Brothers

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Lupin seemed to have thought of something. He grabbed the Marauder's map and looked at it again.

After a while, he found Sirius Black's name on the map, and at this time, Sirius Black was walking towards Ethan's office.

Lupin stood up abruptly, trying to urge Ethan to join him in arresting Black.

But he reacted immediately, looking at Ethan with an unbelievable expression.

"Yes, I brought Sirius Black into Hogwarts, and I also found something unusual," Ethan said to Lupin.

Lupin wanted to say something else, but the door to Ethan's office was pushed open, and Sirius Black, disguised as Jake White.

"What's going on, Ethan?"

Sirius pushed open the door of Ethan's office and said impatiently to Ethan.

But he saw Lupin the next moment and was stunned for a while.

Since coming to Hogwarts, he has been holding back his longing and consciously avoiding Lupin.

He was afraid of revealing anything, causing Lupin's suspicion.

Now, this is the first time he has faced Lupin directly.

Lupin hurriedly picked up the Marauder's Map and first looked at the strange man standing in front of him, then hurriedly compared it to the Marauder's map, and finally confirmed that the man in front of him was the Sirius Black he had been thinking about day and night.

"Black, is that you?" Lupin's voice trembled.

Sirius looked so panicked that he stood at the door at a loss, not knowing what to say.

Lupin seemed angry all of a sudden. He rushed forward, grabbed Sirius Black by the collar, dragged him into the office, and slammed the door shut.

Lupin pressed Black hard against the wall with one hand, drew his wand, and fixed it on Sirius's face.

"Tell me! Black! Did you betray James and Lily? Tell me!" Lupin yelled hoarsely.

"I won't betray them even if I die," Black said painfully under the wolf.

Lupin seemed to believe what Sirius had to say, and he let go of Sirius Black in one fell swoop.

Sirius Black bent over, panting in pain.

"You, you two changed, right - didn't tell me, didn't tell anyone?" Lupin asked tremblingly.

Sirius stared at Lupin's face calmly and nodded slowly.

Lupin sighed long, and the two embraced like old friends.

The two hugged for a long time, and it was not until Ethan coughed twice that they separated as if they had just woken up from a dream.

"It seems that my guess is correct. You are indeed innocent. Can you explain to me the whole truth of this matter?" Ethan said to Lupin and Sirius Black.

"Of course, Ethan. You have helped us a lot, and you have the right to know everything," Lupin excitedly told Ethan.

He didn't know about Sirius's deal with Ethan.

Sirius snorted disdainfully when he heard Lupin's words. In his heart, he thought that Ethan was a careerist who used this matter to climb up.

"Ethan, you probably already know what happened, but it wasn't Black who betrayed James and Lily; it was Peter Pettigrew," Lupin said.

"I was the keeper at the beginning, but in the end, James and Lily decided to change the keeper temporarily." Sirius lowered his head and whispered.

"I also agreed to that plan - Peter and I changed, and then he betrayed everyone, he told - Voldemort!"

Speaking of which, Sirius suddenly went mad without warning and slammed his head into the heavy wooden cabinet in Ethan's office.

"It's all my fault! It's all my fault! I killed James and Lily!" Sirius howled out of control and tried to self-harm.

Lupin grabbed Sirius in time, pulled his arm behind him, and finally succeeded in controlling him.

"Calm down, Sirius!" Lupin shouted, reassuring Sirius Black.

After a while, Sirius finally calmed down a bit and then said,

"After Lily and James died, I went after Peter to make him pay. I chased him until he had nowhere to go. He ran into a busy street, shouted that I betrayed Lily and James, and then blew up the street, killing everyone around him. He left a finger behind to frame me and then turned into a rat to escape."

"After that, Peter Pettigrew hid with the Weasleys and became their pet until now. He's at Hogwarts! He's with Ron Weasley!"

"So let's grab that right now and get your innocence back!" Lupin said eagerly.

"Ethan and I can get close to Ron! We can get that guy back in less than ten minutes! Ethan is from the Ministry of Magic! You take him to the Ministry of Magic!" Lupin started planning excitedly.

Sirius sneered and interrupted Lupin's plan; Lupin looked at Sirius Black strangely and didn't understand what he meant.

"Ethan didn't plan that way! He has bigger plans!" Sirius Black gave a weird laugh.

"What does that mean?" Lupin asked Ethan strangely.

"I will help you catch Peter Pettigrew, but not at this time," Ethan said indifferently to the two of them.

Lupin looked at Ethan seriously.

"Ethan, Peter Pettigrew is a very dangerous person, very uncontrollable. One more day of delay is more dangerous!" he advised Ethan.

"I know exactly what I'm doing, and I promise to be safe this time!" Ethan said firmly to Lupin.

Lupin wanted to say something but was interrupted by Sirius Black.

"Don't bother Lupin; I made an unbreakable oath with him!" Sirius Black said coldly.

Lupin looked at the two of them in surprise. He didn't expect that there was such a relationship between them. Since things were already like this, Lupin finally gave up his advice.

"By the way, Lupin, you must take Black to your office to sleep. He snores too loudly at night!" Ethan said with a frown.

"No problem!" Lupin happily agreed to Ethan. The two brothers hadn't seen each other for thirteen years. Naturally, there was a lot to talk about. Having Black and Lupin live together was a help to him.

After he finished speaking, Lupin decided to leave. Before leaving, Lupin hesitantly looked at the Marauder's Map on the table.

"Ethan. Can I have this ?" Lupin pointed his hand to the Marauder's map.

"Of course not."

Ethan picked up the Marauder's map and stuffed it into his robe. This was a divine weapon, and Ethan didn't intend to give it away for nothing.

Lupin didn't insist on the Marauder's map and was about to leave with Sirius.

"Thank you, Ethan. You helped us a lot!"

Before going out, Lupin thanked Ethan solemnly. In his opinion, no matter what Ethan's purpose was, he did, in fact, save Black.

Ethan nodded in acceptance.

When Lupin opened the door, he saw Snape standing there.

Snape stared suspiciously at Lupin and Black, who were suspicious, and then at Ethan, who was sitting behind his desk.

Finally, he gave a cold snort, turned sideways, and let Lupin and Black leave.