Professor McGonagall was agitated for a few moments before she calmed down.

When she was excited, she raved about Scott's breakthrough in Transfiguration, intent on getting Scott to publish an amazing paper and win honor for Hogwarts.

But after calming down, she finally noticed the other side of the story.

"I wonder how you got this lizard into the Ministry of Magic, Mr. Trolope." "And it's a secluded occult office," she asked. ”

Her expression was a little awkward, as if she wanted to try to maintain a serious posture, but she unconsciously wanted to defend her students.

"I memorized the route." "Then have a crow send the lizard over." ”

"Crows?" Professor McGonagall was a little puzzled, "The ravens you summoned to fight for you?" ”

"Are crows that smart?" Professor Flitwick was a little confused.

"Not any ordinary crow." Scott said, "It's a product of Transfiguration, like ...... before."

He glanced at Professor Flitwick.

"It's like secretly filming the battle in Little Hangleton before."

He didn't mention Rimbaud.

Rimbaud is his most important partner, and he is not ready to expose its peculiarities.

Professor Flitwick and Dumbledore both nodded knowingly.

Professor McGonagall was the only one who didn't know about it, and she turned to look at Dumbledore and Flitwick with an inquiring look in her eyes.

Professor Flitwick helped Scott explain.

"The students did this and you didn't tell me? And, among them, two Gryffindor students did it! Professor McGonagall grumbled unhappily.

In response to her gaze, both Professor Flitwick and Dumbledore pretended to casually turn their heads to look out the window.

Professor McGonagall snorted and looked at Scott again.

This time, her gaze at Scott was no longer awkward, only serious.

"How dare you do this? How dare you get into that dangerous battle? Still want to make money with such news? She began to criticize Scott again, "It's so stupid! Thankfully, Filius stopped you! ”

Scott lowered his head again.

"However, since you have already told Filius and Albus about this afterwards, I will not pursue it."

Professor McGonagall's voice rang out again.

"I have to say that your talent in transfiguration is rare, and it is really rare to be able to implant a memory for the deformation product at the same time as transforming at this age."

Her tone softened again, unable to maintain a stern posture any longer.

"Thank you for the compliment, Professor McGonagall." Scott said gratefully, "Every bit of progress I've made in Transfiguration is the result of your teachings and, of course, Professor Dumbledore's hints to me. ”

Hearing him say this, Professor McGonagall's expression softened, and even the two intimidating nasolabial folds on her face were much lighter.

"Hint?" Dumbledore's face was confused.

"You were the one who told me that magic is the power of believing," Scott said. Although it was only a short sentence, this sentence broke my preconceived notions and allowed me to take a big step forward in Transfiguration. ”

"Oh, that's not something to be thankful for, I'm just mentioning it in passing." Dumbledore smiled happily.

Professor Flitwick coughed, "Back to Mr. Bode." ”

He asked the other two professors, "What do you think his purpose is?" ”

Both Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall shook their heads.

"I don't know what exactly Mr. Bode wants me to do." Scott said, "Because I've been ignoring him and Miss Graplan." ”

After a pause, he continued, "I briefly sensed Mr. Bode's magic when the Carol siblings attacked me. I suspect that there are many things behind him, such as the strange trial. ”

"Magical perception? But this is not evidence. Dumbledore shook his head.

Skod nodded, "On the surface, he didn't do anything, just a few moves to woo and threaten me as a senior of the Scholars Alliance. And this threat is just blocking some of my privileges within the Scholars Alliance, which is nothing. ”

Dumbledore thought for a moment.

"Now I can only ask my acquaintances who work in the Ministry of Magic to pay more attention to him."

"That's all there is to it." Professor McGonagall said.

She stared at Scott again, "And you, Mr. Trollope, please remember to stay safe, don't cause trouble again, and notify your professor if something happens!" ”

"I see, Professor." Scott hurriedly agreed.

Dumbledore laughed, "Need help, Scott." I can speak to Broderick personally and ask him to give you access to the Scholar Model. ”

Professor Flitwick laughed too, "Oh, I'm sure he'll be a lot more restrained that way. He even panicked, because he didn't know why Albus knew about him. Moreover, wizards who are targeted by Albus will always be nervous. ”

"Wouldn't that make him more cautious?" "Also, I don't want to have any permissions, and as I told Miss Graplan, I don't think there are better professors in the Scholars Consortium than Hogwarts." ”

Even Professor McGonagall smiled.

