Harry looked up, still mired in guilt, and asked glumly, "What is it?"
To be honest, he had already taken in a little too much information today, but perhaps because it had all been so shocking, he was now intensely keyed up.
"Although we know the truth now, other people don't," Silan said. "Sirius is still a fugitive."
Harry had an inkling of what Silan was about to say, but he didn't interrupt. He simply listened quietly.
"To change that, we have to clear his name," Silan said.
"Then what should we do?" Harry asked eagerly.
If Sirius's name was cleared, Harry would have a godfather he could openly acknowledge.
Once he accepted that, Harry couldn't help looking forward to it. His attitude had changed remarkably quickly.
"It's simple." Silan smiled. "We need an opportunity to make the truth about what happened back then public."
"A grand occasion, a gathering of influential wizards. We need to overturn everything about that case in front of them. Only then can we make a powerful enough impact to clear Uncle Sirius's name completely."
He spoke of this daunting task with effortless ease, as though he had everything under control.
Sirius looked at Silan in surprise. He hadn't expected a young third-year wizard to say something like that.
But on second thought, this was Silan, so it wasn't strange at all.
Even Sirius couldn't help marveling at all the extraordinary things about his nephew.
"First, Sirius needs to leave the school and deliberately show himself outside to draw attention." Silan looked at Sirius. "While doing that, you need to spread the word that you weren't the murderer, get people talking, and attract attention from all quarters."
"You want me to stir up public opinion and get more attention?" Sirius understood Silan's intention.
"Exactly." Silan