For Wenxiu Lord, who possessed a Portkey (thanks to Severus) and was proficient in Apparition, taking a train that took a whole day was entirely unnecessary.
However, the soft-hearted teenager could never bring himself to refuse when others wore him down with endless nagging.
Worn down by Sirius's relentless badgering and clinging, combined with Remus's thoroughly pitiful and reluctant expression, Wenxiu Lord ultimately abandoned the two more direct options and allowed Sirius to drag him onto the train.
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