Chapter 1,252

"I've known you would say this for a long time, Fanlin, you always have great ideas, otherwise Dumbledore wouldn't have let you take over the Order of the Phoenix instead of Harry." Lupine said, looking disappointed.

"In that case, Remus, I am very happy to see you here, but there is no need for any of us to repeat the unnecessary words, right? What's more, you have no idea what you are going to face, no matter it is You, me, or Dumbledore."

"So, I have a reason to come, Fanlin!" Lu Ping frowned, "It cannot be denied, I may still be helpful to you. You know who I am and what I do. I can follow you. You, to protect you, you don’t have to tell me exactly what you are going to do.”

"Oh, no, Remus, this is meaningless!" Fan Lin quickly shook his head, "There is no need for us to get entangled here."

"This is not entanglement. This is a good proposal in itself, isn't it? Just like if you have any problems, you will definitely go to Sirius..."

"You are different!"

"I can!" Lupine said, "Okay, I want to hear Harry's opinion. Now is not the time to veto it, right?"

Harry hesitated. In his heart, this was a very tempting proposal, especially in the future, when Fanlin lost his fighting ability, it would be difficult for Harry to cope with the high-intensity magic attack. If Lupine had been following them, it would have been unthinkable even if they had been able to keep the secret.

Hermione, however, looked confused.

"But, what about Tonks?" Hermione asked suddenly.

"What's wrong with her?" said Lupine.

"Oh," Hermione frowned, "you're already married! How would she feel if you left her and came with us?"

"Tonks will be perfectly safe," said Lupine. "She will stay at her parents' place."

Lupine's tone was strange, almost cold, as if he had some thoughts about Tonks hiding in her parents' house. She was, after all, a member of the Order, and from what Harry could tell, she seemed eager to join the fight.

"Okay, Remus," Hermione took a deep breath and asked tentatively, "Is everything okay...you know what I mean...between you and her..."

"Everything is fine, thank you for your concern." Lupine said sharply.

Hermione was embarrassed, at a loss for words, feeling clumsy and embarrassed.

Then Lupine spoke, with the air of an admission of something unpleasant: "Tonks is going to have a child."

"Oh, what a pleasure this is!" screamed Hermione.

"Great!" said Ron enthusiastically.

"Congratulations," said Harry.

"Sincerely, Remus, I think we may have a brother or, how about a godson, soon. I think I can do the job." Fanlin said happily. This kind of idea does not exist in Gabrielle. Displayed, and Tonks's child...

For a moment, the atmosphere seemed to be relieved.

Lupine tried his best to fake a smile, but it was more like a pained expression, "So... can you accept my help? Make the group of four into five? I don't think Dumbledore would object, after all. , he also appointed me as your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and I must tell you that what we will face is unimaginable magic that we have never encountered before."

These words were like a bucket of cold water pouring down from the heads of Fan Lin and several others.

"So, to be clear, you want to leave Tonks' parents' house and come join us?" Fan Lin asked loudly again.

Hermione, Harry and Ron were all staring at Lupin.

"She'll be safe there, and they'll take good care of her," said Lupine, his voice a mixture of fearlessness and indifference. "Well, come on, Harry, give your decision, I'm sure. Jaime will want me to fight alongside you."

"Really," Harry said calmly, "I don't think so. I'm sure my father would rather know why you don't want to stay with your own child."

Lupine's face changed color, and the temperature in the kitchen seemed to drop ten degrees. Ron's eyes moved around the room, as if he was forced to remember it all, while Hermione's eyes were on Harry, Lu Ping and Fan Lin kept moving between them.

"I think so too, Remus. I rejected you before, but now..."

"You don't understand," Lupine said at last.

"Then please explain," Harry said.

Lu Ping suddenly choked up.

"I feel like I made a serious mistake by marrying Tonks. I made a mistake in judgment, and I've regretted it ever since."

"I understand, so you want to abandon her and the child and run away with us?" Harry asked loudly, "Answer me, Remus Lupin! Don't tell me you plan to do this."

Lupine jumped up, his stool knocked over to the ground, and Harry saw the way he looked at them with excitement, the shadow of a wolf on his human face.

"Do you know what I did to my wife and my unborn child? I should never have married her, I made her an outcast!" Lupine kicked him hard. A chair that just knocked over. "You only see me in the Order of the Phoenix, or at Hogwarts, under Dumbledore's protection! You have no idea how most people in the wizarding world view creatures like me! When they When she knew my pain, she almost stopped talking to me. Didn't you see what I did? Even her family was spurned by others because of our marriage. What kind of parents would let that happen? Their only daughter married a werewolf and the child... the child..."

Lupine clutched his chair so tightly that he looked like he had lost his mind...

"My species is not normally supposed to breed. He would be like me. How could I forgive myself when I realized that I would pass on my condition to an innocent child? What if, by a miracle, He is not like me, which is of course a good situation, but he must be ashamed of having such a father!"

"Shame, so you deprived a race of the meaning of its existence?" Fan Lin asked loudly, "Sure up, Remus, is this not your fault, or is it that the species that has been passed down from ancient times to the present is a shame? ?”

"Yes, so, my child will be a werewolf!"

"So, are you ashamed of him? Your child, and Tonks, you all think so. This child will be a huge failure, and will be labeled with a shameful label in his heart by his own father. It's not fair Remus, it's going to be with you for the rest of your life, just like you were when you were attacked."

