Hearing Dumbledore say this, Wizet nodded thoughtfully. "So that's how it is..."
In fact, Lucius Malfoy often wrote to him, sending packages along with the letters. Inside would be some exceedingly precious magical material, or a copy of a valuable ancient text.
He had to admit that Lucius Malfoy was truly a master when it came to social dealings.
Lucius Malfoy did not flaunt his generosity with Gold Galleons. Instead, he had accurately seen through to Wizet's preferences. Faced with magical knowledge that had been lost for so long, Wizet simply could not refuse.
Wizet also read the letters Lucius Malfoy sent with great care.
However, the letters took considerable effort to read, because he had to sift through lavish flattery and highly veiled probing to find the information that was genuinely valuable.
Besides that, he noticed something else: he was quite familiar with the names of many Ministry of Magic officials, alchemists, and potioneers mentioned in those letters.
He knew those names because he had long since become acquainted with the wizards mentioned in the letters through correspondence on magical research.
This also made him realize that Lucius Malfoy was so enthusiastic about writing to him because he interpreted the connections Wizet had formed through magical research as an intricate "network of connections."
When he first noticed this, Wizet felt somewhat helpless, but he soon accepted it.
After all, Lucius Malfoy had put great care into both his letters and the packages he selected. What ultimately appeared before Wizet was always precious magical material that was difficult to come by.
In a way, this allowed him to bypass complicated social obligations and the tedious process of searching for precious ancient books, letting him focus on magical research itself.
Dumbledore looked at Wizet with a smile, a gentle gleam in