Snape, the Sunshine of Hogwarts

Lupin, who was lying on the ground, also saw the figure wearing Hawaiian beach shorts and holding a magic wand, a figure that seemed somewhat out of place compared to the person in his memory.

He couldn't speak, nor could he make any movements, but his shocked eyes had already expressed his thoughts.

Severus gave Harry a reassuring look, then walked over to Greyback, who was lying on the ground crying and struggling, with a playful expression.

"What a coincidence, Fenrir. We just saw each other two hours ago, didn't we? I didn't expect you to miss me so much. What were you shouting just now?"

Greyback stopped his howling, which sounded like a wild beast. He stared intently at Severus with his vertical eyes. If looks could kill, Severus would have been torn to pieces long ago!

"Kill me! Go ahead and kill me now if you dare!!"

"Tsk! This won't do." He shook his head, then gestured towards Kingsley not far away. "Can't you see? The cops are still here. I only cast the spell because of your kind invitation and to protect the child from harm. Now that you're incapacitated, if I kill you, wouldn't I become a murderer?"

He crouched down, facing Greyback, and revealed a smile that only the werewolf leader could see.

"Let me tell you a secret, I could have easily chopped off your head with that Divine Sharpness Without Shadow, but do you remember what I told Little Barty? You're just a carrion-eating beast."

"This is just right, isn't it?"

"The Aurors will try to save your life, but they won't be kind enough to reattach your lower body. They'll just send you to Azkaban and let those Dementors squeeze every last bit of value out of you, you beast."

“Kill me!” Greyback roared in terror. “Snape! You coward! Kill me if you dare!! Why won’t you kill me!!!”

Greyback is completely finished. This werewolf leader was born a werewolf, so he had never learned any magic and didn't even have a wand. His most powerful weapon was his own body. Even when he wasn't in werewolf form during a full moon, he possessed extremely strong magic immunity, a body far exceeding that of an average wizard.

Now that he's been crippled, this is even more despairing and painful than killing him outright.

Severus, however, had no interest in paying attention to him. He stood up and went to the group of children.

Female Aurors rushed over to comfort the children who were crying in fear, and Granger immediately hugged his daughter. Hermione, with tears still streaming down her face, insisted on holding her head high and showing off that she wasn't afraid at all.

Harry was jumping around Severus.

"I knew it was you, teacher! I knew you would find me!"

"How did you feel about this experience?" Severus asked with a smile.

"I'm a little scared, but it's also very exciting!"

"When you stood up at the end and said you were Snape's student, I thought you weren't afraid at all."

“Of course I’m scared, but I’m even more scared that my friends will get hurt and I won’t be able to do anything about it!” Harry said earnestly.

Severus put his arm around his shoulder and whispered.

"Then remember this feeling, use it as your motivation to move forward, and strive to ensure that you never encounter such a helpless moment again."

"I will remember!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Ghost Snape was overwhelmed with complex emotions; he couldn't describe the feelings that welled up within him.

Just as Severus and Harry were talking.

Old Lupin also came to Lupin's side and helped him remove the petrification curse.

“I knew something had happened to you because you didn’t send me a letter last week, so I went to Dumbledore and learned what had happened to you from him.”

After being liberated, Lupin gave his father a hug.

"Thank you, Lyle."

Old Lupin patted him on the shoulder, then, as if he had already made a decision, he released Lupin, his expression hesitant yet serious.

“I understand why you haven’t come home all these years. First, you don’t want to come back and disturb me every time the moon is full. Second, you know that I’ve been keeping something from you.”

Lupin looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"If you don't want to talk to me about certain things, you don't have to. I'm not one of them."

"No, I never told you those things before because I was afraid you would blame me for it, but what happened this time made me realize that I can't keep this a secret forever, and you've already encountered him."

As Lupin spoke, his gaze fell upon Greyback, who was surrounded by Kingsley and several Aurors, who were putting shackles on his arms.

"The reason you became a werewolf is because he bit you when you were a child."

Upon hearing this, Lupin appeared somewhat surprised, but that was all.

