  Pre-outburst 2MASS and WISE photometry of Nova Sco 2014 (V1534 Sco) have
suggested the presence of a cool giant at the location of the nova in the sky.
The spectral evolution recorded for the nova did not however support a direct
partnership because no flash-ionized wind and no deceleration of the ejecta
were observed, contrary to the behavior displayed by other novae which erupted
within symbiotic binaries like V407 Cyg or RS Oph. We have therefore obtained
an 0.8-2.5 micron spectra of the remnant of Nova Sco 2014 in order to ascertain
if a cool giant is indeed present and if it is physically associated with the
nova. The spectrum shows the presence of a M6III giant, reddened by
E(B-V)=1.20, displaying the typical and narrow emission-line spectrum of a
symbiotic star, including HeI 1.0830 $\mu$m with a deep P-Cyg profile. This
makes Nova Sco 2014 a new member of the exclusive club of novae that erupt
within a symbiotic binary. Nova Sco 2014 shows that a nova erupting witin a
symbiotic binary does not always come with a deceleration of the ejecta,
contrary to the common belief. Many other similar systems may lay hidden in
past novae, expecially in those that erupted prior to the release of the 2MASS
all-sky infrared survey, which could be profitably cross-matched now against
them.
