Chapter 432 The Truth

Looking at the crazy Scabbers, Ron subconsciously retreated to the wall, holding his chest tightly with one hand, and asked hysterically: "What is going on? Can anyone explain it?"

The pet he has raised for several years can actually use a wand. He now feels confused and dares not get close to Scabbers again.

"This is what we want to ask." Professor Lupin glanced at Black who was laughing non-stop, frowned and said: "How do you know Peter can't change back."

Kyle did not answer immediately, but took out the wand.

"Fainted!"

Peter, who was hitting the wand, immediately fell to the ground.

After that, Kyle returned Hermione and Professor Lupin's wands to them, and then explained, "Because of the tonics I made for it."

"Tonics?" Hermione frowned after taking the wand, "But the book never said that pet tonics can prevent Animagus from returning to human form."

"General tonics are indeed not good." Kyle said, "but I added a whole dried mandrake leaf to its tonic... and it was the one on the top of the root."

"What did you say?" Professor Lupin subconsciously raised his voice.

Mandrake leaves are not cheap to begin with, one piece costs five Sickles, and the one on the top of the root is even more expensive, almost ten times the price of ordinary leaves.

Such an expensive thing is enough for him to live for a month, and Kyle actually used it to make tonic for a mouse?

Did Kyle know that Scabbers was Peter before?

That's not right... Professor Lupin shook his head. They were the only ones who had seen Peter's Animagus, and Peter's fake death happened twelve years ago. How old was Kyle at that time, two years old? Or three years old!

"It's a coincidence..." Kyle didn't care about Professor Lupin's strange expression and continued, "I originally wanted to make the tonic more effective, but I didn't expect him to be an Animagus.

"But... does this matter?" Harry blinked and asked blankly.

"Of course it matters." Kyle conjured a cage and locked Peter in it, saying without raising his head.

He thought someone would help explain it, but until he finished dealing with Peter, no one around spoke.

Even Hermione and Lupin looked at him in confusion, with the same expression as Harry.

"Don't you ever read herbal books other than textbooks? "Kyle asked subconsciously.

Hermione shook her head slightly. Among all the books she had read, the herbal medicine category was the least.

Professor Lupin also turned his head away. His situation was similar to Hermione's.

"Well..." Kyle sighed and could only continue: "Mandra leaves are a very good thing for magical animals. They can heal wounds and strengthen their physique... They can be used in many places, but it's different for Animagus. You should know what the first step of learning Animagus is..."

Kyle said the last sentence to Black.

"Of course I remember. Black in the air did not ask Kyle how he knew he was an Animagus. He just rubbed his sore chin and said: "Put a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month... To be honest, that month was too hard. I almost gave up several times."

"That's it."

Kyle said, "The function of the mandrake leaf is to record all your information as a wizard. It is equivalent to another "you", or a lighthouse that guides the direction..."

"What lighthouse?" Harry was confused.

He felt like he was taking Professor Trelawney's divination class. He couldn't understand anything. The main point was that participation was the most important thing.

"Okay, let me explain it in a simpler way." Kyle sighed, "The hawk moth pupa can turn you from a human into an animal, and the mandrake leaf can turn you back..."

"What is a hawk moth... Ouch!"

Harry wanted to ask more, but before he could finish his words, Hermione elbowed him in the waist, causing him to grimace in pain.

"That's a potion material." Kyle glanced at him and continued, "So when an Animagus eats a lot of Mandrake leaves in animal form, the information of the "wizard" in the body will be gradually dispersed until it can't be changed back."

"But this is impossible..." Hermione frowned, "Professor McGonagall talked about Animagus, but she didn't tell us to pay attention to this. If it was as dangerous as you said, the professor would not have reminded us."

"Because there is no need for this." Kyle said, "Strictly speaking, the information of the "wizard" is difficult to disperse, unless it is eaten for several years in a row... and once it changes back to human form in the middle, the information will be reunited.

There are not many Animagus, and they have to be animals for five consecutive years while constantly eating things containing Mandrake leaves. This probability is too low...

In the entire magic world for a thousand years, there has only been one person... Oh no, it should be two now."

Kyle glanced at Peter in the cage.

Black started laughing again.

Professor Lupin looked at Kyle and suddenly asked, "Have you known that Scabbers is Peter?"

Kyle turned his head and asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Because I didn't see any surprise in you." Professor Lupin said, "Whether it was me, Harry, Ron, or Hermione, we were all shocked after we confirmed that Scabbers is Peter. Only you were different and calm."

After hearing what he said, everyone looked at Kyle at the same time.

Ron seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by Hermione.

"I'm not surprised because this is not the first time this has happened." Kyle shrugged.

"What?" Professor Lupin was stunned, as if he didn't expect Kyle to say that.

"In fact, a similar thing happened in my first year. Another student's pet was also an Animagus, and it was also a mouse."

Kyle smiled and said, "If you don't believe it, you can ask Fred and George, or other students above the fourth grade. They all know."

Everyone looked at each other with wonderful expressions.

Harry and his friends entered school a year later than Kyle, so they naturally didn't know about this. Professor Lupin, let alone, he just came this year, and he only heard a general idea of ​​what happened before from other professors, and basically it was all related to Harry.

He didn't ask before.

After listening to Kyle's explanation, Harry nodded to show his understanding... To be honest, if he saw another face on the back of a person's head now, he wouldn't be surprised either.

Soon, the room fell into silence, leaving only Black's gradually hoarse laughter.

Harry felt a little awkward. He hesitated and looked at Professor Lupin, wanting to ask something, but he didn't know how to start.

But his expression was too easy to guess.

"Want to know about Lily and James?" Professor Lupin asked.

"Yes." Harry nodded, "I just heard you say that you were friends."

"Best friends, at least to me." Professor Lupin said.

"Then can you tell me?" Harry asked eagerly, "What happened, and what does the secret keeper you just mentioned mean."

Professor Lupin hesitated for a moment, but still nodded...

"Okay, you have the right to know the truth, but I only know the beginning, and Sirius needs to tell you later...

Let me think about where to start... I first met James and Lily when I was in school..."

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