“Greybuck has bitten many children, and he bit me too. It’s not your fault.”

"No, no! Let me finish." Old Lu Ping stopped Lu Ping from continuing. He took a deep breath and did not avoid Lu Ping's eyes.

"The reason he bit you was actually to get revenge on me. That year, dark magic creatures in the magical world were unusually active. Later we learned that it was a mysterious person preparing for his rise. At that time, the Ministry of Magic gathered many relevant experts to help deal with them, and I was one of them."

"The Aurors captured Greyback at that time, but were fooled by his disguise, thinking he was just a Muggle vagrant. I saw through his lies and tried to get the Control Board to keep him until the end of the full moon that month before making a decision, but they wouldn't listen to me. I was furious, and I insulted Greyback, saying he was soulless, evil, and deserved to die!"

“He remembered those words, and on the night before your fifth birthday, he found our home, turned into a werewolf under the full moon, and bit you. In the end, I chased him away! But from then on, you became a werewolf completely!”

Old Lu Ping's eyes revealed guilt and self-blame.

“It’s all my fault, Remus! It’s because I said those nasty things to him that this revenge has fallen on you! I’ve never dared to tell you the truth before, but after learning that you joined Greyback’s team and became an undercover agent, I became even more afraid. I was afraid that he would recognize you and discover your identity!”

Hearing this for the first time from old Lupin, Lupin stared blankly at Greyback, who was still screaming wildly for the Aurors to kill him, even though the bleeding had been stopped.

He had never known the details before, only vaguely remembering that when he was very young, a werewolf rushed into his house and bit him.

Unexpectedly, this was actually revenge against his father!

However, Lupin quickly came to his senses, patted old Lupin on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

“This isn’t your fault, Lyle. You didn’t do anything wrong back then, did you? The ones who really made mistakes were the Ministry of Magic for not listening to your judgment, and Greyback himself for committing the evil deed. I’m no longer the reckless and ignorant young man I once was. I understand the cause and effect, and I know who the real culprit is!”

Today, after finally speaking out what he had kept in his heart for so many years, Old Lu Ping's eyes reddened.

He grasped Lupin's arm and said sincerely.

"After this is over, come home with me. We'll live together, and I can help keep an eye on you even when the moon is full!"

After thinking very seriously for a moment, Lupin shook his head at old Lupin.

"No, it's not that I don't want to go back with you, it's just that I have things to do."

Old Lu looked puzzled.

"What else do you want to do? Does Dumbledore or the Ministry of Magic have something else for you?"

“It’s not them, it’s my own business.” Lupin looked at Harry, who was jumping around beside Severus, recounting his experiences during the past two days of his capture, and said with a complicated expression, “That child is my best friend’s son.”

Following Lupin's gaze, old Lupin showed a surprised expression.

"Severus's student?"

Even now, Lupin still feels a sense of unease when he hears this title again, and he nods.

"Yes, that's him."

Upon hearing this, Old Lu Ping frowned slightly and began to talk to Lu Ping about something else.

"When we found that sea cliff in Eastbourne today, it was Severus who discovered the clues you left on the rocks. He told me about some things from your student days."

Before he could finish speaking, Lupin knew what he had heard from Severus.

"Okay, I apologize for not telling you this before."

"So things are as Severus said?" Old Lupin stared into his son's eyes. "Your friend tried to trick you into killing him while you were transforming!"

Lupin fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"I don't know what it was like for you to get along with Snape, Lyle, but the Snape of the past was different from the one in the rumors now, and..."

"No matter what, this should never have happened!" Old Lupin's voice was grave. "This is the fault of your group. If you were unaware of this, then it's the fault of your friends. They're not just trying to kill Severus, they're trying to harm you!"

Just as the father and son were talking about the past, the voices of the parties involved could be heard from the side.

"It's been a long time! Isn't this my nephew Remus Lupin?!"

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Chapter 97 This is your Uncle Granger

I heard a voice that was both familiar and strangely unfamiliar beside me.

