"The marauders map? Lynn, what do you want to use it for?"
Harry looked at Lynn in confusion; she wasn't the type of person to break school rules.
"Sirius Black was just here. His name might still be visible on the marauders map."
Lynn's face was expressionless as she gave a quiet, concise explanation. Harry reacted instantly, rushing back to his bed in a few strides and pulling out the marauders map.
Lynn and Hermione immediately crowded around him upon seeing this. Ron also forced himself to calm down, getting out of bed to stand beside his three friends.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
Pointing the tip of his wand at the marauders map, Harry spoke with great solemnity.
Intricate ink lines began to appear on the parchment, followed by countless names.
Starting from the Gryffindor Common Room and spreading outward, Lynn immediately spotted Professor McGonagall approaching the common room.
Sirius Black had been gone for a while, and since his Animagus form was a large black dog, his movement speed was certainly not slow.
Thinking quickly, Lynn immediately gave up searching nearby and instead looked directly at the Hogwarts Castle entrance hall, the main gates, and other exits.
Sure enough, some distance outside the main gates, she saw the name Sirius Black.
"Over here."
Lynn pointed her finger at his name, her voice incredibly flat, as if she hadn't found a wanted criminal but just an ordinary student.
"It really is him. Can we go catch him?"
Looking at Sirius Black's name, Harry's breathing became noticeably rapid. This concerned the truth behind his parents' deaths; he was now desperate to catch Black and find out the truth.
However, he also understood that with his abilities alone, he couldn't possibly catch Black.
He also couldn't drag his friends into danger because of himself, which was why he asked Lynn first.
She was the most considerate and magically powerful person among the four of them.
Lynn watched the name moving rapidly on the marauders map, and almost instantly deduced his movement trajectory and target location in her mind.
He's heading for the Forbidden Forest; the specific target location is unknown.
Estimated to enter the Forbidden Forest in about two minutes.
"You can't."
Lynn looked up, her bright Black eyes sweeping over Hermione, Harry, and Ron.
"You're going by yourself? How can we let you..."
Harry instinctively wanted to object. Letting his friend face danger alone was something he could never do.
"Harry," Hermione said, pressing his shoulder and shaking her head gently, "if she weren't certain, Lynn wouldn't be so sure."
Time was of the essence now; there was no time for them to stand on ceremony with each other.
"Be careful. Put my shoes on."
Hermione nodded to Lynn, taking off her slippers and placing them in front of her.
"I will."
Lynn put on Hermione's slippers; she could feel the fluffy, soft texture even through her socks.
Walking to the window and opening it, she instantly floated out.
The cold wind whistled in her ears as Lynn approached the Forbidden Forest at top speed. Under the moonlight, a large black dog running rapidly toward the Forbidden Forest was extremely conspicuous.
"Sirius Black, stop running."
Hearing Lynn's words, the large black dog's moving limbs paused slightly, but then it ran even faster.
Blinking with an indifferent expression, Lynn raised her hand toward the large black dog.
Considering the dog's mobility, she cast a Levitation Charm directly centered on the large black dog, covering a five-meter radius.
Dust, small stones, and everything except the ground itself were suspended by Lynn's Levitation Charm, which naturally included the large black dog that had been running at full speed.
"Woof, woof, woof..."
Feeling itself floating, the large black dog turned back and growled at Lynn in a low voice, as if warning her.
"You cannot resist, Mr. Black."
Lynn's tone had no fluctuation. She floated in mid-air just like the large black dog, her eyes looking at it like an inorganic object.
"But you don't need to be nervous. We've discovered some suspicious aspects regarding the case from back then."
"Now I just need to take you back and ask for the truth."
Of course, if the truth was that Sirius Black had betrayed Harry's parents, he would certainly be sent back to Azkaban.
But if the truth was that Sirius Black hadn't betrayed Harry's parents, then he should be exonerated.
This was in accordance with rules and laws.
Hearing Lynn's words, the large black dog that Black had transformed into quieted down slightly. This behavior made Lynn even more certain of the deductions in her heart.
She turned back in the direction she came from, bringing Sirius Black with her as she flew toward Hogwarts Castle.
Flying back through the window, Professor McGonagall had already arrived in the Dormitory.
At this moment, she was holding her hand to her chest, looking at Hermione and the other two with a face full of anger and anxiety.
"Miss Granger! Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, I simply cannot believe it! How could you, how could you just let Miss Lynn go after Black alone!"
"Such a vicious and powerful Wizard!"
At this moment, she had clearly chosen to forget that in her first year, Lynn had used the Levitation Charm to control two walls and crush a Troll to death; in her Second Year, she had solo-killed a Basilisk; and this year, she had even directly threatened the Minister for Magic.
In Professor McGonagall's view, all of these could be ignored. Lynn was still a child, still a student, so she should be protected.
This had nothing to do with how much strength she possessed. At a time like this, any responsible Professor would selectively forget their student's strength.
Because they knew very well that in such a situation, they should be the ones standing in front of the student, rather than letting the student face it alone.
"Professor McGonagall, I'm sorry for acting on my own and making you worry," Lynn said, bowing her head deeply to Professor McGonagall as soon as she landed. "But it was an emergency. If I hadn't gone immediately, Sirius Black would likely have escaped into the Forbidden Forest."
"By then, catching him and confirming the truth would have been extremely difficult."
With a long sigh, Professor McGonagall stepped forward and lifted Lynn's lowered head.
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