Chapter 340 There Is Good News over There

"To the Dark Lord

I will be dead before you read this, but I want you to know that I discovered your secret.

I stole the real Horcrux and planned to destroy it as quickly as possible.

I am willing to die in the hope that you will be killed when you meet your opponent.

R.A.B.”

In the headmaster's office, Dumbledore and Lupine looked at the parchment left by Regulus Arcturus Black in silence.

In the oil painting on the wall, Phineas Blake said solemnly: "This fool is a brave Blake."

The principals in other paintings nodded in agreement.

Dumbledore said to Lupine: "I think many of our original understandings are wrong."

Lupine nodded silently and said to the principal: "I can go find Black and talk to him."

Dumbledore did not answer immediately, but thought carefully.

Charles was feeding Fox treats and noticed that his body had a tendency to become ruby-red.

He also thought about why Black would ask him to hand over the Horcrux to Dumbledore. After thinking about it, he felt that maybe Black believed that the Horcrux belonged to the Horcrux and Peter belonged to Peter. These were two different things.

Dumbledore finally said to Lupine: "Let's go to a place at the weekend where there are keys to unlock some mysteries."

He didn't want to talk too much about the Horcruxes. After putting the real and fake Horcruxes into a copper safe, he turned to Charles and asked seriously: "Why was Black able to find you?"

On the night before Halloween, Snape said that Charles helped Black enter the castle. He didn't believe it at the time, but Black was able to find Charles before them. There are many theories behind this.

Charles looked very depressed and said: "I need a lot of money to open a restaurant. For this, I asked someone to borrow money. The creditor was afraid that I would run away, so I made some preparations."

Dumbledore knew that he borrowed the money to open the restaurant from Grindelwald. Grindelwald had not even half a copper left. It would make sense if the money came from Black.

Charles didn't want the principal to get entangled in this matter in the future, and continued: "After he left, he went to a friend's house to settle down. His friend was not at home at the time. Later, after experiencing some things, he met and participated in research on werewolf antidotes. of my teacher.”

"At that time, I was thinking about solving the food problem at Farbarton Castle. When he and I met again, I asked him to borrow money, and he gave it to me not long after."

Dumbledore felt that what he said made sense. Just when he was about to ask a question, Lupine asked: "Who is your teacher, Professor Horace Slughorn?"

Since the opening of the Dancing Grass Restaurant, the professors have been talking about Charles's off-campus teacher in the lounge from time to time. The only clue is that this person was involved in the development of the werewolf antidote. Lupine thought for a long time about the wizard he had seen in the Himalayas. , I didn’t figure out who it was.

Slughorn used to be Lupin's Potions professor and was the only wizard from England, so Lupine was the first to suspect him.

Charles shook his head and said: "It's not Mr. Slughorn. My teacher never let me say his name because I didn't want to be disturbed."

On the wall, Phineas Black silently left the frame and returned to the old Black house.

Dumbledore and Lupine saw that he said this and didn't ask any more questions. They had seen many wizards with weird tempers, as long as they were not Voldemort or the like.

At the same time, Dumbledore also had some speculations. During the last extracurricular teaching, Charles used a spell to force Snape away. It was an Eastern spell. Charles also had friends all over the world. Maybe this wizard came from the East.

At this time, Professor McGonagall came back. Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and asked, "So soon?"

Professor McGonagall glared at her best friend and replied, "Jack already knows that Charles is back safely. I have classes later."

Charles held his chin and thought about it, then turned to ask Dumbledore: "Headmaster, how about I be kidnapped every weekend from now on... Oops!"

A hammerhead appeared on the top of Professor McGonagall's wand, wrapped in leather like a boxing glove, and struck Charles on the head.

After Professor McGonagall leaves, Dumbledore asks Charles how he responded to Rita Skeeter's interview.

Charles thought for a while and told Dumbledore a story.

Basically, there was a handsome young wizard in the United States who was bitten by a werewolf, so his girlfriend ran away with someone else. When he was in grief and drowning his sorrows in alcohol, he heard the news that there was a werewolf antidote in the UK, so he came here. When inquiring, some misunderstanding occurred due to impatience, making people think that Charles had been kidnapped.

Charles told a lot of stories about the tragedy of young people falling out of love, and Dumbledore and Lupine fell silent.

After listening to this, Lupine said: "You can write novels in the future."

Charles just smiled and didn't tell him that he told Mrs. Delacour the outline of the movie "Titanic" during the summer vacation. Mrs. Delacour expanded it into a wizard version of the novel, and then adapted it for Muggles. version.

Charles said to Dumbledore: "Professor, I think this is a good opportunity to change people's views on werewolves."

"You have a great say in the International Federation of Wizards. I guess the teacher and the others chose to disclose this matter in Hogsmeade as a way of shouting from a distance, hoping that you can make a difference in politics."

After hearing this, Dumbledore looked at Lupin and asked for his opinion with his eyes.

Before, Dumbledore had focused all his attention on Black and Grindelwald, and had not put too much thought into this aspect. Now that Charles had reminded him, he felt that what he said made sense.

Lupin said, "I have been taking medicine on time for the past few months. I felt nothing unusual on the full moon night not long ago, and my desire to eat meat has also faded a lot."

"I think this medicine is effective. Even if it cannot cure the disease, it can prevent us from becoming irrational werewolves."

"Now there is a ray of hope in our lives, and we should let more people know about it, and at the same time prevent the kidnapping of Charles from happening again."

Charles also said, "When the ruby ​​comes back, I will ask it to send a letter to the teacher to ask if there are any new results."

"If they need to expand the scale of drug testing, I can donate money to sponsor St. Mungo's Hospital to be responsible for drug testing for some werewolves in Europe."

After the restaurant opened, he asked the old man about this and got a reasonable message.

"I guess there might be some good news in the Himalayas!" Lupin suddenly shouted, attracting the attention of Dumbledore and Charles.

Lupin said, "I heard that they are researching large-scale planting of Malifasa. I heard that they have achieved initial results in the summer. I think they must have succeeded!"

Charles thought that he guessed right. The Malifasa plants cultivated by asexual reproduction and large-scale seedlings have the same medicinal effect.

At the same time, relevant experts have also made preliminary research on the growth environment of Malifasa. They can be planted on a large scale next spring and harvested by the Mid-Autumn Festival in September.

Dumbledore said, "If it can be planted on a large scale, it will be a good thing. Only when there are enough raw materials can we produce enough medicine for the whole world."

"I will let the International Confederation of Wizards contact them and promote the treatment of werewolves."

Charles wanted to slack off here, but Dumbledore looked at the time and rushed Charles to class.