Late at night, in the living room of Newt Scamander's house.
Although Elena still had a smile on her lips, the atmosphere had turned serious before she knew it.
Following the two simple questions and answers, both Elena and Newt have realized that the other party is to some extent a person with very similar ideas to their own, and the most fatal point is that the two have different understandings of ideas.
deviation.
And this conversation is likely to determine the mainstream cognitive direction in the field of magical animals for a long time to come.
This is just like whether it is a religious or scientific dispute - heretics are always more terrifying than heretics.
"...I think we should be considered companions?" Elena said, "in terms of studying and protecting magical creatures?"
"Perhaps, Miss Kaslana, but only if you give up those terrible thoughts! I'm sorry, I can't accept raising those smart and wonderful magical animals like pigs to be slaughtered! I study magical animals,
Just to understand them...Does it mean that before people explore the unknown, do they need to predict in advance whether it has value?"
Newt shook his head in disbelief and turned his head to look directly at the girl's face shrouded in magic light.
The half-Veela's talent for charm is indeed fully demonstrated in this little girl. If it is a wizard who is not so determined, it is indeed very likely that he will be influenced by Elena unconsciously - but this obviously does not include Newt.
.
As a wizard who has been dealing with various magical animals all year round, not to mention that Elena is still a young mixed-blood Veela who only wants breasts but no breasts and a butt but no butt, even if she is a pure-blood adult Veela with a forward and backward curve and an angelic face.
Baby, it would be difficult to successfully seduce Newt Scamander, who was mentally alert in advance.
"As long as they are alive, they will at least have some edible value."
Elena said something sarcastic out of habit, and then waved her hand quickly, "It's just a joke, I'm just giving an example..."
"But those are living lives. If you think this joke is funny-"
"Sorry, I can apologize for my previous metaphor, if you mind."
After looking at the gloomy expression on Newt Scamander's face, Elena's expression changed and she answered seriously.
"But just as Professor Dumbledore has been doing all these years, wizards study magical animals in order to be able to suddenly feed them back to the magical world at some point. This is also the reason for the existence of all basic natural sciences."
There is no doubt that although Newt Scamander often gives people the illusion of a good old guy who is easy to bully.
However, as a little witch who also came from Hufflepuff College, Elena knew very well what kind of stubborn beasts were hidden in the hearts of her seniors. However, any situation that touched the bottom line of an honest person was extremely dangerous.
of temptation.
Now that Newt has expressed her emotions over and over again, she naturally won't continue to play with fire.
With Elena's rapid change of attitude, the unhappy look on Newt's face dissipated a little.
"Professor Dumbledore these years? What do you mean?" Newt frowned.
"Albus Dumbledore's most well-known contributions include: the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his fruitful work in alchemy with his partner Nicolas Flamel..."
Elena took out a card from the wallet on her chest, cleared her throat, and read softly.
"So," Newt said, "I don't see anything wrong with this..."
"After discovering twelve new uses of dragon's blood, how many pints of dragon's blood do you think you need to consume for experiments? This does not include the subsequent repeated verifications to confirm the conjecture, and the number of new uses after they spread.
New consumption."
Elena tapped her fingers lightly in the middle of the empty frame of the Chocolate Frog card.
As usual, Dumbledore's face disappeared from the picture and seemed to have no intention of coming back for a while.
A long time ago, Elena had always suspected that Dumbledore might have some way to collect information through a certain center of his chocolate pictures, even though the old carrot denied this suspicion without hesitation.
"Dragon blood? I understand what you are thinking," Newt nodded, his tone a little cold, "Fire dragons have too many things that can be used in the magic field. They are indeed a semi-recognized captive species in the magic world. But this
What else can it explain?”
"I just want to demonstrate that if there is no formalized breeding, effective value development cannot be carried out at all."
Elena replied calmly and was not affected in any way.
"From the perspective of species and nature, standardized and targeted artificial breeding will not only have no impact on the existing natural ecology and species living conditions, but will instead help protect those wild magical animals from infringement."
"But you can't guarantee that people will follow your ideas, poaching..."
Newt opened his mouth and was about to refute Elena's words without thinking.
However, before he could finish what he said, the voice in his ear directly blocked his subsequent content.
"On the other hand, before artificial breeding reaches a large scale, we should first establish an ecological protection zone."
