The Game Starts
He looked calmly at the pale and sickly man in front of him.
Hariwald raised his eyebrows slightly, displaying a look of appropriate childlike confusion on his face.
Of course, the old wizard must know that the stupid half-giant failed to win over the golden boy he desired. Therefore, the impatient old wizard must send a more intelligent candidate.
Remus John Lupin.
Obviously, Lupin is different from the reckless, radical, and violent individuals in the eyes of the half-giant.
Although Remus Lupin looked sick and exhausted, he knew how to make himself look non-aggressive. It was undeniable that Lupine always looked at Hariwald with a soft, thoughtful look. He is calm and seems comfortable and conversational.
Hariwald's mind was suddenly drawn to what he had witnessed at Gringotts.
Remus Lupin was like the brother James Potter never had.
Even closer than the relationship between James and Baldur.
Fleamont and Euphemia treat Lupin as their own.
In the old Potter's heart, he needed a Gryffindor child.
James was in the snake's house, and Remus was in the lion's house.
Fleamont's clear favoritism towards Remus did not make James feel jealous.
On the contrary, Remus became the person closest to James.
During the wedding of Rabastan and James.
By then, Euphemia had died, and Fleamont was unwilling to attend.
Remus was assigned to hold James' hand and hand him over to Rabastan himself.
However, when Lupine chose to join Albus Dumbledore's side.
It is said that there was an unprecedented dispute between them.
For this reason, he was moved to the bottom of the leader list by James.
In the end, Lupine chose to place his loyalty with the Order of the Phoenix.
Not James and Rabastan.
Therefore, Dumbledore chose someone who knew James well but was also completely devoted to the Order.
Lupin is a calm and judicious lobbyist.
Knowing that Lupin might be more than just following the Order of the Phoenix, Hariwald didn't resent Lupin.
On the contrary, he was curious about Lupine's behavior.
And the silver light hidden in Lupine's eyes.
"If you can, you can call me Professor Lupin, but if you don't mind, you can also call me Moony, just like James calls me, Lupin spoke in a friendly but distant tone. His eyes exuded a pure-blood style without being disrespectful, yet he was also passionate about the idea of having a family.
Hariwald also noticed that Lupine didn't say the Mudblood trickster's name.
Lupin is more cautious and shrewd than Hariwald imagined.
"So, you and my father are in the same house?" Hariwald asked innocently, his tone resembling that of a child.
Of course, the answer is no.
Both James and Rabastan stayed in the house that belonged to Slytherin.
"Although James and I were in different house at school, the relationship between James and me was deeply rooted when we were young."
Lupin continues to maintain a gentle and non-threatening demeanor.
For this reason, Hariwald chose not to conflict with Lupin. He could fully sense Lupine's unusual aura and unique magic fluctuations.
Lupin's body is filled with defensive magic that is unique to Potters, indicating that James' father, Fleamont, or James himself had considered Lupine a family member through blood magic long before his death.
The thing is, Lupin isn't his guardian.
This means that Lupin has certain conditions that disqualify him from being a guardian.
Perhaps it was a new possibility. Looking at Lupine in front of him, Hariwald knew that he definitely needed to make plans again.
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At this moment, in the cell in the deepest part of Azkaban, the woman with dark black eyes, always filled with a sense of mental disorder, suddenly stared at the cell door with a cautious expression.
Outside the cell, the air was filled with an unwelcome chill.
Even the Dementors guarding the woman were so frightened by this power that they fled in all directions.
Women know better than anyone else where this power comes from.
It seems that the jailers who stayed behind had no idea that Azkaban had a vulnerability.
There was a chanting of ancient mantras that sounded like a whisper outside the door, and soon, the door fell down at the end of the chanting.
At the door, a tall man was wearing a dark wizard's robe. Two snakes woven from golden threads were crawling on the sleeves of the robe.
The tall man has an extraordinarily handsome appearance, along with short, black, shiny hair unique to the Black family. Most notably, he possesses a pair of dark eyes that gleam with a silver light.
It was clear that the blood of the Black family ran in the Tall Man's veins.
"My dear, how are you doing lately?" the tall man said