"Caccini is not a member of the League of Scholars, and you should know that she is not qualified." Grapeland said.

No, I don't know, Scott thought.

Who knows what the criteria for recruiting these people will be?

"But one of her relatives is." Grapeland was quick to add.

Scott glanced at Grapeland quizzically, "Then let her relatives earn enough credits to fulfill her wishes." ”

"He's dead." Grapeland shrugged his shoulders.

“……”

At this moment, Scott wants to ask, what does all this concern to me?

"Caccini got some credits left over from the man, but that wasn't enough to redeem what she wanted." Graplane glanced at Milton again as he spoke, "That boy doesn't meet the Scholars' Union's admissions criteria either. ”

After that, she looked at Squat with a smile.

"If it's you, you should be able to redeem some credits." "In this way," she said in a demagogic tone, "the wishes of both children will come true." ”

Scott also turned to look at Milton.

Milton, who was standing ten paces away, was looking nervously at this point, still holding his wand in his hand.

Coming into contact with Scott's sight, he quickly shook his head at Scott.

Scott read his eyes.

[Please don't agree to any of her terms because of this!] ］

That's what Milton was anxious to say.

"That kid is a good friend of yours, he's worried about you." Grapeland continued, "Don't you want your best friend to grant his wish? ”

Scott withdrew his gaze and looked back at Grapland.

He suddenly grinned, "Miss Graplan, do you think I'm a guy who likes to give selflessly?" ”

"But he's one of your best friends." "And Cacchini's ex-boyfriend, the tall boy over there, is also your good friend, and he's kind of sorry for her." ”

"What's my business?" Scott's tone was flat.

At such times, even if he cared about his friends, he would not let Graplan see the clues.

Grappland stared at him for a moment, as if trying to confirm the truth of what he said.

Although he didn't notice that the other party had any traces of soul conferencing, Scott had already run the Occlumency Technique out of preparedness.

In Scott's calm eyes, Graplan put on a look of no choice but to compromise.

She said to Scott with a very painful face: "In this way, as long as you join the Scholars Alliance, I can make up some credits for Caccini, so that those two children can exchange their own talents!" ”

"There's no hurry." Scott was still unmoved.

He reached out and handed the parchment back to Graplan.

"I think I still have time to think about it." He said.

Graplane stared at him for several seconds, then reached out and took the parchment.

She took a deep puff of her characteristic sage cigarette into her pipe, then slowly exhaled the smoke.

"No problem." "I can give you time to think about it," she said. ”

Scott smiled with satisfaction and said to her, "Since Professor Dumbledore knows who you are, then he should also know about the so-called League of Scholars." ”

"Of course." Grapeland affirmed.

Scott deliberately asked her, "So is Professor Dumbledore a member of the Scholars Alliance?" He must be, after all, he is the greatest wizard of the century, maybe he is a wizard who has earned the title of [scholar]? ”

"Nope." The friendly smile on Graplan's face became a little far-fetched, "Unfortunately, Professor Dumbledore is not one of us. ”

Seeing the disappointed expression on Scott's face, she hurriedly explained: "Although Professor Dumbledore is great, he has been active in the front line of the fight against dark wizards all year round, and he is not a pure scholar. ”

Scott asked, "What about Professor Flitwick?" Professor Barburing? Professor Victor? They are all scholar-type wizards who don't get involved in politics, or you can just tell me, apart from Miss Graplan, which other professor in Hogwarts has joined the Scholars Alliance? ”

"Unfortunately, it's just me." Grapeland said with some deplorment.

Scott said in a puzzled tone, "Don't tell me that these professors don't meet the admission criteria of the Scholars Alliance. ”

Without waiting for Grapeland to speak, he spoke again, "I'll ask the professors for advice on this matter, and I'll give you an answer in the next Magical Beasts Conservation class." ”

As he spoke, he flicked his wand to remove the soundproofing spell.

"Good night, Miss Graplan."

