The Defense Against The Dark Arts Class Is Coming

"Oh~ let me see who this is? It's Mr. Grindelwald…"

Looking at Professor Snape's gloomy expression and listening to his strange words, Lucas immediately remembered that the two seemed to have an agreement.

He was supposed to come to the professor's office this afternoon to help brew wolfsbane potion.

'This is a bad time!'

Seeing the change in Lucas' eyes, a hint of scorn appeared on Professor Snape's eyes.

"It appears Mr. Grindelwald has remembered something, and it's not in vain that your professor wasted hours waiting here."

"Sorry Professor, I was delayed by something."

"Oh? What you're talking about is flirting with the Weasley girl by the Black Lake?"

Lucas coughed dryly and walked silently towards the cauldron.

Just as he thought, there was nothing in it.

"Professor, where are the ingredients for making Wolfsbane? Don't worry, I promise to brew a high-quality potion today."

"No."

Hearing this answer, Lucas froze for a few seconds.

Professor Snape's face became even more gloomy: "Dumbledore didn't give me the ingredients, even though he was the one who asked me to make the potion."

Lucas understood right away, no wonder Professor Snape looked so angry. Moreover he made the mistake of forgetting coming on time for their agreement and left the professor waiting here.

He made himself the perfect target for Snape to take out his anger on.

"Professor, I have the ingredients here, but would you help me brew some more, as you know, I also need a lot of Wolfsbane potion."

Professor Snape's expression remained unchanged, but the surrounding air pressure plummeted.

A cold snort represented Professor Snape's answer.

Looking for an excuse to leave the office, Lucas went to pick up some materials needed for the Wolfsbane potion from the secret garden.

The garden is so abundant in potion ingredients that they can be found everywhere.

The speed Lucas used them probably couldn't keep up with their growth rate.

Returning to the potions office.

Looking at the ingredients on the table, there was a hint of surprise in Professor Snape's eyes.

"It seems Mr. Grindelwald has a lot of secrets."

When he saw the professor pick up the plants that still had dirt on it, Lucas just smiled lightly.

"Hmph, stop that silly smile on your face." Professor Snape took a bottle of Wolfsbane from his robes and placed it on the table.

"Send this potion to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office."

"No problem, Professor." Lucas put away the potion and turned away from the pile.

…

At the same time.

Harry, who had just left the infirmary, also came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

"Oh Harry, I heard you were injured, I was very worried, are you all right now?"

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, Professor."

Remus checked Harry's arm and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that it was fine.

He looked into the boy's eyes and asked, "The purpose of your visit should be related to the Patronus Charm, right?"

Seeing that he nodded, Remus sighed: "Harry, learning needs to be done step by step, you can't learn how to walk before you learn how to crawl."

"I know you have encountered a lot of difficulties recently, but the Patronus Charm is not the only way to solve your issues."

Harry didn't seem to understand Professor Lupin's kindness.

He sat despondently on the sofa and narrated what happened during the summer vacation.

"Professor, you probably can't imagine what a terrible summer I had. All the newspapers accused me of lying, but I just told what I saw."

"I've been living in the Leaky Cauldron since I inflated Aunt Marge into a balloon. I also had to face those people who come to ask the truth with newspapers every day."

"I told the truth but they didn't believe it, as if they were just trying to prove that I was a liar like the Daily Prophet said."

"Professor, do you know how painful it is to face other people's strange eyes and whispers every day?"

Remus listened quietly, then nodded and replied, "I know."

"No, you don't know, you've never lived like this."

He wanted to tell Harry that he has experienced this kind of life for decades. But he didn't, he just couldn't tell Harry that he was a werewolf, at least not yet.

"Harry, people are forgetful, and by the next summer break, people won't remember these things anymore."

"At that time, there may already be new topics worth discussing, so there is no need to worry."

"Perhaps you're right, Professor." Harry whispered.

Immediately afterwards he continued: "But my life at school is not easy either."

Remus showed a knowing look.

"Don't pay attention to the words of the students, in fact, young wizards always say some hurtful words without restraint, and they may not realize that this is inappropriate behavior."

