Mrs. Rosmerta quickly brought over three large glasses of frothy hot butterbeer.
Sirius raised his big cup and said, "Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas!"
Rolf, Shirley and Hermione all raised their glasses and took a sip of the rich butterbeer, and their bodies gradually warmed up.
"Sirius, I heard that you had a fight with Professor Snape again this morning?" Rolf asked curiously.
"Snape is just looking for trouble. He wants to put Harry in confinement and not let him come to Hogsmeade." Sirius snorted coldly:
"Remus, did you know that Snape teaches at Hogwarts?"
"I know, I heard about it many years ago." Lu Ping nodded without changing his expression:
"I'm also surprised that Dumbledore actually asked him to be a teacher here. It seems that you two don't get along very happily?"
"We quarrel several times every day. Of course, it's just a bickering now, but sooner or later there will be a fight." Sirius sneered:
"He talks bad things about me to Dumbledore all day long, opposes me being a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and wants to kick me out of Hogwarts."
"It's normal for Snape not to like you. You once made a joke to him, which almost cost him his life." Lupine shrugged and said, "Of course, that joke also had something to do with me."
"What joke is so serious?" Hermione asked with curiosity on her face.
"Hermione, Rolf should have told you that I am a werewolf." Lupine said in a low voice:
"When I was still in school, I would cross the Whomping Willow and go to the Shrieking Shack every month to transform. Once, Snape saw me and he followed me there secretly.
Sirius told Snape: Just touch the knot on the trunk of the tree with a long stick, and you can follow me into the tree hole.
Sirius thought it was... oh... fun. Anyway, that's what Snape tried."
After Lupine paused for a moment, he continued: "However, after James heard what Sirius did, he followed him, pulled him back, and saved his life..."
"Oh, this is too much!" Hermione said in disbelief, "Professor Black, how could you let a student watch a werewolf transform?!"
"Hermione, I was still young at that time, arrogant and reckless in doing things." Sirius seemed to be afraid that the three of them would have a bad impression of him, so he hurriedly explained:
"In addition, we and Snape are mortal enemies, just like Harry and Malfoy... Anyway, I did something stupid like that.
Fortunately, James saved Snape, but he obviously didn't appreciate it."
Lupine sighed softly and said: "I also have a responsibility. Dumbledore asked me to be a prefect in the hope that I could restrain James and Sirius... but I obviously failed to live up to his expectations."
It is indeed difficult to explain the grudges and hatreds back then in terms of who is right and who is wrong.
Luofu didn't want to continue this topic. He looked at the wizard beside Lupine and whispered: "Lupin, it's time for you to introduce this guest to us."
"Yes, Rolf, I have been chasing this guy for more than half a year, and I finally caught it for you." Lupine was a little excited and reached out to lift the wizard's hat.
Under the hat is a middle-aged wizard. His cheeks and chin are covered by a very short gray and thick beard. His face is dotted with crisscrossing wrinkles and a few scars, making him look ferocious.
Luofu looked at the man and smiled: "Mr. Gibbon, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect that we would see you again one day. It's great...Merry Christmas."
That's right, today's guest is Gibbon.
During the summer vacation, he went to Hermione's house with the werewolves Fenrir Greyback and Fanny, and attacked them.
Rolf killed Fenrir Greyback and Fanny, but let Gibbon run away.
After Lupine resigned and returned to England, he spent this time helping Rove hunt down Gibbon.
At this time, Gibbon's whole body was bound by the curse, and only his mouth could move. He looked at Rove with horror on his face and said:
"Scamander, please don't kill me... I can tell you a lot of things."
"Report."
After Gibbon saw the bodies of Fenrir Greyback and Fanny in the newspaper, he developed a deep fear of the boy.
"Of course, everything can be discussed, there is nothing that cannot be discussed." Luofu raised his cup, took a sip of butterbeer, and said with a smile:
"Tell me first, who put a reward on me?"
"I don't know who that person is." Gibbon sighed: "He is always hidden under a hood, and I can't see his face."
"He also directly told us your location."
Rolf narrowed his eyes. He took Shirley and Hermione to the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, and met many reporters... Was this a trace leaked at that time?
"When was the last time he came to see you?"
"Just a week ago!" Gibbon said in an urgent voice: "He also contacted me and asked me to come to Hogsmeade to attack you during the Christmas vacation, but I didn't dare."
Luo Fu narrowed his eyes suddenly and asked again: "How did he contact you?"
Gibbon said in a hoarse voice: "He was very cautious and found me through owls, but he would change owls every time and then ask me to meet."
Luo Fu rubbed his brows, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "Yi Ben, I don't have to kill you, but you have to cooperate with me now."
"I am willing to cooperate..." Yoshimoto said hurriedly: "How to cooperate?"
"I want you to continue chatting with that person." Luo Fu said in an erratic voice, "You can appropriately agree to his request."
"Lupin, follow Gibbon and help him answer the letter. I will lure that person out!"
"Okay, Rolf." Lupine nodded seriously and said, "Leave it to me."
After talking about the details of luring the snake out of its hole, Rolf took Shirley and Hermione away from the Three Broomsticks and walked on the snow-filled road.
【In view of the general environment,
Shirley said strangely: "Rolf, Nymeria clearly predicted that the man was dead. How could he still meet with Gibbon a week ago?"
"This is also where I'm confused." Luo Fe sighed.
"Is Nymeria the centaur who ran away from her marriage?" Hermione asked curiously.
"It's her." Luo Fu nodded and said, "I recently went to her to do a divination again, and the results of her divination showed that the wizard who rescued Peter is dead."
"But he is clearly still in contact with Gibbon now." Hermione puzzled: "And the Niffler Patronus on Halloween night...whose is it?"
"I wonder what my patron saint will look like." Shirley asked softly, "What is its shape generally related to?"
"The Patronus is a reflection of all your most positive emotions, and its shape is usually the shape of the animal that has the most affinity with wizards." Rolf explained.
"As the saying goes, appearance comes from the heart..."
"The patron saint is the wizard Niffler. I'm afraid he has a very naughty character, is greedy for money, and seems to be a rogue?" Hermione interjected.
"You can say that." Luo Fei raised his chin and said in confusion: "But I don't seem to have such friends around me."
Hermione couldn't help but glance at Rolf, she had such a friend beside her, right in front of her!