Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 423 Sirius Pry Slughorn's Mouth Open!
"Actually, I don't think I'm a descendant of the Black family." Sirius touched the tip of his nose and said confidently.It nearly blew Phineas' beard off.

Dai Lisi still jokingly said: "It seems that people don't regard themselves as your descendants~"

"He has the blood of the Black family, which is irrefutable." Phineas said with a headache. He neither wanted to lose face in front of Dai Lisi, nor did he want to deny the identity of Sirius, even though he had completely lost all previous memories.

"So can you tell me where exactly this is?" Sirius rubbed his hair and raised his own question again, but his question has not been answered yet.

"This is obviously Hogwarts, don't tell me you've even forgotten this place?" Phineas came to a photo frame near Sirius, and he looked very surprised. "Before Dumbledore told me, I had never heard of such a phenomenon after being kissed by a dementor. I'm afraid this is the biggest magical discovery in the past thousand years."

"I don't have the idea of ​​being studied." Sirius said, and he turned his head to Penello. In this circular room, she seemed the most likely person who could answer his questions. "Can you tell me what happened? Why am I here?"

"I think you'd better wait for Hera to come back. He went to the field and he will tell you what happened." Penello raised his head and glanced at the clock and said, "Calculate the time, it's almost time to come back."

As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the office was pushed open, and Hera walked in with brisk steps.

"Hi, are you awake?" Hera put the cloak on the coat rack, kissed Penello lightly on the cheek, and continued: "Hagrid's mood has improved a lot, I think he will continue to teach the children, at least he won't lose his temper. Harry and the others helped a lot, if it wasn't for them—"

"Harry? Harry Potter?" Sirius asked suspiciously. "Is he here too?"

"Obviously, Harry is also one of the students at Hogwarts." Hera turned her head to Sirius and said, "Did you lose your mind after drinking? Don't I need to tell you these things again?"

"No, no, I just feel a bit of a headache." Sirius found a chair and sat down consciously, his hair was greasy and messy like a mop stuck in his head.

"That would be great. I still have a headache when you will wake up. I have to say that you wake up much sooner than I thought." Hera said with a smile, but he quickly put away his smile. "Then, let's talk about your arrangements."

"Oh?" Sirius showed a puzzled expression, his hands were tangled up nervously, "About me? I thought you all forgot about me."

"Of course not, no one has forgotten you, but we need to keep you on standby. When we need you," Hera paused. He was not sure whether Sirius could accept this statement, but after seeing Sirius nodded in a certain way, Hera continued: "Now, when we need you, there is an important task for you, and I think only you can complete it satisfactorily."

"What can I do?" Sirius looked very excited, "What is it that I am asked to do? I can do anything!" But he quickly lowered his head in frustration, "I can hardly do anything, except drink."

"Obviously it's not beyond your ability." Hera fixed her eyes on Sirius firmly. "This may be something you are very good at. In fact, you almost don't have to do anything, and the job will come to you automatically."

"So... how can I help?" Sirius asked hesitantly, he didn't think he could do anything else, he didn't even know how to use a wand - only the simplest life magic, like 'restore', 'clean up' and so on.

Hera didn't respond in a hurry, and glanced at Penello.

"Okay, okay, I know, I can't listen." Penello said with a reluctant smile, but obviously she also has a small temper, and Hera always keeps everything from her.Although she knew that Hera was for her safety, concealing it still made her feel a little awkward.

After Penello returned to the bedroom, Hera said: "I need you to get close to Slughorn and Harry. Your task is very simple. You need to get news from them, all the news."

"But I'm not familiar with them at all!" Sirius looked a little distressed, he searched hard for these two names in his mind, except he had a little impression of Harry - even just a few acquaintances, he had no impression of Slughorn at all.

"They are very interested in you, that's enough." Hera folded her hands and put them on the desk. "They will come to your door automatically. You only need to pretend to be interested in their topic."

"Well, I think I'm still good at listening." Sirius nodded, not so confident.

Hera smiled, "Believe me, it's not that difficult. By the way, you can learn spells from Professor Slughorn. Although he has made great achievements in potions, he is also a master of spells."

"Well." Sirius said, "Then I can only stay in the castle? From what the girl said just now, I'm not allowed to step out of this room?"

"Of course not. You are free to move around within the boundaries of Hogwarts, but I don't suggest you go out of Hogwarts. I don't know how many eyes are on Hogwarts." Hera said seriously, he didn't want to hear the bad news when he woke up the next morning.

Sirius has no self-defense ability at all, but there are really too many people who know him.As early as more than ten years ago, he was the thorn in the side of the Death Eaters. Like James Potter, he was one of the people they hated the most.

"I'm not going out," said Sirius.He obviously didn't have confidence in his own strength, and Hera believed that he might not even step out of the castle.

But in any case, Sirius was settled, and Hera didn't have to worry about Mundungus stealing the things in Black's old house and selling them off.

In the next few days, everything became normal, the news of Katie's attack gradually died down, and the students were engaged in their studies again. The teachers gave them a lot of homework in order to let them turn their minds back to their studies.Hera felt sorry for them when she saw them, but only for a moment. If this could make the students more honest, Hera hoped that the teachers would leave more homework.

