Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

Upon hearing Dumbledore's name, Lupin slowly closed his eyes.

Eric was telling the truth.

If others were to discover that Blake was in his office.

Lupin's career in the wizarding world will undoubtedly be ruined.

Even Dumbledore will be implicated.

Dumbledore is what Lupin least wants to see.

Lupin knew his situation better than anyone else.

He was almost... penniless.

Lupin struggled to ask, "Where is he?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a tall, thin, and disheveled figure emerged from the shadows behind Lu Ping.

"Long time no see... Remus."

Sirius said.

Even after so many years, Lupin immediately recognized Sirius's voice.

With Eric's wand in front and Sirius Black behind, Lupin knew he had no chance of winning.

The situation is now completely under Eric's control.

If they wanted, they could easily kill themselves here silently.

Lupin knew Sirius very well and was aware of his abilities.

Lupin could also guess how he infiltrated Hogwarts.

Of course, we use Animagus.

Back in their student days, they discovered that Hogwarts' defense system was useless against animals.

Of the four of them, Lupin was a werewolf, while the other three were self-taught illegal Animagus.

They were also familiar with all the secret passages in the school.

Sneaking into the school would be easier than eating.

Even if we leave Sirius Black out of the picture.

If it were just Sirius Black, Lupin wouldn't have surrendered so easily.

But he was brought in by Eric.

After the confrontation, Lupin realized that his assessment of Eric's abilities on the Hogwarts Express was seriously flawed.

Eric is the most capable person in this office right now!

He is more dangerous than Sirius.

Lupin wouldn't dare say he could easily beat either of them.

Now, both of them are attacking together.

Moreover, Lupin himself didn't even take out his wand.

Lupin slowly raised his hands, cautiously refraining from touching his wand, and said, "What do you want?"

“Calm down, Remus.” Sirius reached for Lupin’s wand on the table, walked up to Lupin, pointed at the Marauder’s Map, and said, “My only request of you is that you stay calm. It’s better for both of us. And then I want to show you a name, a name you would never imagine.”

"You'll believe us very soon."

Lupin glanced at Sirius out of the corner of his eye as he pointed to a corner on the Marauder's Map, from their current location in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, to the main tower, the stone bridge, then to the Gryffindor tower, and finally to the Gryffindor boys' dormitory.

"What do you mean?" Lupin looked at Sirius's actions, then turned to Eric and asked sarcastically, "What are you trying to show me?"

Eric laughed and said, "Don't look at us, Professor, look at the map."

“Yes, look at the map.” Sirius Black tapped Lupin’s wand heavily on the map, his face contorted with rage.

Lupin hesitantly turned his gaze to the Marauder's Map.

Then he saw a name on it.

His mouth gaped open in disbelief.

This was indeed a name he hadn't expected.

Peter Pedirou!

Chapter 68 Peter's Capture Plan

Peter!

A person who, in Lupin's mind, had long since died.

They're actually in the boys' dormitory in the Gryffindor Tower now.

Be with them, right inside Hogwarts!

Lupin rubbed his eyes, ignored everything, flung open Sirius Black, rushed to his desk, lowered his head, and checked it again.

That was indeed Peter Pediru!

Marauder's Map never lies!

Lupin stared at the Marauder's map in disbelief, remaining silent for a long time.

All his questions about Sirius were answered in that instant.

Betrayal, pursuit, an entire street being blown up, and innocent people dying in the process...

A moment later, Lu Ping suddenly raised his head again, his eyes already filled with tears, his features contorted, clearly unable to suppress his emotions.

Seeing this, Eric knew that there was no need to give Lupin any further hints.

From Lupin's perspective, he was one of the people who believed most in Sirius Black.

Seeing Peter's name suddenly, how could I not know that the incident back then was a huge misunderstanding?

Eric deftly put away his wand, sat back in his chair, and said leisurely, "Professor, at first I didn't believe it either, that the protector of James and his wife back then was actually Peter."

"It was he who betrayed Harry's parents, not Sirius."

"It must have been tough for Peter, a wizard, to turn into a rat and hide for twelve years."

Lupin looked at Sirius, and after a silent understanding, rushed over and hugged him.

Eric didn't need to explain; he understood what had happened.

The fact that Peter's name appears at Hogwarts is already obvious evidence.

The pent-up frustration and repression of twelve years were completely released in that instant.

Even someone as composed as Lupin couldn't resist the impulse within him.

"Ahem." After they had been hugging for a while, Eric reminded them, "I didn't mean to interrupt you, but now is really not the time for catching up."

The two men, who were embracing, hurriedly separated and looked at each other, laughing.

Lupin patted Sirius on the shoulder and said seriously, "Why didn't you leave me a message back then? I would have gone after Peter with you."

Sirius spread his hands and said with a wry smile, "I didn't have time, so I had to kill him myself, just to avenge James. In the end, he turned into a rat and escaped."

Lupin let out a sigh of relief, nodded to Sirius, then turned to Eric and said earnestly, "Thank you, Eric, I mean it."

No matter how much doubt and concern Lupin had about Eric before, it all vanished the moment he saw Sirius Black and Peter's name on the Marauder's Map.

Lupin even began to wonder if he had been terrified by the Dementors.

Feelings of shame kept washing over Lupin.

This left him unsure of how to approach Eric.

Previously, they were indifferent to others and even hostile.

Now that Lupin knows Eric was the first person to side with Sirius, not himself, he feels somewhat embarrassed.

Eric smiled and put away the Marauder's Map, saying, "Now, we should discuss this."

"What are we discussing?" Sirius asked.

"Of course, it's the Peter capture plan..."

Once they calmed down, Lupin and Sirius quickly got into the zone.

After discovering that Sirius Black had been wronged, Lupin naturally sided with Sirius.

The process was so smooth that it required absolutely no mental preparation.

The real traitor was Peter the mouse, not Sirius.

Once Lupin learned the truth, there were naturally no more problems between him and Sirius.

Lupin even felt guilty for his misunderstanding of Sirius.

As a result, their attitude towards Eric also made a complete 180-degree turn.

Lupin took his wand back from Sirius and checked again to make sure the office's warning spells and access control were functioning properly.

Eric didn't stand on ceremony and poured himself a cup of black tea from Lupin's office.

The two who were just confronting each other with their wands have now become friends, creating a somewhat awkward atmosphere.

Fortunately, Lupin had experienced a lot; he had been looked down upon a lot because of his werewolf identity.

Eric didn't take Lupin's hostility seriously at all.

Sirius clapped his hands and said, "That's easy. I think the plan is simple. I'll sneak into Gryffindor's common room, catch Peter, and you two will meet me outside."

Eric glanced at him sideways and said, "Oh? I seem to remember someone failing their first attempt to infiltrate Gryffindor's common room?"

"That...that was an accident. I didn't know the password, and I was in too much of a hurry," Sirius said awkwardly.

"If I hadn't left you a box at the Requirement Room, you would be the one who got caught."

Lupin asked curiously, "The Room of Requirement? Where is that? Sirius, where were you hiding last night?"

Sirius Black said, "It's a hidden room on the eighth floor of the castle. You stand in front of a tapestry with several trolls painted on it, and walk back and forth across the wall opposite it three times. Then, the room you're thinking of will appear on the wall. I didn't know that there was such a hidden space in Hogwarts. We overlooked it when we were exploring. It was Eric who told me about it."