018 Lucius' Conspiracy
The next thing was too simple. Fred, George and Hermione borrowed a time converter, and Hermione was very uneasy.
"I want to emphasize again that you must not be seen--" Hermione followed behind the twins, constantly stressing,
"Yes, yes," Fred said, "we know a place, and absolutely no one knows it."
"And it's absolutely secret," George said, "Remember the gadgets we made in third grade that would be "bumping"?"
"Oh--" Hermione still looked very uneasy, and the group came to the stairs on the seventh floor.
"Okay, we're waiting here," said Lawrence. Ron and Hermione had to stop. "I think it's enough to be your current level."
"Understand" George said, he and Fred walked to the eighth floor until their voices completely disappeared, and Lawrence led Ron and Hermione to continue upstairs,
"I think you have a place that is really safe, right?" Hermione asked.
"Don't worry," Lawrence said perfunctorily.
"How many magical things do you know?" Ron asked enviously.
"I've handed over the map to Harry," Lawrence blinked, "Now it's time for you to find some special places."
"Hey--you're a 'predecessor'!" Hermione stressed, "How can you lure students into violating school rules?"
"I mean, on free weekends, you can hang around the castle," Lawrence smiled. "Although we all know that sometimes it's a waste of time to sleep."
"Ha──" Ron smiled, he obviously liked this statement, and when they walked to the eighth floor, the twins jumped over from the corner, all holding a basket full of cookies,
"I want everything to go well," Fred said excitedly.
"The next thing is to find the students who are willing to come here," George said.
"We don't have much time, so we don't have to try to convince those who discriminate against werewolf." Lawrence said, "It will go separately, and see you at the castle gate in ten minutes."
The twins said they were going to the lawn, and most of the students were used to basking in the sun leisurely before the semester. Ron and Hermione planned to go back to Gryffindor Tower. They wanted to find all the Gryffindor students who had not gone out, and Lawrence was wandering around in the school to see if they could let the lonely people participate in the event.
The castle was empty and there were no people. It seemed that most people took advantage of the last time to go outside to bask in the sun. Lawrence walked around the corner and saw a petite figure nailing something on the wall.
"Luna?" Lawrence said,
"Hi." Luna said,
"Why didn't you go outside and bask in the sun?" Lawrence asked.
"I have a lot of things gone," Luna replied. "Some people always hide my things, but at the end of the semester, I'm going to get everything back."
"Do you need help?" Lawrence asked.
"Do you want to chase me?" Luna asked back,
"Ahem - what else are you saying?" Lawrence was choked by his saliva. He had no idea how Luna came to this conclusion.
"Fred and George told me," Luna tilted her head, as if she was a little confused. "They said that if a boy took the initiative to help the girl, she just wanted to chase her."
"What mess did those two bastards teach you?" Lawrence asked gritted his teeth.
"They also said that if someone does something inexplicable, I suggest that I give that person a curse directly." Luna said, "It's like harassing actions like touching the hair and combing her hair."
"Next time they will teach you such a mess, and I suggest you give them a curse directly." Lawrence said, and he began to silently consider how to settle the score with those two people.
"But I think the two of them seem to make sense?" Luna asked again, "Then why didn't you go out to bask in the sun?"
"Because of Professor Lupin's relationship..." Lawrence briefly said the matter. Luna stuffed the notices full of lost items into her bag, turned around and walked quickly towards the stairs.
"Hey-What's wrong?" Lawrence shouted,
"Go to the school gate." Luna replied, her expression as if Lawrence asked a strange question, "It's almost past your gathering time."
"Don't you go find your stuff?" Lawrence asked, and they started trotting.
"It's okay?" Luna smiled, "They will always come back."
When Lawrence and Luna arrived at the entrance of the castle, Fred and George were handing out cookies. In addition to standing at the school gate, more people heard the news and came to watch.
"Just like what we demonstrated just now," said George. "When Professor Lupin comes, he will eat it if he gets the cookies-"
"What should I do if I don't eat?" Cedric. Digory asked loudly with a cookie in his hand, and there was a girl standing beside him. Lawrence recognized that it was Ravenclaw's finder-Zhang Qiu, (Note 1)
"This is the most important thing-" George said deliberately in a hazy and dreamy tone, "Hold the transformed person beside you."
"If it's a couple, I suggest you can show how loving you are," Fred said, deliberately teasing Cedric, and a kind laughter sounded at the scene. "It's not hard to imagine why Hufflepuff lost to Ravenclaw after seeing your girlfriend-"
"But be careful when kissing. Although our products do not simulate teeth, they will have long and furry mouths." George blinked,
"The boys who are still hesitating-" Fred shouted at the first-year student who was circulating cookies, "Show the boy's spirit-"
"Lawrence--" George threw a piece of cookies over, Lawrence caught it, Luna beside him looked at the cookies with interest,
"Here, come--" The crowd of onlookers gave up a passage,
"What are you doing?" Professor Luping looked surprised when he was holding his old wooden box, facing the large group of students.
"Eat it, everyone-" Fred shouted. He and George both swallowed the cookies in their hands. All the people holding the cookies in their hands ate them. Lawrence also swallowed the cookies. He felt his face itchy and his mouth grew longer. He looked down at his hands and turned into furry palms.
"Aowu──" Fred suddenly screamed to the sky, Lawrence smiled, and soon, a group of big wolves in Hogwarts school uniforms shouted to the sky, "Aowu──"
The students who did not change their appearance laughed and hugged the students who turned into wolves beside them. They played, and after more than ten seconds, everyone changed back to their original state. The students surrounded Professor Lupin.
