Chapter 341: Escape Plan

Evening.

Sirius picked up the wine glass on the table with his left hand and poured the wine into his mouth.

There was a newspaper on the table, but he couldn't read it.

He fidgeted with the glass, his eyes fixed on the Phoenix feather beside the newspaper, occasionally glancing at the wand on his right hand.

His former partners were engaged in a life-and-death battle, while he was here reading the newspaper idly.

This made him feel ashamed.

Have I really become weak?

Just using Harry as an excuse to escape my own responsibilities?

Harry's current life was not easily won; he tried to convince himself, do you want to let that child be displaced again? Let him return to that "home" that regarded him as a freak?

Let James and Lily's only child, after losing his parents, lose his godfather too?

Death is not terrible; he even survived Azkaban. But if he exposed his identity as a member of the Phoenix Society, he would face separation... or let that boy escape with him.

Uh... escape together?

In an instant, Sirius suddenly felt this idea was quite good.

In fact, many images flashed through his mind: riding his flying motorcycle, those Aurors or Watchers would never be able to find them.

Taking Harry to wander together... this feeling was almost the same as traveling with James...

Oh, we can also go find Lupin; that guy is hiding in some remote forest somewhere now, living with werewolves for a while, that must be very interesting!

And then take him along to travel!

This is a bit... too great!

No, no, Sirius quickly shook his head, trying to drive this terrible idea away.

You're just drunk; what responsible parent would take their child on the run after becoming a wanted criminal?!

Too crazy!

Harry is still in school; he's only in his third year, only fourteen years old. What were we doing when we were fourteen?

Oh... seemed to be practicing Animagus in various forbidden areas...

"No, no, too crazy..." Sirius muttered to himself, but his eyes were getting brighter and brighter.

Come to think of it, is school important?

Can't I or Lupin teach him enough spells to become an excellent wizard?

Would I rather let that guy Snape turn Harry into a gloomy old bat?

Harry's interest in Black Magic might be because Snape became headmaster; that guy must be promoting Black Magic in school!

In that case, taking Harry away from school might be a good opportunity to help him escape Snape's influence.

Of course, there was still a voice in his heart reminding him that all of this was his unreliable association, and this "wandering plan" that sounded like it had no future was simply too irresponsible.

But after being an unemployed vagrant and farmer for three years, Sirius finally felt a surging passion again.

"I can write a letter and ask Harry's thoughts first," Sirius muttered. "Of course, no need to become a wanted criminal; if Harry is willing, we can move to another country, or just wander around."

"Yes, write him a letter, talk to him; maybe he isn't happy in school, and he is so like James, also a natural adventurer; maybe he will like that kind of adventurous life..."

Thinking of this, he almost couldn't wait to pick up the quill and wrote a letter in a rush.

He stuffed the letter into an envelope and was about to let the owl send it, but after thinking about it, he put it down.

No rush; summer vacation is coming soon. It won't be too late to talk properly after Harry comes back.

He put the letter in the drawer and was considering how to bring it up to Harry later, when suddenly, the Phoenix feather on the table burst into bright flames.

"Help! Requesting support from all Phoenix Society members! We are surrounded, requesting support!"

……

"Ah, so it was ink..." Murphy swallowed the third Every Flavor Bean. "Professor, this thing shouldn't have any dung flavor or something, right?"

"As far as I know, it shouldn't."

Dumbledore still ate the ink-flavored Every Flavor Bean with an expressionless face. "Then, answer my question just now, Murphy. Who exactly are you?"

He had asked Murphy this question at Nicolas Flamel's funeral.

But at that time, Murphy just used "the one in front of you is me" to brush it off.

Such rhetoric at this moment would not satisfy him.

"Actually, there is nothing to hide," Murphy said. "Although my situation is quite special, it is not completely beyond understanding."

"What do you mean?" Dumbledore asked curiously.

"Let's put it this way: I come from the future," Murphy said.

Dumbledore was startled and looked at Grindelwald sitting beside him, who nodded slightly. "This kid seems to be telling the truth."

This was indeed the truth, just missing some details.

"There is actually such a thing?" Dumbledore looked at Murphy in shock. "What exactly is going on? How did you come from the future to the present? How far in the future do you come from?"

"Not very far, about thirty years later. Because of some reasons I don't know either, I returned to when I was still in school."

"So that's it," Dumbledore seemed to understand some things. "That's why your tone sounds like a prophet, that's why I couldn't see your growth trajectory clearly, because you suddenly grew up, so you knew where I put the Magic Stone... Lukas, is she your person?"

Murphy nodded without denying it; at this moment, such things were already irrelevant.

"But, I still don't understand, why do you know so much about Muggle affairs?"

"Take it as your third question, Professor."

……

The moment he grabbed the Phoenix feather, Sirius felt as if he had suddenly unloaded a heavy burden. While worrying about those old friends of the Phoenix Society, he also felt a trace of excitement.

A long-lost sense of excitement filled his chest.

He gripped his wand tightly and disappeared from the room in an instant.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, he rolled to the side, and as soon as he looked up, he saw another wizard pointing his wand at him with the same movement.

The next second, the two each flicked their wands, knocking the Aurors behind the other party away.

They turned around and stood back to back.

"Remus, I thought you got lost chasing rabbits in the forest," Sirius teased.

A smile appeared on Remus Lupin's slightly pale face. "I heard you were growing potatoes, Sirius. Have you switched to a vegetarian diet?"

"Ah, yes, I've been eating potatoes for three years, and radishes, lettuce, all grown by myself," Sirius said, knocking out another Auror with a Stupefy spell.

"How does it feel to be a farmer?" Lupin used a Shield Charm to block an attack from the side for Sirius.

"Not bad, except a bit boring," Sirius said.

"Now you won't be bored," Lupin petrified a Watcher and turned to look at Sirius.

"Let's make a big scene together, friend."

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