Chapter 949 Demonic Pet (Part 1)

"...This is not a question of whether it is reasonable or not, this is a question of principle."

Newt Scamander took the dusty file and rubbed his fingers along the edges of the yellowed parchment.

Unlike his immature appearance decades ago, after so many years of wandering and experience, Scamander, who is now nearly a hundred years old, has long since become more comprehensive in his view of magical creatures. He is very aware that the wrong way and objects of domestication may lead to various accidental injuries.

In fact, as the former main spokesman for the Department for the Control of Magical Creatures, he personally signed no less than a hundred laws in this regard.

"Taming magical animals in Hogwarts Castle involves too many problems - magical creatures are no more destructive and threatening than ordinary owls, cats, and toads, and their magic can harm wizards... …This is why in the Hogwarts New Student Guide, the school clearly limits the types of pets that first-year students can bring. School teaching cannot be based on risks to students.”

"Eh? Sorry...are you really Mr. Newt Scamander? This is not your style."

Elena glanced at Old Freckles with a strange expression. She originally thought that her proposal would be supported by Newt at the first opportunity.

Could it be that as time went by, all the dragon-slaying warriors turned into evil dragons?

"I may not understand what you mean. You seem to be implying that magical animals are very dangerous. If Hogwarts promotes a school-wide magical animal domestication program, it will put students in a high-risk environment—— Like now?"

She tilted her head around, motioning Newt to look at the students who were curiously and carefully observing the magical animals.

Picnics, nature, wizards, magical animals, everything comes together in perfect harmony.

Hagrid grinned happily and waved the raw meat to feed the Thestrals. Watching the raw meat gradually disappear in the air, the young wizards let out a burst of surprised chatter, while the senior students showed off their knowledge in every possible way, and prepared for them. The little ones spread knowledge about Thestrals.

Fear comes from the mysterious and unknown. When something becomes common sense among some people, it is replaced by curious curiosity.

"It's not the animals that are dangerous, it's never been..."

Newt shook his head and said calmly, "The human heart is the most dangerous thing. Most cases of injuries caused by magical animals below the XXX level are caused by stupidity, selfishness and arrogance. Of course, some of the reasons are more... It’s sad that they are used as weapons——”

"This is Hogwarts, and the students are all children under the age of seventeen. Do you know what this means? Miss Kaslana."

"They lack basic self-control and the threshold of right and wrong?"

Elena whispered thoughtfully, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

She somewhat understood Newt's current worries. Conflicts between students at Hogwarts were not just a matter of fists and kicks.

Even with various school rules and regulations, magic sneak attacks and magic confrontation are still the most common ways to resolve disputes. In this inevitable magic campus environment, the emergence of magical creatures is bound to join the student confrontation, and this is also a new The most confusing part.

"That's right, most students can't even control their own magical power. You can hardly expect them to learn how to control magical creatures."

Newt nodded and continued, "Also, not to mention that the castle is not suitable for many magical animals to live in. Taming magical animals is not about making alchemy tools. They are not cold dead creatures without joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. They need time to accompany them... "

"This is quite simple. I have thought about it before."

Elena gently touched the little unicorn in her arms and answered easily.

"Helga's underground city can be used as a place for nurturing and relaxing magical animals. The areas outside the castle, such as the Black Lake and the Forbidden Forest, can be used as places for adults to move around. As for companionship... it should not be necessary to carry it with you. What’s the problem?”

She can be said to have quite a say in this aspect. Whether it is food reserves or braised food, she usually carries it with her.

And as the current master of magical animals (training) in the wizarding world, the same is true for Newt Scamander. Elena glanced at the trembling green branches on the edge of Newt's chest pocket. Although she had no in-depth understanding of the relevant habits, But she could still recognize the Bowtruckle.

Noticing Elena's look, Newt shrugged helplessly and carefully stuffed the branch back into his pocket.

"Okay, let's ignore the issue of carrying it with you for now, but how do you solve the points I mentioned earlier?"

"Well, if you think about it carefully, it's not completely impossible to do this -"

Elena thought for a few seconds, lightly tapped her lips with her fingers, and said slowly.

"The first is the danger of magical animals that you are most worried about. I have seriously considered this before. It would be enough to open up some of the available magical creatures with restrictions - to cultivate and select them uniformly on Hufflepuff. In this way, There is no need to change too much in the admission regulations.”

"Besides, we don't need to fully promote it from the beginning. The pilot process is obviously indispensable..."

"Pilot?" Newt frowned.

