Three Rounds of Assessment to Join the D.A. Army, and Draco Earns the Lady Grey's Trust

Unlike when the D.A. Army had first been established, with only fifty or sixty people sitting on cushions, more than two hundred young witches and wizards now stood before Linley and Irina!

Yes, not long after the start of the school year, the D.A. Army had expanded its recruitment at Linley and Irina's suggestion.

Unlike back when Umbridge was still in Hogwarts Castle, when Hermione and her friends had privately contacted and recruited D.A. Army members one by one, the D.A. Army was now a far cry from what it had once been.

They had even posted recruitment notices on the bulletin boards of all four Houses!

During this process, some Slytherin House students who supported extremist pure-blood ideology had lodged complaints. But with every professor, including Dumbledore, tacitly permitting it, their complaints had naturally achieved nothing.

Of course, even though the D.A. Army had expanded its recruitment and opened applications to the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, not just anyone could join.

Every young witch or wizard applying to join the D.A. Army had to undergo three rounds of assessment.

The D.A. Army's first assessment was very simple: applicants had to voluntarily submit to a scan by the Alchemy Detector. Not only could the Alchemy Detector scan the subject's physical condition, it also possessed abilities similar to Legilimency.

Under the Alchemy Detector's inspection, the young witches and wizards' motives for joining the D.A. Army would be laid completely bare. Anyone with impure intentions would fail this round.

Though this assessment did not seem difficult, and any young witch or wizard sincerely wishing to join the D.A. Army could pass it without trouble,

it had nevertheless screened out seven young Slytherin House students. Six of those seven had been instructed by their families to investigate the D.A. Army