"Sean, you're here."
"Headmaster, tonight should be the time."
"Are you certain? After all, such accusations against a professor are quite serious."
"I'm very certain. But Headmaster, have you found someone to take their place? I think as long as we do this secretly, we should be able to find a replacement to continue the impersonation and draw out the others."
"Following your suggestion, I've already found him. He'll arrive tomorrow morning."
"Good, then everything will proceed according to our plan."
"Of course." Dumbledore smiled and lightly tapped his desk. Tea and refreshments immediately appeared on the table before Sean. "There's still some time before complete darkness. I think we can eat something first to fill our stomachs."
Sean went with the flow, picking up his teacup for a sip and nodding with satisfaction. "The tea here tastes much better than elsewhere."
"If you're implying I enjoy special privileges, I won't admit it."
The two chatted casually, waiting for the right moment.
During their conversation, Sean also asked Dumbledore some questions about Transfiguration. Though he had already mastered Animagus transformation, Sean's actual Transfiguration level was still at LV3.
Sean had high expectations for Transfiguration. In battle, high-level Transfiguration could often provide significant advantages, so with a foreseeable Transfiguration master above LV5, Dumbledore, right in front of him, Sean naturally didn't let the opportunity pass, continuously asking about his Transfiguration problems.
"Sean, because of your Animagus transformation, you already have the prerequisites to advance to the fourth stage of Transfiguration. But since you've just mastered Animagus, you need to transform more often and experience the changes in your body during transformation.
Actually, Animagus is excellent magic for those studying Transfiguration. It can be learnt through magical rituals even when one's Transfiguration isn't very advanced, and once learnt, multiple transformations allow continuous experience of the subtle changes in fourth-stage Transfiguration.
Sean, you've already mastered the key to unlocking fourth-stage Transfiguration. Next, you need to take this key and continuously search for the door, eventually opening it."
As they chatted, the sun set in the west and a full moon slowly climbed over distant mountains.
"It's time, Professor."
"Good, let's depart now."
Dumbledore stood up and waved his wand, instantly disappearing before Sean.
Knowing Dumbledore had used a Disillusionment Charm, something Sean was very familiar with, he also waved his wand and vanished without a trace. The two, hidden from sight and unable to see each other, left the headmaster's office one after another, departed Hogwarts castle, and followed a certain scent trail deep into the Forbidden Forest.
They stood beneath a large tree while the figure ahead looked up and drank something, then suddenly transformed into a werewolf and dove directly into a tree hollow in front of them, hiding within.
At this moment, Dumbledore revealed himself and made a gesture of invitation toward Sean's direction. Seeing Dumbledore's motion, Sean shrugged, revealed himself, and walked toward the tree with the hollow.
As Sean approached, a pair of eyes opened in the tree hollow, looking at him.
When these eyes recognised Sean, they immediately turned blood-red. Then a claw extended from the hollow, gripping the edge as the creature slowly emerged. When the werewolf stepped out of the hollow, it slowly straightened up, revealing its pitch-black fur and tall, robust body.
Looking at his opponent, Sean sensed a familiar aura from him, the aura of Child of Night and Moonnight's Blessing. In other words, this werewolf should be the new Wolf King of the Greyback clan after Fenrir.
Waving his wand, the weeds on the ground suddenly grew wildly and quickly transformed into numerous chains, whistling toward the werewolf opposite him, toward Scull!
Scull charged fiercely at Sean, ignoring the entangling chains and using his claws and powerful arms to snap the chains binding him one by one.
However, while Scull could break one, two, or three chains, as their number increased and he couldn't break them immediately, more and more chains accumulated on his body until Scull was completely wrapped up.
Seeing Scull completely enveloped in chains, Sean waved his wand again. A pair of earth and stone hands rose from the ground, pressing together to compress the chain-wrapped Scull within.
At this moment, a faint ray of moonlight fell down, penetrating through gaps in the stone hands and chains to illuminate Scull inside.
A wolf howl rang out from within.
Scull's body suddenly expanded, becoming a giant werewolf three to four metres tall. He burst through the chains and stone hands, roared, and charged at Sean.
Against werewolves, physical methods were most suitable for ordinary wizards, like magic such as Transfiguration or the Thorn Curse. However, Sean didn't want to use the Thorn Curse in front of Dumbledore, and his Transfiguration ability wasn't sufficient, so he simply put away his wand. Seeing Scull charging to within close range, he rushed forward himself.
After all, Sean had already displayed tremendous strength in the first round, so using it now didn't matter.
Bang!
Sean charged at Scull. Just as he was about to collide with his opponent, Sean suddenly leapt up, curled his body, and crashed directly into Scull's chest, forcing Scull to stagger back several steps.
Then Sean landed and pushed off again with both feet. The dirt beneath his feet exploded instantly as Sean became a blur, rushing forward to punch Scull in the stomach.
"Awoooo..."
Raising his head in a wolf howl.
With a roar, Hagrid's Fang suddenly burst from a nearby tree hollow, mind confused, opening its massive jaws to bite at Sean.
Drawing his wand with his other hand, Sean pointed at Fang.
"Canine Control Curse(Canino)!"
Fang's movements froze, his sanity returned, and he looked at Sean in confusion, then saw Scull and immediately whined while tucking his tail and fleeing quickly.
At this moment, taking advantage of the time Sean spent lifting the magic from Fang, Scull had reached Sean's front, opening his massive jaws to bite down.
Seeing this, Sean raised his wand, aiming at the open-mouthed Scull biting down.
"If you knew how Fenrir died, you wouldn't do this."
"Venomous Flow Jinx (Veneno)!"