Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

But Lupin's attitude... didn't seem to be directed at the poor Muggles they had teased, but rather as if they themselves were being bullied.

Lupin took a deep breath and said, "That was the worst Muggle I have ever seen... The first time we met was at a wedding, he condescendingly asked James what car he drove, and James told him that he had a competition-grade broom..."

When Lupin heard this name and recalled the past scenes, he still felt sad.

He paused before continuing, "And then that man - Vernon Dursley - loudly declared that wizards were all wretches living on the dole."

"James told him that he had a large sum of gold in Gringotts. He didn't understand Gringotts and thought James was teasing him, so he got furious. The couple left the wedding directly, causing Lily to cry."

Lupin smiled bitterly and said, "You don't know, James is willing to do anything for Lily. He promised Lily that he would reconcile with Vernon as soon as possible...but the attitudes of those two people...can you understand, we are all freaks in their eyes..."

Vader understood - it was obvious that some unpleasant conflict might have occurred later.

"I should have come to see Harry earlier... I didn't know he was entrusted to the Dursleys." Lupin said worriedly and self-reproachfully: "Damn... I should have thought of it earlier. They are his only relatives..."

"But given your past conditions, I'm afraid you won't be able to raise a child well."

Wade suddenly stopped and said, "We're here."

The two of them looked at the house on the side of the road together.

It looked like a copy and paste of its neighbors, with no difference from the gray tiles on the roof to the mottled bricks on the wall. There was a car parked in the yard, and the garden was neatly maintained.

An ordinary house, an ordinary life, nothing special about it.

The windows of the living room were closed, so it was impossible to tell whether anyone was inside.

The sun had already set and a faint light shone through the window. Lupin suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"Look at that window, Vader," said Lupin. "Isn't the shadow funny?"

Wade looked at the crisscrossing long shadows and said, "It looks like someone has sealed it off from the inside."

"Very good." Lupin's voice was cold: "Now we know why Harry couldn't communicate."

"Calm down." Wade reminded, "It is illegal to use magic on Muggles."

The Dursleys had an underage wizard, and it was not against the Statute of Secrecy to reveal the existence of magic to them. But using magic to harm Muggles was a complete violation of the law.

The Ministry of Magic has always been "ambiguous" in law enforcement. Sometimes, as long as the aftermath of a violation is properly handled (all witnesses are made to forget everything), there will be no problem; sometimes, the same behavior will result in imprisonment in Azkaban.

Hagrid once conjured a pig's tail for Daly, and according to the law he should definitely be sentenced, but Dumbledore suppressed the matter.

If Lupin breaks the law, because of his identity as a werewolf, the law will be enforced with stricter standards.

"I see."

Lupin gritted his teeth, suppressed the anger on his face, and rang the doorbell.

Chapter 113 Should I call the police? I can help

The Dursleys were having dinner. There were shortbread, fried haddock, sausages and vegetable soup on the table, and Dudley had a plate of delicious mashed potatoes.

"I don't want to eat this!" Dudley said angrily, "I want cheese bread! I want barbecue too."

"Do it tomorrow morning, Dada." Penny looked at her chubby son lovingly and said, "You have to eat well and get fat before school starts."

She always felt that her son would not have enough to eat at school.

"I want to eat barbecue now! Otherwise I won't eat!"

Dudley said stubbornly, and tears quickly accumulated in his eyes, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Petunia Dursley panicked and said quickly, "Okay, okay, wait a moment. Mom will make you a barbecue."

She stood up and went to the kitchen, and just then the whole family heard the doorbell.

"Who's coming to visit today?" Penny asked curiously.

"No guests... maybe someone came to deliver the mail."

Fenon originally wanted to call Harry to open the door, but suddenly remembered that the boy had been locked up by him, so he had to push away the chair and open the door himself.

There were two strangers, one big and one small, standing outside the door. They were well-dressed and had extraordinary demeanor, and they were not holding any mail.

"Hello."

Fenon's unhappiness at having his dinner interrupted quickly disappeared after he saw who was coming.

He began to try hard to recall... Was the man in front of him a business partner?

Vernon asked politely, "What can I do for you, Excellency?"

When Penny heard the voice, she also came out of the kitchen. When she saw the man at the door, she felt that he looked familiar.

"Hello, Mr. Dursley," Lupin said indifferently. "I do have something important to do, but it's not to you."

Fenon didn't know what was happening to him. He involuntarily made way and watched this man, whose name he didn't even know, walk towards his home.

