Lily was sad for a long time because she lost all the points in Gryffindor, but she thought of the points that were also deducted from Slytherin and the people who asked for leave that day.
Lily's intuition told her that this matter was definitely related to James and the other three, as well as Slytherin's -
"Sev, did you have a conflict with Potter and the others?" Lily chose to ask Snape, who was more intimate with her.
Snape asked, "Why do you think so?"
Lily nodded: "It seems to be true."
Snape: ...
Are all girls so sensitive?
"So what outrageous things did they do?" Lily went straight to the heart of the matter. What did those two little bastards and their two little followers do?
Snape had promised to keep it a secret, so naturally he wouldn't tell anyone. He simply put his finger to his lips and said, "It's a secret."
"I can't know either?"
"Lily, you know, a secret is not a secret if it is known only to the person involved." Snape used magic to conjure a cup of tea from the kitchen and handed it to Lily.
"You're really good at using spells." Lily sighed at Snape's silent spell, took a sip of tea and asked, "Are you okay?"
"No."
"Where are Potter and the others?"
“…It has been cured.”
"Is it a serious problem?" Lily thought of the punishment James and the others had received. No student had ever been punished so severely.
What huge mistake did they make?
Snape smiled and said, "It's just a small problem, just a minor issue. James and the others were punished together because they violated too many school rules before.
Perhaps Headmaster Dumbledore has also realized that school is a place for learning, not for nighttime adventures, and that it is better to sleep well at night."
"Then can you still go to see the crystal at night?" Lily asked concernedly to Snape.
She knew Snape would come to see the crystal, and she had even received a ball made of the crystal's shed fur.
"I can go during the day, but she's a grown-up girl now and will have her own family soon. It's not suitable for me to go there often." Snape couldn't help but smile when he thought of the now elegant, strong and beautiful Crystal.
After chatting for a few more sentences, Lily left for something, and Snape sent a message to James and the others asking them to speak with one voice.
When others asked James and the others, they simply said that this was a punishment from Headmaster Dumbledore for their previous violations of school rules.
James and the others could accept cleaning and point deductions, but they could not accept copying History of Magic!
A History of Magic! A complete History of Magic!
Thousands of years!
They are purely hand-copied!
I can’t finish copying even if I break my hands!
They also know that this is a disguised form of house arrest, designed to prevent them from causing trouble and to temper their tempers.
After copying the whole book, not only my temper was gone, but my elbows were also worn out.
Lupin secretly came to Snape to apologize, he looked tired and sad.
"You should feel sorry, and not just to me." Snape said sarcastically.
Lupin sat on the ground with a dejected look on his face. He already knew the consequences.
Dumbledore's thinking is easy to understand. First, he felt pity for Lupin, a child forced to be isolated from everyone. Second, if his parents died, without family and friends, Lupin would have no choice but to flee into the wild and become one of the werewolves. He might even lose his humanity and want to turn other wizards into like him.
So Dumbledore prepared the Shrieking Shack from which werewolves could not escape, and set up the Whomping Willow to prevent other students from approaching.
However, things were just as they saw. James and the others discovered Lupin's secret, and did not despise him for being a werewolf. They were willing to accompany him through the painful moment of transformation into a wolf.
But they became more and more courageous. They learned to be Animagus. Werewolves will not attack animals. They wanted to take Lupin out and take a good look at Hogwarts in werewolf form.
Lupin knew it was impossible, but he was afraid that refusing would make him lose his friends, and the secret of being a werewolf had always been a pain in his heart. The dream of being able to walk around as a werewolf without being discriminated against was too good to be true, and his heart was moved...
Snape didn't think that their actions could be hidden from Dumbledore. The portraits and ghosts of Hogwarts were all Dumbledore's eyes and ears. I'm afraid Dumbledore also thought that this behavior was good, which could make Lupin feel the warmth of friends and love.
Love that is made up of the life and safety of others.
It’s no wonder that some newspapers describe Dumbledore as a great ambitious man or the White Devil.
His partiality, stubbornness, and strength do give him the potential to become the White Lord.
"I'm sorry." Lupin apologized again.
Snape didn't say anything. He didn't need an apology. He had already received the compensation he wanted, and he didn't want to hear these words anymore.
Just meaningless words.
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