When passing by the door of the Three Broomsticks, Sirius didn't stop at all and walked straight in.

The three of them walked forward, passing by Wenrenju and Fengya Wizard Clothing Store, then walked forward for a distance along a small path and came to a familiar place.

The Shrieking Shack.

Lupin was standing by the circle of overturned fences around the shed, lifting them up one by one.

"Professor Lupin!" Harry ran over, waving his hands enthusiastically. "You don't have to do these. They were upside down when I first came to Hogsmeade. No one cared about this."

"Hello, Harry, it's nice to see you again." Lupin raised his head and said, "But you don't need to call me professor anymore, just call me Lupin, or like Sirius, call me Remus or Moony."

"Yes, Professor Lupin," Harry blurted out.

Lupin's expression froze. It was obvious that it would be difficult for Harry to get rid of this name in a short period of time... Never mind, that's it.

He sighed and stopped dwelling on the problem. Instead, he bent down and continued to tidy up the fence at hand.

Harry was tempted to say that no one in Hogsmeade cared about the Shrieking Shack, or even came there.

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted.

Sirius smiled and shook his head, "Let him be busy. These things have to be done in the future anyway."

"What do you mean?" Harry still didn't quite understand why Professor Lupin would go to the trouble of tidying up a place where few people came.

"Because I bought the Shrieking Shack," Sirius said casually, as if he had bought a glass of butterbeer.

"What did you say?" Harry couldn't help but raise his voice.

"I thought about it when I was in school, but I didn't have that much gold at the time," said Sirius. "After I graduated, I was delayed by various things, and I didn't have this opportunity until half a year ago."

"How much does this cost?" Harry muttered.

"To be honest, it's much cheaper than I thought." Sirius said.

"When I was in school, this place had been abandoned for many years. The old wizard family who owned this place moved to Finland a long time ago."

"During the Christmas holidays, Lupin and I went there on purpose, and when we found him, he had even forgotten that he had an estate in Hogsmeade.

“So when he learned that I wanted to buy the Screaming Shack, he agreed without any hesitation and gave me a very generous discount.

Such a large area, but it only cost 5,000 Galleons. How about that? It's a good deal, isn't it? "

Sirius looked at Harry with a smile, seeming to be very pleased with himself for having a large sum of money left.

Harry pursed his lips, unable to say anything complimentary.

Although he was considered a wealthy man with piles of gold Galleons in his vault, five thousand Galleons... this number was still a little hard for him to accept.

Mr. Weasley's salary was only 80 Galleons, and the prize money for the Triwizard Tournament was 1,000 Galleons, which meant that Sirius spent five championships with just a wave of his hand.

However, just when he was about to say something, Kyle next to him nodded seriously.

"Five thousand Galleons, you really got a great bargain."

"Yeah." Sirius said cheerfully, "At least it wasn't a wasted trip."

"Kyle, why do you think it's cheap?" Harry asked speechlessly.

“That’s for sure,” Kyle said.

Hogsmeade is arguably the only village populated entirely by wizards, and the land is very expensive, let alone an area as large as the Shrieking Shack.

After all, in addition to that dilapidated house, the area within the fence also belongs to the category of the Shrieking Shack, otherwise Lupin would not have gone to the trouble to clean it up.

Kyle thought for a while and said to Harry in a simpler way: "This is almost ten times the price of a normal store. In other words, you can buy Honeydukes Candy House for 500 Galleons. Do you still think it's expensive?"

Harry shook his head subconsciously.

Although he felt that this could not be calculated, after all, the two places were in different locations, but when he thought about it carefully, Hogsmeade was only this big, so there seemed to be nothing wrong with Kyle's statement.

"What are you going to do after buying this place?" Harry looked at Sirius and asked curiously, "Live here, or open a shop?"

"you do not know?"

"Yeah," said Sirius, "I just wanted to buy this place, but Moony thought it was a bit of a waste."

"It's not what I think, Padfoot." Lupin walked over angrily, "That's five thousand Galleons, enough for a normal wizard family to live on for ten years. You can't treat it as a decoration."

"Then how about leaving it to you?" Sirius said with a smile, "I won't ask anything you do."

"We've talked about this topic many times." Lupin frowned, "I know what you're thinking, but you don't have to be like this, Padfoot, it's not like I can't find a job.

"I'm currently reading books about fire dragons. Next year I'll go to the fire dragon reserve in Romania to try my luck."

"Of course, I fully respect your opinion, Moony." Sirius said with a wandering look, "I bought this place just to fulfill my wish as a student.

Come on, Harry, let's go in and take a look. By the way, help clean up the broken furniture inside. I will buy new ones later.

Oh, by the way, you can pick a room on the second floor and stay there during the holidays."

"Really? Can I?" Harry asked, his eyes shining.

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He had never dared to imagine that one day he would be able to live in Hogsmeade.

"Of course," said Sirius.

Behind the two of them, Lupin couldn't help rubbing his forehead.

He understood Sirius and knew why he wanted to buy this place, but spending five thousand Galleons on a temporary residence was still a bit too wasteful.

Number 12 Grimmauld Place is already very good. Most importantly, it is protected by the Fidelius Charm and is safe enough.

At this time, Kyle suddenly asked: "Have you really decided to go to Romania?"

"Yes," said Lupin. "I've thought about it, and it suits me."

"Then have you ever thought about this question?" Kyle continued, "Sirius is trying hard to play the role of a godfather now. Are you assured that Harry will be handed over to him?"

Lupin, who was walking, suddenly stopped and the expression on his face began to change rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Yeah, how could he forget about this.

There was no doubt that Sirius wanted to bring Harry to live with him.

Originally, Lupin didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and even thought it was natural. Harry's uncle and aunt didn't like him, and it would be better for him to follow Sirius. Harry himself must have thought so too.

But now that Kyle reminded him, he suddenly thought of a very important question.

The past twelve years had not been entirely without effect on Sirius, and he was now even more impulsive and irritable than before.

There is also a sense of revengeful consumption, with people spending money lavishly, as if they want to make up for the gaps of the past twelve years.

Lupin fully understood this point. After being trapped for twelve years, it was understandable for him to let loose now. So under normal circumstances, he rarely stopped Sirius from buying things that he thought were completely useless.

Like the Screaming Shack.

But now it suddenly occurred to him whether Harry would be affected if he lived with him for a long time.

Sirius is fine. His condition is only temporary. After a period of time, when the excitement passes, he will slowly return to normal.

But Harry is still young, and if he develops this habit, it will be difficult to change it.

This inevitably made Lupin feel a little conflicted.

He felt that he should stay, whether to accompany Sirius or to help teach Harry, he should stay here.

However, the little money he had saved as a professor was not much anymore. It could last for a while in the short term, but in the future, he couldn't just use Sirius's money all the time.

Lupin didn't want this.

(End of this chapter)