When the trio knocked on the door of Professor Hap’s office, they heard a deep, calm voice from inside saying, “I got it, Felix.”
The three of them looked at each other, “It’s Headmaster Dumbledore!”
But when Professor Hap opened the door, the room is empty, no one else is there.
“Professor, was Headmaster Dumbledore just here?” Harry couldn’t help but ask.
Felix smiled, “That was just a message from him, he wasn’t here in person.” He gazed at the knight figure in Hermione’s hand and asked hesitantly, “How is this … in your possession?”
He is uncertain if the trio knew anything, so he mentally groaned, Sirius, you are too crappy, right?
But the good thing is that, the next conversation let him realize that they did not find Sirius, but only brought his accidentally “lost” golem, Hermione apologized for her naughty big cat, “Crookshanks probably considered it as a toy, we cleaned it before coming over …”
Felix stared at the knight figure, its scarlet eyes flickered, sitting on a cup holder, his back looked a bit lonely.
“… Thanks, guys.”
The main business finished, So Harry pulled out the nameless book from his pocket, “Professor Hap, I have already selected it, it is Apparition.”
Felix didn’t rush to refuse, but looked at him fixedly: ” Do you understand the risks of this magic?”
Harry nodded.
” Do you know how to solve the Splinching?”
Now it’s Harry who is speechless, he looks at Hermione for help, Hermione once again lived up to her name: ” Less serious Splinching can be treated with Dittany, preferably Essence of Dittany, if it’s more serious Splinching, like separating the head from the body-”
Harry looked at her in horror, but she continued with a serious introduction: “This situation will require professional treatment, I found out the information from the Ministry of Magic’s occasional case section.”
Ron added, “And fines. I mean – if the Ministry of Magic finds out that you don’t have a certificate, and you are in trouble, you will be fined a large amount of money.”
Felix nodded slightly and said approvingly, “That’s pretty much all there is to it, so, Harry, are you still sticking with Apparition?”
Harry said stiffly, ” Y-Yes, Professor…”
Felix looked at him, “Don’t rush, I still have one more question for you to answer: once you know this information, what do you think is the most important precaution that you should take to practice this magic?”
Harry opened his mouth, “Uh … preparing the Dittany?”
Felix dumbfounded, “That is the most basic, if not, I would have to wonder if you have troll blood. Think again!”
Harry frowned and racked his brain, Ron and Hermione were also trying to think, Hermione’s eyes lit up, and she raised her hand as she looked at Felix, Felix shook his head at her, she put her hand down with some regret.
“I’m guessing … needs some guidance?”
“It’s close enough, Harry.”
After another minute, “I know! When practicing Apparition, you must have someone watching over you to prevent a serious splinching from happening with no one to rescue you!”
Felix showed a smile, “That’s it, the most serious problem of Apparition is Splinching, over the past century, there are twenty-one recorded cases of death because of an apparition, all of them happened when they attempted Apparition in private, and they got Splinched badly and left in the same place, unnoticed …”
” The consequence of is that they watched themselves bleed dry in remorse.”
Harry shivered hard, how can Professor smile while saying such horrible things? The point is it was too graphic, that he worried that the next time he faced the boggart, the object of his fear would become his split self.
“So,” Felix twisted his head to look at Ron and Hermione, “you’ll supervise Harry and keep him from messing up, won’t you?”
Ron and Hermione nodded vigorously together, they were also frightened by the serious consequences.
“Very well, let’s talk about my arrangement now.” Felix said to Harry, “First, you need to master the theoretical knowledge of this magic, I need you to write an essay on Apparition-”
His finger tapped on the nameless book, his fingertip glowed with bright silver light, various images began to appear on the pages of the nameless book, in which they saw a figure of Professor Hap suddenly disappear and then appear again.
“This book will help you, Harry. I set some restrictions, you need to crack it layer by layer, very simple, like playing a game. By the way, you know what is game, right?”
“It’s a TV handle game? It was in the birthday present that Dudley received a few years ago.” Harry said with envy that he had seen it when his cousin Dudley was opening his birthday presents.
However, not many days later Dudley bashed it, then Harry found a button of the joystick in the bin.