"I'm very happy," Remus' eyes flashed, "This means that you O.W.L have at least written one question correctly, right?"
"Of course, professor." Fred said briskly, "the nose is a little short, the pupil is smaller, and the tail is tung rather than dense and hairy."
"You don't write anything." Remus smiled, and he showed a look of nostalgia, "His name is Remus Lupin."
"Do you have to leave, professor?" Cedric amid the laughter of the crowd. Digory asked loudly,
"Yes, Digory." Remus smiled. "It's a great experience to be able to teach. How lucky I am to be a professor for a full semester."
"Then keep staying there," Lawrence said. "We don't care if you are a werewolf."
Lawrence's words aroused the echoes of a group of people, and Remus was still the same as in class. He smiled and waited for the commotion to calm down.
"I'm really honored and proud to teach you," Remus said. "I hope you will pass on this idea. Perhaps one day in the future, werewolf will finally be no longer discriminated against. I look forward to that day."
"Then, you guys spare me-" Remus smiled, and he joked, "I've heard that it's hard for people in this position to escape unscathed, right? I must be blessed by Merlin if I can leave with all my limbs."
Remus got into the carriage and left. Before leaving, he called Lawrence to the carriage. They talked about something. After that, Lawrence seemed absent-minded at the dinner at the end of the semester. Even to celebrate Glenfindo's winning the Academy Cup again, Fred and George joined forces to press Lawrence's head into the butter cake. Lawrence did not fight back.
The next day on the Hogwarts Express, a group of them occupied a larger box, eating snacks and discussing the busy year, Lawrence was still looking out the window.
"Hey-Hey-Lawrence-" George shouted, shocking Lawrence,
"We've called you for a long time," said Fred. "Hermione just mentioned that she has returned the time converter."
"Because I'm too tired," Hermione sighed. "I think I'll go crazy if I continue like this-"
"But it's so useful," Ron said.
"I'm more curious about why you knew Hermione had such a thing?" George asked.
"You really don't care about your family," Lawrence said. "I think Bill and Percy have used this kind of thing before." (Note 2)
"What?" Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny shouted together.
"Percy and Bill's O.W.L passed the twelve goals, right?" Lawrence said. "I thought it was obvious?"
"We didn't expect it-" The twins were upset. They found that Lawrence looked out the window again in a daze. The twins looked at each other,
"What's wrong with you?" George couldn't help asking. Everyone looked at Lawrence in a daze, and even Luna put down the "Singing the Contradictory" in her hand.
"Nothing," Lawrence said, "Professor Lupin told me that a few months before he became a professor, he accidentally discovered that my parents lived in London."
"Does your 'nothing' standard be that high?" Fred asked.
"I think it should?" Lawrence frowned. He tried to wave his wand, and a box of chocolate frogs flew in front of him accurately. "I think my partner thinks so too."
"Professor Lupin - why do you know -?" Hermione asked with a stuttering voice.
"In fact, on my third birthday, I accidentally used magic and was detected," Lawrence said briefly. "The Ministry of Magic leaked news, and a large number of dead-eating people came to attack my house. Professor Lupin was the first wizard to resist the dead-eating people, and finally Dumblido also came."
"So you were orphans then-oh, Hermione-" Ron said loudly, and then was stomped heavily by Hermione.
"Yeah, I think they abandoned me." Lawrence shrugged,
"It's hard to imagine that there is even more than the Desleys" Harry said, "Well, sorry, Lawrence."
"Maybe they-" Hermione wanted to say something, but she stopped talking.
"Do you want to say they may have difficulties? Hermione, there are not so many difficulties in the world. The Ministry of Magic eliminated the memory of that battle," Lawrence said lightly. "But it did not eliminate the memory of my magic. Most of the Muggle-born wizards will accept their special children, but my condition is obviously a minority."
"So you don't want to use the time converter?" Hermione found that Lawrence's attitude was exactly the same as the night before.
"Twelve years and seven months," said Lawrence, "I'm afraid I can't help it. If I want to grab the converter, you can't stop it?" (Note 3)
"You won't do this-" Harry said,
"Thank you for being so confident in me," Lawrence smiled. "It's okay, tell me it out and make me feel better--"
"Will you want to see them?" Luna asked suddenly.
"I don't know." Lawrence replied, Luna lowered her head and looked at the "Singing the Contradictory" in her hand.
The carriage fell into silence, and suddenly something hit the window. A gray shadow followed the train hard, and appeared and disappeared outside the carriage. The gray figure rushed into the carriage. It was an owl with a letter that was too big for it.
"Hey--It's Sirius' letter." Harry said happily with the letter. Ron and Hermione surrounded him.
"Hey, be happy, man." George hit Lawrence with his elbow, "Let's go to the Quidditch World Cup together during the summer vacation?"
"Dad can always get tickets. You can come to our house this summer vacation?" Fred asked,
"Mom I heard you lived in a scattered bar last year and have been nagging in Egypt how Professor Dunbulido is not able to take care of the children," George added.
"Ha." Lawrence smiled, and he tore open the chocolate frog's packaging box and the cards on the box, Dumbledore was blinking at him.
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Author's words: Volume 3 is over, yes, let's move towards Volume 4.
Note 1: I have always thought about it again. Zhang or Zhang Qiu. Finally, I think about it. Zhang Qiu is a little easier...
Note 2: This is my guess, because Percy and Bill both passed the twelve O.W.L (all subjects), so I guess they should have used it.
Note 3: Lawrence did not see himself on the map, so he understood at that time that he must have resisted the temptation of the time converter.
Chapter completed!