"Although I would love to say don't underestimate other wizards." "But, of course, Hogwarts is the best school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world. ”

Professor Flitwick nodded, "It would be a bit immodest to say that, but, obviously, I think so too. ”

"Then let people stare at Broderick first." Dumbledore said, "A person can only do something unknown when no one is watching. ”

At the end of the conversation, Scott said goodbye to the three professors before leaving Professor McGonagall's office.

"Scott!"

Scott followed the prestige and found his three roommates and Luna all standing on the other side of the hallway waiting for him.

Scott strode over to his companions.

"Are you alright, Scott." Luna looked up at him and asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Scott said.

"Did the professors deduct points for us?" Milton asked anxiously, "The semester is almost over, and Ravenclaw can't afford to lose the House Cup because of a few of us." ”

Hearing him say this, Roger and Eddie also became nervous.

Scott understood what they were thinking.

During the school year, due to the dismantling of Snape and Sirius, Gryffindor and Slytherin were deducted too many points and were already disqualified from competing for the House Cup.

With such a good opportunity, even the Hufflepuffs, who have always disliked the race to the top, are trying.

Although Ravenclaw is now ranked first in the house standings, it is not too far behind Hufflepuff's score.

If Ravenclaw loses this year's House Cup because of the five of them being deducted points, they will probably be blamed by many in the academy.

Instead of answering Milton's question right away, Scott looked at their expressions again.

All three of his roommates looked at him a little nervously, but only Luna, who began to wander around the world after knowing that he was okay, apparently didn't care about the House Cup.

Scott finally spoke up when his three roommates were in a hurry to get started.

He smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are no points deducted." ”

"Great!"

"We're still champions!"

"Thank you Merlin, thank you Professor!"

"Because a few of you are making a lot of noise in the hallway, Ravenclaw College deducts 5 points."

A voice that didn't belong to them suddenly rang out.

The unique tone ruthlessly reveals the identity of the person who came.

Scott's three cheering roommates were immediately silenced.

Snape, who emerged from around the corner of the hallway, sneered, and his black robe flew as he strode past them.

It wasn't until he pushed Professor McGonagall open the office and walked into it that the startled trio breathed a sigh of relief.

"Scott!" Eddie's eyes widened, and his voice lowered, "Why didn't you remind us?" ”

Roger stepped forward and put his thick arms around Scott's neck.

"Eddie is right, I'm sure you sensed Snape's magic a long time ago, but you didn't."

"It's not my fault." "Who would have thought of being deducted points for that reason, knowing it's the weekend." ”

Snape was just looking for an opportunity to isolate them because he was not in a good mood.

But he's also quite measured, and a mere 5 points is just not painful for Ravenclaw.

"Hmph." Eddie said with some displeasure, "He didn't care about letting those two gangsters escape suddenly, who knows if he did it on purpose." ”

"Shhhh Roger let go of Scott's neck and looked left and right, "Let the professors deal with this matter." ”

Eddie glanced at the door to Professor McGonagall's office and shut his mouth.

"Let's go, let's make up for the missed lunch."

Several people walked together towards the stairs.

Scott thinks Snape must have done it on purpose.

This would allow him to gain more trust with Voldemort.

This is also how he should behave as a double agent.

On the way to the kitchen, Eddie kept pouting and looking unhappy.

Scott asked him, "Did you say that other colleges also want to make a promo film, and you took over the post-editing job?" Now that I'm helping Fred and George with post-production, you haven't asked me to borrow [Magic Mirror] yet. ”

"Oh, there was such a thing, but they didn't come back to me after that, so I shouldn't have shot the footage yet." Eddie shrugged his shoulders, "It's normal, not everyone can be a director......"

Speaking of business, Eddie began to talk endlessly, forgetting the unpleasantness just now.

Chatting happily, a few people came to the kitchen in the basement and had a delicious meal.

In the kitchen, Scott, who saw the purring, suddenly remembered the time when he infiltrated the house-elf Tata of Hogwarts with Carlo.

"Purr."

He just called, and Lulu ran in front of him as fast as he could.