“Well, it’s somewhat similar to the game level.”
Felix continued, “You can break the first layer of the restrictions by writing a thesis. And the second layer, with practice, I will take you through the first few training sessions until you initially master the magic.”
“After that, it’s up to you to work on your own, never be reckless, and make sure you have someone with you every time you practice, understand?” He looked at Harry seriously.
Harry nodded hastily in agreement, his heart in turn relieved after hearing the professor speaking, now he had a very clear idea of what to do next.
“Professor, are we going to practice in the Forbidden Forest at that time?” He asked, “I’ve heard that you can’t do an Apparition inside Hogwarts, as the anti-apparition spell has been cast, er, placed around Hogwarts.”
Hermione nodded along in agreement to Harry’s words.
“No,” Felix denied this, “there is a place where you can get around that prohibition.”
Seeing that they wanted to ask more, he clapped his hands together, “Well, little ones, you’ll find out in due time.”
Finally, Harry tentatively asked about Professor Lupin and was assured that everything is alright.
As they walked out of the office, Ron muttered, “We’re not that young anymore, I’ll be fourteen in another half a month.”
Harry said regretfully, “I have almost six months left,” he then said teasingly, “Ron, did you remind us not to forget to prepare your birthday gift?”
Ron turned red and chased after Harry, trying to hold Harry’s head in his armpits as Harry ran away playfully.
…
In the office, the re-transformed Sirius sat on the couch and said sullenly, “Harry is too young, you are not supposed to teach him this magic, you should be more cautious.”
Felix looked at him with interest, “I’m surprised you know the word ‘cautious’.”
Sirius looked at him in exasperation and heard Felix continue, “Did you know that Harry is learning the Patronus Charm from Lupin?”
“What?” He asked in shock, ” The one that wards off Dementors?”
Felix made a glass of butterbeer float in front of him and Sirius gulped it down, “It’s nostalgic … makes you want to shed some tears, life is still pretty good.”
“You’re not against it?”
Sirius leaned back on the back of the sofa and said lazily, “Actually, you are quite well considered it, at least more than me – I just thought about it, if it is me, I will either refuse or immediately take him to practice.”
“Knock, knock!”
There is a knock at the door, and Sirius chokes on the beer in his mouth, he looks nervously at Felix and gestures, “Make me smaller!” He looked at the candy on the table, he had just eaten a piece, not sure if that is his helmet, or his upper body armour, anyway the knight’s sword is already gone into his stomach.
“Professor Hap, it’s me, Lupin.” The voice at the door said.
Felix looked at Sirius playfully as Sirius walked to the door with a dark face, “Hap- hey?” He pulled Lupin inside as soon as he could.
“Padfoot…,” Lupin froze, and hugged Sirius, as he whispered, “Forgive me, for wronging you.”
“Oh, Moony, please forgive me too …”
“Bear~!”
The two looked up and saw Felix fiddling with his wand and making a fire in the fireplace, “I Temporarily connected an abandoned Floo network line to my office, so let’s go to your place, if anyone finds you here, we can’t hide the news that Professor Hap is harbouring a big felon together with Potter’s killer.”
Sirius grabbed a handful of floo powder and muttered, “You’re jealous …” The next second, he got tossed into the fireplace, “You! #￥@%…12 Grimmauld Place!”
Half an hour later, Felix and Lupin returned from the fireplace, and Lupin said thankfully, “Thank you for everything, Professor Hap.”
“No need to be polite, I was also entrusted with the job.”
Before saying goodbye, Lupin couldn’t resist asking him, “When did you know I am a werewolf?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“When I said I am a werewolf before, you didn’t show any surprise. If I couldn’t guess, then I would be too foolish.” Lupin laughed by himself.
“It doesn’t matter, you’ve been a good colleague so far.”
When Lupin left, Felix sat down on the couch and said emotionally, “Long weekend … Well,” he drew his wand and a Rain Swallow Patronus flew out of the tip, “go ahead.”
After a short while –
He whispered, “Severus, are you – eh, is your Patronus a Doe?”
After a moment’s pause, he muttered, “Oh, that hurts a bit … I actually wanted to ask, would you care to join me for a drink?”
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