022. Night, conversation in dark corners

On the rest of the road, the stimulated Scott has left the preparation of gifts behind him, and his mind is full of thoughts about how to find a girlfriend as soon as possible to have a sweet relationship.

So he thought carefully about all the girls he knew, but found that his current situation seemed a little awkward.

Speaking of which, if it were a sum of his past and present lives, he would already be in his thirties. But he is indeed only fourteen years old now.

The asymmetry between biological age and mental age creates an embarrassing situation.

He couldn't like girls his age or younger like normal boys.

But if it's a girl who is older than him...... There's a high probability that you won't like him. He even thought the girls in the sixth and seventh grades looked at the boys in the lower grades like they were looking at monkeys.

Forget it, let's go with the flow.

Scott thought sadly, and quickly walked to the vicinity of Ravenclawta.

A gust of evening wind blew, and the chaotic thoughts in Scott's mind suddenly dissipated a lot. He remembered that he had two more important things to do right now.

One thing is to settle accounts with Eddie as soon as possible and find out the culprit who gave him the nickname behind his back.

Another thing to do is to get Professor McGonagall's birthday present ready as soon as possible.

Scott walked into Ravenclaw Tower, but stopped again as he stepped up the spiral staircase.

He sensed the magic of two students, who were hiding outside the Ravenclaw Tower, in the corner where the tower met the main castle building.

Jasmine Travers and Caitlin Rohr.

One is a Slytherin first-year schoolgirl who makes Scott a little wary, and is very good at disguise. One was a Ravenclaw first-year girl who had a conflict with Jacob Kent and got too close to Travers.

Coupled with the information that Eddie later discovered, Scott and his roommates have been secretly following the two little witches and their group of pure-blood girls lately.

It's curfew time, but the two girls are hiding in the shadows, obviously suspicious at ten o'clock.

Having met by such a coincidence, Scott decided to find out for himself.

Scott pulled his wand out of his bosom and whispered a spell with a flick of his wrist, pointing the tip of his wand at himself.

In an instant, the color and texture of his body became exactly the same as that of his surroundings.

After using the Transfiguration Charm to fully immerse himself in the environment, Scott waved his wand again and used a Whispering Charm.

"Quietus."

When he was ready, he turned and walked out of the Ravenclaw Tower, skirting the wall outside the tower, and slowly making his way to the dark corner where the two girls were.

Ten paces away from his target, Scott stopped.

At this time, he was a little surprised.

Because he didn't see the target, and he didn't hear the target's voice.

The two first-year witches actually used the Transfiguration Charm and the Whispering Charm, or something similar.

If it weren't for Scott's perception of magic beyond the ordinary, he might not have been able to spot them as he passed by.

Scott didn't know for a moment whether to lament that the other party was so cautious at a young age, or whether to lament that the family education of these ancient pure-blood families was a little ahead of his time.

But he knew that this could not be blamed on the homeschooling of pure-blood families, because although there were not many students from pure-blood families at Hogwarts, it was not uncommon. The rest of the students were nowhere near Travers' abilities in the first grade.

Although he couldn't see the target with his eyes, Scott could clearly sense that it was Travers who was using the magic.

At this point, Scott could no longer move forward.

Because the perception of magic within ten steps is something that many wizards can do, Scott even judged that Travers also had this ability.

But Scott wasn't going to give up.

He stood against the stone wall of the tower, allowing his body to merge with the stone wall, then pulled out a small piece of ebony from the shape-shaped lizard skin pouch around his waist.

He placed the ebony in the palm of his left hand and lightly waved his wand in his right hand and tapped it at the block.

The ebony blocks immediately began to deform. Soon, a small black wooden bat appeared in the palm of his hand.

At this level of basic transfiguration, Scott can already use it silently without spells.

It's just that the black bat he deformed is just a normal wood carving, a completely dead thing.

Scott didn't stop, he first pressed the tip of his wand in his right hand against the back of the bat wood carving, and lightly drew a few symbols. The ebony wand was like a carving knife, with a few simple symbols engraved on the back of the bat carving.

Then, with a small wave of Scott's wand, the wood grain on the bat's wood carving immediately faded and black fluff grew.

Scott raised his hand slightly, and the shape-shifter, which was already exactly like a real bat, flew out silently.

What Scott did may seem simple, but Professor McGonagall would have been shocked to see it.

Because what he did was very similar to the conjecture in Bill Weasley's paper that was discussed at the Transfiguration Club today.

This conjecture, which was impossible to achieve in the minds of the club, seems to be playing out in Scott's hands.

Although he divided this conjecture into several steps, the effects of Transfiguration and Ancient Magic were achieved in stages, and the content of the spell was not used.

But it is still an achievement that can be shocking.

If Scott had demonstrated it in front of the editor-in-chief of Transfiguration Today, he would have been awarded the Most Promising Newcomer Award with the highest enthusiasm!

Unfortunately, neither Professor McGonagall nor the editor-in-chief of Transfiguration Today had the opportunity to see it. Scott is not going to rush into showing what he thinks is just getting started.

He wasn't even at all proud of what he did. This is just the reward for his insistence on studying and practicing the Transfiguration Fundamentals course in depth.

Right now, Scott was looking up at the bat flying away.

The bat, which melted into the night, flew silently to the corner where the two girls were, and hung upside down in the gap between the masonry above their heads.

At such a close distance, even with the existence of a whispering spell, the voices of the two girls could not be clearly transmitted to the bat's ears.

Almost at the same time, Scott's ears rang with the sound of the two talking.

"Jasmin, I...... I'm not sure if that will involve you. ”

Caitlin Rolle said with some concern.

And ...... And, you know, I asked the older Ravenclaw students about Scott Trollope who wasn't easy to mess with, and ...... Plus he's friends with Roger Davis......"

Wow!

Scott raised his eyebrows and opened his eyes wide.

Is it so coincidental! The other party is talking about him?

"Don't worry, Catelyn."

Jasmine Travers speaks softly, with a softness in her voice that seems to soothe.

But the beautiful voice was saying something completely unpleasant, "Scott Trollope is just a mudblood, and this is the wizarding world. I'm just trying to teach that arrogant mud a lesson. He should understand thoroughly that our affairs are not in his hands. ”

Tut.

Scott was already frowning when he heard this.

I didn't expect this Miss Travers to be arrogant to such an extent in private.

"But...... He didn't do anything...... Isn't it? Caitlin Rolle's voice grew a little timid.

"No, he has tried to speak to Jacob more than once when we were with him. This is what he, a mudblood, offends us. ”

Jasmine Travers's voice grew softer.

"You said you would always help me, didn't you? Caitlin. ”