Surprise

"Looks like you gained quite a lot from being away from Hogwarts for half an hour?" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow when he saw Kane take an exquisite glasses case out of his hat.

"More or less. I found a clue for communicating with the moon." As he spoke, Kane took the Monster-Repelling Glasses out of the case.

Dumbledore raised an eyebrow. "I know these glasses well. Do they belong to Miss Lovegood?"

"More precisely, they belonged to her mother. Through these glasses, you can see little transparent, silver-white ghosts called Moon Spirits."

Kane placed the glasses on the table. Dumbledore picked them up and put them on, looked at Kane, then at Lupin. "Nothing."

Only then did Kane remember himself. He quickly stood up and moved ten meters away. "How about now?"

Dumbledore first looked at Kane. Still nothing. Then he looked toward Lupin, and this time, it was right.

"Looks like these adorable little sprites don't like you, Kane."

"It'd be strange if they did," Kane said casually.

Lupin, meanwhile, stared eagerly and curiously at the glasses on Dumbledore's face. So what kind of little sprites were they? Let me see them too!

Dumbledore understood the expression written all over Lupin's face and reached for the glasses with one hand, only for Kane to interrupt him. "Both hands, Dumbledore. Please take better care of those glasses."

"Oh, of course, of course I will." Dumbledore hurriedly removed the glasses carefully with both hands. Rather than handing them directly to Lupin, he set them firmly on the table and looked at him.

Lupin also carefully picked up the glasses with both hands and put them on.

Dumbledore ignored Lupin's startled exclamations and strange behavior after putting on the glasses, instead looking at Kane with great interest.

On the other side, Lupin