I admit I was taking a gamble

As the Broomstick emitted a sharp, crackling sound in the air and began to tremble in the wind, Potter had to slow down for the sake of the team's victory...

Black: You're just scared!

Potter: If you're not afraid, why are you slowing down too!

Unsurprisingly, both of their Broomstick were destroyed afterward. Based on this experience, Potter improved his Broomstick, which performed well in tests...

The problem is that the Broomstick actually performed well in previous tests.

Ultimately, Broomstick need to undergo a competition-level flight intensity to truly obtain accurate data, and the results from one or two attempts are not necessarily consistent. However, Potter clearly lacks the awareness and the means to achieve this.

He roughly understood that different flight intensities would put different pressures on the Broomstick, but he didn't have a clear concept of the difference.

At the same time, Potter also had the idea of keeping this secret weapon hidden, so that he could amaze everyone during the competition. It was simply impossible for Hogwarts to conduct such a test and keep it a secret from everyone.

So before the competition began, Potter admitted that he was gambling, but the result was obvious—he won the gamble!

Lily sighed, covering her face with her hand, reluctant to accept that this guy was also a member of the Wizard Sage Party.

Yes, Potter's professional skills are still up to par. Not only him, but after learning that you need enough credits to post commissions after joining the Wizard Sage Party, Black also joined in.

Lupin and Pettigrew also tried the problems, but unfortunately they failed.

As for the private deal with Lily... Lily hasn't mentioned it to Potter yet. After all, nothing's really happening yet. Manus has indeed sent the textbooks to Lily, but her self-study progress is... well...

All I can say is that I'm learning, I'm learning.

Back in her dorm room from the noisy common room, Lily had just taken out her textbooks to continue studying when there was a knock on the window.

"At this time? Who could it be?"

Typically, goods and subscriptions are delivered by courier in the morning, often by a large flock of owls flying into the Great Hall and delivering them to each student.

These other letters were all private, but the problem was that Lily only had a few people with whom she corresponded privately, and Lily didn't know the owl outside her window.

Lily got up, opened the window, took the letter from the beak of an unfamiliar owl, and casually grabbed a handful of nuts from the snack box on the corner of the table, handing them to the owl to send it away.

"No signature..."

Realizing this, Lily broke out in a cold sweat, regretting that she should have used Mage Hand to receive the letter; what if the envelope was poisoned?

As for the owl carrying the letter in its beak—not every poison can kill instantly. How much does an owl cost? If you're planning to poison someone, why would you care about the life or death of an owl?

Although it was a bit rigid, the Detect Poison was successfully activated, and Lily breathed a sigh of relief; there was no poison on the envelope.

Several other Charms, such as Revelio, were cast, but there were no adverse reactions.

However, we cannot be certain that the letter is harmless. We should first examine what is written in the letter before making any decisions.

This time, Lily used her Mage Hand to open and read the letter remotely. Lily's expression went from wary to bewildered, from confused to speechless, before she finally put the letter away and left the dormitory.

"Manus, your letter."

"You specifically called me out just to personally hand me this letter? Why didn't you just have the owl give it to me?"

Manus took the letter with a puzzled look and examined it. The magic hadn't worked, and the envelope seemed perfectly normal except for being blank... So, the contents of the letter must be something special?

"It was sent by Malfoy. He said it was to avoid being noticed by the You-Know-Who."

Lily rolled her eyes:

Who knows how many times this letter passed through his hands?

"You should be the first and only one to use this method; otherwise, the risk will actually increase as more people become aware of it."

Manus opened the letter and glanced at it, but instead of examining it closely from Ravenclaw Tower, he looked at Lily:

"The only problem is, how did he know he needed you to deliver it...?"

"Perhaps they felt that Slytherin house students were not very trustworthy, or that they were being monitored by the You-Know-Who?"

Lily didn't see anything wrong with it.

"The Wizard Sage Party only recruited three people from the other three academies. Even if we exclude Severus, the chances of them choosing me are not small."

"That's the problem. He chose to contact you, Hufflepuff Gryffindor Abbott, rather than Gryffindor Hufflepuff."

Even if other Death Eaters or Voldemort himself discovered that Malfoy was contacting the other party, Malfoy could easily explain that he was recruiting people.

In any case, the Malfoy family mainly did similar work under Voldemort, such as raising funds and developing connections.

The risk of contacting a Hufflepuff is significantly lower than that of contacting a Gryffindor.

This question made Lily pause for a moment. Thinking about it, it did seem strange that Malfoy would send a letter to Manus through her. After considering it carefully, she said uncertainly:

So... he knew I was different?

Although she never deliberately concealed her relationship with Manus —her friends and professors knew about it—in the public eye, their relationship only became publicly known after the formation of the Manus Wizard Sage Party.

Lily and Severus were both well-known geniuses, so it's not surprising that they were given important positions after joining the Wizard Sage Party, which prioritizes ability.

How did Lucius learn about her relationship with Manus?

"I'll ask him about this. You can go back now."

Seeing that Lily was also unsure, Manus knew that the problem likely didn't lie with her, or at least not with Lily's knowledge.

"Hmm, you need to be careful, Malfoy... well, how should I put it, this family doesn't have a very good reputation."

Lily didn't say anything more; she believed Manus would only be more cautious than she was.

"The public's opinion isn't very good... is it?"

Manus reminisced about the Malfoy family's exploits and smiled:

"Hasn't this family always been consistently pragmatic and very protective of their own people?"

Those who misjudged Malfoy's choices should perhaps reflect on whether they truly understood Malfoy, or whether they had some... misjudgment of their place in Malfoy's eyes.