Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Hearing what he said, Sherlock shook his head.

"What a shameful betrayal."

At the same time he frowned again, remembering what Lupin said before.

"You said that after they found out that you were a werewolf, in order to accompany you, they specially learned a high-end transfiguration?"

Lupin didn't immediately answer Sherlock's question.

He silently raised his head to look at the full moon hanging high in the dark night outside the hut, and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, he spoke slowly.

"I've always felt guilty about this, and I've even been hesitant to tell Dumbledore. Now that I've told you, even if Dumbledore is disappointed in me, after tonight, I'll tell the story. Tell him the whole story."

Sherlock didn't say anything, he showed the attitude of a listener, wanting to hear Lupin finish the story.

"James, Sirius and Pettigrew, in order to come to accompany me when I turn into a werewolf, they specially learned a form of transfiguration "Animagos". This magic can turn wizards into animals form, and werewolves are only interested in attacking humans, and have no intention of attacking animals."

"Jaime and Sirius are very talented in magic, and they both learned this magic alone, and Pettigrew, with the help of the two of them, also mastered Animagus. After learning None of them reported this to the Ministry of Magic, and they wandered around Hogsmeade with me turned into a werewolf."

"I was very young at the time and didn't even think about how dangerous it would be to do this, not only with Snape, but many times I almost hurt others, but fortunately I still graduated from Hogwarts safely. already."

"Sirius, he will know Animagus, he is very likely to sneak into Hogwarts through this, but I have never dared to tell Dumbledore about this, saying it is equivalent to telling him that I made it when I was a student. In such a case, I am afraid that he will disappoint me!"

Lupin hugged his wolf head, he looked painful, but there was a sense of release in his tone of saying everything.

"The students in the castle like me very much and think I'm a good teacher, but I've been timid and hesitant to tell the truth."

Sherlock didn't care about Lupin's current mood, because Lupin's words reminded him of something, he stared at the werewolf who was blaming himself, and asked quickly.

"Do you remember what animal Black's Animagus form became?"

"It's a black dog."

Hearing his answer, Sherlock suddenly stood up from the ground.

"A black, big dog?"

Lupin noticed Sherlock's abnormality. He raised his head, as if he had guessed something, and looked at Sherlock blankly.

"Yes, he is very big, he can reach the waist of an adult."

Sherlock hit his palm heavily with his fist.

"It turned out to be him!"

"Have you met him?" Lupin asked nervously.

"More than just seeing him, he has helped me a lot!"

Sherlock didn't specifically say what he was helping, he was pacing back and forth in the screaming shack, as if thinking about something.

"But no, no one knows he's Animagus unless you say it. He infiltrated Hogwarts with ease and touched the Gryffindor lounge twice, why? Lee didn't get attacked once? Was Harry lucky?"

He muttered to himself, and Lupin also heard him muttering to himself, but he didn't know why.

Sherlock suddenly stopped. He stared at Lupin and began to analyze bit by bit.

"The first time I saw him was at the beginning of school at Hogwarts. At that time, he should have just arrived in Hogsmeade, and he hadn't found the opportunity to sneak into Hogwarts. The second time was at Hogwarts. Gwarts, it was the evening of the first day of school, and he was still in Hogsmeade, which means he hadn't found a chance yet."

"On Halloween, I went to Hogsmeade again, but Blake was no longer there. And that night, while the Halloween feast was going on, he violently infiltrated the Gryffindor lounge, which meant that in He made it to Hogwarts before Halloween."

"And the third time I saw him was when the Dementors forced their way into the school Quidditch match, on the highest level of the Quidditch arena, when he thought he would not be there. Someone, just happened to meet me!"

When he said this, he suddenly stopped.

The screaming shack was so quiet, so quiet that Lupin's heavy breathing was very clear.

"This shows one thing." Sherlock said slowly.

Lupin stared at him, then asked.

"What does it mean?"

"He broke into the Gryffindor lounge for the first time on Halloween, to when I met him during a Quidditch match, to the second time he broke into the Gryffindor lounge the other day, He hasn't left Hogwarts for so long!"

Lupin, however, disagreed with Sherlock's conclusion.