He then turned to greet his three roommates.

"It's time for us to go."

The three roommates immediately ran to his side and looked at Graplan with some wariness.

Grapeland just waved goodbye to them, "Good night, boys." ”

Scott took one last look at Caccini, who was standing on the other side, and walked out of the activity room first.

In the dark, no one spoke.

Led by Scott, the four of them passed through the corridor and reached the first floor of the castle.

"Whew, it's finally out." Eddie patted his chest and said in a low voice, "Even just passing by Snape's office, I'm still so nervous that my heart is going to jump out." ”

Milton also spoke to Scott, "Scott ......"

"Don't talk yet." Scott raised his hand to stop him, "I'll talk about it when I get back to my dorm." ”

Milton nodded.

Scott took them around the castle several times, successfully avoiding Lady Loris, who didn't sleep at night, and Peeves, who didn't need to sleep at all, and returned to the dormitory in the Ravenclaw Tower.

As soon as he entered the dormitory, Eddie couldn't wait to say, "Scott, quick, tell us, what did Miss Grapeland say to you?" ”

Scott first took off his robe and hung it on a hanger, then sat on the bed and took off his shoes and socks.

"Speak quickly, brother!" Eddie, who couldn't wait, urged again.

"Scott, you didn't promise anything, did you?" Milton also asked worriedly, "I think we'd better not believe Cachini and Miss Graplan just yet." ”

Roger also said, "We should tell Professor Flitwick about tonight, our Assistant Teacher for Protecting Magical Beasts, Miss Graplan, is something out of order." Maybe Caccini was deceived by her. ”

Scott listened to them, slowly changed into his pajamas, and lay down under the covers before repeating his conversation with Graplan.

After hearing his words, there was a brief silence in the dormitory.

After a while, it was Eddie who spoke first.

"Do you think what she said is true?" He asked in a strange tone, "Is there still such a large and ancient magical society in the wizarding world?" ”

Roger said, "I think she's talking nonsense, I've never heard of any League of Scholars, Milton, what about you?" ”

Milton said, "I haven't heard of it either, but I think it should be true, after all, Miss Grapeland told Scott that Professor Dumbledore knew about the organization. ”

"Okay." Roger said, "Even if it's true, neither Professor Dumbledore nor Professor Flitwick joined them, so the organization isn't as good as she says it is." ”

"Scott, you'd better just say no to her. Even if what she says is true, I think you'd better not join any organization. Eddie also disapproved of Scott joining the Scholars Alliance.

Without waiting for others to ask why, he took the initiative to say what he thought, "If her words are true, how terrible should the so-called Scholars Alliance be?" Is it true that the organization is constantly recruiting wizards who are called geniuses and gathering the wisdom of all of them just to inherit the wizarding civilization? ”

Roger added, "Although I don't think most wizards will easily come up with their own original knowledge, there will always be wizards who will encounter problems that they can't solve. After they have such a channel, they can't help but redeem the so-called credits. ”

Eddie answered, "Knowledge is money, it is power, but the wisdom of some people is enough to create a huge force that is much deeper than the heritage of a pure-blood family. ”

Roger said in an exclamatory tone: "If the Scholars Alliance is really just an academic exchange organization, it is fine, if the wizard in charge of this organization has ambitions, then the power it has may turn the world upside down. ”

Listening to the increasingly outrageous speculation between the two, Scott hurriedly interrupted their terrible association.

"It's not that serious." He said, "I'll go talk to Professor Dumbledore about this, so let me hear what our Headmaster has to say first." ”

Unexpectedly, Scott received a letter from Dumbledore early the next morning.

In the letter, an invitation to afternoon tea was written in a unique flower script with circles connected to the circles.

"Afternoon tea?" Roger glanced at the invitation in Scott's hand, "There's a Potions class this afternoon. ”

"I'll go after that Potions class, of course." Scott collects the invitation.

