Chapter 154 Peter becomes Ron?(1/2)
Arrogance makes others unable to love you, and prejudice makes you unable to love others.
If you look at others with arrogance and prejudice, you will naturally be wrong in whatever the other person does.
This is also Black's biggest problem.
In the past, if there was no such prejudice, he would have changed the matter of the secrets and told Lupin, one of the predators.
Maybe everything will be different.
Judging from Lupin, William contacted, the professor would definitely do everything to save Black.
At least Dumbledore would know the truth and would not let him stay in Azkaban for twelve years.
Therefore, prejudice kills people, but Black chose prejudice when he shouldn't be the least prejudice.
"Why didn't you let Dumbledore be the secret at the beginning?" William stared at Black and asked another sharp question.
"As far as I know, the principal once suggested that he be the secret agent!"
Black looked up and asked, "William, I've heard your conversation during the summer vacation, and you have a safe house, too.
Have you asked Dumbledore to be the secret agent?"
"No." William shook his head, "I am a secret person myself. I am confident that nothing will happen, and it's my home."
It was not that he had considered letting Nico or Dumbledore be the secret agent. In the end, he chose himself.
On the one hand, it was his home with Hermione and Anne. Only those who kept the secret can allow others to enter the house.
He can't apply to Dumbledore every time, right?
"That's right." Black smiled sadly. "We also thought so at the time, and we felt that nothing would happen.
Not to mention, I would bother Dumbledore every time.
He was at least a secret person for twenty safe houses at that time, and even...more!
Countless Death Eaters wanted his life, and Voldemort also regarded him as his most terrible opponent.
We don't want to put pressure on him anymore, nor do we want to put all the eggs in the same basket.
So James chose me.”
William raised his head and frowned slightly. Hermione noticed his movements. The two of them had a good relationship. She said without him asking questions:
"Where are James or Lily, why don't they be secretaries themselves?"
Black looked at the top of the cave dejectedly.
"You are still young and don't know what happened at that time... At that time, the Wizard War had lasted for several years.
Every day, people are dead... familiar, unfamiliar, seen, never seen..."
He shook his head miserably and said, "In that kind of environment, anyone can die. No one will naively think that he is the one who shouldn't die!"
"You are even more unlikely to hide for the rest of your life just because Voldemort wants to kill you, and be a coward, watching your companions die one by one.
That's not Gryffindor!"
His voice growled from his voice.
"Even after Voldemort issued a kill order, James and Lily left the safe house and went to fight secretly to carry out missions for the Order of the Phoenix.
Every time they go out, they will leave alone at home to take care of Harry, who is still a baby."
“But because of Voldemort’s order, the Death Eaters saw them, as if they were crazy.
They replaced the confidential person with me who was much less stressed.
In this way, even if something happens to them, their family's loyalty curse will work normally."
"But someone leaked the secret and leaked my identity as the confidential person.
I suddenly had a whim and secretly changed to Peter, attracting the attention of the Death Eater alone.
After I took my own initiative to convince James, I didn't tell Dumbledore and Remus, because you already know the reason."
Black's face twisted spasmally.
"... On the day of the accident, I went to pursue Peter. I forced him to run away, and he shouted that the whole street had heard it, saying that I betrayed James and Lily.
Before I could kill him, he used the magic wand hidden behind him to blow up the entire street, kill everyone within twenty feet of him, and fled into the gutter with other rats...
I was not tried or made a proactive argument and regretted for twelve years in Azkaban.
The whole thing…is that’s it.”
Black clenched his fists, his lips trembled, and his eyes closed.
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't persuaded James, he and Lily wouldn't have died... I was the one who killed them..."
Hermione's eyes were faintly filled with tears, her hands were white, and she hugged William's arm tightly.
Annie's face was also covered in tears and rubbed her randomly.
William's lips buzzed, and he only sighed silently in the end.
Black's words make logical sense and fully support the previous speculation.
For example, why did Peter, a hero, be a mouse after so many years of incognito, and why did he become Tom's spy?
Because, he is not from here!
"If you don't believe me, just catch the mouse." Black begged.
"As long as you catch him and give him a real spit, you will know everything."
William waved his wand, unraveled the magic for Black, and then formed another chair to signal him to sit down.
"In fact, we noticed something was wrong at Christmas." William yelled softly.
Black looked at William in shock.
"You..." he stuttered. "How did you find out..."
Twelve years ago, Peter had already made the final decision and received a Merlin first-class medal after his death. Can they still find abnormalities?
He knew William and Hermione were smart, but he didn't expect to be so... smart!
"Well, that's easy." He was inexplicably excited. "You guys go and catch him...he's right with the boys in the Weasleys."
"Early tonight, the mouse was already dead." Hermione shook her head.
"What, I'm dying of illness?!" Black was stunned.
"Peter is dead, he is really dead..." Black looked at him helpless, not knowing whether to be happy or lost.
"Don't be rushing to be happy, it's a real mouse that dies." William said slowly.
"At Christmas, we told Dumbledore this guess and found the spots.
But he had no reaction to the use of the exoteric curse."
"It must have been lost by Peter." Black's voice was hoarse.
"He must have noticed the danger and found a similar mouse in advance. No one knows how to pretend to be dead than him!
He did this thirteen years ago!”
"The problem is here, we don't know where Peter is hiding now!" Hermione's expression was serious.
Black thought for a while and suddenly grinned:
"We made a map of the live spots. When we graduated, we deliberately asked Felch to take it away, thinking of staying and helping other students..."
He glanced at Anne and immediately used a slightly elegant word. "Study!"
"That map can show the name...if we find it..."
"Are you talking about this?" William took out a sheepskin map.
He clicked, and it was immediately covered with lines and names.
“…”
Black wanted to know what else did these three little guys in front of him know or didn't have.
He seriously suspected that if he asked for the lost crown of Ravenclaw, the other party could give him a big surprise in minutes!
Black suppressed his frustration, picked up the map and took a closer look.
After a moment, he shook his head: "It's very similar...but the painting craft is much better than what we did."
"This Hogwarts map is a map of the points of birth," William explained.
“Many years ago, Fred and George stole the map of the live spots from Felch’s office.
I have improved the map based on the tracking spell, and the functions are basically the same as those of the live spot map."
"That's great." Black also discovered this, and rubbed his hands in surprise. "We just need to find Peter's name on it..."
His expression froze.
If Peter could be found on the map, the pair of clever and indifferent little wizards in front of him had already caught him.
To be continued...