Outside the Public Trial Venue.
After Harry, Lupin, and the others caught up with Sirius, they naturally spent a good while catching up.
Though Harry was excited, he had at least been in touch with his godfather before, so he simply gave him a big hug, then let him catch up with the others.
Lupin, meanwhile, who had been Moony of the Marauders back in the day, had only learned all this today. Now he hugged Sirius again and again.
"Thank goodness. As long as you're all right. As long as you're all right."
Tonks watched from the side, finding the sight exceedingly strange.
Once the two older men finally parted, they both looked down at Wormtail's body on the ground with complicated expressions.
Now, only Padfoot and Moony remained of their group of four.
Prongs and Wormtail were both dead.
In the end, neither could bring himself to voice any reproach. After all, death settled all debts.
"Ah..."
Harry sighed beside them. Coming back to himself, Sirius stepped over and ruffled Harry's messy hair.
"Harry, don't be sad. You're not alone. You still have us."
Lupin also patted Harry's shoulder, looking gratified.
"It's wonderful to see James's boy all grown up. Hello, Harry. I'm a good friend of your father's, Remus Lupin."
"Hello, Uncle Lupin."
Harry politely shook Lupin's hand, then suddenly remembered how strange it had been that his godfather and the Chief hadn't interacted at all inside the venue.
He had been wondering about it for a while, and finally couldn't hold his questions back any longer.
"Sirius, is there some misunderstanding between you and the Chief? He went to so much trouble to clear your name, and he was the one who caught Wormtail.
"When you went missing, the Chief sent lots of people to look