Chapter 248: Wolf King
"Harry, Harry~"
Lockhart called out excitedly.
Harry, who was at the bottom of the stairs, was curiously watching the scene in front of him. The sadness he had felt about his parents, remembering their pasts from his elders' words, was somewhat diluted. Now, upon hearing Professor Lockhart's call, his face instantly fell.
Here it comes!
The thing that young wizards feared the most had arrived!
Professor Lockhart was always like this, ready to ask a question at any moment to check how well they understood the material.
He never gave anyone a chance to be lazy.
But Harry still obediently walked over, looking at Professor Lockhart nervously, frantically chanting in his mind, Don't "pop quiz," don't "pop quiz"!
Unfortunately, just as Professor Lockhart knew his students well, the students also knew their professor well.
"Harry, you've all been taking care of the baby werewolves lately. Professor Snape, Professor Lupin, the mysterious gentleman, and Professor Kettleburn—everyone has been guiding you."
"You tell me, what are the characteristics of a baby werewolf?"
Harry breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew this one!
"A perfect hunter, Professor!" Harry's answer was smooth.
"A hunter?" Sirius was a little confused, not understanding why a werewolf would be considered a standard hunter.
"They have strong magical resistance, an attack speed that far exceeds that of a typical magical creature, and claws and fangs sharp enough to tear through dragonhide," Harry explained the characteristics of baby werewolves. "In fairy tales, the ones who can harm wizards are often hunters. In the real world, werewolves actually play the role of hunters."
"In our research on baby werewolves, we found that their short-distance bursts of speed are incredibly fast. A wizard who hasn't been trained in Quidditch can't even react. Their ability for long-distance travel is extremely strong, and their endurance is terrifying. They have a strong resistance to many offensive spells, and they are especially good at defending against spells that affect the mind."
Harry's words flowed more and more smoothly. "But a baby werewolf actually has a more powerful advantage compared to a werewolf, and that's its beastly form. The modern magical systems of the Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms generally teach dueling spells that are made for humans. When facing a baby werewolf, many of the offensive methods that wizards commonly use will be ineffective..."
Sirius stared blankly at Harry, who was speaking so eloquently. He felt as if he were seeing Lily.
He had always thought Harry was a replica of James. While he was lurking at Hogwarts, he had heard many stories about Harry and had seen many of Harry's behaviors. He thought he knew James's son very well.
He looked almost exactly like James, except for his height, which was due to his difficult childhood.
But in terms of personality, ability, and so on, he was almost an exact copy of James.
He never thought that Harry at this moment was more like Lily.
...
Lockhart didn't have this kind of inexplicable theory about bloodlines. In his opinion, Harry's answer could have been given by many people at the Dueling Club.
"What else?" Lockhart wasn't completely satisfied.
Harry swallowed, suddenly feeling a little nervous. He looked at Professor Lupin, who was getting used to his new body, wondering what else he could say.
So Professor Lockhart had to give him a hint. "We all know that werewolves and baby werewolves have intelligence that is close to a human's."
Harry's eyes lit up. "A werewolf in its wolf form can maintain its human thinking ability and will! I know, Professor. A werewolf in its wolf form should be able to cast spells!"
"Given the difference in magic between werewolves and wizards, the spells they cast might lean toward nature, night, forests, and other mysterious directions."
Snap!
Lockhart happily snapped his fingers. "Perfect, Harry, that's a perfect answer!"
Sirius was stunned.
To be honest, he couldn't have answered those questions himself.
He opened his mouth, looked at Harry, then at Lockhart, then at Lupin, and finally back at Harry. He suddenly felt a little despair.
It seemed he couldn't teach Harry anything anymore.
How was he supposed to be a good godfather?
Yes, he was determined to take care of Harry and teach him well, but he hadn't really thought about how to do it.
Now that he thought about it carefully, "teaching Harry well" might be a little difficult, and "taking care of Harry"...
To be honest, he couldn't even take care of himself.
This...
He even began to wonder if Harry's life at his house would be worse than at his uncle's.
No!
It shouldn't be!
Right, it won't be!
He had the house-elf Kreacher!
Kreacher's cooking was very, very good. When the family used to gather, the three Bellatrix sisters were very envious.
Sirius, who was a little lost, was now beginning to feel the trouble and hardship of raising a child.
Fortunately, he had love.
He was willing to give Harry a family full of love, unlike Uncle Vernon's.
Lupin, who was not far away, had obviously heard Harry's answer. His heart stirred, and following his beastly instincts and his human inner desires, he quickly started running.
A werewolf's transformation into a wolf was especially beautiful. It was like a spirit of the moonlight, a favorite of the forest. They were born to be beautiful. The Lupin in front of them was the same; his wolf form looked so handsome.
