Late at night, in the living room of Newt Scamander's house.

Although the corners of Elena's mouth were still smiling, before she knew it, the atmosphere had become serious.

With a simple two-paragraph question and answer, both Elena and Newt have realized that the other party belongs to someone who is very similar to his own ideas to some extent, and the most fatal point is that there is a discrepancy in the understanding of the two concepts.

And this conversation is likely to determine the mainstream cognitive direction in the field of magical beasts for a long time to come.

It's like in religious or scientific disputes—heresies are always more terrible than heretics.

“...... I think we should be considered companions?" said Elena, "in terms of researching and protecting magical beasts?"

"Perhaps, Miss Caslana, but only if you give up those terrible thoughts! I'm sorry, but I can't accept raising smart and wonderful magical beasts like a pig to the slaughter! I study magical beasts just to learn about them...... Does it mean that the premise of exploring the unknown is to predict in advance whether it will be valuable?"

Newt shook his head noncommittally, turning his head to look directly at the girl's face, shrouded in a magical glimmer.

The half-breed girl's talent for seduction is indeed on full display in this little girl, and if it is a wizard with a less strong will, it is indeed very likely that she will be unconsciously influenced by Elena - but this obviously does not include Newt.

As a wizard who deals with all kinds of magical beasts all year round, not to mention that Elena is still a juvenile mixed-race girl who only has no breasts and no butt at the moment, even if she is a pure-blooded adult girl with a convex and backward face and an angel face, it is difficult to successfully charm Newt Scamander, who has raised her mental vigilance in advance.

"As long as they are alive, then they will at least have some edible value. ”

Elena habitually pouted, and then waved her hand quickly, "Just kidding, I'm just giving an example......"

"But it's a living life, and if you think the joke is funny—"

"I'm sorry, but I can apologize to you for my previous analogy, if you mind. ”

Looking at the gloomy expression on Newt Scamander's face, Elena's face changed and she replied seriously.

"But as Professor Dumbledore has been doing all these years, wizards study fantastic beasts in order to be able to feed back into the wizarding world at some point, which is the raison d'être of all basic disciplines of nature. ”

There is no doubt that Newt Scamander often gives people the illusion of a good old man who is a bully.

However, as a young witch who was also born in Hufflepuff House, Elena is well aware of what kind of stubborn beasts are hidden in the hearts of the seniors of her own house, but anything that touches the bottom line of an honest person is an extremely dangerous temptation.

Now that Newt has expressed her emotions three times and twice, she naturally will not continue to play with fire without fun.

As Elena's attitude quickly changed, the displeasure on Newt's face dissipated slightly.

"Professor Dumbledore, all these years, what do you mean?" Newt frowned.

"Albus Dumbledore's most well-known contributions include: the discovery of twelve uses of dragon blood, and his fruitful work with partner Nicol Lemay in alchemy......"

Elena pulled a card from her purse on her chest, cleared her throat, and read it softly.

"So," Newt said, "I don't feel like there's anything wrong with that......"

"How many pints of dragon blood do you think you'll need to expend for experimentation with the discovery of twelve new uses of dragon blood? and that's not counting the repeated verification that will be carried out to confirm the conjecture and the additional cost after the new use has spread. ”

Elena's fingers tapped lightly in the middle of the empty border of the Chocolate Frog card.

As usual, Dumbledore's face disappeared from the picture, and for a short time it seemed that he had no intention of returning.

For a long time, Elena had suspected that Dumbledore might have some way of gathering information through some of his chocolate patches, even if Old Radish did not hesitate to deny the hypothesis.

"Dragon's blood, I see what you're thinking," Newt nodded, his tone a little cold, "There are so many things on fire dragons that can be used in the magical realm, and they are indeed a semi-recognized captive species in the wizarding world. But what does that mean?"

"I just want to argue that there is no way to develop effective value without formalized farming. ”

Elena replied unhurriedly, unaffected.

"From the perspective of species and nature, standardized and targeted artificial breeding will not only not affect the existing natural ecology and the survival status of species, but will help protect those wild magical animals from harm. ”

"But you can't guarantee that people will follow your idea, poaching ......"

Newt opened his mouth, unthinking, about to refute Elena's words.

However, before he could finish speaking, the voice in his ears directly blocked his follow-up content.

