Chapter 291
The Werewolf’s Dilemma
Chapter 291 The Werewolf’s Dilemma
Werewolves have sharp hearing. Although the girl named Claire was a little absent-minded, she immediately looked over alertly as soon as Wade walked into the alley.
Seeing that the other person was a strange wizard, Claire leaned sideways, leaned against the wall and made way.
But the strange wizard stopped a short distance in front of her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to listen to you." The strange wizard said gently, "But I just seemed to hear you say... Are you a werewolf?"
"Ah!" The girl was startled and said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, I, I'll leave right away!"
Even in the wizarding world, werewolves are a discriminated group. Claire tried to leave in a hurry, but accidentally stepped on a jar on the ground and fell backwards, waving her hands in panic.
Suddenly, her arm was grabbed and she was pulled back.
Claire stared in shock, looking very surprised, and then said hesitantly, "Thank you, thank you."
"Don't worry, I mean no harm." Wade extended his hand again and said, "Let me introduce myself. I'm Werner, as you can see, a wizard."
"Ah, my...my name is Claire."
Claire carefully reached out her hand and gently shook hands with Wade. She still had an uneasy expression on her face, but she felt a little more relaxed.
A few minutes later.
The two sat outside the ice cream shop. Wade ordered two ice creams. He pushed one of them to Claire. The girl scooped up a small spoonful, put it in her mouth, then narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing a very satisfied expression.
"It's delicious." She sighed and then smiled: "Thank you for treating me to ice cream."
"Nothing," Vader said.
"Um...what do you want me to do?"
Claire held the spoon and whispered, "As you can see, I am a werewolf transformed from an ordinary person. I don't know magic, and I'm not very strong... and I don't have any money."
Wade was silent for a moment, and seeing that Claire was very reserved and looked like she was about to run away at any time, he said:
"Actually, I want to study whether lycanthropy can be cured, so I need to find a werewolf who can cooperate... I just heard you say that you are willing to help test the medicine..."
Hearing Wade's purpose, Claire's eyes suddenly lit up, and before he could finish, she nodded and said, "Sure, sure! If you can stop turning into a werewolf, I'll do anything for you!"
"But drug testing can be dangerous... and the reward I can offer is not very high..."
Seeing that she was very active, Wade said in a difficult manner.
Claire gritted her teeth and said, "It's okay, I don't need any money!"
"How can that be possible? I definitely can't let you work for nothing."
Wade smiled and said, "In fact, this kind of research is best done with a reference group. Can you introduce that magical companion to join our research? This way I can eliminate the interference of magic and find out what causes lycanthropy."
"Will..." Claire hesitated for a moment before saying, "Will may not be able to do this. He has work to do... Can I introduce other werewolves to you? They also have magic."
"Well, either is fine." Wade said casually, "Do you know a lot of werewolves?"
"We have our own community and we can help each other on weekdays. Because... you know, most wizards can't accept the existence of werewolves." Claire said as naturally as possible.
"How do you make a living?" Wade asked. "I usually find some odd jobs in ordinary cities, such as working as a restaurant waiter or handing out flyers." Claire said softly, "Because I can't work before and after the transformation, I am often fired."
"What about when you transform?"
"Just lock myself up in advance. I'll also take a few sleeping pills... but they don't work very well. I heard that the water of life and death is very effective, but... the potion is too expensive..."
Claire tried to smile, as if to say 'It's nothing', and her fingers unconsciously stretched her sleeves until they covered the backs of her hands.
In July, she was still wearing long sleeves and long pants, with an old scarf around her neck.
But even so, Vader could see that she had a long, thin scar near her ear.
He remembered some of the things he had read about werewolves in books.
For example, on a full-moon night, a werewolf will become extremely brutal after transforming, and will indiscriminately attack anyone within sight, even if they are relatives or friends.
The Ministry of Magic stipulates that werewolves must lock themselves up on full moon nights to avoid harming others.
However, werewolves without a target to attack will not calm down. The manic and bloodthirsty desires are still boiling in their blood. They will only be calmer if they are accompanied by other animals.
If they are not accompanied, they will turn on themselves, until they wake up in the morning, scarred and restored to human form, while remembering all their actions after wolf transformation.
This process is obviously going to be very painful.
Therefore, law-abiding werewolves will appear more haggard and weak, while werewolves who indulge themselves will gradually lose their humanity.
The effect of wolfsbane potion is to allow the werewolf to remain rational after transformation, not to hurt others or himself, and to spend the night peacefully.
Even so, this period was very difficult to endure, so Lupin always looked particularly weak in the days after his transformation. It was not until Sirius was released from prison and always accompanied him that Lupin regained his health.
It was not until this moment that Wade suddenly understood why he felt something was wrong the first time he saw Will, but he didn't know where the problem was.
——That person’s mental state is too high.
Although he was as thin as Lupin in the past, he did not have any dark or depressed mood. On the contrary, he was very enthusiastic and his smile was so bright that it even made Vader feel aggressive.
Of course, we can’t say that someone has a problem just because he has a cheerful personality... After all, Will might be a born e-person who can face any setbacks and hardships happily.
Or maybe he just expressed his cheerfulness in a more exaggerated form because his living conditions had improved recently.
Wade gently stroked the handle of his wand, and many thoughts suddenly came to his mind.
"Um... Mr. Werner..."
Claire finished her ice cream and whispered, "When do I start work? Do I need to prepare anything?"
Wade had just found an excuse to strike up a conversation and was about to deal with it casually, but before he opened his mouth, he saw Claire's eyes.
Her eyes were filled with strong desire, hoping that what he said casually would come true, but she seemed to know in her heart that it was impossible.
Therefore, in those eyes, there was dependence and pleading, but also deep fear.
(End of this chapter)