Chapter 128: The Temperature of Trust

"I believe he's safe, there's no way he's going to attack anyone!"

Aven's voice was not loud, but it was unusually noticeable in the tense atmosphere of the office.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Evan in surprise, he instantly became the focus of attention of the teachers and students of the school. Under everyone's gaze, Evan separated from the crowd and walked out, and all the young wizards tried to get as far back as they could, trying to make a way for him.

"Aven!" Harry shouted in surprise.

Evan nodded, and walked over to Harry to take a stand. His gaze swept over everyone's faces, and the expressions on everyone's faces were different.

Most of the young wizards' expressions were surprised and confused when they heard what they had just said, they didn't know why Evan was saying that, while Snape, Lucius, and the Slytherin students had gloomy faces, their faces full of malice and disgust.

"I think everyone already knows," Evan took a deep breath and said slowly, "This werewolf in front of you is Professor Lupin!"

His words were like throwing a boulder down on the surface of a calm lake, making a splash.

There was a commotion in the crowd, and there were bursts of suppressed chatter.

Ever since entering this office, ever since hearing the conversation between Dumbledore and Fudge, Snape, and Lucius, everyone has had a sense of foreboding, but guessing is one thing, and now hearing Evan confirm it is another.

In the depths of all the little wizards, they couldn't believe it, and they didn't want to believe that Professor Lupin, who was usually kind and friendly, could actually be an evil and brutal werewolf.

It wasn't until more than ten seconds later that the voice gradually stopped.

Almost everyone looked at Evan with bated breath, waiting for him to continue.

"As you all know, Hermione and I just met a werewolf in Hogsmeade who attacked us. Aven's voice was steady, gradually raising the volume, "Maybe you think Professor Lupin is going to attack everyone too, but I want to tell you, Professor Lupin is not like that werewolf, he is not dangerous. There was no way he could attack anyone tonight, and he had been taking a wolf venom potion a week ago, which would help him stay awake and sane as he transformed into a werewolf. ”

The young wizards had just heard Dumbledore and Snape talking, and knew that Professor Lupin had taken a potion of wolf poison. Most of them didn't know the effects of the potion, and it dawned on them now that they heard Aven's explanation.

"The wolf poison potion can keep him safe, although he is a terrifying werewolf on the outside, but inside he is Professor Lupin we are familiar with, he can't"

"Wait a minute, Mr. Jack-of-all-trades! As a brewer of wolf poison potion, I have a few words to say. Snape squinted at Aven, a sneer on his lips, and said grimly, "I have to warn you that the wolf poison potion can only make werewolves sane, but it can't guarantee that they won't bite! Because of his sanity, he is much more cunning and difficult to deal with than ordinary werewolves. ”

"Thank you for the reminder, Professor Snape!" Evan turned and continued, "You're right, there may be many people who think the same as you think, Professor Lupin is a werewolf, he can't be trusted! Yes, he's a werewolf, but that's not a reason for us to be afraid of him and discriminate against him!

Hearing Aven's words, many young wizards bowed their heads in contemplation.

They suddenly thought of how Professor Lupin usually treated his students, he was the best Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher everyone had ever met, his classes were always so interesting, he patiently answered everyone's questions, and in addition to teaching everyone how to deal with dark creatures, he also taught many principles of how to behave in the world that were not in the textbooks.

Faced with such a Professor Lupin, almost everyone did not believe that he would hurt them.

The chatter continued, and many people remembered Professor Lupin's usual behavior, but when they saw the terrifying appearance of the werewolf in front of them, they were retreating in their hearts.

Seeing that Lucius seemed to want to say something, Evan knew that he had to strike while the iron was hot and take action to prove that Professor Lupin was not the same as the real werewolf.

He's not dangerous, there's no way he's going to attack everyone

The next second, under the gaze of all the surprised eyes, Evan suddenly turned to face Professor Lupin, who was about to touch the other party.

Evan held out his right hand to Lupin, and several girls screamed in the crowd.

All the little wizards looked at him nervously, holding their breath, as if Evan would be bitten to death by the terrifying werewolf in front of him in the next second.

Lupin shuddered slightly, allowing Evan to touch him.

Completely different from the soft skin of normal people, the skin of werewolves is extremely hard, and the long hairs on it are a little prickly, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

The strange touch of his fingertips, the terrifying wolf head close at hand, made Evan subconsciously a little nervous, and the scorching breath came to him, his right hand had just touched Professor Lupin, and through that terrifying appearance, he felt the fragility of the other party's heart.

He could feel that the other party was even more nervous than himself.

In the next second, Evan didn't think about it, and hugged Professor Lupin tightly with open arms.

Embraced by Aven, Lupin's body trembled violently.

Tears flowed from his eyes, he had never imagined that Evan would do this, and after twelve years, he felt trust again.

For a werewolf wandering the fringes of society, trust is probably the most precious thing in the world.

He suddenly saw Sirius Black's shadow in Aven, and he was just as nervous when his identity as a werewolf was first discovered by his friends at Hogwarts, he was afraid that the three of them would tell the others about it, and he was afraid that he would be kicked out of school.

Like Aven, Sirius Black suddenly embraced him at the time.

Lupin didn't know what to do in the face of Aven's embrace, he was like a little child, and he was right. He saw Dumbledore standing not far away smiling and nodding at him, just as he had seen when he had accepted his admission against all odds.

Tears streamed down Lupin's cheeks, and he hesitated for a moment, trying to reach out and hug the thin boy in front of him. Twelve years after the deaths of Jaime and Peter Pettigrew, and the capture of Sirius Black to Azkaban, he felt warmth like never before.

Lupin knows that this is the temperature of trust.