Watching Pettigrew's Oscar-worthy performance, Sebastian subtly shook his head.
His acting is truly excellent; if it were an ordinary person, they might really be fooled.
However, this guy forgot that this is Hogwarts' Forbidden Forest, not the Ministry of Magic's Wizengamot courtroom.
Some methods not recognized by the Ministry of Magic can be used here without any taboos.
Before coming to the Forbidden Forest, Sebastian specifically called Snape and asked him to bring two large bottles of Veritaserum.
A generous amount, enough to make one burp after drinking a bottle each.
Sebastian felt that Harry's entanglement with the truth in the other party's words, and not thinking of Veritaserum, was entirely because the young man's moral standards needed to be lowered.
Hearing Lily's name mentioned again, Snape's face contorted as he roared, "Shut up! Neither of you has the right to mention Lily."
Saying that, he threw a bottle of Veritaserum in front of Sirius and Peter each: "I don't have time to distinguish the truth from your words."
"A bottle of Veritaserum each. Drink it, and I will naturally be able to get the real answer."
"Remove the chains from me!" Sirius yelled, "I'll drink first! I want this scoundrel Peter to die knowing exactly why!"
"You..." Pettigrew's face was pale; the scene before him completely exceeded his judgment.
He stammered, "Veritaserum is illegal. The Ministry of Magic does not recognize answers obtained by such means."
Seeing the two people's different reactions, Lupin and Harry immediately understood that they had almost been deceived by Pettigrew's acting.
He was the real betrayer!
Snape's face was pale, his hand gripping his wand trembled slightly from gripping too hard.
He raised his wand, just about to give Peter a harsh blow, when his sleeve was tugged.
Snape turned his head and saw that it was Harry who had stopped him.
"Professor, it's not worth it," Harry said bitterly, "It's better to hand him over to the Dementors."
Lupin looked at Pettigrew and sighed heavily: "Peter, I really want to know, how did you become like this today?"
Peter, who had given up on treatment, slumped to the ground, and after hearing Lupin's question, he began to laugh wildly.
"Hahahahaha—"
"I also want to know why I became like this today."
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and looked at Lupin: "I used to be a brave person; after all, the Sorting Hat sorted me into Gryffindor itself."
"Why did I become as timid as a mouse?" He raised his hand and pointed at Sirius, "Isn't it because of those two villains, Sirius and James?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Harry abruptly interrupted Peter, "Hagrid said my father was a hero! You're not allowed to insult him."
"Insult?" Peter's mouth twisted into a sarcastic smile, "You actually think I'm insulting him? Hahahaha, that's hilarious."
"He and Sirius were the two most famous bullies at Hogwarts; they enjoyed bullying people and often attacked others with spells for no reason at school."
"If you don't believe me, look at so many people here; is there anyone who refutes what I'm saying?"
Harry looked up at Sebastian and Snape, trying to hear words of refutation from them, but unfortunately, he was disappointed.
Sebastian just stood there quietly, not saying an extra word.
Snape's face was even more gloomy, as if he was recalling something unpleasant.
Even Lupin sighed, and only Sirius looked at Harry: "Harry, we did some foolish things when we were young, but we got better when we grew up."
"Foolish things!" Pettigrew immediately scoffed, "Only someone like you would call school bullying foolish things."
"Harry, let me ask you," Peter turned his head to Harry, "Living in the same dormitory with two bullies, what should I do to avoid being bullied?"
"Is it only by tucking my tail between my legs and doing everything they say that I can study peacefully at Hogwarts?"
Harry was left speechless by the counter-question; he thought of the days when he was bullied by his cousin Dudley and his bully friends when he was young.
Harry thought again that ever since he met Aunt Mia and Professor Swan, they had never told him anything about his father, always stammering and changing the subject.
So this was the truth of the matter.
His mind was a little dazed, unable to accept the fact that his father was a bully.
Lupin, who was beside him, couldn't bear to watch any longer and spoke up to stop him: "Peter, don't say that; no matter what, they treated you as a friend back then."
"They were quite generous to you, for example, the special method you used to become an Animagus was shared by them."
"Friend?" Peter gave a bitter laugh.
"If they truly considered me a friend, they wouldn't have disregarded my wishes and directly asked me to play with you after your transformation on the night of the full moon; if they truly considered me a friend, they wouldn't have given me the insulting nickname Wormtail; if they truly considered me a friend, they wouldn't have ignored my choice and, after graduation, simply expected me to join the fight against You-Know-Who; if they truly considered me a friend, they wouldn't have disregarded my life and death, and directly come to my door, without a word, to make me James's Secret-Keeper."
Pettigrew grew more and more agitated, as if he wanted to vent all his grievances.
"I want to ask, why?"
"You go be heroes, why should I bear your risks with my life?"
"Are James's family's lives lives, but my life isn't?"
"Although you publicly claimed Sirius was the Secret-Keeper, everyone knew the four of us were very close during school."
"What if You-Know-Who and his Death Eaters targeted me, and they wanted to capture me to threaten Sirius, what should I do? What would Sirius do?"
"I still have my mother; I just want to live with my mother. I don't want to get involved in anything related to You-Know-Who. What did I do wrong!"
"You are wrong, of course!" Even though he was bound, Sirius roared and lunged forward.
"No matter how well you speak, it doesn't change the fact that you are a cowardly, treacherous piece of scum who betrayed your friends."
"No matter how well you speak, it doesn't cover up the fact that you caused James's death."
"You say you were once a brave person, but I have never seen your courage to resist!"
Sirius desperately tried to bite Peter, as if he wouldn't be satisfied until he bit him to death.
Seeing this, Lupin directly intervened, separating the two.
"I admit everything you've said. Yes, I'm a coward, a scoundrel, a pathetic wretch."
Pettigrew gasped, looking at Lupin with a miserable smile.
He had already understood his fate; the best outcome would be lifelong imprisonment in Azkaban, and if worse, he might receive the Dementor's Kiss.
So he didn't care about anything now; he wanted to say everything he wanted to say.
"Remus, we and James and Sirius are not the same kind of people; those two are the real friends."
"As for us, we're just the two young masters' lackeys."
"Remus, see Sirius for who he really is; he never truly cared about you."