Chapter 150
: Tacit Understanding and Innocence
Chapter 150: Tacit Understanding and Innocence
The effect of the truth serum gradually wore off, and the reporters received news that made them tremble with excitement.
Seeing Peter Pettigrew gradually waking up, Lupin did not hesitate to use a stunning spell to make Peter fall asleep again.
As he dragged Wormtail out of the room, several reporters seemed to have seen nothing and were still excitedly exchanging their articles.
Because they all came from different countries and their newspapers did not compete with each other, the atmosphere among the reporters was very harmonious and friendly.
Before leaving with Peter Petillo, Wade said, "One more thing, Mr. Marchionne."
"Please go ahead," Marchionne said courteously.
"I hope they won't publish this report for now - before the British government denies its mistakes," said Weed.
Marchionne thought he had said "deny" instead of "admit", but after thinking about it again, he finally understood.
The corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a sly smile, and he said, "As you wish, Vader."
……
"Will you come with me?"
Returning to the attic and standing in front of the Vanishing Cabinet, Vader asked Lupin.
Lupin was somewhat moved, but also somewhat struggling.
He should not enter the school without permission.
And he also knew that Vader didn't want everyone to know the secret of the Vanishing Cabinet -
If this matter were to be exposed, for the safety of teachers and students, the professors would probably ask Wade to hand over the Vanishing Cabinet to the school for safekeeping.
But Lupin really wanted to witness with his own eyes the betrayer being brought to justice.
"Let's go." Wade made the decision for him: "But please tell me that you got to the school through a secret passage."
Wade knew that the secret of the Vanishing Cabinet might not be hidden from Dumbledore - he suspected that the headmaster had known it for a long time but just didn't say it.
Dumbledore always gave students too much freedom, such as arranging for first-year Harry to face Voldemort, and condoning Malfoy's various actions to murder him in sixth grade.
When this freedom worked to his advantage, Vader liked that about him.
But Wade also knew that the convenience provided by this tacit understanding could only be done but not said. Once it was publicized, the Vanishing Cabinet would no longer belong to him.
After all, only one cabinet was bought by him, and the other cabinet belonged to the school.
……
In the Umbrella House, everyone had listened to Percy finish the part he remembered.
Percy, who was only five or six years old at the time, didn't remember much, but after his reminder, Hermione remembered that she had seen similar content in the book.
She quickly dug up The Greatest Magical Events of the Twentieth Century—a book she had finished before starting first grade—and found Peter Pettigrew's name in it.
"…brutally murdered by the desperate Sirius Black… corpses were scattered all over the ground… the Ministry of Magic awarded the fallen Sir Peter Peddie Lumelin, First Class…"
Looking at these words and thinking of the wretched, cowardly face just now, Harry always felt that it was unreal.
"If he was a hero... why did he hide as a mouse?" Harry asked puzzledly: "Hide in Ron's house... as a child's pet?"
"So, this is the scariest part, Harry." Fred said meaningfully. "Remember?" George looked at him and asked, "When we heard about that last year..."
"Professor Quirrell is a puppet of the You-Know-Who... Little Ronnie's pet is a 'hero' who was blown to death..." Fred smiled sarcastically: "It seems that we have never known this world."
He looked at his other brothers - Banban's former and current masters all had very ugly expressions and were unable to say a word.
They looked like they were going to throw up.
The book did not record the events of the Fidelius Charm and the Secret-Keeper, so Harry was relatively calm, but more confused.
"I just remembered that I actually saw a picture of that guy." Harry said to his friends: "Remus hung the picture on the wall. Peter Pettigrew, Remus and my dad were all friends when we were in school."
"There must have been a lot of stories between them..." Hermione said, "There's a reason why Peter Pettigrew pretended to be dead despite his reputation as a hero."
"Yeah... but he didn't hurt me, right? We have always lived in the same dormitory, and Banban has never done anything bad except being greedy and lazy."
Harry looked into everyone's eyes, seeking approval: "I think he might not be a bad guy. He just fears revenge from the Death Eaters, so he has been hiding... Uh, isn't that right?"
Everyone looked at him as if he was some naive idiot.
"If he's just timid..." Fred shook his head and said, "He can definitely ask Dumbledore for help... But he always looks like a mouse at school, which means he's not afraid of others..."
"...that's Dumbledore, isn't it?" said Ron in a low voice.
Fred nodded.
Harry opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Just at this moment, the curtain opened, and Wade appeared with Peter Pettigrew, and there was another person beside them.
"Remus!" Harry immediately went over to him, "Why are you here at school?"
Lupin forced a smile and patted his head.
The awakened memories tore at his heart from time to time. When he saw Harry's face, he remembered his best friend who was killed because he trusted his friend.
Lupin took a deep breath, suppressed the bitterness in his eyes, and said, "Wade knew that I was one of the parties involved, so he came to me through the secret passage... Let's take Peter with us to see Dumbledore."
As soon as the calm and reliable adult wizard appeared, he naturally took the final say. This time Percy did not say anything, and everyone left the umbrella house and walked towards the headmaster's tower.
"You guys!"
When they met Professor McGonagall on the way, she strode over and said angrily, "I heard that you made a mud puddle outside the Gryffindor common room. The Fat Lady told me..."
Before she could finish her words, she saw Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, and immediately gasped and froze.
"Merlin..." Professor McGonagall said in shock, "What's going on?"
"As you can see, Professor." Lupin said as calmly as possible, "Peter Pettigrew is not dead. Everything that happened back then was just a lie... We need to see Dumbledore now."
"Of course... of course..." Professor McGonagall took a while to get her brain working. She said stiffly, "Come with me..."
As she spoke, she kept looking at Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, rubbing her eyes as if she thought she was hallucinating.
The students they met along the way looked at them in surprise. Someone secretly asked the Weasley brothers what had happened, but neither of them answered.
Soon, we arrived at the principal's office.
(End of this chapter)