Regarding Newt's character, Elena had already learned a lot about it from Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
But now Freckles's positive answer is just another confirmation of the information she got.
Newt Scamander is not a "small animal protector" in the traditional sense, nor is he a "pet rights protector" in the later generations. Strictly speaking, he is a neutral protector of nature - pure love.
and intellectual research.
At this point, he and Rubeus Hagrid, whom Elena is familiar with, can actually be regarded as two different types of people.
For Newt Scamander, he has never denied the dangers of magical creatures and the potential threats they may pose to social systems or secrecy laws. He personally participated in determining the current rating of magical creatures in the wizarding world.
You know, it's different from Rubeus Hagrid's "favorite way" of eating and living with magical animals since he was a child.
Newt Scamander's interest in magical animals mainly came from his mother who once raised hippogriffs, so that when he was seven years old, he had already started dissecting them in his bedroom.
He has a hawk (a pink, spiky, mushroom-like animal) and often "plays" with it for hours.
Later, whether it was the Werewolf Registry, the "No Breeding for Experimental Purposes" ban, the Fire Dragon Breeding Area, the "House Elf Resettlement Act", the Horned Water Snake Sanctuary... these were all manifestations of his own ideas.
Newt advocates a rational and well-intentioned way of understanding the world, without fear of rejection or advocating superstition.
Because of this, he has continued to revise and add to "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" over the years.
However, in addition to this, Newt Scamander has indeed always clearly refused to participate in any commercial magical animal profit-making projects, so Elena's batch breeding of deformed lizards just now was just an attempt to ask... what if he
What has changed?
"Lawful Neutral? It's really the standard Hufflepuff Druid school..."
Elena raised her eyebrows thoughtfully, took Luna and Hannah's hands, and quickly followed Newt's footsteps.
Newt Scamander's attitude reminded Elena of the nine-house diagram of the camp she had seen in her previous life. Researchers and guardians stick to the bottom line and resist those behaviors that violate their own three views, but they are reluctant to deal with certain ambiguous things.
Keep a respectful distance.
I don’t know if there will be more interesting sparks if Newt meets biologists from the former Soviet Union.
But before that, she first had to use this time to get along with each other and find a way to increase Newt Scamander's favorability. Even if he couldn't win him into her camp, he should at least become a more friendly one.
academic partners.
As for how to achieve this, Elena had already prepared many plans in advance before coming here.
Now we just need to slowly try them one by one to find the one that works best...
In the following period of time, under the leadership of Newt Scamander, Elena and the three of them had a thorough understanding of what it is to be a professional breeding base for the world's top magical beast masters (without a doubt).
"This is a dwarf pig monster that only exists in a few areas of Western Europe, mainly in Russia and rural America."
Newt Scamander pointed at the piglet that always seemed to be stunted and introduced:
"They usually sneak into the pig pen when they are young and compete with other ordinary piglets for the sow's milk. If they are allowed to grow freely, they will quickly grow up and cause extremely troublesome damage to the farm.
.If Muggles can raise a pure white dog on the farm, it can play a preventive and driving role."
"This is... an American long-legged pig? It's not short at all?"
Seeing the energetic dwarf pig monster with long legs, thick short tail, well-defined muscles, Elena subconsciously licked her lips, swallowed, and then quickly asked new questions in order to change the subject.
special attention.
European pastures, especially the UK, do not have such a high preference for pork.
Compared with the top meat in China, the British prefer veal, lamb, and fish. Even regions such as Germany and Austria, which are fond of elbows, do not use pigs very highly - for them, pigs are
Apart from the four legs, the only parts of the body that can be eaten are the fat and lack of toughness.
The biggest difference between this pig monster and ordinary domestic pigs is that its legs are not so much hams as long legs that are as powerful and good at running as deer legs. There is not much fat accumulation on the body. Look.
It tastes extremely chewy.
"But its legs were very short when it was a child. And when it was lurking in the pig pen, it would mostly crouch among the pigs to prevent itself from being kicked out by wizards or Muggles... That's why the person who first named it would do this
Call it something.”
"I see, are they the legendary pigs lying on the ground? No wonder their noses are so short."
Elena nodded and continued to ask with some interest.
"anything else?"
"Huh? What? And...what?"
Newt was stunned for a moment and looked at Elena with confusion, not understanding what she was talking about.
"I mean, in addition to the information you just mentioned, their living habits, dietary preferences, meat texture, growth cycle... Well, I mean physical parameters and life span, haven't you collected these contents?
?”
Elena bit her tongue, quickly blurred out what she accidentally said wrongly, and twirled her fingers to list them one by one.
