Then Let's Grant Your Request First / Middle-Aged Hermione, One Carrying Four Deadweights

Tightening his Invisibility Cloak, the middle-aged Potter, with his wand in front and others behind, carefully pushed open the door.

"This is..." To his surprise, the room in front of him was not dark at all, but brightly lit.

The two children were there as expected; he spotted them immediately, in the corner of the room, seemingly unconscious...

Well, it's a bit unfair to say this to my own son, but middle-aged Potter is really finding it hard to focus his attention on his two children.

Because there were simply too many people in this room who deserved his attention.

Those who had passed away appeared before him all at once, as if they had made a prior arrangement.

Sirius, and Snape... one fell into the Death Chamber during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, and the other was killed by Nagini the snake in the Hogwarts boathouse, yet they are both sitting there alive and well now.

If Potter remembers correctly, this should be one of the very few times these two sworn enemies have appeared together, apart from the time when he finished his fourth year.

Beside them were Lupin and the Tonks... well, they're probably not married yet.

My goodness... Lupin is so young! He looks exactly like a normal thirty-year-old, without any of the old-fashioned look I had when I was with him!

Tonks, meanwhile, kept grinning and looking in his direction, occasionally making funny faces, like a mischievous child... But then again, he was probably older than all of them now.

"Hey Harry, since you can see us, why don't you take off the Invisibility Cloak?" Sirius said, standing up with a smile. "Even disregarding the suddenly opened door, Moony still has the Marauder's Map."

"Well... alright." Realizing that everyone in the room knew it was him, the middle-aged Potter gently pulled off his Invisibility Cloak, revealing his already incredibly excited face to the four people in the room.

Uh... actually there should be six people, but those two brats have obviously been overlooked.

"To see you all here again, I really... um, you're all still alive, it feels like a dream..."

Potter's voice choked with emotion, his nose stinging with tears. He had truly lost so much during his adolescence and youth, and now, seeing these familiar faces again, his thoughts seemed to drift back to twenty years ago, to the days he spent with them...

"It's a really strange feeling; my godson has actually become older than me!"

Sirius stepped forward and hugged the middle-aged Potter, carefully examining his adult godson. However, upon seeing the weariness on the other's face, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

"It seems that even if you defeat Voldemort, your life won't be easy."

The others in the room shared the same feeling; the middle-aged Potter before them was clearly heading in the direction of the early Lupin, with terms like premature aging and midlife crisis fitting him perfectly.

In addition to the original Lightning Scar, he now has another scar on his face, clearly indicating that his years as Auror haven't been very comfortable.

"I... I'm alright," the middle-aged Potter replied in a hoarse voice. Suddenly facing his godfather, who was so much younger and so lively, he was momentarily at a loss for words... as if there was a generation gap between them.

"Hey, cheer up!" Sirius bumped into middle-aged Potter's waist in a boisterous manner. "When you look at the four of us, can you stop giving us that dead-fish look? It's like you're staring at dead people."

"He was just looking at dead people anyway," Snape retorted nonchalantly from behind. "They're not even the same people. I really don't understand where your enthusiasm comes from, you stupid dog."

"Hey! You're going too far, you Snivellus!" Sirius immediately turned to Snape and retorted, "Not the same person, but he's still Harry! Besides, his youngest son is named after you!"

"This is an absolute disgrace to me, and I will certainly advise Granger never to do such a stupid thing again." Snape gave the middle-aged Potter a disdainful look. "Of all the names he's given his children, only his youngest daughter's is decent... but it would have been better if he had changed Loony to Evans."

"Snape..."

The middle-aged Potter was genuinely bewildered. He stared blankly at the group of people in the room and suddenly realized that not only Sirius, but all of them were very different from what he remembered.

Sirius was clearly too lively. Not only did he behave inappropriately, but when you talked to him, he acted like a friendly older brother, without any airs of a senior.

Snape still looked gloomy, but he seemed much more talkative than he had known, and he didn't seem to have any intention of hiding anything about his mother.

As for Lupin, he had already seen him; the other man looked younger and more energetic, though he couldn't tell if it was due to better skincare or simply more radiance.

Finally, it's Tonks...

"Hey, is it really possible for Remus and I to have a child someday?"

