The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Just like the Book of Prometheus that connects to the Knowledge Bank, although it looks like a "system" or a "cheat code," it is ultimately just a magical device built by wizards more than a hundred years ago; it is a tool.

Tools can only provide him with some convenience; they cannot replace any effort.

He must never develop any dependence on it, nor should he allow greed and laziness to grow in his heart.

Scott kept these thoughts in mind, and after reminding himself of these things several times, he slowly drifted off to sleep.

Because they slept so late, Scott and his roommates were yawning and looked listless when they entered the auditorium for breakfast the next day.

But they didn't forget to give Fred and George a teasing smile over the Gryffindor side.

"Good morning."

After taking his seat, Scott, still half-asleep, greeted Dylan and Kayla, the couple sitting across the long table.

"Good morning, what's wrong with you guys? Didn't you sleep well?" Dylan looked at the four of them and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I slept too late." Scott found a packet of instant coffee and made himself a cup.

“Oh, Scott,” Kayla said with a smile, “look at those younger kids, and you’re a respected prefect.”

Scott handed out instant coffee packets to his roommates while glancing at the other end of the long table.

Many of the younger students who had been secretly observing him averted their gaze.

“It’s a good thing we have you, our prefect.” Scott took a sip of coffee and smiled at Kayla. “I’m not a good role model.”

“Yes, you’ve been a prefect for almost a year now, Scott. But you’ve never taken care of the school’s discipline, nor have you looked after the younger students,” Kayla said bluntly.

“Hmm…” Scott thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Thinking about it carefully, the only thing he did after becoming a prefect that was befitting his status was to patrol the carriages on the return train.

Thinking about it this way...

“I’m really not a good enough person,” he said.

“You know that much,” Kayla said.

Scott nodded again and began to eat.

"Hey, shouldn't you take the initiative to do something?" Kayla said with some dissatisfaction.

Scott looked up and gave her a questioning look.

Although Scott hadn't been fulfilling his duties as prefect, he knew Kayla had always done a good job. Her sudden outburst today clearly wasn't out of complaint.

Kayla explained, "There's a reading event at the college library in the common room this Saturday night that you have to attend."

"What kind of event is this?" Scott had never heard of Ravenclaw having such an event before.

Just then, Penelope, the prefect of the seventh grade, walked over.

“I organized the event,” she said.

“Please go ahead,” Scott gestured for her to introduce herself.

Penelope sat down next to Kayla and said to Scott, "The semester is almost over and exam week is just around the corner. This event is to help everyone study better."

"Are you kidding me?" Eddie, sitting next to Scott, asked in surprise. "It's only early April, and exam week is the first week of June!"

Penelope looked at Eddie with a smile. "What's wrong? Is it still a long time until the first week of June?"

“It’s…not that far.” Eddie immediately backed down.

“You absolutely must come to the event,” Penelope told Scott. “Many of the children in Ravenclaw are looking forward to meeting you up close.”

Kayla nodded in agreement, "Especially the first graders, they've all heard about your deeds, and many of them admire you."

Scott asked Penelope with some doubt, "Is the reading program long-term? Until the exam?"

Penelope nodded. "Once a week before the exam."

Scott said, “If I remember correctly, seventh graders are preparing NEWTs today, while fifth graders are preparing OWLs.”

“Don’t worry, it won’t take up that much of your time, busy man,” Penelope said. “But you have to attend the first event this week.”

“Okay, in that case, I’ll go.” Scott agreed to her request.

He thought about it and realized that he was indeed not doing a very good job as a class monitor. He decided to just do his duty this time.

“Very good.” Penelope smiled.

At this point, Eddie deliberately asked her, "Aren't you going to take care of the kids? Aren't you worried it will affect your own exams?"

“I’m fairly confident about my exams,” Penelope smiled slightly. “Besides, I’m graduating soon, so let’s do something meaningful before leaving the academy.”

As she spoke, she stood up.

"After all, I don't have the talent to produce promotional videos for the academy like you do, so I can only do small things like this."

After saying that, she tossed her long hair and turned to leave.

After a full day of classes, Scott went to the Room of Requirement after dinner and showed his Ravenclaw tutor, depicted in a painting, his "Book of Prometheus".

"An interesting design; no wonder he's an alchemy master who successfully crafted the Philosopher's Stone."

The Ravenclaw in the painting is indeed very interested in the book in Scott's hand that is remotely connected to the [Knowledge Bank], especially the alchemy section it contains.

She said with a hint of regret, "It's a pity I can't experience it myself right now."

“I have a way,” Scott told her.

