Chapter 437: When You're Out in the World, You Need Influence! (cont.)

Black picked up Crookshanks. "Did your owner feed you?"

"Oh... she forgot to feed you again?"

"Poor little thing. Come on, I'll find you something to eat..."

"Mm, I happen to have not eaten either."

Holding Crookshanks, Black had the Dimensional Door open automatically before him.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in a secluded corridor outside the Great Hall.

Turning out of the corridor, Black walked into the Great Hall.

By now, mealtime was almost over.

Most of the people in the Great Hall had already left.

Black found an empty seat at the end of the Hufflepuff long table.

First, he got Crookshanks a fish, then he started digging in himself.

Just as the man and cat were eating, Harry walked over.

"Black..."

Black looked up and saw Harry's anxious face.

"What's wrong? You haven't eaten yet? Sit down and eat with me."

Black cleared the seat beside him.

"No... I..." He glanced around, then said quietly, "Today, Sirius Black's... trial began. I... don't know what the result was. I can't eat..."

Black smiled. "Don't worry. With Professor Dumbledore there, your godfather is perfectly safe."

"For all you know, he might already have been acquitted and released."

"You should just eat properly."

"If you're not enthusiastic about eating, there's something wrong with your brain, you know..."

As Black spoke, he handed over a bowl of roasted potatoes.

Harry looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end, he could only take the potatoes helplessly and start eating them in small bites.

A godfather... to Harry, that was really not so different from a father.

Especially now that Harry only had one godfather left...

On top of that, Harry had been getting along very well with Sirius Black lately.

Compared with Uncle Vernon's family... Sirius