Chapter 229 Wolf cub?
"Look at you now, Lupin. What supports you to dare to come to me again? Is your face thicker than the city wall?"
Snape's familiar voice came from the corridor not far away.
The moment Mike heard this voice, he immediately pressed against the wall and held his breath. It would be embarrassing if he was caught by the two of them.
On the other hand, Lupin obviously didn't like Snape. Facing Snape's sarcastic words, Lupin launched a counterattack without hesitation.
"None of this has anything to do with you, Snotlout!"
"Don't call me that name again!"
The three words "Snotlout" seemed to irritate Snape. He squeezed out these words from his teeth and pushed Lupin against the wall, making a dull thumping sound.
Mike was silent.
Others may not know the grudge between them, but Mike, a time traveler, knows it clearly.
Snape came from a poor mixed-race family. His mother was a descendant of the famous potion family, the Prince family.
Young Snape and Harry's mother Lily were childhood sweethearts. The same magical talent between the two quickly heated up their relationship. Originally, this relationship should have been well maintained. However, when the two entered Hogwarts, one of them entered Slytherin and the other entered Gryffindor.
That alone would have been fine, but the key point was that Snape also met his lifelong enemy, Harry's father, James Potter.
James was good friends with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew at the time, and they formed a group called the Marauders.
To say that what these four people did was really worthy of the name of the Marauders, they didn't say they did all kinds of evil in Hogwarts, but they were definitely not good people.
Snape was bullied by them very badly. Ridicule and mockery were trivial matters, and stripping pants and humiliating him was nothing. In the end, even his childhood sweetheart was taken away by James.
If we look at it purely from the perspective of an outsider, the Marauders are a group of villains, and Snape is a victim of school bullying.
This is why Snape's feelings towards Harry are so complicated. On the one hand, Harry looks a lot like James, which makes him very disgusted. On the other hand, Harry has the same eyes as his mother Lily.
In a way, Snape is also a "Pan Ke Chang".
Look at the current situation of the former Marauders.
James, the eldest son of the Potter family, is now dead or alive. Sirius, the heir of the Black family, a super rich second generation, has been in prison for more than ten years and is still struggling to survive. Pettigrew, hiding next to Ron as a dirty rat.
And Lupin, looking at his appearance, you can tell that his life was quite bad before.
Finally, let's take a look at Snape. From a poor half-blood, he became a potion master and a professor at Hogwarts. He is very powerful! He can be said to be an absolute diamond bachelor. Don't be fooled by his greasy look. If Snape hadn't been unable to forget Lily and didn't want to get married, then the people who wanted to marry him would have lined up from the Hogwarts Great Hall to the Ravenclaw Common Room! The
most important thing is that James' son Potter is now Snape's student. Snape can punish Harry however he wants within the rules. It's really a case of the son paying for the father's debt.
Let's talk about Lupin again. When Snape pushed Lupin against the wall, his eyes suddenly glanced at where Mike was, and then a smile appeared on Snape's face.
"I swear I will catch that villain Black, I will tear him into pieces! Oh no, that's too easy for him, let the Dementors give him a kiss, that's what he deserves." Snape paced back and forth with an evil smile, gradually approaching where Mike was, "As for you, Lupin, I suggest that you, the wolf cub, should not wander around outside at night. After all, the weather is very good during this period, and the moon is very round. It would be bad if some monsters appeared!"
After saying that, Snape flicked his sleeves and left like a big bat, leaving Lupin alone panting.
Mike was thinking about something, as if Snape's last words just now were specially said to him. In this way, Snape should have discovered himself, and he also wanted to tell himself Lupin's true identity.
Werewolf.
This is Lupin's true identity.
Werewolves are extremely special creatures in the Harry Potter world. They are more like an infectious disease. People bitten by werewolves will also become werewolves.
For this reason, werewolves have always been excluded by wizards, even those victims who were bitten accidentally. It can be said that as long as you are bitten, you are a monster and should be killed.
Lupin was bitten by a werewolf named Griffin when he was young. After that, he would transform into an irrational beast every full moon night.
This is all Mike knows, and he has almost forgotten the rest.
But with this little information, Mike can imagine what the consequences would be if the parents of the students knew that there was a monster in Hogwarts that could turn their children into werewolves.
I'm afraid Lupin will be torn to pieces by them, right?
Mike thought unscrupulously, and Lupin on the other side also recovered after resting for a while. He was really weak now and needed to rest well.
"Professor Lupin."
Mike suddenly spoke in the dark and startled Lupin. Lupin's expression looked particularly gloomy under the light of the surrounding candles. He said with some surprise: "Mike? Why are you here?"
"I have some questions about the Patronus Charm. I want to ask you." Mike bowed slightly and saluted, "I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late, but I really can't wait until the next day."
Lupin looked at Mike blankly, and after a while he asked meaningfully: "How long have you been there?"
"I've been here the whole time. I heard everything you said just now with Professor Snape." Mike paused here. He saw Lupin's expression suddenly changed, so he also said meaningfully, "I have also received Snape's hint to me, and I know very well what Professor Snape wants to tell me."
"Really? How come I didn't know Snape did something like that just now."
Seeing that Lupin was still stubborn, Mike said: "Wolf, moon, monster. It's obvious, isn't it?"