As he ran, his silver-gray fur swayed like satin. With a paw, he pushed open the window, pulled himself up onto the windowsill, and his wolf's head looked up at the moon in the sky. He howled instinctively.
"Awoo~~"
A mysterious power surged.
The moonlight fell on the giant wolf's body, and its fur swayed in the moonlight, looking like the most exquisite oil painting.
After a while, Lockhart felt Lupin's emotions return to calmness. He asked curiously, "Lupin, how do you feel?"
The huge wolf's head turned to look at them and said, "Not bad."
The giant wolf's voice was different from Lupin's. The sound seemed to come from its abdomen, with a very interesting vibrating sound, like a subwoofer.
Dull and powerful!
It had an ultimate wildness and steadiness.
This made the giant wolf in front of them look even more like a wolf king.
Sirius and Harry were stunned. Especially Sirius. When he transformed into a big black dog, he would not only be affected by many animal habits, but he also couldn't speak.
He was terribly envious.
Lockhart stroked his chin, his eyebrows raised slightly. "On the next full moon, we can go to Lyle's (Lupin's father) laboratory. I suspect you have a way to command those werewolves!"
"Command?" Lupin was stunned.
"Yes, a wolf king commands all werewolves. This is a magical ability. Of course, to put it more precisely, you are on a higher level of the wolf's magical bloodline."
"Just like a Parselmouth can command all snakes, whether they're magical creatures like a Basilisk or a wizard cursed into a snake like a Maledictus."
"Hehe—" Lockhart's expression was full of jest. "According to the description habits of wizards, this ability should be called 'Wolf-Man-Tongue.'"
The giant wolf's expression became strange.
He turned his head to look at the moon in the sky, slowly closed his eyes, and his pair of upright, fluffy ears twitched. Suddenly, his body began to quickly shrink.
His body twisted, and he instantly returned to his human form.
"You can control the transformation yourself?" Sirius exclaimed.
Lupin's expression was serious. "Dumbledore has a plan for me. He hopes I can infiltrate the werewolf community."
Sirius's brows furrowed. "The werewolf community established by Fenrir Greyback, the one who bit you and turned you into a werewolf?"
Lupin nodded. "In fact, many people know that he is training an army in the werewolf community and constantly letting werewolves go out secretly to bite some young wizards, then bringing these werewolf children back to the community and teaching them to hate wizards."
"That's a vile guy!" Sirius hated such evil people. "In the last war, he caused too much trouble. I wanted to kill them all!"
But Harry was saying from the side, "Many of them are pitiful people."
Sirius was stunned and looked at Harry. Harry's stance was very firm. "It's not their fault that they were bitten by a werewolf. It's not their fault that they were abandoned by society and could only go to the werewolf community. It's not their fault that they were taught to hate wizards."
Harry could empathize with that kind of pain.
He had grown up in a family that treated wizards as monsters and lunatics, so how could he not understand?
"Fenrir Greyback is dead." Lockhart mumbled, stroking his chin. Earlier in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts, Grindelwald had transformed into a werewolf and summoned other werewolves. He fought a battle with Voldemort, who was possessing Fenrir Greyback, and killed him (Chapter 223).
As he spoke, his eyes lit up. "The werewolf community is now lacking a wolf king!"
Lupin's expression was serious as he nodded. "In fact, this matter is very complicated. There are extremely complex connections behind the werewolf community. According to the information I've investigated, too many forces are secretly investing in the werewolf community, both openly and secretly."
He didn't say some of the information without Dumbledore's permission.
For example, the half-finished potions (some of which only had side effects) that young wizards made while practicing potions in the Potions class at Hogwarts had been flowing into the werewolf community.
The werewolves in the community were being used as test subjects for the potions.
The few people who knew this didn't suspect Snape, because some of the potions even flowed to communities of werewolves, merpeople, giants, centaurs, and other humanoid creatures. They also flowed to the black wizard community in Knockturn Alley and even to Muggle society.
It was very complicated.
This world was inherently very complicated.
"If I can influence the werewolf community, at least the werewolves won't be completely purged and become cannon fodder for the era after the Dark Lord's fall."
Just as Sirius and many others were unsure if Voldemort would win back then, most people in this era believed that Voldemort was just lingering on.
If the werewolves completely went over to Voldemort's side, they would only face a disaster.
The key was that the werewolves turning to Voldemort was only because of the ambitions of their leader, Fenrir Greyback. There were too many pitiful people involved.
Lupin, who had been through the rain, hoped to hold up an umbrella for others.
Without further ado, he looked out the window with a look of eagerness. He couldn't help but look at Lockhart, hoping to get confirmation, but he saw Lockhart just shaking his head.
"It's not that urgent. Let's observe the situation first and make sure there are no problems before you act."
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