"Honorable little wizard, Lulu is here, do you need anything else? If you want something else, I'll make it for you right away! ”

"Enough food, Lulu." Scott said, "What I want to ask is, the house-elf Tata that was brought by Carlo that night......"

"Tata!" Lulu immediately widened her eyes and screamed, "Tata, that bad elf! ”

"yes, where is it now?" Scott asked.

Lulu turned her head and ran, and after a while, she ran back with another house-elf in a rude way.

"Here, Tata here!" "This bad elf attacked the students of Hogwarts, and the esteemed Headmaster made Lulu look at her, and Lulu and her companions kept an eye on her, not letting her escape!" ”

Scott looked at Tata, who was being pulled by the purr.

Tata's appearance was a bit miserable.

There was a scar on his forehead that had not yet grown, with some bruise-purple scars on his body, and the tea towel around it had turned into a dirty rag.

"It's you!"

Tata glared at Scott with hatred, and those tennis-sized eyes were about to pop out.

"It's you, it's you who made my little master get captured!" It raised its withered finger at Scott.

"How dare you!"

Lulu screamed and punched Tata in the chest, knocking it to the ground.

Tata cried out loud, "My poor little master, it's all Tata useless!" ”

As he spoke, it got up and slammed its head on the table leg.

Bang dang.

The food on the table was spilled, and Tata added another wound to his forehead.

"You bad elf!"

Purr yelled angrily and rushed up to knock Tata to the ground, beating him hard.

"Bad Tata!"

"You're doing bad things again, Tata!"

"How dare you attack our little wizards at Hogwarts!"

The other house-elves in the kitchen were stunned.

After a few moments, they also threw down their work and rushed over, and began to frantically surround Tata.

The kitchen was in complete chaos, and Tata's wails kept ringing out.

Just then, the kitchen door was pushed open, and Harry walked in with Ron and Hermione, watching the chaos in shock.

"What are you guys doing!" Hermione also screamed and rushed forward, "Stop! Stop it! ”

The house-elves all obediently stopped.

Looking at Tata, who was lying on the ground covered in scars, Hermione exclaimed in surprise and covered her mouth.

"How so?" She looked at the miserable Tata in disbelief.

"What happened?"

"So house-elves fight each other too?"

Harry and Ron walked over to Scott and asked softly.

At that moment, Hermione turned her head and glared at Scott.

"It's unbelievable that you're watching this happen?"

Scott glanced at her and continued to eat calmly.

"Oh, that's a misunderstanding." Milton said.

"What misunderstanding?" Hermione asked aggressively, "All I saw was you enjoying your meal while watching a poor house-elf get beaten!" ”

Eddie shrugged his shoulders, "Truth be told, it's not pathetic. ”

Hermione was even angrier, "Do you have to watch her get beaten to death to be pitiful?" ”

Eddie shook his head, pursed his lips again, and continued to eat calmly as Scott learned.

"Hermione!" Harry hurriedly ran over and grabbed her, "We should ask what happened. ”

Hermione's breath was a little short.

"It has been made clear that these poor little ones are doing their unpaid labor! No rest, no wages, not even a good set of clothes! ”

She glared at Scott again.

"What's even more terrifying is that they are still bullying each other ignorantly, precisely because of the cruel exploitation of wizards and the indifference of watching from the sidelines!"

Her voice was loud and full of anger.

The house-elves shook their heads frantically as they listened.

Knowing that Hermione had finished speaking, they immediately began to scream.

"Terrible!"

"It's horrible!"

"Rest!"

"Wages!"

"Clothes!"

"It's horrible!"

"How could there be such a terrible little wizard!"

"It's a crime!"

"A good house-elf never needs any of that!"

"We can't have contact with her!"

They covered their ears and ran away, as if fleeing from a terrible virus.

Lulu didn't forget to drag Tata away with him when she fled.

Hermione watched their reactions in a bit of a daze, trembling with anger.

"I just want to help them!"

She couldn't comprehend the scene in front of her.

"Sit down first." Scott looked up and said calmly, "I'll talk about it when you calm down." ”

Hermione sat across from Scott in a huff, staring at him stunned.

"I can't calm down!"

She was visibly agitated.

"Then wait and see."

Scott raised his hand to stop her next words.

