Sirius demanded.

"You know?"

"It's hard not to know. Every Auror I met who was searching for you and me after you escaped from prison was talking about this. You are the heir of Slytherin, controlling a giant basilisk to cause trouble in Hogwarts and attack several Muggle wizards!"

Because he got along well with Cyrus, Sirius sometimes forgot that the other was a prisoner in Azkaban.

Because of the unbreakable oath, he couldn't take the initiative to ask about Cyrus's deeds before, but now that the contract has ended, he can naturally ask about Cyrus's experience.

"I don't think you are that kind of person. Could it be that you have been wronged like me?"

"No, I am the culprit of the Chamber of Secrets attack. Of course, it's only this time. The attack fifty years ago had nothing to do with me." Cyrus explained, "Why, do you regret helping me escape from Azkaban?"

The events of the Chamber of Secrets are actually very complicated, especially for the Ministry of Magic, which is equivalent to the resurrection of the ghost "Riddle" who disappeared fifty years ago. Although the Ministry of Magic tried Cyrus, it concealed the "truth" of the attack fifty years ago.

Therefore, many wizards only have a vague understanding of this matter. They only know that "Tom Riddle" released the basilisk, and then it became an insignificant small part of Dumbledore's many glorious glories.

"You commanded a snake king more powerful than the Phoenix but didn't kill anyone. Is it necessary for someone like you to worry?" Sirius said sarcastically, "I only need to kill Peter Pettigrew. The rest has nothing to do with me!"

"Okay, you stay here for one night. I'm leaving first." Cyrus stood up.

"Leave? You don't live here?"

"Live here? With a grown man like you?" Cyrus had an expression that said "Are you sure?"

Did Sirius think that Cyrus would leave the pretty Tonks in the Hog's Head and live with him? Unless Cyrus was crazy.

Just as he was about to open the door, the temperature in the air suddenly dropped, followed by a burst of hurried footsteps. Cyrus and Sirius immediately perked up.

Sirius threw the ribs in his hand directly to the ground, shrank his body and turned back into the big black dog.

“Boom boom boom—”

There was a knock on the door.

"Open the door, it's the Aurors and the Soul Eaters." Madam Rosmerta's resentful voice came.

Cyrus opened the door when he saw that Sirius had turned back into a dog. Then, a faceless black shadow pounced on him without hesitation!

The cold scraped into Cyrus's flesh like an icy blade.

"Expect God to Guard!"

Silver cocoon-like threads flowed out from the front end of Dalish's magic wand, instantly knocking back the Soul Eater's body, causing it to crash into the wall opposite the door.

"Get away, you filthy creature!"

The silver light was like flame, and the Soul Eater was like an ugly beast burned by the flames, and it immediately fled in panic.

Rosmerta and the accompanying Auror were shocked. The Auror even subconsciously drew his wand, intending to duel with Cyrus.

"It's me."

"Dawlish, why are you here?" The Auror didn't expect to meet Dawlish here, but since they were both Aurors, there was no need to search him. "I didn't know you even knew the Patronus Charm."

"There are no extra rooms in the Hog's Head Inn. You can't let Tonks and I squeeze in together." Cyrus looked at the fleeing Soul Eater with disgust. "I really don't know when this kind of life will end."

"Who says it isn't? I patrol with these things every day and all the joy is gone." The Auror also sighed.

"Fudge is too much of a mess. These Soul Eaters are bound to cause trouble sooner or later! I heard he even sent Soul Eaters to Hogwarts? That's crazy!" Rosmerta was not from the Ministry of Magic, so she was merciless when she scolded Fudge. However, the Auror looked a little embarrassed.

"What else can he do?" Cyrus smiled contemptuously. It was a common consensus that Fudge had no ability, but Dumbledore had disappeared for a few months before, which made him taste the power. Now he was even more reluctant to let go.

"Don't say this in the Ministry, or you'll never get promoted in your life." The Auror reminded him, and then said, "At least the Soul Eater is better than Sirius, who is a lunatic. A dozen years ago, he killed so many people with a spell -"

"Speaking of Sirius, I never dreamed that he would be a Death Eater." Rosmerta groaned, "Of all the people who have joined the forces of the Dark World, he is the one I least expected. I still remember what he looked like when he was in Hogwarts. If someone had told me at that time that he would become a Death Eater, I would have thought that you must be drunk."

"Who says he isn't? He's such a madman, killing so many people!" said the Auror. "He must have been stimulated, otherwise why would he go crazy after the fall of the Dark Lord? He also killed Peter Pettigrew. They had such a good relationship when they were in school..."

Sirius was eating in the room while listening to the conversation between the three of them. When he heard this sentence, he immediately let out a few angry barks in annoyance!

"Why, you have a dog?" the Auror asked curiously.

"It's a stray dog. It looked so miserable, so I brought it in and ordered some food for it." Cyrus opened the door, exposing the big black dog, which was so thin that only bones and a layer of skin were left, to the eyes of the Aurors and Rosmerta.

Sirius glared at the Auror fiercely.

"He doesn't look like someone you can easily mess with." The Auror smiled and said goodbye to Cyrus. Rosmerta also walked upstairs in her sparkling high heels.

Cyrus closed the door.

"You have to learn to control your emotions, Sirius."

"Control your emotions?" Sirius looked ridiculous. "I was so blind! It's my fault that I didn't smell the disgusting stench of a traitor emanating from him! You know? We also doubted Remus and thought he was not trustworthy--"

Cyrus listened to him venting quietly. After a long time, Sirius was probably tired, or maybe he knew that his anger could not hurt Peter Pettigrew at all, so he slowly calmed down.

Cyrus glanced out the window.

Night fell over Hogsmeade, the sky was covered with dark clouds, without a single ray of light, as if foreshadowing the return of something dark. ——Night fell over the dark forests of Albania.

A staggering dark wizard walked out from the depths of the forest in a strange posture.

If you look closely, you can easily see that his eyes are dull and his figure is like a puppet without a soul. There is a double image superimposed on his facial features.

In his hand, he was still holding an old newspaper from more than a month ago. The article "The Second Escaper! Is Azkaban Really as Safe as We Think?" written by Rita Skeeter occupied the front page of the newspaper, which looked so dazzling!

The body staggered and uttered an unimaginable, shocked and hoarse voice: "He is resurrected..."

It's the weekend, so I'll just update three times on the weekend (‵‵)

(End of this chapter)