Chapter 677: Elena's Ambition
Moments later, the living room of Newt Scamander's house.
The confrontation between the young Dark Lord and the old Fantastic Beast Master didn't last long, as a house wizard who was not good at dealing with people, even after so many years, he was not the opponent of Lori, the capital of all evil.
Newt's specialty is Fantastic Beasts, but in this world, all his experience is meaningless.
Whether it was the terms of the contract, the clash of words, the logic of capital, the silent threat, or even the combination of various conspiracies, after only a few minutes of resistance, he fell into the net carefully compiled by the Demon King.
At the table, which temporarily served as a signing table, Newt's face was full of melancholy.
Three or four retainers were stacked in front of him, each at least several pages long, and so densely filled with all sorts of terms and conditions that Newt Scamander had to look down word for word with the utmost care.
Meanwhile, Elena sat beside him obediently, happily eating the little biscuits baked by Mrs. Scamander.
Of course, in addition to this, the girl will also be ready to answer the doubts in the contract for Newt.
After all, most people are prone to hesitation when faced with cumbersome and standardized modern contracts for the first time, and often need a little help from professionals...... Or, threats and inducements.
Newt rubbed his eyebrows, put down the parchment in his hand, turned his head and asked in a low voice.
"Well, this is ...... Fantastic Beasts Society?"
"That's right. ”
"Isn't that a duplicate of the 'Fantastic Beasts Conservation Society' before?"
Elena nodded nonchalantly and replied with a smile, "Anyway, it's not your money, isn't it good to be double the happiness?"
"Miss Kaslana, you know what I'm worried about, I don't want to get involved in too much trouble. ”
Newt Scamander sighed and said helplessly, "Since you plan to make me the first person in charge of these magical beast-related associations, then I should understand these things clearly, right? ”
Even after only a few hours of actually getting along, Newt could already feel the difference between Elena and the rest of the wizards.
Compared to Grindelwald and Dumbledore...... For the wizards of his time with whom he was familiar, Elena's stubbornness and seriousness in terms of rules was simply breathtaking, and perhaps that was the unique quality that Dumbledore valued.
This child is a natural guardian of the world order.
In Newt Scamander's memory, this is exactly the same as the Sphinx, one of the guardian totems of ancient Egypt, intelligent and attached importance to the rules of order, and as long as she obeys the rules of her game, she will become extremely docile and friendly.
In fact, that's how Newt sees Elena now - a half-breed baby with a Sphinx in her soul.
"Well, if you have to ask, I can try to explain it once. ”
Glancing at Newt, who had stopped his quill pen, Elena shrugged her shoulders and replied earnestly as she put down the biscuit.
"The development of any industry must be based on clear industry norms and institutional norms, and only in this way can we ensure that this is a formal 'industry' with vitality, rather than a scattered and disorderly imitation of the original 'behavior'!"
"You've done a lot of great work in the field of Fantastic Beasts, but you've only failed to bring it all together to form a sustainable industry that needs to be recognized, adhered to, and changed by all – business, academia, entertainment, politics, combat...... These fields may intersect, but they must not be conflated. ”
Elena paused slightly, looked at Newt, who was frowning, and blinked.
"Well, by now, you should be able to understand it, right?"
"You say it first, even if I don't understand it for the time being, I should be able to sort it out slowly. ”
An embarrassed look flashed on Newt's face, and he pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, and replied calmly.
I didn't expect to be sympathized with by a child who had just turned eleven!
This kid ...... It was even more frightening than Gellert Grindelwald, after all, he could still understand most of what Grindelwald said, but many of the theories that this little guy said sounded a little brain-stirring at first glance.
Luckily, the little witch will spend most of her time at Hogwarts.
Newt Scamander sympathized with Dumbledore a little, but what happened after that didn't have much to do with him, now he just had to figure out what the kid was trying to do and take his share of responsibility.
If you don't understand it for a while, you can think about it slowly afterwards - as a wizard, the greatest convenience is that you can look through your memories from time to time, and repeatedly scrutinize and understand those things that you don't understand for the time being.
"Well, that's fine, so I'll introduce them separately. ”
Elena was slightly stunned, then understood what Newt meant, and continued.
"First of all, in my understanding, I roughly divided Fantastic Beasts into three colors of favorability - green favorability, white favorability, and red favorability, and the classification is based on how closely they are related to human society. ”
"Three kinds of favorability...... Color?, all good feelings?" Newt asked, curiously.
"As I said, I love all fantastic animals – they can be beautiful. ”
Elena nodded earnestly and licked her lips gently.
"Green affection means that this animal has a very close connection with human society, and this bond may be found in all corners of our daily lives, and most of them have formed a symbiotic relationship with human shamans, such as owls, toads, cats, tree guards, fluffy fluffs, goblins, house-elves, ......."
"Fluffy, owls, house-elves? Hmm, I see what you mean. ”
Newt repeated thoughtfully, his interest gradually rising, "And what are the white and the red?"
"White favorability, you can see that they spend most of their time moving side by side with human society, not interfering with each other's life trajectory, and the two sides may intersect, but only exist between individuals, such as unicorns, centaurs, thunderbirds, and moon worms...... You should be familiar with fantastic beasts in this regard. ”
"As for the red ......"
Elena narrowed her eyes, and without waiting for Newt to ask, she said in a deep voice.
"If green is mutually reinforcing, and white is mutually reinforcing, then red favorability means that we are all causing problems for each other's existence, which is called mutual exclusion according to the mathematics of the non-magical world. ”
"On the one hand, it could be that human activities have a very bad impact on them, and on the other hand, it could be that they affect people's daily lives in some way, or both. With the increasing development of human society, it seems that it is trending in the same direction from the results...... Endangered, and then quietly extinct. ”
Glancing at Newt, who seemed to want to say something, Elena cocked her finger and continued meaningfully.
"Don't get me wrong, Mr. Scamander. It's not that I hate or hate them, and personally, I don't have any ill feelings towards all magical beasts, because I also have half of Meiwa's blood in my veins. But our stubborn, rigid way of thinking when it comes to dealing with and dealing with some fantastic beasts does cause trouble for each other. ”
"For example, the almost extinct colony of the eight-eyed giant spider, the spotted mango that is used as a pest, the endangered Golden Flyer, the fire dragon imprisoned in the reserve, and the increasingly rare deformed lizard......"
Elena's fingers tapped on the stack of parchment protocols on the table.
"Whether it's green, white, or red, these magical beasts should have equal rights to survive in the world. ”
"I don't have a preference for a creature because it's endangered, and I don't lose sight of my position because a creature is seen as a companion by some people...... Of course, we will not sit idly by and watch the situation of pure malice and waste of resources happen. ”
"That's why I've created different organizations based on different goals in each direction. ”
"The Magical Beasts Protection Society focuses on the social level, the protection of magical animals, the prevention of cruelty to magical animals, and the alleviation of the suffering of magical animals in every corner of the world. To the extent possible, to ensure that the principles of Magical Beasts' animal welfare are understood and respected throughout the world, and that they are protected by certain laws. ”
"[Fantastic Beasts Society] focuses on academic research, that is, the systematic integration of what you have been doing, researching and exploring the knowledge of magical beasts, so that people can better understand other species in the world, and at the same time find ways to provide scientific and clear knowledge and theoretical cornerstones for organizations in other fields. ”
"The Fantastic Beasts Market Regulation Association focuses on commercial ......"
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