"Well, we will temporarily select a few initial magical animals as the starting point for the Hogwarts Magical Animals Project and train them in a unified manner. On the other hand, we will select a group of small animals that meet the requirements based on the overall situation of the Hogwarts students. Wizards, as a pilot project - this group of 'chosen children' can choose their favorites from the initial magical animals as their magical little pets."

"Select some of the students first..."

After thinking for a moment, Newt relaxed his brows and nodded thoughtfully.

In this way, the controllability is guaranteed, and they can also track and check the little wizards' getting along with the magical creatures at any time so that they can make adjustments at any time. Compared with the previous sneaky free-range breeding, this method sounds better. The feasibility is obviously not low.

I have to admit that Newt is indeed a little moved if he thinks about the kind of scene Elena painted in the future.

"However, we need to think carefully about the initial animals. Do you have any recommendations here? Elena."

"How about the Winged Demon!?"

Elena asked quickly with eyes shining.

She had been coveting that charming little animal for a long time. It was fast and highly concealed.

And judging from the current record, these are the few magical animals that have defeated the Dark Lord. If she remembers correctly, the Niffler, the Niffler, and the Bowtruckle, these are the three major beasts Newt Scamander carries with him. The main servant is of course the first choice.

"Don't even think about it, the Winged Demon is a XXXXX level magical animal!"

Newt Scamander said angrily, he knew that this little guy would not choose any docile magical animal.

The Curling Wing Demon is a high-risk species in the same danger level as the Fire Dragon, Three-Headed Dog, and Acromantula.

It is a bat-like creature with blue-green spiked wings. Its venom is diluted and equivalent to half an amnesia spell, which can dispel people's bad memories. However, the main reason why it is classified as a high-risk area is It lies in its favorite type of food - human brain.

"But you had one before, and you kept it with you all day long..."

Elena muttered unconvincedly, condemning Old Freckles' double standard behavior of "only allowing state officials to set fires but not allowing people to light lamps".

You know, when it comes to raising high-risk magical animals, Newt has definitely committed the most violations in the wizarding world. If it weren't for the fact that he made up for his mistakes several times and arrested the Dark Lord, or played a major role in the fight against the Dark Lord, he would have been there long ago. Sentenced to life imprisonment.

"That was decades ago, when regulations weren't as developed - and it was during the war years."

Newt Scamander touched his nose and explained softly, his tone gradually becoming firmer, "It's definitely not possible now anyway. The Winged Demon is not a magical creature that ordinary students can control, and its rarity cannot be found in the school. Breeding on a large scale..."

"Then how about..."

"It can't be XXX level or above, it can't be a large creature, it can't be an alien species——"

Before Elena could speak, Newt Scamander spoke quickly, mentioning seven or eight restrictions in one breath.

As a senior master of magical animals, in the field of magical animals that he is best at, Newt still has a way to block Elena's choice space from all dimensions. This is also the only breakthrough he can take control of the overall situation now - crushing him from the theoretical field Get rid of this little hybrid Veela.

Sure enough, under Newt's barrage of attacks, Elena opened her little mouth, showing a rare confused look.

This touches on her knowledge blind spot.

Most of her knowledge about magical beasts came from textbooks, movies, and Grindelwald's extra lessons at Nurmengard Castle last semester.

Perhaps "Calculation Girl" Hermione can barely do it, but for Elena, this precise condition index requirement is obviously beyond her computing power, and the most important thing is that Newt Scamander proposed Most of the restrictions are reasonable.

"... Then you have made your choice. With so many restrictions, can you really find the right one?"

Elena tried hard to search in her mind, but reluctantly chose to give up and looked at Newt angrily.

Of course she knew what the old freckles meant, but that didn't mean she gave up her right to dominate the topic. Since she couldn't deal with the problem in a haphazard manner, she had another way to deal with it - in this matter Increase the difficulty and then throw it back again.

"Given that we have a total of four academies, in my vision, we should prepare at least four initial magical animals."

"If possible, it would be best if it also fits the categories of the four colleges..."

Elena crossed her fingers and started counting seriously. Anyway, she was just asking for various needs, and she had been well prepared before.

Anyway, her purpose is not about the types of magical animals, but about whether it can be implemented. If Newt can take the initiative to propose some alternative categories of familiars, that would be the best thing. Of course she I won't fight for dominance in a place like this.

Newt's character likes to compromise, which is a confrontation skill summarized by Grindelwald.

For example, if she directly asked Newt to help select some magical creatures as Hogwarts' future initial familiars, Newt would most likely not agree. But if she offered to raise the crocodile first, Newt would be willing to cooperate and find alternatives.

As for the final result, it doesn't matter. After all, Elena already has a top-level magic pet...

Now it's just a matter of going through the procedures again and making Hogwarts even more chaotic and chaotic.

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Great!