"Impossible, I've used the Marauder's map and haven't seen his name in any area of ​​Hogwarts."

Sherlock stared into his eyes.

"Does the Marauder's map really cover the entire range of Hogwarts?"

Lupin said without hesitation, "Of course!"

"What about the Forbidden Forest?"

Lupin was stunned!

Yes.

The area of ​​the Forbidden Forest is very large. As one of the creators of Marauder's Map, Lupin is very clear that they have recorded every corner of Hogwarts, all secret passages, and all exits.

But it is impossible to draw the forbidden forest on it, because the forest is so huge!

If Black wants to find a place to hide in Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest is the best place to hide!

"Yes! He can hide in the forbidden forest!"

Lupin's wolf face showed a huge surprise. Now he only thinks that Sherlock's boss during the Auror Command period was a complete idiot!

To be able to release such a talent out of it is definitely the biggest loss in the Ministry of Magic!

"We'll go to Dumbledore tomorrow, tell him the story, and then conduct a big search of the Forbidden Forest!" Lupin said excitedly.

Sherlock did not respond to his proposal, but stared at Lupin with bright eyes.

"Maybe we can try it tonight."

Lupin was taken aback by Sherlock's words.

"Tonight? Us?"

"Yes, tonight, us." He said affirmatively.

"But I'm still a werewolf..."

"What I want is your werewolf appearance." Sherlock looked at him and said, "In this state, are your hearing, smell, and vision much stronger than normal?"

Lupin said hesitantly, "...that's right, but it's just the two of us, such a big forbidden forest..."

"I know the chance is very small, but it's totally worth a try."

In the end, Lupin was persuaded by him.

The two passed through the tunnel of the screaming shack and returned to the beating willow. At this time, it was almost one o'clock in the morning. Apart from the chirping of insects and birds from the forbidden forest, there was no other sound.

Sherlock and Lupin did not act separately, because even if they searched separately, it would be useless for such a large forbidden forest.

When the two of them are together, they can guarantee that if Black is discovered, they will not let him escape easily.

After entering the Forbidden Forest, they have been searching deep. Lupin is undoubtedly one of the magical creatures at the top of the magical food chain in the form of a werewolf. The Ministry of Magic's official risk rating for werewolves is xxxxx, along with fire dragons and basilisks. these biological levels.

So they don't have to worry about encountering other magical creatures attacking in the Forbidden Forest. With Lupin around, they all have to take a detour.

Sherlock and the others have been going deep for about an hour, and they have even reached the area that used to be the eight-eyed giant spider's territory, which has now been burned to a white area, and they still haven't seen Blake's shadow.

"No, just the two of us, it's hard to find a black dog in such a big place." Lupin shook his head, he felt that this trip was doomed to fail.

Sherlock touched his chin~www.NovelMTL.com~ and thought.

"Maybe we were looking in the wrong direction. We subconsciously thought that since Black wanted to hide in the Forbidden Forest, the deeper he hid, the more secure he would feel."

"But it doesn't matter where he hides in the Forbidden Forest when he is in the state of Animagus, because no one knows his Animagus form except you, even if someone sees him in this forest, a It's just a black dog, and it's not suspicious under normal circumstances."

"What's more, he must always pay attention to the movements at Hogwarts. If he hides in the depths of the forbidden forest, it will not be conducive to his observation of the school."

"So we shouldn't search in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, we should search the edge of the Forbidden Forest near Hogwarts!"

Lupin's reasoning about Sherlock was astonishing.

Wizards, especially pure-blooded wizards, have always been naturally at a disadvantage in terms of logical reasoning ability.

Most magic requires strong emotions to be released, so basically, after learning magic for a long time, it will become more and more irrational.

But Sherlock's performance at this time is completely like an outlier among wizards, combining all the clues to deduce a result that is infinitely close to the answer!

They immediately turned around and returned, and began to search again on the edge of the forbidden forest.

But after searching for more than an hour, when the sky began to appear white, there was still no gain.

Sherlock shook his head and sighed.

"It seems that the two of us can't find it now. When we go back to the castle and tell Dumbledore about it, let more people come to look for it."

Just as Sherlock's voice fell, Lupin suddenly pricked up his ears alertly.

"etc!"