Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

Before Newt fully understood what Elena said, Luna's voice rang in her ear.

"Killing such a cute creature just to make an anti-theft wallet with its skin ?! This is too cruel, if it were me, I would definitely not use such a wallet ... it is too Terrible. "

Luna Lovegood seemed to have been pierced by a needle, his eyes filled with incredible looks.

As a little witch who has just turned eleven years old, she can hardly imagine how cruel he would be to capture and kill these shy and timid deformed lizards for the safety of Jin Jialong. Off, peeling.

"Unfortunately, as far as I know, the deformed lizard wallet is not so popular in the magic world."

Newt Scamander sighed and shook his palm slightly.

The deformed lizard, who had just finished the "little snack", stayed a little bit, sticking out his tongue and licking in the palm of Newt. After making sure that there was nothing missing, he quickly climbed back and quickly disappeared into everyone's sight. Among.

"For the Ministry of Magic, the deformed lizard is just a three-star ordinary creature. It has no unique potion value, nor does it have enough intelligence and ability to be valued ... In other words, even if it is one day It ’s really extinct. In the eyes of many wizards, it ’s just that there is no more material to make anti-theft wallets. ”

Newt adopts these deformed lizards, and there is no reason for the ambiguous attitude of the British Ministry of Magic.

As a magical creature that once spread throughout Britain and Ireland, with the wanton killing of wizards and the rapid development of non-magic industrial cities over the years, nowadays, more and more living deformed lizards have been found in the wild.

But on this point, officials of the Ministry of Magic always say: "The deformable lizards have the ability to contract their bodies at will. If they can't find them, they can only hide them quietly, not that they are on the verge of extinction."- Reason for refusing to list it as one of the protected species prohibited from hunting.

"But Mr. Scamander ... well, I mean Senior Newt."

Hannah Abbot raised her hand, glanced at the expression on Newt's face, and asked with confusion.

"Why don't you promote the protection of them in the magic world? This should not be difficult for you. After all, you have done so many amazing things before, and everyone recognizes your authority in the field of magical animals."

"You will learn later that authority is not always so effective."

Looking at the deformed lizard that disappeared deep in the bush, Newt subconsciously recalled his recent experience at the Ministry of Magic.

"Well, I ’ll tell you a short story. I have a good friend who especially likes deformed lizards. So not long ago, he specially went to the Ministry of Magic to want the Ministry of Magic to include the deformed lizard into the protection of magical animals. sequence……"

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A few months ago, the British Ministry of Magic.

Perhaps I ’m tired of Newt ’s frequent amendments to the “Protection of Magical Animals Act”. Connelly Fudge transferred the right of docking related matters to his most trusted subordinates one year ago, and she was responsible for it. Newt.

A woman who is quite annoying to Newt and is full of bureaucracy.

Senior Deputy Minister of Magic-Dolores Jan Umbridge.

"Mr. Scamander, may I ask people to stop using Jin Jialong?"

"No, ma'am, but ..."

"So Mr. Scamander, can you stop the theft?"

"Sorry, I can't do this, but ..."

"If the metamorphosis lizard disappears from this world, will it make some important potions unmanageable, or will it double the number of thefts in this world? As far as I know, it doesn't seem to have It's too useful. "

"Ms. Umbridge, listen to my explanation, this is not for research purposes ..."

"Cough, hum, is the deputy minister." Umbridge cleared his throat and corrected it sweetly.

"Okay, Deputy Minister Umbridge, this is a very rare and magical animal. In a sense, it has some similarities with birds and snakes, free to enlarge and reduce its own volume, keenly Insight ... "

"Unfortunately, dear Mr. Scamander, this is not a magical animal class."

Before Newt Scamander finished speaking, Umbridge interrupted softly.

"You must understand that the Ministry of Magic has limited manpower and material resources, and just maintaining social stability has already occupied most of our energy. Compared to letting the Aurors spend their energy on hunting down the wizards who catch lizards in the wild On my body, I think perhaps we should focus more on wizards than on protecting insignificant animals ... "

"But they are now on the verge of extinction. Recently, people have found less and less of deformed lizards in the wild. If this continues, it may not take long for this wonderful creature to disappear completely."

"Maybe they just hid for a while? Like wild grass, they will spread again if they are not careful."

Dolores Umbridge's pale and fat cheeks twitched, squeezing out a formulaic cold smile.

