The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"Actually, I know you, Scott Trollope."

Lucio's expression turned serious, and the freckles that had been jumping around on his face stopped.

Scott raised an eyebrow.

“I have a relative studying at Hogwarts, my cousin. Of course, you might not know him; he’s a third-year student at Hufflepuff House.” Lucio blinked. “He’s mentioned you, and I’ve even seen your picture.”

“It’s my pleasure.” Scott showed no surprise.

At the same time, he understood why Lucio recognized his wizard identity and took the initiative to talk to him.

“But that’s not why I greeted you first.” Lucio pulled a gold card from his pocket. “The reason I came to find you is because of this.”

"The Scholars' Union?" Scott was genuinely surprised.

Lucio nodded. "I've discovered that you're also a member of the Scholars' Alliance."

Scott looked him over a few times. "How did you find out?"

"You didn't know?" Lucio was even more surprised than him.

“…I’m sorry, I haven’t studied the Book of Prometheus in depth since joining the Scholars’ Alliance,” Scott said calmly.

"Are you serious?" Lucio stared wide-eyed at Scott as if he were some kind of oddball.

Scott nodded calmly again.

“This is the Scholars’ Union!” Lucio emphasized. “You can get anything you want at the [Knowledge Bank]!”

“What I want can be obtained without the [Knowledge Bank].” Scott swirled his glass. “I’m just a student. What I want is knowledge, and for now, the Hogwarts library and professors can satisfy that.”

"Maybe." Lucio shrugged noncommittally.

He clearly didn't agree with what Scott said.

Scott did not refute this.

Because Lucio could never know just how powerful his teaching staff truly was.

He already has a Ravenclaw mentor who is better than everyone in the Scholars League.

"Okay, okay, I can tell you something."

Lucio then tried to liven things up again.

"The Book of Prometheus has some interesting little features, such as allowing you to detect other people nearby who also carry the Book of Prometheus. You can spend some credits to upgrade your privileges in the Knowledge Bank."

"Thank you." Scott raised his glass.

He silently made a mental note of this and decided that he would no longer carry the Book of Prometheus with him.

"You're welcome." Lucio raised his glass and clinked it with his.

“Oh, Scott, my dear little cousin.”

Ramiro's voice suddenly rang out.

"Why are you chatting with a boy here? Didn't you see those enthusiastic and pretty girls over there?"

He walked over and leaned against the bar, looking at Scott and Lucio with a curious gaze.

“This is Lucio, a wizard.” Scott glanced at him. “This is my cousin Ramiro.”

“Oh… hello, Lucio.” Ramiro snapped out of his reverie. “What a coincidence, Scott, to run into someone like you here… Anyway, have fun, I’ll come find you later.”

Ramiro patted Scott on the shoulder, then turned and slipped away again.

“If I’m not mistaken,” Lucio said, “your cousin is a Muggle.”

He seemed eager to give Ramiro a forgetting spell.

“That’s right, but it doesn’t violate the secrecy law that wizards’ relatives can know some things about the wizarding world,” Scott replied.

"...That's true."

Lucio reluctantly agreed with his point of view.

But then he started enthusiastically recommending [Knowledge Bank] to Scott.

"...In short, I recommend that you make good use of your [Book of Prometheus], ​​it can be of great help to you."

Scott took some of it to heart, but at the same time became even more convinced that the Book of Prometheus was a troublesome thing.

After all, he didn't want to get too involved with the Scholars' Alliance, this magical society.

After Lucio had finished speaking, Scott decisively changed the subject and discussed alchemy with him.

Since Lucio has joined the Scholars' League, it means he is also a genius.

Sure enough, Lucio's eyes lit up when alchemy was mentioned, and he became a chatterbox once again.

But Scott didn't mind; on the contrary, he found this kind of exchange, which focused on concrete knowledge, more interesting.

Moreover, Lucio was indeed very talented in alchemy, and he was able to say many things that greatly benefited Scott.