After an afternoon Potions class, Scott arrives at the principal's office for an appointment.

Dumbledore had prepared another bunch of snacks.

"Come and sit down, Scott." He greeted Scott warmly, "I can't wait, it's always nice to taste good food." ”

Scott thanked him and took his seat.

Dumbledore smiled and said, "I knew you'd want to come and talk to me, so I invited you first." ”

Scott wasn't surprised by what he said.

Even if Dumbledore hadn't been able to monitor last night's events in real time, the portraits scattered throughout the castle would have told him what had happened last night.

"Yes, I want to talk to you." He said, "About Miss Graplan. ”

"Oh, eat it." Dumbledore picked up a knife and fork to split the small cakes on the plate and beckoned to Scott.

After taking a large bite of the sweet cream cake, he squinted his eyes pleasantly.

He said to Scott, "Miss Graplan, you already know who she is, don't you?" I remember that Ms. Gray came to inquire about me, and you asked her. ”

"Yes." Scott bowed his head and took a sip from his teacup, "Because Miss Gray said you knew who Miss Grapeland really was, I didn't care about it. ”

"Oh I see, thank you for trusting, Scott." Dumbledore said happily.

"No thanks, you can always be trusted, Professor Dumbledore." Scott said.

"Thank you for the compliment, I remember you liked this better." Dumbledore waved his hand, and several meaty beef patties jumped onto the plate in front of Scott.

"Looks like Miss Grapeland has sent you an invitation?" He asked.

"Yes, a magical society she calls the League of Scholars." "While her introduction sounded good, it struck me as strange that none of the professors at Hogwarts were part of that organization. ”

With that, he took a bite of the delicious, meaty beef patty and waited for Dumbledore's explanation.

"The League of Scholars is indeed an ancient magical society." Dumbledore said, "I remember when I was a student, I was invited to join them. ”

Scott, who was chewing on the beef patty, looked at him with some surprise.

Dumbledore seemed to have fallen into his memory.

"I asked the wizard who invited me, since the Scholars Alliance had amassed incredible knowledge, why didn't it turn it into power for greater good? The wizard immediately regretted inviting me. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled to himself.

"He told me that one of the existence of the Scholars Alliance is to ensure the continuation of the wizarding civilization, and unless the wizarding civilization is on the verge of collapse, they will not participate in any kind of struggle."

Scott swallowed the food in his mouth and asked curiously, "Do you think he's telling the truth?" ”

"I don't think he lied." Dumbledore said, "I also think that the gentleman's words are only representative of his own thoughts. ”

Understood, Scott thought, no one can guarantee that everyone in an organization is of the same mind.

Dumbledore continued, "The League of Scholars closed its doors to me, but the inviter did not, he became my teacher and friend, and helped me a lot, you should have heard his name, Nicol Lemay." ”

"The most famous alchemist of modern times." Scott's eyes widened, "I didn't expect him to be a member of the Scholars Alliance, his lifespan is longer than the history of the Scholars Alliance, isn't it ......?"

Dumblebe dismissed his speculation, "Nick is not the founder of the League of Scholars, and he doesn't have much interest in reviving ancient magic. ”

Scott nodded in understanding.

It seems that because the famous alchemist joined after the Scholars Alliance later did not restrict the research direction of the members.

"Knowledge Banking." "Is the so-called knowledge bank a work of Nicole Lemay?" he said. ”

Dumbledore nodded, and he smiled as he said, "Nick told me that although he was working with people, that large magic device was something he was more proud of than the Philosopher's Stone. ”

Hearing him say this, Scott became even more curious about the so-called [knowledge bank].

"As for the other Hogwarts professors." Dumbledore shook his head, "I don't know if they've ever received an invitation, maybe they've all turned it down." ”

Scott didn't think the answer was very reliable, how could everyone refuse the invitation? It's reasonable to say that you haven't received an invitation.

He said directly to Dumbledore, "I need your advice on this matter, Professor. ”