"Harry," Lupin said hurriedly, "we have always thought that Black had betrayed your parents, Peter followed him-but the truth is the opposite, haven't you seen it yet? Peter betrayed your parents, Black was tracking Peter--"

"This is not true!" Harry shouted, "He is my parents' secret! He said he killed them, and you are there!"

He pointed at Black, but Black shook his head slowly, his sunken eyes suddenly became particularly bright.

"Harry...I killed them," he said snorting, "I convinced them at the last minute that Peter was their secret and let him take my place...I deserve to be condemned, I know that they died that night, and I had arranged to check Peter to make sure he was still safe, but when I reached his hiding place, he was gone. And there was no trace of fighting there. I felt strange, I was frightened and headed straight to your parents' house. But when I saw the house, it had been destroyed, and your parents' bodies-I realized that all this must have been done by Peter. And I did it."

His voice stopped and turned around.

"Enough!" said Lupin. His tone was firm, "Now, we still force Peter to act!"

"Are you ready? Black," Lupin said.

Black had already brought Snape's wand from the bed, and he walked to Lupin and the little mouse, his wet eyes suddenly burned.

"Pick it up!" he said softly.

"I think so too," Lupin said, holding Spots in one hand and picking up the wand in the other hand, "I'll count three times, one, two, three!"

Each wand emitted a blue and white light, and the spots were suddenly raised into the air, and his small black body twisted wildly. - Ron shouted - the mouse fell down and fell heavily on the floor, a dazzling light flashed, and then - it was like watching an accelerated movie, where a tree grew taller one by one. A head grew out of the ground, and then his limbs slowly stretched out like sprouting. The next moment, a man stood where the Scarab stood, rubbing his hands stretching and retracting.

He was a very short man, almost not as tall as Harry and Hermione. His sparse, pale hair was messy and the top of his head was bald. He was like a swollen man suddenly shrank and lost weight in an instant. His dirty skin was almost as tall as streaky hair. His pointed nose made people imagine mice involuntarily.

His small, wet eyes looked around them, his breathing was rushed and short, and his eyes shot towards the door and turned away again.

"Oh, how are you, Peter," Lupin said happily, as if rats often turned into his old classmates, "Long time no see."

Although he already knew that Peter was an ugly guy, Axi was still shocked by the person in front of him. That guy was a human-shaped mouse!

"...Blake, Lupin..." Peter's voice sounded like a scream, and he once again turned his eyes to the door, "My friends...my old friends..."

Black's cane was raised again, but Lupin grabbed his hand and gave him a look that he wanted to pay attention to, then turned to Peter, his voice relaxed and natural.

"Let's have a little conversation, Peter, what exactly happened that night when Lily and James died. When you scream in bed, you might have missed the most exciting episode."

"Lupin," Peter gasped, his face full of

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It was a big bead of sweat, "You don't trust me, do you? He wants to kill me! Lupin."

"This is what we've heard," Lupin said, his voice even more cold. "I want to figure out a thing or two with you, Peter, if you want."

"He's coming to kill me again!" Peter screamed suddenly, pointing at Black, using his middle finger because his index finger had been lost. "He killed Lily and James, and now he wants to kill me again... You have to help me, Lupin..."

As Black's unfathomable eyes looked at Peter, his face looked more skeleton than ever.

"No one wants to kill you until we figure out something," Lupin said.

"Find something?" Peter asked, screaming, and he got wild again, staring at the open window, and then at the only door. "I know he's chasing me, I know he's going to come back to me, I've been waiting for me for a full twelve years."

"Did you know Black will escape from Azkban?" Lupin said, his brows tightly. "Before no one does this?"

"The evil power he possesses is something we can't get in our dreams," Peter screamed. "How could he escape from there otherwise? I guess it must be something unknown to teach him."

Black began to laugh, a terrifying, unpleasant laughter filled the house.

"Voldemort taught me tricks?" he said.

Peter shrank, as if Black had whipped him.

"Why, I'm scared when I hear your old principal's name, right?" said Black. "I don't blame you. Their group doesn't like you, don't they?"

"I don't know--what are you talking about, Black--" Peter mumbled, his breathing getting more rapid, and now his entire face was wet.

"Blake, there is no need to talk nonsense to him!" Yaxi found a place to sit down, and then shouted, "Let's wait... wait."

But soon, Yaxi stopped talking and looked at Lupin. The two of them looked out the window a little,

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Then they looked at each other and nodded.

Black frowned and looked out the window, and then his eyes lit up.

"You have been hiding for twelve years to avoid me," said Black. "You are hiding from Voldemort's supporters. In Azkban, I heard something, Peter... they all think you are dead, otherwise you would have been retribution long ago... I have heard all kinds of screams in their sleep, it sounded like they thought a betrayer had betrayed them, Voldemort went to the Potter house as you directed... and Voldemort collapsed there, and not all Voldemort's supporters entered Azkban, right? There are many of their people here, pretending to have admitted the wrong things they did in the past, but in preparation... If they hear the wind saying that you are still alive, Peter..."

"I don't know...what are you talking about..." Peter shouted again, screaming even louder than before.

He wiped his face with his sleeve, and then looked at Lupin, "You don't believe these things, you don't believe these crazy words, Lupin."

"I have to admit, Peter, it's hard for me to figure out why an innocent man would spend twelve years as a mouse," Lupin said quietly.
Chapter completed!