Hogwarts Slytherin

Chapter 142 The Werewolf Incident

Principal's office.

"I also need a reasonable explanation, Mr. Black." Professor McGonagall's voice was so angry that her voice was trembling, and her eyebrows were tightly knitted together, as if they were tied in a dead knot.

"Of course, I think no matter what reason you have, it cannot be an excuse for you to do such a thing to Miss Carlo! And you, you have disappointed me so much! Even if you are fired, I will not be surprised at all. I can’t believe you would make such a joke with your classmates’ lives!”

"Professor!" Sirius was a little anxious, but he was obviously not afraid of the unknown punishment waiting for him, "This matter has nothing to do with the arrow... James and Peter, they have no idea about it. In fact, after discovering After what I did, they kept trying to dissuade me, and then they immediately wanted to save that... Carlo."

Even though it was confirmed that there were no scratches on either of them, Alecto Carlo only suffered scratches caused by the spell.

However, whether it was for show or because the safety of so many professors around him was truly guaranteed, Carlo's body was trembling slightly all the time.

Carlo's face was paler than that of Reggie who had lost a lot of blood, and her lips didn't know whether they were cold or angry, and even had a faint dark purple color, but she still tried hard to maintain a haughty expression and refused to Reveal the panic and fear in your heart.

"Sirius really went too far this time." Reggie lowered his eyes, avoiding a vague look.

James and Peter both listened to Sirius' explanation in silence.

"This is -" catching Dumbledore's gaze, Sirius changed his words: "Caro came to threaten me first! She said a bunch of incomprehensible words. Faced with such a straightforward provocation from her, I just wanted to Just teach her a lesson."

"Miss Carlo, is the truth as Mr. Black said?"

"I don't agree. Lupine is a werewolf! He almost killed me just now! I dare say Black has known this for a long time, but he still deliberately tricked me into going under the Whomping Willow tonight. This is intentional murder! "

"I didn't!" Sirius firmly refused to admit it, firmly believing that it was impossible for the professors to use Veritaserum or Legilimency on him.

"Please be quiet, Mr. Black! You are not allowed to speak now." Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore with a very ashamed expression. This serious and upright witch felt sincerely for the students of his college who had done such a thing. ashamed.

"Albus, I'm sorry for not teaching the Gryffindor students well. I think whatever decision you make, I have no problem with the way this matter was handled. I respect you and Slughorn." En’s opinion.”

"I think things are clearer. Our Mr. Black made some wrong decisions on impulse out of concern for his friends' situation." Dumbledore sat back in his chair.

His words made everyone in the office look different.

"But Professor -" Carlo's tone became more urgent, and she looked at the relieved plunderers with hateful eyes.

Yes, the marauders all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Dumbledore's words.

Even if Sirius did such a terrible thing, but since there were no serious consequences... why can't a big thing be reduced to a trivial matter?

"Children, at your age, you always like to make some jokes, and sometimes it is inevitable that they go too far, but I believe you have noticed that they have realized their mistakes, otherwise you would not have met near the Whomping Willow, right? "

"Headmaster Dumbledore, how are you going to punish Mr. Black?" Reggie asked.

Dumbledore glanced at him, then at the others, and said, "Well, Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, Mr. Pedro, Miss Carrow...and Mr. Duke, because you violated the rules and went out at night, Ten points will be deducted for each of your respective houses.”

Dumbledore took another look at Sirius and Reggie: "Mr. Black, because of your excessive joke, I have to regretfully deduct thirty points from Gryffindor! Reggie, in view of your bravery and friendship , I’ll add twenty points to Slytherin.”

"In addition to this, there are Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, Mr. Pettyru's teammates and friends for their support, and their timely recognition of mistakes and corrections. I would like to add ten points to Gryffindor, everyone!"

Reggie clearly felt his emotions from displeasure at the beginning to disappointment to anger at the end.

In Dumbledore's initial statement, he had a vague guess.

It wasn't until he heard Dumbledore's final treatment of several people that his suspicions were confirmed and his anger reached the critical point.

A student was almost, just a little bit close because of another student's prank. If he hadn't arrived in time - she might have died!

Or worse, turn into a werewolf!

And now... the punishment for the protagonist who almost caused a tragedy is-thirty points?

Hearing Dumbledore's ridiculous punishment, Alecto Carrow's body trembled even more violently, and his dark-purple lips turned bright red because the corner of his mouth was bitten.

Professor McGonagall looked at James and the others accusingly, but said nothing.

Professor Slughorn opened his mouth, shook his head, and finally said nothing.

Maybe he thought it wasn't worth getting into an argument with Dumbledore over this "whatever" lady.

Reggie looked at the people with different expressions, then at Carlo who looked pale, and finally took a deep breath and spoke to Dumbledore.

"I don't agree, Professor, I don't approve of your way of handling this matter. Can I understand that as long as it is a prank, no matter how bad its nature is and how serious the consequences it may cause, it can be downplayed like this? ...I'm sorry, let's deal with it with a thirty-point punishment, right?" Reggie ignored the disbelieving and angry looks from Sirius and others, and just stared straight at Dumbledore and asked.

Dumbledore thought for a while and said to Reggie in a calm tone: "At least, Mr. Black's prank did not cause any bad effects, right? Reggie, I think everyone should have a chance to be forgiven. "

"But what did Miss Carlo do wrong? After such a terrifying night, she even had to be deducted points for night travel, and they." Reggie's eyes turned around among the plunderers: "Everything. If you didn’t do it, you’d get almost all the points deducted.”

"Rigi! Who are you helping!" Sirius heard this and couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked Reggie loudly.

