Lupin's Identity Is Revealed Unintentionally / Seating at the Christmas Feast Is Quite Important

The Sword of Gryffindor... to put it bluntly, this thing is definitely a case of throwing good money after bad.

Even if the Sorting Hat itself tried to take the Sorting Hat, Albus Dumbledore couldn't do it without Harry's consent.

The reason for this is that Harry's ring provides a completely enclosed space, which is fundamentally different from the space created by a typical Undetectable Extension Charm.

The space expanded by the Undetectable Extension Charm, for example— Diagon Alley, the famous magical district in Britain —is actually a typical example of the application of the Undetectable Extension Charm.

Entering Diagon Alley seems to require using a wand to tap a code on specific bricks, but that's actually just a small, misleading spell.

The real location of Diagon Alley is actually in the courtyard behind the Leaky Cauldron.

That's right, that entire bustling street was actually built in a small courtyard using the Undetectable Extension Charm!

Therefore, the space Diagon Alley is located is actually connected to the outside world; if a wizard truly possesses an extremely powerful Summoning Charm, he can comfortably sit in any corner of London and easily summon things from Diagon Alley to his side.

Harry's suitcase operates on a similar principle. No matter how much its internal capacity is expanded, it is still essentially just a suitcase... Its so-called 'barrier' to the outside world is merely a fragile outer shell that can be easily punctured.

However, Harry's ring was different.

This Space Ring, crafted by Luna Lovegood herself, utilizes some principles of the Undetectable Extension Charm, but its internal space is completely disconnected from the outside world, making it a truly unique place that can be called an 'alternate dimension'.

Without air, living things cannot survive, and they might not even have a concept of the passage of time...

Once this space is sealed off, the items placed in the ring will become 'non-existent' in the current space, and therefore cannot be retrieved by any summoning or so-called spatial crossing methods.

For example, the Sword of Gryffindor, which we mentioned earlier, would disable the magical portal inside the Sorting Hat once it entered Harry's ring.

It was a powerful, yet equally strange, force. Harry racked his brains trying to figure it out, but he still couldn't come up with a solution.

He couldn't fathom how Luna Lovegood from the previous 'past' had managed to create this thing.

While the presence of Elemental Power in this could be somewhat understandable for Salazar Slytherin, creating a separate storage space for it is tantamount to violating the entire Harry Potter universe!

It's important to understand that while the wizards of this world possess something called Apparition, which can be described as spatial power, they are only capable of traversing between two locations within the same space.

Other concepts such as subspace, alternate space, parallel time and space, or even parallel universes, all do not exist.

Even using Time-Turner would only guarantee a return to the 'past' of the current timeline; it would absolutely not create a parallel universe with entirely new storylines...

So how exactly did Luna Lovegood do it?

Harry believed that someone would soon answer this question for him, because...

Christmas is just around the corner.

(P. S. To put it simply, the timeline in the original Harry Potter series has always been a single-line convergence, meaning that parallel universes do not exist. Traveling to the past will directly affect the current timeline, but overall it basically conforms to the Novikov principle of self-consistency.)

However, this premise was completely shattered when the stage play "The Cursed Brat" came about. The brainless scriptwriter and director had no idea what they were writing.

However, as a fanfiction derived from the official source, I still have to delve into the "Bear Child Chapter Sanmiao or "The Mischievous Cat"), so regarding the issues of timelines and parallel universes, I can only say this for now: parallel universes definitely don't exist in the Harry Potter world, but since the protagonist even changed his last name, whether he actually belongs to the Harry Potter world is debatable... That's all~)

Chapter 339 Lupin's identity was inadvertently revealed.

Another week has passed, and the Christmas break for third graders has finally arrived.

The Scottish Highlands are very cold, and Hogwarts is covered in snow as it always is, but this year there are fewer people playing and frolicking in the snow.

Although there were some Christmas decorations on campus, such as mistletoe and colorful ribbons in the corridors, and Winky Christmas tree in the Great Hall, it must be said that the festive atmosphere this year was not very strong.

Because Peter Pettigrew Peter has been on the run, the area outside the school, including Hogsmeade Village, is now almost teeming with wandering Dementor, making the students even less willing to stay at school for Christmas than last year.

It's fair to say that the number of students remaining in schools today is even less than the number of teachers.

Moreover, Harry's Detective Society made up the majority of these students.

If we include Tonks as a student, then all six students from the Werewolf Kill Detective Agency would remain.

Hahl and his two companions were to stay and wait for the Nicolas Flamel, and if the two Granger didn't leave, Will would naturally have to stay as well, and Colin also chose to stay at school to join in the fun.

As for Tonks, she was to have the 'last supper' with everyone...

"Hey, can you stop saying such ominous things?!" In the corridor leading to the Great Hall, Tonks was furious at Harry's statement. "I only had to go back because Moody summoned me, and besides, what we ate was just lunch!"

That's right, after lunch today, Tonks will be leaving Hogwarts.

