Chapter 31: Wage Collector

"Internship salary? What internship salary?"

Oriantal suddenly raised his volume. This time, even Lupin, who hadn't gotten angry despite earlier insults, became agitated. He stepped forward two steps, got closer to Oriantal, and said urgently, "You promised me. One month of internship, and you'd give me 50 gold Galleons as internship salary."

"But you were fired before completing the full month of internship, weren't you?"

"So that was your goal?" Lupin roared. "To avoid paying me the salary, you fired me on the last day of my internship!"

"I never said that." Oriantal lifted his head with a face full of disdain, poked Lupin's chest with his finger, and said, "But if you think our way of doing things is wrong in any way, you can go to the Ministry of Magic and see if they'll help a damned werewolf like you get justice."

Oriantal deliberately emphasized the word werewolf, and that made Lupin's expression instantly become ferocious. His originally relaxed hands clenched into fists.

Oriantal raised his eyebrows and mocked, "What? Gonna hit someone? Go ahead, try it. Let's see if the Ministry of Magic will arrest you, case closed! I've seen plenty of guys like you. You think I'm afraid of you?"

After saying that, Oriantal even deliberately pushed his face closer to Lupin's, looking like he was asking to be punched.

But seeing this, after trembling with anger for a while, Lupin eventually relaxed his clenched fists.

He knew very well that he absolutely couldn't hit him, otherwise what would await him would be the Aurors' pursuit.

Those elite enforcers from the Ministry of Magic don't care whether you're right or wrong, when dealing with werewolves, their most common method is immediate execution.

Lupin's weak appearance made Oriantal even more pleased. He grinned and laughed loudly, "What a coward! Get lost!"

After speaking, Oriantal shoved Lupin hard, then turned to leave.

At this moment, Link couldn't stand it anymore. Though he could tell just from Lupin's prematurely aged, miserable appearance that he had been living a hard life, he never expected that Lupin had fallen to this level.

In his eyes, Lupin was no different than those undocumented immigrants in his past life's who were exploited by shady factory bosses.

Taking a deep breath, Link decided to test a newly learned spell on Oriantal.

He narrowed his eyes, staring fixedly at Oriantal's lower abdomen. At the same time, his wand swayed lightly in his hand, then suddenly pointed sharply.

"Bladder Explosion!"

Along with Link's barely audible incantation, a translucent beam of light suddenly formed, silently hitting Oriantal's lower abdomen.

"Ugh!~"

In an instant, Oriantal's footsteps froze. He clutched his crotch with both hands, legs tightened, and his face showed an indescribably weird expression.

"You… you… ah!~"

While speaking, Oriantal stretched out a trembling finger, seemingly wanting to accuse Lupin. But before he could finish, a hot stream burst forth, immediately soaking a large patch on his jet-black trousers.

Seeing this, Lupin hurriedly stepped back a few steps, dodging Oriantal's grasping hand.

It was clear that something had gone wrong with Oriantal's body, and Lupin didn't want anything to do with it.

At this time, Link was nearly laughing himself to death. After a while, he finally collected his emotions and walked out from the corner.

"Oriantal sir, Professor Lupin, what a coincidence, I was just looking for you." Link said leisurely, then suddenly glanced at Oriantal's lower body and feigned surprise, "Huh? Oriantal sir, why are your pants wet? Did you spill a water bottle?"

"Ah! Yes! That's exactly it. What an embarrassing mistake, hahaha! How about this, please allow me to excuse myself and go change my pants." Oriantal said awkwardly as he headed into the office, glaring fiercely at Lupin as he walked.

This made Link laugh again. To be honest, Link didn't believe for a second that Oriantal didn't know it was him who made him wet himself. The reason he pretended to be confused and treated Lupin as the culprit was simply because of Link's surname.

After all, the Flamel family was one of the pure-blood families, and one of the very wealthy ones.

If Link admitted he was at fault, Oriantal might have gotten some compensation. But if Link accused him of slander, then things would get very interesting.

Link had seen plenty of such scheming little minds in his past life.

But this also worked out well, if Oriantal didn't back down, Link truly wouldn't have known how to help Lupin.

Thinking this, Link's lips curled slightly as he quickly called out to Oriantal, "Hold on, Oriantal sir, I seem to have heard something just now about an argument over internship wages. Could it be that your Speed Spell Chanting Class actually has a tradition of exploiting interns?"

Oriantal's steps froze. He hesitated for a moment before turning around with a righteous expression and said, "That kind of thing could never happen at our company. What I was discussing just now with Mr. Lupin was the settlement of internship salary, you must have misheard."

As he spoke, Oriantal quickly pulled out a cloth pouch bearing the Speed Spell Chanting Class logo and handed it to Lupin, "How about this, to avoid any further misunderstandings, I'll pay the internship wages in full right now."

After speaking, Oriantal left without turning back, and this time Link didn't stop him, just stood there with a meaningful smile.

Just now, when Link saw how quickly Oriantal was able to produce that branded pouch, he understood everything.

Clearly, the company had issued Lupin's internship pay, it was just that Oriantal, relying on his position, had tried to pocket the money himself.

That's also why he handed it over so quickly and didn't dare to pin the blame on Link. Because if this got out, never mind being fired, he definitely wouldn't get his year-end bonus.

After figuring this out, Link shifted his gaze to Lupin.

At this point, Lupin didn't even care whether the amount in the pouch was correct, he just looked at Link with an astonished expression. Then Lupin came to his senses, smiled slightly, and asked, "That spell just now, was it cast by you?"

"That's right. It's a modification of the Bladder Refill Spell." Link replied frankly.

"Judging by your robes, you must still be a Hogwarts student, right? Creating your own spell at such a young age, truly impressive."

"You flatter me. I must thank you as well, your lecture earlier was very helpful. Without you, I never could've completed that spell. Actually, it's like this, my mother's currently looking for a tutoring class for me, which is why I showed up at this place. But how should I put it… the 'water quality' here is simply astounding."

At this point, Link deliberately paused, and after exchanging a glance with Lupin, both of them laughed.

"So I was thinking." Link continued, "Rather than spending so much money to attend this completely meaningless Speedy Spellcasting class, it'd be better to hire a private tutor. What do you think, Professor Lupin, would you be interested?"

Link finally revealed his true intention, but Lupin, upon hearing this, froze for a moment. Then he shook his head and said, "I'm very sorry. I'm afraid I'm not fit for that job."

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