Although Scott did not major in alchemy, he learned a lot about alchemy from Ravenclaw.

Lucio was clearly surprised as well.

In short, their conversation was much more lively than before.

“That’s fantastic, Scott. Some of your insights surprised me. I should have known you sooner.”

Before leaving the bar with his companions, Lucio waved the gold card in his hand.

I will contact you again.

After Lucio left, Ramiro came to Scott's side again.

“Oh, Scott, you’ve wasted a beautiful evening talking about magic with another wizard.”

He looked at Scott with a puzzled expression.

"It's as boring and weird as me talking about calculus with a male classmate in a bar all night."

Upon hearing his analogy, Scott was speechless and couldn't utter a word.

"By the way, can you take a taxi home by yourself?" Ramiro blinked and waved to the other side of the bar. "You know, your cousin has some adult activities."

“Sure.” Scott had no objections.

He decisively said goodbye to Ramiro, left the bar, and took a taxi home.

As he expected, his parents were still awake, and Emilia, who had been sitting on the sofa watching TV, was looking at him with a gossipy expression.

“Oh, darling, you’re back?” Emilia stood up. “Didn’t you have fun?”

Scott then realized that she had actually prepared for him not to come home that night.

This left him somewhat dumbfounded.

“That place isn’t really suitable for me.” He didn’t want to say more. “I’m going to take a shower.”

He could have told Amelia that he met a wizard in a bar and talked about magic with him all night.

But because Ramiro's analogy left Scott speechless, he didn't mention it.

Perhaps Emilia has the same thoughts as Ramiro.

Scott found that the aunt and niece often looked quite alike.

In short, Scott returned to staying at home for the next few days.

He decided to stop torturing himself, so he stopped listening to Emilia's advice and also stopped accepting Ramiro's invitations.

But his life was still fulfilling, because he could still interact with the Ravenclaw portraits, and he devoted most of his time to studying.

Of course, he did not receive any contact from Lucio regarding the Book of Prometheus.

It's easy to guess that this is because Mr. Bode blocked Scott's access; apart from him, the introducer, perhaps no one else could even find Scott's name in the Book of Prometheus.

But things changed at the end of June.

On this day, Scott's [The Book of Prometheus] received a "letter" from Bill Weasley.

Scott was initially surprised that Bill was also a member of the Scholars Union, but he only understood what was going on after reading the letter.

Mr. Bode has fallen into the hands of Bill's father, Mr. Weasley, and is now in prison.

Dumbledore had told Scott to have his friend at the Ministry of Magic keep an eye on Bode, who was Mr. Weasley.

Scott's introducer in the academic alliance became Bill.

But Bill did not say in the letter what exactly happened.

He simply told Scott that Dumbledore would tell him when Scott met him.

In short, Scott's "The Book of Prometheus" has finally gained basic access.

The "letters" belonging to Lucio also followed.

Scott glanced at Lucio's letter and realized that the other party still wanted to exchange knowledge about alchemy, so he did not reply for the time being.

He was still thinking about Mr. Bode.

Scott was surprised that the other party had fallen so easily and was very curious about what had happened.

He even wanted to go to Hogwarts right away and have a chat with Dumbledore.

But he held back.

Since Dumbledore was behind the scenes, it's not too surprising that Mr. Bode would fall.

Scott had no idea what Dumbledore was doing, and he wasn't even following British intelligence, so he wouldn't act on his own.

He hadn't forgotten Luna's interpretation of the prophecy about Thestrals before summer vacation; if the Ministry of Magic really was going to change ministers, it probably meant something was about to happen.

After much deliberation, Scott decided to stay away from trouble, not get involved in anything, and return to England as planned for the Quidditch World Cup final.

After that, Scott picked up a pen and began to communicate with Lucio.

Then Lucio asked him a question.

Would you like to visit the Wizarding Street in Spain?

Chapter 410 Barcelona Wizard Street