A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 216: Doubt

Later, Dobby returned to report the results to Felix

"Mr. Haip, the woman surnamed Skeeter has agreed, and, in the process, the silver-white bird on my head..."

"I see, Dobby, this is the test I told you about, and it works better than I thought."

…

In the evening, Felix walked into the auditorium happily.

'Well, which college table to choose today? ’ he thought divergently, this is one of his pleasures, he can always hear a lot of new things during the meal, ‘Just Ravenclaw, the Kitty Hawks have been very low-key these days. ’

From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the Slytherin players walking into the auditorium with broomsticks, talking and laughing, and knew in his heart that the Quidditch season was about to begin.

Felix took aim at a small group of Ravenclaws, and was about to sit next to them, where the fat, freckled boy was talking loudly and with great interest.

"Recently I learned Kabbah again, yes, it is a kind of aquatic creature with webs, like a monkey with scales, Professor Lupine is very good"

Felix subconsciously glanced at the teacher's seat, and saw a slightly tired figure as expected.

"Professor Lupine?" Felix changed direction, sat next to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and greeted him friendly.

"Professor Hype," Lupine responded equally gently, "forgive me, I'm still not recovering from a cold." He fiddled with the scarf around his neck.

"October is indeed the flu season, and I remember last year as well." Felix smiled, and he added some pastrami and potatoes to his plate, "Madame Pomfrey has been very busy recently."

Lupine showed a look of reminiscence, "She is indeed a responsible school doctor. She helped me a lot when I was in school."

Felix obviously misunderstood. He thought that Lupine was referring to the fight with the students of Slytherin House during his school days. Snape must be involved in it, so he kept silent and talked about it other topics.

"You should have received the dueling course schedule, Professor Lupine?"

"Miss Granger gave it to me last week." Lupine said thoughtfully: "I saw the content of the withdrawal spell, which can be used to deal with Grindylow..."

Felix asked: "The kind of green water ghosts with horns? I remember there are some in the Black Lake, but they should be tamed by the mermaid."

"Indeed," Lupine reached for a plate of sauce in the distance, "it's more convenient for my teaching, oh, thank you" he said.

"You're welcome," Felix pushed him the sauce, and their arms touched.

He lowered his gaze, and that strange feeling reappeared. From the first time they met and shook hands, he felt that the hair on Lupin's hands was very lush and much harder than normal.

Lupine didn't notice it at all, and he continued: "Grindylow's fingers are very strong, but fragile, and the trick to getting rid of them is to make them unable to grab themselves."

"The strongest is also the weakest?" Felix said with great interest: "It is somewhat similar to Professor Flitwick's point of view. He also believes that wizards are the strongest when they attack, but at the same time they expose themselves. Weaknesses. Therefore, when casting spells, it should be as fast and concise as possible, leaving room for..."

Lupine said with a smile: "Professor Flitwick is indeed experienced, and his fighting championship has a high gold content."

"Speaking of which..." Felix said slowly, "Flitwick wanted to enter the Ministry of Magic when he was young, but he was rejected because of his bloodline."

Lupine stopped and listened quietly.

"...Of course, the reason cannot be so straightforward, but everyone knows the virtues of the Ministry of Magic. Professor Lupine, what do you think of the discrimination in the Ministry of Magic?"

Lupine smiled and said: "This kind of argument is not new. As early as when I was in school, some people have always criticized the Ministry of Magic for being rigid in thinking and doing nothing, but more than ten years have passed, and it has not changed much. .”

"Maybe it's time for the Ministry of Magic to change?"

"It's very difficult," Lupine thought for a while, "unless there is a bold minister, as for Fudge, he is a politician, a cowardly coward," he said bluntly, "every day Living step by step has exhausted all his courage."

Felix was surprised by his attitude towards Fudge, and he didn't know where this disgust came from. You must know that Fudge's moderate tone is still very marketable.

At the very least, the wizarding people don't want a minister who interferes too much in their lives except during wars.

Then the two talked about Sirius Black.

"Miss Granger once asked me a question, but I couldn't answer it." Felix said, "What she asked was why Black stayed in Azkaban for more than ten years, But he suddenly chose to escape from prison. You know, once he is caught, what awaits him is probably a kiss from a dementor.”

"Professor Lupine, you should know him well, do you have any guesses?"

Lupine frowned. Felix's words hit his long-standing secret confusion. Some kind of unrealistic fantasy was about to stir again in his heart. Happy times, but also scarred his tired heart.

'Lupine, Lupine, what are you expecting! Have years of nomadic life completely muddled your mind? ’

But on the surface, he just said indifferently: "Since Black's betrayal, I can no longer understand his thoughts."

"It's a pity," Felix said softly, "Harry and the others asked me about Black's secret, they were worried that they would meet Black one day."

Lupine couldn't help repeating his point: "Hogwarts is safe."

…

Back in the office, Felix thought about the conversation with Lupine. On a piece of parchment, he wrote 'Remus Lupine' and then 'Sirius Black'. A line was connected in the middle of each name, a question mark was placed in the middle, and then he fell into thinking.

He knows very little information about Black, except for the huge contrast between his youth and his adulthood, there is nothing more practical.

And Lupine... Felix always felt awkward.

Dumbledore trusts him, and he has seen him in the memory fragments of Frank and Alice, which shows that Lupine is almost a member of the Order of the Phoenix;

But Snape made no secret of his malice towards him. In Felix's view, the reason why Snape refrained from chanting the curse was because of the existence of Dumbledore.

Felix checked the records of the year, and Snape and James Potter had the most conflicts, followed by Black, but the number of disputes between Lupine and Peter Pedillo was actually pitifully small.

Is it hate house and black?

But Snape had a good impression of Peter Pedilou, at least he was called 'Peter' instead of the surname 'Pedilou'. Based on Felix's understanding of his own dean, this is already very rare.

If Lupine died, Snape would certainly not change his name to call him 'Remus'.

Felix began to write about his doubts about Lupine

‘Gentle personality~IndoMTL.com~Snape hates him extremely;’

'My own ability is extraordinary, and I am loved by the little wizard, but I was once poor;'

'The body is weak, easily overwhelmed by a cold, is it because Madam Pomfrey's potion has no effect? ’

'The hair on the arm is different from ordinary people;'

'Unnatural dislike for Minister of Magic Fudge;'

Felix heavily marked the name 'Fudge'. This minister has only been in office for a few years. Apart from cover-ups, he presides over only a handful of policies, and it won't take too much time to count them all. .

It didn't take long for him to think of Belby's complaints about the Ministry of Magic last year

"Look at the recent newspapers! What about the 'Gospel of Werewolves' and 'Werewolf Registration Amendment Act'? Only registered and supervised werewolves have the right to purchase wolfbane potion. Using my potion to recover scattered werewolves..."