"You're that child's godfather now, right? How's he? Is he naughty or not?"

"What year is he in at Hogwarts now? Are his grades good? Has he made any good friends?"

"Well..."

Clearly, the barrage of questions from Tonks left the middle-aged Potter completely unable to answer.

However, thanks to Tonks's 'reminder,' he remembered that he wasn't here to visit relatives; he had two children waiting for him to rescue!

Glancing casually into the corner, he saw two children lying there completely unguarded... Of course, everyone in the room could see his every move clearly.

"They're both fine, just unconscious from the sleeping spell," Lupin said, leaning in to comfort them. "So please be understanding of Harry; he arranged it this way so as not to disturb your meeting with us."

"I understand... To be honest, I'm really happy to see you all again." Middle-aged Potter sighed softly, his face full of emotion. "It's truly wonderful that you have the lives you have now. In my memory, Sirius was still wanted by the Ministry of Magic before he completely left me; and Professor Snape and I only completely reconciled at the very last moment... These differences are truly..."

"I think you should look for the reasons for these differences within yourself."

A cool, clear voice came from behind the door. Middle-aged Potter whirled around and finally saw the person he had been most eager to see on this trip...

Harry Granger!

Chapter 741 Then I'll grant your request first.

After turning around abruptly, the middle-aged Potter found that he didn't feel much familiarity with the boy at the door; on the contrary, the boy gave him a greater sense of unfamiliarity than Sirius and the others.

The boy in front of me looks exactly like me back then, but his expression, temperament, and even his surname are completely different from mine.

Especially his eyes; even through two layers of glasses, middle-aged Potter found himself somewhat hesitant to meet his gaze.

His gaze was too sharp and too intimidating; in short, it was definitely not how I should have looked at 14...

No, I should say that no teenager would act like him, making people unconsciously feel scared!

Perhaps because Harry's gaze was too piercing, the middle-aged Potter unconsciously looked away and began to observe the others who had arrived with him.

Hermione and Luna Lovegood of this world were following behind each other. Their youthful appearance made the middle-aged Potter feel nostalgic. Behind them was a guy he didn't recognize, who was using the Zombie Floating Charm to control the unconscious Draco.

Closely following behind them were their companions who had come into this world with them.

Ron was clearly injured; his face was covered in bruises, and he was limping and could barely stand.

Hermione, who was supporting him, was now filled with anger... Middle-aged Potter felt as if she was glaring at young Hermione, but he also felt that the corner of her eye was glaring at him.

Finally, there was his wife, Ginny, whose face was ashen, staring intently at... Luna Lovegood?

Middle-aged Potter couldn't understand what kind of grudge they could have formed in such a short time, but the fact that his four companions were clearly in poor condition made his face darken.

"Ron and Draco... what did you do to them?!" he demanded coldly, staring intently at Harry.

"Heh... I was originally going to let you answer my question first, but now... are you sure you want me to say this first?" Harry raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement on his face.

"You..." Middle-aged Potter's heart skipped a beat.

"Alright, then we'll grant your request for now. Rennervate!"

However, Harry didn't give him a chance to change his mind and immediately cast a Mending Charm on the middle-aged Ron.

The light of the spell enveloped middle-aged Ron's body, and his injuries began to heal rapidly.

Meanwhile, Ron Weasley, now middle-aged and physically weak, immediately felt his backache and pain disappear... and even had the energy to do something reckless!

"Harry Potter! I treated you like a brother, and that brat of yours... he actually did that kind of thing to his aunt?!"

So, among the original trio, who is the most troublesome?

That would undoubtedly be Ron Weasley.

His flaws are not only manifested in his frequent jealousy and inferiority complex, but also in his reckless and impulsive behavior and low emotional intelligence, which undoubtedly overshadow his few redeeming qualities.

For example, right now, middle-aged Ron had only been able to suppress his explosive temper due to his injuries, which is why he seemed relatively calm. Now that he has just been healed, he's started acting silly regardless of the situation, yelling and rushing over to his best buddy to talk about his wife.

"That kind of thing... you mean, that time Albus before?"

Startled by the shout, middle-aged Potter was first taken aback, then immediately realized what kind of despicable thing his brat had done, and his face turned extremely ashamed.

