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Chapter 338, Section 337: Warm House

It's another day with snowflakes falling.

Several owls were flying across the snowy sky, delivering mail.

A roaring fire burned in the auditorium, but the corridor, with its drafty winds, was still bitterly cold, and the classroom windows rattled in the biting wind.

Baiyi hadn't delivered a letter to Sheen in a long time. Today, it flew from above the auditorium to Sheen's shoulder and unexpectedly dropped a letter on him.

The bookstore is now fully renovated; please pay your payment.

These are letters from Grimm's Bookstore.

The arrival of this letter also means that Professor Lupin will soon be moving to the bookstore.

The planning map appeared, and a red exclamation mark lit up at the marker for [Hogsmeade].

As Sheen pondered this, Justin received the same email.

He looked at Sheen, and Sheen nodded.

"It just so happens to be Sunday..."

Justin smiled gently.

"Sheen, when do we leave?"

"Now."

Sheen said.

He waved his wand, and a very thin book of potions returned to the Seamless Extension Pouch.

Thanks to the seamless expandable pouch with a huge interior space provided by Professor McGonagall, Sheehan's bag contained a small library.

In recent days, he has been pondering whether seamless extension creations can be considered high-level alchemical creations.

After all, this is extremely advanced magic in the Harry Potter world.

Leaving the auditorium, Sheehan and Justin climbed the stairs and turned into a corridor.

The light here was extremely dim, and a window pane was loose, letting in a fierce gust of wind that extinguished the torches.

"Sheen, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while."

Justin suddenly spoke up, revealing that he had recently been plagued by a sense of unease and panic that he couldn't quite pinpoint.

"Ah."

Sheen nodded.

"Regarding Mr. Lupin."

Justin frowned.
"He will be a truly capable person; your judgment is never wrong."

But what, then, led him... to such a turbulent life?

"He is a werewolf."

Sheehan responded that his explanation was simple and straightforward.

"Werewolf...werewolf?"

Justin paused, then he heard the blizzard outside grow even stronger.

But the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

He realized his worries seemed somewhat unnecessary; the little wizard beside him always liked to stand alone in a corner, but he would surely know the answer when he asked.

This made him realize that they were in cahoots.

……

Hogsmeade is always decorated with magical candles, which are ever-burning candles, and they can be seen in every corner of Hogsmeade.

A travel-worn man, carrying an old suitcase, stepped into the snow.

The people in the Three Brooms bar seemed to know him well, and they all looked puzzled when he arrived.

So the hood covered his face.

His clothing was as strange as his behavior; he wore fine robes and shiny boots, but his hat was old and his suitcase was tattered.

It's as if everything that isn't necessary to be displayed is reduced to the level of minimizing cost for him.

Faced with the strange looks from the Three Brooms bar, Lu Pingxing quickened his pace slightly.

The silvery-white owl sent a letter informing him that the bookstore rooms had been renovated and included an agreement.

The last line made him particularly lost in thought:
[Grimm's Book House offered Remus John Lupin indefinite residency until he found stable housing and terminated his employment contract.]

He put away the agreement and couldn't help but smile.

He completely forgot that today was his housewarming day. Wizards often hold housewarming parties, also known as "warming parties," when they move.

At the same time he stepped into the bookstore,

Diagon Alley.

Store manager Gert was enjoying a rare moment of leisure. Not far from her were Justin and Sheehan, who had just returned from shopping.

"That's it? My dear boss, you broke school rules just to go shopping for ten minutes?"

"Go to Hogsmeade."

Sheen replied.

"Fine, fine, it's your fault for paying me double wages."

Store manager Gert didn't ask any further questions.

Then three more figures appeared in the snow.

Walking through the bustling Hogsmeade, Sheehan and Justin saw many wizards along the way.

The sun outside Honeydukes was filled with laughter; Joko's shop was also packed with little wizards, each with their pockets stuffed with dung bombs, burp candies, frog egg soaps, and perhaps a nose-biting teacup.

As the only pure wizarding village in the UK, it attracts many wizarding tourists and is also a dream destination for Hogwarts students.

An interesting fact is that the snack cart on the Hogwarts Express was called the Honeydukes Express.

The snacks came from the Honeydukes' mansion in Hogsmeade.

Passing by the last Weasley & Grimm's Wizarding Tricks workshop—

The largest crowd was gathered here, waving banknotes and sweeping everything out of the theater.

"A new character! The werewolf knight!"

A young wizard shouted excitedly.

His words attracted the attention of a group of young wizards.

"You unlocked that hidden version of the weird Wizard Chess game?!"

His companions were horrified.

So everyone rushed forward, eager to see what the "Werewolf Knight" really looked like.

These young wizards were all under eleven years old, at the most mischievous age. They chased and ran past Sheehan and Justin like the wind.

"Werewolf..."

Justin murmured something, clutching the delicate medicine box in his hands tighter.

Soon, the two arrived at Grimm's Bookstore.

There were many guests inside.

Sheen and her companion went straight to the second floor, where an additional living room had been renovated.

The warm firelight even seeped through the cracks in the door.

Through the crack in the door, Sheen saw a corner of a photograph on the table. Even though they were complete strangers, Sheen guessed from the smaller Lupin in the photo that these might be Mr. Lupin's parents.

It also stirred up his memories of Lupin.

Remus John Lupin, a composed, capable, kind, and intelligent wizard. Bitten by Fenrir Greyback, he became a werewolf who loses consciousness and attacks people on the night of a full moon.

However, the teachings of his father, who spent his life fighting against dark wizards and werewolves, and his kind and wise mother instilled in Lupin a gentle and humble nature, as well as a wealth of knowledge.

Although his childhood was filled with pain and loneliness, his good family education ensured that he would never fall into darkness or become like Fenrir Graybuck and his ilk.

inside the house.

Lupin has grown accustomed to quiet and solitude.

He never remembered having a housewarming party because it wasn't something to celebrate.

Every time they moved, it was because a neighbor noticed his unusual behavior, and their temporary residence would quickly change because of his exposure.

He remembered the only time he was allowed to leave his room openly was when Headmaster Dumbledore came to take him to Hogwarts.

He still remembers the knocking sound:

"Hello, Remus, I am Albus Dumbledore."

The Grimm Bookstore was draped in a white veil of snowflakes, and thin streams of melting snow dripped from the second-floor windows.

Just then, a knock sounded on the door:
"Hello, Mr. Lupin, it's me, Sheehan Green."

(End of this chapter)