"Not to mention, Remus," Hermione said softly, tears welling up around her eyes. "Don't say that. How could a child be ashamed of you?" "

"Oh, I don't know, Hermione," said Harry, "but I'd be so ashamed of you!"

Harry didn't know where his anger came from, but it coursed through him. Lupine looked as if Harry had punched him.

"If that new policy thinks Muggle-borns are bad," Harry said, "then what are they going to do about a half-werewolf whose father is in the Order of the Phoenix? My father was still trying to protect me and my mother before he died. , do you think he will let you abandon your child and go on an adventure with us?"

"You...how dare you...?" Lupine said. "This is not a desire for...a desire for adventure or personal glory...how can you say that..."

"I think you're a bit desperate," Harry said. "You even have the arrogance to follow in Professor Moody's footsteps..."

"Harry, no!" Hermione begged him, but he continued to glare into Lupin's livid face.

"I never thought this would happen," said Harry. "The man who taught me how to defeat Dementors... was a coward!"

Lupine whipped out his wand so quickly that Harry didn't have time to reach for his own. Suddenly there was a loud bang and he felt himself flying backwards, as if he had been jolted, before he hit the kitchen wall violently and slid. When he reached the floor, he caught a glimpse of the corner of Lupine's cloak disappearing beside the door.

"Remus, Remus, come back!" Hermione shouted, but Lupine didn't respond, and a moment later they heard the front door slam shut.

"Harry," Hermione lamented, "how could you say such a thing?"

"That's easy," Harry said, standing up, feeling swelling where his head had hit the wall, but still shaking with anger filling his body.

"Don't look at me like that!" he snapped at Hermione.

"Calm down, Harry, you are indeed overstimulating!" Fan Lin said loudly, taking a step forward to block Hermione behind him.

"So, what do you want to say, promise Remus to join?"

"I didn't have that idea at all, and besides, it doesn't need an explanation, does it?"

"But, what do you think he looks like now? A coward, a..."

Harry pointed at Fan Lin, as if he thought Fan Lin was Remus...

"No... no, stop we can't fight." She walked between them.

"You shouldn't have said those things to Lupin," Ron said to Harry, grabbing Harry's shoulder.

"He brought it all on himself." Harry said, fragmented images flashed through his mind: James Potter fell at the entrance of the stairs; Dumbledore stayed in mid-air for a second, and then slowly Falling on his back; a flash of green light, his mother's pleading voice...

"No parent," said Harry, "should ever abandon their child unless...unless they have..."

"Harry," Hermione said, reaching out a comforting hand to him, but he shrugged her off and walked away.

His eyes rested on the fire that Hermione had enchanted, through which he had spoken to Lupine, seeking reassurance about James, and Lupine comforted him. Now Lupine's painfully pale face seemed to surge in the air before him. He felt disgusted, but also felt a tinge of sympathy.

In an instant, the surroundings became quiet again, as if the noise was broken at this moment and time.

Fan Lin frowned, he gently combed Hermione's hair, and his eyes turned to the magic flame.

Harry's heart was in chaos. Even without Legilimency, Fan Lin could clearly feel Harry's chaotic heart.

Contact is re-established!

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"I know I shouldn't call him a coward."

"Yes, you shouldn't," Ron said quickly.

"But he is playing such a role." Harry responded immediately.

"That shouldn't be..." Hermione said.

"I know," said Harry, "but if it gets him back to Tonks, it'll be worth it, isn't it?" He couldn't get the defensive tone out of his voice, and Hermione revealed A look of sympathy, but Ron still couldn't agree with it.

Harry looked down at his feet and thought about his father. Would Jaime know what he said to Lupine, or would he be angry that his son treated his old friend like this?

"Okay, let's calm down for now!" Fan Lin said, "Remus has left, which is a good thing, but leaving in this way will inevitably cause some trouble..."

"I'll keep watch!" Harry said angrily, and then turned his attention to the newspaper on the table.

It was what Remus had brought with him when he arrived. Dumbledore's name appeared prominently in front of him, and it took him a few minutes to realize the meaning of the picture. It showed a family.

There is a line of text under the photo: The Dumbledore family, from left to right: Albus; Percival, holding the newborn Ariana; Kendra and Aberforth.

His attention was attracted, and Harry looked at the photo more carefully. Dumbledore's father, Percival, was a handsome man with a pair of eyes that still shone brightly even in such an old and faded photo. Bright eyes.

Baby Ariana, not much longer than a loaf of bread, looked unremarkable.

His mother, Kendra, had her black hair pulled into a bun, and her face looked like a sculpture. Harry saw her dark eyes, high cheekbones and straight nose bridge, and her tight-fitting royal solicitor silk clothes, with a formal expression. As he composed himself he thought of the pictures he had seen of native Americans.

Albus and Aberforth wore matching lacy crew-neck jackets and the same shoulder-length hairdos. Albus looked several years older, but in another way the two boys looked very different. Similar, because Albus doesn't wear glasses yet and his nose isn't deformed yet.

The family looked so happy and ordinary, smiling peacefully on the newspaper. Baby Ariana's arms were waving wildly outside her scarf. Harry's eyes moved to the top of the photo, and he saw the large headline: Rejection. The upcoming biography of Albus Dumbledore - Rita Skeeter! (To be continued)