Chapter 381 Lupin and Black

In the next few days, the whole school had only one topic, that is Sirius Black, and the stories about how he broke into the castle became more and more bizarre.

Gryffindor's Seamus Finnigan insisted that Black had turned into a Dementor... and sneaked into the castle with the guards.

Luna believed that he was a painting demon, and the portrait that could enter and leave the castle freely.

The torn portrait of the Fat Lady was taken down from the wall and replaced with Sir Cadogan.

However, the Gryffindor students did not seem to be satisfied with him.

In the corridor, Kyle could always hear the complaints of Gryffindor students.

"That Sir Cadogan, he spends half of his time every day challenging others to duel with him..."

"Every time I enter the common room, I have to waste five minutes responding to his duel... because if you don't say anything, he will keep challenging you."

"He can always come up with some complicated and almost ridiculous passwords, and he changes them at least twice a day."

"I think he must have been holding back for too long on the eighth floor."

Someone said, "The corridor where Sir Cadogan used to be usually has few people going there, and the owners of other portraits don't welcome him as a guest."

"This is obvious, because he always likes to talk nonsense, of course no one welcomes him.

...

It only took a few days for Sir Cadogan to replace Black and become the new hot topic among Gryffindor students.

"At least he is brave."

During lunch, Fred smiled and said, "Other portraits are unwilling to take this job, only Sir Cadogan is willing."

"And I heard that he volunteered. "George also said beside him.

They didn't hate Sir Cadogan that much, and sometimes they would even take the initiative to provoke him, making him jump up and down in the portrait.

To be honest, Kyle was also very curious about Sir Cadogan, but he was only responsible for the Gryffindor common room and could not switch to Hufflepuff to work.

At this time, Harry also walked into the hall, but his expression looked a little unhappy.

Percy followed him, observing the situation around him from time to time, as if a fire dragon might jump out of the corner at any time and swallow Harry in one bite.

This strange behavior inevitably attracted the attention of others.

"Here it comes again... this big head."

Fred glanced at him and quickly turned his head back.

"What's going on?" Cedric asked curiously: "Why do I feel that Percy seems to be very nervous. "

"It's because of Harry.

George explained, "A few days ago, Mom wrote to us and said she would help take care of Harry, and then he became like this."

"You should all know about the matter between Black and Harry." Fred came over, "Mom...or most people think that Black came to the castle last time just to kill Harry and avenge his master."

Others nodded.

"No wonder I always see professors following Harry recently..." Qiu said suddenly.

"Not only that." Cedric said, "Even when the Quidditch team is training, Madam Hooch is there to supervise."

"Percy probably thinks of himself as a professor." Fred curled his lips, "And this is the auditorium, Black can't hide under the table."

As he said that, he bent down, put his head under the table and asked seriously, "Mr. Black, are you here? Do you need some steak?"

His funny look made many people laugh.

Harry's idea is probably similar to his.

Kyle saw him turn around and say something, and Percy stopped following him closely, but still kept a distance.

The first class was Defense Against the Dark Arts.

After dinner, Kyle and Connor came to the classroom together.

Professor Lupin looked a little strange today, as if he was worried about something. He was always absent-minded during class and called the wrong students' names several times.

In the end, he simply stopped teaching and asked the students to form teams of two to practice the expulsion spell used to deal with the little devil.

Until the end of get out of class...

"Kyle, can you stay for a while?" he said, "I have something to ask you."

After everyone left the classroom, Kyle looked around... To be honest, he was still a little resistant to being kept by Professor Lupin.

Fortunately, there were no wardrobes or boxes around this time, and there should be no Boggarts or anything else.

However, Professor Lupin did not notice Kyle's abnormality. He closed the door and hesitated for a long time before asking, "Did you see him that day?"

"Who?"

"It was Sirius Black."

"Yes, I saw him." Kyle nodded.

"What does he look like..." Professor Lupin asked in a low voice, "I mean... is he the same as the photo in the newspaper?"

In just one sentence, his eyes changed several times, nervous... disappointed... hateful... vaguely seemed to be concerned, but it was fleeting.

"You can see that it is a person, but there are still differences."

Kyle thought for a while and said, "He is very thin, with only a layer of skin covering his bones, sloppy, dirty, and deep eye sockets... It seems that he must have suffered a lot in order to avoid the pursuit of Dementors."

"He deserves it!" Professor Lupin suddenly slammed his fist on the table and said excitedly, "He should have..."

As if he realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, Professor Lupin suddenly closed his mouth and took a few deep breaths.

"Sorry, Kyle, just treat what I just said as nonsense." He forced a smile, "The last question is, where did you lose Black when you were chasing him before?"

"It's where Professor Dumbledore found us." Kyle said.

"Later we found a secret passage behind the tapestry, which led to the fourth floor. I think he must have escaped from there."

Kyle spread his hands, "But we thought Filch must know the secret passage, so we didn't tell the professors."

"Yes, Filch did know the secret passage... but we searched the fourth floor for several hours and found nothing."

Professor Lupin's eyes flickered, then he raised his head and said:

"Okay, Kyle, thank you, you have wasted enough time, go to the next class.

Oh, don't worry about being late, I will explain to the professor then... What class are you in next time?"

"Potions class..." Kyle said, "Are you sure you can ask Professor Snape not to deduct my points?"

"Uh..." Professor Lupin was silent.

"I can help you add back the points you deducted in the next class."