The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"Be careful, protect your brain, don't let those harassing flies get in; they usually crawl in through your ears. Goodbye." Luna gave another serious warning, jumped off the windowsill, and skipped away.

"What is she talking about?" Eddie asked Scott, puzzled.

"Perhaps it's a magical creature that hasn't been discovered by most people?" Milton pondered Luna's words, seemingly wanting to believe her.

Scott told them, “I think Luna can see something special, you can interpret it as wizarding emotions. The harassing fly is just a romantic term.”

“Not a real bug? Why is she being so serious about it!” Eddie complained.

Scott smiled. "Because she herself firmly believes it."

Chapter 039 An Awkward Emerging Wizard Family

In the Ravenclaw common room, Scott and his two roommates were still standing by the window.

"Do you think Dupin will really be taken to Azkaban?" Milton asked Scott and Eddie.

“No, Milton,” Scott laughed. “Didn’t Brown say that since no real damage was caused, Miss Dupin can get away from the Azkaban trip as long as she has enough Galleons?”

Eddie continued, "Obviously, Dupin's family won't actually let her be taken to Azkaban; they probably have the capability to do so."

“The surname Du Ping doesn’t belong to a pure-blood family, does it?” Milton asked.

Scott also looked at Eddie.

Eddie, who never disappoints in this regard, knew the answer and replied smoothly: "Of course not. They are a newly emerging wizarding family, but they are trying to emulate those pure-blood families."

“A newly emerging wizarding family that’s moving closer to pure-blood families?” Scott said this with a hint of amusement.

He found this absurd. "These so-called emerging wizarding families were probably Muggle or half-blood wizards a few generations ago. I don't think those stubborn pure-blood families would easily accept them."

“You’re right, Scott,” Eddie laughed. “But from what I understand, some of these so-called emerging wizarding families are like that. They dream of marrying into pure-blood wizarding families.”

“They think this is…” He gestured with his hands in quotation marks, “‘a way to improve blood circulation’.”

When he brought up this topic, he couldn't help but show a look of disdain on his face.

Scott found it amusing. "I don't think any pure-blood family would want to marry into their family."

He truly hadn't expected that such a group of wizards would still exist in the magical world, where bloodlines are now so polarized.

Scott thought to himself, "It seems my understanding of the magical world isn't deep enough. But Eddie's a real talent; he can find out more than just gossip."

At this moment, Milton, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up: "All along, these new families have been marrying into the same families."

His tone was somewhat stiff.

"They now look down on new Muggles or half-blood wizards just as pure-blood families look down on them."

Milton's expression changed, revealing [Milton's contempt].

"After all, they believed that after several generations of wizards mating, their family members could also be called 'true purebloods.' But in the end, they were just a bunch of poor wretches who were not accepted."

Scott and Eddie never expected to hear such blatant sarcasm from Milton.

Although Milton's scorn was so sharp that Roger even called it a kind of magic, the sarcasm in Milton's words was indeed a rare sight.

They could tell that something was wrong with Milton.

This might be related to his family background, so Scott and Eddie tacitly refrained from asking.

But Milton was a very sensitive boy. He smiled at Scott and Eddie and took the initiative to speak, “My dad was born into a family like that because he married my mom, a Muggle woman, so my grandfather didn’t like our family.”

Hearing this, Scott began to worry that Milton would once again burst into tears.

But Milton seemed to have gotten used to it and showed unexpected strength.

He even joked, "But fortunately, such families don't even have enough parchment to fill their genealogy, so we don't have to worry about being kicked out of the house."

However, such a topic was still awkward, and Scott and Eddie didn't know what to say to comfort him.

Fortunately, the arrival of a silver bird relieved Scott from his embarrassment.

“It’s Professor Flitwick’s Patronus Charm!” Milton exclaimed.

It was a silver hummingbird, only as long as one of Scott's fingers, and it spoke Professor Flitwick's voice.

“Sorry, Scott. It seems you’ll have to come to my office as well; this matter appears to involve you.”

After saying this, the hummingbird summoned by the Guardian Charm immediately disappeared.

As expected.

Scott smiled slightly.

"what happened?"

Why did the professor ask you to go?

At this moment, Milton and Eddie looked at him with some curiosity.

“I don’t know either,” Scott shook his head. “But I think I’ll have the answer soon, so see you later.”

He turned and left the common room.

Professor Flitwick's office is located on the eighth floor of the main castle building, not far from Ravenclaw Tower. However, if Scott were to take the conventional route, he would need to climb down the tower first and then ascend the stairs of the main building to the eighth floor.