Elena glanced at Newt, raised her voice slightly, followed her previous speaking pace, and continued speaking steadily, without giving Newt Scamander a chance to interrupt or refute.
"In my opinion, wild magical animals and artificially raised magical animals are originally two types of samples that need to be clearly separated for research: repeatable experiments focus on stability and standardization. If there is no standard breeding process,
There will be a lot of controversy regarding the consumption and research of wild magical animals in a completely open environment——"
Under the girl's steady gaze, Newt's breathing froze slightly.
Over the years, he had rarely felt this kind of logical debate that was like gears meshing and rotating, as if the person sitting opposite him was not a living girl, but an ancient wizard golem with a sophisticated structure and a sense of oppression.
"The Fire Dragon Sanctuary is indeed a good plan, but you have only done the first half."
Elena delicately raised her fingers, looked into Newt Scamander's eyes and spoke softly.
"You should also have discovered something wrong, right? As a kind of magic material that is used very frequently in the magic world and involves an extremely wide range of things, the purpose of the Fire Dragon Sanctuary itself has contradictions and confusion - it has both responsibilities and
In order to protect endangered magical animals, it is also labeled as a breeding and slaughterhouse.”
"I can't help but have some doubts..."
Elena's lake-blue eyes narrowed into slits, and there was a hint of indifferent joking in her voice.
"Are these magical animal sanctuaries designed to protect wild magical animals from being disturbed by the activities of human wizards, or... are they just artificially demarcated hunting grounds for privileged groups? Maybe they can also give you peace of mind at the same time?"
Newt Scamander's face twisted momentarily, he clenched his right fist and said loudly and hastily:
"Hunting ground? Peace of mind? Do you think you are the only one who can see these problems? But the magic world needs dragon heart, dragon meat, dragon blood, fire dragon tendon, fire dragon nerve... You know the industrial chain involved in this, magic
How complicated is this department? How much do you know about fire dragons? Do you think fire dragons can be kept in captivity like domestic pigs?"
"Really? Is it really impossible?"
The corner of Elena's mouth raised a slight arc, and a gold coin suddenly appeared between her fingers and popped forward.
Newt frowned and subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch it.
This is a weird gold galleon that seems to be a little different. There are a different number engraved on the front and back edges respectively, and the icon printed on the back is no longer the back of the fire dragon pattern, but...
Newt looked at the pattern on the gold coin in his hand and was slightly stunned.
"Is this Hogwarts Castle?"
"Yes, this is [Hogwarts - Golden Galleons] that was just released, referred to as HoGo. But this is not the focus of our discussion at the moment. What I want you to see is actually the original version of Golden Galleons.
The fire dragon pattern on the side.”
Elena shrugged, explained casually, and then straightened her face.
"Gringotts' tradition of taming fire dragons to guard the treasury is much longer than the establishment of fire dragon sanctuaries by wizards, but why has there never been a large-scale industry of breeding fire dragons to this day? Fire dragons have always been very popular."
The young Fairy Queen's eyes flashed brightly and she spoke softly every word.
"Mr. Scamander, do you really think that the Ministry of Magic, various pure-blood families, and even Gringotts and many other forces are pushing you to establish a fire dragon sanctuary and enact the "Prohibition of Illegal Hunting of Fire Dragons Act" for the purpose of
Protect the fire dragon?"
"If fire dragon blood is no longer sold by grams, but is calculated by tons, it will be a mess."
"Rareness brings benefits. Privilege is the easiest way to derive rarity."
"This is capital, no matter which world you are in, it is the same..."
A look of helplessness appeared on Newt Scamander's face, and he sighed deeply.
"Well - Miss Kaslana - if this is a complete chain of interests, involving complex situations in all aspects of the magic world - but this is the adult world, everyone must abide by this rule -"
Although these are not his areas of expertise, after so many years of bumping into obstacles, Newt Scamander can more or less be aware of the many factors behind it, so he can barely understand what Elena is trying to express.
mean.
Even though...his explanation may not be as simple and clear as the girl's.
"That was the rule in the past, but times have changed..."
Elena gently traced the new gold galleons Hogwarts pattern with her fingers and smiled slightly.
"From now on, my will is the will of capital in this world; and the rules I set are the rules of the capital market in this new era... So, Mr. Newt Scamander, are you interested in playing a role in the new era?"