The overcast weather that had lasted almost half a month finally changed on a new day, with the temperature still cold enough to turn water into ice. However, under the eager expectations of countless creatures on the earth, the dense cloud cover reluctantly stepped down from the stage, and the sun reappeared, casting pale and feeble sunshine onto the ground.
After going through an entire semester of experience, the first-year wizards of Gryffindor finally felt free to move around.
Under the supervision of Mrs. Horn, they rode the school's vintage comet brooms, flying up to thirty feet above the ground, cheering and chasing the scattered snowflakes flying like dandelions in the air.
Ahem!
After the serious injury last night, Remus's face was pale and looked like snow on the grass, he leaned on the camp bed provided by Amora, covered with thick blankets brought by himself, and tried to raise his head to look outside at the little wizards. From his expression, it seemed that his mood was still decent.
"This thing really demands talent--"
Watching those little ones who had been practicing for half a year but still couldn't shake off their awkwardness, Remus panted to himself.
"I heard that Harry's first time riding a broomstick, he flew better than many high-year-old kids in the team, huh...he undoubtedly inherited James' excellent talent--"
Meow!
A soft meow on the knee suddenly pulled Remus's gaze back. He looked over and saw that the black cat named Lenny, which Amora had picked up from the wild outskirts, had eyes that conveyed happiness and contentment, nodding slightly.
"Do you also think so, Lenny?"
Remus smiled mildly, treating it as a coincidence, but to his surprise, after hearing his question, Lenny nodded again.
What a strange cat indeed.
A faint confusion flared up in Remus's heart.
The night before, Remus transformed in his office, and for convenience, Amora moved herself to this office early this morning. When she first came, Amora even seriously asked the black cat that looked strangely familiar: She would probably stay here for a few days, asking if it needed a new place to live.
At the time, Remus only thought that Amora was making a joke at his expense, as the young wizard sometimes liked to tell terrible pranks. However, he was surprised to see that after a moment of hesitation, Lenny actually shook its head.
"Amora saw that you were very smart, so she brought you back, didn't she?"
Remus smiled slightly, slowly extending his hand to stroke the fluffy top of Lenny's head, but he didn't expect that this would scare the cat. It darted off the camp bed in an instant and jumped to the opposite sofa with a few leaps. For 24 hours a day, at least 20 hours spent lying beside Cruckshank who spent 24 hours lying there gaining weight.
"Oh, sorry--"
Remus's expression turned crestfallen, and he sighed, "I thought you quite liked me."
Lenny crawled on the sofa, covering his face with two overly thick cat claws, afraid that Remus would see the guilt in his eyes.
At this moment, the bell for the end of class rang, which gave Remus a reminder. He looked at the cup of dark smoking potion on the desk in Amora's office, his expression bitter, "I have reason to believe that Severus might be targeting me."
Remus supported his body with both hands, trying to sit up straight, but he was too exhausted, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't lift his arms.
"The potion is several times more bitter than before..."
After struggling all day, Remus smiled bitterly and leaned back onto the pillow. Completely helpless, he took out his wand from his pocket.
"Fumus --"
Remus whispered the incantation, but the glass cup on the table containing the wolfsbane potion merely shook a few times, splashing out some liquid without any sign of floating.
"This really makes me feel troublesome..."
Under the influence of the full moon's magic, the wolfsbane in a werewolf's body grows and proliferates rapidly during transformation, requiring constant consumption of wolfsbane potion to kill off the wolfsbane. Otherwise, they would become aggressive. Remus dared not take this lightly. Seeing that he couldn't even cast a simple floating spell, he put away his wand and struggled to get up from the bed with great effort. After a while--
Clank! Remus tumbled off the bed, lying sprawled on the ground.
Meow!
Having witnessed Remus's whole effort, Lenny could no longer contain himself. He jumped to Remus's side again and bit the hem of his clothes to drag him up. But such a move was too strenuous for a cat, and he couldn't even lift Remus's arm.
"Huff--Get away from me, little one--"
Feeling like his head was splitting apart with a splitting headache, Remus gasped, hoping that the cat belonging to Amora would stay away from him.
But, Lenny didn't give up. Realizing that he couldn't help Remus get up, it leapt onto the desk in a bound. Hoping to lift the cup of potion, this was another difficult task for a cat with only paws.
It was absurd and comical that two living wizards were actually being held back by a potion.
Damn Brian!
Lenny gritted his teeth in anger, the transformation spell he cast could only be reversed by a human incantation, unlike the Animagus who could actively break the form.
Lying on the cold floor, Remus's eyes were filled with bloodshot veins. He could feel as if there were billions of tiny worm eggs hatching inside his body, absorbing what little magical energy he had left and multiplying rapidly. This pain blurred his consciousness while also making him feel extremely restless.
Fortunately, the residual potion of wolfsbane that Remus had consumed before was still active in his body, helping him maintain some degree of rationality. Otherwise, he might have already lost control.
The time passed without his knowledge. Remus, who had been struggling to resist the desire for blood with his remaining rationality, suddenly noticed that a wet object had touched his lips. He instinctively sucked it, and the cold liquid that fell into his mouth gradually restored his consciousness.
The wet and hard object disappeared, but it soon reappeared on his lips again. Recognizing it as the wolfsbane potion, Remus did not hesitate and sucked it again.
After repeating this several times, the hazy vision in front of him gradually faded away, and Remus finally saw who was giving him the potion.
It was the cat named Lenny--it had taken a feather pen from the inkwell on Amora's desk and was using the pen to draw up the potion and feed it to itself!
"Cough cough-- you're really clever, little one!"
"Gasp... Incredible, you're really smart, little guy!"
"I've never seen a cat with such a flexible brain as yours, Lenny--"
Click!
A crisp metallic clack after a clear and concise impact, Amora pushed open the door and rushed in after school, taking only three seconds to understand what had happened in the room.
"Oh, stop yelling--"
Amora hurried in, got Remus back onto the bed, and while feeding him the potion, she scolded Lenny, who was on the ground, yowling like a randy female cat.
"This isn't my fault--"
"I guess I looked quite disheveled just now--"
About ten minutes later, Remus finally caught his breath and said to Amora with a wry smile.
"Everyone has their moments of distress and discomfort."
Amora chewing on the grilled eel, carelessly said.
The situation of a werewolf cannot be described with words like destitute and disheveled, Remus pursed his lips and suddenly reached out to stroke Lenny's head. This time, Lenny stepped back half a step, hesitating, but did not retreat, which brought Remus great relief.
"Today, I owe it to you, little guy. Otherwise, I might have caused trouble."
Remus looked into Lenny's gray eyes and spoke, but he noticed that Lenny seemed to always avoid his gaze.
"Would you like to adopt it, Remus?"
Amora stared intently at the interaction between the two, suddenly saying without warning.
Lenny's body stiffened all of a sudden, his eyes staring at the ground, neither looking at Remus nor glaring angrily at Amora.
"If you're willing to let go of it, Amora--"
"I'm going to ask for it, Amora," Remus immediately showed a smile.
"I really hope to make friends with this intelligent little guy."
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