Chapter 438: Hiss, Am I Really That Much of a Goof?

"Meow~" Crookshanks pushed away the cleaned fish and contentedly licked his paws.

Sirius Black immediately spotted the cat that looked extremely familiar to him!

Seeing Black petting Crookshanks's head, his eyes widened.

"This cat is yours?!"

"Actually, it belongs to a friend of mine." Black smiled. "But I occasionally have it help me with a few small tasks."

"Like luring some stupid dog into the castle..."

Sirius's expression instantly became incredibly colorful.

If this cat had been sent by Black, then...

That meant the entire situation had been completely under Black's control from the very beginning.

"So... the reason you caught me wasn't entirely because of the Marauder's Map..."

"No, it really was because of the Marauder's Map. I could let you in, but I still needed the map to know where you were, didn't I?" Black said with a smile.

Sirius looked into Black's azure eyes and suddenly sighed. "I believe now that you're Dumbledore's child."

No matter how capable an individual was, it was never enough.

To make it in this world, you needed connections and power...

So Black was building up his own power, and he was doing quite well at it.

By the time Black arrived at the Fourth Calamity's base,

the sky was already glittering with stars.

"You can see the stars more clearly from the mountaintop." Ariana's voice came from behind him.

Black turned around. "Did I like watching stars back then too?"

"Back then?" Ariana laughed. "Back then, you especially liked looking at pretty girls!"

Black frowned. "I think you're making things up about me on purpose because that version of me isn't here."

What did she mean, that version of me liked pretty girls?

Did the current me not like looking at them too?

"I am making things up. If you've