Chapter 23 Damn me!(1/2)
"Dumbledore! I'm so glad you're okay!"
Sirius didn't notice the anger on Dumbledore's face at all, and excitedly stepped forward and shouted, "You escaped from the trap set by John Shafik and Voldemort? Oh my God! Are you injured..."
"I told you to shut up, Blake—"
Dumbledore roared again.
Sirius was a little dazed and wanted to continue saying something.
But before he could say anything, he was suppressed by Dumbledore's piercing gaze.
"Where's Alastor?"
Dumbledore looked around and said.
Hearing this, Sirius shook his head subconsciously.
The Wesleys obviously didn't know either.
Lu Ping, who finally sat on the sofa without much reaction, said:
"Moody... you know, Dumbledore, since he was attacked by Michael Townley last time, his condition has become more and more serious. The addition of Jasmine and Arthur made him feel uneasy. He is probably now
He is hiding in his own room full of traps... He won't come out for a while."
Dumbledore nodded and continued:
"Alastor's condition is such that he doesn't trust anyone! And you, Remus, don't you trust John either?"
Lupine raised his head, stared at Dumbledore and said:
"I believe you, Dumbledore."
Dumbledore nodded.
From this sentence, he could understand Lu Ping's contradictory psychology.
Lupine actually still has a strong distrust and suspicion of John, which was caused by the previous conflicts between him, Sirius and John.
Now, the reason why he does not actively oppose Dumbledore's cooperation with John like Sirius is simply because he believes in Dumbledore.
"You, Sirius and Alastor are all wrong." Dumbledore said, "I will not allow you to slander John in the future. He is a kind and good boy. I can guarantee this with my life!
If you still don’t believe it, I can show you this.”
As Dumbledore spoke, he put the tip of his staff against his temple.
A strand of silver-white memory thread was pulled out.
Dumbledore carefully placed it into the pensieve in the corner of the living room, and at the same time waved his wand to enlarge the picture in the basin.
"Buzz——"
A slight vibration sounded.
The threads of memory slowly melted away, and gradually clear pictures began to be revealed in front of everyone.
That's Dumbledore's memory tonight.
Everyone's attention was focused on the picture.
Everyone is obviously very curious about Dumbledore's actions tonight.
When John's handsome figure officially appeared and went to the cave with Dumbledore.
Mrs. Weasley breathed a sigh of relief.
She leaned into Mr. Weislai's arms, covered her chest and patted her gently and said:
"I've always been worried that John would be confused. It's great to see him safe and sound again! But... why does he look thinner than before? Poor kid, he must have suffered a lot during this time.
…”
"It's okay, Molly." Mr. Wesley comforted softly, "John is a man, nothing can be difficult for him!"
Listening to the conversation between the two, Sirius glanced disdainfully.
He felt that the Weasley couple's IQ was worrying, that they would believe someone like John Shafiq.
When they saw John and Dumbledore arguing over blood in front of the rock wall, and finally Dumbledore cut his hand regardless of the obstruction, the Weasleys began to lament John's kindness again.
Sirius, on the other hand, deliberately sneered sarcastically.
He thought this was John's pretense!
When I saw John using the [Flying Spell] to take Dumbledore across the lake, and during the dispute in front of the stone basin, he used the Winged Demon to sneak attack Dumbledore.
Sirius even shouted angrily:
"Look! Not only does he know Voldemort's magic, he even attacked Dumbledore! His fox tail finally came out! I dare say he won't drink the potion! His next step must be to summon food
The Dead Apostles and Voldemort launched a battle against Dumbledore..."
Sirius's voice stopped suddenly, and the expression on his face became strange.
Because in Dumbledore's memory scene, John actually started to drink those obviously poisonous potions!
One cup, two cups, three cups...
John slowly began to lose his balance.
His body was obviously getting weaker and weaker, and even his consciousness was becoming blurry, and he even started laughing like crazy.
Anyone who sees this scene can feel that John is suffering unimaginable pain at this moment.
But despite this, John still insisted on drinking the last glass of potion before falling to the ground.
"John—my poor little John—"
Mrs. Weasley was now bursting into tears.
Lu Ping's eyes were also straightened.
When things had developed to this point, it was really hard for him to say that John was up to no good.
If he is not a truly innocent person, if he is not sincere and willing to sacrifice, who will rush to drink that pot of poison?
Lupine recalled his previous experience with John.
At that time, John and Snape cooperated and arrested him and Sirius directly, causing them to almost be imprisoned in Azkaban.
This made Lupine have no good impression of John.
But now that I think about it, from John’s perspective, was he wrong to do this?
In John's opinion, Snape was his 'one of his own', and it was most correct to help Snape deal with Lupine and Sirius.
What's more, Sirius caused Hogwarts to be in turmoil at that time, and Lupine also concealed key information, which was indeed a shield for Sirius.
If you say this, John is just and correct.
What qualifications does Lupine have to accuse John?
Thinking like this, Lu Ping felt a sense of shame welling up in his heart, making him lower his head involuntarily.
On the other side, Sirius was obviously shocked by this scene.
However, he has been in Azkaban for more than ten years, and his brain circuit is obviously different from that of a normal person like Lupin.
Up to this moment, he was still saying things like "It's all a disguise" and "They were colluded with each other".
Dumbledore glanced at him, not in a hurry.
He knew very well that the scene that was really damaging to Sirius was yet to come.
As the wand swings, the memory screen continues to play.
Dumbledore hugged the weak John and took him with him to break through the siege of the Inferi and successfully break through.
Until this moment, John was also thinking about the purpose of their trip, the locket that might be a Horcrux.
Seeing John struggling to open the locket, the Weasleys became nervous.
They sincerely hope that John will succeed!
Because if you have made so many sacrifices and still haven’t succeeded in the end, that would be too sad!
However, when the locket was actually opened, the result was not as good as they expected.
The locket is not a Horcrux.
It contained only a letter signed 'R.A.B.'
"woo woo woo woo--"
Mrs. Wesley collapsed.
She cried loudly.
And Sirius also collapsed.
He jumped up from the sofa, stepped forward with a face full of disbelief, and touched the illusory letter in front of him with his hand.
"Regulus? That little bastard? But this...how is this possible?"
To be continued...