Fortunately, there is a secret passage in the tower known only to Ravenclaw students.

Scott stood in front of a portrait of a knight on the wall opposite the common room, took out his wand and tapped it on the painting, saying, "Superior wisdom is the greatest wealth of mankind."

"Hey! Don't touch me with your wand!" The knight in the portrait glared at him and turned away from the wand.

At that moment, Professor Flitwick's voice came from the portrait, "Is that Scott? Come here."

A wooden door appeared on the stone wall behind the portrait. Scott raised his hand, pushed the door open, and stepped into the secret passage.

That's right, this secret passage requires Professor Flitwick's approval to open, so Ravenclaw students still have to climb the stairs to enter and exit the tower on ordinary days.

Hey kid! Where are you touching?!

The knight in the portrait began to complain again, but Scott ignored him and casually closed the door, shutting out his complaints.

He walked through the secret passage, pushed open another wooden door on the other side, and saw the interior of Professor Frivi's office.

"professor."

Scott emerged from the secret passage and went to Professor Flitwick's desk.

“Scott, you’ve arrived.” Professor Flitwick gestured to the side. “Come, sit down here.”

Scott thanked him and sat down on the single sofa.

"Professor, you said this incident is related to me, what do you mean?" he asked with some curiosity.

The three people who had come to the office with Professor Flitwick were all there. Roger sat next to him, while Lisa Dupin and Jacob Kent sat on the sofa opposite him.

“Oh, Scott, that’s what Mr. Kent said.” Professor Flitwick turned to Jacob.

“Yes…yes.” Jacob glanced timidly at Scott and said in a trembling voice, “Miss Travers originally wanted to take revenge on both Mr. Trollope and Mr. Davis at the same time, but Miss Roll, who was in charge of taking revenge on Mr. Trollope, had an accident.”

Scott looked at Jacob with a smile, and raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.

This means... they've already "confessed"?

“Revenge?” he asked, feigning confusion. “I don’t recall ever offending Miss Travers.”

Chapter 040 This is absolutely absurd!

After Scott raised the question, Roger chimed in, "I'm confused too. I don't recall us having any dealings with Miss Travers."

Jacob looked up at the two men, then lowered his head again and remained silent.

Lisa Dupin, sitting next to him, glanced at Professor Flitwick furtively, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

“It seems you might know the answer, Miss Dupin.” Scott’s gaze turned to Dupin.

Professor Flitwick also said, "If you know anything, then you'd better tell us, Miss Dupin."

His expression was very serious at that moment.

"And Mr. Kent. Only by knowing the whole truth can I determine your punishment."

Lisa Dupin flinched and said nervously, "She...Miss Travers said you shouldn't meddle in Jacob's business, and she looked at her with that condescending gaze."

“So that’s what it was about.” Scott nodded knowingly.

Facing Professor Flitwick's questioning gaze, he stood up and bowed slightly. "Please wait a moment, Professor. I would like to ask Jacob some questions."

Professor Flitwick nodded and gestured for him to proceed.

Scott smiled gratefully at Professor Flitwick and sat down again.

“Jacob, I hope you will answer me truthfully.” He said to Jacob, “What is the truth about what happened on the night of the opening banquet? And why did you later hang out with Travers and Roll?”

"This...this story begins with a trip I took to Diagon Alley before the start of the semester..."

Jacob kept his head down, but began to honestly recount his experiences.

Because of his occasional sobs, his voice was somewhat broken, but he still spoke clearly enough.

He met Jasmine Travers in Diagon Alley during the summer holidays.

At that time, Jacob bought a box of ice cream at Florin's Ice Cream Shop, and then spilled the ice cream on Travers in the crowd.

“I apologized to her immediately, and she just smiled and said it was alright,” Jacob said. “Oh, and Professor McGonagall, who led us to Diagon Alley, was there too; she used magic to clean Travers’ clothes.”

For Jacob at the time, this was just a minor incident, and he didn't think about it afterward.

Unexpectedly, he encountered Travers again on the Express train to Hogwarts for the start of the school year.

This time, Travers was completely different from the friendly and warm person he had been during the summer.

“I wanted to be friends with her, but she looked at me like I was a bug,” Jacob said.

Scott listened to his story in silence.

He believed that Jacob had been telling the truth up to this point.

This is probably the first time a boy who yearns for the magical world has experienced the malice of pure-blood wizards towards Muggle wizards.

After all, reality isn't a fairy tale.

“At that moment, Caitlin Roll also entered that car, and Travers immediately started crying,” Jacob continued. “She told Roll that I was bullying her, but Roll wouldn’t listen to my explanation and kicked me out of the car.”