"No, I don't care about them."

Seeing Harry's brows furrowed tightly together.

Remus asked, concerned: "Then you're talking about Lucas Grindelwald?"

Recalling that Sirius was under an Animagus locking spell, he intended to learn about Lucas from Harry first.

"It's partly him, and partly Snape."

"Severus? Why?"

"Professor, what did my father do to make Snape hate him so much, and even transfer his hatred to me?"

Looking at Harry's troubled look, Remus really didn't know how to explain it for a moment. After all, they had done so much to Snape back then.

So much so that Remus himself couldn't remember.

"Well, it's just a little misunderstanding, your father used to make some innocuous jokes to Severus."

"Severus, you should also understand that he is more... serious about this aspect. That's why there were some small conflicts."

"But I didn't expect Severus to pass these conflicts on to you. Don't worry Harry, I'll talk to him later."

"Also, I want to reveal a secret to you. Back then, your father and Severus were rivals in love, and your mother Lily was very popular."

"But in the end it was your father who won, but I think it should be, after all, no one likes a guy with such a gloomy face."

After he finished speaking, he imitated Professor Snape's usual expression. This made Harry laugh loudly.

The two didn't know that their dialogue was all clearly heard by Lucas who was outside the door.

Lucas sneered, then raised his hand and knocked on the office door.

When his figure appeared at the door, Harry quickly restrained his smile.

"Professor, this is the potion that Professor Snape asked me to bring to you."

Seeing the Wolfsbane Potion in Lucas' hand, Remus breathed a sigh of relief and his tense body also relaxed.

As long as he has this, he can maintain his sanity during the full moon and not put anyone in danger.

"Thank Severus for me please."

He reached out to take the Wolfsbane potion, but the moment his fingers touched it, Lucas took the potion back.

"Professor, there is a saying that you shouldn't talk bad about the cook after you are already full."

Remus realized that Lucas must have heard what they were talking about just now and blushed a bit in shame.

Lucas then said with a sneer: "Being a human being you should at least know how to be grateful. This is the most basic courtesy. I also hope that you can be more objective when talking about certain things."

After finishing speaking, he put the Wolfsbane Potion on the desk.

"Use it slowly!"

Seeing the boy leave the office without looking back, Remus let out a long sigh, picked up Wolfsbane Potion and pulled off the cork on it.

Just when the potion was about to enter the mouth, Harry stopped him suddenly: "Professor, I think you'd better be more cautious."

"Well, I mean, Snape has been coveting the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts for a long time, and the whole school knows about it."

"Don't worry, Harry, I'll be fine."

After he finished speaking, he drank the potion in one gulp.

He shivered all over, and his spirit became a little listless, it looked as if he had lost all his strength.

"Professor, are you all right?"

Seeing Harry's worried expression, Remus shook his head, revealing a smug smile.

"I'm a bit out of control. Now this potion is the only one that works for me. It's great to work with Professor Severus."

"Harry, you have to know that my potion making skills have never been very good, and this potion is particularly difficult, so I can't brew it myself."

"The only pity is that this potion becomes useless once it encounters sugar, and its taste is really bad."

Once the initial effects of the potion had passed, he became lively again and decided to teach Harry the Patronus Charm.

Hearing this news, Harry was very happy.

Unfortunately, when the Defense Against the Dark Arts class arrived the next day, he still could not get even a sporadic light to shine from the tip of his wand.

…

Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

The young wizards from the four Houses gathered here. There is also a large wardrobe in front of them.

Professor Lupin was still in the same shabby, simple outfit. To his credit, however, his complexion looked much healthier than before.

Probably because of the nutrient-rich supplements received at Hogwarts.

Holding a wand in his hand, he walked to the front of the crowd and said.

"Today is a practical lesson, so you only need to use your wand."

Seeing the professor waving his own wand, the students immediately understood what he meant, so they put their school bags with their books and writing implements aside.

"Follow me, today's class will be in a different room"

When they were arriving at the room that would be their classroom for the day Professor Lupin was about to start talking about the content of today's class, but a sudden noise interrupted what he was about to say.

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