Black: You Haven't Had That Rat Neutered Yet, Have You? Peter: You Monster!

He made up his mind that after he got to school, he absolutely could not let his curiosity run wild and ask about this.

Otherwise, maybe one day he would be expelled just because he stepped into the office with his right foot first...

Still, Dumbledore didn't seem that petty...

Maybe he could ask just a little?

At noon, when the food trolley came by.

Black bought a lot of snacks and brought them into the compartment.

The group ate while chatting about all kinds of things.

Among them, Lupin also probed Harry indirectly about his life staying at his uncle and aunt's house.

However, after listening for only a short while, his brows furrowed.

He truly hadn't expected there to be relatives this awful.

When he heard that Harry had only escaped after blowing that detestable Aunt Marge up like a balloon.

Lupin happily applauded him.

"At the time, I didn't even know where I was supposed to go."

"I was just thinking I'd walk slowly and go stay in Knockturn Alley first."

"Oh, right, back then I also saw an especially huge black dog."

"It scared me so much I pulled out my wand."

"But it was precisely because I pulled out my wand that I summoned the Knight Bus..."

Lupin suddenly interrupted Harry's account.

"Wait..."

"You just said you saw an especially huge black dog?"

"Yeah... Come to think of it, it was strange too. That black dog looked vicious, and it kept staring straight at me..."

"But after it was hit by my Disarming Charm, it ran off."

Harry was still recounting what had happened to him that day.

Completely unaware that Lupin's expression had already turned dark.

A big black dog... and it had been staring straight at Harry...

Lupin immediately understood who that