She has completely mastered the Patronus Charm, and she has also learned many other spells from Lupin. If she still can't pass the last few tests for Apprentice Auror when she gets back, she might as well give up on this profession altogether.

The main reason, of course, is that with the Ministry of Magic completely under Fudge's control and Alastor Moody having been completely sidelined, he is now without anyone to take care of him, and Tonks has to go back to check on him to put his mind at ease.

"So that's why you've been clinging to Uncle Lupin?" Harry glanced at the uncomfortable Professor Lupin. "You're not going to drag him along to dinner later, are you?"

"Hey, you guessed right~" Tonks raised his chin matter-of-factly and tightened his grip on Lupin's sleeve, as if afraid that his 'prey' would escape.

"Heh~" Harry rolled his eyes helplessly, thinking to himself that Lupin's relationship with the other teachers was completely hopeless.

For today's Christmas lunch, the kitchen has confirmed that only two communal tables will be prepared because there are fewer people staying on campus... No matter how you look at it, it should be one table for teachers and one table for students.

After exchanging 'Merry Christmas' greetings, students chat about interesting things that happened this semester, and faculty members can also take the opportunity to reconnect. This is the ideal way to start a Christmas dinner.

As a result, Tonks ended up dragging Lupin down with him, resulting in Lupin's relegation.

"Christmas in the magical world feels more exciting than the ones I used to celebrate at home." On the way to the Great Hall, Will kept looking around, seemingly very curious about the decorations.

This was his first time experiencing a festival with a magical atmosphere, so the experience was completely different from before.

For example, many of the decorations here are interactive; mistletoe with berries will weave itself into various shapes, and the enchanted fairies on the Christmas tree will greet him.

"Yes, this is actually my first time seeing it too." Colin's eyes showed the same surprise, but also a hint of painful memories.

After all, although he stayed on campus last Christmas, he spent it lying in the Hospital Wing.

Colin: ▽

The group arrived at the Great Hall, chatting and laughing. When they arrived, the Great Hall House-elf already set up two long tables that could accommodate more than a dozen people for a meal. Dumbledore and the heads of the four houses were also already there.

"Hi! Harry, you're here! Please have a seat!" Dumbledore greeted Harry and his group warmly as soon as he saw them.

He wasn't wearing his own wizard's hat today; instead, he had put on a uniquely styled pointed witch's hat, making him look very festive.

"Merry Christmas! Headmaster, and all the Deans~" Harry greeted them and then gestured for the people behind him to take their seats.

Hermione and Luna Lovegood sat on either side of him, followed by Will and Colin, while Tonks pulled an uncomfortable Lupin to sit opposite them...

"Oh... are you planning to eat with the students, Remus?" Just then, Snape floated over like a bat.

He glanced at Tonks beside Lupin with a scrutinizing look, a hint of sarcasm in his eyes. "Just a suggestion, Remus... you'd better not get too close to the students, especially don't forget your place."

"I'll keep that in mind, Severus, but thank you for the reminder... and of course, thank you for the medicine as well." Lupin replied lazily, carefully concealing his inner turmoil.

He saw the medicine pot in Snape's hand and knew that the other man had calculated the day was approaching and had come to deliver the medicine to him.

Every time Lupin received the potion he needed from Snape, Snape would be met with a sarcastic remark, which he had long since grown accustomed to over the past few months.

Moreover, since they see each other all the time, and with Harry acting as a mediator, his relationship with Snape has indeed improved, and the two have even started calling each other by their given names.

But today, Lupin really didn't want to take the medicine pot from Snape in this setting.

He suddenly began to inexplicably hate the medicine Snape gave him, and he hated his identity more than ever before!

If I weren't...

How wonderful that would be...

"There's one more thing, Remus ..." Seeing Lupin accept the potion flask he offered, Snape's face suddenly flashed a mysterious smile. "I've heard that some people have fully mastered the Patronus Charm, so after the Christmas holidays, Granger shouldn't have to waste his time going to your place every other night, right? He's missed a lot of Potions Class lately, and I've accumulated quite a few Potions plants, waiting for him to help me deal with them."

"Oh... yes, my teaching of Harry is finished. If he wants to continue studying Potions with you, I certainly won't object..."

A slightly dazed Lupin casually answered Snape, but when Harry heard their conversation, it suddenly gave him a jolt!

Something's not right... Snape deliberately chose this time to deliver the medicine to Lupin, and his words just now were clearly alluding to something.

"This... could it be?!"

As Harry stared at the enigmatic look Snape gave him before leaving, he unconsciously went through a series of fragmented memories before a thunderbolt suddenly struck his mind!

The Severus Snape's focus on Wolfsbane Potion, the Monkshood he had himself handle, Lupin's Boggart being a 'crystal ball', Tonks's Patronus being a wolf cub, and...

The last few times the Detective Society played Werewolf Kill, Luna Lovegood's pointed accusations were quite revealing!

Lupin, perhaps he really is...