He turned to Harry with a smile and said, "By the way, congratulations on winning the Quidditch title, Harry. ”

"Thank you." Harry laughed.

"Aren't you celebrating? How did you come here? Roger asked sourly, "Didn't you eat and drink enough at the celebration banquet?" ”

Ron didn't notice Roger's sourness at all, and he said happily in a show-off tone, "Oh, the celebration continues, everyone is going crazy with joy, and we're in charge of coming here and asking the house-elves to bring some more food and drink." ”

"You're still happy?"

Hermione gasped for breath.

"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have known that Hogwarts also has such a group of house-elves!"

She was incredulous, as if her faith had collapsed.

"I mean, this is Hogwarts, the best school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world, why would such inhumane things be tolerated!"

Everyone present looked at him with puzzled eyes.

"You just know?" Eddie couldn't help but ask, "Then who do you think is helping you with your luggage, doing your laundry, and cleaning your dorm?" ”

"I ...... I always thought it was all Hogwarts magic. Hermione said with some embarrassment.

"I don't know what you're angry about." Ron looked at her puzzled, "House-elves love to work, and it's in their nature to serve wizards. My mom wanted one, but unfortunately our family couldn't raise one. ”

Hermione retorted, "That's not right! You must be paid for your work! ”

Ron pouted, "You can't go against the innate nature of a creature, as strange as that nature may sound. ”

Hermione disagreed, "I don't believe it's nature, it's the enslavement of a race by wizards, it's magic, it's going to be sinful!" ”

"Why do you think that?" Scott said slowly, "Humans have tamed other animals for their own service since ancient times. Muggles would also use cattle and horses to cultivate the land and carry goods, but no one would pay them for their work. ”

Hermione looked at Scott with wide eyes again, with an expression of disbelief.

"It's different! House-elves have the same intelligence as humans! She said, "You should respect them and call them by him or her, not it!" ”

Scott shrugged his shoulders, "To me, they're not human, this one is enough." ”

"This is arrogance! Utter arrogance! Hermione's face flushed, and her anger was about to explode, "I can't understand how you would think like that!" ”

Scott was not angry with her, but said calmly: "Cows and horses also have wisdom and are also lives, but their wisdom is not as good as that of humans." ”

He looked up at Hermione.

"If you have the same intelligence as a human being, you can be treated as an equal. If you don't have the same intelligence as humans, you take it for granted that you are an animal. Is this another kind of arrogance? ”

"That's not right......" Hermione said anxiously, "it's not right......

It's just that she seems to have been bypassed by Scott's logic, and she can't refute it for a while.

Scott kept up the good work.

"Since ancient times, human beings have been fighting against the cruelty of nature in order to survive, and animals are part of nature, and of course, magical beasts are also part of it."

"Whether the habits of today's house-elves are natural or tamed by wizards, these are the fruits of the cruel struggles of ancient wizards."

"Survival is so cruel."

"Humanity is at the top of the food chain as a result of millions of years of evolutionary struggle."

"We cannot waste the fruits of the victories of our ancestors after bloody battles, let alone betray their efforts for humanity."

Hearing his words, Hermione's eyes flickered.

Scott knew she was actually a little lost.

"But that's not right." She said stubbornly, her voice much quieter.

"There's nothing wrong with that." "Our disagreement is that you equate alien races with humans, but I don't recognize that equivalence," Scott said. The conquest of them by mankind is the fruit of the victory of mankind after its struggle, and there is no shame in enjoying such victory. ”

"Don't you have compassion, don't you have empathy?" Hermione looked into Scott's eyes as if she knew him for the first time.

Scott shook his head, "I'm sorry, but my compassion and empathy can be given to any human, wizard or Muggle alike. But non-human races are non-humans, so why treat them as human beings? ”

"They don't want to be treated like humans themselves." Ron muttered, "The Ministry of Magic tried to classify centaurs as humans, but they refused, identifying themselves as animals. ”

Scott shrugged his shoulders at Hermione again.

"You're just quibbling! Even animals in the Muggle world today have protection laws! Hermione seemed to come back to his senses from Scott's logic, "I'm just trying to get some deserved rights for the house-elves, what's wrong with that!" ”

With red eyes, she slammed to her feet and ran out of the kitchen crying.