Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL)

Chapter 276

The edge of the forbidden forest.

Felix saw from a distance a young wizard desperately fleeing in the direction of the forbidden forest, he raised his wand, gauging the proximity range, and flung out a spell with a shake of his hand at the moment of landing.

The young wizard, as if he had expected it, shifted his body to avoid the spell, so agile that it did not match his age.

“Sirius Black, we might as well talk.”

Felix took a step towards him, the effect of the polyjuice potion that Black had taken earlier is wearing off, his body gradually changing, growing a little taller, his body being stretched and widened.

He gasped and stumbled forward, and when he stepped into the forbidden forest, his whole body felt like it had been heavily slammed, and his body stiffened for a few seconds before he finally collapsed.

The transformation began.

He curled up, his body trembled, a hoarse gasp came from his throat, the skin on his flesh seemed like boiling hot wax with fine bubbles, his fingers began to grow larger and thicker, a dry, thin, adult hand grasping the brown, wet dirt on the ground, his bony knuckles popping from the force, his nails sinking deep.

Black let out a low growl, his shoulders became broad, the originally loose robe stretched out, but did not tear up, the man had no semblance of flesh on his body.

Felix waited quietly, it might take two or three minutes before someone to rush here, and he had plenty of time.

The transformation is over. Black laid on his back, panting heavily, as if giving up resistance, and said in a hoarse voice: “Who are you? So young, it should be–” He got up and shot a stunning spell from his wand.

Felix had been on guard against this, even in the most painful moments, Black did not drop the wand in his hand.

He waved his wand to flick away the spell, and a red flame flew towards him, exploding in midair. With his humanoid shield charm, he remained unscathed, looking at the spot where Black laid on, at the moment only a wand remained there while Black’s figure had disappeared.

Felix made sure the wand is genuine, not the one made of transfiguration, which surprised him a little.

” Changing into Animagus to escape? This is simply giving up the resistance, right? Without the wand, how can you possibly oppose me, you’ve even lost your last hope – Apparition.”

Felix tapped the ring on his left hand, a flying broom suddenly appeared, Felix flew up into the sky on the broom.

Below him there is a vast blur of brown and gray hues, and he gently Lifted the broom handle, and his whole body climbed upward, fifty feet, a hundred feet, in the distance he saw a big black dog sprinting along the rugged road of the forbidden forest, and It’s amazingly fast, like a faint wisp of black smoke.

But the weather is barely warming up, the forest trees left only with dark brown dead branches, with sparse leaves on the branches, which will not serve as a shield or obscure his vision at all, thus making it impossible for Felix to lose the chase.

At a small stream, he caught up with Black, a blazing red beam hit the big black dog and sent it flying far away.

Six or seven meters in between, Felix stopped: “Change back into your human form, Sirius Black.”

The big black dog struggled to raise his head and look at him, and a moment later, his body began to morph again, this time quickly, but just as oddly, his body shrunk, and a dirty man appeared in the original spot.

If he didn’t move, he would look like a corpse, and there would be no shortage of people who would think he had suffered inhuman torture during his life – long, dirty, tangled hair that hung down to his elbows and looked unkempt as if it hadn’t been tended for a long time; his body sticky with mud, and you could vaguely see the ghastly pale skin attached to his cheeks without a trace of flesh.

Black laughed hoarsely, his eyes looked like wolves. And he said in a hoarse voice: ” Are you a student of the Snivellus? Felix Hap … a big name, I saw the cover of Wizard Weekly, and to be honest, it’s not as good as you in person.”

Felix said calmly, “Although I have a lot to ask you, but–”

He pointed his wand at Black, “Scourgify!” A string of bubbles gushed out of Black’s mouth, and he let out a cough that took a long time to stop.

He looked at his teeth without slowing down with the help of the stream, “Very creative idea, we used it on Snivellus when we were young, James got a scar on his face for it.”

Felix shook his head, “I’ve heard your story from many people, in their eyes Sirius Black is handsome, wild and unruly, not to mention a touch of elegance, and then look at you now–”

He waved his wand, and from the stream swirled a vortex of water shaped like a tornado, which swallowed Black completely upside-down.

Black’s eyes went wide for a moment, and he opened his mouth, “Old-rat-” sounded with difficulty, but the water muffled his speech, and he choked twice instead.

The water streamed over him, and after almost a dozen seconds, a cloud of dirty, muddy water got tossed back into the creek. After cleaning, he looked much better than before, although still thin and skinny, but you can vaguely see a glimpse of his youth.

Black hovered in midair, tilted his head, and said with some surprise, “You don’t want to kill me?”

“Why? As I said, I have a lot to talk to you, your betrayal, your jailbreak – oh, the latter goes without saying, Animagus, it’s already pretty obvious.”

“Take me to Dumbledore! I will confess everything without reservation.”

“Can’t you tell me now? I’m curious, as it happens there are some questions that are not appropriate to ask in public, such as the feud between Severus and the Potter, or some information about Voldemort.”

“Heh! Are you going to sell me to the Ministry of Magic or offer me as a gift to Snivellus? You must be his favourite student, he even told you those secrets …” Black scoffed, a sudden gust of wind swept up, and he couldn’t stop his body from trembling.

“I do not like the way you speak, if you still insist on provoking me–” Felix gestured his wand and winked, “you will certainly suffer.”

Black said with disinterest: “Torture? Against a man who has spent twelve years in Azkaban? All you’ll do will only make me feel like I’m still alive-”

His teeth chattered from cold, but his eyes remained fixed on Felix.

Felix’s wand tapped on Black’s chest, and a large cloud of steam rose from his body, and he became dry in an instant.

Black landed on the ground, he moved his hands and legs, his eyes looked at Felix with disbelief, “You’re not afraid of me escaping? Not binding me up?”

“You can think that I am expressing my goodwill to facilitate the next communication,” Felix said.

Black’s sunken eyes stared at him as he grinned, “I kind of like you, though — I still can’t trust you, you and Snape are too close.”

Felix noticed that his expression became subdued, so he asked tentatively, “Does it matter whether you believe it or not, do you have a choice?”

“Of course, never underestimate anyone. Go back and tell Dumbledore that boy Weasley, the one Harry went to school with, his pet mouse is an Animagus.” Black said, still unaware of Scabbers’ disappearance.

“Animagus?” Felix said repetitively.

“That’s right, he’s Peter Pettigrew, and he’s not dead – damn! I thought he was dead!” Black suddenly said grumpily, cursing wildly, and after a few seconds he managed to calm down, “I’m sorry to make you see this, but I’ve been repressing it for too long.”

“You’re trying to say Peter is a traitor? With you being the Secret Keeper?” Felix said.

“Not me – we ended up swapping places! Me and him, we swapped, and he was the Secret Keeper! Dumbledore will understand, and once Peter is caught, everything will come out.”

“I think it’s best that you tell Dumbledore these things in person.”

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