The next day...
After being forced by that shameless Kayson to grade homework all night, Sirius crawled out of the office looking utterly drained. God knew whether Kayson had gotten drunk again last night.
What decent person would think of making a dog grade homework?
Hilarious.
Just as he was about to head to Gryffindor Tower to freeload, put on a show, and incidentally scout the place out so Peter Pettigrew would lower his guard against him—at least stop constantly thinking about running away—
All he had to do was wander around more often. Sooner or later, that filthy rat would think he only went to the Gryffindor dormitory to get closer to Harry and had absolutely nothing to do with him.
Then he could wait for the right moment and show that dog-catching-rat routine firsthand. Hehehe!!!
While Sirius was reveling in his fantasy of successfully getting revenge, Harry and his friends came walking over listlessly. Sirius immediately threw all his earlier plans to the back of his mind and trotted after Harry with his tail wagging.
"Oh, Bruce, aren't you going out to play?" Harry asked, looking down at Bruce by his feet with a not particularly happy smile.
"Woof!"
"Hm?"
"Woof!"
"..."
In the end, Harry still could not understand what Sirius was saying, so he listlessly pushed open the door to the Alchemy office.
"Professor~"
Kayson, who was sitting on the sofa reading a novel, heard a resentful echo.
Before long, Harry and the others arrived in front of Kayson with a dog in tow.
"There's hot water over there, cookies over there. I'd like green tea this time, thanks." Kayson, who was reading his novel, successfully turned himself into a guest...
Harry brewed a pot of green tea and poured Kayson a cup.
"Professor, I have