends.

But Sirius shook his head at this moment: "I only know that he got this thing after practicing Quidditch one night... As for the specific situation, James certainly wanted to tell me, but he couldn't do it!"

"Can't do it?"

Ryan was a little confused.

"Well... he said the map was cursed, so he couldn't reveal anything about it—but he got the location of an ancient magical relic from it, and he originally agreed to go with me."

At this point, Sirius muttered, "But in the end, he broke the appointment. He was at a critical stage in his pursuit of Lily and was in desperate need of an interesting date... He was a guy who valued sex over friendship."

Although he said this, there was a smile on his face.

But obviously.

After hearing what he said, Ryan was stunned.

He and Dumbledore exchanged a glance, both apparently realizing the same fact.

That's right.

Ryan had long known that Lily and James had traveled to Germany during one of their summer vacations to watch the Quidditch World Cup and had entered an ancient ruins together.

In the ruins, Lily found the spell she used to protect Harry, as well as the incomplete formula of the soul potion that Snape was now studying.

Everything in that ruin was under a spell, and nothing could be revealed.

And now, Sirius' words undoubtedly pointed out the source of everything - everything about this relic came from James's adventure.

After a Quidditch practice, he got a piece of map and the location of the ruins from somewhere.

And that fragment eventually became the 'Marauder's Map'!

And if Ryan guessed correctly.

The series of adventures that James Potter had should be part of the treasure left by one of his four teachers!

But at present, Ryan is still not sure which of the four giants the mysterious map belongs to!

But if we calculate by the method of elimination.

"Either a Ravenclaw teacher or a Gryffindor teacher."

But unfortunately, that was apparently all Sirius knew.

"If you have a chance, you can ask Remus again. He contributed the most to the creation of the Marauder's Map, so he might know something else... but he might not know either, after all, James and I have the best relationship."

Sirius added.

"I will."

Ryan nodded slightly - he would have investigated even without Sirius's reminder.

If possible, he would not even hesitate to search Peter Pettigrew's memory after catching him.

At this point, Ryan naturally had nothing else to ask.

But just as he turned around and was about to leave.

"Thank you."

He heard Sirius' voice.

So Ryan turned his head and saw Sirius's sincere expression.

"Thank you for saving Harry."

"Oh, it's Okay."

So, Ryan chuckled and waved his hand: "Harry and I are friends."