While all the students and staff were laughing at Peeves.
Harry finally cornered Lupin in a classroom with the photograph.
Lupin stared at the photograph in silence for a long time. Harry saw sorrow, resentment, and other emotions in his expression.
Before Harry could ask anything, Lupin slowly said:
"Those were dark times. The year before I started school, Voldemort formally took full control, appearing in person to publicly declare his position.
"The Death Eaters began using all kinds of Dark Magic against wizards who opposed the Dark Arts. Muggle-born wizards were publicly executed, and chaos was everywhere..."
Harry opened his mouth, about to say that this was not what he wanted to hear.
Lupin seemed to read his mind. He slowly shook his head and said:
"Douglas has always felt these were things the younger generation ought to know, so everyone would remember history. He said he didn't want anyone distorting history years down the line. He worried that people might disregard reality and idolize Voldemort...
"But because of the fear Voldemort still inspires, heh, people in the Wizarding World have always been rather reluctant to mention it.
"Back then, under Headmaster Dumbledore's protection, we were kept away from the war."
Harry interrupted:
"That was because Voldemort was afraid of Headmaster Dumbledore!"
Lupin nodded and continued:
"Even so, we kept hearing news from outside through various channels. He recruited giants, werewolves... marginalized magical creatures. They caused considerable chaos for the Ministry of Magic back then.
"And some people at school began to idolize Voldemort."
"It must have been Slytherin!"
"Later, some wizards began to lose faith in the Ministry of Magic, so under Headmaster Dumbledore's leadership, they began organizing a counterattack.
"After we graduated, we joined the fight too. This photograph was taken just after our graduation."
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