I'd Rather Die! I'll Never Betray My Comrades! (Continued)

"I'd known for a long time that James and the others were all highly talented in Transfiguration..."

"But I never expected... that they'd actually mastered Animagus transformation at that age."

"Even Peter..."

Professor McGonagall was also an Animagus.

Of course, she knew exactly how dangerous and difficult it was without anyone to guide them.

Without a sufficient understanding of Transfiguration, and without enough courage,

success would have been absolutely impossible!

If they failed... death might have been the most painless outcome.

Otherwise... becoming half-human, half-beast would truly have been worse than death.

What shocked her even more was that Peter had actually succeeded as well.

The odds of that were like suddenly hearing that Neville had ranked first in his year—utterly unbelievable.

Snape curled his lip. Hearing Professor McGonagall praise James and his gang's talent made him somewhat unhappy.

Lupin continued. When he reached the part about James and Sirius discussing replacing Peter Pettigrew as the secret keeper in private,

Professor McGonagall couldn't help crying out. "This... Peter... how could that be?"

But that was the truth!

The replacement of the secret keeper

was already enough to prove that the true traitor was the new secret keeper, Peter Pettigrew.

As for a location protected by the Fidelius Charm, unless the secret keeper took the initiative to reveal it,

even if Voldemort stood right at the doorstep, even if he pressed himself against the window and looked inside, he would not be able to see the people in the house.

Professor McGonagall was once again dumbfounded.

That timid, cowardly fellow

had actually sold out his best friend's entire family!

And they had been good friends who had helped him so much since childhood!

To be precise, Professor McGonagall would rather have believed that Sirius was truly the traitor than believe that