Lupin turned his head and saw Harry leading a smiling Severus to their side.

Hearing Severus address Lupin, Harry, who had been planning to reintroduce his teacher to "Mr. Peter," was momentarily stunned.

"Nephew? Lupin? Aren't you classmates or relatives?"

Lupin didn't know what expression to wear when facing Severus, especially after hearing how Severus addressed him.

At this moment, Severus had already patted old Lupin on the shoulder.

“Lyle and I are like brothers. He is older than me, so I call him brother. Isn’t Lyle’s son my nephew?”

Harry scratched his forehead; what he said did seem to make sense.

Lupin looked on incredulously, glancing at Severus and then at his father.

Old Lu Ping felt a little embarrassed as his son stared at him. He sighed and didn't say anything more.

"You two should sort out your own affairs. Now that I've confirmed your safety here, I have nothing to worry about. As for what you want to do next, I'll be waiting for you at home when you're done and want to go home. You can invite Robert over for a couple of drinks sometime."

His last words were addressed to Severus; after saying those words, old Lupin clearly wanted to leave.

Severus did not try to persuade him to stay, but gave him a final reminder before he left.

"Wessengamo should send you a letter in the next few days, Lyle! Don't forget to sign for it; it will be very important."

Old Lu Ping was somewhat puzzled.

"A letter from Wisengam?"

"Don't worry, it's a surprise. You'll find out when the time comes."

Only after old Lupin left did Severus look at Lupin again.

By this time, Lupin had adjusted his mindset slightly, and he calmly extended one of his hands to Severus.

"Long time no see. I heard you've changed a lot lately, completely different from before?"

Severus also extended his hand and shook hands with Lupin.

Just as he said to Snape the Ghost, Lupin was the least at fault among the four when things happened at Hogwarts. In addition, he had his own stance at the time, so it's hard to say that Snape the Ghost should vent all his anger on him.

"It's been a long time. You did a great job as an undercover agent. Without the information you left behind, we wouldn't have been able to find us so quickly."

Lu Ping stared at Severus for a while, and Severus raised an eyebrow.

"Is there something on my face?"

"You've changed more than just your appearance; you would never have said something like this before."

Snape, who had been feeling conflicted about Severus and Harry, now had a face as black as the bottom of a pot.

Severus laughed.

"Then let's get to know each other again. My name is Severus Snape, a friend of your father, Harry Potter's teacher, the former headmaster of Hogwarts, and currently an unemployed bum."

Hearing the other titles was fine, but when it came to "Harry Potter's teacher," Lupin, who had managed to calm down, became agitated again.

He lowered his voice and couldn't help but ask.

Does Dumbledore know about this?

"Harry being kidnapped? It makes no difference whether he knows or not."

"No, I mean you brought James's son out as your student!"

Hearing Lupin's strong reaction to the matter, Severus shrugged.

"If he didn't know, how would I have had the chance to bring Harry out?"

"What is Dumbledore thinking!" Lupin's voice became urgent.

Severus and Harry exchanged a glance, and he shrugged.

"How would I know? I can't read his mind."

"And what do you think!" Lupin pulled Severus aside, preventing Harry from hearing the question. "I don't believe that even if you've really changed this much, you still don't hate James anymore."

His question elicited only a cold laugh from Snape the Ghost, while Severus calmly watched him, about to say something, when Kingsley, who had already led his team to thoroughly clean up the scene, found them.

“Minister Bagno will probably thank you personally.” Kingsley, exhausted after a long day, said to Severus, “So much happened tonight. Director Barty Crouch has been brought back to the Ministry of Magic. His case hasn’t been made public yet, but the other directors and ministers in the ministry know the whole story.”

"They dare not keep this a secret, but if they do, they don't know how much of a sensation it will cause in the magical world. It's a good thing that they were able to capture this group of werewolves tonight. Based on my understanding of them, the Daily Prophet will probably focus on reporting on the three of you to try to restore public confidence."

At the same time, he turned to look at Lupin, clearly not unfamiliar with the wandering werewolf.