Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 386 Eat More Vegetarian
Later in the day, Sirius' reply came back via owl, and he was very happy to welcome Hera and Harry's visit. It happened that Remus Lupine was also back at 12 Grimmauld Place.

(Sirius veiled in his letter that he was bored to death and wished Hera could go back to Black's old house.)
Hera rummaged through a cupboard, found a little box of shiny Floo powder, and handed it to Harry.

"You should know how to use it, right? Be sure to say it very clearly. I don't want to find that I don't see you when I arrive at my destination."

Harry nodded, grabbed a large handful of floo, stuck his head into the fireplace, and threw the floo onto the neatly stacked logs beneath him.They immediately burst into green flames.

"Number 12, Grimmauld Place!" said Harry loud and clear.

Hera waited for Harry to disappear before grabbing Feilu fans and heading to No. 12 Grimmauld Place.

The floo powder experience is definitely a rather strange feeling, and of course, Hera has traveled with floo powder before.His entire body whirled endlessly in flames, passing through the network of wizarding hearths across the country.

The sudden spin stopped, and Hera felt a little nauseous, in fact he didn't really like using Floo powder - to be precise, he didn't like Floo powder and apparition.

"Hera, long time no see!"

Remus stood guard in front of the fireplace, and gave Hera a big hug the moment he came out.

"It's great to see you." Hera said happily, "I don't know how much I want to see you."

Harry was hugging Sirius, although Sirius looked very confused, but Harry still refused to let go of him.

"Okay, Harry, give your godfather a break, we can stay until curfew, there's still plenty of time." Hera let go of Remus, and patted Harry on the shoulder, signaling that he'd better let go of Sirius.

Harry finally let go of Sirius, though he still looked a little too excited.

Hera winked at Remus, "We'd better have dinner first, and we can talk about everything later, how about that? I have too many things I want to discuss with you."

"It couldn't be better." Sirius patted Hera's arm excitedly, "Come here, I really appreciate you, you are willing to lend me Kreacher, otherwise I really don't know how to manage such a big house."

Hera shrugged, he wouldn't say that Kreacher was originally the property of the Black family.

The dinner was very sumptuous, and Kreacher seemed to have put out all his abilities, probably because he saw Hera, and everyone including Sirius was amazed at the richness of the dinner.

"Sirius, Remus." Harry said hesitantly, "I want to talk to you."

"What's the matter?" Lupine asked eagerly, pushing his hair away from his eyes, and approached Harry, and Sirius put down his knife and fork and looked at Harry quietly.Lupine looked particularly disturbed. "Are you all right? Do you need help? We're all here."

"No," said Harry, "not that kind of thing. I just wanted to talk about my dad."

Hera stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth. He really didn't know much about James Potter, and he didn't have much interest. The only motivation for him to sit here was probably that this matter had something to do with Snape.

He was also very curious about what happened to James Potter and Snape when they were in school - Snape's reluctance to mention made Hera feel like a kitten was scratching her heart.

Lupine's expression was also very strange. He seemed very surprised, as if he didn't understand why Harry would ask such a question.But Harry didn't care about anything, he just said what he saw in Snape's memory.

Hera listened to it again, still a little hard to believe that James Potter could be such a person, after all, it was written in any magic book that he was an upright person, and who would believe that James Potter would be a bully?

And the object of his bullying was the feared Potions professor, Professor Snape.

After Harry finished speaking, Lupine remained silent for a while.Sirius simply lost this memory completely, and he kept stuffing all kinds of food into his mouth just like Hera.

Lupine said softly, "I don't want you to judge your father by what you saw there, Harry. He's only fifteen—"

"I'm 15, too!" Harry said excitedly.

Hera and Sirius looked at each other the same way, and they could probably imagine how bad it was.

"Believe me, if I were there, I would never do that." Sirius said confidently after taking a big sip of the soup.

Lupine rolled his eyes at him sullenly. He must have wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

"However, how could he do what he should do? I don't understand," Harry seemed agitated, almost knocking the plate off in front of him, "I can't believe my father would be like that—"

"Harry," Lupine said in a reassuring tone, "James and Snape hated each other the first time they saw each other. You only saw one of those things about them. Do you understand? You can't judge a person based on just one thing, that's unfair."

"But he did that," said Harry sadly. "He's just attacking Snape for no reason, just because—well, just because you said you were bored." He finished the sentence in a somewhat apologetic tone.

"Now I'm ashamed of myself for not stopping him," said Lupine quickly.He looked at Sirius again, and said, "Harry, what you have to understand is that at school, your dad and Sirius were the best of everything - everyone thought they were the best - even though they sometimes lacked self-control -"

"Hey, how did this involve me?" Sirius frowned, and put down the knife and fork in his hand. "Are you saying I'm an arrogant little fool sometimes?"

Lupine smiled.

Hera couldn't laugh, he could probably imagine what Snape was like when he was studying - definitely not much better than him, after all, few people always troubled him when he was in school - most of them were isolated intentionally or unintentionally.To be honest, after getting used to that environment, Hera was quite comfortable.

"He's always messing with his hair," Harry said sadly.

Lupine laughed, knowing that Harry was referring to James, he was nostalgic for those memories. "Was he playing with the Snitch?"

"Yeah," said Harry, "well I think he's a bit of a fool."

"Of course he's a bit of a fool!" said Lupine, laughing, looking involuntarily at the ceiling.But Hera and Sirius could only drink dryly the haggis soup in front of them.

"Also," said Harry stubbornly, "he's always looking at the girls by the lake, trying to get them to pay attention to him!"