"Well, their eating habits should be similar to those of ordinary pigs. As for other places... they run very fast. Most ordinary hounds can't catch them, but their impact is roughly the same as that of common wild boars."
Newt Scamander touched his nose and answered somewhat uncertainly.
Most of these dwarf pig monsters living in the underground animal area are descendants of magical animals from Tina Scamander's hometown. Compared with their parents, these dwarf pig monsters who have grown up in this area since childhood are more important to them.
Humans don't have much vigilance.
On the other hand, the dwarf pig monster is not a magical creature like Hawklap, so there is not much need to dissect it.
Therefore, even Newt Scamander cannot give too many detailed answers in this regard.
"If you are interested in these contents, maybe you can study it yourself later."
Newt Scamander shrugged and didn't pay too much attention to Elena's question. He crossed the pig monster living area and waved his arm, motioning for the three girls to continue to follow him, especially the underground animal area.
It’s so big that I might not even be able to visit it all today.
Next, Elena and the others saw the Bowtruckle guarding the wand tree.
These peaceful, extremely shy little creatures appear to be made of bark and twigs, and they may be a favorite magical creature among wandmakers - not all trees are suitable for making wands, even if they are the same.
The trees planted in a forest farm may contain different magical properties.
The Bowtruckle would not choose a tree without magical qualities to live in.
This means that the trees they guard can usually be collected to make wands. However, Elena and others learned from Newt Scamander’s introduction that even ordinary trees can be harvested as long as there are a certain number of them.
The Bowtruckle is willing to live in it for a long time, and it seems that it can gradually transform into a tree with magical properties.
In addition, they also saw the evil bird.
The evil bird represents the number "4" in ancient runic writing. Their brightly colored and magically capable feathers have always been sought after by the magic world and can be used as excellent materials for making high-quality magic quills.
However, for safety reasons, Newt did not allow them to get close to those beautiful African magical birds.
Because the cries of the evil birds may make people lose their minds, most of the evil birds sold on the market have been cast a silent spell, but Newt Scamander will naturally not care about these beautiful birds.
Birds cast spells.
Newt Scamander is indeed the top wizard in the field of magical animals.
Even if you only visit a small part of the underground zoo area, the variety and rarity of magical animals living there are enough to make all the little witches, including Luna Lovegood, never stop exclaiming.
Pass.
There is probably no master of magical beasts in the world who can surpass Newt Scamander.
Elena even suspected that only researchers such as Dr. Oak in the "Pokemon Series" could barely defeat Newt Scamander. Of course, considering the age gap between the two, the result may also be
It will turn upside down.
As for Elena's own positioning - as a messenger of justice looking for love and peace, having money and ideals is enough.
Looking along the way, most of the magical creatures raised by Newt Scamander made Elena a little greedy.
But as the ancients said, "A little impatience leads to a big plan." Although these magical creatures are indeed rare and have a variety of wonderful futures that have not yet been fully developed, if they are the same as Newt Scar
Compared to Mander's own value, it's really far behind - as long as Newt is conquered, all of this will be available.
After visiting the underground magical animal area on the first two floors, the original visiting time has almost been consumed.
According to the schedule set by Tina Scamander, they should start returning and go to the bedroom upstairs to start washing and getting ready to rest. After all, the three of Elena will go to the British Quidditch Nationals the next day.
Team tryout.
In Elena's opinion, there are not many magical animals that urgently need to be learned in one go today.
At this moment, Elena suddenly narrowed her eyes, and she felt her chest move slightly.
At first, she thought the food reserve was stretching or turning over inside, but the next moment Elena reacted instantly - her little round-faced fat chicken was still in Hogwarts urging "Dumbledore"
"Lido" wrote the explanation, and she was on her way back at the earliest. It was impossible for her to curl up on her chest and act as the devil's pendant like before.
Elena lowered her head subconsciously. A little guy covered in black fluff, like an echidna, was coming out of her collar. In its little paws, it was holding a Gringotts Wizarding Bank filled with gold galleons.
, temporarily serving as the goblin money bag for "people's hearts".
The little guy raised his head and stared blankly at Elena, as if he didn't realize that he would be suddenly caught.
Noticing Elena's footsteps suddenly stopped, Newt Scamander turned his head and his expression changed.
"this is……"
"Oh? This should be the Niffler you raised, Mr. Scamander, right?"
Before the little guy could spread its claws and run away, Elena smiled slightly and skillfully pinched the back of the neck of the Sniff that suddenly jumped up on her and wanted to steal the money bag, which was meaningful.
The ground shook in his hand.
"Look at the color of this coat, it looks pretty good..."
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PS: "Half a fat chicken with a round face" please give me three consecutive updates~ Today is also a double update! It can be regarded as paying off the debt...right?