A Werewolf?!

Chapter 340 The seating arrangement at the Christmas banquet is very particular.

Indeed, if Lupin were a Werewolf, then many things would make sense.

For example, why is he so poor despite his great strength? Because Werewolf have a terrible reputation, and they find it difficult to find work that matches their abilities.

For example, why did Dumbledore insist on making himself a paid teaching assistant? Because Lupin transforms every full moon and inevitably becomes weak afterwards; he has a few inconvenient days every month.

For example, his Boggart form... it wasn't some crystal ball shrouded in mist at all, but a full moon that would tempt him to transform!

However, upon learning that Lupin was actually a Werewolf, Harry's immediate reaction was not shock, but rather deep confusion.

He couldn't understand why Snape had to reveal this to him secretly at this crucial moment.

Of course, Harry wouldn't have any reservations about Lupin's Werewolf identity.

Putting aside the fact that he and his father were old friends for many years and he was absolutely trustworthy; just look at the current Hogwarts with their Goblin blood, Half-blood- Giant, and even ghost instructors, plus another Werewolf Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, there's really nothing to be surprised about.

So what Harry really wanted to figure out was what Snape was trying to tell him.

The other party would never make baseless accusations, and certainly not with the intention of framing Lupin... If Snape really wanted to expel Lupin from the school, Snape could have used much more drastic methods.

Moreover, given Snape's understanding of Harry, he was certain that Harry would not mind Lupin's Werewolf identity.

It seems I need to find an opportunity to have a talk with Severus Snape...

Harry glanced at the instructor's desk several times, but Snape didn't even look at him, focusing instead on chatting with Dumbledore, which made Harry feel quite annoyed.

After Filch, Madam Pince, and the other elective professors arrived in the Great Hall, Harry didn't even have a chance to exchange glances with Snape.

"Excuse me, Harry! There's no room over there, can I sit here?"

Suddenly, Hagrid's massive body squeezed in and plopped down opposite Harry.

"Of course! Merry Christmas, Hagrid!" Harry greeted Hagrid warmly.

The Great Hall was set up with tables for twelve people. The faculty side was already full of the headmaster, deans, and teachers of various elective courses. In addition, Hagrid was already a big guy, so adding chairs would definitely make it quite crowded. It was better to sit with Harry.

Moreover, Hagrid himself felt more comfortable with Harry.

"Huh, am I late? I even Prophecy that I would skip my solo lunch to attend your gathering. Strange... I clearly followed the urging of fate, so why is fate playing tricks on me?"

At this moment, Trelawney, who rarely interacted with other faculty members, also appeared in the Great Hall. She looked at the two tables that were almost ready to be used for meals, seemingly struggling with where she should sit.

"Sibyl Trelawney, the kitchen didn't expect you to come down for the meal, so there might not be enough seats," Professor McGonagall said to Trelawney. "There are empty seats over there for the students; you can sit there if you like."

"No... I don't want to! I'm not going to sit there!"

Trelawney glanced at another long table, and when she saw Harry and Luna Lovegood there, her face immediately showed rejection.

"Then sit here with us. I'll get you another chair, Sibyl Trelawney." As he spoke, Dumbledore waved his wand and actually conjured a chair out of thin air and placed it next to the table.

"I wouldn't dare, Headmaster!" Trelawney shook her head again and screamed, "If I sit down, there will be thirteen people at the table! Nothing could be more unlucky! Never forget, if thirteen people eat together, the first person to stand up after the meal will be the first to die!"

"We're willing to take the risk, Sibyl Trelawney." Professor McGonagall pulled her impatiently. "If you don't sit down soon, the turkey will get as cold as a rock."

"Well... alright." Trelawney sat down nervously, but her mouth still didn't stop talking. "Oh... poor Professor Lupin, he actually came to the party too? I thought he would hide away by himself."

"He's in excellent health, Trelawney," Snape said grimly. "Instead of spouting nonsense, you should eat your food. While you're trying to get everyone's attention, some students have been waiting for ages."

Snape's words drew everyone's attention, and they all turned their gaze toward the corridor from which Trelawney had come, only to discover that there was another student following behind her.

She was a quiet-looking blonde girl who seemed quite flustered when everyone was watching her.

It was clear that she was preparing to eat alone at the head table, but because Snape had pointed it out, she could only remain awkwardly frozen in place.

"Yes, Miss Greengrass. You can go and dine with Harry and the others," Professor Flitwick said with a smile, encouraging the blonde girl. "Cheer up, it's Christmas today!"

"This..." The little girl from the Greengrass Family hesitated for a moment, clearly unsure whether she should go over.

"Come over here, there's an empty seat," Harry said casually. "Besides, you're all alone, there's no need to take up the head table."

"Okay... okay." The little girl nodded nervously and hurriedly took small steps to sit down at the table.

Astoria Greengrass Greengrass... Harry vaguely remembered this girl; she was a first-year Slytherin student and the youngest daughter of the Greengrass Family.