Not far away in the shed, there was a figure with his back to the three people, seemingly looking at the shed carefully.
"Remus!"
Dumbledore called out to the figure, who paused noticeably, then slowly turned around and looked at Dumbledore.
"Principal Dumbledore, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you were here just now."
At this point, Lupin looked across the entire Shrieking Shack and said with some emotion:
"I haven't been here for a long time. Seeing this familiar scene always reminds me of the old days and the people in the past."
There seemed to be a flash of sadness in Lupin's eyes.
However, Dumbledore seemed to empathize with the situation and said, "Some people and some things are gone forever. We still have to move on, don't we?"
At this point, Dumbledore pointed to Wentworth and Cedric and introduced them to Lupin: "They are the two Hogwarts students I introduced to you."
Following the direction of Dumbledore's finger, Lupin first looked at Cedric, then he stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, my name is Lupin, and I was also a student of Hogwarts."
Seeing the hand stretched out in front of him, Cedric seemed to hesitate for a moment, but after a moment, Cedric also stretched out his hand and held Lupin's hand tightly.
"Hello Professor, my name is Cedric, and I'm a second year student at Hogwarts."
Cedric spoke quite respectfully.
When Lupin heard Cedric addressing him, he withdrew his hand and waved his hands repeatedly, saying:
"Don't call me professor. I'm not a professor at Hogwarts. You can just call me by my first name."
But Cedric shook his head and replied firmly, "How can this be possible? Otherwise, we should just call you teacher."
Seeing Cedric's determination, Lupin no longer insisted, smiled and nodded, agreeing.
Then Lupin turned his attention to Wentworth standing aside.
Wentworth, in fact, had been sizing up Lupin in front of him.
Lupin was wearing a ragged robe covered with pudding. Although he was only in his thirties, wrinkles could be vaguely seen on his face, and even a hint of gray could be seen on both sides of his hair.
All of this seemed to tell others that this wizard who graduated from Hogwarts did not seem to have a good life in recent years.
"Hello!"
At this moment, Lupin, who smiled and stretched out his hand, interrupted Wentworth's thoughts. Seeing the palm stretched out in front of him, which was also full of wrinkles, Wentworth did not care and held Lupin's hand with both hands, and said sincerely: "Hello, Mr. Lupin, my name is Wentworth, and I am a first-year student at Hogwarts."
Dumbledore had been standing aside from the beginning, quietly watching everything in front of him. At this moment, seeing that the three of them had already known each other, Dumbledore walked over and said, "Okay, from now on, you will stay here on weekends to learn magic from Lupin, and after that, you will return to Hogwarts through the secret passage. You are not allowed to go anywhere else!"
At this point, Dumbledore glanced at Lupin, who smiled and nodded, indicating that he would look after Wentworth and Cedric.
Seeing this, Dumbledore gave a few more instructions and turned to leave the Shrieking Shed.
Seeing Dumbledore leave, Lupin took two steps to the side, leaned against the wall of the Shrieking Shed, and asked with a smile:
Facing Lupin's test, Cedric took the lead and stepped forward, saying:
"Then I'll go first, Mr. Lupin."
Then, Cedric demonstrated to Lupin the spells he knew, but was stopped by Lupin in the middle, who asked Cedric to cast a spell on him.
After Cedric demonstrated all the spells he knew, Lupin said in surprise:
"It seems that Headmaster Dumbledore's evaluation of you is too modest. When I was your age, I was probably not as strong as you are now. You know, I was once a prefect at Hogwarts!"
Having said this, Lupin smiled slightly at himself.
Then Lupin turned his attention to Wentworth.
Seeing this, Wentworth did not hesitate. He took two steps forward and drew out his wand at the same time, pointing it at a broken piece of wood not far away. Just as he was about to cast a spell, he heard Lupin say, "Cast a spell on me. Let me see your magic power."
Although Lupin said it very easily, he was not careless when facing Wentworth. He also raised his own magic and was ready.
Seeing this, Wentworth did not hesitate and directed the spell at Lupin.
"Hanging fuchsia!"
The moment Wentworth made his move, he clearly saw that Lupin seemed a little dazed, but fortunately, Lupin did not act too confidently and had made preparations in advance. But even so, Lupin still seemed a little flustered.
After neutralizing Wentworth's attack, Lupin said in surprise:
"This spell was very popular among students when I was still studying at Hogwarts, but I thought that this spell was no longer popular in Hogwarts now. I didn't expect that it has been passed down for so many years."
Facing Lupin's surprise, Cedric explained:
"No, Mr. Lupin, in fact, we don't know where Wentworth learned this spell, and he never told us."
Hearing this, Wentworth smiled a little embarrassedly and said to Cedric:
"If you want to learn, I can teach you."
Lupin said, "This spell is not very harmful, but it is extremely insulting."
At this point, Lupin seemed to remember something, and after a pause he said, "Remember, it's best not to use this spell on your classmates."
Hearing Lupin's words, Wentworth and Cedric looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.
Seeing the smile on Wentworth's face, Lupin seemed to have guessed something, but he didn't say much. He just said, "Go on, let me see what else you can do."
Afterwards, Wentworth once again demonstrated the spell he knew, but after thinking it over again, Wentworth still hid the Shadowless Sword. After all, no matter how you look at it, that spell is more like black magic.
(End of this chapter)