"I'll get things ready first, so he doesn't escape," Lupin said as he took out his wand.
"Let me. I'm rather better at this," Professor Babbling said. With a flick of her wand, she drew a ring of light around the glass cover, but it only flashed once before disappearing.
Seeing Professor Babbling take action, Professor Lupin made no further move. Clearly trusting her abilities, he nodded to Black.
The three youngsters held their breath too. The moment had come to witness a miracle-no, to witness the truth.
Black withdrew his gaze. He had been watching Harry, his eyes full of complicated feelings. Now he turned back and lightly tapped the glass cover over Scabbers with a finger.
Whatever method he used, the glass cover vanished without a sound.
Scabbers, who had seemed listless a moment before, suddenly sprang up and made to dash out. But when he reached the boundary of the ring of light Babbling had drawn, he bounced straight back as though he had hit a wall.
The ring of light that had already faded flickered faintly, then immediately vanished again.
The rat seemed unwilling to give up and tried from every angle, but none of it worked. As long as he stayed within a certain area, nothing appeared. But the instant he touched the boundary of the circle Professor Babbling had drawn, he was bounced back.
"What ingenious magic. I've never seen anything of this type," Professor Lupin said admiringly.
"An ancient magic that borrows from Eastern word magic. Just a little trick," Professor Babbling said dismissively.
Then all three adults looked at Hermione. Clearly, they still wanted her to cast the restoring spell.
"Um... I mean, won't Professor Babbling's spell interfere?" Hermione held up her wand, looking a little hesitant.
"This spell is one-way. You