"On the other hand, before captivity is on a large scale, we should first establish ecological reserves. ”

Elena glanced at Newt, raised her voice slightly, and continued at her previous pace, without giving Newt Scamander a chance to interject and retort temporarily.

"In my opinion, wild magical beasts and captive-bred magical beasts are two kinds of samples that need to be clearly separated for study: reproducible experiments focus on stability and standardization. Without a standard breeding process, there would be a lot of controversy about wild magical animals in a completely open environment, both in terms of food and research—"

Under the girl's unwavering gaze, Newt's breathing stagnated slightly.

For so many years, he had rarely felt this kind of logical debate that seemed like gears snapping and spinning, as if the person sitting opposite him was not a living girl, but a delicately constructed, oppressive ancient wizard golem.

"The Fire Dragon Sanctuary is indeed a good plan, but you've only done the first half. ”

Elena delicately raised her fingers, looked into Newt Scamander's eyes and whispered.

"You should have noticed something wrong, right? As a subject of magical materials that are used quite frequently in the wizarding world and involve a wide range of purposes, the purpose of the Dragon Sanctuary is itself a contradictory mixture - it is responsible for protecting endangered magical animals, and at the same time it is labeled as a breeding slaughterhouse. ”

"I can't help but wonder......"

Elena's blue eyes narrowed into a slit, and there was a slight indifferent banter in her voice.

"Are these magical beast sanctuaries meant to protect wild magical beasts from the activities of human wizards, or ...... Is it just artificially demarcated as a hunting ground for a privileged group? Perhaps, at the same time, it will give you peace of mind?"

Newt Scamander's face distorted instantly, clenched his right fist, and said in a loud and hurried voice:

Do you think you're the only one who can see these things, but the wizarding world needs dragon hearts, dragon flesh, dragon blood, dragon tendons, and dragon nerves...... Do you know how complicated the industrial chain and the magic department involved are after that, and how much do you know about fire dragons? Do you think that fire dragons, like domestic pigs, can be kept in captivity in a house?"

"Really, can't you?"

The corners of Elena's mouth curled slightly, and a gold coin suddenly appeared between her fingers and popped forward.

Newt frowned, and subconsciously reached out to catch it.

It's a weird gold galleon that looks a little different, with a different number engraved on the front and back edges, and the icon printed on the reverse side is no longer the back of the fire dragon motif, but ......

Newt looked at the pattern on the gold coin in his hand and was slightly stunned.

"This is Hogwarts Castle?"

"That's right, this is the newly released Hogwarts - Kinggallon, referred to as HoGo. But that's not the point of our discussion at this point, what I want you to see is actually the original dragon motif of the Golden Gallon. ”

Elena shrugged her shoulders and explained casually, then turned on a straight face.

"Gringotts' tradition of domesticating dragons to guard the vaults is much older than wizards establishing dragon sanctuaries, but why hasn't there been a large-scale dragon breeding industry to this day? ”

The young fairy empress had a bright look in her eyes and whispered word by word.

"Mr. Scamander, do you really think that the Ministry of Magic, the pure-blood families, and even Gringotts and many other forces have pushed you to establish the Fire Dragon Sanctuary and establish the Prohibition of Illegal Hunting of Fire Dragons Act in order to protect the Fire Dragons?"

"If dragon blood is no longer sold by grams, but by tons, it will be a mess. ”

"Rare, there will be benefits. Privileges, on the other hand, are the easiest way to derive rarity. ”

"This is capital, no matter what world it is, it's the same......"

Newt Scamander sighed deeply with a look of helplessness on his face.

"Hmm-Miss Kaslana-if this were a whole chain of interests, involving all aspects of the wizarding world's complications—but this is the adult world, and everyone must follow this rule-"

Although these are not his areas of expertise, after so many years of encountering a wall, Newt Scamander can more or less perceive the hidden multi-party push behind it, so he can barely understand what Elena is trying to say.

Even if...... His explanation may not be as simple and straightforward as that of a girl.

"That used to be the rule, but times have changed......"

Elena smiled as her fingers lightly traced on the Hogwarts pattern of the new King Galleon.

"From now on, my will is the will of this world's capital, and the rules I have formulated are the rules of the capital market in this new era...... So, Mr. Newt Scamander, would you be interested in trying again in the new era?"

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