Chapter 349 Identification of Remains

In Black's eyes, Grindelwald was the same as Voldemort. He initially refused his invitation, but was worried that he was plotting something, so he decided to go undercover.

The next morning, Black returned to the box carefully and found that there was no one inside, only a hearty breakfast and a few Muggle books.

These books did not have any magic, they were all Muggle books recommended by Charles to Grindelwald, and there were Grindelwald's reading notes.

Black didn't know what Grindelwald was up to, so he decided to read critically.

When he came to his senses, Christmas was coming.

Back to the day of the match between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff in late November, a group of Ministry of Magic officials came to Hogwarts to inspect the work, and then held a work summary meeting next to Black's box.

Dumbledore didn't want to waste time with these bureaucrats, so he threw the reception task to his girlfriend, and ran away with Lupin after breakfast.

Lupin thought the headmaster had found clues about Black, but he took him to a cemetery, a cemetery where all the wizards were buried.

Lupin was quite familiar with this cemetery, where a very brave friend was buried, at least people still thought so.

There were other people in the cemetery, a middle-aged couple and a ten-year-old girl.

Axe Prewett was stunned when he saw Dumbledore. The last time he saw him in person was in Diagon Alley when he was ten years old. His parents took him to Florin's Ice Cream Shop and saw him eating ice cream there.

The two groups met at the entrance of the cemetery, and Axe went over to say hello: "Good morning, Mr. Dumbledore, it's nice to meet you."

Dumbledore thought he was from the Weasley family because of his red hair, but he was wearing Muggle clothes without any flaws, so he quickly guessed his identity: "Oh, Axe Prewett, we haven't seen each other for more than 20 years. I still remember that day you clamored to eat the same ice cream as me."

Axe said excitedly: "I didn't expect you to remember me."

"Oh, this is my wife, and this is my daughter Mafalda, she will go to Hogwarts next year."

"Mafalda, this is Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts."

Mafalda greeted Dumbledore politely, and Dumbledore took out a bag of flying cockroaches and thought about changing them to flying butterfly candies for the little girl.

Dumbledore asked Axe, "How are you doing now?"

After being expelled from the Muggle society, the Squib was basically isolated from the wizarding society, and Dumbledore's memory of him only stayed in Florin's cold drink shop that day.

Axe replied, "I have decided to accept Charles Smith's invitation to work at Falbottom Castle."

Dumbledore smiled and said to Mafalda, "Miss Prewett, if you don't obey in Hogwarts in the future, your father will know it immediately."

Mafalda immediately said, "I promise I will be very obedient."

The two groups chatted for a while and then said goodbye.

Peter's tombstone is very big, almost catching up with his height.

In front of the tombstone, Lupin said, "We forgot to prepare a bouquet of flowers, I'll buy it here."

He thought Dumbledore brought him here to visit the grave.

Dumbledore said to him, "Someone told me a possibility. I'm bothering you today. I hope we have a good result."

At this point, Lupin had realized that Dumbledore was going to dig up Peter's remains.

Dumbledore waved the old wand, and a crack appeared on Peter's grave. The crack opened and a copper box covered with mud flew out.

Lupin looked a little uneasy. The box contained Peter's only remaining broken finger. He put it in the box as Peter's friend during the funeral.

Now Dumbledore wants to take out Peter's remains. Is there any new discovery?

Dumbledore opened the copper box and confirmed that the finger bones were still inside. He turned to Lupin and said, "Let's go. I have an appointment with an expert."

Lupin hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he could only follow.

Dumbledore contacted a forensic doctor, Dr. David Hunter, through Mr. Granger. Although it was the weekend, he was happy to help check the bones.

The two wizards first came to Mr. Granger's clinic, and then drove to Dr. Hunter's home.

On the way, Mr. Granger asked Dumbledore curiously: "Professor, can you introduce me to a werewolf? I know such a person from Hermione's textbook."

Dumbledore knew what he wanted to do. In order to protect werewolves from being tortured by dentists, he shook his head and said that this could not be done.

Lupin asked curiously: "Mr. Granger, are you interested in werewolves?"

Mr. Granger immediately said excitedly: "I want to see what their teeth look like after they become werewolves. Will they be different from ordinary people!"

Lupin felt a chill and stopped talking.

The group came to Dr. Hunter's home.

It does not take much equipment to judge the bone cross section, just a magnifying glass.

Dr. Hunter carefully studied the cross section of Peter's finger bone with a magnifying glass for several minutes, and said puzzledly: "From the cross section, it is definitely not caused by the explosion. Bones broken by the explosion are like broken branches, and the cross section will not be so smooth."

"The cross section of the bone is very smooth. It was cut off in one go with a very hard and sharp tool, without any signs of pause."

"It can be ruled out that it was cut bit by bit by a saw or a knife. I think it must be a special cutting machine that has such great power."

After he finished speaking, he went back to the study and took a forensic atlas to the living room, showing pictures of various broken bones to Dumbledore and Lupin one by one.

After reading it, Dumbledore asked: "I have a question. Is it possible that this finger was left in the explosion and cannot be found anywhere else?"

Dr. Hunter thought for a while and said: "Seldom is there such a situation, unless it is on an airplane or on the water, and finally a little bit of remains are found by luck."

Dumbledore thanked Dr. Hunter for his help.

After returning to Hogwarts, the two had just entered the castle, and Lupin asked Dumbledore nervously: "Headmaster, do you have any ideas?"

Dumbledore sighed and said: "I have a lot of ideas, but they all need evidence to confirm them."

"I know what you think, Peter may still be alive."

"He may just be hiding, and it is also possible... Oh, that is the worst result."

Lupin echoed: "Yes, that result is too bad."

The worst result is that the person who betrayed the Potter family was actually Peter, not Black.

If this is the case, there are many doubts. First, why didn't Black say he was innocent? Second, why did he suddenly escape from prison? Was there any opportunity?

Dumbledore said: "There is another possibility. Black is indeed Voldemort's man. He threatened Peter to do something. When he killed Peter to silence him, Peter ran away and hid until now."

Lupin said: "It seems that Black knows something. I think we must find him before the Dementors and Aurors and ask about this matter clearly."

Dumbledore nodded, and then asked: "You... Oh, it's not that I suspect you and Black are in collusion. I want to ask if there is any unique way of communication between you?"

Lupin shook his head and said: "If Black is in the castle, I think there is a way. Later, in order to avoid being discovered by Voldemort, we have no special way of contact."

Dumbledore thought so too. At that time, everyone was doing life-threatening work. If Voldemort found any way to contact them, they might be discovered.

He thought to himself, should I pretend to kidnap Charles once?