Alas, it is the father's fault if the son is not properly taught.

But this expression, when seen by middle-aged Ron, made him even more furious, and he even grabbed middle-aged Potter by the collar with both hands.

"Oh... you actually knew that?!"

Ron, now middle-aged, was furious. He couldn't believe that his best friend knew exactly what that brat had done, but hadn't told him!

No... how could you father and son do this?

You always stole my thunder back then, and you were constantly rumored to be having an affair with my wife. Later, when we were on the run, you two even spent so much time alone together...

More than a decade later, your son actually forcibly kissed my wife!!

"I do know, but I just feel we shouldn't make things worse..." Middle-aged Potter carefully explained to his friend, his expression one of utter helplessness.

He was now truly regretting it; he should have listened to that kid and not dragged his own little troubles into it.

He learned that his son had kissed the middle-aged Hermione passionately while reading her memories. He also learned that the culprit behind the curse that had knocked out his youngest son and kept him up for half a month was none other than 14-year-old Harry Granger from this world...

A 40-year-old Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, whose magic was no match for a 14-year-old child... This was something that middle-aged Potter would absolutely not want to recall.

Of course, perhaps it was precisely because of this setback that he didn't feel any shame when he later lost to 20-year-old Delphi...

It's not like it's the first time I've been lectured by a kid.

"Oh dear, this guy is really noisy." Sirius was speechless; only middle-aged Ron was nagging in the room.

Of course, he also had some painful memories to look back on, after all, before meeting Harry... he wasn't really any better off than this~

"Hmph, when it comes to making friends, Granger clearly has a better eye."

"What did you say?!" Sirius and Snape's sarcastic remark caused middle-aged Ron to immediately turn his gun on them.

But after staring at them with wide eyes for a long time, he finally had to admit... he couldn't afford to offend either of them.

One of them had almost crippled him, while the other was simply his nightmare in Potions Class...

"Please, let's talk about this later, Ron..."

"Idiot! You better control yourself right now!!"

Seeing that they had already embarrassed themselves to the point of being in another world, middle-aged Potter and Hermione had no choice but to speak up together, barely managing to suppress the idiot.

"Hmph, you guys are quite in sync, just like back then, aren't you~"

However, middle-aged Ron clearly didn't realize what he had done wrong, and his face was still full of resentment.

His unintentional slip of the tongue left the other three middle-aged men present in an awkward situation...

However, Harry showed no intention of stopping.

"So, are you still going to deal with your business?" Harry asked, seemingly out of kindness, but quickly turned his attention to the middle-aged Malfoy. "For example... would you like to find out why he was knocked unconscious?"

"I..."

"Don't worry, I will continue to fulfill your requests."

Harry still didn't give the middle-aged Potter a chance to speak, and directly used a spell to break the curse and awaken the middle-aged Malfoy.

"Damn it! You bastard... Scorpius? What did you do to Scorpius?!"

The spell's light flashed, and the room became noisy once more...

Chapter 742 Middle-aged Hermione, One God Leading Four Pitfalls

Regardless of the time or place, the Malfoy family's actions are undeniably outrageous.

They are cunning and treacherous, adept at playing both sides, and extremely selfish in their actions...

But it is precisely because of this selfishness that they are extremely similar to Harry in some aspects of their emotions, namely, valuing the people around them.

The Malfoy family, however, valued not friends or relatives, but the smallest family, namely a family of three.

Therefore, when the middle-aged Malfoy awakens, his first concern will undoubtedly be for his children, and his eyes will only be on them first. And if Harry were to awaken his child as well, the mischievous Malfoy would certainly report family matters to his father first...

"Dad? What's going on? Why are you here?!"

"Scorpius, are you alright? Did they do anything to you?!"

"By the way, Dad, I didn't see Mom, but she should still be in this world! And she must be very young now!!"

"That's right, Scorpius, Astoria Greengrass must be here too! She...yes, she should be in second grade this year!!"

Sure enough, the Malfoy father and son from the alternate timeline immediately hugged each other and bombarded each other with a string of question marks and exclamation marks, completely ignoring everyone else.

Especially after hearing his son talk about his deceased wife, the middle-aged Malfoy was so moved that he almost burst into tears on the spot.