"In short, we will seriously consider your proposal-it ’s just that at this time, oh, you know, we are negotiating with the Gulinge Wizard Bank to save Hogwarts and catch the Death Eaters. First thing. "

Said aside, Umbridge stood up, put away the manuscript board without writing a word, and said sweetly.

"After a while we have a plenary meeting, Mr. Scamander is interested in attending together and give us some suggestions and advice? After all, we are not particularly clear about the secret weaknesses of the fairies ..."

"No, no ... I'm not used to facing fairies, they are too, too shrewd."

Newt Scamander shook his head, picked up his hat and smirked before leaving, and suddenly turned back when he walked to the door.

"Then ... Deputy Minister Umbridge, please be sure to tell Mr. Connelly Fudge that the protection of the deformed lizard really needs to be on the agenda, otherwise I worry that it may be too late ... really, they It's almost gone. "

"Okay, I know."

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"A while ago, my friend went to the Ministry of Magic again."

Newt Scamander looked at the children around him listening to his story, and sighed softly.

"Unfortunately, the Ministry of Magic still has not agreed to list the deformed lizard as a protected magical animal-whether it is to establish a deformed lizard protection area, or to issue a counter-order prohibiting poaching of the deformed lizard, these are too expensive. "

For the Ministry of Magic, this kind of magical animal, which is neither dangerous nor worthwhile, has absolutely no need for attention.

In recent years, in order to protect the magical animals that are endangered, Newt Scamander has already accumulated the humanities, resources, and even influence that he has accumulated, and only one empty is left. Of honor.

Is not just the British Ministry of Magic, the Ministry of Magic around the world is surprisingly consistent in this regard.

"So ... the friend you said is you, right?"

Elena touched the little bitter smell lying on her side, couldn't help rolling her eyes, and unscrupulously opened the way.

"Then Mr. Scamander, haven't you thought of directly establishing a large deformed lizard farm to make the deformed lizard skin a stable supply of goods in the magic world by similar to the animal husbandry in non-magic?

"Cultivation? Livestock? Sorry, I never thought about it that way."

Newt Scamander frowned and said solemnly.

"I have never regarded them as ordinary animals. Magical animals are different from ordinary creatures. They can easily perceive the emotions of human wizards. You can never domesticate magical animals like a pig to be slaughtered. "

"Oh, how touching, Mr. Scamander."

Elena pouted her lips in disapproval, a hint of teasing flashed in her eyes.

"Do you think that the purpose of the Fire Dragon Reserve is just to protect them from damage? Dragon blood, dragon tendons, fire dragon nerve fibers, dragon claws, dragon scales ... These expensive and important magic materials are not out of thin air. from."

"But I wouldn't do this ..."

Newt Scamander took a deep breath and said seriously.

"will never!"

Not waiting for Elena to continue speaking, Newt waved her hand deliberately, and straightened up and walked forward.

"That's it, we will talk about this matter later. Now I will take you to continue to visit the underground zoo, we have enough time here, Tina will worry."

"You can't always bury your head in the sand, Mr. Scamander."

Elena slightly stirred her eyebrows and squinted her eyes, preparing to chase after victory.

At this moment, Luna Lovegood gently pulled Elena's sleeve and pleaded quietly.

"Elena, please ..."

"Luna, you ..."

Looked at the begging look in Luna's eyes ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ Elena looked up again and looked at the rickety figure who looked a little lonely in the distance, pouted, and didn't continue to ask questions-after all It's an old man.

After getting along for so long, she naturally knew what Luna Lovegood wanted to express.

As an inspired little witch, Luna always inadvertently perceives a lot of gray areas under the bright world.

Whether it is the evil contained in the Hogwarts underground vault, or the "injustice trial" that took place on the Quidditch field, compared to the other two ignorant little girls, the world she touched Not as pure as people think.

It ’s just that, like her father Xenophilius Lovegood, Luna learned early on how to make herself inaudible and invisible at the right time, just like the death of her mother— —As long as she closes her eyes and covers her ears, she still has a way to make herself forget those associations and guesses, and nothing happens.

Even ...

It ’s just self-deception ...

At this point, Luna and Newt are actually not the same kind of people.

Elena shrugged and sighed helplessly, patting Luna's hand.

"Well, okay ... I see, I will talk to Mr. Scamander separately later."

The best way to save an endangered species is to carry out large-scale artificial breeding-and the premise of artificial breeding is that this species has enough benefits to feed back to capital, but capital for profit is always **** and cruel.

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