Snape, the Sunshine of Hogwarts

Severus gripped the steering wheel again, and this time not only Harry, but Lupin and Draco also learned to hold onto the door handles without being taught.

Finally, although it still nodded slightly when starting again, it didn't stall and was successfully driven out of the parking lot by Severus.

As they drove from the outskirts of London onto country roads, the shady trees on both sides of the road shielded them from the scorching sun, and a cool breeze blew in from outside the car.

The fresh, clean air finally lifted Draco's spirits, who had been getting the short end of the stick for the past two days. He squinted, took a deep breath, and leaned back comfortably in the passenger seat.

Who are we going to Paris to see?

Lupin asked from the back row.

Severus, with one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the car door, replied.

"Nico Lemaître".

Harry blinked; he was clearly unfamiliar with some of the well-known figures in the wizarding world.

"Who is that?"

"You don't know Nicolas Flamel?" Draco seemed to have found an opportunity to mock him. "He's a famous alchemist! The one who created the Philosopher's Stone! And he's lived since 1327 using that stone!"

Harry didn't retaliate against Draco's sarcasm. Just as Severus said, he could now see Draco as a mischievous kid who was younger than him and didn't know any better, and he could completely ignore him.

"Why are we going to see Nick Flamel? Did Dumbledore send us?"

“It was Dumbledore who suggested I go to him for a favor,” Severus said. “It’s about me.”

He didn't say what it was about, and Lupin and Harry didn't press him for details.

Just as they had already left the London city limits and were heading towards Dover Port.

Draco, who was peeking out from outside, suddenly noticed that there was an owl overhead that seemed to be chasing them!

"An owl is chasing us!" he shouted, pulling his head back. "It might be my dad who's changed his mind! He wrote to you asking you to send me back! Stop, stop!"

Lupin and Harry also peered out and saw the owl that had been following them overhead.

Severus didn't continue forward. Instead, he slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road, allowing the owl that had been following him for who knows how long to finally land safely on the roof of the car. After landing safely, the owl even gave Severus a signature wing salute!

“This definitely wasn’t sent by your father,” Harry teased Draco, recognizing the owl’s origins.

Draco clearly recognized that his owl couldn't be so ordinary. He pursed his lips, his face flushed, but he couldn't say anything to refute Harry.

Severus took a letter from the owl's talons, opened it, glanced at it, and read its contents.

Then, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he casually handed the letter to Lupin.

"Your old buddy doesn't seem to want to be left out either."

Upon hearing Severus's words, Lupin frowned slightly; he suddenly had a bad feeling.

After receiving the letter, he saw the words Dumbledore had written to Severus.

Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban, and he might be going to find Harry.

Staring at the line of text above, Lu Ping remained silent for a long time.

Harry, who was standing nearby, was extremely curious. He stood on tiptoe, trying to see what was written in the letter, but Severus had already called him over.

"It's alright, Dudley. Get in the car, let's continue. We should try to catch the ferry from Dover to France before noon."

At this moment, Lupin also rolled up and put the letter away, and the owl, having successfully completed its mission, once again spread its wings and soared into the sky.

Severus and his group returned to the car, and Lupin, who had been somewhat silent since reading the letter, finally spoke.

"Fortunately, we are about to leave the UK temporarily."

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked up at Severus.

"You haven't told anyone else where we're going, have you?"

“Only Dumbledore knew we were going to Paris, and Lucius and the others knew we were going abroad,” Severus replied casually, seemingly unaffected by the contents of the letter.

Lupin was somewhat puzzled by his current attitude.

Logically speaking, Severus should have hated those four people.

If LeBron James is ranked first, then Sirius Black can be tied for first place with him!

Now that he has escaped from Azkaban, Severus seems unconcerned, as if he had expected it all along.

But with two children still there, Lupin didn't ask the questions he wanted to ask at that moment, even though he was full of doubts.

This minor hiccup during their journey did not affect them, and they arrived at Port Dover smoothly before noon.

I had some writer's block, hence the late post.