Chapter 32: Smuggling
A fire dragon fossil that had just been excavated not long ago was suddenly lost.
This incident caused a great sensation, especially when it was lost in front of everyone's eyes, which also added a bit of legend to this incident.
Naturally, the Romanian Fire Dragon Sanctuary launched an investigation at the first time, but it was of little use because it was not a tourist area and no wizards bought tickets.
The dwarfs accuse the wizard of stealing it, while the reserve believes that the dwarfs directed and acted on it...... The two sides are pulling their skins.
Rove and Shirley had already turned to leave, so they didn't see the dragon fossil disappear in the first place.
However, this has nothing to do with Rove, he is not an Auror, let alone a detective, and has no interest in investigating the "missing dragon bones".
And
Rove's Dragon Trainer exam is about to begin.
And he hasn't reviewed it for almost a month.
But it was not a big problem, Rove did not panic at all, and even took Shirley to catch the sea, but he encountered Typhoon "Meihua".
Rove has the silverfish magic "Word Eater", which can eat words in books like silverfish, convert them into memories, and store them in the brain.
The boy used to have a bad memory, but now he is even better than Hermione, and the pure memory test is very simple for him.
On the day of the written test, in a large classroom, when Rove entered, he received a lot of surprised looks.
He was only twelve years old, and he was the youngest candidate, while the oldest candidate was already seventy years old, a difference of fifty-eight years!
After getting the test paper, Rove first felt the feel of the paper, and then he turned the paper to the last page and started writing on the most difficult questions.
This operation really shocked the invigilator.
The hardest part is the data analysis, and the reserve will produce some cases for candidates to answer how to deal with it.
In addition to the concise wording of this part, the key is to have something to say, and the content of the material must be copied in full, and the score must be very low.
And this part is Rove's best part, after all, he has a lot of experience.
So, everyone felt the scene of collapse, they did it from front to back, the more they went to the back, the slower they turned the page, and the teenager did it from back to front, the faster they turned the page...... In the end, the sound of swishing made them a little suspicious of life.
Rove's written test score is undoubtedly the highest score.
The actual combat assessment is even simpler, requiring all participants to go to the crater first, find a dragon crystal, and then rescue a lost fire dragon.
Rove went to pick up the dragon crystal more times than Garon in his pocket, and the process of rescuing the fire dragon was not difficult at all.
He was the first to complete the exam and became a dragon trainer, the youngest dragon trainer in a Romanian reserve.
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A week before school started, Rolf and Shirley received a letter from Hogwarts.
The letter was simple, and in addition to having them catch the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross Station on September 1, it also made a list of books for the school year.
Lockhart's own books account for almost half of the book list, and the other professors only ask for one textbook, and he asks the little wizard to buy seven!
With the exception of Lockhart's own autobiography, other books are full.
This kind of behavior is very similar to the high school in Rove's previous life, they were obviously science students, but the head teacher even handed out a liberal arts textbook.
Ask...... It's that the money will be refunded later!
As for this "money", until Rove graduated from college, no one contacted him how to return it.
Later, at the class reunion, Rove heard that the head teacher had entered, and was reported to have opened a bookstore at his brother-in-law's house to buy a large amount of materials for students.
Lockhart followed this routine, anyway, he was going to cut a second crop of leeks and leave.
But the leeks are so easy to cut, and Rove feels the need to let Lockhart ...... this semester Bankrupt.
After Shirley put away the letter, she asked curiously, "How can we go back to the UK and take the Orient Express?"
"Don't sit down." Rove shook his head resolutely, he would never ride the Orient Express in his life. "We use the door
Keys."
"Didn't I hear you say last time that it's a hassle to apply for a portkey?" Shirley wondered.
"yes, so we used an illegal portkey." Rove grinned.
"......" Shirley sighed softly, propping her chin.
She's not ready to break the law.
Caught off guard the first time?
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The Portkey is a magical item that can teleport anyone who touches it to a designated location.
Compared to Floo Powder, which relies on a fireplace, a door key can be placed anywhere or anything...... Extremely convenient.
Crucially, portkeys can travel long distances, whereas apparitions make it difficult to travel across continents and countries.
Of course, in order to prevent the misuse of portkeys, countries have enacted the most stringent laws, which must be authorized by the Portkey Office of the Department of Magical Communications.
This kind of authorization is cumbersome for even Scrimgeour to apply for, let alone ordinary wizards.
But where there is a demand for the market, all kinds of illegal door keys have sprung up, and it has also become the target of the joint focus of the Ministry of Magic of various countries.
Later, it was found that the blow was really unclean, and there were Aurors who pretended to be a "key dealer", and after fishing and enforcing the law, the wizard used the portkey, but the end was the Ministry of Magic.
Therefore, a safe and reliable key dealer is hard to find, just like a "ladder", who doesn't want stable and reliable circumvention software?
Fortunately, Newt has traveled north and south over the years, and after being blacked out by many ministries of magic, he has quietly infiltrated various countries by relying on illegal portkeys.
He knows the way and has experienced a hundred battles!
Of course, Newt himself never made an illegal portkey, and told Rove not to make one, in his words:
Anything that violates the law and discipline, our Scamander family can't do it!
early morning
Newt appeared on a cliff with the apparitions of Rove and Shirley, and they waited a few minutes before an old wizard appeared.
"Hey, Newt hasn't seen you in a long time." The old man and Newt hugged each other.
"How's business going?" Newt asked.
"It's a recession, that fire dragon fossil is lost, and the intensity of the crackdown suddenly becomes stronger." The old man complained:
"My son doesn't want to take over my class, so we can't just lose the skill of this key."
The two got into a ramble, and had a heated argument over the price, but when Newt counteroffered, he didn't shut himself up, and his mouth suddenly became very sharp.
However, nine times out of ten, economists can't sell as much as small vendors, and it's impossible for Magizoologists to take advantage of key vendors...... This is the specialization of the art industry.
After a wave of tugging, the old man pulled out a large iron bucket and asked Rove and Shirley to grab it.
Newt didn't hold the bucket, he didn't go to England, he had to go to the United States to see Tina, and by the way, to see his son and daughter-in-law.
"Goodbye, Grandpa."
"Goodbye, Mr. Scamander."
As soon as Rove and Shirley finished speaking, they were dragged away by the portkey and disappeared without a trace.
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