"Wait—who are you looking for?"

Fenon hurriedly caught up and asked.

Petunia at the door suddenly gasped, her arms trembling as she pointed at Lupin and said, "You...you...you are...you are the best man..."

"Remus Lupin." Lupin looked at the thin woman and said, "It's been twelve years, Mrs. Dursley."

Vernon looked at them suspiciously, but he trusted his wife more after all, and asked doubtfully, "Do you know him, Penny?"

"Actually, you should know me too, Mr. Dursley."

Lupin walked into the house and took a quick look before looking at the owner of the house:

"—we were all there at James and Lily's wedding, weren't we?"

Fenon was surprised and asked, "You are...you are the wizard...who is with that person?"

His voice sounded like it was squeezed from a gas tank.

Dudley, who was eating fried cod, suddenly screamed. He dropped the plate, covered his butt in panic, turned around like a headless fly, then rushed into the bathroom, locked the door and refused to come out.

——The last wizard he saw was Hagrid. When they parted, he had a pig's tail as a souvenir, but he had to go to a private hospital to have it cut off.

"Oh - my poor Dada -"

Penny hurriedly chased after him, trying to comfort her frightened son, but she heard a "bang" and the door almost hit her face.

Vernon was also startled. He stepped back, grabbed a table knife, pointed it at Lupin with both hands, and shouted, "What do you want to do? Get out! Penny, call the police!"

Lupin was too lazy to deal with them and turned and walked upstairs.

Penny rushed over to make a call, but the receiver had already been lifted up.

"Call the police, huh? I can help."

Wade said slowly: "999? Or 116111? I think both are fine."

As he spoke, he pressed the phone number, but before he could get through, he was held down by a pair of cold hands.

He raised his eyes and saw Penny saying palely: "Don't call the police... Don't call the police, Vernon..."

"What?" Vernon asked loudly. He wanted to go upstairs to stop Lupin, but he was worried about leaving his wife and son behind, so he was too busy to think.

"Bang!" There was a loud noise from upstairs, as if the door of the small bedroom was blown open.

Then came Lupin's angry voice: "That's what they give you to eat?"

Vernon's face was full of anger, but Penny's face showed a bit of embarrassment.

But they had to listen to Wade.

"116111 is the hotline number of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children."

Wade kindly explained: "This is the only charity in the country with statutory powers."

Fenon looked at him in astonishment, his small eyes moving rapidly.

In the small bedroom, Harry jumped out of bed and looked in horror at the stranger who suddenly broke in.

"You...who are you?"

He panicked and grabbed a pillow to block the way.

"Come with me, Harry." Lupin took a deep breath, his eyes moist, and said, "I am a friend of your parents... I am here to take you away."

Harry hesitated for only a second before jumping out of bed and grabbing his hand.

To him, there was no worse place in the world than the Dursleys', and many times he suspected that he would starve to death.

"Wait, Hedwig!"

Harry ran over and picked up his owl cage.

Lupin glanced with disgust at the bowl beside him. There was only a little clear vegetable soup at the bottom of the bowl, and there were only a few wrinkled vegetables in the owl's food bowl.

Living room on the first floor.

"You can of course call 999 to report the incident, but I want to remind you that as a guardian, it is illegal to deliberately fail to provide adequate food, clothing, medical care or accommodation to a child under the age of 14 if you have the financial means to do so."

Wade said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, Harry is locked in the room upstairs by you? The windows are nailed shut."

"Imprisoning children, abusing children, and neglecting children are all crimes. Physical abuse, emotional abuse, and domestic violence are all child abuse. If reported, you will be fined and imprisoned."

"Your actions have violated the Child Abuse Prevention Act, the Child Guardianship Act, and the Children's Act enacted three years ago."

"If you don't believe it, feel free to check it out. Or call the police and let them decide what is right and wrong."

"I just wonder, if you and your wife are arrested by the police and sent to jail, what will the neighbors think of you? What will happen to your dada...his situation at school?"

"How...how do you know all this?" Penny asked in disbelief, "You are the same...weird...same person as them, right?"

Not only wizards, but even ordinary people don't know much about these laws.

"My parents don't know magic either. I grew up in the same environment as you."

Vader raised his voice slightly, "What do you say, Harry? If you choose to call the police, I'm sure this couple will be punished."

The Dursleys turned around in panic, only to see that Harry had followed Lupin downstairs without them noticing.

The two were immediately frightened.

The police... jail... Dudley will be bullied by his classmates at school... maybe even asked to drop out...