Tonks Refuses to Leave the School / No One Is Going to Acknowledge a Relationship That Was Made Up

While silently complaining and keeping a distance behind the other party, Lupin quickly guessed the other party's intentions.

This witch Tonks must be trying to sneak into Hogwarts.

Haha, this guy obviously didn't graduate from Gryffindor.

It's common knowledge that Gryffindor House graduates always sneak back to their alma mater via secret passages; who would bother going through the main gate for no reason...?

"The gate? It's broken!"

Lupin was shocked to realize that Tonks was actually planning to sneak into Hogwarts through the main gate!

The gates of Hogwarts are now guarded by Dementor, who will attack any sneaky intruders immediately!

Sure enough, Lupin's vision suddenly darkened...

"Hiss... What's wrong? Why do I suddenly feel so cold..."

The surrounding environment suddenly turned as cold as if it had frozen. Tonks, who had just arrived at the door, involuntarily hugged his shoulders and even felt that his breath was turning into white mist.

"What exactly is this...?"

Suddenly, she seemed to hear a ferocious roar that almost shook her soul to its core.

Immediately afterwards, endless shadows quickly filled her vision.

There were more than a dozen terrifying monsters, each several meters tall and draped in tattered cloaks. Their faces were completely hidden under their headscarves, with only their gnarled and grotesque claws exposed. They lunged at Tonks with bared teeth and claws, as if they were about to seize their prey!

"Could this be... Dementor? Help..."

Tonks' consciousness quickly began to blur. The Dementor had gained the upper hand, and even though she was a trainee Auror, she was completely powerless to resist.

"Patronus Charm!!"

However, just when she was about to despair completely, she suddenly saw a man in tattered clothes step forward and block her way.

He summoned a dazzling white light, which not only dispelled the darkness in his vision but also drove away all the terrifying monsters.

He himself seemed to be standing in the light...

Powerful and dazzling.

Chapter 321 Tonks refused to leave school.

"This is bad, she's fainted... Rennervate!"

Seeing the young witch collapse in front of him, Lupin took out his wand and cast a revival spell, but it had no effect whatsoever.

"Sigh, it looks like we'll have to take her to the Hospital Wing first."

Based on the situation just now, it can be inferred that this witch Tonks is obviously a student who has only graduated a few years ago, otherwise the owner of Honeydukes would not be so familiar with her.

It wasn't good for her to just stay unconscious like this, so Lupin had no choice but to pick her up and prepare to take her to the Hospital Wing.

As he walked through the campus, he naturally encountered many students pointing and whispering. Seeing these whispering, curious teenagers, Lupin became even more embarrassed to ask for help...

"Hey, isn't that Tonks? What, did she try to sneak into school and get knocked out by you?"

As Lupin had predicted, Madam Pomfrey at the Hospital Wing, also knew the witch.

And judging from the other party's nonchalant attitude, this witch Tonks' personality is clearly quite... mysterious~

"She did want to enter Hogwarts, but she was not knocked unconscious by me, but met a dementor." Lupine roughly clarified the cause and effect, and then asked doubtfully, "This Tonks, who is she?"

"She's a very lively student, but also quite a troublemaker," Madam Pomfrey said with a smile. "The year Harry enrolled, she had just graduated from Hufflepuff and immediately went into the Auror Office."

"The Auror Office... she should still be undergoing training, right?"

Lupin was quite familiar with Auror. Hogwarts students who wanted to join the Auror Office needed not only excellent grades to be selected, but also had to undergo at least three years of professional training before they could become official Auror.

The training life of apprentice Auror is even more secluded than that of the full-time boarding school at Hogwarts, so Lupin was very curious as to how Tonks had time to sneak out... and even come to investigate Hermione?

"Hi, Professor Lupin, you really are at the hospital!"

Just as Lupin was thinking about Hermione's question, the academically gifted girl suddenly peeked her head out from the doorway.

Behind her followed Luna Lovegood, who was carrying a drawing board.

"What brings you here?" Lupin asked, puzzled.

