Not long after Xenophilius went upstairs, Lupin and Sirius Black appeared at the entrance of the Hog's Head.
Both men wore obvious looks of exhaustion, especially Sirius. His black hair was completely unkempt, longer and messier than usual, and the dark circles under his eyes were especially pronounced, showing that he had not slept at all last night.
It was almost an exact repeat of Aberforth Dumbledore's meeting with Xenophilius, except Lupin and Sirius were now the ones asking questions.
Aberforth Dumbledore sighed and nodded. "So you two as well..."
"You two as well?" Lupin realized something. "Are there others who want to do this too? Is it Headmaster Dumbledore?"
Sirius had a different concern. "Who's upstairs? Could it be that nothing happened to Vizet? Is this fake news spread by some idiots? Why would they do that?"
"I don't know at the moment..." Aberforth Dumbledore shrugged. "The person who arrived before you was Luna's father, Xenophilius. You know him, right?"
"All right!" Lupin sighed, sounding more than a little disappointed. "It wouldn't surprise me at all that he came here..."
"What about you?" Aberforth Dumbledore asked. "Did you arrange to meet Fred and the others?"
"Yes!" Lupin nodded. "I received news from North America..."
"They say even the Muggle president knows about this, and some Wizards are lobbying that Muggle president, seemingly trying to make him do something."
"As for exactly what they intend to do, the person who gave me the information wasn't very clear either. But if we connect these two matters, it must be something especially bad."
"If this is true, then that means..." Sirius's brows drew tightly together, his face darkening. "A new Paris Region Incident may be about to happen!"
"At the moment, that seems to be the worst-case scenario!" Lupin nodded. "After all,