"Oh... kill Sirius... Did someone tell you something?" Kayson asked, looking from Sirius, who was lying beside the desk looking utterly aggrieved, to Harry.
"No one told me anything. Sirius wants to kill me now, so isn't it perfectly normal for me to kill him first?" Harry said righteously.
"Tell the truth," Kayson said.
"Yesterday, I wore the Invisibility Cloak and wanted to go to The Three Broomsticks to buy some prepared food," Harry said, a little embarrassed.
Kayson helplessly pinched the bridge of his nose. What was he supposed to say about this? If it had been some other secret, he could have lied his way through it. Or if Karkaroff had not been around, Sirius and Harry should have long since been crying and embracing each other as they recognized one another.
But under the current circumstances, he could neither tell the truth, because Peter Pettigrew was still needed to lure out Karkaroff, nor lie, because Sirius's case had been common knowledge back then. As long as Harry asked around, he would eventually find out.
"Want revenge?" Kayson asked.
Harry nodded seriously.
"I'll point you toward a few good options. Severus Snape—the greatest master of Dark Magic beneath Voldemort. If Voldemort, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald were excluded, then in terms of combat instincts and killing efficiency, he was currently the strongest."
"Professor McGonagall, a Transfiguration master. If she wanted to, she could directly use Transfiguration to turn someone into a corpse. Basically a legal Killing Curse."
"Professor Flitwick, the dueling champion back in the day. Fierce in a fight."
"Or you could go directly to Dumbledore. He would be more than happy to teach you."
Harry scratched his head awkwardly. "What about you, Professor?"
Kayson stroked his chin. "I'm probably just a tiny bit stronger than Severus." As he