The Wolf is Coming Ch. 9

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When the heavy snow finally stopped, spring finally arrived in Wilvo.

During this period, two major and minor events happened in Wilvo. The first was that the leader Fenrir Greyback suddenly left the village, mysteriously, and his return date was uncertain; the second was that after being isolated from the outside world for more than ten years, Wilvo finally had new werewolves settle down.

The first person to know that Wilvo had a "guest" was Abraham, because he found that the old house next to his house, which had been idle for many years, suddenly had a new owner.

The weeds in front of the old house had been cleared away at some point, and there were some traces of repairs on the windows that were originally open. A man was lying on the roof, he was repairing the roof. He had his back to Abraham, and his specific appearance could not be seen, but from the patched robe and some gray hair, he was probably a poor middle-aged man.

*clatter* *clatter*

The man must have accidentally touched the tool box, and more than a dozen nails and nuts of different sizes rushed down from the roof. The man who was repairing the roof was in a hurry to grab a few nails that didn't slip away, and finally found Abraham standing at the door and looking at him.

"Hi, mate, how are you!" The man hurriedly climbed down the ladder beside him, simply tidied up his messy robe, trying to make himself look more energetic, and then stretched out a hand to Abraham, "I'm Remus Howell, who just moved to Wilvo to settle down. You can call Howell or Remus. Are you my new neighbor? I mean, um... it's nice to meet you."

Abraham looked at the man who called himself "Remus Howell". His face didn't show it, but his heart was full of turmoil.

This face, this look, this voice... Although some of the plots in his memory were not very clear, Abraham still recognized the man in front of him. Wasn't this Professor Remus John Lupin who taught Harry Potter's Defense Against the Dark Arts? How did he come to Wilvo? Was there such a scene in the plot?

Lupin, who didn't know he had lost his fake identity, stretched out his hand without getting a response from Abraham, looking a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Abraham quickly recovered. He suppressed the various emotions in his heart, shook hands with Lupin briefly, and smiled, "I'm Abraham Cromwell, nice to meet you. By the way, shaking hands is a courtesy between humans, which is not common among werewolves."

"Oh, so that's the case." Abraham's words instantly eliminated most of Lupin's embarrassment. "I'm sorry I don't know this. I was originally... I mean, I wasn't born a werewolf."

"I know." Abraham followed his words and said, "In Wilvo, almost one-third of werewolves are not pure-blooded. Most of them were bitten when they were very young and then transformed into new werewolves— our leader always likes to do this."

"Is that so..." Lupin said dryly, and his hands in his sleeves clenched quietly, then he pretended nothing happened and started chatting with Abraham, "Maybe I should have moved here when I was very young. Even if I'm not pure blood, it's better for werewolves to live with werewolves than to survive in the cracks of human society. However, I've been in human society for a long time, and it may take some time for me to adapt to the local customs."

"The lifestyle of werewolves is indeed different from that of humans. Perhaps it should be said that it is simpler and rougher? Believe me, it will definitely be much easier to adapt to life here." Abraham's eyes quickly swept over the patches and stated the facts lightly, "After all, there are not so many rules and regulations here as in human society. As long as your fists are strong enough, I think you will live well here."

"Oh, thank you for reminding me. Abraham... can I call you that?"

Abraham nodded.

"As a new neighbor, I should have invited you in for a cup of coffee or some cookies, but I just moved here and haven't had time to clean up the house yet, so it's a mess. So, if you don't mind, come to my house some other day."

"Of course."

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