Following Barnard, the Golden Trio kept their heads down, each occupied with different thoughts.
Hagrid had not come along, because Barnard had said Lupin's conversation with the Golden Trio would involve C's core secrets.
Barnard had been very polite about it, however, so Hagrid had not felt offended in the slightest. Besides, this was all to fulfill Hermione's request, so he saw nothing wrong with it.
Only as they were leaving did Hagrid mutter a complaint that Lupin apparently had no intention of seeing him.
Hermione glanced at Harry, then at Ron. She was not actually curious about the conversation ahead, since she already knew everything.
But she really could not imagine how her two best friends would react once they learned the truth.
Especially Ron!
Harry still looked weighed down by his worries, while Ron seemed unhappy, as though he were sulking.
The reason for his anger was simple: Barnard had treated Hermione and Harry with considerable respect, yet ignored him alone.
They entered the courtyard and stopped outside a wooden hut. Barnard knocked on the door and said politely, "Vice Chairman, I've brought the people you wanted to see." "Come in!" Lupin's voice came from inside.
Barnard pushed the door open, and three pairs of eyes behind him eagerly peered inside. Lupin was sitting beside a wooden table, with a black dog lying at his feet.
"Let them in!" Lupin nodded to Barnard.
Barnard stepped aside. Once the Golden Trio had entered the hut, he closed the door for them and left.
Lupin's expression softened a little. He did not like Barnard. The man was ambitious, one of C's radicals, and practically worshipped Vaughn as a god.
Lupin also felt that he had forgotten his roots and was even deliberately cutting ties with his past. His outward appearance