Chapter 388: Snape Holds a Grudge (Edited)

At the sight of Snape, Fish startled, then quickly ducked his head and held up his fingers with a straight face.

"Fifty points for disobedience, fifty points for knowingly taking Harry, fifty points for taking a risk that Minerva might think Fish had taken even though Fish hadn't, fifty points for taking a risk that Minerva might somehow get angry about, another fifty points for taking a risk..."

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In a voice that both Harry and Snape could hear, the kitten counted on his fingers and muttered.

"Fish has seventy-five House points left, and then with the capture of Black and Lupin, Albus will at least give Fish about a hundred.... so that's only a twenty-five point deduction.... enough nya! "

The cat, who had finished counting, folded his arms and let out a laugh.

"Nyajajajajajaja! As long as Fish behaves well next, then there's no problem nya!"

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Harry: "..."

Snape: "..."

Lupin, who had been awakened once again by Fish's laughter: "Uh... uh..."

Lupin rubbed his head groggily and picked himself up off the ground to see a proudly laughing kitten with its head thrown back and arms crossed, and a bruised and bloodied figure, probably Sirius, hanging from a nearby tree.

"Hiss..."

Feeling the pain coming from his face, Lupin gasped and said to the laughing cat in a somewhat vague voice, "Fish, you're wrong, Blake was wrongfully accused."

"At this point, do you still want to object, Lupin?"

Snape's grim voice sounded, and Lupin realized that there were still two people standing on the other side.

"Severus? Harry?"

"Oh, yes nya." Lupin and Snape's voices reminded Fish that he had to cast a rejuvenating spell on Sirius, and then he motioned to Harry, "Harry, come here, I'll heal Black now, we'll give him another beating later nya."

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"..."

Sirius had just woken up from a comforting warm green glow to hear this devilish statement from Fish.

Fish didn't mind his mood at all and continued to tell Harry, "If you're not happy, we can beat the crap out of Lupin too.... Severus wants to beat the crap out of them with us ny?".

Snape was obviously moved, he unconsciously took a step forward.

"..." Lupin was speechless for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "You can beat us up as many times as you want, but can you listen to my explanation first? Things aren't what you think."

Even though Fish had quickly knocked him unconscious and had confiscated his wand, Lupin had no desire to resist.

Not to mention the fact that he couldn't subdue Fish before he reacted, and there was Snape, who was dying for the chance to kill him and Black.

And Fish had the advantage of being here, judging by his previous dealings with Snape, if he managed to convince the cat, they weren't going to be killed by Snape or handed over to the Dementors without a word, so Lupin was just asking for a chance to argue.

"Don't even think about arguing anymore!"

Snape, perhaps guessing what Lupin was thinking, growled loudly as he pointed his wand at Lupin.

"You're dead, there's no escape, even Dumbledore can't protect you anymore, werewolf!"

Lupin ignored him and looked at Fish, as Sirius pendant tried to hit back at Snape, but was quietly silenced when he saw that Harry was at his side.

The cat, who was being stared at by Lupin, scratched his head in distress, he just wanted to beat the crap out of Black, the bad guy, and then take him for the reward.... Why did things suddenly seem to be getting complicated....

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"Harry? What do you mean?"

Not knowing what to do, Fish just looked at Harry,

After all, he was the one in charge.

Originally, Harry was very angry, angry at Black's betrayal of his father and Lupin's betrayal of him.

But with Fish's interruptions, Harry's anger had been cut short, and with Lupin saying that Black had been wronged, he hesitated.

Deep down, Harry liked Lupin as a teacher and didn't want him to be a bad man.

"Do you really believe what he's saying? a werewolf? And don't forget it was Black who killed your parents!"

Snape's voice echoed in Harry's ears, rekindling anger in him....

And, incidentally, the anger of a certain kitten.

"That's right, Black is definitely a bad man! Not only did he steal Fang's food, he took a lot of Fish's food too!".

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Harry: "..."

Snape: "..."

Lupin: "..."

Sirius: "..."

It was not only Harry, but also Snape who became emotionally incoherent.

Lupin took the opportunity to look at Harry and say seriously, "Harry, if Sirius and I had tried to do something to you, would you really have been able to come out of this unscathed?"

In fact, this he said was the main reason Harry had never believed that Lupin was the bad guy, there were so many opportunities for him to get to Harry before he revealed himself as a werewolf.

"I want to hear what he has to say." Harry said to Fish after a moment of silence, "I want to know the truth about what happened to my parents back then."

"He's just trying to trick you!"

Snape shouted angrily, he was so excited that he couldn't even control his own magical power, causing sparks to fly from the wand in his hand.

Harry, however, didn't let Snape's anger get the better of him this time, and said with a strained face, "I have my own judgement."

"Like father, like son, Potter! You're as arrogant as your disgusting father!"

Snape shouted, with a glint of madness in his eyes that Fish and Harry had never seen before.

"Don't you dare insult my father!" Harry shouted back at Snape, unabashedly, "He saved your life once!"

The air, for a moment, seemed to freeze.

Harry could have sworn he actually saw the murderous intent in Snape's eyes.

Even so, Harry still strained his neck and looked Snape square in the face.

"Severus, are you all right? You look awful, and Fish doesn't like it at all."

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At that moment, Fish leapt to Snape's side, tugging at his robes and asking worriedly.

With the cat's reassurance, Snape seemed to calm down, the murderous look in his eyes fading, but still cold.

"It seems Dumbledore has told you something," he said in a colder tone than before, "But I'm sure he hasn't told you why your father saved me in the first place."

Harry's mouth muttered a couple of times to contradict Snape, but he didn't really know much about the matter.

"Why don't we hear what the other two involved have to say?"

Snape tugged at the corners of his lips and quirked an icy smile as he turned to Lupin, who had already picked himself up off the floor. "Just in time, this idiot is also going to hear the lies you and Black made up, I think before that, don't you mind telling Mr. Potter about your glorious exploits?"

Sirius, still hanging on the tree, grunted and looked away sheepishly, as Lupin continued with a bitter smile, "Of course, we were wrong from the start, and it's only fair that you hate us, but it's no lie that someone else betrayed James and Lily."

"Hmph!"

Snape scoffed, not believing Lupin's words at all.

Lupin knew he couldn't convince Snape, or even believe him if he told him the truth, but it wasn't Snape he was trying to convince, it was Harry and Fish.

So he said to Harry and Fish, "This story is a bit long..."