Potter's purpose

"... Haven't he already given up?"

Upon suddenly hearing that Potter had come to see Lily again, Manus paused for a moment, and several question marks popped into his mind.

No, you really can't let go?

Wizard are full of emotional intelligence, but they don't necessarily have such deep obsessions about everything, do they?

Manus observed that his classmates who were in relationships frequently broke up and got back together, and those who couldn't win someone's heart mostly moved on to someone else after being rejected.

Is it because we want what we can't have?

Potter this...

"This time, it seems he really wasn't after me."

Even so, Lily's voice carried a hint of uncertainty.

After a more detailed organizational restructuring, she is currently in charge of Gryffindor house within the Wizard Sage Party, so there is nothing wrong with Potter approaching her to join the Wizard Sage Party.

And the other party's reasoning is... quite plausible.

"According to him, he wanted to join the Wizard Sage Party and then issue project commissions."

"Joined Wizard Sage Party just to issue commissions?"

Manus frowned slightly.

There are actually quite a few people with this goal in mind, because joining the Wizard Sage Party truly requires ability. At least for now, all the most capable Wizard in Hogwarts who are unwilling to participate in the war have joined the Wizard Sage Party.

Needless to say, the leader of the Wizard Sage Party is Manus, whose achievements in Potions and alchemy are widely recognized—for the former, one can look at his Order of Merlin, First Class, and for the latter, one can look at the most stunning Broomstick he wields in the Quidditch matches every year.

Even with Charms, there's a record of one person sending a group of Slytherin to the Hospital Wing —can anyone really believe that those Death Eater Prospect literally punched themselves into the Hospital Wing?

Even with the Zone of Truth, Slughorn and Flitwick knew there was more to the story. But regardless of the details, it was clear that a group of Slytherin had gathered to cause trouble for Manus, and there was no doubt which side they were on. The Zone of Truth was just a stepping stone.

Driven by the idea that "maybe Manus will accept his commission," many people have tried to join the Wizard Sage Party to issue commissions.

Unfortunately, most people like this get stuck at the first step – joining the Wizard Sage Party. The entry criteria for the Wizard Sage Party are simple yet brutal: if you can't do the test or lack the necessary skills, no matter how outstanding you are in other aspects, you can't join.

The remaining small group successfully joined the Wizard Sage Party, but they were stuck on the second step – the Wizard Sage Party issued a commission, and there was a required resource: academic credits.

Posting a commission costs a certain amount of credits. Commission rewards can be added like the Manus news of adding Resurrection Stone, but credits are still a necessary option.

As the leader of the Wizard Sage Party and the person who introduced these rules, if Manus were to actually accept a commission, he would most likely only consider how many credits the commission would reward. It wouldn't be for the credits themselves, but rather to endorse the value of this special currency.

Or do you expect to break a "gold" object with Galleon?

In other words, to publish a commission, you must first resolve multiple commissions with the same reward value, or a large number of low-quality commissions with lower rewards that are time-consuming and labor-intensive.

These two steps alone have already stopped everyone with similar ideas. To date, no one has successfully submitted a request to Manus.

From Manus's perspective, he actually had some expectations for this kind of thing, if someone could really uncover some valuable topics for him to study.

Unaware of Manus's thoughts on this, Lily continued talking about Potter:

"That's right, and he even tried to use me to post commissions within the Wizard Sage Party. But I told him that this violated the Wizard Sage Party's rules; everyone who joins the Wizard Sage Party signs a contract, and no one would do such a thing for him. That's why he chose to join the Wizard Sage Party himself..."

After explaining the cause and effect, Lily finally concluded:

"I think he is indeed very interested in that commission."

Manus, regaining his composure, remained noncommittal.

"Then give him a test paper."

"Aren't you interested in the commissions that he's interested in?"

"There's no need for that, just treat it normally. If he can accumulate enough credits, I'll see what it is. But if he can't, then it doesn't matter what the problem is... Of course, the premise is that he passes."

Lily secretly pursed her lips, but still took the initiative to speak:

"The question Potter wants to ask is how to prevent Animagus Transformation from failing, or how to recover from a failed Transfiguration. If anyone can answer this question, it's probably only you."

... They haven't succeeded yet?

Manus glanced around the classroom; not a single person was missing.

Clearly, this wasn't a remedy after someone's Animagus Transformation failed, but rather a preventative measure. The problem is, Manus remembers these people planning Animagus Transformation a long time ago, didn't he?

Although the conditions for cultivating Animagus are demanding and involve a considerable element of luck, there have been suitable opportunities over the past six months.

Didn't they say they had already succeeded, and were just one step away from success?

Manus didn't realize that for Potter and his team, past successes didn't guarantee future success.

The difficulty of holding a Mandrake in your mouth for a month at home during summer vacation is incomparable to the difficulty of holding a Mandrake in your mouth for a month at Hogwarts.

At Hogwarts, it's not just that there's a lack of food choices—there are very few dishes that are simple to eat and don't require much chewing—there's also the unavoidable need for social interaction.

They need to be careful when talking to classmates, but even more so when talking to professors. If a professor discovers they have a Mandrake leaf in their mouth, how could they possibly hide their intentions?

Would McGonagall support their unauthorized training in Animagus?

So far, Potter and his friends' progress in cultivating Animagus has been repeatedly thwarted. Either the Mandrake leaves break for one reason or another, or even if the leaves are preserved intact until the full moon, it turns out to be cloudy, rainy, or snowy that night, so they can't see the moon.

Despite their efforts, none of the three have succeeded in their cultivation.

Manus was puzzled by the progress of the three men, but simply said that he knew.

Seeing that Manus was indeed not interested, Lily felt a little disappointed.

She was actually quite interested in the Animagus, and she was also quite talented in Transfiguration. If Manus really solved this problem, then she would have to consider whether or not to learn Animagus Transformation.