"Oh, well, when Lily's around, he's always going to be silly," said Lupine, shrugging. "Whenever Lily's near him, he can't help showing off."

"How did she marry him?" said Harry sadly. "She hates him!"

"No, he doesn't hate James," said Lupine. "She started hanging out with James in seventh grade."

"I think, maybe you can also put your memories into the Pensieve," Hera slapped his head, "I almost forgot." He took out the Pensieve from his pocket and dropped it on the dining table with a bang. "Many people have already stored their memories in it. You'd better do the same. Of course, it depends on your own wishes."

"Oh, of course I would, I don't want to be full of memories." Lupine said lightly. He patted the side of the Pensieve and made a bang. "After dinner, I will extract the memories."

"Can I see it?" Harry asked hopefully.

Hera shook her head, "I'm afraid not. There are many people's memories in it. I can't let you see them without their permission. This is their privacy."

"I want to see my parents—" Harry begged.

Lupine sighed softly, "Harry, there are some memories that I don't think you're ready for. Maybe when you're older, it will be more appropriate."

"Why?" Harry exclaimed.

"You're only 15 years old, you still don't understand." Lupine's tone was a little pale, and he tugged the Pensieve towards him. "Your dad is my best friend, and he's a good guy. A lot of people get lost, and he's not like that when he grows up, but I can't guarantee you'll understand it all."

"Yeah, all right," Harry said slowly, "I just never thought I'd feel sorry for Snape."

Hera was silent, he seemed to understand why he and Snape became friends at once, not only because they were both born in Slytherin, but more likely because of their similar experiences.

The meal was exceptionally silent for Sirius and Hera, who were almost completely cut off from talking, and could only listen to Lupine and Harry chatting.

"Since you brought it up," Lupine asked curiously, "what was Snape's reaction when he found out you saw these things?"

"Because the armor bouncing off Legilimency, he knows I've seen everything," Harry said nonchalantly, "like that would make me lose—"

"Are you serious, Harry?" said Lupine quickly. "He doesn't teach you anymore?"

"Yeah," said Harry, who was surprised and thought Lupine's reaction had gone too far.

"Hera, haven't you communicated with Snape?" Lupine turned his head to Hera, asking puzzledly.

Hera shook her head, "Severus' attitude is very firm, the specific situation is a bit complicated."

Lupine frowned, he didn't understand this, Dumbledore didn't tell Lupine his plan - maybe he guessed that Lupine would not agree to this plan.

"Snape must never stop your lessons - if Dumbledore ever hears -"

"I can't tell him that, he's going to kill me!" said Harry angrily. "You didn't see what he looked like!"

"Remus, maybe you have to listen to Harry on this matter." Hera patted Lupine's hand lightly, signaling him not to get excited.

"Hera, there's nothing more important than getting Harry to learn Occlumency!" Lupine said, "You must understand me, don't you, there's nothing!"

"Okay, okay," Hera said, "but I have to explain to you what's going on." He glanced at Sirius.

"Don't look at me like that, I haven't finished eating yet." Sirius looked ridiculous with his mouth full of food, and he kept eating without paying attention to what they were talking about.

"You and Harry continue to eat." Hera said softly, tugging at Lupine's sleeve, signaling that the two of them had better go upstairs and talk.

Lupine frowned, but kept up with Hera.

For the rest of the day, Harry was forced to face his stupid godfather dog in the dining room, and Sirius' grease-stained hands grabbed his robes as soon as he tried to sneak upstairs to listen to Hera and Lupine's chat.

"You'd better try this again, Kreacher's never done this before," said Sirius greasy, rubbing the oil on Harry's robes without hesitation.

Harry could only sigh uncontrollably. Although his godfather had come to his senses, his mind was not normal no matter how he looked at it. In fact, his mind was not working well at first, otherwise he would not have been imprisoned in Azkaban for 12 years.

When Hera and Lupine came down the stairs, Harry keenly observed that Lupine looked very bad.

"Remus, Hera—" Harry got up excitedly from his seat, he was already full, but Sirius kept staring at him—and Sirius kept eating.

"Harry, Occlumency. You learn from Hera, and he will continue to guide you." Lupine said with a complicated expression, his face was hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't see clearly.

"Really?" said Harry happily, but soon he turned pale again, as if he didn't like it that much.

"Harry, as long as you obey my arrangement, I will teach you how to use Occlumency." Hera said with a smile.

Harry nodded, his eyes fixed on a silver kettle on the table, a little dazed.

Hera looked at Harry's appearance, and felt a little hesitant in her heart. There seemed to be something wrong with Harry's attitude towards him! ?
Had he seen something through Voldemort's eyes?
If he really saw something, he probably wouldn't follow him to Black's old house
Are you saying you are wrong?

Hera shook her head, throwing these miscellaneous thoughts out of her head.

"Perhaps you should go back to the castle, I think," said Lupine pale, "so as not to arouse Umbridge's suspicions."

"She knows about my tutoring for Harry, we had a fight before." Hera said quickly.

"It's always right to be careful." Lupine said hurriedly, picking up the robe on the back of the chair, "I still have something to do, I'm afraid I have to leave first."

"Of course, looking forward to our next meeting." Hera and Lupine hugged him gently and watched him leave.

"It's time for us to go too," Hera said, walking to the fireplace.

"Are you really not going to stay any longer? Kreacher said there's dessert!" Sirius still had a grilled sausage on the fork in his hand.

Hera pursed her lips, "Eat more vegetarian, I don't want to see a fattened black dog next time."

(End of this chapter)