After being led by Penello through Shadow Shift. "Biological Research Department of the Umbrella Corporation." Lupin silently looked at the words next to the red and white umbrella icon on the concrete building at the entrance of the valley. He was vigilant. Recently, he often saw the company's magic potion advertisements on TV. The Lily Foundation was also the company's work. Lupin knew that it belonged to Family Harris. Were they going to meet Owen Harris? But the Biological Research Department... Could it be that they were going to treat him, a werewolf, as a magical creature for research?
After passing through the three doors of the building guarded by many fully-armed wizards, Lupin followed Penelope through many tall stone pillars without saying a word. Behind the pillars, Lupin noticed that there were guards patrolling from time to time, just like the ones in the building. They were wearing full sets of equipment called H94 that the Auros liked to use nowadays, but the red and white umbrella-shaped collar that was supposed to indicate the identity of an Auro was replaced by a red and white umbrella-shaped collar. Lupin was a little uneasy and tried to ask where Penelope was taking him, but the female student he used to teach just coldly said, "You'll know when you get there."
When Lupin just followed Penello into the place called the "Giant Sanctuary", Lupin felt the ground trembling. Loud footsteps were heard. Lupin turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound. He could not help but clench the wand in his hand.
A small group of bald giants with a height of more than 20 feet and pale skin with a slight blue tinge, wearing black leather coats appeared in Lupin's sight from afar.
Lupin was stunned as he looked at the figures of these muscular giants that were completely different from the fat giants he had seen in the past. They were all tall and fit.
? "A little flower blooms in the wilderness. Her name is Erica. Thousands of little bees fly to Erica..." Lupin, who had tried to live in the Muggle World for a long time in his early years, wanted to avoid discrimination in the wizarding world. He found that the giants maintained a formation like the Muggle army, marching along the road in neat steps. They were expressionless and kept singing. The lyrics sounded like a relaxed and romantic ballad, but with the steady footsteps of the expressionless giants, Lupin felt a little creeped out. When the giants came closer, Lupin noticed that the giants had a red gem inlaid on their foreheads, and the metal leather gloves on their hands were engraved with magic runes.
As the giants walked past, Lupin waved his hands to disperse the dust that flew with their footsteps. He looked up at Penello in front of him. He knew that Penello would not answer his question, so he gave up on the question that almost slipped out of his mouth. However, Lupin was obviously worried. If he could leave this place alive, he must inform the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore about the situation here.
After walking for a while, Lupin felt a little relieved when he saw that there were some resting areas at the side of the field. The giants dressed similarly and the ordinary staff in white coats seemed to be getting along well. They even gathered together to play poker. The giants were holding special oversized poker cards, although the size of the cards was a little too big for the ordinary wizards. However, the giants who looked a little stupefied seemed to have a good relationship with the staff. Lupin saw that after a game of poker, a giant slapped a staff member beside him. The staff member did not dodge, and the giant's slap did not hurt him at all. Instead, the staff member laughed and asked the giant not to cheat.
It seemed that the giant still remembered to control his strength even when he was joking.
The giant's brain, which was not much bigger than a walnut, could actually learn to sing in English, communicate normally, and even play poker? Could their intelligence understand these complicated rules? They looked no different from ordinary people except for their size and strange appearance.
Lupin rubbed his eyes in disbelief. The giants in front of him were not as lazy, ruthless, and stupid as he had described them to be. He patted the dust off his body again. After feeling the vibration of his body, he felt that this was a very magical place. However, he was even more confused about why he was brought here. They couldn't be thinking of modifying the werewolves like they did to the giants, right?
Penello saw Lupin's expression and thought that all of this was caused by Allen. He showed a look of pride on his face and continued to lead him forward. In the middle of the vast valley, there were many huge stone houses. Some young giants, under the leadership of the old giants, were piling up a huge snowman in the middle of the paved square.
After passing through a forest behind the giants' sanctuary, a building with a different architectural style from the British appeared in front of Lupin. It was a foreign mansion with a Gothic style. All of its doors, windows, columns, and cloisters were in the Baroque style.
When entering the courtyard gate, Lupin found that the entire garden fence and gate were equipped with magical defenses similar to the waterfall in the underground vault tunnel of Gringotte. When crossing the border, it could remove all spells and magical camouflage. After Penello and Lupin completed the cumbersome security check at the entrance, they passed through the garden and finally entered the gate of the mansion, which was guarded by two giant guards.
After entering the gate, they found themselves in a two-story hall. Facing the gate was an upward staircase covered with a burgundy carpet on the second floor. It split along the wall at half the height and turned into a wooden cloister on the second floor. The windows, columns, arches, and so on were all half-round arches.
When they went upstairs, they came to a room that was obviously a living room. Penello gently knocked on the door three times.
"Come in." A man's voice came from behind the door. It was a little muffled because of the relief oak door.
Penello opened the door for Lupin, but she did not go in. When Lupin approached the room, he found that it was luxuriously decorated. From the ceiling, the lighting, the walls, and the daily utensils, all of them were carefully carved by craftsmen. Some of the murals were painted by figures in the history of medieval magic. Lupin noticed that on the first floor of the Hogwarts, "The Wizard with the Walrus Beard," he was constantly shaking his exaggerated beard in the mural.
A boy with light blond hair wearing a Ravenclaw school uniform appeared in front of Lupin. After he motioned Lupin to take a seat, the silver-white teapot and teacup on the desk automatically flew to Lupin and poured him a cup of black tea.
"Allen … Mr. Allen Harris, I thought you should be in Demstrand now." Lupin found that he could no longer call out his name as casually as when he was teaching him.
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