In Sirius's eyes, these people are already friends!

And now, Reggie actually wanted Dumbledore to punish him severely!

"I'm not helping you anyway, Sirius. I don't see any remorse in you. With all due respect, in tonight's case, I don't see anything between what you did and those you despise who want to join." What's the difference between the students of the Death Eater team! In fact, you are even worse than them, because you almost really killed a little wizard."

The tone of these words was too strong, and Sirius suddenly became furious. He yelled at Reggie fiercely: "What does it matter! She is just a despicable Slytherin! And I am sure that she will also be one in the future." A Death Eater, maybe because of your meddling tonight, the blood of a few more wizards will flow under her hands in the future."

Seeing that he was still aggrieved, Reggie spoke a little unscrupulously: "Can you use the academy to cover up your own badness? Or is it that Black's family heritage just likes to joke with other people's lives? At this point, I believe you You should be very proud of your cousin Bellatrix."

Sirius felt that anger overwhelmed his reason. He forgot that this was the principal's office. He forgot that Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and others were around. "Don't think that I dare not do something to you!"

"Believe me, Blake, after seeing what Carlo has been through, I won't be surprised at what you can do." Reggie said in a mocking tone, "What else are you afraid of doing? I'm really sorry for you. Remus felt sad. If it weren't for me today, what would have happened to Carlo? Become a werewolf like Remus? Or die directly? "

Almost no one had seen this side of Reggie. Dumbledore's eyes were blocked by the lenses, and no one knew what he was thinking.

James, who was still aggrieved by fate on behalf of his good brother, fell silent after hearing this.

He didn't care about Carlo, but Lupine was their brother.

Sirius felt a tightness in his chest when he heard Lupin's name.

Reggie's voice filled the principal's office, and his sharp words continued: "You have been with Remus over the past few years, and the suffering he endured every month, and the weakness after his transformation, no one understands better than you. You Do you think that after he wakes up and learns what happened tonight, how will he face himself?"

"Before this, he endured the pain and never hurt anyone. But tonight, he was tricked by his good brother and almost bit his classmate. Black, how do you think he would feel?"

Sirius, who had always acted as if he didn't care about Carlo's experience, even wished her bad luck, and tried every means to cover it up after it happened. Faced with Reggie's words, Sirius experienced what it means to be heart-wrenching.

His face turned pale, and there was fear in his eyes that everyone could see clearly.

……

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Even Fox seemed to be under a petrifying spell and remained motionless.

Dumbledore sat behind the table, folded his hands on the table, and broke the silence at the right moment: "Well, children, I'm glad that you are all safe today and there is no real tragedy."

"I believe that everyone will take tonight's matter very seriously, including Mr. Black." He glanced at Sirius: "You did a very wrong thing tonight, seducing your classmates into a huge danger, even It almost implicated more innocent people. If Mr. Duke hadn't been so powerful, or if something else had gone wrong, this night would have completely changed many people's lives - including yours."

"We all make mistakes, but Mr. Black, let me remind you, as Mr. Duke said, some mistakes will accompany you throughout your life... It will make you uncontrollably fall into huge regrets for the rest of your life. I will never be able to forgive myself." At this point, Dumbledore's tone became solemn and dull, as if he was warning Black, but also like someone who had experienced it full of regret and pain.

"Mr. Black, do you understand?" Dumbledore turned to Sirius.

Sirius lowered his proud head, and then nodded almost imperceptibly.

After a moment of silence.

He still didn't raise his head, and his long black hair blocked his face, making it difficult for people to see his expression. Only a muffled voice spread: "I know what I did, and I won't do it for myself." Any excuse. Headmaster Dumbledore, I am willing to accept any punishment."

He really didn't look like a Blake at this moment.

Blake is always pure... and always proud.

This young man who always carried unconscious arrogance finally lowered his head.

Although James and Peter next to him also blamed Sirius's behavior at first, now they see their good brother like this, and they are obviously very uncomfortable.

But because there were so many professors present, I could only cast a comforting look at my good brother.

They were standing next to the sofa, and the wall not far behind the sofa was filled with portraits of the previous principals of Hogwarts.

Fortunately, Dumbledore had thoughtfully covered the wall of portraits with curtains in advance, otherwise Sirius would have been even more embarrassed at this moment - from more accusations from the headmasters and the condemning looks from his great-great-grandfather Phineas.

Dumbledore touched his half-moon glasses: "Okay, I'm glad you can truly realize your mistake, Mr. Black."

"I have to make some changes to your punishment. Are you okay with it?"

Sirius still didn't raise his head, but nodded slowly.

Dumbledore first glanced at Reggie slowly and said slowly: "As Mr. Duke said, what you did was so bad that it would not be an exaggeration to even be expelled - oh, don't worry, James."

"But I insist that everyone should have a chance to be forgiven. What do you think, Minerva, Horace?"

Slughorn agreed. In fact, he quite liked Sirius. Since there were no serious consequences, there was no need to be too harsh.

He has always been very kind to the students he likes.

Professor McGonagall exhaled slowly. In just a few minutes, her mood was like a roller coaster.

The heart that had been raised because of Reggie's words was relieved again. She knew that Dumbledore would not be too harsh, and that was enough.

Dumbledore nodded, "In that case, I don't think Mr. Black will complain about the two school years of confinement labor, right?"

Sirius nodded.

"In addition, I will deduct a hundred points from Gryffindor, and I will ask Horace to write a letter to inform your parents about tonight's events. Can you accept it?"

"I accept, Headmaster Dumbledore."

After Sirius said these words, even his waist seemed to bend a little.