Chapter 366 The truth twelve years ago

After hearing Sirius' loud growl, Andy was silent for a moment, the corners of his lips twitching slightly.

Of course, Andy wouldn't believe him right away.

Andy analysed the whole story of Sirius's betrayal of Harry's parents and the whole process of his escape from Azkaban.

As a matter of fact, Sirius did have the possibility of being wrongly accused, but more than that, there were hard facts.

"You were a Secret Keeper of the Fidelius Charm and have never defended yourself since you were captured."

Andy asked indifferently, "How are you going to explain these two points?"

"I've heard some things, you and Harry's father, James Potter, had a very good relationship, the two of you were almost inseparable. Before you betrayed them, there is indeed a possibility of James Potter making you Harry's godfather."

Saying this, Andy did not continue to ask but patiently waited for Sirius' answer.

"I didn't betray them!"

Since the words were already out of his mouth, Sirius had no intention of continuing to hide them, "We changed our Secret Keeper, and only four people know about this matter. Me, James, Lily ... and that shameful traitor, Peter Pettigrew!"

Andy raised an eyebrow.

If it was in line with Sirius's statement, then it was not Peter Pettigrew who chased and hunted Sirius back then, but Sirius who chased and hunted Pettigrew.

After thinking about it, Andy asked, "So ... Peter Pettigrew is still alive? How can you prove it?"

"He's the rat!"

Sirius yelled, "I've seen that newspaper, he's disguised as a Weasley family's mouse, and he's following that brat called Ron Weasley around!"

"Ha! Twelve years have passed, and he's still like that, without any guts at all!"

Ron's rat?

Scabbers?

"Is he an Animagus too?"

Without waiting for Sirius to answer, Andy asked again, "Why did you guys change the Secret Keeper in the first place?"

Upon hearing this question, Sirius' entire body became dispirited, and his tone was somewhat breathless, "It was me ... who suggested it! I was too flamboyant back then, and was a target that the Death Eaters were determined to kill."

"For the sake of better secrecy, I proposed to change the Secret Keeper to that rat. He's very low profile, hardly noticeable. As for me, I will continue to attract the attention of the Death Eaters in plain sight."

"I didn't realise ..."

Sirius' tone was filled with regret and hatred, "I didn't think that rat would defect to the Dark Lord's side, he betrayed James and Lily's family."

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have trusted him!"

"I thought staying in Azkaban would be my atonement, but then I saw that rat again. Their family won the Gold Galleon prize, and they were in the newspaper!"

By the end of the sentence, it was hard to tell if Sirius' tone was one of celebration or mockery.

Andy: "..."

To be honest, Sirius' explanations were quite logical, but they were all just his side of the story after all, and Andy couldn't trust him.

"I heard that Remus Lupin is also a friend of yours?" Andy asked another question.

"Yes!"

Sirius understood Andy's meaning, and he explained, "As a matter of fact, a traitor did appear on our side back then, and we don't know who he is."

"Remus ... Remus ..."

Sirius hesitated, "Anyway, I suspected that Remus was a traitor at the time and couldn't believe him."

Was there something wrong with that man?

Andy thought for a moment and said slowly, "So there are only four people who know about this matter of you changing the secret keeper. And now, the only one ... who can prove that you are innocent is that rat, that is, Peter Pettigrew?"

"You thought he was dead, so you didn't say a word in your own defence when you were caught, and tried to make up for your mistake by punishing yourself?"

"To be honest, I kind of believe you now!"

Hearing Andy's words, Sirius looked at Andy with some incredulity.  

He thought that Andy would not believe him.

After all, even if a different adult came over, after hearing these words from him, he would think that he was defending himself.

Sirius originally thought that as long as Andy could hesitate a little after hearing his explanation and not send him to the Ministry of Magic immediately, he would already be very lucky.

He could take the opportunity to escape.

Or maybe have Andy invite Dumbledore over.

"Yes! Somewhat convinced."

Andy said with an expressionless face, "Stupid Gryffindor, it fits you to a tee!"

Sirius: "..."

He swore that when he regained his freedom, he would find Andy and duel three hundred times!

"I'm going to go back and investigate."

Andy glanced at Sirius, "You can rest here for a while! If I find a clue, I'll bring Dumbledore along."

Sirius was slightly relieved.

Of course, he wouldn't stay here and wait obediently for Andy, he planned to escape from here and execute the traitor himself.

Of course, if he couldn't escape, he would also wait here obediently for Dumbledore.

Then Sirius saw Andy raise his wand.

?

A white light flashed and Sirius completely lost consciousness.

"A bit of trouble!"

Walking out of the cave where the laboratory was located, Andy's face looked slightly distressed.

Sirius's explanation was actually easy to verify, as long as he found Ron's Rat Scabbers, he could prove whether he was lying or not.

But then, the plan to 'infiltrate the Department of Mysteries' would all go down the drain!

There's also the experiment of magic transfiguration ...

'Actually ... Sirius may not be needed!'

Andy suddenly thought, 'For the experiment of magic transfiguration, I can go to the Knockturn Alley and catch someone; for the plan of infiltrating the Department of Mysteries, I can also change into a random person.'

'Probably the biggest loss in the whole thing, to put it mildly, would be the Ministry of Magic's reward money - a whole ten thousand gold Galleons. If Sirius had attacked the Ministry of Magic, that would have been twenty thousand gold galleons.'

'But compared to that, it wouldn't be a loss if I could brush up on Dumbledore's goodwill.'

'Well ...'

'I also need a house elf!'

Andy quickly reformulated a plan.

The main reason why the original candidate was Sirius was because he could be used for multiple purposes.

As long as Sirius was captured, not only would it save Andy a lot of trouble, but he could also take the opportunity to make a big profit and gain enough prestige.

Since he was wrongly accused, there was no choice but to find a replacement.

'Dumbledore's goodwill ... is not a loss!'

Andy thought, that since he couldn't put Dumbledore into the ring and carry him around, he could only brush up his goodwill a little bit more and then ask for advice on magic anytime.

Snap!

Andy Apparated to the square of Godric's Valley, and sent a letter to Dumbledore at the owl post office, explaining things briefly.

Summoning the fat cat patronus, Andy instructed, "If you see my headmaster, bring him to me!"

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