Chapter 57 The truth about past events
Lu Ping took a deep breath. On the way here, his legs were weak, his steps were shaky, and his palms were sweaty. Lu Ping had a look of surprise on his face, and he swallowed hard.
He was afraid, horrified, regretful.
He could feel that Scabbers in his hand - no, it was Wormtail. He was also afraid, afraid, and regretful, but he didn't know if their emotional ups and downs were due to the same thing.
Lupine calmed his breathing and said with a tremor in his voice, "Mr. Dumbledore, I found Wormtail."
Several students looked puzzled, and Dumbledore's expression hardened.
If Wormtail's death thirteen years ago was a lie, then a lot of other things were lies.
Dumbledore's expression turned grim, he pushed up his glasses and stood up.
So, in front of everyone, the poor mouse turned into a middle-aged man with fat head and big ears.
Aphra looked away and hid behind Oliver.
"Don't be afraid." Oliver thought she was frightened and gently put his hand on her shoulder to block Aphra.
"So ugly." Aphra leaned behind Oliver and complained in a low voice. She was afraid of getting needle eyes.
Professor Snape was quickly called by Dumbledore. He walked hurriedly. As soon as he entered the door, he first glared at Harry and then at Lupin.
Lupine smiled helplessly, and Dumbledore tried to smooth things over, "Severus, where is your Veritaserum?"
"Here it is." Snape took out a small glass bottle. Only then did he see Aphra, and he was wondering, why did his Slytherin student get together with Gryffindor?
At Dumbledore's signal, Snape poured a drop of Veritaserum onto the middle-aged man.
"What's your name?" Dumbledore asked calmly.
"Peter Pedillo."
Lupine clenched his sleeves, and Snape was confused at first, then sneered twice.
"Why are you the Weasley's pet?"
Ron's face turned pale. He couldn't believe that the pet rat at home for so long was... a person?
Or the person who should have died thirteen years ago?
Harry pursed his lips, making the matter even more confusing, his mind racing.
"I, I'm afraid, I ran away to the Weasley's house, became a pet, and escaped from the past."
"The past? What happened in the past? Or rather, what happened thirteen years ago?"
"I..." Wormtail sighed, "I am Mr. and Mrs. Potter's secret keeper."
"Secret Keeper?"
"It's the Fidelity Charm. As long as a third party doesn't reveal the secret, no one will ever find the Potters."
Snape turned his face away slightly. He thought of the prophecy and pursed his lips in silence.
"Originally, the third party should be Sirius... but he thought that I would not be suspected and might be more suitable, so he suggested that James Lily change the candidate to me."
Lu Ping felt bitter in his heart. He was completely excluded from this matter, and he didn't know anything about it.
"But I'm afraid, so I just..."
"You betrayed them?" Harry couldn't help but ask.
"I'm so scared!" Peter held his head, "I've always been useless. My personality is not as outgoing as James's, my grades are not as good as Remus's, and my magic skills are not as good as Sirius's! I'm just scared!"
"I don't believe it." Avro suddenly appeared with a hint of disgust, "You don't have the guts to keep it a secret, then you have the guts to betray your friends to the Dark Lord?"
"..." Peter kept murmuring, "It was just because I was afraid...I was afraid of being hunted by Sirius, so I killed Muggles in a street, cut off my own fingers, and turned into an Animag. He ran away in this form, and I lived an ignoble existence for more than ten years, just because I was afraid!"
"Xiao Chong, during the thirty seconds you said this, were you unwilling to be caught, or were you regretting doing such a thing?"
Lu Ping lowered his eyes, shrouded in great sadness.
Peter huddled up, not answering him or looking at him.
Dumbledore asked again, "How long have you been selling information to Voldemort?"
"I can't remember exactly, maybe about a year." Wormtail answered vaguely.
He spoke the truth because he had to tell the truth.
Lupine's heart was even colder, the chill penetrated and enveloped him breathlessly. The truth was so naked, and it was just as suffocating for him as the news he received thirteen years ago.
"Then how could you just be afraid?" Avro asked calmly, "You are just greedy and duplicitous. In the end, after you did such a thing, the Dark Lord disappeared, and you started to be afraid, right? Afraid of being discovered. , being liquidated - you have not regretted it at all."
Harry clenched his hands into fists. If Ron hadn't been holding him back, he would have rushed to join him.
"I think I understand," Dumbledore sighed. "It's late at night. Children, go to rest. I will go to the Ministry of Magic with the two professors to deal with this matter. Remus, Harry, I will let The truth is out."
"Thank you, sir." Harry responded, glanced at Peter again, and finally looked away.
Avro pulled Oliver's sleeve, "Let's go."
Oliver watched a whole thing that had nothing to do with him, and couldn't help being shocked. He heard Avro's words and nodded, "I'll take you back to the lounge."
"You go and send your luck, I'm just a few steps away."
Avro smiled and shook her head, rejecting him.
"But..." Oliver wanted to say something else, but he saw Percy coming from the other side.
Percy held up the lamp and looked at the two of them, "Let's go quickly, there's a curfew soon."
"Ah, it's already so late?" Avro didn't pay attention to the time. Her day had been so long that she was exhausted and her feet hurt.
"I can send her off for you." Percy spoke slowly, seemingly with some difficulty.
Oliver lowered his head and thought for a while, and the three of them were in an inexplicable stalemate.
Avro rolled her eyes and looked at the two of them.
"Good night." Oliver gently rubbed Aphra's head, glanced at Percy, and left without saying anything, hugging Lucky.
Aphra stared at his back, and Percy said coldly, "Stop looking."
"Then please give it to me." Avro smiled slightly, "What a coincidence, it's you who gives it to me every time."
"Maybe it's because there are people who always hang out around the time when curfew is about to begin," Percy choked her, still not saying enough, "I thought you would be tired because you had so many appointments today, but I didn't expect you to be so energetic."
"That's right. I'm very energetic. Do you want to try it?" Avro nodded and smiled brightly.
Percy was dumbfounded and silent.
"Hey, it's boring, boring, and old-fashioned." After finishing her teasing, Aphra walked in front of her happily and put her hands behind her back, "Has Hufflepuff's vinegar bucket been knocked over?"
"what?"
"It's so sour in here." Avro narrowed her eyes, very skilled at teasing Percy.