Soon it was the weekend again, and Sirius just wandered around the hall almost every day, at most he would sit in Professor McGonagall's office and chat with her about the past, but what was frustrating was that Sirius still didn't recall any past memories.

"Sirius, I think you need to know about this." Hera called Sirius to the office in the afternoon. "This is about your brother. I think you should know that he is a hero."

Afterwards, Hera told Sirius what Regulus had done, and took him around the Pensieve, including how Hera and Dumbledore entered the cave, and how they got Slytherin's locket from the house elf Kreacher.

"So, Regulus is a hero." Sirius said with a complicated expression. Before that, he had hardly heard that he had a younger brother, and almost everyone in the Order of the Phoenix kept him secret.He didn't even know he had a younger brother.

"Yes, but we can't make this news public, otherwise the Dark Lord will be more vigilant." Hera paused, "I think we'd better pretend we don't know the secret of his longevity, otherwise he will protect the remaining Horcruxes."

"That is to say, I know all this, but I can only hide it in my stomach?" Sirius looked a little annoyed, "Then you shouldn't tell me."

Hera looked at Sirius and was not in a hurry to speak until he calmed down and leaned back in the chair before continuing to speak: "Of course not. You can reveal a little to Slughorn. I think you already know who he is, right?"

"Yes, that fat old man always has a disgusting smile." Sirius said angrily, "When I first appeared in the auditorium, he invited me to his lunch party."

"But you haven't agreed." Hera looked at Sirius, he knew about it a long time ago, "but I think this weekend will be a good opportunity, and I will persuade Harry to go too."

"Harry!?" Sirius had a headache, "I haven't thought about how to face him at all, he always regards me as the closest person, but I don't know him at all!"

"The closest relationship between you is indeed—" Hera said.

"I know, godfather and godson," said Sirius despondently, "but I have no recollection at all."

"I think you will have enough time to establish an intimate relationship, as long as you are willing to spend some time with him instead of avoiding him." Hera said decisively, Sirius was almost always alone in the castle, except for Professor McGonagall, he was not close to anyone, and even avoided him a little.

Sirius' mouth bluffed several times, but no sound came out, and finally only a deep voice was heard: "Well, I will consider your words."

"Don't think so much, you just need to be yourself." Hera looked at Sirius, and had to say that his appearance was indeed quite easy to win the favor of others, and Hera thought that Sirius was only slightly inferior to herself.This easily helped him get closer to Slughorn.

"Okay." Sirius nodded, "Is there anything else you want to tell me? If not, I'm going to go to the kitchen. I heard that several boxes of whiskey just arrived today. If I don't hurry up, the elf will use it for cooking."

"It's nothing." Hera said, "By the way, drink less, I don't want you to be drunk in the castle, if the students see—"

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Sirius squeezed out a smile, pushed away the chair and left the office.

"Oh." Hera sighed, "I don't know if it's appropriate to arrange Sirius in the castle."

For Sirius, it would naturally come in handy.Hera remembered meeting Slughorn for the first time, and he'd mentioned that he'd almost collected the Black children—just missing Sirius, and how impressed he was with Regulus.

Hera believed that if Sirius played Regulus' emotional card, it would effectively pry Slughorn's mouth open. Sirius was far more useful than Harry, at least he was obedient.

Penello and Hera sat together on the sofa in the office enjoying rare peace.

"Shouldn't there be anything to be busy with?" Penello played with Hera's hair. His hair was already growing to his shoulders. It looked much more elegant than the previous neat short hair, but Hera just couldn't care less about trimming his hairstyle.

"Harry will come later, and I have something to tell him." Hera said with some headaches, for Harry, he couldn't be as direct as Sirius, he had to explain to Harry clearly why he did what he did, explain all the reasons, and Harry would do it obediently, and sometimes Hera even needed to coax him.

Penello pouted, "So you want me to go back to the bedroom again?"

"It's just for a while. This is what Dumbledore told me before he was alive. I have to do it." Hera yawned and said, he thought a lot this afternoon, and the situation seems to have stabilized a lot recently, but Voldemort will not let him stay at Hogwarts with peace of mind. He will definitely choose to do it, it's just a matter of time.

Maybe it's time to run away—of course, it doesn't mean running to the United States, but leaving Hogwarts temporarily, like Dumbledore, hiding in the dark.Fleeing to the United States obviously cannot escape Voldemort's pursuit, and his gang of Death Eaters will definitely search for him everywhere.

But Hera happened to have a place that was hidden enough that the Death Eaters would never have thought of it, and even if they thought of it, it would be difficult for them to enter - Dumbledore's mansion in Godric's Hollow.Godric's Hollow is a gathering place for half-wizards, but quite a few great wizards have been born there, and there are many powerful people among them. It may be difficult for Death Eaters to figure out the situation inside in a short time.

"Dumbledore has calculated everything again, and left me a safe house?" Hera thought about the title deed, with a wry smile on her lips. "Yes, he knew my identity a long time ago."

Penello didn't interrupt Hera's thoughts, but just played with his hair so lightly, there were not many such quiet moments.

The door was knocked lightly, and Penello got up and went back to the bedroom, leaving room for Hera.Hera straightened her body and went back behind the desk. At the same time, she took out the Pensieve from under the desk, placed it on the desk, and projected silver spots of light on the ceiling.

"Please come in."

(End of this chapter)