"Lots of people at school are saying they saw you carrying a pretty girl into the school gates," Hermione said with a grin, glancing at Tonks lying on the hospital bed. "I happened to run into Luna Lovegood, who was coming back from painting at the Black Lake. She guessed you'd be at the Hospital Wing, so we came to check it out!"

"Uh... Luna Lovegood's guess is as accurate as ever." Lupin awkwardly wiped the sweat from his brow upon hearing this.

Please, you unlucky girl, can you stop guessing?

I feel like my identity is no longer enough to protect me...

"She's alright, she should wake up soon." By this time, Madam Pomfrey had finished the examination. "As for why she wants to return to Hogwarts, you'll have to ask her yourself after she wakes up."

"Uncle Lupin, who exactly is this person?" Hermione asked curiously after Madam Pomfrey left.

"Her name is Tonks, she used to be a student at Hogwarts, and I don't know much else about her. But..." Lupin looked at Hermione seriously, "Hermione, it seems she's here this time because..."

"What... what's wrong with me?!"

Lupin was about to tell Hermione what Tonks had been investigating when Tonks suddenly opened her eyes.

After letting out a strange cry, the girl suddenly sprang up from the hospital bed like a spring, and even reflexively pulled out her magic wand!

"You..."

"Put down your wand!"

However, Hermione was a step ahead. Before Tonks' wand was even in place, Hermione's Holly Wand was already locked onto the tip of her nose.

"No way... that's a fast reaction?"

Tonks' face showed obvious astonishment. She hadn't expected that this girl, who was at most a fourth grader, could surpass her, who had received Auror training, in reaction speed!

Please, my mentor is Alastor Moody!

Hmm... Tonks was clearly unaware that Hermione also had experience training under experienced Auror.

Her mentor, Tina Scamander, was even more senior than Mad-Eye Moody.

"You two put down your wands, this is a misunderstanding," Lupin quickly stepped between the two and tried to dissuade them.

"Hey, you're pretty good!" Tonks put away his wand first, then looked at Hermione with interest. "Little sister, what's your name?"

"Hermione Granger." Before Lupin could stop her, Hermione had already introduced herself.

And Tonks' eyes lit up as expected. "You're Hermione Granger? Great!"

"You came to see me?" Tonks's behavior only made Hermione more confused.

"Of course... uh, of course not!" Having almost revealed his true purpose, Tonks couldn't help but feel embarrassed and hurriedly began to rack his brains for a way to get away with it.

Her eyes darted around the room for a while, then suddenly a thought struck her, and she pointed directly at Lupin: "I... I've only heard your name by chance. Actually, my real purpose is to find him!"

"Hey, could your transition be any more abrupt?" Hermione complained helplessly.

"Who... who was being rude?" Tonks stammered, trying to sound tough. "I came here to see him! He... yes, he saved me at the school gate before, so I wanted to thank him in person!"

As he spoke, Tonks even grabbed Lupin's arm and clung to him tightly, refusing to let go.

"Hey handsome, that spell you used earlier was really powerful! Could you teach me how to use it?"

"I..."

The witch's youthful energy constantly stimulated Lupin. Having been single for over thirty years, he had never experienced anything like this before. At this moment, he felt a sweet candy scent constantly wafting into his nostrils, making most of his body numb.

He desperately wanted to pull his arm away, but he felt stiff all over and couldn't even move a finger.

"Could you... can you let me go first?" Finally, Lupin, unable to hold on any longer, could only helplessly beg for mercy, "I can teach you things like Patronus Charm..."

"Great! It's settled then, handsome!" Tonks was overjoyed and patted Lupin's arm, giggling.

"Heh, you agreed so hastily, Professor Lupin," Hermione grumbled from the side.

"That nickname she used was actually quite insincere," Luna Lovegood added expressionlessly.

Well, ever since the Boggart incident, the two women seem to have become increasingly in sync.

In short, the quirky and somewhat unruly witch Tonks joined the Hells and Lupin sisters' nighttime training class under Lupin's irresistible influence, and she even used this as an excuse to stay at Hogwarts.