As soon as Mike finished speaking, Lupin's fist clenched. Mike's eyes swept over his fist before he continued, "But please rest assured, I will keep your secret. After all, you are a good person, which can be seen from your superb Patronus Charm. And I am very eager to be a good person with noble character like you." After speaking, Mike
looked at Lupin with a smile, waiting for his answer. After a moment of silence, Lupin also smiled and said with a smile, "Teaching students is my job as a professor. Come on, Mike, go to my office and I will explain the key points of the Patronus Charm to you."
"Thank you, professor!"
Mike smiled, very happily.
Lupin's reaction was exactly what he expected. Mike had actually thought about whether to threaten Lupin with the werewolf thing a long time ago. After thinking about it again and again, he finally took action after confirming that doing so would not be a problem for Lupin, a good man.
And the result was also very beautiful. If Lupin hadn't brought up the werewolf thing today, he might not have agreed.
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In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class office, Lupin and Michael took out their wands.
This office originally belonged to Lockhart, and since Lupin had just come and hadn't cleaned it yet, it still retained a strong Lockhart-style exaggerated style.
Michael could even smell the faint scent of perfume in the air.
"The Patronus Charm is a very complex and magical spell. Its ultimate form is to summon a physical Patronus, and everyone's Patronus is different, determined by everyone's personality, just like my Patronus is a wolf."
Lupin waved his wand, and as the Patronus Charm was chanted, a silver-white wolf of light emerged from the tip of Lupin's wand.
"Come on, let me see where you are now."
After performing his own Patronus Charm for Michael, Lupin finished casting the spell and motioned Michael to try it too.
Michael was naturally not weak either, and he closed his eyes and brewed for a moment before raising his wand.
"Expecto Patronus!"
With Michael's loud shout, a thick mist of light floated out from the wand, spreading around with the tip of the wand as the center.
"Pa, pa, pa!"
Applause came from the side, and Lupin applauded while praising: "Really good, your talent is amazing, there are few young wizards who can use the Patronus Charm to this extent at your age."
Faced with Lupin's praise, Michael curled his lips. He thought Lupin was comforting him with a lie, because in the original book, Harry and others could release the physical version of the Patronus in the same year.
But Michael couldn't say that openly, so he took back the Patronus Charm and respectfully thanked Lupin.
"Having made it this far, I believe you should already know the theory of the Patronus Charm. Then I will give you some suggestions on your shortcomings." Lupin paused here before continuing, "I noticed that you need a process of brewing emotions before releasing the Patronus Charm, but in actual combat, the Dementors will not give you this time. So your top priority now is to skip this process."
"Secondly, I suggest that you should fix something that can make people happy as the emotion to bring about when you release the Patronus Charm. This thing can be a memory, or a fantasy about the future. Anyway, as long as it makes you happy, it is enough. Connect this thing with something. After doing this, whenever you see or think of this thing, you will instinctively recall the happy thing."
"Then... don't hesitate, act decisively! The more you hesitate, the weaker the pure joy will be. Because your subconscious mind is constantly reminding you that all this joy is false."
Lupin was drooling as he spoke, and Mike below took out a notebook and wrote frantically on it.
Lupin is indeed a master of the Patronus Charm, and his understanding of the Patronus Charm is far beyond what Professor Flitwick can achieve.
Mike feels that if he can do what Professor Lupin just said, then regardless of whether he can summon a physical version of the Patronus, at least he will not be a drag in actual combat.
"Thank you, Professor. I think this will be of great help to me." Mike put away the notebook and said, "But what I want to do most now is to summon a physical version of the Patronus."
Mike pretended to be embarrassed and shy, and Lupin was fooled. After laughing for a while, he smiled and said, "I understand. All young wizards are like this, eager to know what their Patronus Charm is like."
"But this is not something that can be achieved overnight. You need to practice for a long time before you can release a complete Patronus, and at this time it also means that you have learned the Patronus Charm."
"My advice to you here is that it is best not to rely solely on memories to generate happiness. Memories are dead, and as time goes by, this joy is slowly fading. I suggest using imagination of the future, and human vision of the future is the most beautiful."
Mike agreed deeply. To be honest, after living in the wizarding world for so long, his memory of his previous life in his mind is now very vague, and he even almost forgot what his family looked like.
Yiyin for the future is different. For example, you imagine that you have won a lottery of 100 million, and then start to think about how to spend this money.
As long as your YY skills are strong enough, you can imagine there for a whole day.
It goes without saying how strong the joy that can be generated is, right?
Mike didn't understand this truth before, but now he suddenly realized it after Lupin pointed it out.
So what should I YY?
This question didn't take Mike too long to think about.
What else is there to think about? Of course, I want to go home. And when I reach the pinnacle of this world, I will return to my original world with super magical powers!
By then, with this wizard ability, it will be easy for me to make movies and become a movie star?
No, by then, with my own power, let alone becoming a star, it is not impossible to rule the world!
Mike sat on the sofa and fantasized, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
Lupin saw Mike's expression and knew that he had understood what he said, and he was immediately relieved.
"Mike, it seems that you have understood what I said, so let's give it a try."
"Huh? Oh!"
Mike, who was forcibly interrupted from his YY state, said "oh" and stood up, took out his magic wand, closed his eyes and started YY again.
When his emotions returned to their peak, Mike seized the opportunity to chant the spell
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