"Are you going with us? Scott. ”

Harry invites Scott, seemingly trying to drag him overboard.

"Nope."

Scott hurriedly shook his head and decisively refused.

"Thank you for the invitation, I won't go, after all, Hagrid and I are not very familiar."

As the executioner who killed Hagrid's friend's entire family, it would be too embarrassing for him to go to the funeral.

Although, maybe Hagrid didn't know that he was the murderer.

Saying goodbye to the trio, Scott continued towards the castle.

In the afternoon, Scott arrived at the Ancient Magic Script classroom on time and knocked on a black wooden door inlaid with golden Ancient Magic Scripts next to the bookshelf in the classroom.

"Please come in."

A somewhat stiff voice rang out, and Scott sensed the mana fluctuations on the door that had become active, and the door opened automatically.

"Good afternoon, Professor Babling."

Scott walked into Professor Barbling's office and closed the door.

"You're here."

Professor Babling didn't look up.

She was flipping through an unusually worn book in her hand, and a white quill pen was writing quickly and automatically on the table.

The office was silent, except for the sound of Professor Babling turning the pages and a quill scratching the surface of the parchment.

Although a large black clock hung on the wall behind Professor Barburing, the hands were silent.

Professor Babling is a witch who is not known for her age.

Her hair was all grayish, but her face was only slightly wrinkled, and her dark golden eyes were always very exciting.

She was dressed more meticulously than Professor McGonagall, and her hair was combed into an unusually neat bun every time.

Except for class time, she spoke in a very stiff tone at other times.

It is said that no one has ever seen her smile.

Of course, neither did Scott.

Scott walked softly to her desk and sat down on a barstool.

"You should have read all the book lists given to you last week, so you should have understood all the questions you asked last week."

Professor Barblin was still preoccupied with her own business, and she didn't even look at him.

But Scott got used to it.

Every Sunday during question time, Professor Babling is like this, talking to him while doing his own thing.

"I already get it."

Scott recounted his understanding.

After listening to him, Professor Barblin only nodded.

Afterward, Scott pulls out the piece of parchment that Mike gave him on Christmas that says "recipes."

"Professor." He handed the parchment to Professor Babling, "Can you decipher this parchment?" ”

"Huh?"

Professor Barblin glanced at the parchment in Scott's hand, and finally looked up.

"It's ......"

She reached out and took the parchment and looked at it several times.

"Where did it come from?" She asked.

"It was my father who got it by accident." "He's an antiques dealer," Scott said. ”

"Muggles?" Professor Babling asked again.

Scott nodded, "Yes. ”

"This is an alchemist's manuscript." Professor Babling handed the parchment back, "It's a bit tricky to decipher. ”

This also means that she is not interested in the paper.

"Thank you."

Somewhat frustrated, Scott took the parchment back.

"Don't take this stuff too seriously."

Professor Barblin added.

"Alchemists' skills have always been mixed. And alchemy itself is moving forward, and even if you put a lot of effort into deciphering the manuscript, you may not get anything of value. ”

She reached under the table and pulled out a large book and placed it in front of Scott.

"If you want to decipher it, this book can be lent to you."

Scott looked at the book.

It was an old black book that looked a little dirty.

The gilded font on the cover of the book has been badly worn, but Scott is still faintly recognizable - "Medieval Alchemy Terminology".

"Thank you."

Scott picked up the book.

He then asked a few more questions about the ancient scriptures, and when he got a list of books, he ended the day's questioning time.

He returned to the common room of Ravenclaw College, sat down on the couch in front of the window, and opened the old book.

After a quick flip through it, Scott understood the general content of the book.

In addition to introducing the metaphors of esoteric symbols and words in alchemy, such as "sun" for "gold" or "Sunday", the book also describes the way alchemists usually encrypt their manuscripts.

Scott understands this, and he can have a certain basic understanding of how the "recipe" is encrypted.

Of course, this did not help him to decipher the manuscript directly, but at most it only gave him some ideas.

Scott felt that this matter was not a high priority for him, so he decided to take his time by deciphering the manuscript as a long-term task.

Just then, an owl flew down from the starry dome of the common room and threw a letter in front of Scott.

Scott took the snow-white envelope and found that there was no writing on it.

He looked at the sturdy owl.

The owl stared at him twice, cooed twice, and then spread its wings and flew out of the owl-only passage in the dome.

Curious, Scott opened the letter, unfolded the paper, and read it.

[How are you, boy.]

I don't know if you went to pick up the gift I left for you, I think you'd be satisfied, wouldn't you?

Of course, if you haven't picked it up yet, please do so as soon as possible.

Within three days, if you don't go and take the gift, the gift will be automatically destroyed.

Go ahead, boy.

I can see your ambition and hope you can grow up as soon as possible.

I'm looking forward to your future.

m?s］

Medea?

Scott was amazed, he didn't expect Medea to write him such a letter.

Was she urging him to take an adventure?

Scott begins to wonder about Medea's motives, what exactly does she want to do?

He even wondered if there were really gifts there.

If it was just a trap, wouldn't he be pitied?

But if Scott is allowed to give up like this, he will not be reconciled.

After thinking about it for a long time, Scott decided to give it a trip.

However, to be on the safe side, he decided to borrow the map from the Weasley twins and then make some other preparations.

At dinner time, Scott blocks the Weasley twins at the auditorium door.

"Hey, Fred, George."

He beckoned and called the two to the side.

"What's the matter, Scott?" Fred asked curiously, "What happened to you again?" ”

"Be sure to take us this time!" George emphasized.

“…… No. ”

Scott denied it, then held out his hand.

"I'd like to borrow your map."

Fred and George's eyes changed immediately.

"Something must be wrong with you, cunning Scott."

"Want to go on an adventure alone?"

Both brothers stared at Scott with suspicion.

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