Dumbledore later learned of this, but instead of driving Tonks away, he instructed Lupin to take good care of him.

After learning that Dumbledore had given her the green light, Tonks was so happy she almost grinned from ear to ear.

In her opinion, Hermione was definitely involved in the previous paparazzi incident, and if she could take the opportunity to get close to her, she might make a big discovery.

In addition, Lupin himself is a very powerful wizard, especially the Patronus Charm he casts, Tonks is quite envious of.

If I learn this trick, I'll be able to pass any exam with ease in the future!

Chapter 322 A fabricated relationship is absolutely impossible to acknowledge.

Throughout the first half of November, not only did it rain continuously, but the Britain Wizarding World was also embroiled in numerous disturbances due to the matter of Lucius and Peter Pettigrew.

News media reports are constantly changing, always providing people with the latest topics of conversation. What puzzles everyone is the Ministry of Magic's continued reluctance to set a date for Lucius Malfoy's trial.

In response, Cornelius Fudge published two statements in the Daily Prophet.

One theory is that Lucius Malfoy is under tight control by the Ministry of Magic, and the specific time for his trial needs to be discussed in detail within the Ministry before a final decision can be made.

Another point concerns Peter Pettigrew Peter. Fudge calls on the entire Britain Wizarding World to pay close attention to the fleeing Peter Pettigrew and to report any signs of his activity to the Ministry of Magic immediately or to take action to subdue him.

Of course, anyone with a modicum of knowledge knows that these two statements are as good as saying nothing at all.

Lucius Malfoy was merely being controlled, not imprisoned, and his trial was being repeatedly delayed, clearly indicating that someone wanted to protect him.

As for Peter Pettigrew Peter, who is still at large... please, even an experienced Auror like Mad-Eye Moody couldn't catch him, so are you expecting anyone else in the wizarding world to step in and help?

You must be joking!

As a result, media reports about the Ministry of Magic's inaction and its covert protection of Lucius became extremely widespread.

The credibility of the current Ministry of Magic, led by Fudge, seems to have plummeted to rock bottom.

Of course, Harry didn't pay much attention to these things anymore. After all, the reason he did this was simply to fulfill Albus Dumbledore's wish and play along with Lucius one more time using the rules.

If he succeeds, Lucius is ultimately sent to Azkaban as well, then at most Harry's efforts won't have been in vain.

Even if he fails, Harry himself won't suffer any loss; he can simply consider it as training in scheming and combat against Auror.

Anyway, he had decided to overturn the table a long time ago, but Dumbledore had been stopping him.

So, to be honest, Harry actually hoped that his mission would fail, because then he would be completely unrestrained.

One evening in mid-November, Harry used the torrential rain as cover, transformed into his Elementalization to avoid the Dementor lurking at the school gate, and slipped into Hogwarts with practiced ease.

Some people really should learn what true covert infiltration really means.

Upon returning to school, he immediately went to see Will and asked him about what had happened at school during the two weeks he had been away.

Then, he was caught completely off guard and stumbled upon a huge piece of gossip.

"Huh? You mean Professor Lupin picked up a girl and kept her at the university?"

Recently, rumors have been circulating throughout the school that Lupin picked up a pretty girl from outside the school gate, and that they seem to have a very close relationship.

That girl not only frequently went to listen to his lectures, but also, amidst the resentful stares of the first and second-year students, she tried to steal Harry's teaching assistant duties.

Even at night, she would secretly go to see Lupin...

"Heh, this is interesting~"

From Will's words, Harry could probably deduce something cryptic.

This witch Tonks, who appeared out of nowhere, seemed to be deliberately getting close to Lupin and his group.

She became a teaching assistant for the first and second year Black Defense class because Will was in the first year, and Luna Lovegood and Colin were in the second year.

She often went to see Lupin at night, clearly intending to interfere with Hermione and Luna Lovegood's Patronus Charm lesson...

Let's go find out what she's up to.