He exchanged a rare ancient spell recorded in a book in the outer study for 480 credits, and then spent 1 credit to exchange for Nicolas Flamel's "The Construction Record of the Knowledge Bank Core (Alchemy Section)".

Once the knowledge has been redeemed, it can be viewed by clicking on the pages of the book.

Nicolas Flamel's "The Construction Record" is not very extensive, taking up only a dozen or so pages when unfolded.

But just as Scott had predicted, he really couldn't understand most of it.

Even the parts that can be understood cannot be operated.

The masterpiece of a top-notch alchemist is not something a half-baked apprentice like him can easily comprehend.

Scott simply copied the contents verbatim onto parchment and then showed it to the Ravenclaw in the painting.

That's where his advantage lies.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand it, as long as the Ravenclaw in the painting can understand it.

Once the mentor understands this knowledge, he can teach it to the apprentice.

Scott let the parchments float in front of the Ravenclaw portrait, then ran to Helena's study and started shearing them.

A complete set of uncollected ancient magic knowledge could be exchanged for around 500 points, and Scott felt like he was about to make a killing.

However, the process of redeeming academic credits was not as easy as he had imagined.

Because the Knowledge Bank has a strict rule that the knowledge required to earn credits must be handwritten in the Book of Prometheus.

It is said to be for the sake of "respecting knowledge".

[Especially knowledge that you did not develop through your own efforts should be written down with a reverent heart.]

Scott received this warning when he tried to cheat using a gadget like an automatic quill pen.

Scott, who had been diligently copying for four hours until curfew, earned a total of 1367 points.

Even Helena, the girl sitting in the painting on the wall looking at him, couldn't stand it anymore.

“Their rules are too rigid. What’s the point of doing this?” she said. “I think you’ve wasted four hours of study time, which is very precious to you these days.”

Scott wholeheartedly agreed.

He redeemed a piece of knowledge related to Animagus that was useful to him at this stage, and then he had used up almost all his credits.

He copied the knowledge onto parchment and then immediately turned the books into cards.

It was indeed too much of a waste of time, so he decided not to rush to redeem the credits and to wait until he needed them.

He didn't even look at the other [knowledge] and [item] content that could be redeemed with the credits.

He already had his own goals for learning and improvement at this stage.

He can use tools like a knowledge bank to speed things up and shorten the time to achieve his goals, but he should try to avoid letting other things disrupt his pace.

Having figured these things out, and with the novelty wearing off, he began to approach the Book of Prometheus with a truly normal mindset.

After leaving the Room of Requirement, Scott encountered Harry, who looked like a ghost, in the hallway leading to the stairs.

Scott was startled when he saw him.

After not paying attention for a while, the kid looks much more haggard.

“Good evening, Harry,” Scott greeted him. “What’s wrong? You don’t look well.”

Scott didn't watch the Quidditch match between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor the week before; he only heard that Ravenclaw had won and that Harry had performed poorly throughout.

But he didn't expect Harry to look so bad.

"Good evening, Scott," Harry said listlessly. "Oh, I don't want to sleep at all these days."

“What happened?” Scott asked him.

“You know,” Harry said, leaning against the stone wall in the corridor and rubbing his forehead. “I’ve been having these dreams a lot lately, dreams about Voldemort.”

Scott glanced at his somewhat pale face. "What did you dream about?"

“A lot, a jumbled mess.” Harry frowned. “He… that devil, although he hasn’t regained his power, he’s planned a lot of attacks, the ones that were reported in the newspapers, and of course, some that weren’t reported.”

"Does Dumbledore know about this?" Scott asked again.

Recently, he has been affected by the prophecy and has paid less attention to other things, and has not "heard" the "report" of the Harry doll he gave to Harry.

He was unaware of the profound impact the recent events outside the school had on Harry.

Harry said somewhat unhappily, "I told him, and he wants me to learn Occlumency. He wanted Snape to teach me, but I refused."

“Learning brain shut-off is definitely a good idea,” Scott said. “You have to learn how to prevent anyone from invading your brain.”

But Harry was clearly a bit agitated. "Yeah, that's a good idea, but only if Snape isn't in charge of teaching! Everyone knows I'm his least favorite student! Of course, I don't like him either."

In fact, Scott also felt that having Snape in charge of teaching Harry Occlumency was not a good idea.

Learning Occlumency requires clearing the mind and controlling emotions. Harry, facing Snape, would likely be unable to remain calm amidst Snape's usual sarcastic remarks. He has probably become accustomed to confronting that Potions professor.

He told Harry, “But you can’t go on like this. This is having too much of an impact on you. Now you can see his actions in your dreams, and maybe in the future he will be able to read the memories in your brain through this connection.”